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Show : E BATTERY BOYS GETNEWS OF MOST ASTOUNDING SORT Military Movements Finally Announced, but as Advices Come at Pipefest They Are Taken With Reservation. 3 ' Ey FLOYD A. TIMMERMAN, Staff Correspondent. Sjj(:.-uiI to 'I'lu- Trihurie. ''AMI' KKAK.W, Mnn-h '.I. liulki in : i'l;i!i'H if J I h t v i--Kirji-jit 1 h- l.r.Lh ;wt -w ill : i';iiii) Kmli'Iiv, Itfui mt for- S;ui r;t nrii o within two :l Hvi-lm, I'kum lliis i.oiMl Hi'1 ruiriniarnl ,l will .inli.irk f-Ji- 1 fmiolui u ami ri-iiKiiu , 1 wu month;, lln-tic i:ioi!'K to Tnkio, J:i prtfi Upon ;t rnv;il t hr r.-uum-nt r will f 1 nt t por! .-'1 by tin: Swis.s n:t'.V U I ris, Kr;i n c In I r is the :ti- f 1 1 1 1 -1 in.-il will lt! fiVi-ll IWO Wi:',kHl v.- :uifl cmi-Jl Hulilii-r will ht fur -m-ihwl with iJD for .sp.Mxiintf moii'-V. 'I'lit-y will th'-n move to the front ;irnl ml' r firing !hi-ir tenuous mrrnKi t h r w.tr v. ill cijfl. I'lirm niiisl.:!- out end, , t 1 1 ? 1 1 wiil h'; Ui-n jJloO r:u'ii month 1'or "I ' Uif. Iiiihuic! of IiI.h lit.-. The hors i oi the r.'Mirricnt will iinrrN-.liithdy lm I tiiriicd over to the lnf:inlr' u ml tlm f' fniir-poinr-Hi'ViMi kuiih, iiN'd in- thtdr 1 1 ;i inin, to Huipr-r.s of the division. . . T TDD KA V, hno'nty, hoo-ray,' c 5 Hlmntf'd th men of K hattcry " j B ;ih tliest! stirring words were i ' " of fir ially " nttrnvl by Sor J W.tnl M;ijor A ndnnv W. lorry n, top' n P''1- t lio 'dimfi ' of his Hpcfrh when K L ' hfittery "hit, tho pipu" 'i'm-NiIav ntiil with their rncHM hall .smoker. It was " ' uuine it J I it i r, ;i tirl the cento:' of (Jantp Ji"iniy w;is mo od to J'! hatt'Ty. i The tiling wjis arranged in order that jj K h;iltery milit regain her "pop," but f ! one look into the "doings'' nave roat i j (evidence tliat the batt-erv had never lost i: it. It' the "pep" ruse one decree L I higher tiie roof would have joined the II ! a i. -it ion. Ami, by the way, while we y ; urn talking about aviation, it miffht be I mentioned tliiit Serjeant Thomas Keains i did join that branch , and the arrival of ' j his orders to report for duty made the ' n f fair of double enthusiasm. Yea, i erily, if "pep" would kill Germans, i ' the hut-do' stnnds in lierliu would l.ie f hervinii our troops in Kurope witli free u in n eh several hours before this. Was Real Pipefest. ,1 Loii after the Stars and Stripes is pin it tod on the kaiser's imperial flagpole will the artillerymen remember the ;' , " pi pefest. ' First earne tlte "eats," ,i jiud it's a yood thiuy that Herbert Hoover eould not take one slant at that ;2 ! talde. 1 1 1 1 o sections of that famous American bird the turkey wero blast-11 blast-11 ed from 'the main body, and the wings 11 were well protested anil "polished." No one but a bat teryman who is used to r the pick and shovel could have hau- ;! died those pans and extracted his por- i - tion, such were their weight. But his t was only one part for there were (' salads, jrrape-juice, iee cream, nuts, co- i cott, oranges, apples and scores of other T ; things which make a soldier crack a b I ; Bix-inch smile on a f onr-ineh face. 01 ; Then came the noise. ''.Fearless" Hiilo (.'hilds climbed aboard the toast-inast-T 's i I at form and introduced t ho speakers the quests of honor. .Xmoii The.-n was ' 1 f j 1 1 1 I 1(. W. Voun, I.ii-b-ti-naat ('olr,n.d U'illiam Webb, .Maior Alex. A. Thomas and scores of lieutenants lieuten-ants whose presence did not "ast looin. ami hiinl lalior as during drill iiours. 'i hey all talked and were proofed with a noise that must have startled the buehes ' ' on the w estern frout. They all said nice things about the battery which was exjeeLi.'d, and appreciated. Jazz Orchestra There. The "ja.z" orchestra was led on. and turned out some syncopation while the battery men licked their chops and wished a dunce floor was handy filled with nimble footed ' ' madama.elles. ' ' "Fhilo" then turned off the "jazz" and brought on the surprise of the eve- , ni ng. It was in the shape of one Private A. V. JSnroh, recently of the Canadian ex-poditionary ex-poditionary forces, who is now in the L'nited States recovering from shrapnel shrap-nel wounds nrl shell shock, and inci-dnntly inci-dnntly business mannger in Cajnp : Kearny for the "Weakly Xews. " I .Burch promptly opened a talk that gave evidence to the fact that Sherman j knew what he was talking about. lie I told of the battles of Ypres and the Homme, in which he participated, and held his audience spellbound with his vivid descriptions of the front line trench fighting. He switched his hearers hear-ers from the dark side and the tragedies trage-dies of bloody battle to the humorous incidents which all soldiers like to hear best of all well, he went big, that's nil. It would be impossible to inscribe here the full substance of Burk 's talk considering that Editor F. l' McLeod holds the blue pencil and is paying the round sum of $1 a word for this story although the sergeant 's talk warrants its full narration in any publication. Hut he told one that hit' the spot and must have- snace. It follows: "Mv bunkie and myself were in tlie front line thenches shnrtlv after dawn, one morninjr. " said the sergeant. "His name was Murphy, which accounts for Miis yarn. I waswanniug our breakfast break-fast in my steel helmet over a small fire while Murphy was busy chasing 'Chimy lizards.' Suddenly an officer aonenred with a lone German prisoner. "Whose breakfast is that warmingf" asked the officer, turning to us. "It's ours, sir," I answered. Ordered to Rear. "Murphy," commanded the officer, "you take this prisoner back to headquarters head-quarters in the rear." ( ' Yes, sor, ' ' answered Murphy, and he started off with Fritz. In less than two minutes and before the officer had left, Murphy was back. The ot'fit-er stared, for it was a long way back to headquarters. "Murphy," he asked, "what did you do with the prisoner?" "Why, sor, the dommed German dropped dead in the comnianycashun trinch." The officer seemed satisfied and left. I turned to Murphy and asked him the real reason he was back so soon. "Well,' said Murphy, "no dommed Fritz can make me lose my breakfast." Philo then motioned for some more music, and they brought on a ukulele couple which have the world beat. And, by the way, Childs is about the best little lit-tle toastmaster or " roastmaster " that ever lifted a glass, and he filled in between be-tween the acts with gab that brought laughter even from Jack Blackburn, who was suffering from lumbago and to whom laughter was extremely painful. From the point of gracefulness the act called "FamoiiB Greek Poses," by two batterymen in their lengthened-out B. V. D.s. won hands down. Their interpretation in-terpretation of ' ' Good Overcoming Evil," is worthy of being cast into the most expensive marble and occupying a place'of honor among the classics of the world. The heroes of the act were beautifully muscled with socks, towels and other articles found lying loose around the battery street. I wish I could remember the names of these Apollos, for they certainly deserve honorable hon-orable mention. It would be impossible to mention everything that took place during that evening of joy, for it would take a book to print it. There was singing by one blond-headed artilleryman, and then it came by volume from the entire assemblage. "A Utah Man Am I, Sir," was the popular song, and the men roared through its chorus every' few minutes. In Musical Act. "Chick" Conlon and another tall bird who was kept busy ducking the ceiling, staged a musical act with the cornet and trombone, which caused the listeners to blister their hands. These men have been practicing for months upon their instruments, and in order to appease the audience were compelled to give several encores. Their best joke is censored. During the excitement "Philo" brought on a song contest, and the quartette "ran" over a couple of dozen of the latest attempts of the battery-men battery-men in composition. No decision was made as to the winner, owing to the tact that the number submitted was far too high to be considered in a single evening. "Bill" O'Brien claimed the money, but was overruled. He brought his quartette to a halt in an unmilitary manner, and his bass marking time on E flat. Sergeant Kearns offered a neat little farewell speech, and the way it was received re-ceived shows that "Tommy" will be missed by his comrades. Three lusty cheers, followed by "Kearns, Kearns. Kearns," will ring in "Tommy's" ears for many days. Great credit is due to all who had anything to do with the E battery 'doin's," and Mess Sergeant Bill Pearson Pear-son certainly earned the three "hurrahs" "hur-rahs" that were given for him and his helpers. It was a great night. |
