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Show anthems. The "order of battle for the day, evening and night doea not provide for the bugler'a sounding of "Cease Firing," "Recall" or "Tape." It promiaea to be an hiitoric as-..sembly as-..sembly with "all present nr accounted totS Redlegs Meet in Mufti PREWAR ARTILLERYMEN of the U. S. field artillery were resplendent creatures garbed . in dark blue blouses and sky blue trousers. Scarlet pipings, chevrons, shoulder knots and ' trouser stripes set them off as the army's fashion plates and its gsy boulevardiers also gave them aa Imperishable nickname, "redlegs." The World war has changed all that end tha somber olive drab and its summertime khaki make all soldiers look alike on casual inspection. All this rather disproves the ancient wheeie that clothes make the man, for whether in the nifty trappings of another day or in the businesslike field uniforms now decreed. Uncle Sam's soldiers sol-diers are as doughty, valorous and glamorous aa in days of yore. It's when they don their civvies or mufti that they really let themselves go and find ways and means for unrestrained self -expression, giving good reason to note that good time was had by all." That is exactly the prospect facing the veterans vet-erans of the wartime 145th field artillery next Saturday in Ogden when they are to get together with nothing serious oa their minds for their annual reunion. "First Call" is to sound at 1:30 p. m. with "Boots and Saddles'' immediately following. The barrage will be continuous from then until Interrupted by "Mess Call" at p. m. At this formation attendance Is expected to be 100 per cent It will be followed by merrymaking merry-making as varied as only old soldiers can make merry. Tales will be told of old Camp Kearney, of the Santa Anna hike, of bounding over the mala oa the good ship Scotia n, of the Joyous days in Liverpool's beautiful suburb of Knotty Ash, the channel crossing on the redolent Mona'a Queen, of the trek from La Havre to Champ de Tir De Souge and into the quiet Vin Rouge sector on the Bordeaux front, with the strange happenings at intermedite points. Snatches of song will burst forth, such, perhaps, as "Willie Webb's Army," "Paries Vous," "Cannoneers Have Hairy Ears" and other courage-inspiring i - , |