ARMY AMD KAVY
DIED—Thomas GUligan, who entered
the services at Fort Seward last spring,
died of Spanish Influenza at the fort.
Funeral held at Douglas today.
Abel Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.
A. Anderson, formerly of Douglas but now
living In Juneau, has been heard from.
He is In Siberia with Co. A, 31st Infantry,
of the regular army, having gone from
Fort William McKinley in the Philippines
recently.
Letters have recently been received from
the following, expressing their apprecia
tion of our “News Letter”:
Corp. Geo. Worth, 13th Trench Mortar
Battery, Camp Lewis, Wash., writes they
"are all in quarantine ror nu. says ne
hasn't any idea where Norman Is, except
that he has been overseas since March.
Come through. Norm., with a letter and
we will tell George.
Capt. H. C. DeVighne, 144 Field Artil
lery, A. E. F., France, says "news is d
scarce over here. I am enjoying every
minute of my time. However, my real
love is in Alaska. Haven't seen a soul
from Gastineau Channel. We have one
old prospector from the Westward with
whom I have many pleasant bits of gossip
of the North. This Is being written about
20 feet underground by the light of a
candle, with plenty of ‘music’ outside.
Our outfit has been enlarged from ‘light’
to ‘heavy’ range, up to eight miles, and
plenty of good shooting still in sight. Am
able now to get along fairly well in
French, but it was a devil of a Job at
first. Tell the bunch in the Elks’ Club
I have a dandy German helmet for them.”
W. C. Burget, Machine Gun Co., 76th
Ir.f., Camp Lewis, Wash., writes: “We
have completed our training, but believe
now we will not see over-seas, although
there are many rumors that we may do
police duty over there. Got a special pass
election day to go over to Seattle to vote.
Didn’t do any good, as my vote was dem
ocratic. Just keeping the argument still
anve.
Corp. J. L. McCormick, Co. A, 19th Di
vision, Intelligence Section, Camp Dodge,
Iowa, says he is still getting up at day
break. When he gets home he is going
to sleep for a week.
Corp. W. A. Caya, Hdqts. Co., 1st Inf.,
Camp Lewis, Wash., and Frank J. Ousky,
Hdqts. Det„ 32nd Inf. Brig., Camp Kear
ney, Calif; are two of our honor roll men
from the Treadwell office in 'Frisco.
In a letter from Harry Slebe, 1070
Oreen St., San Francisco, Cal., he says:
“Rawley Smith Is a lieutenant In the
Canadian army; had a letter from him;
he is O. K.; that 'Duke' Alsdorf Is at Cal
gary, Alberta; saw the Channel boys of
the 14th Inf. while at the Preeldlo en
route to Camp Dodge, Iowa."
Ad. Schafli, the popular boxer who
spent one summer working at Treadwell
two years ago, writes that he Is now doing
his bit with Truck Co. No. 3, 23rd Eng.,
A. E. F., France. "I have seen air bat
tles a very few feet up and as many as
twenty planes fighting at one time. When
you get up here you are right in the midst
of the fighting; you see all the action, and
hear all the noise. I haven’t been over
the top, but I have been up to the top
several times. Olve all the boys my re
gards.”
Word received from A1 Weathers at
Camp Lewis is that he has received his
discharge and is coming back to Alaska
on one of the first boats.
Corp. Guy Johnson, O. T. C., Camp
Humphries, Va., writes: ‘‘Flu does not
make you happy, so why get it?”
Guy Terry, Q. M. C., Fort Lawtou,
writes: ‘‘Frank Dutton is at Camp Lewis.
Had a letter from Kertis last week; he
is having the time of his life in France,
and I expect to be out of the service In
about three months.”
A. Sutherland, our new store manager
(and, say, boys, he is there), received a
letter from Mud Mauseth, who is at Camp
Lewis, who says: “Alaska surely does
have a strange but glorious way of making
a fellow want to go back and see more
of it. I was to go to O. T. C., but now
am afraid I will have to stay here. Any
way, I don’t want them to continue the
war on my account.”
Pity the Blind
"I was standing in front of the Gas
tineau Hotel waiting for a friend the other
day,” said Dave Housel, "and Just across
the street a number of pretty girls were
waiting for a Jitney. It was windy, and
there was quite a display of hosiery. Now
this in itself would not have been so
very unusual, but a fellow standing by
me spied the exhibition, and then saw a
blind man sitting only about a hundred
feet away, with a sign, ‘Pity the Blind.’
"I do not know who he was, but his
sympathies were aroused, for he turned
to me and said, ‘I never was so sorry for
a blind man In my life. I am going across
and drop a quarter in his cap.’ And he
did.”