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No. 39. General Hospital No. 43, Hampton, Va. Friday, June 20, 1919 Officers Hold Dance Tonight

Lecture at Y. M. C. A. This Evening

“ROUND TABLE” AND LECTURE OFFICERS’ DANCE TONIGHT. AT Y. M. C. A. TONIGHT. The officers’ new dance schedule The local Y. M. C. A. has sched- begins with a big dance in the Red uled for tonight at the Hut, a lec- Cross Convalescent House this even- ture by Dr. Derlinger. ing. Dr. Derlinger has been speaking with great success and to the entire MOVIES TOMORROW EVENING. satisfaction of audiences in this Dis- Saturday evening’s program will trice. His subject will be: “Faith in constitute a very good moving pic- America.” Everybody welcome! ture.

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Peace delegates are said to believe GEE AITCH 43 that the Germans will refuse to sign, but signing is a thing so quickly easily put off Published every day, except Monday, done that it can be and devoted to the interests of to the last minute with small danger General Hospital No. 43, Hamp- of writer’s cramp turning the bluff ton, Va. into reality.

Official Staff: British dirgible R-34 will spend eight hours country when Colonel W. H. Richardson, only in this Lieut. lands a day or so after sailing on commanding officer, it June 20. What blase people these J. H. French, Red Cross, field English are, who will not even stay director. over a few days, to see the phenom- enon of a great country absolutely Staff: drying up overnight!—Daily Press. Editor Sergeant H. M. Hanson Cartoonist, Pvt. Ist c. M. A. Dunning O! WHAT’S IN A NAME—CLEVER Reporter Corp. W. W. Shankweiler STUFF. Officer of the Day: General Hospital No. 43, Home, Va., Lieut. L. G. Smith National Soldiers’ June 18, 1919. Friday, June 20, 1919. Editor Gee Aitch, 43, General Hospital No. 43. It is useless to pretend that Dear Sir:— nations suffer for their sins in any It is evident that you experience case, or to argue that the German considerable trouble in spelling the people have already atoned by their names of a certain few men of the blood for their crime. We do not “Post.” I would suggest that you argue in this fashion in dealing with print the Army Serial Number after a burglar or a murderer. Society the name so that there will be no mis- demands punishment of the individ- understanding. ual, and if the world is to be a soci- Sin-Serially yours, ety of civilized nations, we must No. 4021428. punish the nation that does wrong. The whole scheme of a league of nations becomes a there futility if SUGGESTIONS FOR THE be no punishment or no repentance NEXT for wrong doing, and it follows in- FIELD DAY AND ATHLETIC evitably that we stullify all our ef- MEET JULY 4th. forts toward a founding league, if Tug of no penalty guilty War—Nurses vs. Recon- we exact from the struction Aides. nations in this war. Germany must atone for her crimes. Six two-minute bouts—Lt. Black- erby vs. Lt. Wells. Pie-eating The one-man power has caused the Contest—Corps Men vs. Patients. death of many nations. 100-yard Dash—Sgt. Schumann vs. Sgt. Garbarino. THE FLY IS MASTER. Exhibition DriII—OFFICERS. Our Birdie tells us that the men Baseball—Pink Sox vs. White Sox. are moving out of certain barracks (Batteries, Emerson-Parker, Hanby- and ceding the place over to the flies Kress.) entirely. Why not a war against this Evening—Cabaret at Red Cross pesky insect? House. GEE AITCH 43

SONGS WHISTLED BY BOYS OF Pvt. Ist c. Eddie Wolfe, the Kan- BARRACK “I”. sas oil magnate, returned from Washington, D. C., where he spent a “Beautiful Ohio”—Garbarino. ten-day furlough. Eddie informs us “She may be old but she’s got he talked to a General, but he never young ideas”—Hanby. learnt a thing new about being dis- “Oh, how I wish I could sleep.”— charged. Ernest. “When I dream about that South- Sgt.-Major R. L. Fritz has decided ern home of mine.”—Sycamore. to take another trip before the bar- change pop “Whose pretty baby are you now?” rooms to stands. —Jones. “I want a doll”—Parker. FRANK NEWMAN’S “CASINO “I love the ladies”—Kidd. GIRLS” SCORE HIT “Oh! Helen!”—Foltz. Under the auspices of the Red “Oh, death, where is thy sting?” Cross, the Frank Newman company —Hughes. presented one of the best shows fur- “The rose of ■no man’s land”— nished this community, when the Connors. “Casino girls” appeared at our the- atre, mem- Blues”—Wint- Wednesday night. Each “Those Oklahoma ber of the show, and there were ers. eleven of them all, is an artist in “Ring out sweet bells of peace”— in his or her line. Fant & Buckley, who Entire company. appeared first, put over a nifty and well dressed singing and dancing act. The star of the production is Billy TO CELEBRATE JULY 4th. Lightelle, the black face riot, who A big patriotic celebration, track stands head and shoulders above most and field meet is being planned to vaudeville performers, as regards celebrate the nation’s birthday, July ability. His doubles with Newman, 4th. All matter of athletic contests owner of the show, and his individual will be staged. This program will be numbers in dance and song, have not strengthened with aerial acrobatics been approached in any way by any by Lt. George, daring American ace, comedians we have seen here, and and Lt. Haviland, of the Lafayette the audience let him know it. Miss Escadrille, a U. S. Navy man. The Pearl Berby came in for much ap- time to start preparation is NOW. plause with her rendition of “Every- Come athletes, get busy, and see Mr. thing is Peaches Down in Georgia.” Brown at once. (We sav, “Miss Pearl Derby” here in this write-up, but confidentially, the editor has positive knowledge that ON ESCORT TRIPS. she is Mrs. Newman.) The chorus Sgt. Ist c. Harris is on a trip to did splendid work, and appeared very Des Moines, lowa, in charge of pati- prettily gowned. The trio was espe- ents. Sgt. Leighton returned yester- cially good. day from escort trip to North Caro- Jack Burke, singing tenor in the lina. trio, was at his best and will be seen in a wonderful old man character. When the returns in two fegan visiting company lt. home in weeks’ time in a new bill “Artist’s MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Models.” Lt. E. T. Fegan, detachment com- mander, left yesterday on leave of ON PASS. absence, to pay a visit to his home in Sgt. Ist c. Weidman, one of the Minneapolis, Minn. During his ab- lately arrived Lakewooders, left yes- sence, Lt. Maples will be in charge terday to spend several days in of the detachment. Washington, D. C. GEE AITCH 43

FT. MONROE TEAM NOSES OUT SEARCHING FOR ’EM. VICTORY IN 16-INNING GAME Sgt. Kane, who is filling Sgt. Gray’s job as night sergeant during the lat- Wednesday afternoon In the game ter’s absence, has some thrilling ex- of scattered flies hit over all full periences during his tirades of the baseball field, the night corners for prowling patients, so rumored, locals held the visitors to a tie for until the visitors came in anyway. 15 innings, He was a few nights past, runs in the inning, out for three last equipped a search light ’n every- a victory for them, with making the game thing, but when came near to the failed score he since the locals to there- murky shadows ’neath big bush and after. The started the a visitors game saw white therewith hid- by hitting a fol- something safety in right field, he stole creep- by hit which Ziegler fumbled, den, stealthily forth, lowed ing upon the dewy To effect runs as a softly grass. and managed to two facilitate better illumination, he In the the start. third Ziegler hit struck a match (forgetting about the ball for two bags, scoring Stauffer search light) and found that the who were on and Curtis lodged the white object was only a small sheet sacks. The visitors managed to make another score in the sixth, and of paper. The paper was attacked by the Novick followed this up by clouting match and the sudden flame, it is a 2-bagger in the 7th, being scored was to sergeants head by said, close the a 3-base hit out in deep left field and now all are wondering if is by S. third baseman. This that Kanode, how his hair was dispensed with. A tied the and chances score, their to certain girl has offered to make a wig any more were cut off by the score or him, they say. Aw, great one hand catch by right fielder helmet for Gawan, we don’t believe a word of Brown. Thereafter no scores were it. obtainable till the sixteenth. General Hospital 43: Smitty, the “community heart- Ab R. H. Po A. E. breaker” had his hands full the other Dempster, If. 4 0 0 0 0 0 evening at a Phoebus entertainment. Curtis, 2b 7 1 1 8 6 1 Eh, boy? Ziegler, ss 7 0 2 4 9 3 McCarthy, c 6 0 2 10 2 1 After being confined in the hos- Shollenberger, rf... 6 0 2 2 0 0 pital, Sgt. Ist c. McGrady has re- Novick, cf 6 1 0 2 0 0 turned to his duties with the boys at Kanode, S., 3b 5 0 1 4 3 0 the Patient’s Clothing Office. Kanode, R., lb 6 0 0 18 2 0 Stauffer, p 4 1 0 0 1 1 OVER NIGHT HASHINGS. Long, If 3 0 1 0 0 0 (With Correspondents.) Total 54 3 9 48 23 6 Ham Huffman of the M. T. C. is going back to his old trade as boot Fort Monroe: black, and hopes to do a good busi- Ab R. H. Po A. E. ness on this Post. Totals 55 6 8 48 21 3 Summary: 3-base hits, Anderson, Sgt. Ist c. C. L. Howard was seen S. Kanode. 2-base hits, , Anderson, trying to attach a chevron upon his Savage. Stolen bases, Williams, Cur- bathing suit. He seems to have tis, Ziegler, Novick. Bases on balls, wanted to impress people as to his off Benson, 3: off Stauffer, 5. Left RANK while in swimming at Vir- on bases, Ft. Monroe, (3: G. H. 43, 5. ginia Beach, Sunday. Wild pitch, Stauffer. Score by innings: “They are sure becoming to you, Ft. Mon. ..200 001 000 000 000 03—6 Red. Of course, we mean those new G. H. 43....002 000 100 000 000 00—3 glasses you have adopted.”