CCT'TFANY ,THr NEWS.
Our football team is drilling hard in all the spare time that
we get and we expect to ha e a real team by the time of the game,
E ery man in the organization will do his part to win.
Eoctball is said to be rough but that reminds us that Cpl.
Cobbler almost broke his leg while bowling and now wants to take
up something safer, football for instance. When Cpl* Odum heard
this he asked Sammy where his crutones were.
”EM Company has three new recruits in P ts. Brant, Patnoe and
Aiken* Aiken is a football player of note, formerly of the Uni .
of California.
Sgt* Loftin and a picked lot of gunners wrent after the white
bunnies on Rabbit Island last week* Howe er the snow on the
ground helped the rabbits more than the soldiers,/ Howe er the
big snow-shoes suffered sa eral casulties.
Almost the entire organization spent their time last Wednesday
at the Indian entertainment at Haines. P t. Uennedy couldn’t
quite understand why Indians would swallow fish whole.
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Fort Benning has been making a great none for the infantry
during the present season* To date they na e defeated
Stetson, 51-7; Loyola, 45-0.; KcPherson, 32-7, Transyl ania,
33-0 and Oglethorpe 27-7. The Doughboy Stadium was dedicated
in the Oglethorpe game. Oglethorpe came to Benning fresh from
a win o er Centre College. The Penning team is not comprised
wholly of stars but they ha e three or four full teams that play
in e cry game.
THE JTEiiT SEQHETAF.Y OF WAR.
\
and youngest merr.ber of presi
recently appointed Secretary
W, Weeks who resigned on account of
considerable experience during the
ali^ntly, vanning promotion from
■ - - - He is a eteran of two
Argcnne, and was twice cited
Dwight F. Da is is the newest
dent Cocliige’s cabinet^ he was
of War in the place of John
ill health, hr. Da is had
World War*, where he fought ,
Captain to Llajor and Lieutenant-Colonel,
major offenses, St, Mihiel and the Argon
for bra ery in action. He is a graduate of Har ard and in his
youth was nationally known as a tennis player. He is uhe ionor
of the Da is Cup, the national tennis trophy. By profession he
is a lawyer and is now in his forty-se enth year. As Assistant
Secretary of War he was the actual head of the Department since
last spring when I,lr, Weeks fell ill. He is a citizen of S •
Louis, Ho. We salute our comrade, our chief and wish him great
success in his position of responsibility and pri ilege* His
successor as#assistant Secretary is Coloner lacHider of Iowa,
formerly Commander in chief of the American -region.