Pacific service magazine . ment, M. M. Signal Corps,American Expeditionary Forces. Frank W. Thunberg returned from NewYork and is now in an officers class atSan Pedro. Fred W. Newland was transferred fromthe United States Naval Reserve Stationat San Pedro to New London, Connecti-cut, and assigned to the Second Battalion,United States Submarine Base. He writesthat his work consists principally of re-pairing and maintaining special devisedinstruments for locating submarines. Robert W. Downing, whoenlisted in the Quartermas-ter Department, is now afirst-class private in 132dOrdnance Depot Company


Pacific service magazine . ment, M. M. Signal Corps,American Expeditionary Forces. Frank W. Thunberg returned from NewYork and is now in an officers class atSan Pedro. Fred W. Newland was transferred fromthe United States Naval Reserve Stationat San Pedro to New London, Connecti-cut, and assigned to the Second Battalion,United States Submarine Base. He writesthat his work consists principally of re-pairing and maintaining special devisedinstruments for locating submarines. Robert W. Downing, whoenlisted in the Quartermas-ter Department, is now afirst-class private in 132dOrdnance Depot Company,Camp Fremont. Walter E. Storm and GusL. Thunberg enlisted at thesame time in the EngineerCorps and, after spendinga short time at Fort Mc-Dowell, they were sent toCamp Humphreys, Virginia,where they are now intraining. Walter Storm isworking hard and studyingto become a non-com. Hesays, Its no snap to geteven a corporals job. Earl Patterson enlistedwith the Engineers and wassent to Vancouver Barracksand from there to Camp. Lieutenant R. D. Likely, Avi-ation Corps, A. E. F. (Form-erly of Redwood District.) Humphreys, Virginia. He has spent somestrenuous time in training and is now^helping to build a branch railroad linefrom Washington, D. C, to Camp Hum-phreys. He had hoped to seeservice inFrance at an early date, and writes thathe is going to make a request that he betransferred to the infantry. To quote hisown words, I would rather fight thanwork. Norman E. Maze is now at Camp Meigs,Washington, D, C, having enlisted in theQuartermaster Department. He has en-tered a non-com officers school and ismaking good progress with his studiesand no doubt will get his stripes. J. P. Krog was sent to Los Angeles forspecial training in the Polytechnic HighSchool at that point. This will cover aperiod of three months. Frank A. Alstrom, the last employee ofthis district to leave, was sent to Van-couver Barracks. He writes as follows:I was assigned to a company a week agoand everything is fin


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