New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1919, Page 10

N SERGEANT BAUDOUIN HAS SERVED |SNAPSHOTS OF SCENES IN ALASKA TAKEN BY NEW BRITAIN RECRUITING " | UNCLE SAM IN MANY COUNTRIES SERGEANT DURING HIS TWO YEARS SOJOURN IN GOLD MINING REGION Veteran of 16 Years’ Service, Here to Get Recruits For 4 New American Army—Likes Great Northern Coun- try and Will Return When He Retires. A.man sitting on an iceberg shar- |t sportation to Al v my heart herring and | k into my hoots had served in uch is ) werage | 2 m Y & {and wanted to see more of the globe going sre s W CLiff | but I did not h r for a trip to J. Baudouin : service in t : e o e s a private then in Co. 1 of Northland i in ing his slender meal of witry which was stationed | =g vt Crook, near Omaha, Neb cru du in the rit 1 ! ke . } 1 trict. Once a man I \ i ( r glum onc sesides however, ( e . s nitheliinip ool w‘u. ¢ v tle o he trar deli TS e " i ! altle ton teue 2 U three-days’ tri Ppossibilit upon e his memory ay there ' Sl & b L ilere we took another i I hoat and after a two-hours’ jouwrney | Baudouin Fort Ebgert , Alaska, Northernmost Army Post were 1t Haines, where we left one In tellir experiences in Alaska anc Wwhat the country really 5 o “:;‘:"x"\‘x;‘ i f,_‘:,‘;\”"\' | south of the an military Do ) fter two 3 d two nights more B of coastwise sailing, during which we ter and continuai g covered 600 milc arrived Val- When 1 lcarned : ' dez, @ mining town. Across the bay fane, 1910,° he s o} 2" | we could sce the harracks and build- ment had heen o Lottt ciotS i of Fort Liscum where Co. I i 3 ) % . Doughboys At Abandoned Cabin of Prospector Dur- to serve. A little launch carried Sergeant 7 a0 - : ing One of Their Many Hunting Trips us the four miles across the bay to Clifford J. Baudoin, 3 ola, : . " : I f { post. The climate was a surprise By i gy o - ¢ [« ’ t It was really warm. I figured, o8 % ’ . company desi serve at Fort William § This is > farth i win- | | tigur th , that it might be warm ther | 4 1 summer, but that we would be : fin @i @Eg frozen when winter set in. Horse Racing During 4th s ummering in Alaska is Onc Long of July Celcbration in Valdez, a Mining Town D.D.D. has proved itselfa remarkable Detight. G he remedy. If you are a sufferer from skin Cha cr in Alaska was one of o diseases, including ulcers. pimples, he most delightful i my life : 2 scales, crusts or Eczema in any form, | this remedy will not disappoint you. 1ad an Rev- o'clock after which we hour's target practice and an It has stood the test and today is the s detail work. Detail work in- master preparation for all skin diseases. cluded cleaning up the barracks and Try D. D. D. today. We guarantes grounds, helping the cook prepar the first bottle. 3¢, 60c and $1.00. fooc »ading hoats and such work. Ordinarily only three men were on uard duty. After the two-hours’ work the rest of the day was our own. In the winter an hour of drill and setting up « in the post ymnasium repiaced the target prac- e R it e Also in the winter snow = hoveling about the post became a ' part of detail work. we would go berrying afternoons, 5 A zathering huckleberries and salmon Doesn’t hurt a bit and Freezone {wice the size of the largest one I costs only a few cents. have seen in the states. The salmon Ty resembles a red raspberry ve : much and is twice as large as a gar- - : — — ¢ ; s Region g - S Al . Edge of the Gold Mining Reg . den strawberry. It takes no time to n ordiary Cateh of Iish by Doughboys Stationed in Alaska Fort Liscum, Alaska, on the | pick a basketfull of them. 7 “Another diversion was salmon 5 The season began about the \holal another from alippingt andl fall Sergeant Baudouin, whose home is : 5 A a break in the line. You repair & - first of July and lasted until the end | or two for a quarter. Drinks were jering 40 miles a day with such packs. | find a break in the lin pair ¢ : into a crevice, we would climb for | in Hartford, Conn., is serving his 16th/ jof August. It was one of our fa-|the same. The farther north one|I went through seve 1d mines up | the damage .m:114 ut ,H\I:u e :) ¥ou | liles over the mountains of ice, & o e | vorite sports to troll for them from | goes the higher prices are, until the | there, and though 1 knew nothing | can get i o im0 ¢ "ost, | ting wonderful views of the country. | served two enlistments in the cavalry | & rowboat, using a large hook baited | Alaska maximum of $2 for a meal is | about mining it was interesting to | is well, and ¥ “,'\ -y*";“"“‘” Tobats with a pie of red flannel. We fre- | feached. see the various operations bty which, .\nmvc*nmt ‘\'vmv”;-rm m‘r‘m» e fromf duently caught them from five to six When without employment by ci- | €old is obtained from ""““““‘1 ”;‘." (\’:‘f, ;,':7,:;,,:0:\}(»0}(“:‘ ignal corps cable | wonderful scenes and that easy-going | 1908 until 1914. For two years there= et in length and, believe me, they | vilian firme or individuals for spells | Will Go Back to Alaska When He fic- | Mea at : | | . | “I often lie awake nights picturing | holding the rank of sergeant and was | it ‘ life. Alaska is a hunter's | after he was drill instructor at Fort P acatic ut-of-door life. Alaska we us some t : A ives Fri s ATy, station is an unending vacation Ve us some batile. Tt required allll qiiing the winter, wel took out: 10 tires From the in my mind and thinking about those | then with the 16th infantr; & = T aradise. In the days when I went | Slocum, N. Y., and was assigned to, i vere ar infantry “While at Fort Liscum we natural- | paradise 2 c Strength fo get them into the | day hunting passes and went into the merejfoun § mota Cuninnny WA there cach regiment in the army was | recruiting duty in Waterbury, C FDSYA ranjiupitie Sy o S o assigned in turn to two years' duty in |in 1916. In August, 1918, he a. NI are letting men en- | commissioned a first lieutenant in the 1 | North country is rugzed and its men | Alaska. Now they are be Fort Michael at the mouth of U L - = 72 3 srever ey care to serve | quartermaster corps { the nationalk our headguarters in an abandoned | oo T U L ndoned, Fort Gibbon |are rugged and its women strong and | list for whe e i rospec F » SRl s i = faen and if some the rooki at are | . 3 s discha > re- cabin of a prospector and 10 davs | s formerly occupicd by a de- | healthy. The favorite sport out- {and if some of the rookies that are |army. Upon his discharse o re-en- :ln.m e S “"\rl"" l‘“‘[‘QZl,n‘“r‘ZI tachment of marines, and Fort k of-door spor uch os se-rac ,‘:;:_:u::.-(-::::“x‘:“, JSent Lol the aamy| st ftor GeotdinE Resrvlce i) i 1ere are none in Alaska, exce ; 5 rrestling and boxing. 2 : s Jert, farthest north. wres 8 S o= “hina, had experienced | a S ares that when he retire the restrictions on killing seal and | bert. f L | “another of our pleasures T ougnt | Philippines or China, had experienced | and he declares that when ! etires porcupines. The latter are protected | “The main purpose of troops in| — ' o (oo climbing the slacier. | what T had they would demand Alas- | from the army in a few years he ana 3 i ric reference a y g S B aTe § 3 aska—ba’ck because they are so easy (o catch | Alaska is to operate and guard the ws dangerous but exciting. Tied | gan service in preference to anything | his wife are going to Alaska—ba Iogyescens po J to “heaven on earth” as he calls ang Kl ang comseauently form (e wachmgton-hldcle | together with ropes so that one might | else o “hes 5 : ¥ only means of subsistence for a per- son lost in the snow. They are fine n., wag S at Valdez across the bay. The . vwn, leap th waterf: “ort Davis beyond the Behring sea, | time at Valdez across the bay N A awn, leaping over high waterfalls. | e oftentimes came upon and made Dayisibevore O\ 1 the middle of the season they | Would often be wedged so thickly in | the viver that one could, had they With youi ng 1A You veau ‘, R i not been so slippery, used them as a any hard corn, :oft corn, or corn be- | IVIN& Dridge (o traverse the stream tween the toos, and the hard skin | LFOM one bank to the other. The B iltises from bottom of feet. 1eavy runs of salmon invariably take A tiny bottle of “Free costs | Place every other year. little at any drug store; apply a few | "'“'7“1‘" g summer days were & drops upon the corn or callus. In ‘.\‘\”lf“\*"”‘:.‘v u.\;m‘\lng:n all of us. stantly it stops hurti then short: | Whal little worlk there was to do was | cating. Snow pigeons or ptarmigan | cablo stations are abont 30 mics apart ly you lift that bothersome corn or “‘~ e l,,,’ Hm( \\»r‘ n us and some | were aiso excellent eating, but our | and one doughboy is detailed with two callus right off, root and all, with-|Of the .so-called army duties might ; : captain would not let us shoot them | gignal corps men to opsrate each s ] ) s out one bit of pain or soreness. Truly! | Pe called vacation pleasures. Among | except with air rifles. They gather | tion. the trio beinz relieved by oth No humbug! y;h;, latter were the two three-days'|in flocks and have so little fear of | ers from time to time g \ BIRD OF A CIGARETTE i ”,].“'} we took during the sum- | man that it would be tame sport to | +Each morning the cable is tested : A Tier aking tents and all camp- | shoot them with shotguns. out by getting conneui‘on with the ing apparatus we hiked through the 5 hunting trips | next station. If anything is wrong e e TR e Sometimes while on 5 Lything IORE [ Biroten a \‘rm:nhv\ :y‘\ympmf.{' eant | e encountcrsd presrectors traveling | vou make your way slong (he vr M;{ ’b IKE TO BE A t g awe Spiring mountain can- N - i £ r o VAT 3 th whic Pi | vi s 70-pound packs on tr line toward the station wi L PRUM {ons, and under towering trees some- | With 60 or Dssolauignackeio | times near tumbling cataract bac They U:ouzh: ncthing of you could not get connection until you OL!UC 2 5 The target shooting on the rang. 5 y i § MAN 4 for the acid-distressed o) Do e range - JUST OULD s soon as’the snow had CIGARE OUT ' THE OKC melted sufficiently in June. Durin CULGMALST o stomach—try two or three the first shoot summers it was nec = B, i é;g%fqr9 g WA e sary to shov E Y a great deal of 2 '[.NZDSD snow which in drifts about A AND s" THE BABY Klo“nln the targets during the winter. An- ; \ / o R other summer-time occupation was Pl rowing a hoat to ing ice bergs to : y » 7 r aflfl' meals’ dissolved chop from them a sufficient supply of ice to keep our meat. The meat X SU FFE R’ on the tongue—keep |' | would nave otherwise spoiled very quickly during the war veather. R during the warm weather Duties in Winter Reduced to Min- W try Ki-moids—the new imum. / — ¢ — —=—_———————"You WELL? “There was a large flume built of =~ . RIZO[—=« 57 s " ; =7 = 2y = fakes—out the aid io digestion, wood and extending 30 miles up into ——~— EFE S ““_—/fF’Tq and Soothes the mountains to carry water down &S THE RELABLE ANTISEPTIC lmt—= Fir G MADE BY SCOTT & BOWNE to the post for the running of the MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION _ lighting plant. We would tramp 7 along the flume for miles up into the its top making a veritable board walk on stilts—and 5 e orior e onel e s beyond Fort Lissum. There was [ly had opportunity to spend ,\mnc‘ woods on trips after hear anc er, 3 cabie which stretches for a thousand miles over rivers, forests and mountains. The mountains. we would sit on the flume edge where it passed over a trout stream and pull out some beautics. Those Alaskan summer days were almost unending. It never ke Iy became dark in the summer- time. Summer nights were dim twi- light. ferent, but it was not so very cold. Far inland it grows very cold, but AndBlackheads.ltchedand the coast is washed by the warm 5 Japan current The coldest day Burned. Cuticura Heals. during the two winters T soldiered in Fort Liscum wa but 14 degr be- “My face was affected with black- low zero. We had vast quantities heads and pimples. The pimples of ‘snow, however. Sometimes it wa were in blotches and were 20 feet deep, and part of our duty e BN 7 )\ k IF THEY DONT FALL FOR hard and red. Some fes- wds shaveling paths along the walks AR / N3 ¥ i REL.ITS No USE, BOYS, tered and scaled over, and from post building post building. e /) 7 '”0 USEl [%.# ) they itched and burned, the The nights in the winter were long, i : g : . / § %) irritation causing me to but not so long I had been led £ lose much rest at night. to believe It was light at 9 o'clock My face was disfigured. in the morning, and it did ““Isent for a free sample of Cuticura. et e il e I could see the difference in a week’s afterno e e dtimenee vt | e wee e | €1 that ugly skin eruption! healed.” (Signed) Mrs. FB. English, to minimum There were plenty General Delivery, Brockton, Mass. of chances o/ earn money on the side. Resinol Ointment heals skin irrita- Resinol heals skin sicknesses be- e Som 2, 1910, which of course is always welcome o | 1008 that if uieglected become serious. cause it contains harmless antidotes ' . /8% oy JACKAGE bor scarce in Alaska dne small pimple or slight blof for such conditions shipping companies paid us nars the most beautiful face. A patch Resinol Ointment was originated by Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50¢c, Talcum soldiers a doll in hour for unload- i itching eczema or other skin ail- a doctor for the treatment of eczema e oS ing coal and other supplies on the nent cawses great discomfort and and other skin affections, so you nesd not hesitate to use it. 4¢ @l dealers. atories, Dept. H, Malden, Mass.” incoming ships. Wages are big in T ‘h‘c-fi ura Soap shaves without mug. Alaska, but prices are in proportion i - - to wages. Cigars -are-15 cents each not begin Prevent further trouble by using a soldier. I Cuticura for all toilet purposes. and the