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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. MARCH 17. 1918.

6 THE EAGLE'S TWO PAGES OF SPECIAL MILITARY NEWS OF United States CamP Wadsworth LEONARD NOW BUSY BOXING OFFICERS Pcarce 'Special to The Eag'e Camp Wadsworth. Spartanburg March 16 -The following me hae r.rrn detailed to temporary lut ai the rifle range ml upon nrilval nine vv ill irpolt to So, Lieut, 1 curiam 102, 1 Class of Thirteen From 307th duty: Private rederiok M. Thier. 1 1' i'. a i ims oiiipaiiy, Irv; Private John Crav Ith Infuii- Infantry Makes Champion Hustle.

106th Infantry; I'm ale Marrv P.al dauf. Company I. 106th Infantrv Private Amos K. Rockefeller. Head quarters Company lOTth Infantry Private Allien I Moore, Companv H'Mh Infantrv Brothers in War Sewicc for UPTON'S NEW TOPIC r- 1 1 Stories That Several Officers of 1 Different Grades Will Be iKKEt i' mL, to taki: i sponT Interest lianiiiions.iip, ontinues to Inciiasc Hit A special roiitmarlial hag been ap- II An; mwP MB ii! I The men whose standing will be I'v J.

wS55 AJaMon t. PtT4. Mex in vfmbcr. and the bF2tt Wffl aXt; young. luce I MANUAL BOYS HAVE MAVY NEEDS MORE "EYES BOYS AT SANDY HOOK READY FOR OVERSEAS i While Waiting for Orders They Expect to Play Baseball and Outdoor Games.

tE GOOO ENTKBTAIX MEN'Tfi Battcry I t'ialtod i It Pricndi I'rom Rorkawi I) I lau i Special to The igle. BECOME OFFICERS School Has a List of Forty-four Out of 358 Now in Service. FIVE OP THI'M Mil PTIXS erfmiu HaraM WHflu Hcturni with (lie War t'ross. Won in a FlgM in Which He Itimiird iicmi. Ii lias been learn.

,1 Manual Train; fmj ho arc en i's iii or at I ai the present i loomroand ef troops "over i'h" Amen, Privates and by Ihelr ut aBU Eagle published camps. id as initiative Lieutenant IHed In I.i"- 1 I. ,11. A( of I's- than live rs a nl. captain.

iin- most distinguished is Sergeant Harold 1 Myii bl. who recently returned from I Fort Hancock. Bandy llOQk, N. 1., March 1 1 With more eel I the men stationed hen are luokln forward to more tntartati mi 111 In for sOn I'asc- athiciics will hi anjoysd. During the winter tfeare ha very little amusement for the mail, moving I pictures bslng given twice lekly at I tJw symnasiiiin.

and the onl) enter-rumor I talnment the men have had is what hey provided for themselvea a. their Ciiiwil Eagle Bureau. Mclroiioliian Division. Camp Upton. March 16 Major General J.

Franklin Bell once said he could tell a fighting regiment by us smging He advocated staging hv the Bi igadler Crucial John now in comma ml of the post, is stanch advocate of Hie same idea. The division has developed as a singing outiii, and who will say that the singing has not fostered the aggressive hoxmg which has swept over the like a tidal wave? The men box for breakfast, dinner and supper Interest in the divisional has grown amazingly, and it Is certain that the crowd which comes ini TOT ine hnals will never find room ni any building in camp Th Officers have with tho same eagerness that has been cvdenced by the men. The officers at headquarters have a daily boxing class and important indeed 1he duties that keep them from the regular afternoon meeting. every regiment has had its ami the members have 1 bi.i the mil instruction of nampiou Ib-miv Lenn- 1 "ungstcr has enicred into his work with a snirlt thai uoei.i 'nee the inosl carping of critics, and at ii lion, eaia, mm ning until 'treat is wiin in given over to exhibitions, his duties as referee, for all of the men denial i that he the third man in the ring. His officer classes provide the.

most strenuous work. lie boxes Willi i iin to try their puncnes on. tji couim tin oil pull the blows a bit and the champion's skill enables him to avoid them, but he takes many a solid punch for weeks he has been wearinc a scab on his chin and it defies cverv effort to heal it. The cut is not due to a direct blow, but is the product of countless slight shocks as Ins glove is rdlven back against ins chin hen he blocks straight left Jabs. Yesterday he took over a new class, which In cludes the thirteen company com- nmnder of the Infanlrv.

Their weight totals i.tis,, pounds, and within the hour be boxed with cverv one of them. This is but one of his classes. Sandwiched in between are brisk twenty. ii, in, no workouts with whole companies and necasiona lv an entire battalion. In this work Leonard demonstrates the blows and the men, in class formation, follow him through.

incuine in I I are a pr.in I'atl, i son. mtam Robert I. Aitken, the sculptor: CaD- tain H. E. Montgomery, Captain A.

R. t'nppen, Captain .1. sprague. Captain Ii. L.

Tyner. Captain A. M. Wolf, Captain C. I'.

Johnstone, Captain C. Bull Captain Earl Captain M. Ii. Carson, Captain J. H.

D'lieiily and captain R. Freeman. i no average weight or his pupils is 156 pounds. The lessons in mam- cases develop into pretty lively scraps. 105TH R.

A. NEEDS MEN A detail from the First Battalion, 105th U. S. Field Artillery, formerly the Second Field Artillery of Brooklyn, has arrived at the armory, 171 Clermont avenue, from Camp Wads worth, B. to recruit 100 men for this battalion.

Owing to the fact that many members have received commissions there are a number o( vacancies in Colonel Oeorge Win gate's command. Lieutenant Colonel Weld, who ro cently graduated from the School Fire at Fort Sill, with hlgfi honors, led the 105th Field Artllletf to the range at Spartanburg recent under ins guidance me men macra enviable record while on tag range. Here is a good opportnniW am men who have friends ln the lOBta requests for enlistment have been made, but the War Department hag not granted them until now. Major Stratford Corbett, ln command of the detail, expects to gat the number of recruits needed very quickly. The rest of the detail Is made up of tho following: Sergeant Wessler, Corporal Mildner, Privates Crowley and Keating.

LIEUT. DE CASTRO ABROAD Two Brooklyn boys have reached the other side safely. Lieutenant Ralph E. de Castro of 601 East Seventeenth street has sent a post card to The Eagle which reads: "I have arrived safely overseas." Arthur R. Hartigan of 95 Utitca avenue sent a similar card.

ALFORD TRAINING TO BECOME AVIATOR ointed to meet at division headquar-'is for the trial of such as may I I hrf.ro it. The, Ictail for the curt is: aptain William U. Curti-s. lOath Infantry aplam William Starr. sistant chief -tn rr First Lieu, en.

in' IiourUbs Cameron Diwsion Head quarters Troop, first Lieutenant The following Division Bulletin has been issued: "Dr. Charles (i. Woolsey, Aim, Souk Leader, i of Trannnc Camp tunics. War Dcpiiriineni. is in srn-eral charge of the of cultivating .7 "In the beginning of the movement to teach American soldiers to sine i while inarching, there was divided opinion among officers concerning the practicability of the movement.

Now. however, among officers who have followed and observed the work of this haiacter among our troops, it seems to be conceded that the marching song has its role in the development of morale. "Accnrrtinglv. Mr. Woolsey will communicate direct with regimental commanders for 'the purpose of arri.iiwii.s for each regiment's, schedule of sing- ing exercises.

"The ro-opcration of regimental and other independent unit commanders. is desired." Cook Frank C. livery. Company A. First Anti-Aircraft Machine Cm, Bat talion, is transferred Private C.eorge B.

Smith. Company K. First Pioneer Infantry, is transferred lo Company A. First Anti-Alr-craft Machine Cun Battalion. Second Lieutenant Edgar A.

Curtis. Pioneer Infantry. Is grant, ,1 leave of absence for fifteen First Lieutenant Frank S. Miller. Fiftv-first Pioneer Infantry, is granted leave of absence for ten days.

The following enlisted men. Ord- MM Department. National Owd. now attached to the i iiiy-sixiu mm- leer Infantry, are transferred to the Enlisted tlrdnance Corps. atlonai Army.

In the grades they held in the National Guard: Sergeants, first class, Robert Portal. Charles .1. Ryecrolt. Perry 8. Schofleld.

Henry A. i nomas ji. George B. Wright. Privates, first class John Rabins Robert A.

Browne, Rexford C. Clark Oswald Hornsby. Harold F. Mackln George A. Mltchie, James A.

Shine, The following officers of the Reserve Corps having reported here from Camp Greenleaf, Ga are assigned to tho organizations lndl- 'plains George P. Boytel, Fifty-seventh Pioneer Infantry, and Walter Lesser, l'itiv-third Pioneer Major Tilllson J. Wood. Third Pioneer Infantry: First Lieutenants Gnstave Bartman. Charles D.

Ryan, Samuel G. Slsskind and Carl i'. How-ard. Fifty-seventh Pioneer Infantry; h-Miig i Bussotto, Abram Gottlieb, Andrew F. Gugsell.

Claude B. Gaylor and Louis D. Barnes. Fifty-eighth Pioneer Infantry; E. Cox Fifty-fourth Pioneer Infantry; s.

Lenzner, ll.n K.ssel, Fiftv-thlrd Pioneer Infantry Henry A. Nay lor. Frank Oberg, Hendrick. Edward A. Sail t-nan Max K.

Silberman and William I. ak. Fourth Pioneer Infantry; Thomas O. Tickle. Arthur Knight and rtiOhard L.

Raibourn, Third Wallace R. McClellan, Charles Gray. Harry Ruhenstein, p. Marine. Maximilian H.

Wcne.ig and Jacob P. ShMkleU. Fifth Pioneer Infantry: MarvlnW. Porterfleld, Charles W. KJnghOHlr Prank D.

Richards and Pcrcixal (.. Hopkins. Fifty-sixth Pioneer Infantry. Captain Douglas C. Despard.

adjutant of the 107th Infantry has been to temDorary duty in the of flee of the Division Adjutant, relieving Captain J. A Mundy. 106th Infantry. Private Frederick A. Price.

Company M. 106th Infantry, has been transferred to Company 102d Supply Train. First Lieutenant Harry J. Worth- iron completion of that duty will return to nis siauon ucic. The following enlisted men have heen transferred from ompany we'd Ammunition Tram, to the 10.

Field Signal Battalion: Privates Percy Thomas McCarthy. lies: Joseph Thomas McPartland, Charles A. Smith. The following sergeants, first class. i enlisted Ordnance Corps, now with 'the Fiflv-sixth Pioneei Infantry tf-r-! 'he Irl-st Marine Heavy Amino have been ordered to proceed to I'amp Jackson.

Columbia. S. re-portiiiK upon arrival In Hie command ing olheer itcnant nolo- i.i lieutenant, ,1,1 that there promotions in Islon and hold rtropohiae, angea down ther I. the paper work. LONG ISLAND ARMY ORDERS ml George II.

icrs. Seventy. nment head- and George nment head-to headuuar- Eagle Sketches of Upton Officers a will Hirers many I over nnced n. Stu? ipeitrl wiving, wo Boche planes and ba been dec- was transferred to ML Clemens. the Wai Cross He wasi1" receive experience in flying.

He raiii-l'errcd the icliiiual dei it 1 1 ln" nc1 Clemens until De- ut of lie- I'niied Stales Artov iu'eember, when he wus transferred to in design lienors and attend i stiier Field, Lake Charles, to ill balneal details During one' eoniplcto his course. Min. shots were lire.l at iLcutctia ut Fruzee has had consider. tin but he esc duiihurt. During able flying; experience, afld is very en- i In- ugh! down ibusiastic over this branch.

He will her BmcIic uiachine and an ob- receive more advanced work in aero- erva.io,, l.al In tight nautics before leaving for France ii uiachine was hit twenn -seven 1 Lieutenant 1- razee ha-s had sand he again ,1 ii ha i i 1 1 I October. His young hride ha spent LETTER FROM THE FRONT? SEND IT TO THE EAGLE Rj and friends or Brooklyn sojliers ano sail ors sre requested to send letters from the front or camps in this country to The Eagle for publication Some of the best news of the war Is contained In letteri ftorn men In service. Let the people of Brooklyn know what the borough's sons are doing and FRAZEE AND LOGAN GET COMMISSIONS RrnnHun lUl.n ftffir.r in Alriste uu" vulHa- htarold l. Frazre. son of Mr.

and Mrs, Wesley S. Krazce. of 491 Tenth tenant, according to information received by relatives in this city. Lieutenant Frazee entered the ground school at Ithaca, in August. After completing the course there, he lie inter in the South with him Henry Logan.

J7 Monroe place. wh" graduated from the School Mllltal eiiauties. al tihln Ktatc just received his com-cond lieutenant. Signal i. iinni Section.

Logan Ileserve i was at ono time an instructor in the South Side High School. Ilockville Center. He was graduated from Brooklyn Law School in the class of 1917, and is a law clerk in the office of former Park Commissioner Oeorge V. Brown. Lieutenant Logan has been ordered to aco, Texas.

VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE iys who have voluntarily rmy before they were ver to the Government's md. ccording to a re- cal Board No. 64, Bergen lbany avenue, the fol- 087 St. Johns pi. ll.hjei i nhur l)aln.

1107 Sterling pi Individual Inductions. Local Board Xo. 82's List. Local Board No. 82, 343-343 1 avenue, reports: Tiarles J.

her. J58A Hull si. Second Lieutenant Ezra irisih Infantry, has been promoted no iirsi lieutenant and with Hint organization. i I I I I I 111' llv Slat, A i nil are Alexander I boinpson of the dieal lieparltneiil, Coedceke the Ordnaiu I pa it ment. Arthur 1 1, em tei ii, Plceard Hie Artilb eorgo White and Bigotry, Duncan arisette.

Arcadia (Clendl, llaldano way and Shirley llenrv Mnen id mat. on Bureau, i' Building, will article (OV see ihat they a-- dant Secre- The Eagle fourth gladly rer Naval Militia I'dlslKli command now si itto formerly in Vrnccdor. is Naval Baltalioi WO has been i lie in recruits, has made many I MnUj' rtie'wlth urtor. tfltsgerald! I ntraet with iba a graduate I Stokes lefore sol much lime writing fiction. A time was employed as reports the W.

licit. Daily Star. tan Edward J. Reynolds known as the "Bi nefa, tor of Ma was dleen this title because iippi.es ih, boys with Bed Cross i Jasper T. Kane expects beats I ill a few ers of the battalion will 0 extensive training ill LIEUT.

C.HKitK SWORN IN this evening RAISE PIGS SAVE FOOD JOHN F. KENYON ABROAD WITH PERSHING'S STAFF JOHN F. KENYON I M.i Mann-. I neering Corps and in the llei Paul Fr.i.iklin. and Joseph D'Donnell.

i avy are one heutenint com- in. stone now in the Navv I nl. Bunnell is a junior lieu boaid (he V. S. S.

Armenia. six ensigns, Louis Hevier I lep-irlment at Washington; onii' lly, ho expects to cn-1 in 1 1 inn School very soon: ng and David Lehti at Pel- Wilson Btarbuck on F. s. and Franklin Massoneau. Iks.

e.ll'.c- In- holU .111 Those who sang i veiling were Privates Kelly, Hart en, Wager Weber and I I I' a Spi, and daughteis foi Arihur Reiigman of ami buys pi. Care Commanding Officer Corps, Royal I lanadian itcgimi Bi Itleh Expedition iry Force, 'In Flam IP.OOP I. AI AMI Mil Ml I j- I Official Wadsworth Orders Di" following pnvates. llist class. I hnnnl HHsntssssBStail listed t)rdnance Corps, noyv with 1 LnnnnWsnnHP'lt' Fiftv-sixth Pioneer Infantry tho First Maine Heavy Artit- I Issnl ssK' I t.ii'be len have ordeted Ii, pnVcedfio IH Second l.ieulenain Frank I.

Wal-and ton. iniii, Gun Battalion has been ordered to proceed lo Hie School Military Aeronautics. Texas for a course of training and instruc tion as pilot. I Walkins. Robert A.

B.owo. Oswald lo Harold Macklin .1 A. JJ She. I loung. Ceoige A.

Mlclue. A Main 1 ug ha IJi Private Darnel Sebuiin, 1 02d Sup- 1 Hfefe ihe commanding "dicer for assign- lm Kir ment to duty. i Private Paul D- Croinpton. Com. iH WmW I- 1ii.Mli lnfiiuli.

has been, HHsssnl sssssf in Camp Green- lied to the Fifty, try. as reported assigned to has i imp i 'I, Man. Annistoii. nl has II assigned to the loneer Infantry. te Henry Mctnemy, com- th Ma.

Ion. Gun Battalion. ii the HiMli In- 10k Johi a sots, company 0, Machine Oun Battalion, has i transferrt the 102d Plow inient. Difith Infanlrv. from i amp ha he office of lonal Depot is.

J. (iber. ilJIllMjaw i mmmru poral Robei I A. Whitmo, has heen on duly in office division adjutant, has be-n Hpi In Id clerk iitnam Rati con elius I'Cth Infanlrv, has en ompin. A.

i)2d Mill 'I I' lary aei PHvate llayinond Kennel, pany B. I o.Mli Machine Battalion, has been octane. i eoiuiuct Ihe pri- vale omuls laplain Graham turn to Douglass. Ariz and nnon of Ihe annuals lo the officers named he will return to his proper rV liters Ii. he'eome all ayiilor it I National i to duly with the I Llcnl.ul, nt chaplain.

Second Pintle has been detailed fm ten at ihe base hospital. l.ieulcnan' Colon, I John in ItD Fold Artillery. g'lanlcl leave of absence fur leave of ah: First Lieutenant Malor Charles R. Seymnnr. 104th 1 Field Aitilln y.

has heen granted I Ihiiil iiaiper. Lieutenant Colonel T. Dc- li.lll, Fi.l.l Aitilaiy. has been bsence for leo days. it Fred B.

Mayer. has been granted Edward L. rtlUary, has been or fifteen days. 1 IhC gioiino sin on, on, Uy. He will llllisli his course in i lie futnic and will Ihen be BCill l( Alf.od gained nun li a as a I bad i.

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