The Gas Attack - O'Ryan's Roughnecks

GAS ATTACK 35
COMPANY B, 3RD
PIONEERS.
Sergeant Nate Hurvitz, after a layoff, has
had a chance to develop an appetite that is
almost fair. At Arcadia last Sunday he managed
to eat 36 biscuits, 8 pieces of pie and a
few pounds of meat and vegetables, while
Corporal ' Fat Smith and Corporal Fred
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Irving gazed on and talked to the boarding
mistress to cover up his sin. What will Hoover
do, Nate, when your appetite is fully developed?
Somebody told Kid Sharkey that since
Handsome Harry Boushell, the dare devil
from Eoxbury, Mass., is getting to be a regular
husky. When he came to us from Fort
Banks he weighed 104 pounds, now he is tipping
them at 118. Watch out, Frank Moran!
every
one with that name is a natural born
hitter so he hereby challenges any Civil War
veteran in the camp or in the world for that
matted.
Sergeant Fryett, our only blonde
Sergeant,
has a cute little mustache. He says that if
it is not there in quantity the quality is good.
Keep it going, Sam.
Sergeants Wood and Hogan, formerly of the
M. G. Co., are now trying to master the manual
of arms. Pretty tough, eh what ?
For the champion chatterbox of the camp
we defy anyone to beat Corporal Bliss, our
Company Clerk. He can talk more and say
less than any one we have seen yet.
Mechanic Walter Mattan, Corporals
Smith
and Irving and also Sergeant Fred McQuaide
are making quite a few trips to Saxon. Although
there are some churches there, it is
possible there might be another attraction.
COMPANY C, 3RD PIONEER INFANTRY.
The Company is very fortunate indeed in
having assigned to it an officer of long experience
in the person of Captain Charles I.
Bard, formerly of the First North Carolina Infantry.
Although our acquaintance is still of
short duration, we are confident that with him
at the steering wheel, this company will maintain
the high standard of efficiency that has
been characteristic of it in the past. Our
earnest support is yours, sir.
Now, we don't object to your paying a
tailor $2.76 to refit your blouse, Honorable
First Sergeant, but when you make us stand
retreat with ours on, just to show us how you
look in it, we do object most strenuously, especially
as it was a hot afternoon.
We would suggest to Sergeant Pendergast
that the next time he sends Bobbie to the Post
Exchange for tobacco and apple-o that he
give him the exact amount required. Mr.
Gaw has a keen sense of humor, and takes a
great deal for granted, including the disposition
of the change. According to our figures
a quarter out of a dollar leaves seventy-five
cents, but "Bobbie somehow or other figured
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it differently.
Harry Acton, senior First Class Private, is
on the sick list with a bruised foot, the result
of getting too ambitious at the woodpile.
This means that the remainder of the
privates will have to work overtime, and it
will be hard on the poor fellow.
We understand that Sergeant Pay Taffe secured
a try-out with the Band last Saturday.
If we remember right Sousa started his
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career carrying the bass-drum too, so stick
to it, kid.
Sergeant Breen objects to a certain individual
who practices '' Annette Kellerman 7 s 7 7
over his bunk every time he comes into the
tent. Why discourage progressiveness, Bill?
We will admit that the estimable gentleman
Sergeant Hennrikus, better known as
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Happy, is a clever boy, but when he started
making the rounds of the married men in
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the company recently, seeking information
about the cost of marriage licenses, etc., we
are beginning to suspect something. You
know he goes on furlough soon, and—you can
never tell.
The fondly anticipated Easter morning celebration
is off! Some fiend in human form
(as Newton Newkirk would say) stole the
' necessary. Sleuth Phillips is working on
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the case and promises convictions.
Will some girl write to Sergeant Bob
We won t venture a name for the stew
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served to us last Friday, but it is a curious
coincidence that the skins of two rattle snakes
were found in the garbage can by Bugler
LaEock. How about it, Mess Sergeant Nordstrom?
Cunningham,
please. He is getting gray wondering
when he will get a letter from his little
nurse in Canada. Maybe she is in France,
Bob, smoothing some other soldier 7 s sweating
brow*
We are daily expecting to hear from Sergeant
MacClellan, who is home on furlough.
But then, he is pretty busy, and it is a
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long walk, unless you catch the last car, "Jack.
If you don t return soon, the First Sergeant
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will have to install a mail pouch to hold all
the letters that have accumulated in the
last week. At least eight a day, my boy, and
all postmarked from a different place.
A. L. T.
The German-American Alliance has a
membership of 3,000,000 in America. An
investigation held in U. S. Senate to consider
accusations that this organization has
received funds from disloyal sources and
that it has been active in formulating opposition
to the policies and institutions of
the United States.
BATTERY D, 105TH FIELD
ARTILLERY.
One glance at our daily bill of fare will
signify the return of our Mess Sergeant
a furlough.
granted another. Why?
from
It has been suggested that he be
Mechanic Galvin returned from his furlough
in a very nervous condition; at least
the Sanity Experts claim so. What } s the
matter, Eddie?
A steady file of members of this Battery is
going by the ' office tent all hours of the
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day to take a glance into the smiling countenance
of Mickey Doyle. Mike is booked to
meet a promising white hope in a three round
battle within the next twenty-four hours, and
it is the promise of his opponent to camouflage
his face.
A remark overheard: "I never feel at
home unless I have some dam pick or shovel
on my shoulder." Who said this? Mac.
Joy is reigning in one part of the office.
Mrs. Top Sergeant is coming down from New
York.
Signs of Spring in New York: Furlograms.
One of the happiest men in the Battery is
Supply Sergeant Everett. After trying to
obtain a furlough since the first of November,
he has finally been granted one so that
he may go home. Guess we miss the C. & G.
E. this month, Ed. What do you say?
There seems to be a difference of opinion
in the Battery for some reason.
Pat?
What is it,
Sergeant Philp and Corporal Wagner can
now stay in camp at nights. Respectively,
sister and wife, were down on a "furlough' 7
and are going home to-night. Farewell, ladies.
Corporal Ed Rodin kept "D Battery in
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the running last Saturday. He won the 12
pound shot put. Keep up the good work, Ed.
'' TUEKEY 7 7 SHEA.
FLEEING- DESERTER SHOT.
The Military Police took eight deserters
off one freight train passing through Spartanburg
last week. One of the deserters,
Private J. A. Gash, Co. C, 11th Machine Gun
Batt, Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala., made
a break for liberty. He was shot in the hip,
and taken to the Base Hospital with a flesh
wound.