WANTTA GO TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES? ‘ .
A try-out will be held May 10 in San Francisco which will determine
the Corps Area championship in various athletics, and decide the' entrants
in the Army Clumpic Games Team from this Corps Area. Any officer, warrant
officer or enlisted nan of the Regular Army is eligible. Monetary allowance
ih lieu of rations ’.Till be given, but there are no Government funds avail
able for transportation costs. If any of the local athletes desire to en
ter the contest, they should report to the 3 <& R Officer. «
HONORARY- COLONELS JON1T RANK SALUTE: .. J»
t| A news item from Washington, D.C.t states that the designation’of
honorary colonel" recently given in certain regiments to women prominent
in public life was unauthorized in Array regulations, and such colonels are
not to be officially recognized. We venture, however, if the girl is good
looking enough, she will have just as much authority as if she held all the
honorary titles in the dictionary.
PABRE J, F. IJONOHAN, formerly athletic officer of Chilkoot Barracks during
the first part of the week, editor of theChilkoot Post during the last part
of the week, and eloquent occupant of the chaplain1s pulpit on Sunday, writes
from Ft, McKinley, Haine, that he is launching a newspaper'there for the 5tih
^nfantry. ,fTlie Pest", having already stood sponsor for the'Ft* Logan Sen
tinel veditei by our former associate, Captain Von Gremp)now greets with
acclaim^ ohe birth of this new journalistic infant* "Padre" also writes ha
is the Ban Johnson" of an eight team baseball league with 84 games'schedule d.
.We re wondering if the snow is hanging "on back there like it is here*) Hefe
just iinashed managing two bowling ladgues and a basketball league. Good
work, ^adre ; we only ’wish you were still with us-to manage our festive
spring athletes,
MORE ABOUT ORIGINS OF ARMY TITLES:
... Some time ago we gave the derivations of several army titles* Capt*
ter on Gremp» editinS theFt. Logan Sentinal, ha3 gotten down his dic
tionary and looked up some additional ones as follows:
When several companies were put together to form a column, their com
mander was called colonel , derived from the word "column." The second in
command was designated "lieutenant Colonel" (which'meoh3 "one who takes the
place of the colonel. ) The third in command was called "sergeant major"
literally meaning the big sergeant." The noun "sergeant" was drooped in’
title&fd ^ Ui? “a£,r reuaina' Later "sergeant major" was revived as
title for the senior N.C.O.a. ‘
!?en re^ b0di?3 0f tr00p3 by colonels were assembled thy
* C! !r f1 officer 0aTled "colonel general." Ihe noun colonel
dropped, leaving only the adjective "general" as title. As junior
^ CaaB ln?° exi3te;lce> tuey were termed lieutenant generals and major
generals, in analogy with the second and third in command 0f regiments
feen a fourtn grade of generals was created, the title was derived from the’
unit he commanded, the brigade. 1 om ZM
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MISS JACKSON of Haines Mission is spending several weeks in the "States."
APPLICATION BLANKS FOR ME CITIZENS' MILITARY TRAINING CAMP have been~i^T
ceived by the E a officer. Civilian boys between 17 and 24 years of He
may apply lor admittance to the carap at Camp Lewis, Vashington^ The
ernment pays the transportation costs and furnishes clothing food a;nd *
o gmg a. tlie camp. The 0amp opens June 19th mi closes July 18th 'The
courses will include Infantry. Cavalry Field P 7 , C“* ine
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