his body was laid near Captain Waters'.

These two deaths postponed to the following week the famous "Stagger
Inn" cabaret of Battery E. The performances were held on the nights of
January 21 and 22. On the program was a collection of remarkable talent
drawn from the battery. Holden, Browere, Monroe and Gahan were
remarkably attractive chorus beauties when they donned feminine attire
borrowed from German households. Van Hoesen, as a Hawaiian dancer, was
unexcelled in his gyrations. Holton's solo, "Smiles," delivered with the
assistance of the black swallow-tail, glistening shirt front, high hat
and cane of the professional monologist, brought a hearty encore. George
and Holden received heavy applause as drawing-room dancers. Pat O'Mara's
efforts as a Scotchman got much laughter, but the real variety bloomed
in Wallace the second night. O'Brien, O'Mara, Gahan and Monroe rendered
"My Little Belgian Rose," with more pathos than tune. To the black-faced
waiters, dressed in the uniforms of Ringen's ex-soldiers, under the
leadership of Oberkellner Unger, resplendent in brass and braid,
belonged much credit for the hilarity of the evening. Much could be said
of the impromptu--and unconscious--amusement afforded by Lieutenant
Bradford's attempt to lead the orchestra, Captain Bokum's infatuation
with Miss Browere, and the actions of various other Sam Browne-belted
personages. But words fail to picture the delirium of the occasion.

A day in Coblenz, January 27, was the first of various passes and leaves
for men of the battery. On this Monday practically all of the Chicago
men of Battery E made the journey, riding to and from the Rhine city in
American box cars, dining at the big hotels operated by the Y. M. C. A.,
attending the entertainment at the Festhalle, the city's fine opera
house, entirely devoted to Y. M. C. A. activities now, and visiting the
many shops, all well supplied with articles for sale. By the middle of
February leaves were granted men of the 42d Division, and 14-day trips
to points of interest in France or 7-day sojourns at the leave areas of
Aix-les-Bains and vicinity were enjoyed by many men of the battery.

Early in February two of the old men of the battery left us. Harrison
and Collier, having residence in England, obtained their discharges and
left for the British Isles.

About the same time Colonel Reilly made his appearance in Ringen, back
in command of the regiment, and thrilled the boys by telling