ASHY AKD HAVY
Reports have it that Mud Mauseth, for
merly of the Treadwell office force, is in
the service, at Camp Lewis.
8. G. Stannard, formerly of the Ingersol
Rand Company, Juneau, now in the army,
sailed for France last month.
Gowey Shepard, of Juneau, graduated
from the Berkeley Aviation School on Aug.
30th. His brother, Royal, also of Juneau,
is in the navy.
Joseph Jacob Rosoie, for a number of
years employed at the Douglas Steam
Laundry and known all over the Island
as “Joe,” was in the October draft.
Walter A. Wood, brother of Harry J
Wood, former shiftboss of the cyanide
plant, has arrived safely in France—18th
Co., 4th Reg., M. M. D. lit. A.; A. E. F.
Arthur Garn, who Is In the army and
was stationed at Camp Kearney, Calif., is
now at Camp Meade, near Baltimore, Md.
The camp he Is tn is quarantined with
Spanish Influenza.
Mr. F. A. Hammersmith, secretary of
the Treadwell Co., San Francisco, Calif.,
writes that two of the boys from his of
fice, Wm. A. Caya and Frank J. Guskey,
have joined the colors.
D. M. Mitchell, the Treadwell black
smith, formerly of Alaska-Juneau, reports
hia son, Elmer, is uow In Co. G, 8th Inf.,
Camp Fremont, Calif., and is soon to leave
for an Eastern training camp.
Companies A and C of the 14th Infantry,
those being the boys of the first Alaska
draft who were stationed at Fort William
H. Seward, left the Presidio at San Fran
cisco last Monday for somewhere in the
United States.
Harold Koskey, known and loved in Ju
neau as “Cap," for many years, died in
Seattle on Oct. 9th of Spanish influenza.
He left here about two months ago, with
several other boys, to enlist in the mer
chant marine, and had been In that service
for about six weeks.
Dr. P. J. Mahone received his commis
sion as First Lieutenant in the Medical
Corps last night, with his orders to re
port to Camp Lewis within 16 days. Lieut.
Mahone has been one of the prominent
physicians in Juneau for many years.
During the summer he took his examina
tions at Camp Lewis for a commission in
the Medical Corps.
William Kelly, of Treadwell, has re
ceived a letter from Corp. Clarence Salm
oneon, 361 Infantry Band, Headquarters
Company, France. Clarence says that the
band consists of 60 pieces and that they
work all day and play concerts at night.
J. P. Walker has received an appoint
ment as captain in the Engineering Corps.
With his appointment came the order tv
report at Camp Lewis within ten days.
Capt. Walker has been assistant super
visor of surveys in the United States Gen
eral Land office.
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Corp. Edgar Laden writes from France
to his grandfather, Joe Bruner: “My pre
vious letters were written from the Lor
raine front, where I spent several months,
the majority of the time being in the first
line trenches. My longest stay tbere at
any time without rest or leave was 68
days. Was gassed slightly once and fin
ally sent out with trench fever. Later I
spent some weeks at the Champagne front.
we mougni Lorraine was uau duuuku
(and it was at times), but it couldn't hold
a candle to Champagne, especially during
July 15-16-17-18, when the Huns, with
25 divisions, tried to break through our
lines. But instead we took their first line—
a feat that is hard to beat. Our fellows
stripped to the waists and went at them.
I will never forget the racket our artillery
made when it opened up at midnight the
14th. It was enough to scare a fellow to
death, and though at the time no Boche
shells were bursting near, I made hasty
steps for a dug-out. During that battle I
didn’t have so much as my shoes off for
six days and five nights, to say nothing
of not washing my face. However, I
pulled out safe, with the exception of a
slight 'nick' under my right eye and a
sprained ankle. Since then I have been
in the big Allied drive starting at Cha
teau-Thierry and going as far as the Vesle
river. This was a sort of walk-away for
us; the machine-gun nests made nasty
fighting in some places. In some places
we found the men chained to their guns.
They BUCK until me last snoi nan oeeii
fired and then call out ‘Kamerad.’ Guess
you know what we do with that kind.
At present I am back for a much-earned
rest, though not really enjoying it, as my
stomach la on the bum. Got hold of some
bad water some place up there. Brought
back a Boclie officer’s shoulder straps,
belt with ’Gott Mlt Uns’ bn kle and hts
8-power Held glasses. Woul' send you
the latter, but they are contraband of
war, and are not allowed tn the mail.
Will enclose the extra gas-mask eye-pieces
I took from the gent. Paper Is scarce, so
I’ll have to call a halt. More later.”