“li" CQMPAHY NO (ESS
Hoop Lai Here w© are again# As the holidays are now over and all
nC0S 30310 we are force(J to resume business* 0 f course we could h$ve
few Xi0tiQS for tie weekly gazette but as we had plenty of coin, Genero
jt-c f kale, pesos and iron men it was unnecessary# However our contemporary
/liter or writers for the other line company has kept the news (?) going and
^f0£3 the amount of it, we as suae, and have good reasons for doing so,
nao tne long green was needed# However if they were paid for the quality and
no -e quanity of news tliey submitted their financial condition would be the
sane as ours#
service is again losing one of its efficient non-commissioned
i°vrS* thiS We Dean tIle retirer'ent of Sergeant Hayes* It is understood
that he is leaving us in the near future, since he has served his Governent
for^thirtv years* Kis tine expiring lie re he wishes to get back to the good old
u* A* He wants to go somewhere where the dismal 11 I can*t get *en up* I
can«t get *en up etc." of the bugle at dawn cannot be heard* There is some
e^oitenant in thinkingin terns of spud fox'ks and snow shovels when you only
-iaye a few years to do, but now that it is all over, new neckties, different
paterns of suits and an undisciplined unmethodical life of freedon is nuch
nore attractive* At least Sergeant Hayes thinks so end we think he is right*
1/e can understand why a soldier misses reveille and drill calls but
we cannot savvy why the officer of the day has to awaken the First Sergeant of
Headquarters Company for a report at 3etreat. How cone. Headquarters?
, were astonished to hear that the Swedish Ambassador and his staff
consisting of four well known statesmen and military attache, attended the
movies in Haines on Hew Years Fight, occupying seats in the Orchestra Circle*
i -iiortunately t.iey were not recsgnized by many, owing to the fact that tne
s^iow was in progress and their entrance very informal*
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>/hile attending the basket ball game in Haines last Wednesday even**
ing we overheard a society belle of that city remark to the captain of our team
that if she were captain of such a team she would take then to the Old Soldiers
Home* V/e do not know what the lady meant* Do you Andy?
£0 .THoY TAIK THBIR SLEEP. ?????
The conpany clerk and C orporal Hop* of UEU Conpany are wondering
what causes all the noise in the adjoining roon. At tines it sounds s ini liar
to an old ladies sewing circle and at other tines it resenbles a buzz saw. Of
Of course the room in question is occupied bjr two very industrious non-cons
whose nanes we are to nodest to rent ion*
^/hile gazing out of our window at the beauties of the Chilkat halve
our view becare obstructed by what we first thought was a hallucination but ° ’
upon investigation we found it to be real. We called Philo Grubb fron the Hiding
Sun Detective Agency and after a thorough investigation of the facts he reported
that it was our energetic Supply Sergeanc, shovelling the snow fron the west
side of the road* Apparently as only nules use that side of the road and as rt
shovelling is necessary there, wo decided that he was lookin' for the knifr
Why did you done, Klitz? " *