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14 THE WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK a n d RIO GRANDE RATTLER CO. G, 1Q6IH INFANTRY. A fter the hike through th e mud T h u rs day afternoon, we had plenty of S p a rtanburg real estate in our company street. They tell us the 14th men buried the “Gimme’s” down a t Sheepshead Bay, but Corporal M attson was not a t the services. They say P rivate George W eber, now as signed to the 106th Canteen, w e n t and got “tied up” while in New York recently, but by the way he hustles you’d never know it. Maybe it didn’t h u r t C a p tain H ardy, who commands us, is one officer who is “alw ays on the job” looking to better our interests. He is around so much we often wonder if he don’t peek into our ten ts about 3 a. m. to see if we sleep well. A Chinese laundrym a n never quits working, but he has nothing on our cap tain. Five of our best non-coms, Sergeants Co hen, Dinnsen, Campbell and Tornabene, and Corporal Shea are now over at the Of ficers’ T raining School. They were all pop ular men here, and we’re all hoping they land th e ir commissions. There is some speculation as to who will land the the ser geant’s places. Sergeants M iller and A. M orrison would m ake a great vaudeville team. - They are two of the w ittiest men this side of the Jordan. There are some games of chance th a t are well-paying. For particulars see Corporal Anderson. About ten non-coms had to police the street one day recently. If the privates ever did it the way the non-coms did they would be on heavy detail for months. We’ll say the 2nd Platoon leads in every thing except when it comes to getting “is sue” wood. Then the first platoon is al ways first and the second platoon out-of luck. P rivate John Lewis, our jovial company barber, and a good soldier, too, is over at the Base H o spital having an operation per form ed on his nose. No m an was unshaved for Saturday inspection, but an aw ful lot of blood was spilled w ithout bringing peace any nearer. Things sure are quiet around the com pany streets, and particularly the 1st ser geant’s tent, since Sergeant M o rris Cohen left for the Officers’ T raining School. He was the salesm an of the company and his breezy m a n n e r made his presence always desirable, even if he did stick you on some thing or other. There are a lot of the men trying to take his place here, but the Lord only made one M orris Cohen and then de stroyed the mould. W hile we all regret being confined to camp and feel sorry for some of the busi ness people of S p a rtanburg who have been treating us right, yet we cannot find any sym p athy for the gip artists who operate the autos into camp. We alm o st take a de light in know ing th a t some of these people will have to w a it a little longer to lift the m o rtgage off the farm , or stop buying cot- ton-fields or real estate. They have been taking every advantage of the m en coming into camp for quite some tim e past, and have been the cause of m any an innocent m an getting into trouble w ith his officers. Therefore, the order confining us to camp has one little ray of sunshine in it, and th a t is th a t these “w ithin-the-law ” profiteers will have to lay up their m achines and get down to hard work. Corporal Jim McDonough has just been appointed Company Clerk. Ask Top Sergeant M acNaughton and Sup ply Sergeant C rager how they like to drill. B u t duck when you do. Corporal F ran k Daly, our Company Clerk th a t was, has been transferred to the M edi cal Corps of our Infantry, where he will be assistant to the chiropodist. He was always “looking things” up here, but he’ll be kept “looking down” over there. If the Germans ever saw P rivate Quigley throw hand grenades, they would cry quits right now. John is some throw e r but of the right stuff. Strange things w ill happen. For instance, Private David M argulis is in the sam e tent w ith Privates Hogan, Kane, Kenny, Ivers, Logue and Mathewson. Yet he goes on very well, thank you. Some of the men think Corporal W ardell is a good poet, but he can’t get the Gas A ttack to agree w ith them . We never knew why it was so easy to get a kitchen detail when Cook W h eeler was on the job, but after tasting some of his pie yesterday, we’re wise. A p a rt of Long Island is called the “Gar den spot of the world”. Mechanic H o rn m u st have been searching for it by the way he over-stayed his furlough. We know it isn’t in N o rthport, Benix. Some fellows are going to be awfully dis satisfied w ith New York w h en they don’t get a Sunday delivery of mail. CORPORAL W. FIELD HOSPITAL COMPANY, 106TH. Captain Taylor, form erly of the 74th In fantry, has been transferred to this com pany. Privates M cDermott and Alger, of this organization, seem to be on the w a rpath for the last few days in hopes to round up the newsboy who has been selling old Albany papers as papers w ith current events. “H iram ” Joe Lam b ert, who is now Cap tain H a c k e r’s orderly, has made request for a pair of orderly’s chevrons to the Q u a rter m a s ter Sergeant of this company. The p r i vate feels th a t some distinction should be made. “Sport” F ran k W alsh, form e rly in T e n t No. 2, of this company, has been transferred to T e n t No. 4 for some unknow n reason. Perhaps the private can let us know why. “Stum b ler” Raymond Burgess seems to have acquired the a r t of m aking fires in the early morning, but has yet to overcome stum b ling over things, aw akening his tent- mates. The private hopes to stum b le over a furlough very soon. T h e re seems to be an epidemic of a new disease in camp technically known as “Sleepiritis”. Our friend, E lbert McCollum, has a severe attack of it. L ieutenant W illiam T. Nealon, of this command, is on detached service a t the Bellevue H o spital in New York City. Bugler Prescott (Snuffy) seems to have som ething breaking out on his upper lip. The men are in hopes th a t “Snuffy” accom plishes w h a t he is trying to raise there soon, but fear th a t he will get discouraged. “Snowshoes” Jackson, the Staten Island Rosebud, is deserving of much credit as a wood chopper. The private is so accom plished that, no doubt, the detail w ill be /made lengthy for him. Captain George W. Papen, Jr., of this out fit, is on detached service w ith a detail of ten men at the Officers’ T raining Camp, of this Division. “Barney Oldfield” Fred Jeram , is the Motorcycle K ing of the camp. Fred says th a t the deeper the mud is the more gaso line he can use and the faster the car can travel. “N ig” Tom Morrisey, who has been de tailed to the canteen, for the past few weeks, has accom p lished the art of salesm anship, and, no doubt, will find it a very easy m a t ter to obtain a job in the Bon M arcM in Albany, or perhaps F. W. W oolworth could place him in a suitable position. “Deacon” Hobey Bender is of the opinion th a t this organization will see duty on the F iji Islands, due to the fact th a t the natives of th a t place are getting boisterous. You do not think th a t there is a possible chance of soldiering at the Thousand Islands, do you, Hobey? The m en all wish Mechanic “K a te y ” Ma lone the best of luck in his undertakings, as m echanic of this organization, “K a tey” having been appointed very recently. Sergeant Crook is anxiously aw aiting some sort of news from New York. The nature of th is news is unknow n to every one, but i s ' of much im p o rtance to Joe, it seems. T h is all has happened w h ile the Sergeant was on his furlough. Sergeant Schinnerer is much indebted to the inventor of the trench m irror. E v e ry one knows, especially the Sergeant, th a t this m irror can be carried in your pocket and it will not break. “L ightning” H e n ry Alger says th a t he will compete w ith Georgie Cohen, the well- known star, when he m akes his arrival back home. The private is now taking up the a r t of soft-shoe dancing and getting his vo cal chords in trim . Vorheesville will get the benefit of this coming tragedienne. “Constie” W augh says th a t the motorized bunk is a w o n d erful invention in his opin ion, the private having had good experience in this line. Therefore, it goes w ithout say ing, experience is the best teacher. Fourth-assistant-third-cook “H appy” La Yigne has made request for the fork-form chevron to the Q u a rterm a ster Sergeant. The private now is attending cooking school and, no doubt, w ill be a help to his m o ther in the household when he returns. J. Y. B.
