The Washington times., 1920-10-31

all addressed in the flowing hand writing OF the
energetic mess sergeant
Card Indexed Love Affairs
Next he took to hanging around when the in.
coming mail sacks were being emptisd. An Alpine
snowslide Of notes for the sergeant Then he
cunningly commented upon the doings in front Of
a second LIEUTENANT, which eventually didn't make
Il any easier for the humble mess sergeant. Real.
", q poisonous thing TO d. A few nights later
this black.heartsd orderly was on leave in San
Antonio, and. meeting up with = girl at . nut
sundae counter was asked by her casually II he
knew q mess sergeant named Hogan. Did hef
He told al about Hogan's strong pen arm and his
bottonlsss. inkpot
III carry the mail" he said "and derned II I
don't think he writes all his love letters in tripli.
cate. like they DO everything else in the army,
there's 90 many Of m"
GOOD night" said the lady, II must be get.
ting on home, now"
That next Sunday afternoon the young wom-
an was q visitor at Kelly Field. 80 was second
victim from another Texas city, fact which de-
noted retributon closing around the reprehensi.
BILE Hogan. There was q right smart argument
when the pair met and It required two Arm Init
gentle NJ. P.'s to escort the girls out Of camp.
Hogan, as the cause Of IL all, was hailed before
his c. o. and the whole amazing story was barred.
This shameless mess sergeant with no more
bushes than . marble cupid told all. He got out
his records his diary, his day books and lsdssra
It was a Job for the company auditor. The total
Of his feminine correspondents for the duration
of the war was the startling sum Of $685. Just
think of it! More than eight times that number
of love letters written and never missing cylin-
der Some system!
with the aid Of his trusty card index and His
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OF ali letters the mess sergeant was able I'd avoid
the ordinsry pitfalls spread for easy letter writ
ara. Never once did he confuse Nancy with M
non: he kept Lucy and Lucille far apart In their
epistolary paths; he did not mix Nell, who liked
chocolate eclairs, with Eleanor who liked choeo-
I.te noupats Betty who sent him the handker-
chief was not COMPOUNDED with Bessie who sent
the Khaki socks. He never forgot that It was
Mary whom he called "honey bug" and that 1t
was Maize whom he called "lady mine" The man
was nothing short Of . nethodical marvel. His
ledger even showed what ne spent fof po:tass.
military breach In his career Of heart-smashins
and there was nothing to punish him for after he.
had told his story. It is understood that the Sec
ond lieutenant tried to have Article Of War No
e8 under whose expansive terms soldier may be
tried for most anything, from arson 10 having his
oysrcoat unbuttonsd, applied In this case but the
effort failed. The sergeant promised to Ne to It
thst NO more lady boxing bouts were staged In
eamp. accepted the advice to Be careful, saluted
and went out. He whipped the orderly next day
IN a private scrap which was not reported under
a gentlemen's agreement and the incident was
closed. :.
A love brieand Of entirely. different calibre
was Jack Roy Dew. This youth Of one hundred
affairs of the heart was-or rather is, for he can't
make his eyes behave and he expects always to be
A Lothario for the simple reason that he can't
help it-what is technically known as a hum
dinger." At least, that is what he was officially