The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
class specialist:
Pvt Robert Gritzmacher
Pvt Leon Matthiesen

class specialist:
Pvt Robert Gritzmacher
Pvt Leon Matthiesen
Pvt John Borash (selectee)
Pvt Frederick Brown (selectee)
Pvt Robert Farley (selectee
Pvt Jasper Johnson (selectee)
Pvt Charles Krebs (selectee)
Pvt Merle Miller (selectee)
Pvt Wendell Olson (selectee)
Pvt Albert Reule (selectee)
Pvt Peter Scherr (selectee)
Pvt Frederick Willard (selectee)
Pvt James White Eagle (selectee)
The promotions went into effect
just a couple days ago and natur-
ally every single one Of them are
happy about the whole thing, and
I can't say as I blame them a bit.
This past weekend there were
some home town visitors at camp
and among them were the Potter
boys who were very warmly well
coined and they spent 2 days in
the vicinity Of Camp Haan-and
surrounding territory. Also last
Saturday we had another visitor
which was none other than Lloyd
Rosedahl, who is working down
in San Diego in an airplane plant.
Up here all day Saturday he spent
most of the time with his old
friends and from the reports he
had quite time.
The rookie when asked what the
articles of war were promptly ex-
planned, "A rifle, bayonet, gas mask
and ammunition"
Today we were given our 1871
license plates or more commonly
called "dog-tags" They are none
other than two pieces of metal on
which are stamped your name,
serial number, your mothers name
and her address. Everyone has to
wear these at all time and they
are to be put on a piece of string
and this to be hung around your
neck. Now one tag is tied little
lower than the other and there is
an express purpose for this: the
lowest one will be sent home in
case of any mishap or casulty and
the other retained with the person
so they will have some means of
Identification.
The other day Jess Clough de-
cided to reach in his overcoat to
see if he hadn't mislaid a package
of cigarettes in one of the pockets
and he ran upon something round
and mouldy. At first he thought
it was some sort Of an animal but
upon working up enough courage
to pull it out he found it to be
nothing but an orange he had put
in there when we were yet at Sank
Centre. After finding it he made
a thorough search through all his
clothes for any such more articles
but he found none. Had he left
it in there a couple more months
he probably would have received
quite a shock when he put his coat
on but he was lucky to get it in
time.
The people at Laguna Beach are
really treating the boys swell. Last
week they called up and wanted
to know for sure whether or not
we were coming down as they
wanted to have a hot lunch for us
and sure enough they did. Up at
the Legion Hall they have an och
estra and really have quite a time.
Then some of the people of the
town take carload after carload
of soldiers around town on sight
seeing trips and down there at the
Beach they really treat one very
nice and I'm sure there isn't one
soldier in camp who doesn't ap-
preciate it.
Due to the lack of space in the
lockers and because the supply
sergeant is issuing us so many
clothes, a lot of the fellows in our
battery are busily engaged in build
ing lockers for themselves, the lat
est being Kenny Ethun, Arnie
Blank and Armund Botz.