JULY 14, 1918

$80,000 HOSTESS HOUSE IS PLANNED

Catholic War Council Would Provide Funds for Structure.

A new hostess house to be built at a cost of $80,000 with funds provided by the Catholic War Council will in all probability be erected soon, following negotiations which the Knights of Columbus, through their cam secretary. John Flynn, have forwarded. Gen Bell has designated a site and looked over the plans with approval. The building will be located in the triangle formed by Second Avenue, 16th Street and a new road soon to be completed. Women will manage the institution. Directive suggestions will be furnished by the K. of C., which is to relate the house properly with military authorities.

There are at present three Y.M.C.A. hostess houses in camp, one for colored troops and their visitors, and so great are the demands upon them that the new house will be a welcome and valuable addition. A two-story frame building 137 feet long by 56 feet wide is specified in the plans. It is to be built in two wings, one 100 by 28 feet and the other 80 by 28. In the centre court is the boiler house. A wide, hospitable porch skirts almost the entire structure. On the ground floor are two large rooms and a foyer which is to be used as an office and information centre. One of the larger rooms will be for visiting, comfortably furnished, with a huge fireplace at one end. The other will contain a cafeteria. They are both 32 by 56 feet in dimension. One wing contains kitchen, dining room for the staff and one for the servants and storeroom. In the other is to be housed a nursery with experienced matron in charge. Upstairs are dormitories for the servants, living rooms for the staff and twenty-five bedrooms to be let to visitors in emergency.

OFFICERS ATTEND SPECIAL SCHOOLS

Special schools in various branches, most of them related especially to modern warfare, have been opened recently for officers of the cantonment under the tutelage of experts from the Reserve Officers Corps. Major J.R. Ralli, British gas defense authority assigned to this camp, is also conducting courses. Included in the instruction are machine gunnery, automatic rifle, musketry, bayonet, signalling, grenade, gas, topography, open warfare and field engineering.

Classes are conducted in the morning and afternoon on regular schedule, so as not to conflict with routine duties. The certificate awarded will have value to an officer when in line for promotion.

Q.M. BARRACKS-FIRST TO BE GIVEN PAINT

The barracks of the camp Quarter-master, Upton Boulevard and Second Avenue, have achieved a distinction these days separate from that enjoyed for months because of their inward importance. Coats of paint are responsible. So far non of the military structures in camp have been treated with white lead and oil. The Y.M.C.A.'s Knights of Columbus buildings, Hostess Houses, Officers House, Library, Officers Club and other semi-military buildings have furnished the touch of color. Now the Q.M. comes in with something new, novel and effective. An olive drab tone has been used, and with the well dressed grounds for which the Q.M. have been famous, their establishments stick out from the common unpaintedness as a sort of concession to art.

"Art Artists" Capture Camp Upton Without a Straggle; "Close-Up" on soldiering Relives Their Imaginations.

Men and Women who Push Pens or Wield Brushes Enjoy Themselves and Assimilate Valuable Info.

A good day's work and a good day's fun and peregrenations all rolled into one.

Such was the summarization of one "art artist," or maybe he was a "Cart Cartoonist," after giving Camp Upton the once over, the side to side, the up and down and the all the way around, in company with ninety-two fellow and sister pen and pencil propellers and brush wielders.

This bunch of illustrators, poster artists and "newspaper guys" may have had a better time than was theirs on Friday, July 12, 1918 A.D., but none of them would admit it.

After a day crowed with activities of the numerous and varied sort and sight seeing until their optics were weary, the nifty ninety-three returned to New York, carrying with them what they were pleased to term "many treasurable memories and much valuable and useful information," together with fifty loaves of Upton-baked bread, not to mention some tons of Long Island dust on their clothing and person. Sufficient real estate was left here, however, to continue the military activities of the camp, for the artists could not carry the reservation away with them, as Major Gen. J. Franklin Bell dared them to.

Gen. Bell and all the other officers and enlisted men in camp were delighted to entertain the artists, and outdid themselves in showing the visitors Long Island hospitality. The artists said the visit had been profitable to them, in that it afforded them a "close-up" of military activities and would go a long way toward relieving their overworked imaginations as to what was going on in the soldier camps.

Made Good Job at it.

There have been other parties of visitors at Camp Upton, but none of them ever went over Camp Upton with the complete thoroughness or thorough completeness as this one, which cam here as the guests of Gen. Bell and the National War Council of the Y.M.C.A. Arriving on a special train, the men and women sprang into soft seated ambulances and hard seated motor trucks and immediately proceeded to the business of skinning the camp wrong side out to see what it was made of.

After a delightful and toothsome chow party at the Cooks' and Bakers' School, the repast being garnished off with a graceful, eloquent and witty impromptu speech by Gen. Bell, the party was propelled to the base hospital and visited numerous wards. Then followed a trip to the range, which seemed to fascinate the visitors more than anything else they saw. They not only witnessed a demonstration of the Browning heavy and light guns, but they squatted on the ground and fired the weapons. A tour of the rifle range and marking pits was next in order, and the artists experienced the thrill of being under fire. There were no casualties, however.

The demonstrations of hand grenade throwing, trench work and gas drill, at which real gas and honest to goodness masks were used,elicited much applause from the visitors. They were also greatly interested in retreat and guard mount and thoroughly enjoyed messing with the rank and file of the 3d Battalion, 152d Depot Brigade. But, washing their own mess kits after the meal was something else again. After the evening meal the visitors roamed over and inspected the camp and, following visits to the Red Cross, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Board for Welfare Work and Y.M.C.A. huts, where they saw and heard all there was to be seen and heard, participated in a dance at the officers' house.

The Committees on Entertainment appointed by Gen. Bell consisted of Lieut. Col. E.J. Abbott, Major W. Dreyfus, Major C.K. Higgins and Major W. H. Draper.

Among these in the party were Robert Amick, W.T. Benda, Lesile L. Benson, Franklin Booth, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Clare Briggs, W.B. Bishop, Arthur W. Brown, Charles Livingston Bull, B.C. Currier, Prosper Buranelli, Gordon Conway, Mrs. Gordon Conway, Arthur Crisp, Helen Dryden, Thelma Cudlipp, Israel Doskow, Walter H. Dower, Denman Fink, Arthur Edrop, Howard Giles, Albert B. Elliott, Mrs. Albert B. Elliott, George Eugene Giguere, G.W. Harting, Norman Jacobson, Lucius Hitchcock, Mrs. C.C. Melot, John Newton Howitt, William N. Jennings, F.D. Marsh, Mrs. Troy Kinney, Orson Lowell, Louis A McMahon, Gustave E.R. Michelson, H.C. Howe, Joe Mulvaney, Luis Mora, W.E. Rudge, John R. Neill, Clarence Rowe, William Oberhardt, Ethel Plumer, T.D. Skidmore, Matlack Price, Harry R. Rittenberg, Mrs. C.W. Stukey, Lieut. Henry Reuterdahl, W.A. Rogers, Luis Ruyl, F.Strothman, Paul Rochester, John E. Sheridan, Walter A Sinclair, Dan Smith, Paul Stahr, Frank Street, Olga Thomas, Paul Thomas, A, Scott Train, George Van Werveke, John Alonzo Williams, Miss L.B. Winter, Ritta Singer, May Wilson Preston, Porter Woodruff, J. Thomson, D. Willing and George Wright.

MANY CHANGES IN "Y" STAFF

The last of the original Y.M.C.A.camp headquarters staff leaves soon, when William F.Hirsch Camp General Secretary, gives up his work her to go into the office of the Eastern Department, New York. Mr. Hirsch has built the Y.M.C.A. organization here from its earliest beginnings and his departure is regretted by coworkers who appreciate the extent of his influence upon the Red Triangle activities. He is succeeded by Prof. Ralph Cheney, who has been dean of the secretarial faculty of the Y.M.C.A. College at Springfield, Mass., and professor of sociology and Y.M.C.A. history.

Several other changes have recently taken place. Frederick Schultz, camp physical director, leaves to assume charge of the physical department of the Bedford Avenue Y.M.C.A., Brooklyn. His successor is Fred Henkel, lately director of athletics at Fort Myer, near Washington. Ralph W. Walker, camp entertainment director, has entered the Navel Reserve and is succeeded by James Crunert, the "original social secretary" of the hut at Fifth Avenue and Eight Street. Harry Curtis, building secretary of the hut at Second Avenue and Seventh Street, has left to take part in the fall drive for $100,000,000 for Y.M.C.A. work. He will work with the Southern section at Atlanta, Ga. W.B. Anthony succeeds him as building secretary.

TSAR NICKY AND CORPORAL SAPAN OF UPTON HAVE HAD DEALINGS

Nick Passed Joe Ten-Ruble Note and Said "Ataboy" or Something.

There is one man at Upton with his own definite, well formulated ideas about Russia. He is Corporal Joseph Sapan of the 27th Company, until five years ago a Russian subject. Corporal Joe believes that Nick, the once Czar, was a pretty good sort, and that the Bolsheviki are a gang of Judases and cut-throats. Joe knows something about the Czar. He's never run afoul a Bolshevik, and doesn't care to, although it would be worse for the Bolsh should he cross Joe. For three years this strapping, handsome American soldier was in the Russian Army as a gunner in the 32d Artillery Brigade.

One day the Czar, with a number of other notables, including Gen. Ivanow, Sapan's commander, reviewed the 32d near Kieff. Then was Joe's close up view of royalty obtained. Nick wanted a few pointers on gunnery, and naturally picked out the beat looking and most intelligent man, the future American soldier. Sapan's answers were so concise and clear that nick dropped him a 10-rouble bill. Which is considerable money in Russia, where private soldiers get-or got-7 cents a day. Joe's Captain gave him a thirty day furlough to go home and see his folks.

Of course he's strong for the Czar and thinks it he were still running things the Allies would have Russia as a good, solid partner in the game.

CASUALTIES SLIGHT.

The 32d Company Depot Brigade Tonsorial Parlor is now open for business. To date the casualties have been slight and the receipts large.

One of the innovations not practiced in any of the ordinary camp barber shops is PAINLESS SHAVING. The victim is bound hand and foot to his chair and his hirsute adornment is then removed with the aid of callpers and tweezers, and finished off with a lawn mower. The operation is guaranteed painless.

The company prices are lower than those of the camp barbers-10 cents for a shave and 20 cents for a haircut.

The barbers are company men.

SECOND JEWISH ENTERTAINMENT

Carmel Myers, Moving Picture Star, Also Comes to Camp.

The second of the Wednesday evening entertainments-inaugurated by Field Representative of the J.W.B. at Upton was held last week and again several hundred men enjoyed an extraordinary literary and musical programme.

Mrs. S. Rothenberg, well known in musical circles in New York, was the feature of the entertainments. Mme. Rothenberg was in excellent voice and her repertoire of English and Yiddish folk songs brought forth warm applause.

Saul Raskin, who has recently joined the J.W.B. staff, entertained with readings of Yiddish fables

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Carmel Myers, moving picture star, made the acquaintance of 5,000 soldiers here recently, coming down as the guest of Jack Yell, head Jewish worker. She incited huge audiences to riot in the Knights of Columbus auditorium and Red Cross building at the hospital. At the latter she made 'em forget their crutches. She distributed cigarettes, and ten comfort kits to the "ten handsomest men." All three thousand in the house voted themselves handsomest.

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Seventy-five men from here opened the club rooms of the Jewish Welfare Board in Patchouge recently. The Depot Brigade jazz band furnished the music. The club rooms are at the corner of North Ocean Avenue and Main Street, Patchogue, and are open to all men in uniform.

CAMERAS BANNED.

A request has gone forth from the adjutant General's office that visitors refrain from bringing cameras into camp. Warnings are issued that violations of the order will be dealt with severely.

Company A Will Have Its Little Old Song

Company A, 1st Development Battalion, is the only company in any development battalion, as far as known, possessing its own privately written, owned and controlled songs. They are due to the so-called "company dopesters" who refuse to divulge their names. But those who guess the names are promised an extra bean at mess. Here are the lilting lyrics in toto:

Tune of "Where Do We Go From Here!"

FIRST SPASM.

We have a shack in our back yard.

And they call it Barrack C.

And when they wake up in the morn

They have the fighting bee

To see which one does K.P.

For the balance of the day.

OH BOY! OH JOY! Where did they go from here?

(Hospital. Spoken.)

SECOND FIT.

They're around the camp all day,

And hide in every nook;

The greatest object of their lives

Is dodging Sergt. Cook;

And when they see him coming,

You ought to see them run.

OH BOY! OH JOY! Where did they go from here?

(Detail. Whispered.)

THIRD CONVULSION.

On Friday night the line is long.

And every one is strong.

They come around with telegrams,

To unravel some sad yarn--

POP HEANEY is the one they see;

He says it cannot be.

OH BOY! OH JOY! Where don't they go from here?

(Home. Yelled.)

NINTH BATTALION ORCHESTRA.

Y.M.C.A. Hut No. 34, Fifth Avenue and 14th Street, recently had an orchestral accompaniment for its movie show. The musicians compose Lieut. W.E. Skinners's new Ninth Battalion Orchestra. This hale officer of the 33d Company sent a detail of electricians and carpenters to rig up music stands and lights and the music was of as good quality as the work they did. "The Heart of a Girl," a feature procured by Private E.C. Jensen, was the film attraction. The members of the orchestra are Fritz W. Wagner, director; M.A. Gysel, traps; C. Guggino, drum; S. Guggino, violin; Joseph Di Francisco, cornet; Jospeh Panzica, banjo; F. Di Glantomassa, saxophone; William R. Moseley, violin; R.W. White, violin, and Angelo Zambuto, clarinet.

Baseball Outfit For 10th BTN. Warehouse.

There is joy in the Tenth Battalion warehouse. Ever since the warehouse baseball team was organized it has been playing very creditable ball, but now there will be nothing to keep them from a championship. The reason is a package Private Maurice September recently received-a complete baseball equipment for the team. A. Bugeleiser of Brooklyn, whose kindnesses have even before this taken many substantial forms is the donor.

Signal Office Keeping Connections Properly Hooked Up in Cantonment

Lieut. Gladstone's men Repairing Damage Wrought by Deadeyes on Range.

The Cantonment Signal Office, in charge of Lt. William E. Gladstone, has been doing valiant work these latter weeks, one of their duties being to keep all wire connections in camp properly up to date. The office has also taken over the plans for installing a new system of telephonic communicating at the range. Such has been the rifle firing points with the marking pits have been all shot to pieces. The signalmen will put in a large cable, laid safely eighteen inches under ground, from which the wires will be led to the firing pits.

In Lt. Gladstone's office are the following hard working gentlemen: Sgt. Chas. Larsen, Cpl. Wm. Harvey, Pvt. Andrew Zoeller and Pvt. Alfred Donofrio, telephone staff; Pvt. Louis Shore, in charge of range telephones: Pvt. E. Bennetts, cantonment pigeon trainer; Sgt. Chas. Rieder, supplies, with Pvt. Earl M. Butts, Cpl. Fred Lobstein and Pvt. Frank Mulhern.

STEEL-WIELDING TENOR SINGING A NEW BALLAD.

George Rheimherr, tenor extraordinary, who wields sabres and bayonets with the ease and grace of a Brigadier Gerard, is introducing a new song around camp, which goes almost as big as his exhibitions of bayonet prowess. It is a composition by Fay Foster of New York, entitled "The Americans Come," and has an exceedingly strong setting. The story of the strong setting. The story of the song is an old blind Frenchman who, with his young son, sits at the window and hears the tramp of marching feet. The boy runs to see who it is and comes back with a wondrous tale of columns of brows soldiermen following a flag that has white stars in a field of blue. In the song the old man tells his son that is the Americans who come. Rheimherr is able, with his large dramatic power, to exploit the possibilities of the ballad, which are many. The reception given it by soldier audiences is more than cordial.

FIFTH BATTALION ENJOYS A HOME TALENT SHOW

The quarantined men of the 5th Battalion, 152d Depot Brigade, enjoyed two hours when Sgt. Cohn of the 18th Company entertained with character songs. Levy Carroll and Thomas Caponi with music and dancing, Rudolph Gliessner with some of his own compositions, Emmett D. Boudreau with some fancy buck dancing, and Robert Strauss and Private Braasch with a numbered of popular songs. Following the vaudeville programme, the entire battalion demonstrated their ability to sing a number of up-to-date songs. Private Louis Goldstein of the 34th Company, 9th Battalion, secured for the men a Triangle film entitled. "The Pinch Hitter," with Charles Ray as star.

Lieut. Munger was in charge of the battalion and marched the men to the Y.M. Auditorium.

Monument to 308th Becoming Popular

The tidy little theatre which stands where the Boulevard meets Fifth Avenue is making very little riotous noise in the camp life these days, and yet every night a crowd of soldiers whose jeans have held the thin dime required for admission enjoy the movie programmes, and the place is growing into a quiet, refined, gentlemanly retreat where some of our best families gather. An officers' balcony is well patronized. Lieut. E. Wunesch, manager of this monument to the enterprise of the 308th Infantry, who built it before embarking for Potsdam, has been offering first-run movies. A typical programme was last week's as follows: Monday-Harry Morey in "The Game With Fate," Charley Chaplin in "The Count" and a Mutual Screen Telegram. Tuesday-Pauline Frederick, "The Resurrection;" Mack Sennett comedy. "The Battle Royal;" Paramount-Bray pictograph. Wednesday-William S. Hart, "The Dawn Maker;" Sennett comedy, "Skidding Hearts;" Keystone comedy, "An Interrupted Honey moon." Thursday-Harry Morey, "The Glory of a Nation;" Vitagraph comedy, "Tramps and Traiters," Friday-William Russell, "The Midnight Trail;" Charlie Chaplin, "The Rink;" Mutual Screen telegram. Saturday-Charles Ray "The Weaker Sex;' Triangle comedy, "The Late Lamented;" Keystone comedy, "A Hero Fall."

Lieut. Wunsch has an able corps of assistants in the persons of Privates Ferraro, Rosello, Nordoni, Fish, Specland, Schen, Spacek, Fitzpatrick, Stocker, Scheff, and Randazza, all of the 152d Depot Brigade.

"It's a Boy" and Cornet's All Right

Private Sam C. Millers cornet is again working smoothly after a period of temporary insanity, when it simply wouldn't behave. One night while he was playing in Sergt. Dan Caslar's Liberty Theatre orchestra, his hitherto trusted instrument became mutinous and broke out with a series of piercing shrieks that threw the entire ensemble into an abyss of fearful discord. He tried to soothe it, but to no avail. it continued acting like a decrepit chimney during a wind. Finally he decided to bring it back to normal by a series of practices behind the barrack.

Lullabies were chosen as the most quieting form of music. One day while practicing with his mute inserted, Private Miller was handed a serted, Private Miller was handed a telegram by a lad in blue. The message said: "It's a Boy." The cornetist took out the mute and blew a shrill blast, in accordance with the best shrill blast traditions. The cornet worked perfectly. It had simply been suffering from preminition. Mrs. Miller and the little lad are doing wonderfully. Private Miller before becoming a cornetist was a teacher in Public School No. 160, New York.

CY, COWBOY, LOSES "44'S," SO HE'S TAKEN UP BOXING WITH BEN

Scars of Mexican Gun Fracas With This Upton Mule Skinner.

If there is any more outa luck guy in the length and breadth of the combined U. of S. armies than Cyrus R. Owen let him but lisp the syllables of his name in the Ed's ear and this Tribune of the Soldiers' Rights will set it in 72-point type and run it for two months. Cyrus is in the Constructing Quartermaster Detachment here and is driving hard talls or, rather, reasoning with them sweetly. Cy's a great little reasoner. And it was knowing about mules that cursed "Poncho's" army existence.

For ever since he was a tot of six or so Cy-or "Poncho" as he is better known-has carried a gun, or guns, on his person. He has been a cowpuncher in Mexico and always had from two to five forty-fours at his belt. And he used 'em. His body bears the scars of a wound received in one fracas when a Mexican got him. But Cy took care of that Mexican and a couple more. When war busted he joined the army because he calculated that was where the shooting was going to be concentrated for the next few years, where all the ammunition could be found, and the guns. But when he got with Uncle Sam they took his guns away from him, learned that he could handle mules, and that's what he has been doing ever since. He hasn't had his finger on a trigger since he's been a soldier. How's that for O.L.?

But Cy isn't discouraged and has arranged to take boxing lessons from our own B. Leonard. If he can't get 'em with lead he's going to account for a couple with his bare fists.

RICHIE TRANSFERRED ALSO MICKEY DEVINE;

Camp Upton loses one of its best mittmen-cantonment lightweight titie holder-by the recent transfer of Richie Ryan, 326th Motor Truck Company. Richie's friends with great regret see him go, as he was widely popular as well as respected for his prowess with the gloves. His final appearance was in a bout with Irving Osbourne, Y physical director at Second Avenue and Seventh Street. It was one of the fastest bouts yet staged in the box crazy hut, with the honors about even at the end of the four rounds of fast, clever boxing mixed with heavy hitting.

Another popular lightweight recently shifted to an Infantry regiment is Mickey Devine, the speedy New England boy, lately of the Sixth Battalion, Depot Brigade. Mickey and Richie both have the satisfaction of knowing they are going overseas soon to get in some wallops at Fritz harder and stiffer than anything they've ever passed across with padded gloves.

10th Btn. Has Show at Tangiers Club

The 10th Battalion, under command of Major Osborne, went on a ten-mile hike to Smith's Point, where they were stationed until Monday. The hike to and from was made in very good time and all the boys appreciated the vacation. They also enjoyed the swimming and other sports.

At Tangiers Club a battalion show was held under the direction of Private Louis Nilve. The guest of honor was Major Osborne, who attended with his staff and other officers of the battalion, as well as a number of guests. The show was held on the porch. The opening number was "The Star Spangled Banner."

The following privates helped make the evening a success that it was: Jerry Nolan, dancer; the Dizzy Four, James Foley, Armand De Caesar. The hit of the evening was Cronin, McNeal and Bolton, the camp favorites, who were encored about ten times. Private Mark Buckley played the piano. Private Louis Nilve also entertained with monologues and songs.

Major Osborne spoke and commended the fine spirit of the boys and their gentlemanly conduct. He thanked them for the performance. Mr. Allan of the club, members of the Knights of Columbus and the Jewish Welfare league and the Y.M.C.A. all joined and helped make it cheerful for all.

11TH COMPANY HAS SERGEANT PROMOTIONS

Among the promotions in the 11th Company are those of Louis Spitzer to First Sergeant. He knows the regulations backward and likes to confound the rookies with the weight of his logic.

Corpl. Carl Kammerer, whose home is within earshot of the mighty Niagara, has been made Sergeant. Everybody rejoices forthwith, for here's a lad with a sunny smile for all, rain or shine.

The motion picture star, Williams, of the Vitagraph Company (no, NOT EARL) is also a Sergeant. The boys like him because of his company Sundays.

The Veteran Trio, known once as the Rookie Quartet, is now composed of First Class Privates Buddy Clarke, Reilly and Synder. We always knew that there was something first class about them. They have made the song, "Kaiser Bill's a Bum," famous, and they are now introducing "Swat the Spy" and "Biff, Bang, Bing 'Em on the Rhine."

Corpl. Brown has become quite an English instructor and rather enjoys inculcating general orders into the fledgellings, and inculcating them with words of wisdom.

"Smiling Sylvester," alias Bundock, has been elevated to the rank of Supply Sergeant.

These Lads Deserve Fighting 5th Title

Fighting 5th is a very euphonious (get that!) nickname. And the boys of the 5th Company, Depot Brigade, are earning the title. Under the command of Capt. H.P. Shurtleff, a Harvard man and a thorough sportsman, they are becoming boxing "nuts" every one of them. They are all the best of friends during the day, but after the evening mess, when the gloves are thrown into the ring, friendship ceases. Sergt. W.L. Peters, an old army "top" supervises the boxing exhibition. Some of the pairs always good for an interesting go are Jack Frost and Henry Meyers, in the 116-pound class; Frank Walker and Jack Rosenstein, in the 130 class, and Tony Grandetti and Arthur Kassan. Tony and Arthur are the David and Jonathan of the outfit most of the day, but when they face each other in the ring everything goes. In a recent bout they went nip and tuck for a couple of rounds, with matters as even as a pair of twins. Grandetti finally landed a crashing left hook and Kassan went down. It was a terrible wallop, but he struggled to get up. Sergt. Peters stopped him. "That;s all right; you're game, all right, we know that-but save it. "You'll get another crack."

All the 5th lads are stronger for that other wallop stuff. They'll take on any company in the cantonment and fight any rules.

BOYS HERE PREFER WATCHING A SCRAP TO VIEWING OTHER FORMS OF CONTEST

Boxing Drew Largest Crowds-Company Street Games First in Number Taking Part.

That the soldiery quartered hero during the month of June preferred watching a real fight to viewing any other form of athletics is indicated by the report for that month of Frederick Schultz, Y.M.C.A. Camp Physical Director. The report covers the athletics supervised by the Hut athletic directors and the large contests conducted under the supervision of the camp director. Boxing leads with the number of spectators. There were 52,000 men present as witnesses of the 275 formal and 1,550 informal glove-mingling meetings. The second place for number of spectators is held by the stunt nights in the huts, with a total of 29,000. Fencing is third with 3,500.

Baseball Is Second.

Baseball, the avowed great American sport, doesn't take priority over every sport in the number of men taking part, but is a good second. There were 16,770 soldiers and near-soldiers who informally tossed the spherold about-to use the sport writer's classicism-and 1,055 others participated in formal arguments between the regulation teams of nine men each. The first place is held by company street games, with 18,197 participants informal, and 113 formal. Jiu jitsu is third, with 9,739, which augurs ill for Hudom when the lads recently trained here get within striking distance of the Teutonic throat.

Altogether 107,000 Looked On.

The summary of other games is as follows: Basketball, fifty-six informal games with 1,317 participants; football, one formal game with twenty-two taking part; indoor baseball, 299 informal games with 3,233 participants; soccer, 255 informal games with 2,867 participants tug of war, twelve formal game with 615 participants; volley ball, 100 informal games with 1,000 participants. The totals are as follows: 765 formal games played; 2,640 informal games played; 12,732 formal participants in sports; 75,871 informal participants, and 107,000 spectators.

JULY 22, 1918

TRI-COLOR RUN UP IN PRESENCE OF 20,000 ROOKIES

Many Patriotic Exercises in Camp Observance of Bastille Day.

Rookies were given a chance to feel the thrill of being a part of the international army of freedom on Bastille Day, when exercises commemorating the French holiday were held here. Twenty thousand troops were massed on the south slope of headquarters hill and were addressed by Gen. Bell, whose friendship for the French is exceedingly warm, especially since his recent three months stay in France. The soldiers stood at attention while two bands together played "Marseillaise" and the tri-color of France was run up on a flag pole slightly lower than the camp one on the hill.

In the afternoon patriotic exercises were held in the Y.M.C.A. huts, K. of C. buildings and Jewish Welfare Board Headquarters. Brown Landone, recently returned from Y.M>C.A. service in France, spoke, and a musical programme was presented under Red Triangle auspices by artists of the American Lyric Society, brought here by Adolf Hegeman. They were francesca Marni, soprano; Cella Schiller, pianist; Marguerite Atkinson, mezzo-soprano; Rudolph Bowers, violinist; Gustave Freeman, dramatic tenor; Marie Margolis and Samuel Margolis accompanists.

Sergeant Major Has After War Labor Solution

A year ago Battalion Sergeant Major Eugene Greenhut, by his own frank confession was a hardened pacifist. To-day he is as ardent and zealous a member of the National Army as can be found anywhere and has entered the Central Officers' Training School at Camp Lee. Attached to Cantonment Headquarters, Greenhut performed varied duties for the camp during the last few months as an enlisted man, and his conversion from the half-baked condition of pacifism was the fruit of his labors and contacts as a soldier here.

Not being the unimaginative type of man, the Sergeant Major while an enlisted man prepared a thoroughly scientific treatise which offered a solution of labor problems after the war. Formation of an army for agricultural restoration was the heart of the plan. By it, men to the number of 100,000 would re-enlist for five years after discharge from military service, and this army would be subdivided into regular brigades and divisions, whose work would be cooperative agricultural work. The same ranks and pays as in the army would prevail, except that officers would be appointed for their knowledge of crop raising, marketing, distribution and profits.

Sergt. Major Greenhut's proposals were received by the Adjutant General's Office in Washington, through military channels, and were also sent to some of the leading Americans in various walks of life. Repilies complimenting him on the breadth and insight of his work were received from Otto T. Bannard, John J. Burke, of the Catholic World. Kenyon L. Butterfield, Senator William M. Calder, Cleveland H. Dodge, Henry W. De Forest, Coleman du Pont, Walter E. Edge, Harrington Emerson, Stuyvesant Fish, J.B. Frelinghuysen, Frank T. Goodnow, Myron T. Herrick, Marcus H. Holcomb, Sam S. Lewisohn, G.H. Perkins, John D. Rockefeller jr., Lawrence Y. Sherman, Samuel Rea, Atlee Pomerene, Mortimer R. Schiff, Felix M. Warburg, Frank A. Vanderip, John. W. Weeks, Henry A. Wise Wood and others.

150 Upton Enlisted Men to Study for Caduceus at Lee

List Includes Many who Have Been Soldiers few Weeks.

For the third time enlisted men who came to Upton not many weeks ago as rookies have been selected to study for "Lieutenants" bars. There were 150 successful applicants for the fifth or central officer’s training school, and the fortunate ones have left for Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., to enter the infantry section. Among those selected, nearly all of whom were New Yorkers, were Sergeants Major, Sergeants, Corporals, privates, a bugler and a mechanic. The list follows, with the unit from which the appointment was made:

Hq. 1st Bn. 152 D.B.-Bn. Sergt. Major Maximilian R. Schneck; Hq. Det. 1st Bn. 152 D.B-Corpl. Joseph S. Bosch; 1st Co. 152 D.B.-Sergt. John Bayer jr., Private Samuel Shafer; 2d Co. 152 D.B-Corpl. George J. Roper, Private John A. Cahill, Private James Devine; 3d Co. 152 D.B-Sergt. Robert Blattner, Private Joseph P. Sexton, Sergt. John B. Roche, Private Robert F. Milde jr.; 4th Co. 152 D.B-Sergt. Thomas P. O'Hara, Corpl. John B. Matthews, Corpl. Christopher C. Shayne; Hq. 2d Bn. 152 D.B- Wagoner Charles D. Byington, Sergt. William L. Peters; 6th Co. 152 D.B.- Sergt. John A. Werner; 7th Co. 152 D.B.-Sergt. Herman Lorence, Sergt. August Schaefer, Sergt. Dwight L. Perry, Sergt. Raymond W. Sheldon; 8th Co. 152 D.B.-Sergt. George J. Farrell, Private Joseph F. Kelly, Private Edward W. Ames, Private Herbert J. Brown; Hq. Det. 3d Bn. 152 D.B.- Corpl. William E. Corcoran; 9th Co. 152 D.B.-Sergt. Irving Grossman, Corpl. Lloyd M. Herold, Private Joseph C. Kennelty; 10th Co. 152 D.B.-Corpl. Richard Ward jr., Private Leo J. Cooney, Bugler James M. Baker jr., Private Michael F. Sullivan; 11th Co. 152 D.B.- Sergt. Henry L. Hunt, Sergt. Carl A. Kammerer, Sergt. Wm. F. Williams, Corpl. Arthur S. Brown; 12th Co., 152 D.B.- Sergt. karl A. Kropesch, Corpl. Ray S. Lowndes, Sergt. Wm. Lucea. 13th Co., 152 D.B.-Corpl. James R. Murphy, Corpl. James S. Riley, Sgt. Paul T. Wright, Sgt. Burl Parson. 15th Co., 152 D.B.-Sgt. Ben Heil, sgt. Stanley F. Harrison. 16th Co., 152 D.B.-Sgt. Sanford G. Poole, Sgt. Joseph R. Gregory, Corpl. Edward L. Stern. Hq., 5th Bn., 152 D.B.-Corpl. Charles R. Post, Corpl. Harry A. Wehrman. 17th Co., 152 D.B.-Sgt. Arthur H. Goodman. 18th Co., 152 D.B.-Sgt. John J. Nolan, Sgt. Sant J. La Placa; 19th Co., Hq. Det., 5th Bn., 152 D.B.-Pvt. Joseph Palmquist. 21st Co., 152 D.B.- Corpl. C.W. Caverno, Sgt. Lester C. Crandall, Sgt. Salvatore D'Avanzo, Corpl. Gustav H. Engstrom. 22d Co., 152 D.B.-Pft. Henry R. Herman, Pvt. Walter E. Macklin, Pvt. Cleveland Waller, Pvt. George L. Waugh. 23d Co., 152 D.B.- Corpl. Percy W. Ellis. 24th Co., 152 D.B.-Sgt. Alexander Pfaff. 25th Co., 152 D.B.- Sgt. John A. Kiley, Sgt. Chas R. Bull, Corpl. Frank Gilfillan. 26th Co., 152 D.B.-Corpl. Benj. E. Marks, Sgt. Wm. G. Kingsley, Pvt. Luther A. Reed. 27th Co., 152 D.B.-Corpl. Maurice Tuttle jr., Corpl. Victor Roebuck. 28th Co., 152 D.B.-Sgt. Wm. J. Fitzpatrick, Sgt. Adlai L. Ferguson, Corpl. Edwin R. McCormick, Corpl. Ralph McC. Denny. Hq., 8th Bn., 152 D.B.-Bn. Sgt. Maj. Henry W. McWhorter, 29th Co., 152 D.B.-Corpl. Harold E. Dempsey, Sgt. Ralph J. Dube, Corpl. Sidney C. Schoenlank, Corpl. James D. Smith. 30th Co., 152 D.B.-Sgt. Geo. L. Hobron, Pvt. Jackson Gallup, Sgt. Frank Ed. Johnson, Sgt. John J. Reirdon. 31st Co., 152 D.B.- Sgt. Wm. F. Oxford, Corpl. Theo. Hohl, Pvt. Henry A. Holthan. 32d Co., 152 D.B.-Corpl. Geo. W. Hanley, Pvt. Herman G. Treiss, Sgt. Jospeh P. Perez. Hq., 9th Bn., 152 D.B.- Sgt. Francis M. McNamara, Corpl. Henry A. Ditmann. 33d Co., 152 D.B.- Corpl. Moses M. Elkins, Pvt. Wm. McPherson, Pvt. Walter H. Couchman. 34th Co., D.H.- Sgt. Henry C. Schrenk, Corpl. Chas. W. Davies, Corpl. Geo. W. Cramp, Corpl. Gordon E. Gaines. 35th Co., 152 D.B.- Sgt. Thos. F. Ryan, Corpl. John G. Adler, Sgt. Chas. W. Harris, Sgt. James W. Wenz. 36th Co., 152 D.B- Sgt. Frank Kohout, Sgt. Jas. W. Snedden jr., Corpl. Fred'k W. Dunphy, Corpl. Edwin J. Lawley. 37th Co., 152 D.B.- Pvt. Clarence B. Eastwood. 39th Co., 152 D.B- Sgt. Daniel A. Kelly, Corpl. Jas. A. Gaffney, Corpl. Philip J. Beerson. 40th Co., 152 D.B.- Harrison Board, Corpl. Carl T. Reynolds, Corpl. Chas. G. Schaefer. 42d Co., 152 D.B- Sgt. Harold L. Kern. 43d Co., 152 D.B.- Pvt. Milton M. Parker. Hq., 12th Bn., 152 D.B.-Bn. Sgt.Maj. Walter G. Zorn, Sgt. Maj. Jos. W. Ashton, Sgt. John J. Sheridan. 49th Co., 152 D.B- Pvt. Gilbert W. Gabriel, Corpl. Bernard F. Maguire, Corpl. Wm. H. Regan, Pvt. Royden B. Tomlins, Corpl. Claudius F. McIntyre, Sgt. Herman J. Minderman. 46th Co., 152 D.B- Sgt. Carl H. Peteron, Sgt. Clifford H. Shorpe, Corpl. Otto A. Bumiller. 47th Co., 152 D.B- Pvt. Carl H. Ney, Pvt. Vincent J. Cahill, Corpl. Wm. H. Schmidt. 48th Co., 152 D.B.- Sgt. Israel Stempel. 50th Co., 152 D.B- Pvt. Arthur H. Glock. Co. B, 1st Dev. Bn., 152 D.B- Sgt. John H. Berman. Co. K, 3d Dev. Bn., 152 D.B-Mess Sgt. Julius Dolboff. Co. I, 3d Dev. Bn., 152 D.B.-Pvt. Nicholas J. Ruggiero, Pvt. Saverio Bongiorno. Hq. Co., 152 D.B.- Pvt. Chas. D. Chalphin, Pvt. Frank B. Crayne, Pvt. Egil Gahrsen. Adj. Det., 152 D.B.-Bn. Sgt. Maj. Eugene Greenhut. Camp Utilities Det.-Sgt. Edwin H. Deming. Camp Quartermaster Det.-Sgt. Wm. E. Lightcap. 104th Ordnance Depot Co.-Sgt. Emanuel Megida.

TWO HUNDRED, INCLUDING 16 "WOMEN" START REHEARSALS ON BERLIN'S "KISS ME, SERGEANT"

Zenith of Soldier Shows Reached by Revue to Be Given at Century in the Fall-Officials of Camp in Full Accord.

A theatrical venture is well launched in camp which will make soldier history as important dramatically as the capture of Berlin will morally, socially, politically, internationally and so forth. This venture itself is a Berlin capture. Sergt. Irving Berlin being credited with a double play unassisted. Biff Bang on first. You Know Me Al on second and one out.

Upton-Written and Upton-Played.

Which is to say that "Kiss Me, Sergeant," a soldier revue extraordinary and an olive drab extravaganza unprecedented has entered rehearsal. It is Upton-made Upton-written, Upton-composed, and will be an Upton-played, Upton-produced Broadway success. The Century Theatre has been secured for its bringing out, and the opening of the fall theatrical season will see its lights shining on Central Park West. It is Irving Berlin from start to finish. The music, book and lyrics are his, and into the production are going all his multiple connections with leading theatrical people, his spirit, vim and varied abilities. Headquarters Hill has recognized the importance of the contribution which the show will make, and has officialized it by appointing committees of officers to co-operate in every possible way.

Special Theatrical Detail.

The 200 men who will take part have been created into a permanent detail and will be held in camp until after the show. They will be quartered in a special barrack, where the fires of genius may burn without fear of quenching from the unwashed and unlettered. Private WIll H. Smith of the Cantonment Headquarters Detachment, who brought out Sergt. Berlin's "Stop! Look! Listen!: and all the Gus Hill revues, is the producer. In a few days he and Berlin will pick the eighteen principals.

Sixteen soldier men will don skirts for the show, and it is predicted they will compose a beauty chorus to give Flo Ziegfeld the jealousy stabs of his career.

There are two acts and ten scenes in "Kiss Me, Sergeant." A big minstrel with double ends opens the show. There is a court martial scene, a scene from the hostess house, dancing ensembles, girl scenes and innumerable Berlin specialties of rare catchiness. The songs are among the best Berlin has written. "Some Day I'm Going to Murder the Bugler" is one already familiar to Upton soldiers. "Kiss Me, Sergeant" is a sure fire success, and there are others. Nothing will be spread to make the costumes and scenery equal to the biggest Winter Garden success in the annals of Broadway.

"LOVE AMONG THE RUINS."

So runs the title of a bit of poetry, which might be well employed by Private and Mrs. Meade Truax as a motto for their new home. Private and Mrs. Truax were until they visited the ashes of the Camp Chapel recently Private Meade Traux and Miss Inez N. Pramer. There they were married by the Rev. Paul F. Heckel, Lutheran chaplain attached to the Base Hospital. Mrs. Truax is lately of Riverhead. They were married in the parlor of the chapel, still blackened and smoked from the recent fire.

PERSONALITIES FROM OVER THE CANTONMENT

Private G.F. Terpenning has been made a Sergeant in the 10th Company, 152d Depot Brigade.

Private Lloyd N. Herold, 10th Company, has been promoted to Sergeant.

Corpl. Loney M. Oppenhelm, 11th Company, has been made a Sergeant.

Private Arthur M. Brown, 11th Company, has been made a Corporal.

Private Henry L. Hunt, 11th Company, has been made a Corporal.

Private Harry E. Ilgen, 11th Company, has been made a Corporal.

Private Robert A. Ormiston, 11th Company, has been made a Corporal.

First Lieut. F.M. Harshberg, has been assigned to the Depot Brigade.

First Lieut. James D. Smith, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 4th Battalion.

First Lieut. Charles Monahan, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 8th Battalion.

Private W.F. Williams, 11th Company, has been made a Corporal.

First Lieut. Neal Barnes, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 2d Battalion.

First Lieut. Arnold E. Heeter, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 4th Battalion.

Corp. Stanley K. Zimmer, 9th Company, has been made a Sergeant.

Corp. H.J. Chisholm, 10th Company, has been made a Sergeant.

First Lieut. Clyde H. Miller, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 10th Battalion.

First Lieut. Page H. Crain, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 9th Battalion.

Corp. Reuben H. Smith has been made a Sergeant. He is with the 10th Company.

Dan J. O'Neal has been made a first class private.

Marino Snello, 10th Company, has been made a first class private.

Second Lieut. N.R. Croker has been attached to the 2d Battalion.

Second Lieut. Frank E. Day has been attached to the 2d Battalion.

Corp. D.E. Sickels has been promoted to Sergeant. He is with the 5th Company, 152d Depot Brigade.

Private W.J. Donaldson, 5th Company, has been made a Corporal.

Private Samuel Martin, 5th Company, has been made a Corporal.

Private Oscar Olsen, 5th Company has been made a Corporal.

Private W.F. Wehn, 6th Company, has been made a Corporal.

Private Carto Caput, 6th Company, has been made a Corporal.

Private Meyer Goldman, 6th Company, is now on special duty.

Private J.W. Massa, 6th Company is now on special duty.

Private A. Althem, 6th Company, is now on special duty.

Private Eric Duelk, 6th Company, is now on special duty.

Private H. Arthur, 5th Company, is now on special duty.

First Lieut. Edwin P. Christopherson, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 10th Battalion.

First Lieut. R.H. Thomasson, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 5th Battalion.

Martin Loef, Tenth Company, has been made a 1st class private.

Private E.H. Bergheind, Tenth Company, has been made a Corporal.

Private V.A. Henderson, 10th Company, has been made a Corporal.

First Lieut. Robert W. Rathke, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the 6th Battalion.

First Lieut. Ernest E. Baird, Depot Brigade, has been assigned to the Third Battalion.

Captain Roy E. Nostetter has been assigned to the 2nd Battalion.

First Lieut. Edward alstead has been assigned to the 3rd Battalion.

First Lieut. Walter H. Bosworth has been assigned to the 4th Battalion.

First Lieut. Carl T. Bechtold has been assigned to the 4th Battalion.

First Lieut. John M. Brown has been assigned to the 4th Battalion.

First Lieut. William Coleman has been assigned to the 3rd Battalion.

First Lieut. John M. Croft has been assigned to the 3rd Battalion.

Private Lesley Fairfax Naulty, 4th Company, has been transferred to the Ordnance Department.

Private Eugene Davis, 26th Company, has been placed on special duty at Cantonment headquarters.

SIX AUTOMOBILE LOADS OF STAGE TALENT CHARM HUGE CROWD IN Y AUD.

Wednesday night was a large one at the Y Auditorium when the 8th Battalion brought down a big time vaudeville. Corpl. Maurice M. Clark was the announcer for the acts, which were rounded up and brought down by his father, Peter S. Clark of Richmond Hill. Six big autos full of girls and a truckload of trunks advertised the fact that something was on deck at Camp Upton and the crowd that jammed the auditorium was certainly not disappointed.

The programme opened with an overture by the orchestra loaned by Dan Cassel, the popular Liberty Theatre orchestra leader, with Private William Conway at the piano. Following this introduction the well known contralto, Mamie Mitchell sang, and after several encores the house was darkened and Hills and Emerson, the big time comedians, entertained. Sam Levy was next on the programme, and with Private Hugh Clarke, his partner brought down the house with Irving Berlin's new hit, "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning." Zella Rambeau was the next star to shine. And then Joe Woods's Mimic World-with its comedians, its twenty-six pretty girls and their artistic costumes-well, for an hour and a half they certainly put across a show that the boys will remember for some time. The auditorium was packed to the door.

PERSONNEL OFFICE, READY FOR NEW ONES

New Plan Mustering In Is Followed by Signing Insurance.

Extensive alterations and improvements in the personnel office, just being completed, will give that highly efficient organization opportunity when the new increment is in to even better the wonderful records made with the last drafted men. A thousand men a day were then put through all the complicated paper forms necessary in induction.

An innovation with the last increment was the signing up of men for their insurance immediately after mustering in, instead of having them irregularly taken care of, as by the older plan. New men have sixty days in which to take out insurance. Most o them have taken out close to the maximum. By the new arrangement they pass from the mustering office into a large room, where fifty insurance clerks definitely settle the insurance matter. Success is indicated by the fact that $9,000 was the average policy. Ten thousand is the maximum.

Many Knuckle-Dusters Shake Mean Fist at Big Swatfest

Chocolate soldiers Star in Art of Handing out "Sets of Five"-Color Line is Obliterated-Bruisers Stir Spectators to High Pitch.

The first snappy bout in recent athletic events at the Y Auditorium was between two colored lads, Richardson and Gray, who went a brace of two-minute rounds. It was a good imitation of the old-time rooster fight, both men wading into each other from gong to gong. The bout finally ended in a draw.

Bout No. 2 on the bill was between two more chocolate boys, Cobbs and Keith, who also scrapped and made the feathers fly in a couple of two-minute rounds. While Keith danced and pranced all around the arena, Cobbs posed just a regular Mercury and strong man. Every time he wiggled his shoulders bloodshot came into his eyes and out shit his left lunch-hook, wich now and then connected with Keith. For science, the laurels must go to Cobbs.

The third mitt-fest was between two heavy, rotund, built-for-heavy-work chocolate drops. If Young Black wades into the Huns as he sailed into Allen, we may look forward to finding a heavy casualty list among the Germans. For endurance Black certainly was a bear, for he kept chasing Allen around the ring for forty-five seconds at a stretch. For side-stepping, the trophy must go to Allen, for if he hadn't side-stepped he might now be on his way to eternity. The laurels went to the darkest-named end.

The fourth bout was between George Asche of Philadelphia, a white boy, against a colored lad named "New York Joe Gans." The bout went a pair of two-minute rounds. This bout was a little one-sided, inasmuch as the only time that Joe connected was when George wasn't looking. Both men weighed in around 1180 lbs. and when the foot-race started, with Joe Gans in the lead, it shook every rafter in the building.

The fifth bout was a real snappy, scientific bout between Young Eddie and "Panama Joe Gans." It was easy to follow this match, inasmuch as Young Eddie was the only white man in the ring. This bout went so fast at times that William Kraetzer, the referee, had trouble locating the dancers. The bout finally ended in a draw.

The pillow fight, which opened the programme, was one long round of fun, juding from the lightning speed at which some of the persons from the South flew off the pole. Some of the lads didn't know whether they were coming or going.

The seventh bout of the evening was a novelty stunt called "No Man's Land." This was a real battle between representatives of the 1st Battalion, namely, Dillane, Giordano and Schwartz, and representatives from the 2d Battalion, 8th Company, Sergt. Carroll, Private Coyle and Sergt. Lund. The bout went three minutes. For 180 seconds fists and legs and arms flew around so fast that at times members of the same team were swatting each other galore. It was a good thing that the battle lasted only three minutes, for about that time five out of the six were beginning to look as though they needed first-aid treatment. It finally ended with the 2d Battalion having two men on the platform at the sound of the gong.

The last bout of the evening was a real up-to-date prize fight between Corpl. Yankee Brandt of the 34th Company and Johnnie Salzberg of the 2d Company, 1st Battalion. This bout went four two-minute rounds. This scrap certainly had championship flavor to it for aggressiveness, for defensive work and for scientific give-and-take, inasmuch as both little men traveled so fast. Having no judges, the referee, Capt. Frank Glick, could do no other than declare same a draw. After the last gong the multitude of Yanks left the auditorium feeling they had witnessed one of the finest programmes of the season.

SOLDIERS JAM BUILDING FOR THESE STUNT NIGHTS.

The stunt night conducted by Irving Osbourne at the Y Hut, corner Second Avenue and Seventh Street, are jamming the building to the rafters. Every one is called on. The last time Osborne broke loose there was a programme something as follows: Hammer throw, won by Wm. Gordon, 38th Company, 10th Battalion; 100-yard walk, won by Charles Keilling, Company A. Provost Guard; blanket fight, won by F. Blair, Company C, Provost Guard; sword fight, won by Burio, 23d Company, 6th Battalion; sword fight, also won by W. Gordon. 38th Company, 10th Battalion; two-round boxing bout to a draw between D. Smith Company C, and Dranchak, Company D, Provost Guard; wrestling bout in which Steinbach, Provost Guard, threw W. Gordon, while Gordon in another go matted Lopez, 40th Company; Dave Smith proved the best dog eater; D. Adelman, being a regular doughboy, had no trouble finding nickels in pail of flour; 90th Battalion Casual Department, beat picked teams from the military police and 10th Battalion, the winning team being Resigna, Banfield, Walters, Brown, Wood and Ingraham; cage ball participated in by most every one.

TOW BACHELORS AT BASE DISCOVERED IN THE ROLE OF "UNCONSCIOUS BRIDEGROOMS"

Strange Cases Are Those of Dunn and Slattery-Latter Up and Marries.

From the Base Hospital.

It's pretty hard for a man to be married without knowing about it-without having be consulted at all. That's the situation which confronted two members of the Medical Detachment at the Base Hospital, who discovered recently that they were regarded as "unconscious bridegrooms."

Private Jimmie Dunn was the first man to make known that he had been roped, thrown and tethered without having to pay the usual initiation fee to a clergyman, or to put on his army spats for the ceremony. He was summoned to the Detachment Office and shown a paper by Lieut. Hector J. McNelle on which a lady asserted that Jimmie had forgotten the trifle of making her an allotment, although they were in a state of married bliss. Jimmie looked anything but in a state bliss.

"Well, how about it?" asked Lieut. McNelle, who was looking after the troubles of married couples and gaining enough material to run a "Hints to the Lovelorn" column.

Jimmie gave Lieut. Mcnelle to understand it was the one thing he'd ever been positive about in his life. Though the woman signed herself on her application as "mrs. James J. Duna jr.," which was Jimmies correct name, he swore up and down and sideways he didn't know her.

Jimmie declared he had never been to the street address which she gave in Philadelphia, and he was certain he never walked in his sleep. He defied any one in the country to convince him he was married. After every one had become satisfied there had been a mistake or else Jimmie had been wedded without his consent, it was decided to grant him the full investigation he courted to determine whether Jimmie was a bachelor, a benedict or just a plain goat.

The other man who was represented to have undergone a painless marriage was Sergt. Theodore F. Slattery. His mother wrote to him that she'd heard he'd been hitched, and asked why she hadn't been invited to the party. Sergt. Slattery knew that mothers are naturally curious in such matters. But in this case he suspected some one had him a Romeo without his authority.

Sergt. Slattery let it be known distinctly to his mother and the other millions over the globe who follow his career day by day that he was not married, though he'd had any number of offers. Then on his next pass, just to prove that he wasn't he went and got married, for all the world to see and throw old shoes.

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Sergt. Charley Batstone, President of the Charles E. Batstone Association at the hospital and the ranking wag of Company A, reports that he is transplanting the drill ground from the Administration Building to the barracks, inch by inch. Charley explains that he and his aids, consisting of all the non-commissioned privates in Company A, accomplish this great engineering feat by getting as much dust as possible on their clothes while drilling on the Campus Martius. Then, on returning to the "lawn" before the barracks, they brush off the layers. The only trouble Sergt. Charley finds is that the men will persist in shedding the dirt unevenly, which makes the new parade ground lumpy.

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Private Sidney Ottenheimer, who beats up a typewriter in the Detachment Office daily, heard recently that there was a chance for a bright young man to act as escort to a body going to Corning, N.Y. Private Ottenheimer scurried out of the office and after consulting all those fountains of wisdom, the room orderlies, found that Corning was right near Tarrytown, only a few miles up the Hudson, and also discovered at practically the same moment that he had relatives living at Tarrytown. So he put in a bid for the commission as escort and was made official emissary when he represented that he could do the escorting and at the same time pay off some social debts at Tarrytown.

After taking the body to its destination Ottenheimer came back to Upton by way of Buffalo. He denies, however, that there is anything to the report that on his next trip to Patchogue he intends to return by way of San Francisco.

Shapiro, Mind Phenom, Would Make Good K.P.

Should Be Able to estimate with Ease Prunes and Beans.

It's hard to tell just where Jacob Shapiro's mental talent's would do the army the greatest service. He is the lightning calculator of headquarters hill, at present in the statistical department. Recently he gave an exhibition of his mental talents to a group of officers. he added a big column of figures four wide in four seconds, told the number of books in a shelf just by glancing at them, gave the number of matches dumped on a table from a box and achieved other feats.

Whether he should be used to watch over kitchen police and estimate the correct number of beans and prunes given each man or should be employed in the supply room to do away with all figuring is a problem.

Before enlistment, Shapiro was an efficiency engineer, working in new York and Chicago. He could tell just by casually once-overing a broken down business what made it break down and what was necessary to invigorate it.

COMPANY I WINS FIELD MEET STAGED BY THIRD DEVELOPMENT BATTALION

The first of a series of field meets was held on Thursday evening on the new athletic field of the Third Development Battalion and was a complete success. The meet was closely contested and was not decided until the last event, which was the mile relay.

The features of the meet were the high jumping Blisset of Company M and Langhan of Company K and the running of Queeries of Company K in the mile relay, in which he came from behind and made up forty yards in his quarter mile.

Blisset of Company M was high scorer, with ten points to his credit, winning both the century and the high jump. Bryner of Company I and Walker of Company K each scored eight points, Bryner winning the mile run with ease.

The new sawdust pits were said by the jumpers to be the best in camp and contributed materially to the height and distance of the jumps.

The officials were:

Referee and Starter- C.H. Blaschoff.

Field Judge-Lieut. Lloyd Thomas. Timer- Mr. Henckel.

Judges at Finish- Lieuts. C. Hall and G. Corrouthers.

Judges of Field Events- Lieuts. Milo Bennett and Bidgood.

Clerk of Course- Mr. B.R. Weld.

The Summary follows:

100-Yard Dash-Won by Blisset, Co. M; Goines, Co. I, second, and Boye, Co. I, third.

220-Yard Dash- Won by Walker, Co. K; Bryner, Co. I, second, and Geer, third.

440-Yard Run- Won by Pegrann, Co. M; Walker, Co. K, second, and Miller, Co. I, third.

One-Mile Run- Won by Bryner, Co. I; Queeries, Co. K, second, and Tweedy, Co. I, third.

Broad Jump- Won by Gorman, Truly second and Christmas third.

High Jump-Won by Blisset, Co. M; Langhan, Co. K, second, and McMann, Co. K, and Boye, Co. I, tied for third.

Shot Put- Won by Jackman, Co. K; Huesman, Co. I, second, and Coleman, Co. I, third.

One Mile Relay- Won by Company M, Company K second and Company I third.

Totals- Company I, 25 points; Company K. 22 points; Company M, 20 points, Company L, 5 points.

UP-TO-DATE INTELLIGENCE FROM THE CAMP BOOK CENTRE

Roosevelt Makes Presentation of Books "Best for Soldiers."

Theodore Roosevelt has presented to Camp Upton Library copies of three books-"Our Mutual Friend," "The Antiquary" and "Guy Mannering." All these teach "both manliness and decency," he says, and "The Antiquary" and "Guy Mannering" are "best for soldiers."

They contain this facsimile card:

"To the men who are going overseas to fight for the honor and interest of America and all mankind, and who thereby make all other Americans forever their debtors."

"Theodore Roosevelt."

Freight congestion or embargo has delayed the receipt of these copies from Teddy. In the mean time the camp library can supply other copies of the same works.

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The following extract form a letter from Major W.C. Gotshall to Major Gen. Bell is of interest:

"Recently there was sent to me a splendid piece of fiction in the form of a book entitled "The Passport Invisible," based on the present war. The story is remarkable for its charming delicacy, vibrant virility, portrayal of loyal steadfastness and examples of unswerving devotion to duty, as well as for its absorbing interest, which is so intensely maintained as to make it difficult to even temporarily put the book aside until one has finished it.

"It will give me pleasure to send you ten, twenty or more copies of this book, as you may desire, with my compliments, to be placed in your camp library for the edification of your soldiers, if you look with favor on the idea and will so advise me."

The books have been recieved and are being widely read.

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Overseas Needs Cared For.

Frequent inquiry is made as to the present status of book service overseas. Over 4000,000 volumes have been shipped overseas and are available through the American Library Association headquarters in Paris and through selected libraries in the Y.M.C.A., K. of C., Red Cross, Salvation Army and similar buildings at and near the front. All transports are adequately supplied with reading matter, including both recent magazines and selected books. Every American soldier going overseas can rest assured that his book needs will be carefully looked after.

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Still Chairs for All.

"The Camp Library is yours." This motto describing the spirit that underlies all camp library work, and Camp Upton in particular, is becoming familiar to all Camp Upton men through a new and attractive poster designed especially for us by the artist, Mr. C.B. Falls, of New York City. The poster is misleading in just one particular. It might lead one to suspect that it is the custom to sit on the floor. We haven't reached that point yet. We can still promise comfortable chairs for all.

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"Without the Inconveniences."

The best characterization of the high quality of the book collections and service that has yet come to the attention of the librarian is the remark of an officer who has studied in many of the great libraries of the country. "You have," he said, "perhaps the best library for its size and purpose that exists in the United States. It is 42d Street (New York Public Library) without the inconveniences."

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Photographs From Over There.

The Newark Free Library has loaned the attractive collection of posters and illustrations now displayed on the walls and display frames of the camp library. Members of the staff of the art department were kind enough to make the trip to camp and install the collection, which includes many photographs of places "over there."

Jerry's Slogan.

Private Jerome M. Rosenbloom, 23d Company, 6th Battalion, has one ambition, which is to live up to the slogan he's set for himself. "Let's Go Get the Kaiser's Son and Crown Him with a Ten-Inch Gun!"

CAMP LADS GIVE NEW YORKERS A START WITH NO MAN'S LAND SCRAP

Dutch, Now Yankee, Brand, Ben and Songsters Also Function.

Camp Uptoners gave New York sporting fans the thrills of a lifetime the other night at Madison Square Garden when Capt. Glick put on a sextet of his braves in a no man's land fight. This form of arbitrament has become familiar to frequenters of the periodical athletic nights which Capt. Glick has co-operated in engineering. The Madison Square habitues didn't know it, and when three men each from the 1st and 2d Battalions, Depot Brigade, stepped to the ring in a negligee costume augmented by padded gloves. It was surmised whether they were to do a Grecian dance or play ring games. The sturdy brigadiers dispelled all doubt by going at each other with every tissue and nerve working. The square platform in the centre of the ring was a sort of alley, but, as is traditional, there was little resting in its shade or on its plateau. When the six young men were called from their altercations there was more satisfactory human gore in the neighborhood than one sees at a pig-sticking. Which was highly satisfactory to all the fans, who expect bloody stuff from soldiers. Dutch Brandt-or, during the period of the war, Yankee Brand- went a staunch battle with Johnny Solsberg as a further exhibition of Upton talent, and Benny Leonard was present and accounted for in a match with Willie Jackson.

Eric Dudley, camp song leader extraordinary and good fellow plenipotentiary, had a hundred of his silver throats inside the Garden and their songs went large. It was Mr. Dudley's first tour with his song birds, and they will probably flutter again if the blue bag doesn't become too epidemic.

"Needle" Fails to Interfere With Show Arranged by 6th Co.

Sergt. Geiger Accumulates Glory by Staging Second Performance.

Show No. 2, and only two weeks after No. 1 at that, was even a bigger success than No. 1. When "Doc" called on Sergt. Frederick Geiger one morning early he found him very busy. But after a minutes talk, and when he found out what "Doc's" business was, he jumped at the chance of putting on another show at "Y" 35. He immediately called in his committee and sent each one to a platoon to find out what the "boys" though of the proposition. Word was returned that they would be "on the job." Although they were all inoculated in the afternoon they were on hand early to do their bit.

We hope the rafters will hold out just a while longer, as they have been under a big strain of late. Also the "Coal Box" as the boys crowded on top of this small space to see the "Athletic Night" games and root for their company which won all the prizes. The 6th Company expects to win the baseball championship of the camp, as it has some very good players.

Now for the programme. The "Harmony Four" opened up with some of the newest pieces and after eight encores took a rest. The quartet consisted of Ahearn. Althenn, olson and Briese, accompanied on the piano by Gratz. Some quartet, too. Following, the soldiers were entertained by Orth with some recitations that had never been heard in camp before. Next on the bill was a three-round bout between Ahear and Forrester, which had plenty of snap to it. A cornet solo rendered by Schnellor, accompanied by Goodman at the piano, was the next number. Singing by the entire company followed. Kosten made Keller look like a has-been with his sleight-of-hand stunts and tricks. Some of the boys caught on ??? A very beautiful solo followed entitled "Lorraine," rendered by Gratz. Later he entertained at the piano. Orth sang the entitled "Perhaps Some Day You're Coming Back," accompanied by Goodman.

Goodman was the busiest man of the evening, as he again accompanied Schinellor, who gave an imitation of "How He Smoked His First Cigar," and he made some hit, as all the fellows remembered that very same day. The closing number was the 6th Company "Harmony Four" again which made the hut ring. The applause was heard at 3d Avenue. A special movie was arranged for which was shown in camp for the first time. Goodman was the accompanist once again.

First Sergt. Geiger and his boys made some hit as was vouched for by a number of visitors who were present from other units.