"PUTTING OUT" WORK RECOGNIZED BY GRANTING SPECIALISTS' RAT INGS:
Paragraph 4, Special Orders 35, this post, awards Pvt**^;£l Samuel
Levine, Q. 11. C., a rating as specialist tourth class, and Pvt.'AWry L. kish
ter, Company Ef a specialist'third class rating, vice Pvt. II. u. Clarke and
Walter Hanley, respectively, who are going to the States this month due to com
pletion of foreign service*
Private Levine was coach of the basketball team during the winter and
devoted much of his spare time to thi3 activity. He has also volunteered for
the policing and decoration of the Recreation Hall prior to dances and has taken
charge of serving the refreshments.
Private Kishter has merited recognition by his work as clerk for the
Salvage Officer and as Company Clerk. He will assist the E w R officer at Head
quarters and will also take charge of the office work of the Battalion Supply
Officer,
THERE’LL BE MANY FAREWELLS THIS MONTH:
Although the great majority of men whose foreign service expires this
month have requested and received authority to remain here another year, four
teen men from Company F and thirteen from Company E are scheduled to depart
for the States by the first available transportation after July 12. Those going
are as follows:
Corporals Robt. E. Dunbar, iheodore Grant, Thomas Roger son, Walter
ftaggs, Jesse E# Porter,&Siraon A* Curtright of Company E and Charles F.
Hager of Company F,
Privates David G# Bagley, Willie Ballard, Hiram H« HLaCiiourn, Martin Brill,
Howard L* Buchanan, Thomas F. Cade, Walter Hanley, James Harr inn, William <-»•
Hedt, Ruby G. Kilby Charles L. Warner, Robert Myers and Hobart 3. Weddle of Com
pany F and William Cleveland, Mike Huber, D* K# Hudson, H. C* Loggns, Glade W*
athews, Martin 0 Norris and Charley J. Sitzes of bmp any E.
All of the above will proceed to Ft. Lawton, there to receive transport
ation to Vancouver Barracks, where they "Till be assigned to the Seventh Infantry.
Transportation go the U. 3. will, according to semi-official reports, be
furnished the twenty-: men leavi.^ on expiration of foreign service, on the
S.S.Cordova, on or .about July 13th.
TWO WILL LEAVE FROM Q»M*C®
Among those leaving Ghilkoot Barracks soon after July 12, are Pvts*
Benjamin F® Trump and Cecil Vail of the Quartermaster Corps*
SEVENTEEN REPLACEMENTS ARRIVE:
Seventeen new replacements, making forty-three who have arrived during the
last month, put their foot on the soxJL ox Ghilkoot Barracks for the first time
when they marched down the gan^ plank of the Jefferson last Tuesday morning*
!Ihe new comers are: Privates Samuel G® Cobbler, Thomas Bennett, Pete C,
Bertelsen, Clarence T Beiraw, Arthur T 3arden, Johnnie G* Crockett, Joseph
Dobos, Frank P. Swgel, Carl H. Elbert, Lloyd a. Eilenberger, Earnest Evans,
Harry L® Flippin, Ihomas 3® Gxriffin, August Horak, Roy Hunnicutt, Joseph J»
Proulx, and William Rice*
They have been attached to Snpany E for rations, but utoile Company E is
on the range will receive their recruit instruction with Company F*
MISS CARRIE BELIE HOOPER, of El Paso, Texas, arrived on the Jefferson for
a visit with the family of Captain Royal 3® Loving, \U C.