Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
BATTERY F men
MOURNINGLOSS
OF PET Coolies
Rock Island-MOllne Unit Goes
Through DelOusing Mill and
Loses Old Friends.
ARE HAPPY JUST THE SANE
Word Comes To Them To Prepare
To Leave for Home and They
Make Ready With a Vim.
Corporal w. w. Muench.

COTpOTdA W. W. mueHcHs
Lintgen, Luxembourg, Germany
March 28-Battery F, the Rocl
1sland-Moline unit, in the One Hun
dred and Twenty-third field artil
lery, is in very high spirits just a
present. We have been unofficial
" informed that our division
namely the Thirty-third. is to sooI
be on its way home. But that i:
not the only reason. We hav'
shown ourselves to be the bes
company in the regiment. In the
motor show held last week we die
just exactly what was expected o
US, coping the big red apple" il
the two main events. The 10-tor
tractor took first place like a top
In the five-ton type there was
keener competition but Battery F
finally won out. Salesroom sam
pies didn't have a thing on the
prize winner. Wagner Richard
Harvey and Wagner James Craig
were directly responsible for heap
ing these honors upon our already
large stock. This gives us the
right to represent the regiment al
the big show tomorrow at Die
kerch. A gun and its crew will ac-
company the tractors and give q
demonstration of a gun going into
action.
In the personnel inspection held
two weeks ago Battery F was nosed
out of first place by one point by
the One Hundred Twenty-second
field artillery.
in the outfit who can not make
themselves believe that there are
others that can get the best of
them in an argument. For instance
the esteemed mess sergeant, Victor
H. MaSnuson- He and Sergeant
Biltner will get into an argument
whenever they meet. Gene is Re-
publican and Vic is a Democrat.
Imagine the result when they meet.
Gene puts Roosevelt as an exam
pie, Vic takes a chew of French
snuff and the battle is on. First
Sergeant Hartung takes great
pleasure in telling Sergeant Muir
ply to read up before an argument.
Our Top" always finishes with a
shade on him. Murphy hasn't any
use for the French maidens. Its a
plain case of sour grapes.
Cub Lundberg, when asked where
he got the overseas cap he is so
fond of, always evades the sub
jet. Never mind Cub, we all have
salvaged one thing or another, but
it does look rotten.
Can you imagine pie for supper!
Oh, boy, real apple pie, and big
pieces, too. Miss Eaglefield was
guilty of this unheard of act. We
surely like her actions.
Corporal Toney Malcolm didn't
take a bath Saturday. He didn't
have time for a bath. His mind
was too busy trying to figure out
why he didn't get any frog mail"
but when Mother Mutton" got
to in a hurry and spent part of
Sunday taking bath.
Every man in the outfit got
shot in the arm, a triple typhoid
vaccine, all three shots at one time.
There were no formations the next
day. Some of the boys got sick.
Somebody said it affected the weak
est part of the body. Everybody
got a headache, even John Robb
and Eskall Hening Bloom.
There has been a new club form
ed in the organization. 1t already
has large membership and every
ray or rather mail, brings a new
member. The name implies the
same meaning to each member, be-
cause each one has lost the girl
he left behind. According to the
members, the girls can't seem to
wait until the real men come home
The man who was lucky enough to
get over there and get gold stripes,
perhaps on each arm, often won
ders if he really was lucky or not
What are all those gold stripes
worth if a silver striper comes
along and grabs off the only girl
in the world. They are all good
losers but it is hard for a Battery
F man to lose in the event that
that means most to him. All ranks
are enrolled in the club from a
buck up to and including the Off
GERS.
The boys are more or less lone
some just now, even if they did
come from the two best towns in
Illinois. They are exempt from
"cooties.- During the last week,
each and every man had to go
through the delousing plant and
get rid of the pets. 1t wouldn't do
to bring them home with us be-
cause we are going to be too busy
to be bothered with the little
friends we picked up at the front.
They have been rather persistent.
but we bid them fare thee well. at
least for a time.
The mail is coming fine now. In
one ease mail was received in Is
days.