Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-30
By ELSIE WHITE HAINEs

Sugar Loaf" a mongrel pup
which Sergt. Charles H. Jamison
picked up in a native village near
Baguio, the summer capital of Lu-
zon, and carried to camp in a pock-
ct of his fatigue uniform last
year, is coming to GAINESVILLE to
join his master. Mr.. Jamison, who
is the Democratic candidate for
county commissioner from the Sc
cond district, regards it as good
omen that his pet is scheduled to
join him during his campaign for
the place on the board now held
by Walter Johnson, the Big Train
of baseball fame. ,
Born and reared almost on the
line between Frederick and Mont
gomery Counties, practically in the
shadow of the Sugar Loaf Noun
tain, Charles Jamison, like so
many other Montgomery Count
aims, came to regard the mountain
as part of his county even though
it is, geographically, in Frederick
County.
When Charles was stationed on
Luzon, near Clark Field, there
loomed Mt. Arayat to remind MIN
of home. While enough like the
Sugar Loaf to give him nostalgia
pangs, Mt. Arayat is much larger
and higher-3,06O # high--at the
top can be seen an extinct crater
to remind one of the volcanic ORR
gin of the island. Charles talked
so much about the mountain near
his home, that he soon became
known as Sergt. Sugar Loaf, SO
when he brought back the small
puppy to be the company mascot,
1t also just automatically became
Sugar Loaf" Photos snow that
even the tent in which they lived
was called Sugar Loaf"
Glow did you happen to get the
pup z! we asked Sergt. Sugar
Loaf. "Well," he replied, at was
one of several sucking pups al
most large enough for the natives
to eat, so when we left Just be-
fore daylight, after spending the
night in the village, | reached him
through the fence and put him in
my pocket" 1t seems that a fat
sucking pup is considered quite
delicacy on Luzon!"
The pup, which Charles describes
as Terrier and God knows-but
mostly Terrier" became favorite
OF the company, was Jamison's
constant companion and slept in
his tent. He brought it to the en-
barkation point when orders
brought him home but the pup had
not been inoculated so it had to
be left behind. Now with his inocu-
lations complete, Sugar Loaf" re-
Gently left Luzon with Sergt. Err
nest A. Whittier, a South Carolin-
ian who was also a member of the
3626th Ordnance Recoil Company.
We asked if the pup made the
usual nuisance of himself-if like /
most pups he chewed up every
thing in sight--and was told that .
ne never bothered anything much
but the baseballs. Seems that he
loved to play ball and would run
off with every ball he could find.
1t struck US as odd that mutt
that loved baseball should be com
ing from afar to help his master
"carry the ball" against one of the
greatest pitchers Of all time. But
Of course the dog has been raised
a Democrat!
How long nave you been inter
ested in politics? We asked
Charles, and was told that he had
been interested ever since at the
age Of fifteen years he had "hauled
voters to the polls in Model T
Ford"
Mountains evidently mean a lot
in the life of the Philippines too,
for much Of their currency carries
pictures of mountains. Mt Mayor,
one OF the loftiest on Luzon,-8275
feet highs featured on the ten
peso note. A peso, Charles ex-
planned, is worth about fifty cents
in our money.
We became quite interested in
the islands and learned that Lu-
zon, has an area of 4O,SS5 square
miles, the largest Of the several