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N e w s S e n t i n b y O u r D i v i s i o n U n i t s

2ND A M B U L A N C E CO.

Again the efficiency of the Second Ambulance Company of Rochester, New York, has1 been recognized and a ^otnil has been picked from its ranks for detached service. This time, the detail i t for the Art i l l e ry target prac­tise at L a Gloria.

The men who are there report that &H there is to l a Gloria is the name but out of the wilderness of sage brush

ml cactus they have made an ideal amp and even given i t the form of a ark. Lieut. Wi l l i s L i n n is officer in charge

" the detachment and the eamp has en named " W i l l i s L i n n P a r k " in

honor of the popular officer. Sergeant Daniel C. Hysner is the sergeant in harge and the litter bearers are i n harge of acting Corporal John H . Hop-tins. Richard A . Raymond is chief

cook aud Albert J . Blank is his assist­ant. Raymond has been in the service over fourteen years and his knowledge ov the game is extensive, cooking being only one of his accomplishments. The ambulance drivers are David A . Banta,

-Joseph Whele, Chester Beebe and Carl Lowengutb.

swer sick call. In addition to this he js proving to be considerable of a dip lomnt.

An examination for Sergeants was held last week in which eight men of the company took part. The test was one of the most thorough ever held i n the 3rd, covering every detail of this branch of the servie. John F . Smith who finally passed the examination with the remarkably high percentage of 90.3 has thereby proven himself well fitted to fill tho vacancy. D. E .

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3RD A M B U L A N C E CO.

" R i d i n g bareback and leading t w o " is some stunt, even on a short run but imagine making the trip from the Bat tery to 191st street, Manhattan, under those conditions. That is practically what sixteen of the 3rd Amb. boys did on Thursday of last week when they left their picket line at 9:45 under the command of Sgt. Jacobs and rode to Mission and back, arriving i n camp i n time for mess at 12:30. They all came back in fine spirits; most of them ate their lunch sitt ing down and without -an exception pronounced the mornings work " t h e best y e t . "

A n unexpected pleasure was enjoyed when pay call was blown the other -evening just before mess and the boys received their September pay. For the first time since Dawson was made cook the boys forgot the evening meal tem­porarily i n the mad rush for the gold fivers. ' "We note with pleasure that Rose is taking a course i n general housework

.over at the eamp hospital. We under­stand that a certain amount of sleep is included i n the course.

Keyes seems to have been quite suc­cessful i n his dispensation of pil ls , pow­ders and lotions since he took over the task of caring for the fellows who an-

L a Gloria, an enchancing name in­deed, wi l l go down in the annals of Sev enth Regiment history, as a place long to be remembered wherein each battal­ion has its own story to tell of rat­tlers, cactus, rainstorms and unparallel­ed pedestrian records.

The First Battalion departed from the home hearth on October 4th and was composed of companies A , B , D, and M , the latter taking the place of the Third Company which was doing patrol duty at Madero. The place known as L a Gloria was reached on October 5th but the battaliou did not encamp at said place but proceeded about a mile into the suburbs of L a Gloria proper.

On October 6th the companies of this battalion engaged in gory combat. Ma­jor Chandler of Division Headquarters explained to the personnel of each com­mand the general idea o f the range, that is, the ways in which i t differed from the Peekskill style of shooting and marking. The company was to act as i f entering upon the field of combat. A point was to be sent out and the other various combinations which follow in minor tactics were to be utilized. The targets were to be arranged so as to represent an advancing enemy deployed for combat, and fire control of the com­pany unit was to be a very important factor.

One company took the field at a time and two days were 1 consumed by the battalion. Company A distinguished itself in the First Battalion and being the second company to enter upon tho rangCjdcserves much praise for its ex­cellent performance. After the com­petition of the rifle practice, the bat­talion departed for Sterling and after spending the evening there pushed on to Alton. At this place, a number of per­nicious ants, red in color, made so many vicious attacks on the sleeping soldiers that rest became impossible, and the battalion broke camp at 11:15 p. m.

the same evening and proceeded there­on to McAllen arriving in camp at about 3:15 a. m.

The second battalion departed for L a Gloria on Oct. 6th and was followed in turn by the Third Battalion on Oct. 8th. This latter battalion was com­posed of companies I, K , L . and C, the latter company leaving with this bat­talion because of its late return from Madero.

After a l l the companies had been over the various ranges, it was ascer­tained that company C had obtained the highest figure of merit of any com­pany in the regiment. One worthy fea­ture of the regiment's L a Gloria trip is the fact that not a single man of any company dropped out on the march and that -not a single accident occured on, in or about the rifle range. A Sev­enth regiment man's ability to handle a firing piece was never better exempli­fied. L t . Knust of the Fifth Company, and a member of the New York State Ri i lc team, was a range officer, and was of valuable assistance to the visiting battalions. While the various battal­ions were hiking from Madero to Alton and from Alton to L a Gloria and thence from L a Gloria to Sterling, Capt. Myers established a base at Sterling and main tained a truck line between these va­rious points so that water, food, mail , and other necessaries could be trans­ported with the greatest dispatch. This line of communication was greatly ap­preciated at Alton and L a Gloria where water and other necessaries are some­what scarce.

Major James W. Schuyler comman­dant of the First Battalion bade fare- 1

well to the Regiment on Oct. 12th and; departed for New York on a 30 day' leave of absence.

Captain E n gel of the Third Company w i l l be acting major unti l Major Schuy­ler's return.

The Machine Gun Company under command of Captain Gardner, has had a very successful tour of duty at Har-lingen where i t has engaged in maneu­vers and rifle practice with a similar company of regulars. Particular de­tails as to scores, etc, wi l l be printed in a succeeding issue.

L t . Grant of the Ninth Company re­cently arrived from New York and brought down with him about 107 re­cruits. *Lt . Grant has been very active since the regiment 'u departure in se­curing recruits, and it is only now that his duties have permitted him to re­join his company.

The news has drifted in that the Second Company has purchased a soc­cer foot ball , and that a schedule of games wi l l soon be arranged. J . T. M .

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