Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-24
co. F. AT DEvENS
ENJOY THE CAMP
And Find Themselves Fitted to Make
the Most Of the Training. Grateful
to Augusta Friends and Anxious to
Hear From Home

near from Nome
The following letter from Sgt. r.
W. Tobey of Co. F.. 103d Infy. now
with headquarters at Camp Devens.
should prove interesting to many Jour-
nal readers:
GO F is now well settled in camp.
and every man is accustomed to the
army routine from Reveille at AS A.
NJ. to Taps at 1890 P. NJ. The COM
pany. as unit of the 1o3d regiment.
left Camp, Devens at 4.30 Tuesday aft
ernoon for five-days bivouac at the
Cranberry Pond Range for intensive
rifle practice and qualification. The
men went into camp under canvas ac-
companed by several severe thunder
and lightning storms during the night.
The officers and men have been firing
on the range the past two days and
have all made very creditable show
ing. The high 20 men of Co. F to date
are: Lieut.. Sprague, Capt. Swift.
Black. p. Austin. s.. Young, L., Ten
ney. Niles, 1t. Doyle, Tobey, Davis,
Chambers. Rowe. Letendre. Oullette,
Young. G., Austin, H., Newman, Gray,
True, Jones, l..
The present on-commissioned Off
GER and company headquarters person.
mel is as follows. including new APP
pontments made since leaving the
| home station: First Sgt. Leland Niles.
Supply Sgt, Ronald Tobey. Mess Sgt,
George Cooper. Cooks, Herbert Leon
ard. Peter Butler. Mechanic. Hermon
A. Redmond. Musicians, Leland Ander-
son. Henry Z. Folsom. Sergeants,
Oliver D. Letendre, ROBBIE Liscomb,
Thomas Chambers, Arthur Nickless.
Elmer Davis. Sewall Austin. Corporals,
Percy Larrabee. Octave Gilbert. Walter
L. Austin. Joseph Bilodeau. Earl STALL
ing. Raymond Gidney, Jeffrey j. Lee
clair, Ralph Newman.
The members are being particularly
we'll messed by Cook Leonard. due in
a large measure to the generous con-
tributions made to the company fund
shortly before leaving Augusta. The
donors Of this contribution were w. H.
! Gannett. G. P. Gannett. Burleigh Mar
tin. F. G. Harrington. S. J. Hegarty.
W. E. Swift. S. c. Manley P. H. Whit
ing. Capt. Swift wishes to make pub
lie his appreciation OF these splendid
gifts and the sincere and ready spirit
which prompted them.
All parents ard friends at home will
be glad to known that the health and
morale Of every man is excellent and
that all are able and anxious to per-
form every required duty.
An order from headquarters has just
,t~s III .A-
to wear uniform black ties. With its
usual efficiency. Co. F Immediately got
| corner on black ties WITH the result
that this company turned out first with
this bit Of required uniform.
The company shows the value Of its
last years training and appears like a
veteran OUTFIT. The new recruits rap
idly assimilate military knowledge
without much effort.
AS is to be expected. many amusing
incidents take place TO enliver the
camp life. The new recruits have been
sent on many well-known errands to
, our most agreeable neiehbors. Com
pany G Of Waterville and Company E
of Lewiston. to rescue a ball Of Skin.
| mish line, the key to the drill grounds
| and the waterproof for the fagpole.
One incident in which is men helped
| annihilate one helpless watermelon
with the aid OF bolos and bayonets
| caused considerable envious interest at
| least.
Lieut.. Doyle has been a conspicuous
and commanding figure on the drill
field and 1t seems that his traffic duty