AND this week we run an extra page from the Fighting Q.M«C.s:
QUARTERMASTER CORPS DETACHMENT NOTES.
n .,^ur assistant Provost ,Sergeant,Benj ,E,Trump,"better known as
Red,^was rather rudely awakened last night from a pleasant dream.
Red though tnat perhaps >he hash he had eaten for supper was the
cause of a ua’Tibu.e rdgrr?mare,as he waa "being roughly shaken at about
12.00,o*clock midnight oy a much excited, guard,who thrust a lantern••
in ’Red s" face,almost singing his eyebrows,and shouted,’’Get the
mule si Get the males’ TatsH TTaterJ FIRE J FIRE?” At which,.”Red” poli
tely informed the said guard,in a sweet little voice,that the ’’mule'*
pinner’’ Dan was sleeping $>n the other side of the room,’’Red”
wondering whether his ears' are long enough for anybody to mistake
him for a muleskinner.
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Our STABLE GUARD for the evening,"Boots" Fulton, claims that he
didnft hear any noise last night*Which reminds us of the old woman
who lived close to the bsach near Puget Sound*She was enjoying a
quiet summer afternoon in the sitting room reading the much worn
family Bible,wfyen the Pacific Fleet,which was maneuvering close
by,let go a combined broadside of 16 inch guns* At which,the demure
old lady arranged her hair neatly,smiled sweetly,and said,"Come in!M
Anyway,our Acting First Sergeant,"Pep" Jones,done his duty nobly
by borrowing "Red^s" boots, dumping our Rip Van Winkles out of their
bunks,and making all haste to the city of Haines,which was by that
time,a roaring Inferno* Some of the members of the Q<M«Detvfelt
their hair rise on the top of their heads for probably the first
time in their young lives while rolling them red hot gasoline drums
from the rear of the burning building*
We are wordering if Pvt,Zeliar,our would-be mechanic,has found them
searchlight batteries yet? Anyway,the ‘’Buford’s” crew had still ano
ther never-to-be-forgotten ir^dent on their Alaskan trip
The Q.M.has lost some very good men.Among them was our oldtime
Provost Sgt,”Sheckles“, who was,we can safely say,the most efficient
man in the Q.M,Det,,and the best old scout that ever came over the
pike,We111 sure miss old “Sheckles”.Also the other Fighting Q*M,C*s
who have left us.
The Quartermaster Corps now has a well organized detachment,which
was well proven by the way they disposed of the ’’Buford's” cargo from
Michael and Ft.Liscum.The transport came in without any warning,and
docked at 5.30 A,M,on Thursday,And with the Q,M,C«s’ ceaseless efforts
and the combined efforts of the Doughboys,the heavy cargo was tucked
away entirely by 11.00 o1 clock that same night,Going some,ainlt it?
Our Detachment now numbers 23 men.3ut we aren't a bit supersti
tious. Take warning,men! We’re a bad bunch to fool with.
The Fighting Q.M.C.s