COMPANY AND DETACHMENT NEWS.
Company "E".
The Company is firing on the target range, but rainy weather
has retarded their progress very mush. It seems the sun will never
shine again.
Lieutenant J.H.Harper has been assigned tp Company "E". He^ar
rived last Friday on the Alameda. He remarked to 1st.Sergeant Mill
er that this is the worst rainy weather he has seen in a long time,
and Sergeant Miller replied: "this rain is only a mist and probably
you will see some rain soon".
Sergeant Hogwood: "What elevation are you using, Ackley?
Private Ackley: "Zero elevation".
Sergeant Hogwood: "I thought so".
A certain Supply Sergeant, whose initials are J.B. , which stand
for "jaw bone" in firing on the target range uses several inches
of paste board for shoulder pads. "J.B." says the Second Kentucky,
his old outfit, used to shoot that way. Ask him how the National
Guard use shoulder pads and he will put you wise.
Company 11 F"
Company "F" lost and Fort Benning won Wednesday, when Captain
Cook, Company Commander for a year and a half, and Lieutenant
Grady, left on the "Fornance" for Skagway to take the "Jefferson"
from there to the states.
Captain Cook was the most popular Company Commander "F" Company
has ever been fortunate enough to have, and it is with deep regret
that we see him leave us.
Mrs. James E. Powell, wife of our genial Mess Sergeant, and
three children, left on the Alameda last week for the states.
Sergeant Powell will be lonesome without his family and ex
pects to join them in the states in October, when his tour of for
eign service expires.
Company " F" has sole charge of the digging of the new reservoir
since Company "E" went on the target range, and Foreman Mumby, Q,.
M. C. , reports they are doing fine and moving "mountains of dirt",
with but very little effort - all the same as "oldtimers".
Kedical Detachment.
Private Ramsey in trying to stop an Evinrude by putting his fin
ger in a hole in the flywheel, suffered a badly lacerated finger
last Tuesday. He vows he will never make the same mistake again.
Staff Sergeant House went to Skagway last Saturday on business
and incidentally to look over the city of "Soapy Smith" fame.
Private lcl. kidkiff received a couple of scented letters the
other day, and has been "warbling like a meadow lark" ever since.
Some people sure are lucky.’
Private lcl. Cointin, our efficient Chef, motored to Wells last
Tuesday afternoon and returned some time during the evening. He
says it is a wonderful trip and the scenery is grand, and he should
kn ow
Sergeant House's furniture arrived on the "Qpeen" and he has
been very busy getting settled,, and has tv/o years to do it in.