The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
From 217th Public Relations Office

From 217th Public Relations Office
End Lieutenant John G. Egan now
with Battery "A" as platoon COM
mander, supply officer, and mess
officer, has received his commits
sion as a first lieutenant.
Lieutenant Egan has been with
the Guards for ten years and ac-
copied commission after being a
master sergeant with the Guards.
His End Lieutenant's commission
was dated August 26, 1910.
Battery &c" and Battery "A" since
his arrival out here at Camp HAN.
Great Robbery!
Tech Sgt Maurice Mischke Of
Regtl Hq Btry was leading a rath-
er uneventful life up to last June
II, 1871, at approximately 1915 p.
m. He returned that evening to
his tent; he had been having an
old-fashioned bull session in tent
across the way, and was all set to
get some shut eye. When he reach
ed his bunk he paid no attention
to his belongings and simply start
ed to make his bed. Sgt William
Kaufman and Corp Orion Austin
son staggered meaningfully, winked
and then Austinson said casually,
"Say, Mischke, did you borrow my
suit?" Sgt Mischke looked sur
prised-he hadn't had it at all.
That gave our Sgt Kaufman a
chance to get his underhanded
activities in-and he looked quickly
under his bed-yes, his shoes were
gone too! Our Sergeant Mischke
began to get just the least bit per-
turbed, so he started checking over
his stuff. His radio was missing
his camera was gone times a
wasting-who dunnit?
Outside in the dark, his nose
pressed to the screen, the third Of
our co-conspirators chuckled to
himself. When the coast was some
what clear, he dashed around the
corner and into the tent. my
watch has been taken" said the
person, who for obvious reasons
must remain unrevealed. That
really set our Sgt Mischke frantic.
When the visitor found out that
things were missing in the other
tent, he went back to his own, and
another lie to his repertoire when
he came back for he said to his
now alarmed audience that his bill
fold had been filched of $40 and q
wristwatch had been taken.
Sgt Mischke was very unhappy
his radio was almost new, and his
camera had set him back ten Gag
les the week before. His Sherlock
Holmes instinct began to rise to the
surface; so he, with the three vii
lians laid out plan to retrieve
the missing articles. Time passed
and finally the last of the plan
was completed and the four had a
fool-proof scheme to catch the cul-
prit who had escaped with their
belongings. It was very exciting
evening, but there comes a time
when even excitement fails to keep
sleepy eyes open, so to bed went
the unholy trio and their unknow-
ing victim.
Dawn broke and so did the case.
The sergeant found his radio in his
locker cleverly hidden beneath
books, socks, and miscellaneous
items, while his camera was safe
ly tucked away in his field bag
and thus ended narrowing night
of suspense for Sgt Mischke.
Diplomatic relations have not
been entirely broken off as yet, but
strained relations most certainly
exist. It will require great tact
and easy going for several days to
avoid an open rupture.
BY Sgt Kenny Kuefler
Early Monday morning the en-
tire 217th Regiment was called out
on an Alert, which is nothing else
than going out on the spur of the
moment and setting up in the field
ready for action. They started pull
ing out Of Camp Ham around 1880
in the morning and conveyed out
about 70 miles to a spot some
where in Southern California" The
of the desert and it was miles from
nowhere so you can imagine. Some
one estimated the temperature to
be somewhere around 120 above in
the shade, but there wasn't any
shade to be found as the only form
of vegetation was a lot of sage
brush. But take my word for it,
the temperature was well around,
or over, the 100 degree mark. The
regiment made a complete set-up
with guns, communications, and
everything they had and started
to function soon after arrival at
their destination. Once in opera
ton we could take things sort of
easy and so the rest of the after
noon was spent in working out
problems and seeing that every
thing was running smoothly, which
it was. About s in the afternoon
we broke station" and gathered
in all the equipment as we were
to leave early the next morning.
A guy gets pretty hungry out there
on the hot desert, not to mention
ones thirst, and an ice cold drink
is almost priceless out there. Any
way, we had our mess truck along
SO about 500 o'clock everyone
strolled, Il should say RAM over
to the mess line, which was about
a quarter of a mile away from
where most Of the Battery was loo
ated Evervone had unite an an