AEMY AND NAVY
Fred J. Henson, nephew of John Henson
of Douglas and formerly of the Tread
well office force, Is out of the army, hav
ing been discharged on account of defec
tive eyesight. He is working in Wash
ington, D. C., as a draughtsman for the
government in the map-making depart
ment.
Marvin H. bides was discharged from
military service at Camp Pike, Arkansas,
on December 3rd with the rank of Second
Lieutenant, according to a letter received
from him by Acting Collector of Customs
C. D. Garfield. Mr. Sidos is living in Ta
coma at present. He was formerly in the
employ of the custom house at Juneau.
Marion Goldstein, who Is in the Navy,
got a furlough and went from Charleston
and visited with his father, Charles Gold
stein, at Washington and New York, while
the latter was in the East. "Mickle" is
In tine health and spirits," said Mr. Gold
stein. “The service has done him a lot of
good, but, of course, he is anxious to get
back to Juneau.”
Word from Fort Seward say» that Sgt.
Dave Bairner and First Sgt. Bob McKlem
both have had a hard seige of the flu.
One of the boys received a letter contain
ing a photo that he was very proud of
and was showing it to the boys, and Cor
poral Gust Olson, who happened along
(Gust has some reputaton as a judge when
the ladies are concerned); Gust had a
good look at the photo, a large smile crept
over his features as he said, "Yeeus, a
Shlggeu."
We have received a very Interesting
letter from Wm. (“Duke”) Alsdorf, who
was working at the cyanide plant when
war was declared in 1914, and he says:
“You may probably know that I went at
the outbreak of the war and got Inval
ided home out of my battalion of Seaforth
Highlanders early in 1916 with a souv
enir In the leg and a paralyzed left side,
including leg, arm and face, as a result
of Fritz’ joke in blowing up a little man
with a 1700-lb. shell. However, thanks
to electric treatments, outside of a weak
arm and a slight limp, I am all to the
good, got married and have two little
kiddies. You may remember K. W. H.
Ellis, who worked with the surveyors. He
got killed In April, 1916. The “Count,"
P. deMontozon, was wounded In 1917 and
have since lost sight of him. Plnder, who
used to run the hoist at the Mexican, went
Into the Flying Corps In '16, but do not
know whet became of him. I saw hie
name mentioned in dispatches once—can
not vouch for his safety. How Is Monte,
and where Is old "Ha, Ha Ha" Metsner
and Emmet JohnsT Say hellj to Dave
House! for me. With my best compliments
of the season, yours sincerely, Wm. Als
dorf.” Duke has been In charge of the
Calgary District office of the Board of
Pension Claims for some time and since
last June has been their western super
visor, covering the territory from Winni
peg to the B. C. coast.
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A few of the members of the Juneau
Lodge of Elks, both hero and overseas,
who have recently been heard from by
H. K. Shepard, secretary of the club, give
the following account of themselves:
Montfort S. Seeley, formerly at Perse
verance, writes under date of November
14th, that as soon as he is released and
sent back he will head directly for Alas
ka. He is with the 364th Ambualnce
Corps In France.
Martin Lavenlck writes from Camp
Grant, KocKtora, til., mat me Doys or me
14th Infantry are now at that place and
hope to get back soon.
Sergeant P. L. Coleman of the 20lh En
gineers, in France, writes that he and
Frank Mapleton are in the same company
and they will also return to Alaska when
allowed to do so.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Fairchild has
written from Paris under date of Novem
ber 23, bewailing the fact that he never
got a chance at a “Hun.” He will return
to Alaska.
W. F. Ducey, with Company D, 87th
Infantry, stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
He says that most of the boys of the 14th
have gone to Camp Grant, Just outside
ot cnicago, ana are supposea 10 De in
line for guard duty there. He oaya Johnny
Muaeth did good work during the “flu”
epidemic doing guard duty in the day
time and hospital duty at night for about
six days. All the First Battalion did this
duty until gradually there were none left.
He says: “We Just went under by tens
and tens.”
Sergeant W. H. Metzner is with the
Ordnance Detachment in France and Bends
Christmas greetings.
Alfred Thlbedeau, for many years a
nurse at St. Ann hospital, has been in
town since the first of the week on a fur
lough. He is stationed at Fort Seward
with the 14h Infantry. He has been very
busy nursing at the hospital since his ar
rival here. He says the boys at Fort Sew
ard are very anxious to return to their
homes now that peace has come.
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