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TH E WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK a n d RIO GRANDE RATTLER i 3 LEAVES OF’ ABSENCE. Commissioned officers have been granted leaves of absence as follows: Lieut. Col. John B. Tuck, 106th infantry, 10 days, beginning December 20. F irst Lieut. F rank I. Hanscom, chaplain, 106th infantry, 10 days, beginning December 9. Capt. A. W. Pickard, 102d am m u n ition train, 10 days, beginning December 1. Capt. F rank W. Sears, M. C., ambulance company, 10 days, beginning December 3. F ir s t Lieut. W illiam J. Coogan, 107th in fantry, 10 days, beginning December 30. Capt. A u g u stin Kelly, 14th infantry, 15 days, beginning’ December 24. Second Lieut. W. D. M artin,' Jr., 12th in fantry, 20 days, beginning December 1. F ir s t Lieut. H e rbert E. M arshall, Jr., 106th infantry, 15 days, beginning December 24. F ir s t Lieut. George McK. Hail, field hos pital company 105, 15 days, beginning De cember 6. F irst Lieut. Leonard S. Allen, 106th field artillery, 12 days, beginning December 16. Maj. Edw ard L. Bebee, 74th infantry, 15 days, f b eginning December 17. F ir s t Lieut. Adolph H. Badenhausen, 106th machine gun battalion, 15 days, beginning December 20. Second Lieut. Hugo M. McLarnon, 106th m achine gun battalion, 15 days, beginning December 20. Capt. Edwin J. M u rray, 74tii infantry, 15 days, beginning December 24. Col. R. L. Foster, 12th infantry, 15 days, beginning December 18. F irst Lieut. Sidney D. Palm er, 108tli in fantry, 10 days, beginning December 10. Capt. Dallas C. Newton, 102d am m u n ition train, 15 days, beginning December 5. Capt. Floyd D. McLean, 1st infantry, 10 days, beginning December 23. Capt. J. H. McDermott, 71st infantry, 12 days, beginning December 23. Second Lieut. Elm e r Roy Underwood, 10 days, beginning December 24. Second Lieut. Spencer M. Holden, 47fli infantry, 15 days sick leave, beginning De cember 5. Second Lieut. C. J. McCartney, 106th field artillery, 10 days, beginning December 5; F ir s t Lieut. F rank F. Farw ell, company F, 106th infantry, 15 days, beginning Decem ber 5. C a p t W. H. Hays, division school of the line, 10 days, beginning December 22. Capt. Charles J. Dieges, 102d engineers, 12 days, beginning December 18. 102MB TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY. This organization, the only one of its kind in the division, although the sm allest unit here, has attracted a lot of attention since its arrival. Form e rly I Troop of the F ir s t N. Y. Cav alry, the battery augm ented by 30 men from the 47th Infantry, and 30 from the 10th Infantry as well as several picked men from other units, now has a strength of about 181 men. As this mode of w a rfare was entirely new to America, soon after the change was made, Capt. Pearson, who was commanding officer, left for F o rt Sill, where he is taking a complete course in this style of work. Upon Lieut. Dilks, who has been in charge, has fallen the burden of the work of reorgani zation and to him m u st go the credit for the rapid advancem ent of the form er troop ers who are at the present tim e probably the most efficient trench m o rtar battery in the country. The men have entered upon their new du ties with enthusiasm and under the tu te lage of Captain B raitw a ith and Sergeant Cookson, of the B ritish Army, have dug a complete system of trenches, erected barbed wire entanglem e n ts and become very effi cient in the use of trench m o rtars, bombs and bayonets. W ith experienced officers in command and a splendid personnel the Buffalo unit is cer tain to give an excellent account of itself “Over There.” Just E a st of the 106th A rtillery is the battery camp and the men claim th a t they live in the best equipped and kept quarters in Camp W adsworth. “Cleanliness and or der” is the watchword of the day which is strictly lived up to. The experience of Sergeants Gerahty, San ders and ' P elloth, form erly of the U. S. Regulars, has proved invaluable to the offi cers in the rapid transition from cavalry to trench m o rtars. A visit to the camp is well w o rth while and will be repaid by w itnessing the work of a branch of the service which has proven a big factor in the world war. Lieut. Cloak, who has been absent for some tim e on account of sickness, returned last week and was accorded a hearty wel come. Lieuts. Roy and Meaney, who- were tem porarily attached here, have both received commissions as F irst Lieutenants. Pvts. Creighton, Dickenson, W irths, Lo gan, Powell, Snow, I go and Reynaud, who weie at the second officers training camp, all received commissions. Pvt. Porter wishes it officially stated th a t his recent black eye was the result of an accident and was not received in a rush for mess as has been reported. Sergt, Towle still sticks to his civilian habits and frequently makes the rounds of all the tents looking for m eters to read. Corporal Perkins returned from his re cent furlough a happy benedict. The cigars are still forthcoming. Bugler Raymond had the pleasure of m eet ing the L ieutenant of the M. P.’s last week. He is very reticent concerning the in ter view. Pvt. Leo Brown has gained the distinction of being the best horsem an in the A rtillery Brigade. If anyone doubts this ask Leo. He adm its the fact himself. We wonder w h a t would happen: If Barlow worked more than once a week. If Kennedy could talk back. If Doerfiein really had m ail every tim e he said lie did. If Manly Brown talked back to the non- coms. If there were no pay days. If every one should be handed a furlough. If they were only for 6 days. If Sergeant McLean ever got a bunch of K. P.’s who liked the job. H eard on the B a ttery Street—- Sentry in neighboring regim e n t: “H alt! Who’s there?” Voice from the d a r k : “Commanding Offi cer.” Sentry: “Advance and give the command.” W. F. S. FIELD HOSPITAL Co. 107, 102NB SANI TARY TRAIN, On Monday, December 3rd, the entire com pany hiked to a section of the neighboring country-side, which lay in the general di rection of “Sou’ by Sou’w est” (according to Lieut. K ice). We were under the supervision of Major H a rnden (com m anding), and Lieuts. Tilden and Kice. One of our tasks was the a r t of w riting so legibly on a Diagnosis Tag th a t there would he little danger of its being m istaken for a laundry ticket or a doctor’s prescrip tion. We also devoted a half-hour to map sketching. Some of our sketches would have put a Cubist A rtist “in the shade,” while others looked like a bird’s-eye view of “No-Man’s Land.” In spite of the fact th a t we prepared our own grub, we had very little leftovers, and our im p rom p tu incinerator seemed un called for. Major H a rnden lectured to an interested audience on topics th a t had a direct bear ing on our future work and our surround ings brought us in closer touch w ith the problems we would undoubtedly encounter over there. We all enjoyed the excursion immensely and hiked back to camp. O n e 'd a y , while we were quarantined and confined to the company street, Jim Lennon wandered into the officers’ quarters and asked Lieut. Kice for a pass to re-enter the company street. Lieut. Kice inquired how he managed to get by the guards and “R a f fles” replied: “I sneaked past.” Evidently he had a one-way ticket. We have w ith us nine “casuals.” One of these gentlem en was lodged in No. 3 tent. Dick Lockwood awoke one very cold m o rn ing and noticed the new-comer, Irving Schwartz, standing by his cot fully dressed and shivering w ith cold. Dick asked him why he didn’t build a fire instead of stand ing there shivering. A hopeful grin spread over - S chw artz’s face and he ch a ttered: “I d-didn’t w a n n a d-disturb you g-g-guys!” Sergt. K ilbourn: “Kom-pnee, Ten-shun! W ight dwess. Say, w u tsa-m u rra wish you ferras, can’tcha unnerstand Ink-lish?” Company: “Sure! ' T a lk E n g lish.” M..
