ABUT AND NAVY
Fred Wettrick, formerly of Juneau, has
been commissioned as First Lieutenant in
the Engineers Corps and is now in train
ing at Fort Douglas, Utah.
Gov. Thos. Riggs, Jr., has received word
from Gen. W. P. Richardson, formerly in
charge of all Government road work in
Alaska, ihat he is “somewhere in France.”
Private Vincent T. Dortero, a Skagway
boy, son of a pioneer resident of that
town, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, October
27th. He was the flrst Skagway boy to
die in service.
Our old friend Jack Wilson recently re
ceived a letter from Leo J. Higley, who
says Chas. Kinnune, Onnie Honkanen and
himself are able to “chaw” regularly.
They are all in the 20th Co., Engineers,
A. E. F.
Monte Benson, formerly foreman of the
Mexican mine, received a commission in
an Engineers’ regiment early this month
and was ordered to report to Camp Alex
ander. Va. He has been living in Tacoma
recently.
Word was received in the last mail by
friends of a number of Island boys now
at Camp Lewis; among them are Jimmy
Hawthorne, Charles Johnson, Dick Mc
Cormick, Al. Weathers. Henry Johansen
and others. All send their best regards to
Island friends and stated they were all
in best of health.
Another for the Treadwell Honor Roll!
Word received by W. H. Kelly of the
Treadwell Machine Shop that his son
Raymond, attending Gonzaga University,
has passed physical examination and was
Inducted into the service. He also states
they were compelled to wear "flu” masks
even at nights while asleep.
Lieutenant W. P. Smith, nephew of
Mayor Elmer E. Smith, has written his
uncle from France and sent him a num
bcr of interesting post cards and viev. j
from the seat of war. The post cards
show the engines of war which the Ger
mans so greatly fear and show the great
warehouses of the Allies stocked with
“chow” for the soldiers. The cards also
mention the fact that the Liberty Loans
from the United States are the chief fac
tors in furnishing the "scare” to the Cen
tral powers. Old Island residents will re
member young Smith, who attended
school here a number of years ago.
We received word from Wm. Vale, Co.
B, and Corp. John L. McCormick, Co. C,
14 th Inf., Camp Dodge, Iowa. They both
state that the “flu” Is about over with
la that camp and that both escaped hav
ing It, for which they are thankful.
William Frodsham, one of the drafted
men from Ketchikan, who at one time
was employed in Douglas as a trap drum
mer at the Lyric theatre, died at Camp
Dodge, October 21st, of Influenza. His
remains wero shipped to Vancouver for
burial. Pat Casey, formerly of this place,
accompanied the body to the coast.
One or tne gold stars oi tne uunaer
HU and Sullivan service list Is Corporal
Arthur Gerald Leeson, of the Canadian
forces, who fell In his first engagement
on the 21st of October, 1916, on the
Somme front in France. The bodies of
seven dead German soldiers were found
about his own. Th oldtimers of Tread
well will remember him and his wife.
We have just received a letter from
Sam C. Baxter, Jr„ 329,684, Private, Slat
Inf., Siberia. He says: “I came down
from Cordova last December, enlisted in
Frisco: from there was sent to Manila,
and from there up to Siberia. Not many
Alaskans over here. Saw your News Let
ter and would appreciate being put on
the mailing list.”
In a letter to Jim Garner, Coe Allen
writes from France: “Received a letter
from Paul Carpenter and he is O. K. Saw
Carl Rutherford’s name last August on
a register at Alx-Les-Bains, but he had
left a few days before my arrival so did
not se<m him. Have had rainy weather the
last month but nice now. I believe an
other year will finish things here. We
arrived in France about two weeks before
Thanksgiving, 1917. Everything is O.K.
here.”
Jim Momb is a Second Lieutenant now.
He received his commission last September
and Is stationed at Camp Humphreys. He
says: “I saw H. P. Crowther yesterday.
He said Metcalf was here too. Guy John
son, who enlisted the same as tbe rest
of us under 31, came here last week to
start his work. Crowther said that Vic
Bupuy and Wettrick were due any day
from Juneau”—and again he says: "I
never worked so hard for anything in my
life as I did for that commission. 1 never
dreamed of arising at 5:15 as a steady
diet before, but I have learned that it can
be done. Also, I never thought that a
person could work in the sun when the
thermometer registered 117 degrees in
the shade, but that is exactly what we did
at Camp Lee."