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April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


AN APOLOGY!

The plans for the first edition of this paper

included a full page of photographs of the

Camp and Shops. The photographs were

secured and made ready for the process of

reproducing, which process is the property

of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

it's bit" but at the time of going to press

the plate had not arrived and the plans had

to be "switched". This happens on the

very best of papers and is the result of the

hurried manner in which this number was

gotten out. In future, the paper will be

at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

and it won't happen again.

Please don't judge the paper by this first

number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

will be made to improve as the paper

goes along.

THE STAFF


GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

General of the Intermediate Section, has been

relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

leave for the United States on next Monday.

Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

It is with great regret that we think of

General Johnson's departure from this section

for he has at all times shown a great interest

in the welfare of the men under his command,

and wherever possible, made things pleasant

and convenient for them. The section has se-

cured wonderful results under his direction and

too much credit cannot be given him for his

result getting leadership.

Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

too, judging from the part played by the 28th

Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

Engineers.


MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

On Easter Sunday, every member of company

120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

time and while they were all hungry, that

was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

his heart and on his face. He had been up late

the night before putting the finishing touches

on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

like that, consequently he was quite blue as

he faced the angry mob.

His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

was presented with a little package, a little

token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

hield him to the kitchen and opened the

package which contained a beautiful and costly

gold watch. The he hied him right back to

the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

wasting its good money on him. Everybody

who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

excited he was when he said it; he was worried

about the gang denying itself things to buy him

the present.

The gift itself was something to be proud of

for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

manner -- by the men of his company, and,

there is quite a little foundation for both

beliefs.



"VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

announcing the victory of the Camp team over

Clermont, score 19 to 0.


HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

A movement is on in the Camp to round up

all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

parties) that the brothers are famous for.

Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

any address and location, and when a sizeable

list has been secured the dope will be rele-

ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

expression. See him as soon as possible and

tell all the Elks you meet about it.


CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

round a request to the companies to have the

charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

district. The totals have just been compiled

and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

and has asked us to express his thanks to the

men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

a worthy one and he assures the men that the

money will be put to a good use.


MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

days. This is the first leave the Major has had

since arriving in France, nearly ten months

ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

in France who has seen more of the country.

The Major's first appointment, after he had

brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

tomobile for several months. He expects to do

the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


PERSONALS

Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

there and that he expects to stay over here till

they build the long promised bridge. In his

breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

has just emerged from the hospital and expects

to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

anxious to go. Can you beat that?

Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

office of the Adjutant General's Department and

is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

He sends his regards to everybody and would

like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

bad"!.


THE "ROCKY" ROAD

TO CAMP STEPHENSON

If you've ever travelled to the city by truck,

side-car or even a cushioned "Caddy" you've

had a strong desire to cuss somebody for the

several dozen times your dome hit the roof of

the car. Most everybody cusses the French

and there's where they are all wrong for the

fault lies with the Section Engineer and he

belongs to the A.E.F. We understand that the

M.T.C. either has or intends to stop its cars

coming to Camp Stephenson on account of the

terrible condition of the road between the Rue

de Paris and the Camp. Camp Stephenson has

a number of the finest things in France and

chief among the items is the condition of its

Camp roads. We sure hope that the Section

Engineer has to visit the Camp some day when

he has a headache so that he will be able to

appreciate what we have done and what he

has'nt done.



WONDER WHY THEY NEVER VISIT US?

Nearly every paper you pick up has an account

of some visit of a dignitary or a high official of

the A.E.F. visiting a "jerk" town in France,

but only once in history has this Camp been

honored with a visit from the celebrities. Its

not so glaring when they visit the historic

places, but when they visit Verneuil and pass

us up cold, we have a grand little chance for a

growl. Camp Stephenson has the reputation of

being the finest Camp in France, and it's more

attractive than ever; we have it all over

Verneuil for scenery, shops, and baseball teams;

wonder why they don't drop in here once in a

while? Wonder how you "hand-shake" to get

the big timers to visit you?


WANTED: AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR!

The POP-VALVE is looking for an Associate

Editor, a nice agreeable young man who can sit

in the Sanctum of the paper and grind out

funny stuff on a wobbly typewriter while

everybody who comes into the office looks over

his shoulder to see what he's writing, tells him

supposedly funny stories and their troubles,

picks things off his desk an lays them on some

other desk, asks him foolish questions and in

numerous other ways, assists him in getting

out the paper! Its a nice adventurous life and

he'll be just a couple of iotas from a G. C. M.

about eleven times a day. If there is a man

who can fill the bill in the patience line and also

grind out a little stuff for the paper, we'd like

to have his name and the name of his nearest

relative (in case he loses his mind or something!)

All applicants must have a ten-thousand-dollar

insurance policy. After we get the names,

we'll go out and move two or three mountains,

to sort of practice up for the little job of getting

them separated from the shop rolls!

Seriously, we are looking for a couple of

good men to help us run the paper, preferably

men who have had some experience. Call and

see the Editor.


"ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF 'EM

GALLANT - NINETEENTH"


The "survivors" of the former Nineteenth

Engineers, twelve officers and thirty-six enlisted

men, held a get-together dinner at the Grand

Hotel, Nevers, on Tuesday evening April 15, and

from all accounts had a wonderfully pleasant

evening.

The three-stripers gathered at 7:15 P.M. and,

after a short address by chairman Scott of the

committee on arrangements, and a toast by

Mr. Engr. McFarlane, proceeded to demolish

the menu which was one of the most complete

menu's ever served in Nevers. It was complete

from the soup to the other end, even better than

the sample menu's in the "How To Speak

French" books. During the dinner, the old

battles were fought over again and a selected

orchestra entertained with appropriate sel-

ections.

When everything but the floral decorations

had been eaten, Mr. Engr. McFarlane intro-

duced the first speaker of the evening, Captain

G.F. Huff, Jr., who expressed his pleasure at being

present and his hopes for many similar but

larger gatherings in the States. The 94th A.W.

caused a little inconvenience but did'nt spoil

the party by any means. Mr. Engr. Scott fol-

lowed with a song which took so well that

several encores were required. The program

continued, with alternated speeches by the

officers, songs by the men and selections by the

orchestra, until 11:30 when the officers departed,

leaving Scotty free to make some remarks that

he'd had on his mind all evening. The party

ended with the singing of Auld Lang Syne and

a pleasant walk to Camp.

Every man present at the dinner wears three

service stripes and has seen twenty months,

service in France, arriving here when the A.E.F.

was in its infancy. Not one of them is here as

the result of his own misconduct, as some of

the home papers insinuate: they all either volun-

teered to stay or were on Detached Service when

their units left. If any of the men in Camp are

entitled to a "toot sweet" movement home,

these oldtimers surely ought to head the list;

twenty months is a-plenty!


Imprimerie Fortin et Cie, Nevers-Paris.


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April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


AN APOLOGY!

The plans for the first edition of this paper

included a full page of photographs of the

Camp and Shops. The photographs were

secured and made ready for the process of

reproducing, which process is the property

of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

it's bit" but at the time of going to press

the plate had not arrived and the plans had

to be "switched". This happens on the

very best of papers and is the result of the

hurried manner in which this number was

gotten out. In future, the paper will be

at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

and it won't happen again.

Please don't judge the paper by this first

number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

will be made to improve as the paper

goes along.

THE STAFF


GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

General of the Intermediate Section, has been

relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

leave for the United States on next Monday.

Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

It is with great regret that we think of

General Johnson's departure from this section

for he has at all times shown a great interest

in the welfare of the men under his command,

and wherever possible, made things pleasant

and convenient for them. The section has se-

cured wonderful results under his direction and

too much credit cannot be given him for his

result getting leadership.

Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

too, judging from the part played by the 28th

Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

Engineers.


MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

On Easter Sunday, every member of company

120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

time and while they were all hungry, that

was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

his heart and on his face. He had been up late

the night before putting the finishing touches

on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

like that, consequently he was quite blue as

he faced the angry mob.

His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

was presented with a little package, a little

token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

hield him to the kitchen and opened the

package which contained a beautiful and costly

gold watch. The he hied him right back to

the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

wasting its good money on him. Everybody

who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

excited he was when he said it; he was worried

about the gang denying itself things to buy him

the present.

The gift itself was something to be proud of

for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

manner -- by the men of his company, and,

there is quite a little foundation for both

beliefs.



"VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

announcing the victory of the Camp team over

Clermont, score 19 to 0.


HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

A movement is on in the Camp to round up

all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

parties) that the brothers are famous for.

Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

any address and location, and when a sizeable

list has been secured the dope will be rele-

ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

expression. See him as soon as possible and

tell all the Elks you meet about it.


CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

round a request to the companies to have the

charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

district. The totals have just been compiled

and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

and has asked us to express his thanks to the

men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

a worthy one and he assures the men that the

money will be put to a good use.


MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

days. This is the first leave the Major has had

since arriving in France, nearly ten months

ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

in France who has seen more of the country.

The Major's first appointment, after he had

brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

tomobile for several months. He expects to do

the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


PERSONALS

Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

there and that he expects to stay over here till

they build the long promised bridge. In his

breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

has just emerged from the hospital and expects

to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

anxious to go. Can you beat that?

Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

office of the Adjutant General's Department and

is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

He sends his regards to everybody and would

like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

bad"!.


THE "ROCKY" ROAD

TO CAMP STEPHENSON

If you've ever travelled to the city by truck,

side-car or even a cushioned "Caddy" you've

had a strong desire to cuss somebody for the

several dozen times your dome hit the roof of

the car. Most everybody cusses the French

and there's where they are all wrong for the

fault lies with the Section Engineer and he

belongs to the A.E.F. We understand that the

M.T.C. either has or intends to stop its cars

coming to Camp Stephenson on account of the

terrible condition of the road between the Rue

de Paris and the Camp. Camp Stephenson has

a number of the finest things in France and

chief among the items is the condition of its

Camp roads. We sure hope that the Section

Engineer has to visit the Camp some day when

he has a headache so that he will be able to

appreciate what we have done and what he

has'nt done.



WONDER WHY THEY NEVER VISIT US?

Nearly every paper you pick up has an account

of some visit of a dignitary or a high official of

the A.E.F. visiting a "jerk" town in France,

but only once in history has this Camp been

honored with a visit from the celebrities. Its

not so glaring when they visit the historic

places, but when they visit Verneuil and pass

us up cold, we have a grand little chance for a

growl. Camp Stephenson has the reputation of

being the finest Camp in France, and it's more

attractive than ever; we have it all over

Verneuil for scenery, shops, and baseball teams;

wonder why they don't drop in here once in a

while? Wonder how you "hand-shake" to get

the big timers to visit you?


WANTED: AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR!

The POP-VALVE is looking for an Associate

Editor, a nice agreeable young man who can sit

in the Sanctum of the paper and grind out

funny stuff on a wobbly typewriter while

everybody who comes into the office looks over

his shoulder to see what he's writing, tells him

supposedly funny stories and their troubles,

picks things off his desk an lays them on some

other desk, asks him foolish questions and in

numerous other ways, assists him in getting

out the paper! Its a nice adventurous life and

he'll be just a couple of iotas from a G. C. M.

about eleven times a day. If there is a man

who can fill the bill in the patience line and also

grind out a little stuff for the paper, we'd like

to have his name and the name of his nearest

relative (in case he loses his mind or something!)

All applicants must have a ten-thousand-dollar

insurance policy. After we get the names,

we'll go out and move two or three mountains,

to sort of practice up for the little job of getting

them separated from the shop rolls!

Seriously, we are looking for a couple of

good men to help us run the paper, preferably

men who have had some experience. Call and

see the Editor.


"ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF 'EM

GALLANT - NINETEENTH"


The "survivors" of the former Nineteenth

Engineers, twelve officers and thirty-six enlisted

men, held a get-together dinner at the Grand

Hotel, Nevers, on Tuesday evening April 15, and

from all accounts had a wonderfully pleasant

evening.

The three-stripers gathered at 7:15 P.M. and,

after a short address by chairman Scott of the

committee on arrangements, and a toast by

Mr. Engr. McFarlane, proceeded to demolish

the menu which was one of the most complete

menu's ever served in Nevers. It was complete

from the soup to the other end, even better than

the sample menu's in the "How To Speak

French" books. During the dinner, the old

battles were fought over again and a selected

orchestra entertained with appropriate sel-

ections.

When everything but the floral decorations

had been eaten, Mr. Engr. McFarlane intro-

duced the first speaker of the evening, Captain

G.F. Huff, Jr., who expressed his pleasure at being

present and his hopes for many similar but

larger gatherings in the States. The 94th A.W.

caused a little inconvenience but did'nt spoil

the party by any means. Mr. Engr. Scott fol-

lowed with a song which took so well that

several encores were required. The program

continued, with alternated speeches by the

officers, songs by the men and selections by the

orchestra, until 11:30 when the officers departed,

leaving Scotty free to make some remarks that

he'd had on his mind all evening. The party

ended with the singing of Auld Lang Syne and

a pleasant walk to Camp.

Every man present at the dinner wears three

service stripes and has seen twenty months,

service in France, arriving here when the A.E.F.

was in its infancy. Not one of them is here as

the result of his own misconduct, as some of

the home papers insinuate: they all either volun-

teered to stay or were on Detached Service when

their units left. If any of the men in Camp are

entitled to a "toot sweet" movement home,

these oldtimers surely ought to head the list;

twenty months is a-plenty!


Imprimerie Fortin et Cie, Nevers-Paris.



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  • August 25, 2017 22:33:54 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


    PERSONALS

    Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

    Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

    trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

    there and that he expects to stay over here till

    they build the long promised bridge. In his

    breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

    has just emerged from the hospital and expects

    to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

    erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

    has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

    anxious to go. Can you beat that?

    Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

    ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

    that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

    office of the Adjutant General's Department and

    is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

    He sends his regards to everybody and would

    like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

    of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

    bad"!.


    THE "ROCKY" ROAD

    TO CAMP STEPHENSON

    If you've ever travelled to the city by truck,

    side-car or even a cushioned "Caddy" you've

    had a strong desire to cuss somebody for the

    several dozen times your dome hit the roof of

    the car. Most everybody cusses the French

    and there's where they are all wrong for the

    fault lies with the Section Engineer and he

    belongs to the A.E.F. We understand that the

    M.T.C. either has or intends to stop its cars

    coming to Camp Stephenson on account of the

    terrible condition of the road between the Rue

    de Paris and the Camp. Camp Stephenson has

    a number of the finest things in France and

    chief among the items is the condition of its

    Camp roads. We sure hope that the Section

    Engineer has to visit the Camp some day when

    he has a headache so that he will be able to

    appreciate what we have done and what he

    has'nt done.



    WONDER WHY THEY NEVER VISIT US?

    Nearly every paper you pick up has an account

    of some visit of a dignitary or a high official of

    the A.E.F. visiting a "jerk" town in France,

    but only once in history has this Camp been

    honored with a visit from the celebrities. Its

    not so glaring when they visit the historic

    places, but when they visit Verneuil and pass

    us up cold, we have a grand little chance for a

    growl. Camp Stephenson has the reputation of

    being the finest Camp in France, and it's more

    attractive than ever; we have it all over

    Verneuil for scenery, shops, and baseball teams;

    wonder why they don't drop in here once in a

    while? Wonder how you "hand-shake" to get

    the big timers to visit you?


    WANTED: AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR!

    The POP-VALVE is looking for an Associate

    Editor, a nice agreeable young man who can sit

    in the Sanctum of the paper and grind out

    funny stuff on a wobbly typewriter while

    everybody who comes into the office looks over

    his shoulder to see what he's writing, tells him

    supposedly funny stories and their troubles,

    picks things off his desk an lays them on some

    other desk, asks him foolish questions and in

    numerous other ways, assists him in getting

    out the paper! Its a nice adventurous life and

    he'll be just a couple of iotas from a G. C. M.

    about eleven times a day. If there is a man

    who can fill the bill in the patience line and also

    grind out a little stuff for the paper, we'd like

    to have his name and the name of his nearest

    relative (in case he loses his mind or something!)

    All applicants must have a ten-thousand-dollar

    insurance policy. After we get the names,

    we'll go out and move two or three mountains,

    to sort of practice up for the little job of getting

    them separated from the shop rolls!

    Seriously, we are looking for a couple of

    good men to help us run the paper, preferably

    men who have had some experience. Call and

    see the Editor.


    "ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF 'EM

    GALLANT - NINETEENTH"


    The "survivors" of the former Nineteenth

    Engineers, twelve officers and thirty-six enlisted

    men, held a get-together dinner at the Grand

    Hotel, Nevers, on Tuesday evening April 15, and

    from all accounts had a wonderfully pleasant

    evening.

    The three-stripers gathered at 7:15 P.M. and,

    after a short address by chairman Scott of the

    committee on arrangements, and a toast by

    Mr. Engr. McFarlane, proceeded to demolish

    the menu which was one of the most complete

    menu's ever served in Nevers. It was complete

    from the soup to the other end, even better than

    the sample menu's in the "How To Speak

    French" books. During the dinner, the old

    battles were fought over again and a selected

    orchestra entertained with appropriate sel-

    ections.

    When everything but the floral decorations

    had been eaten, Mr. Engr. McFarlane intro-

    duced the first speaker of the evening, Captain

    G.F. Huff, Jr., who expressed his pleasure at being

    present and his hopes for many similar but

    larger gatherings in the States. The 94th A.W.

    caused a little inconvenience but did'nt spoil

    the party by any means. Mr. Engr. Scott fol-

    lowed with a song which took so well that

    several encores were required. The program

    continued, with alternated speeches by the

    officers, songs by the men and selections by the

    orchestra, until 11:30 when the officers departed,

    leaving Scotty free to make some remarks that

    he'd had on his mind all evening. The party

    ended with the singing of Auld Lang Syne and

    a pleasant walk to Camp.

    Every man present at the dinner wears three

    service stripes and has seen twenty months,

    service in France, arriving here when the A.E.F.

    was in its infancy. Not one of them is here as

    the result of his own misconduct, as some of

    the home papers insinuate: they all either volun-

    teered to stay or were on Detached Service when

    their units left. If any of the men in Camp are

    entitled to a "toot sweet" movement home,

    these oldtimers surely ought to head the list;

    twenty months is a-plenty!


    Imprimerie Fortin et Cie, Nevers-Paris.


  • August 25, 2017 22:31:39 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


    PERSONALS

    Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

    Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

    trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

    there and that he expects to stay over here till

    they build the long promised bridge. In his

    breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

    has just emerged from the hospital and expects

    to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

    erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

    has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

    anxious to go. Can you beat that?

    Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

    ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

    that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

    office of the Adjutant General's Department and

    is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

    He sends his regards to everybody and would

    like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

    of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

    bad"!.


    THE "ROCKY" ROAD

    TO CAMP STEPHENSON

    If you've ever travelled to the city by truck,

    side-car or even a cushioned "Caddy" you've

    had a strong desire to cuss somebody for the

    several dozen times your dome hit the roof of

    the car. Most everybody cusses the French

    and there's where they are all wrong for the

    fault lies with the Section Engineer and he

    belongs to the A.E.F. We understand that the

    M.T.C. either has or intends to stop its cars

    coming to Camp Stephenson on account of the

    terrible condition of the road between the Rue

    de Paris and the Camp. Camp Stephenson has

    a number of the finest things in France and

    chief among the items is the condition of its

    Camp roads. We sure hope that the Section

    Engineer has to visit the Camp some day when

    he has a headache so that he will be able to

    appreciate what we have done and what he

    has'nt done.



    WONDER WHY THEY NEVER VISIT US?

    Nearly every paper you pick up has an account

    of some visit of a dignitary or a high official of

    the A.E.F. visiting a "jerk" town in France,

    but only once in history has this Camp been

    honored with a visit from the celebrities. Its

    not so glaring when they visit the historic

    places, but when they visit Verneuil and pass

    us up cold, we have a grand little chance for a

    growl. Camp Stephenson has the reputation of

    being the finest Camp in France, and it's more

    attractive than ever; we have it all over

    Verneuil for scenery, shops, and baseball teams;

    wonder why they don't drop in here once in a

    while? Wonder how you "hand-shake" to get

    the big timers to visit you?


    WANTED: AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR!

    The POP-VALVE is looking for an Associate

    Editor, a nice agreeable young man who can sit

    in the Sanctum of the paper and grind out

    funny stuff on a wobbly typewriter while

    everybody who comes into the office looks over

    his shoulder to see what he's writing, tells him

    supposedly funny stories and their troubles,

    picks things off his desk an lays them on some

    other desk, asks him foolish questions and in

    numerous other ways, assists him in getting

    out the paper! Its a nice adventurous life and

    he'll be just a couple of iotas from a G. C. M.

    about eleven times a day. If there is a man

    who can fill the bill in the patience line and also

    grind out a little stuff for the paper, we'd like

    to have his name and the name of his nearest

    relative (in case he loses his mind or something!)

    All applicants must have a ten-thousand-dollar

    insurance policy. After we get the names,

    we'll go out and move two or three mountains,

    to sort of practice up for the little job of getting

    them separated from the shop rolls!

    Seriously, we are looking for a couple of

    good men to help us run the paper, preferably

    men who have had some experience. Call and

    see the Editor.


    "ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF 'EM

    GALLANT - NINETEENTH"


    The "survivors" of the former Nineteenth

    Engineers, twelve officers and thirty-six enlisted

    men, held a get-together dinner at the Grand

    Hotel, Nevers, on Tuesday evening April 15, and

    from all accounts had a wonderfully pleasant

    evening.

    The three-stripers gathered at 7:15 P.M. and,

    after a short address by chairman Scott of the

    committee on arrangements, and a toast by

    Mr. Engr. McFarlane, proceeded to demolish

    the menu which was one of the most complete

    menu's ever served in Nevers. It was complete

    from the soup to the other end, even better than

    the sample menu's in the "How To Speak

    French" books. During the dinner, the old

    battles were fought over again and a selected

    orchestra entertained with appropriate sel-

    ections.

    When everything but the floral decorations

    had been eaten, Mr. Engr. McFarlane intro-

    duced the first speaker of the evening, Captain

    G.F. Huff, Jr., who expressed his pleasure at being

    present and his hopes for many similar but

    larger gatherings in the States. The 94th A.W.

    caused a little inconvenience but did'nt spoil

    the party by any means. Mr. Engr. Scott fol-

    lowed with a song which took so well that

    several encores were required. The program

    continued, with alternated speeches by the

    officers, songs by the men and selections by the

    orchestra, until 11:30 when the officers departed,

    leaving Scotty free to make some remarks that

    he'd had on his mind all evening. The party

    ended with the singing of Auld Lang Syne and

    a pleasant walk to Camp.

    Every man present at the dinner wears three

    service stripes and has seen twenty months,



  • August 25, 2017 22:31:10 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


    PERSONALS

    Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

    Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

    trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

    there and that he expects to stay over here till

    they build the long promised bridge. In his

    breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

    has just emerged from the hospital and expects

    to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

    erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

    has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

    anxious to go. Can you beat that?

    Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

    ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

    that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

    office of the Adjutant General's Department and

    is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

    He sends his regards to everybody and would

    like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

    of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

    bad"!.


    THE "ROCKY" ROAD

    TO CAMP STEPHENSON

    If you've ever travelled to the city by truck,

    side-car or even a cushioned "Caddy" you've

    had a strong desire to cuss somebody for the

    several dozen times your dome hit the roof of

    the car. Most everybody cusses the French

    and there's where they are all wrong for the

    fault lies with the Section Engineer and he

    belongs to the A.E.F. We understand that the

    M.T.C. either has or intends to stop its cars

    coming to Camp Stephenson on account of the

    terrible condition of the road between the Rue

    de Paris and the Camp. Camp Stephenson has

    a number of the finest things in France and

    chief among the items is the condition of its

    Camp roads. We sure hope that the Section

    Engineer has to visit the Camp some day when

    he has a headache so that he will be able to

    appreciate what we have done and what he

    has'nt done.



    WONDER WHY THEY NEVER VISIT US?

    Nearly every paper you pick up has an account

    of some visit of a dignitary or a high official of

    the A.E.F. visiting a "jerk" town in France,

    but only once in history has this Camp been

    honored with a visit from the celebrities. Its

    not so glaring when they visit the historic

    places, but when they visit Verneuil and pass

    us up cold, we have a grand little chance for a

    growl. Camp Stephenson has the reputation of

    being the finest Camp in France, and it's more

    attractive than ever; we have it all over

    Verneuil for scenery, shops, and baseball teams;

    wonder why they don't drop in here once in a

    while? Wonder how you "hand-shake" to get

    the big timers to visit you?


    WANTED: AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR!

    The POP-VALVE is looking for an Associate

    Editor, a nice agreeable young man who can sit

    in the Sanctum of the paper and grind out

    funny stuff on a wobbly typewriter while

    everybody who comes into the office looks over

    his shoulder to see what he's writing, tells him

    supposedly funny stories and their troubles,

    picks things off his desk an lays them on some

    other desk, asks him foolish questions and in

    numerous other ways, assists him in getting

    out the paper! Its a nice adventurous life and

    he'll be just a couple of iotas from a G. C. M.

    about eleven times a day. If there is a man

    who can fill the bill in the patience line and also

    grind out a little stuff for the paper, we'd like

    to have his name and the name of his nearest

    relative (in case he loses his mind or something!)

    All applicants must have a ten-thousand-dollar

    insurance policy. After we get the names,

    we'll go out and move two or three mountains,

    to sort of practice up for the little job of getting

    them separated from the shop rolls!

    Seriously, we are looking for a couple of

    good men to help us run the paper, preferably

    men who have had some experience. Call and

    see the Editor.


    "ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF 'EM

    GALLANT - NINETEENTH"


    The "survivors" of the former Nineteenth

    Engineers, twelve officers and thirty-six enlisted

    men, held a get-together dinner at the Grand

    Hotel, Nevers, on Tuesday evening April 15, and

    from all accounts had a wonderfully pleasant

    evening.

    The three-stripers gathered at 7:15 P.M. and,

    after a short address by chairman Scott of the

    committee on arrangements, and a toast by

    Mr. Engr. McFarlane, proceeded to demolish

    the menu which was one of the most complete

    menu's ever served in Nevers. It was complete

    from the soup to the other end, even better than

    the sample menu's in the "How To Speak

    French" books. During the dinner, the old

    battles were fought over again and a selected

    orchestra entertained with appropriate sel-

    ections.

    When everything but the floral decorations

    had been eaten, Mr. Engr. McFarlane intro-

    duced the first speaker of the evening, Captain

    G.F. Huff, Jr., who expressed his pleasure at being

    present and his hopes for many similar but

    larger gatherings in the States. The 94th A.W.

    caused a little inconvenience but did'nt spoil

    the party by any means. Mr. Engr. Scott fol-

    lowed with a song which took so well that

    several encores were required. The program

    continued, with alternated speeches by the

    officers, songs by the men and selections by the

    orchestra, until 11:30 when the officers departed,

    leaving Scotty free to make some remarks that

    he'd had on his mind all evening. The party

    ended with the singing of Auld Lang Syne and

    a pleasant walk to Camp.



  • August 25, 2017 22:23:15 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


    PERSONALS

    Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

    Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

    trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

    there and that he expects to stay over here till

    they build the long promised bridge. In his

    breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

    has just emerged from the hospital and expects

    to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

    erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

    has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

    anxious to go. Can you beat that?

    Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

    ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

    that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

    office of the Adjutant General's Department and

    is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

    He sends his regards to everybody and would

    like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

    of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

    bad"!.


    THE "ROCKY" ROAD

    TO CAMP STEPHENSON

    If you've ever travelled to the city by truck,

    side-car or even a cushioned "Caddy" you've

    had a strong desire to cuss somebody for the

    several dozen times your dome hit the roof of

    the car. Most everybody cusses the French

    and there's where they are all wrong for the

    fault lies with the Section Engineer and he

    belongs to the A.E.F. We understand that the

    M.T.C. either has or intends to stop its cars

    coming to Camp Stephenson on account of the

    terrible condition of the road between the Rue

    de Paris and the Camp. Camp Stephenson has

    a number of the finest things in France and

    chief among the items is the condition of its

    Camp roads. We sure hope that the Section

    Engineer has to visit the Camp some day when

    he has a headache so that he will be able to

    appreciate what we have done and what he

    has'nt done.



    WONDER WHY THEY NEVER VISIT US?

    Nearly every paper you pick up has an account

    of some visit of a dignitary or a high official of

    the A.E.F. visiting a "jerk" town in France,

    but only once in history has this Camp been

    honored with a visit from the celebrities. Its

    not so glaring when they visit the historic

    places, but when they visit Verneuil and pass

    us up cold, we have a grand little chance for a

    growl. Camp Stephenson has the reputation of

    being the finest Camp in France, and it's more

    attractive than ever; we have it all over

    Verneuil for scenery, shops, and baseball teams;

    wonder why they don't drop in here once in a

    while? Wonder how you "hand-shake" to get

    the big timers to visit you?


    WANTED: AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR!

    The POP-VALVE is looking for an Associate

    Editor, a nice agreeable young man who can sit

    in the Sanctum of the paper and grind out

    funny stuff on a wobbly typewriter while

    everybody who comes into the office looks over

    his shoulder to see what he's writing, tells him

    supposedly funny stories and their troubles,

    picks things off his desk an lays them on some

    other desk, asks him foolish questions and in

    numerous other ways, assists him in getting

    out the paper! Its a nice adventurous life and

    he'll be just a couple of iotas from a G. C. M.

    about eleven times a day. If there is a man

    who can fill the bill in the patience line and also

    grind out a little stuff for the paper, we'd like

    to have his name and the name of his nearest

    relative (in case he loses his mind or something!)

    All applicants must have a ten-thousand-dollar

    insurance policy. After we get the names,

    we'll go out and move two or three mountains,

    to sort of practice up for the little job of getting

    them separated from the shop rolls!

    Seriously, we are looking for a couple of

    good men to help us run the paper, preferably

    men who have had some experience. Call and

    see the Editor.



  • August 25, 2017 21:53:43 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


    PERSONALS

    Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

    Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

    trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

    there and that he expects to stay over here till

    they build the long promised bridge. In his

    breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

    has just emerged from the hospital and expects

    to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

    erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

    has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

    anxious to go. Can you beat that?

    Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

    ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

    that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

    office of the Adjutant General's Department and

    is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

    He sends his regards to everybody and would

    like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

    of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

    bad"!.


    THE "ROCKY" ROAD

    TO CAMP STEPHENSON

    If you've ever travelled to the city by truck,

    side-car or even a cushioned "Caddy" you've

    had a strong desire to cuss somebody for the

    several dozen times your dome hit the roof of

    the car. Most everybody cusses the French

    and there's where they are all wrong for the

    fault lies with the Section Engineer and he

    belongs to the A.E.F. We understand that the

    M.T.C. either has or intends to stop its cars

    coming to Camp Stephenson on account of the

    terrible condition of the road between the Rue

    de Paris and the Camp. Camp Stephenson has

    a number of the finest things in France and

    chief among the items is the condition of its

    Camp roads. We sure hope that the Section

    Engineer has to visit the Camp some day when

    he has a headache so that he will be able to

    appreciate what we have done and what he

    has'nt done.



    WONDER WHY THEY NEVER VISIT US?

    Nearly every paper you pick up has an account

    of some visit of a dignitary or a high official of

    the A.E.F. visiting a "jerk" town in France,

    but only once in history has this Camp been

    honored with a visit from the celebrities. Its

    not so glaring when they visit the historic

    places, but when they visit Verneuil and pass

    us up cold, we have a grand little chance for a

    growl. Camp Stephenson has the reputation of

    being the finest Camp in France, and it's more

    attractive than ever; we have it all over

    Verneuil for scenery, shops, and baseball teams;

    wonder why they don't drop in here once in a

    while? Wonder how you "hand-shake" to get

    the big timers to visit you?



  • August 25, 2017 20:59:30 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


    PERSONALS

    Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

    Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

    trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

    there and that he expects to stay over here till

    they build the long promised bridge. In his

    breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

    has just emerged from the hospital and expects

    to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

    erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

    has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

    anxious to go. Can you beat that?

    Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

    ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

    that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

    office of the Adjutant General's Department and

    is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

    He sends his regards to everybody and would

    like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

    of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

    bad"!.


    THE "ROCKY" ROAD

    TO CAMP STEPHENSON

    If you've ever travelled to the city by truck,

    side-car or even a cushioned "Caddy" you've

    had a strong desire to cuss somebody for the

    several dozen times your dome hit the roof of

    the car. Most everybody cusses the French

    and there's where they are all wrong for the

    fault lies with the Section Engineer and he

    belongs to the A.E.F. We understand that the

    M.T.C. either has or intends to stop its cars

    coming to Camp Stephenson on account of the

    terrible condition of the road between the Rue

    de Paris and the Camp. Camp Stephenson has

    a number of the finest things in France and

    chief among the items is the condition of its

    Camp roads. We sure hope that the Section

    Engineer has to visit the Camp some day when

    he has a headache so that he will be able to

    appreciate what we have done and what he

    has'nt done.



  • August 25, 2017 19:58:26 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


    PERSONALS

    Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

    Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

    trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

    there and that he expects to stay over here till

    they build the long promised bridge. In his

    breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

    has just emerged from the hospital and expects

    to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

    erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

    has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

    anxious to go. Can you beat that?

    Lieut. "Bob" Young writes to the Headquar-

    ters bunch, in care of "Bob" Sweet, and states

    that he has, been assigned to duty in the Permit

    office of the Adjutant General's Department and

    is billeted with a French family in Chaumont.

    He sends his regards to everybody and would

    like to hear from the bunch. From the tone

    of his letter, the Battle of Chaumont "ain't so

    bad"!.



  • August 25, 2017 19:56:37 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.


    PERSONALS

    Lieutenant W.F. Todd, the original Editor at

    Camp Stephenson, writes from the front line

    trenches at the Battle of Tours, that all is well

    there and that he expects to stay over here till

    they build the long promised bridge. In his

    breezy letter, he states Lieut. "Johnny" O'Neill

    has just emerged from the hospital and expects

    to leave for home in a fews days. Lieut. And-

    erson, better known here as Mr. Engr. Anderson,

    has received his orders to go home, but is'nt

    anxious to go. Can you beat that?



  • August 25, 2017 18:25:19 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.


    MAJOR QUIGLEY GOES ON LEAVE

    Major W. K. Quigley, Executive Officer of the

    Camp, left on Sunday for Paris and other points

    in France, and expects to be gone for about ten

    days. This is the first leave the Major has had

    since arriving in France, nearly ten months

    ago, but it is doubtful if there is another Officer

    in France who has seen more of the country.

    The Major's first appointment, after he had

    brought the 49th Engineers to Nevers was that

    of Chief Inspector of French Shop Detachments,

    and in that capacity, he toured France by au-

    tomobile for several months. He expects to do

    the battlefields on this trip and will undoubtedly

    bring back a complete collection of souvenirs.



  • August 25, 2017 18:20:17 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the noise that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.



    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.





  • August 25, 2017 18:17:32 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the nose that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.


    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.


    CAMP STEPHENSON RESPONDS

    Some time ago, the Commanding Officer sent

    round a request to the companies to have the

    charitably inclined members of the Camp donate

    to a fund for the Sisters of the Assumption who

    are doing a wonderful charitable work in this

    district. The totals have just been compiled

    and show that 1092 francs were contributed.

    The C.O. is highly pleased with this response

    and has asked us to express his thanks to the

    men of the Camp. Before requesting the dona-

    tions he satisfied himself that the cause was

    a worthy one and he assures the men that the

    money will be put to a good use.





  • August 25, 2017 18:15:23 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the nose that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.


    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.


    HEY! ALL YOU "BILLS", ATTENTION!

    A movement is on in the Camp to round up

    all the B.P.O.E.'s in the camp and in the

    Nevers Sector, the idea being to collect about

    fifty of them, at least, aud put on a party (or

    parties) that the brothers are famous for.

    Hand in your names, lodge numbers, comp-

    any address and location, and when a sizeable

    list has been secured the dope will be rele-

    ased. A. "Bill" is on duty at the Camp library

    with pen and ink, and the "sign here please"

    expression. See him as soon as possible and

    tell all the Elks you meet about it.





  • August 25, 2017 18:12:03 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the nose that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.


    "VARSITY" SHUTS OUT CLERMONT

    Just as the paper was on the press, a telegram

    to Major Lester was received from Capt. Selig

    announcing the victory of the Camp team over

    Clermont, score 19 to 0.







  • August 25, 2017 18:10:45 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the nose that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.

    The gift itself was something to be proud of

    for it cost beaucoup francs, but there are other

    reasons why Billy Aichelman, if he was that kind

    of a fellow, could be the most conceited guy on

    the lot, and get away with it. Company 120

    believes it has the best Mess Sergeant in the

    A.E.F. and that Billy is the only Mess Sergeant

    in the A.E.F. to be decorated -- in a loving

    manner -- by the men of his company, and,

    there is quite a little foundation for both

    beliefs.





  • August 25, 2017 18:08:55 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.

    His appearance in the Eatery was greeted

    with the nose that usually does'nt ever happen

    in a Mess Sergeant's career and Billy could'nt

    get the idea. He stood trying to figure it all

    out, when, in behalf of the entire company, he

    was presented with a little package, a little

    token of regard from his clientele. Still Billy

    was puzzled and with a brief word of thanks he

    hield him to the kitchen and opened the

    package which contained a beautiful and costly

    gold watch. The he hied him right back to

    the Mess hall and gave the gang the dickens for

    wasting its good money on him. Everybody

    who knows Bill, knows what Bill said and how

    excited he was when he said it; he was worried

    about the gang denying itself things to buy him

    the present.





  • August 25, 2017 18:06:11 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.


    MESS SGTS. "TURN GREEN" PLEASE

    On Easter Sunday, every member of company

    120 was at his place in the Mess Hall at dinner

    time and while they were all hungry, that

    was'nt the real reason. When all were seated,

    a "toot sweet" summons was sent to the Mess

    Sergeant, to appear in the place where his

    efforts are consumed. "Billy", better known

    by the citizens of Altoona, Pennsylvania, as

    William Aichelman, left a little pie making job

    and hot-footed to the mess hall with gloom in

    his heart and on his face. He had been up late

    the night before putting the finishing touches

    on the Easter dinner, and expected to find the

    meat sour or the pie half baked, or something

    like that, consequently he was quite blue as

    he faced the angry mob.





  • August 25, 2017 17:08:51 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.

    Maj. General Hay is evidently a result getter

    too, judging from the part played by the 28th

    Division in the achievements of the A.-E.-F.

    Major Lester, our Commanding Officer was

    with the 28th Division before receiving orders to

    proceed to Camp Laurel to organize the 50th

    Engineers.




  • August 25, 2017 17:07:50 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF


    GENERAL JOHNSON LEAVING

    Brig. General Johnson, the Commanding

    General of the Intermediate Section, has been

    relieved of his duties at Nevers and expects to

    leave for the United States on next Monday.

    Maj. General W. H. Hay of the 28th (Keystone)

    Division succeeds him as C. G. of the Section.

    It is with great regret that we think of

    General Johnson's departure from this section

    for he has at all times shown a great interest

    in the welfare of the men under his command,

    and wherever possible, made things pleasant

    and convenient for them. The section has se-

    cured wonderful results under his direction and

    too much credit cannot be given him for his

    result getting leadership.




  • August 25, 2017 16:24:34 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris. The firm may have "done

    it's bit" but at the time of going to press

    the plate had not arrived and the plans had

    to be "switched". This happens on the

    very best of papers and is the result of the

    hurried manner in which this number was

    gotten out. In future, the paper will be

    at least two weeks ahead of the Paris people

    and it won't happen again.

    Please don't judge the paper by this first

    number which is full of mistakes. An attempt

    will be made to improve as the paper

    goes along.

    THE STAFF




  • August 25, 2017 16:22:28 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.


    AN APOLOGY!

    The plans for the first edition of this paper

    included a full page of photographs of the

    Camp and Shops. The photographs were

    secured and made ready for the process of

    reproducing, which process is the property

    of a Parisian firm and done only at it's

    plant in Paris.




  • August 25, 2017 15:26:28 Jim McIntyre

    April 26, 1919.                                   THE POP-VALVE                                          Page 3.




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    Camp Stephenson, Vauzelles, Nievrè

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Médiathèque municipale Jean Jaurès de Nevers
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April 26, 1919
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