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ENGINEERS ..:\RECORPS'
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~-Si~ Hundred and Fourth Engineers' Crack Eleven Throu~'h for 6-to-O Victory Over Headquarters

Plows

,KIN(~ nF" THE CANrrEEN

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LOSES HIS CR()\\'N

Many Months of Unmolested Reign-His Nibs Dethroned Forces of the Red Triangle-FemiJtine Touch by

Troop, 5th Army Corps.

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Adorns Once Harren Walls.

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,"'('!J. 1, }9..!.trimmin~ they

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vict~y

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neing thethirif'succ~s~ive

~1~a.F...ggi'e:gamn:otf{)otball

at~l~tes" '
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aspir11nts for gridiron honors. H(,adquarters Tro~)p, ,)th ("orps, were the victims, 6-0 the score, The 604th t:ngineers are now COI'pStroop champions of the 5th (;orps, , 'raiued knee Rube did not get into the g1'ffie, hut' LJ ( 1l lng h to .~ sp )w I t' t t 'd' a Iia , w 0 \\as SU)S I U e ,pr ov fl d to he .. ' q, uarterhack. d of 'no , mean ahility, The ,fiel(.l was in poor cond Itlon, covere WIth
snow ' This an enthusIastIc !Jut was on(' occasio!l crowd when all present was the lowest for. and accounted hnc~ priva!e

have handed _amb~tlouS

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Feb. .25, 1919.--VIl]I~rs-surSulze IS all excIted and there IS ~ buzzing .atm~s.phere around the ?Dteen that has not bee.n.wltne!!sed SInce It was st~rted. L~rge (orces of me~ are. pollcl~gthe place, and the ordinary b~rrenness so I~uch In evIdence I.n~h~ ,good,ol~ day~ has totally dJsappea,red, 1here are fancy CUItams III the wI,Jldo~s, and large
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Frall~e,

III b gay colors b co we S' old

adorn

the

same walls

hJtherto

decoratea In

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The veteran

,A CanteenReal Woman.Baucom Se1'geant

" has abd~cate~

could "" sla) a colonc! 011 the back, yell "Don't , \, l t ., W ' th 't' C dSS, an d '" a~~dV I "e I, -

them hlrds SboWi,

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What is a football game withont a b,~md? Even the loyal snp- i door is under new rule, pm'tcl's of the defeat.ed team found tI~te to, gathe~ '?roUl~d the: We will no longer have to use onr IlIt;SS kits for writing" tables, 604th Engi1lcc~s Regllncntal Ijand whIle saId musIcIans Issued i nor will it be necessary to pull the time-honored alibi to the heaucoup mUSIC, folks at home for not writing. The place can be swept with a Thc EIlf{ineers outcl~!ssed and qutplaycd the He~ldquartcrs j liroom now, while ~ve all have memories of the days when Troop, and plowed their ~vay throu!{h the Hea(~quarters defense nothing short of a Kansas cyclone could extract the cigarette

And the Rand.

: pame, and the place that

tavor of the Y. M, C. A, !he new ruler of the canteen I~ a Jeal, honest-to-goodness AmerIcan woman-the first that we ve seelt , , smce wc Ieft t h e L an d 0f J"Ib erty, MISS 01 Ive.."" I In lams IS h er ' ' ' '

used to require a shovel to force the-

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in the first

quarter.

Hall

carrYIng

the hall,

\: butts,

paper

wrappers

and the like

from

the corners
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of the old

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"' :it;' but

Schnltz Stars for Headquarters Troop.

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~onarch's
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throne room.
beauty

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, .~u~, there were

whoproveil'w to() u'an~' Cll!(illeers

be the star in his way,

of that team, It was s~c'

now. but

first, last and always, Hero Baucom.

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game, and the boys me~~Sllr('~1 up be~llltifully to the standa~) set by the 604th J.:ngineers ill ~!thlctic, as w('ll as the pick and shovel, , The lineup: f]\J-Ith ENOINFJERS-(6)" HEADQUARTIj]RS T~OOP-(O).
Davis
\lliler.son

\ W? rem~mher the ?ays when it ne~1!:,ly cost a man his life to

f\!.il I~to line for a pIece of ,choc~late, and when the boy~ ~ased ~ack III the line 10 or 15, times the old ,:,_et faced the barrage lIke a hero, There were times when we dIdn't know the meaning of the word chocolate-much less buying it-but we must !{ive I3aucom credit for estahlishing our first over~eas canteen,

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Lesl!11reanled

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Lea:u ;_the

ch,olcc was pretty

thIn;

the

francs

eventually

went

to one

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..~~cecortheoth~r, t' I h tk' d Stanfoi'tllaucomwasntparlcuarwa In Hur~ey ;..;Iranes, dollars or pounds, it was all the ,Icnptam! . ones tried cashing old rent Jeceipts and Lashway.",", 't Id 't k Wh en th e men ,., ~UL GO'd..mlthc;initial I ~von n having a place to write sl.lock of wor, ; believed ,they
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f I' 0 money we gave llm-same, Someofthew!~e Chinese laundry tickets. hand read it ~s generally e ave recovere d ( rom th down to take things as

that

th~

regiment

will

settle

come, ~IS of old,

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Mothers, p~lrticular ,,:,e,of the llcf \,'hen

fathers, sweethe~lrts and wives may have their own reasqJlS for thankfulnes~ that ~he wa~ is ,over, ,b~' A, E, F. b,reathed a specIal find v~ry bIg sIgh at ~~. Bloodv 13111 shook the du,t of ()erm~IIJV fr(,m hIs

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-,A NEW RECRUIT FOR UNCLE SAM'S ENGINEERS. c';c,~'" ~~,~ -~~.c. , -.' On '~rJ' "'9, l!11"!1':~lftlers-snr-Sulze, France, the bee
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Number. Elevens: For we are slowly being freed' of one of

got In everybody's bonnet tllat a regimental paper would fill

the war's most terrible horrqrs-the magazine cover soldier! a long-felt want. As a result. "The 604th Engineer" makes its For m~InY months have we shivered when he went "over the initial bow in this issue. Th~ policy of this paper-for a short to.p," atlireg in the late lamented campaign hat and canv_as :1; me at least-wil] be that of humor, good (ell:wshiP: ,w,hat leggings-neither of which have ever been seen in the A, E, F, flews we can gather, and perhaps som~ collstructlve crItIcIsm e;cept on the person of some i~norant gink in the S, 0, s, I or the organization members: Of course, cboi

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VILLIBRS-SUR~SUIZE,
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Bngine
FRANCE
for Ilnll; by

Society
It is being whispered around about to be engaged!. Madeline and Sgt. Caldwell are in social clrcles that Mademoiselle

Published

Memi;)ers

of The

604th

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Major Young, Capt. Meloy, the abbey of Villers-sur-Suize, and

Chaplain Kemp were entertained Marac la"t week.

at dinner

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Published Every OnJ;e in a While. Never Entered a Post Offl"e PRICE. BEAUCOVP FRANCS. ,-:::

Capt. Barton was agreeably surprised to have Sgt. 1st CI. Pardec of the 27th Engineers drop in on him the other day.

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They were old friends backin1he states. ~~

tv find
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,"When l~~g T,anrl,

areyo~ coming ~_c- :'

hom:?'~ ~1 our;:~tters ~r~.~~~~~~:'Doberty~~ea~IY, ~-,."1":..;;:;:;:~~~;:,:;.,,,,r:'e;:.c':: at Il1SpectIon

~ ;;'- -Cc~\$i!":1 remarked pass-compree. there

every.
reason;

pIece

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surp~ised }~st good condI~Ion.

game-dIrty

~aturday But he
bore, no

Fuotball

Enginccrs repair roadS. We are engineers. Ther~ are onemillion miles of war-rutted roads in France. That.'s the. answer. Before we finisb there is no doubt that the tWIll castles, thc traditional ellgineer sYlnbol, will be replaced by a more, suitahle cmblelll~two slwvels crossed above an Irish chariot. "
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the hind legs travel faster than ,the front ones.

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Everybody ls glad toc~ee Lieut. Frank Roderer back after t~~ ",-7-", DANCE AT THE HOTEL DU COMMERCE. weeks in the hospital. j. , A few of the elite of "(:" Company- attended the hobnail ball .., at the fashionable Hotel duCommercie Monday evening. Among F~rloughs are bei~g granted, hu~ the one all ~he fellows ~ lookIng forward to IS an ocean trlp~e way tIcket, please. Rumor has it that theA. E. F: is to he paid off with cognac' hereafter. The Government figures there is only about three' hours difference anyway.
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the guests \vere Sgt. Toms, beautifully attired in his evening ~~uit (fatigue). He spoke fluently and fluidly to the French maidens 011 such appropriate topics as "oui, mademoiselle," "cognac finis." Another was Sgt. Lang; professor of French. The orchestra featured the "Coru Willie" one-step. E OLD !)O4TH.
,,'There's a soldier hoy who's blue When he looks back':'n his stay in France And the things that he's gone through.

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Some enterprising jeweler.could make a small fortune ing watches, for about 75 per cent of the tinlepieces sick c:Jll-shell shock, you know.
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We came overseas in September And were eager to enter the fray To "do our bit" and help win the war For the good old U. S. A. But orders were slow in coming, After we came to France 'Ve were billeted here and billeted there, . And never seemed to advance. But finally there came an order That we were going up to the front And would surely !(et our fill. !... "e dJd our bit. m the Argonne / :~n_daccomplJshed all our.work "\, e tought through mud, wlth rats 311dsl1llle - An&iiOThing did ,,'e snlrk. '
T'was back at Auzeville,

We have a number of traveling salesmenm the company, , most of them are out on the road, hut)nstead of selling g they are making little 0)1.5 out/ of big on6S. " It will be noticed that the editorial box of this paper doe& not contain the stereotyped phrase, "Entered in the Umpty-Ump post office as second class matter. Once and for all we want it distinctly understood that the 60-l'th Engincer is strictly fir6t class matter!!! ~ Sgt. Bill Resser IS still ?untIng for the guy at First A Headquarters who told hIm "on the level" that- the 6 would be in the States by Febmary 1. Pretty tough. Bill, we admire your nerve for backing your optimism with cash. Bcats the pussyfooting of'tb~e "Russia" cre )t'han I, -~==:::-~~

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I~oredo Taft urges all AI\lerican soldiers without fail to se~ the \\"onders and beauties of French and Italian architecture:'

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\\e t.oJS ha\c bucked our non-corns. ';1

before ~oing back. He sa.y~this is a great opportunity.

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And-ha\~ talked of our officers, too,

Bu! ",hen It c~mes to :J good real test, \ onll find \\e are all true blue.

agree. All we now ask IS for the distinguished sculptor to show us some means of getting loose.to see said architecture. Trips are certainly hell. Sgt. Bickhart returns frOlll school"; ",,; ;

We have grousedand talked and had our quarl"el8 . And have also bee? h~ppy and gay, ,
But.now that the st.rlfe IS ended '\e all see a happIer day. For we are on the homeward lap And we're going back with a smile ' And twill be only a few months more, When we can laugh at that "last rong mile."

at Chaumont and Sgt. Johnson from furlough-only to find their luxurious steam-heated apartment on the Rue No Com- ': ' pray occupied by a couple: of new offic~rs. We of you cx-luxury lovers to the society of those the morning with icicles on the eyebrows and . beneath the undershirt. Brethren of the Hayloft witness two new neophytes to our high and ship! \F'
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welcome both who :Jwake in a ton of hav . and Cowshed holy member.

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-~Ild we'll make a pledge and keep it, No matter what comes betwecn, P,t. ..Tamcs Drury, A Company, considers himself the! The 604th has some of the finest men, iest man in the outfit. He receiv~d t\VO packages fron; Old France has ever seen. rePs, in I~ondon, and neither one contained a can of sardine PVT C A GRACE hardtack. . .. - , " Med. Det., 604th Engrs. ~~~_2=,~-, "',~"Cf;~;,,~i;':,"~~""~-~;;:';c': :,"~p~~~.. .c :"c

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MUD-BATTLERS GET LONG-D~FERRED CREDIT. During Evcty had There we Suize, ourselves b 'Iding q~:rrying and on lllg stands adays, !ioing About commanding are busily b or der technical detached barracks, for and bunk 10tJ the no fatigue men officer engai!ed and in man some was now we the did past a month stipulated practice from traveling and rebuilt This roads. road were at 5th roads, Horse would and be playing offit'ers sent them amusing didu't away this outfit amount the hikes upper by 8 ch.eveaux. some finished, Some surveys, established. Corps and Show. erecting Everybody to real 4ave see musi,. anything duwn to and near do, now the so t~,' they] Swiss of in the has of been athletics, heavy Argonne conventional Arriving barracks, we the and I.: in in order a busy and marching down bunch. then to means Villiers-surto make started were put military was alld a job hand the" put buildgr~ndnowquit
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Truck we

and

Cycle

Drivers

Given

Boost. .

enjoyable the jump are got located, 40 busy comfortable. and rock, repairing making schools service, repairing Corps one

order. where of

Now.let's appr~clated Day to and to day "Willie" ,you .get ..~ourlers mfrequent no sloucb se1:Y;~ ~Il.,.t~e 1 ::~~rts Allen, .dall, forge; Sergeant Bara:, PrIvates I~ thIng mud, or and that a~d gettIng and good who of

tak,e Units day

a out

look of the tImes to at plo~ed Motor and that's a thIs

~t bunch

one

o( sits been 0.

the down ou! ten

harde~t Motol to gr~ ~attlmg

workIng Tra?sport without the one m order time. for~et to !;IrIng wl.nter battling Amolll( the Master (,,)rporal,s Stefanclh Br'Jwnlee. Barlley favorite or two to

and

l~ast

out~t~the have out

sectI.on. stoppl~g snow, meals have And the the the weather ruts "~as?lme ,EllglUeer ~eff, and I.ast Ken-:. Desbut all the when motor t'?.~ I" ~eram :t

transportation,

hommees,

tr.uck n!ne m beans news h.ave

~nen

immediat-ely outfit lIumerous I.:ompany Nogent, hangers has

mlssm~ chow in s ~hc In who ample to slush French are

meal the

of mess home through

cold h~l~s It

from

easy

Headquarters,

mall: a Jo.b, credIt of

transport the g.ents, I,) cornIng ~,be Sergea~t Courler~ ~~gley,

surprised some

them,. mentIoned f~ogall. Lowe,

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604!))

Peter~on, PIerce; ~dmonds,

011 furlough.

Matson,

thewselves

f!IPP

and

!lot comes :itunts leastbetween

Dare and DevIl' here Nogent Magson, with

wh,) ~fa.ior's does tiw

Oldfield nodg"

,benzine

buggy.

Two The The

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hullo:he" first ' second ]00, erew 1

are who

110"" went weill

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among to to

the

furloughers

from

the

604th.
h

Aix.les-Bains, .. Nlee. whele

castmg

have already returned. b .' ' the\ - ar~ askIng In t

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4th a, 6 " .
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organlza

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up k eep . t .
Ion.

th e

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f e II ow.

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on e ~ar 0, w
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sunshIne

h . h

Army. tunity status

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ows

t a b ,),) , or/so ,
IInd

Id
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longing

eyes

at

emlcmg
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f

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d h on

St

a es
duty dethe a in -is

shIps

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lave plan

or

QppOr-, are

be f ore
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ha\e

JoIning 604th

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been , Uuh

fornled th e ou tfit would

between
,

m~n

who ,

were

emlre

stranger, .

go.vernmem's their

sending al1d

the hotel.

men bills

lighted
General maximunl majority

with
of of to

paying

this
a good

mO:it thoughtful
and his vacatiol1 ,'arrying a be ,'ao:ation. p a 11 staff. on

transportation It a

arrangemem
gives minimwn allotmems much-lleeded to mall\" the

011 the
frano:s.

part
men \Vith a for rest

of

. soj'Jurn in the land of mud.

alive the spl~ndid he Xational from cluh draft has heen would and drawn

he

the

hest fellowship

possIble

means

of during in its it:i

keepIng our scope. area.

generated lIatiol1 organizations, wide than

Pershing the would

enlisted of for as

practically Guard a wide,

nlemher-

mel1

heavy

dependem, It

rather

a restricted,
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insurano:e.

h here, I

d prohlllltl\"O: d ]

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suo:h uot

Tile I) I' gg ~s t I ) I .an ch ,0 . course, , --h wou Id JJe tl Ie t wIn thl'i i ' I' ' " Inneapo ] IS an d ", P au,)U I t th ere are ~cores 0 f men ,.,!. I
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memher roster of
"pa]s"

of the

the old
ofh,is

604th regiment
life ~c_--'

C:luh in
in the

tourillg his
A, _.' E,

the possession
F. in ,

Luited

States \vould be
iu

\vith able,
the

Pri\.ate

Growdy,

the

--"1 .'I{emingtou

Kid,.'

indignantly

denies

tl~

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to,find rllion,

every

state

report les-Bains. toters and held Cognac. of story the the

that of purity, a

he But a plot It

imbibed he to does seems mure bumper military of any dislodge

freely charge him the that of police 6/)4th hIs did man, roonl

of

the from cup

cup the which than

that higher he French at

cheers

while young of 10 Three no

at

AixA. \irtue

The E. l.hy. t4e "out It:i

idea F. 2 sto,.e

of fas~ion. In

this a

club A barn they

originated.in hunch loft peddled shape; lets of dowu "bucks" in alld

a "C"

rather were C:ompauy

uo\"el sitting just till a reality.

but

typical" around peddlillg peddled a

certail1

ul1scrupulous was famous Aix led further tilt a hit! to

Ellfieid believe really Star reeord

heights led lemonade show believe mishap.

"bull." the idea. rapidly

Well, assliming

peddled make it

they

comained

nothing generous The arrest that he and

harmless Mr. so

Hennessey's records we are

Growdy'~ although

reached pa\'ement

without to

sky

appear

Some .\, NEWCOMER-;.t!ORE ,./! Lieut. memal

lieutellam casioll '10

time

ago

the and by

warning

was

.sounded

to

all warning didn't

mess

ser-

CORN

WILLY.

f!,eants have

ahout me:iS heen sounded

compan')' funds, Bugler Murphy,

but the for they

must seem to

bear it. Xo~. it's all right to he philanthropic, and the

to the
and he's an

Q.M.C.
Enf;ithe ~-~" -,"c,-o

Bevill demal
is be a on

has surgeoll,

been

attached much
soldier,

this joy of
those

organization a great
who with

as many.
have the had

regiThe
oc-

i~

deser\ing, and
must of a

bllt the old

that saying
these feed?

don't is,
funds

fill "Charity
on

the

helts starts

of at

the home."
\Vhy -

604th

to

neers.
\Ve 'Igony

thorough his report

expend real

this

side.

prolong
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say

artist

wheel

al!d

pullicans,

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Our ill-fated time other bouts. O'Donnell of gang corning the

boxers is corning.

didn't

have Saturday

a at

chance Nogem night, to

to the at rllU

sliow other through

their night, he

mettle but schedule

at

th'e' their anof Kid 1 SHpply mem'? straightelJ Persolmel you My it folks

~ Sergeam out. Sergeant give me Swenson-\Vell, a new pair of I'll tell you nnd what I'll Adams-Sa\", say the~are.not Swen:ion, getting what it, and al;out I mv \vantvotI . Tlldo fix vou; . allotto .

championships atteml>t We al1d bacon, and to he has will exp,ect Battling Foxy a great then be that

Bourhone-les-Bains, Philadelphia home is the a large managing all that

made

Battling La\vrence ,,"ill of .'C" for .

Sumall, bring Company getting

share the is

Adams; ailotment.

breeches

Peters faculty SOME.

omfit

us-and

with fast grouchy. around to us work. g~tting service gray, Heasley the of eyes, Go records. while "C" and to is to Paris recuperate. make

It

is

reported

that

Miss

Williams

of

the

")'"

has

requested

the

services
l"-orming ")fiek" fJnly The foose is, duce \\"t. ClitlOI1 Say. -'"t'Obber? B.,. ~II this old with is

of
for

SergeaJJt :lla,ior
Sunday 011 purposes. singing famous gang harmollY Williams can on j)rovide musieal has ha,:e a

Himes
Some hymns.

to

:iillg
poor But

il!
"simp"

the

choir
told her

she is.
that ":Irick"

All Sergeant l\fc(:ormick, (~ompaI1Y,

"top

cutters" Olsen, "B" is of getting demons: "A"

are

busy

nowadays

Com,pany, is forty-year went used to you ---,,---

a bear

unfortunately Christian that his night. nibs The luhricam

(;ompany,

getting wril1kles

knows

one-the

"Onward, remember

Soldiers." sure to fore pro-

Vancouver the :lliss

McGaughey it. .vou areh

Headquarters

olle

memorable the ITecessaary

question

desired

effect? infurmcd as soon soft job. us that he as he ohtailJS 'Vhat are has his you. -Dlade dis':'. K 'a,pp';;;='

T:arl(in Owens tor re-enlistment you must

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I)RA~~!ICS

THE 604t1 ENGINEER

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Spol'"ting

...i\Tet.t).~

Since signing the armistice the A. E. F. has, in addition to prQ'-: ! moting athletics, gpne mto the show business. Fine! Inste~' SOCCER. of entertaining l'ritz, we'll entertain ourselves. t , ,. . . , . . ; '" The men In the orgal1lzatlon are dlsplaymg a keen Illterest III This o~tflot has been lucky enough to draw some good nurq;, tile ,l(ame, and are anxiously awaiting the opportunity of seeini"

hers of late. Among them was "~?~bs Hoboes," s\aged.on. t~e

]Iants from honIe, who, III pre-~~'ar times, did squads east liT
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a game on the home ground. In keeping with the great sports-

25th of,last mo~th by the 26th DI~Islon a good, clean ~~enmg1i I nlanship qualities of this organization; the officers and men proffer their services in order to insure the formation e?tertamment. The sho,,:, was gener?usly s!udded ~vlth brl,:Ji I readily
I

the Class A hou~es.

stre]s"~~ve~l

team that would hold its own with any : of a ,\. t::: F. We are be able tomuch, equipment and ourteam in the sti]l shy soccer

On the 27th the 5211d Pioneers sent over a fun barrage was really worth while. They called it the "Montfaucon

tl\::; Mii:.,

i
I

field is none too good, but, ; be remedied.

well,

we "'ave

'opes"

this

will

soon

name~, played, and SU?g. They had a mo.st exc,:;f

Last week the hoys quit

road building
101st
c ..," ~'""'" -~

long enough to run

a fast game in

lent. hass slllger, Lle8t: Smith, for~lerty of, t,he TempJ~,"f~","~ I over to VisiglIes and pJay the Their two Je,ws ~ver.e ,rIch, ~nd thf~fi' fe~nale, Jmpers(ffl:lto!:c;~ '1'~hichljeitber side ~~!ed. ~~~,..
someofjheJ)")'siP-llliII)g., ""Ii'JI;! We Il"ed mol'e"ueh";stt(8W~!51'tliere~'plt:nty \.\\,OI~~r, of good t~: I ,,~'-AC --"~

Engineers

Hl the regiment. and all they need is direction.

Gauge less than ;\Iinstrl,ls" a squad prove of thi~, men, for and that the show writer has believes

The ;;~aJ'liO5 .
,hunk that up.,~t if U ~.f rse 11" a "oes b" Ig In

ENGINEERS
d a~z I' Ing s h'ft I s

WIN.
d use b y 604th ~. J:;ngIr,ec:-rs. ,

~h~l~ .regiment will take the ropcr amoun! of interest in s~~;.t actlltles and help the lIoys along they can In a very short tm~~ develop a class of entertain~ent that will do credit to the enti-~ A. E. F. "
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60~th Engineers, 32., ' 33;>th Ambulance TraIn, O. There ~vas plenty of opportunity for the old leather lung cre;,v to voice their opinion and sentiments last Saturday when the

604th Engineers and 335th Ambulance Train clashed in the

opener of the 5th Army Corps League. The game was the first. seen by the regiment since it left the States, and while the equipment, 0: the te:~ms did not resemble the armor !(enerally used, by g,rIdJrou pastlmers, nevertheless some g90d football was PU! III evIdence. The score of 32 to 0 does not by any means resemble the strenuous effort of the Ambulance team to stem the f~rious onslaught of the rushing Engineers. . The Ambulance team, although lighter than the Engineers, put up a game battle, and did some deadly tackling, but
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WHEN

ARE WE GOING HOME?

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, This seems to be the important question in every one's .11Ii[,~ just now, and tllere are several angl~8' from which to view t!,,~ question. Although peace seems assured it is not yet decrm',~~" It looks as if Europe was going.io quiet down to the peat,-e./'11 pursuit of happiliess, yet strange things sometii11es happen, al}d this seems to be the reason why casuals, coast artillery m';M small units are being sent home first. We are still a long wa~?from the end of this war game. Patience is the prime essentt:;~\. We.can't.all go first, but ~e can make the ~iu~c ~ecm short l '~c
takIl1g tbIllgS as they come III a cheerful, optimIstic sort of ~v!

'

the sUI)erior weight and -~own. and the Engineers

dri~e scored

of at

their will.

opponents wore th~m Rube Ursella was the

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There. i~ a l~t 9f wo}'~in1!. and fretting by s(~~_fe~v il:: b~~_i,Qf;~he 6:J;;t~!~q4 ~be,pt~,c~tth~c?lq Marfne litar was vIctuals III tile states abou~what. to do Wltll tile r:wrlllJlg s,~ .,t.. c outstanrllll!i; feature nr ~fiaUle. Ite earrie~ the baJI, on' of the A. E. F., and the calamIty howlers are m the helghi~f every other play and ne,er faJleo to make the dIstance. :-;ext their glory, which is to be expected, for there have al~vays be~ to Lrsclla, Lawrence played a fine game, !lnd during the third a series of flurries following the decJaration of ~var or pea~':" period intercepted an Ambulallce pass and rambled through for But following close on the hee]s of these periods of unrest tll~ '!I 40-yardbike for a touchdown. He also played a good defensive have always been long periods of prosperity, and slaJiing alo*g' game and made several good t-ackles. Kauth" at full, aJso did in the late autumil of this year we predict unprecedented proi;notewo~thy worl" as did Davis, Hall and Yarn. The latter, playperity whieh will last many years. There is no use to do al1)'. ing his first game of football, gave e~'idence of deVt:loping into a thing for the returning soldiers; nor do we expect anything b.!!~ first-class guard. - , our old jobs back. The people back home seem to think thitt the A. E. F. are a hunch of babies. They are mistaken. 1;:hi':Jo~ js a bunch of real He Men coming back, quite ca;pable of taki~g care of themselves, and we want no petting; all we want :~" sensible lreatmeut. And the fellows who have been dra'V~t;f" our salaries while we have been doing II. little Job over he~ that was really necessary, can very easily afford to divvy 1ip no~v. " , There bas been a lot of taiji about giving the A. E. F. an extt~ month's pay~in fact so much talk about it that we dJ)n't kniiw ,vhether we will get it or not. But for the information of ail. tlIere are three things a soldier will never refuse~blankets,c'ia good feed, and more pay. Accent on the last item. -~ ~-~ BANQUET MEMORABLE . AFFAIR.

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FAREWELL 0 meers

B. . . . Id Goodby to Fell~w8 Ordered to First EngIneers. --:--, (~aptl1iu Doherty struck a;k~vnote ~vhen he said, ;'It is the
.,

~ ~';

~lands

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i Rulifsen-,
scr.e "~joii"'frolU;"'the

beginning of the end,"as part of a speeehmade following a farewell banquet to seven officers of the regiment who ha~'e been ordered to service with the Regu]ar Army, The banquet took place at the' Hotel .Lion d'Or, Montigny,le-Roi. The guests of honor were: Captams Meloy, Wuest and Shearer; Lieutclillnts Gary,
Rooerer ano Enf(lish,
"The

Thei~oel?art~r~
lor is considererl

leaY~
just

on.1y Rc.
step

,
When GencI:al Pershlllg

'.
thIS pack, of :W~I" ~ogs ~

.~,

"

oili('~,-~~v~e~pre$sed-!l-de"ire ServICe, move

in)mediat<:.-separone

'-:)'

home there ~vIll he l>e!lucoup love lejters may be military. From: Pvt. Buck.

army Tal,e,

slang In cl~'11 life. for instanee, this.

To: Miss Fat Rox. Subject: Marriage. Reason: (1) You speak English. (2) Your father has a good job. (3) I've had army experience in fighting. (4) I can eat any kind of cooking.
Military answer: Returned. disapproved.

Ev'tu ' j j ~'-

more'toward the transport. , , , fhe b~nquet was a real affair. quite the most elaborate thing 'r, the kllld th,e ~O4th. has e~'er atteI~pted. There were no formal

$peeches, hut It IS' said that the Major, Capt~in Van Ness, ~ie~tenant Moreland a?d ?thers ul~bent fr,om th~Jr cu.st.omary dignIty and m.ade contrJbutlons wpleh assIst~d m raIsIllg the laugh t,otHI. fhe ~'ery last speech of the evel1lng w.as the shortest. and "et, expressed fully :what, ~~'eal! feel regardJng th~ loss 0: the
affected, Major \ oung rose and after a perIod Boys, we are all damned sorry to see you go." of sIlence

"p~ce~~ ~'ald;

being only one case. '"""Sgt. Bertelsen, of the non-com staff, was sentenced to 30 dais' hard labor (in the topog. office) for being drunk and disorderly_,
He pleaded guilty. ".

The polie(' courts did a very light business last week, th

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POKER BUD.
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Speak,ng of sport champIons, we submIt the name of "Bud" Budlong of the personnel office for the coming A. E. F. ehampion-

. . , ., ships. We don't know how "Bud" is at track athletics, but if his !he FrIda;v, Janua~y 31, Issue of the S~tars.and. ~trIpes COil.' pro~v~ss at ph~'sical disl?la~'can be compared with his ability at talned the aId of a ~e!l~nown house whIch lead. For a ye;.r AmerIca's most famous II1door sport he should be a world-beater. or mor.e, you, ha~'e be~n ~n, ~od',~ Great ,O~t ?f Doors; if ~!U I '~'hen it eome~ t? the de.vious gam~ which invol~-es frequent menread Ieturmng to an ~nsIde joh, etc. It s a cillch the nut thnt I tIon of a certaIn mysterIous ';Auntle." ';Bud" is undoubtedl the wrote that ad ne~'er dId squads east in" France. ! niftiest proposition sinee the days of Hoyle. y c ".",. . ..7.o;.,c::,,~";., '"~ - ,,="~"t' . " - "",;

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