Show I I WORLD WAR WAk YARNS by Frank E E. E Hagan A Hoodoo That Wasn't If It you are one of chose timorous IndivIduals Individuals individuals In In- who believe that the number 13 Is a u jinx talk to a former member of one evacuations evacuation hospital unit which served er over o there He lie will tell teU you ou ouI that theres there's absolutely I nothing to that I superstition at all If It there had bad been not one o of the men who served with Evacuation Hospital No 13 would ever everI I have hn come home That number alone I would have been enough to prove their undoing not Dot to mention the other ways In which i 13 figured In the history his tory tort of that outfit Here Is what Jack R. R C. C Cann a former member now a n l lI I Michigan newspaper man has hns to say soy I about It I Evacuation E Hospital 13 was organized organized organized or or- by order of ot the War department department depart depart- I ment and came Into being January 13 I 1018 1918 The first promotions were 13 privates to privates first class We boarded ship at Newport News on the night of July 13 13 1918 and took 13 days dus and 14 19 nights to cross to Brest ran so persistently through I lour our company history that we began purposely contriving to evolve new nev situations In which the figures ap ap- such speared such such as nB placing 13 tents In a arow arow row and so forth In January 1919 we went on tour tourIn In Luxembourg with a company vaudeville vaudeville vaude vaude- ville show which we called coiled the Jinx Chasers With our drivers we had 13 In the company and showed In Inmany inmany many outlying towns In Berdorf Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Lux Lux- embourg using the porch of ot the hotel botel as a n stage with the headlights of ot two ambulances as spotlights Black Jack Shows the Way WayA A vote ote of the time A. A E. E F F. F to name Its most distinguished appearing soldier would reveal a n formidable candidate In the time person of or Gen John J J. J Pershing Not only was Black mack Jack an ace for tor appearance he appearance he knew the drill manuals from cover coyer to cover and he be reco recognized the n necessity ol ot the discipline discIpline discipline dis dis- he demanded of his soldiers A story of Christmas day 1918 President Wilson and party larty and General General Gen Gen- eral oral Pershing emphasizes the latter fact They all nil stopped at the village vii vil Inge lage of ot Sarrey Haute Marne relates Charles K It Cabot of Boston following following follow ing their Christmas dinner with men and officers of the Twenty sixth di divi dl- dl vi vision Islon Besides the time President and Mrs Wilson and General Pershing Gen Hunter Liggett Admiral Gary Cary Grayson Monsieur and Madame Jus- Jus were among the party They Inspected the mers mer's qu In fn Sarrey Sar- Sar rey where e equipment was laid out on the hayloft bunks hunks we occupied One of the ladles Indies perhaps M Mrs Wilson was curious to know how th the shelter halves could be made into a pup tent Whereupon General PershIng PershIng Ing knelt quickly gathered the shelter halves es rifles and tent pins of ot two of or orthe the men Then he set up imp a pup tent In the straw v. When the tent was erect Black BlackJack BlackJack mack Jack turned away But President Wilson Nilson touched him on the shoulder and said suld As your commanding officer om ofil I 1 desire you to leave this equipment equipment equip equip- I ment went aa ns you found round It IL General Pershing quickly bent bent down refolded the shelter halves es and I rearranged ed all aU the equipment In It ft Its proper place Such Taking W Ways If some sonic one says salts to you Why that fellow ellow would steal n a red red hot hot stove sto If It you didn't watch him himl I 1 you'd probably probably ably laugh at nt that as ns n a hit bit of ot exaggeration because Its It's ob that no one could ever er do that But nut a fI captain captain captain cap cap- tain of the Judge advocates advocate's court In one sector of France Is the authority for tor this stor story It happened during the recent cold spell when some sonic of ot our troops were traveling from the sc to the time In They traveled tru In semi semi open open horse cars curs and It itUS was US cold d d rl d cold I IOne IOne IOne One train stopped In front of ot a n small railroad station lation and six soldiers with whim cold hands and feet jumped from frum the car and entered the time waiting room In the time center of or the time room was K tt large square coal cual stove with red hot sides There a was WIS a n whispered confer conference ence once Theo Then one man tood toed on another's an any others other's shoulders and nd disjointed tin the stovepipe At the same saute time rime two others placed poles under nailer the bottom of or the time stove store lifted lined It oil ofT time tile floor and anti walked out of I the lie room roum wit with h IL It 1 hey placed It In t the he horse cn car r st stuck t the h pipe out omit of one door and amid were warm for tor the remainder of the trip Of Ut course the i French rench nul authorities raised u a big row about It and presented a 0 bill for francs for the stove and the coal coni In I When the commanding heard the tore 51 story or lie he ordered the bill paid without a n murmur He the said It was worth h every ery cent of lIf It fur for for American soldiers to prove pro that you could steal a n red-hot red stove and get getaway getaway u away wn wit with h ItI iti ItI It I know of or only one case to bent beat that one line or come cume anywhere near neur equaling It It That concerned the In- In who stole stole a I a hive hl full of ot honey nn and took the bees hees along with it The medical department handled one aspect of the case and the provost marshal the at other lieI Tho The bees meted out sane Rome of the punishment and ande ve e stung his pay may for costs Cr ft 1930 Union |