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HRADQUARTERS COMPACT, SECOND BATTALION 59th INFANTRY
Our esteened .contemporary is'Wearing his right hand in a-bandage these days*
vie hear hp was severely bitten by an enraged typewriter* vie always keep ours
tied do\/n* NOTE - - Lest ni sunder standing arise, we wish to explain that the
word “typewriter" as used above, refers to a nachine*
■Among the interesting pastimes this week, the hunting of the wild and elusive
alibi we servos prominent mention, The most sucdesful hunters* were those-poor
unfortunates who* like ourselves* failed to make the Post Gallery lean*
Electrician Sergeant (jawbone) Maxwell is carrying a teaspoon in his pocker
the 3d days* Did you find, it, Kqx ?
A distinguished member of Company ME■,, has recently demonstrated his abij -
in sleight of hand performances, by occasionally exhibiting the mysteries of fh
vanishing coin* During the bov/ling last eve he attempted to show his teao-mats.
this wonderful stunt, but, alas, he had lost the coin.
The bowling last night, between E # 1 and Hdqrs* Co*9 was very ragged, the
advantage, however, being ours, we emerged victorious*
Sgt* Cox and Corp* Sutherland were visitors to 13-mile Saturday* They were
accompanied, on their return, by seventeen rabbits from that vicinity* The .
rabbits stayed in the Post but a short time, although their presence was enjoyed
by all who came in contact with them*
7e desire to petition the Electrician Sergeant to install a Rheostat in
series with a light, in the roora of a proninent nenber of our conpany* Said reu*
ber, due to force of habit, continually reaches up to turn down his light pric*
to leaving his roon*
Travels of a candy box* A certain candy-box has had an interesting tour n J
visiting during the last few days. It is found reposing in different bunks at
various intervals* How cone, Ed ?
THINGS WE MOULD LIKE 10 KNOW:
Thy two nenbers of this organization, both presunably of excellent
character, refer to one another as tty pardner in crine" or “Accessories to and
after the fact“ ?
'.Thy is an Alaskan sweater ?
Whether we should or not, of our own free will, spend another year of
wild and riotous life in Alaska ?
When the second Battalion, 59th Infantry will return to the States ?
If there are ttany ptarnigan on Murphy*s Flats this winter ?
Any information on any of the above will be gratefully received*
Thinking in continental we wonder why the electrician continually send us
the letter 4lO,,, or the letters "T** ‘fTu at norning and at night*
The rigors of winter, or soaething, sure hit this outfit this week* Over
seventeen percent of Hdqrs* Go* are in the hospital* Cheer up, beys, “Doc" will
fi-: you up, and Joe is an A1 cook*