CO?-TA*?Y AND DETACHMENT NETS.
Company "ft”.
Private Hf. r*Id Ogden has bean granted one month* s furlough, he is spending
it at '‘Wells.
\¥e expect t* develop some stars in skiing. The b^ys have developed the art
df standing up f *r a little but nevertheless the grave yard ^ill has been ’veil pol
ished in sp~ts.
Ihe line up *f the Crmpany has been shifted considerably. Pvt. 1-athews reliev
ed Pvt. Ogden as "Hello Girl". Pvt. Preston has succeeded in pitting Pvt. Lyons on
the sidelines and Pvt. D-v/gel has taken Pvt. B ©saw's place as Fullback. (D.R.O.)
After a morning1 s drill we were called out t* fight fire but it was noticed
that none of the beys were bashful and each was willing to d* his pert.
Company "FM.
Ech-s From The Quartermaster ^-rps ^arracks. -
Pvt.Harry F.Middlet-n, Q.K.C., claims the record for reading the calendar.
He looked at it so much during December that he has all the figures worn ofit, and
he is now wndering when he will get a. 1925 calender f*r him t" lo*k at. He claims
tha t he is such a sh*rt timer that he has to lo-k at the calender so much f*r feer
that a day might slip by without his knowing it. He leaves us next month for the
states and he snys he is going t* take in the best vaudeville sh-w in Seattle his
first night there, get a program, sign his name to it and send it up t* Chilkoot
Barracks, Alaska., s* we can see what we are missing. 1 -^t a boy, Harry* If anyone
wants t* kno^" how-to take a steamshin fr*m New Y*rk t* Oklahoma ask iddleton, he
knows ®11 about it.
announcements, .
The P-st Commander has received the foll-wihg cable:- Ska?way, Alaska, Jan.
5th., 19?5 - ®kc.gwr.y Alpine Club -ill hold ?r*:nJ Masquerade Eene'it Ball January
tenth. Y-uwcel*, !Trs." sdd*x, C'-'icerc and. ivec, men, also r rines ne"-le, invit ed.
r**d time assured. Vs. Keller.
_-r Sale - Ger*tfon Officars Field C-lasser 6 p*wer. Excellent c-nditi-n.
Price OlD.00. — Srt. Vcury, C-.ME".
Church Notice.
h "ter, ’*re seek the council and advice or diners. *»e value most, nigniy
the judgement •£ our friends and acquaintances when called upon tc decide something :•
upon which our whole future life may depend. Every man should be or re willing and **
eager to seek the council of G^d. And the knowledge received from this source shoull
mean for mere to us than the advice of friends# For are we not told that "It is beJ
ter to obey God rather than man". The sermon on Sunday evening will be,"God* s 2xx:
Council"# A hearty welcome will be given to all# Sunday School at 1 P.M.
Evening Service at 7:30# ———— E.E.Bromley, Minister#
Haines Hews. ^
Mr# Hern, husband of Mrs# Hern died suddenly, Christmas night, might
arrive in Haines on the H*<*ers.
James McQuin, Jack Cryderman, Eeon Ballard and several others have suffered
with a slight attack of Influen z.a#
The children of The Haines H-me have all been vaccinated against small pox
this week#
OUR ARMY.
The United. States mrint^insthe smallest army, c.ounti^cr its regulars, guard
smen anf reserves, cf any ^f the great nower?. rra"ce h*s 19 soldiers f*r e*ch 1000
«*f population, Russia hers seven, Italy six, Great Britain and Janan five, Germany
has 1#64 and the United States comes last with #21. The ner capita cost tr the peo
ple is in proportion. Every man, ^aen and child in France contributes in taxes
$22.33 a year to the support of the French Army# In the United States the fier' dap it/
cost of the army is only $2.20. These figures sh'W greater* c'ptfast w£en it is real*
i2ed that the United Stated army is better maintained and paid than ether armies.
On the basis of French army casts the c*et cf the American army to the American pe- x
pie wruld probably be little mrre than $1 per'capita. — -Infantry Sch-ol News#