Adventure Magazine, March 1916 — page 224: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

“2 FF *: 1 ee chance, in case of emergency, of being mus- tered into service without any changes in its internal organization. T am, a red-head and proud of it. You say “red- heads” are notoriously good fighters. According to the genealogical records of the Bentley family, you have written the truth. I find in the history of Chester Co., Ohio, that in 1747 a regiment was formed in the time of the English and French war, and George Bentley was appointed a lieutenant. Also I am informed that Fred Alfred Bentley was Captain of the 6th Regi- ment, Albany Co., New York Militia under Col. S. J Schuyler in 1775-1778. And that Caleb Bentley was Captain of the 5th Regiment, Dutchess County, New York Militia, under Col. William Humfrey during the Revolution. So you see I agree with you. All of our family, that is the male members since 1679, have red hair. I call this an honor. My brother, C. L, Bentley, was connected, with the Coast Artillery for a number of years. My other two brothers have had no connection with the Army, Navy, Militia, nor any military organi- zations. But they are sure some scrappers. Here are the names and addresses, including information necessary to investigate qualifications: C. L. Bentley, San Pedro, Cal., age 29 yrs., late of the Coast Artillery of the Pacific Coast. quainted with small arms and coast rifles. Ac- quainted with duties of corporal. C. D. F. Bentley, Redondo, Cal. Auto driver; seaman. Acquainted with various makes of autos and auto trucks; rules of the sea; general knowledge of the coast of the East and West. R. B. Bentley, 326 Main St., Long Beach, Cal. Age 27. Acquainted with small-arms; complete knowledge of preserving and/processing food prod- ucts; knowledge of machinery and millwrighting. L. L. Bentley, San Pedro, Cal. Age 25. Ac- quainted with the construction and operation of wireless; knowledge of the preserving and process- ing of food products; knowledge of mill-wrighting and machine installation—L. L. BENTLEY, San Pedro, Cal. | BACK ISSUES OF ADVENTURE 1913 (12); 1914 (I, 2, 3, 4, $, 7, 12); 1915 complete. _Con- dition as good’as new. I0C ea. Carriage extra.—L. P. Pextier, Faribault, Minn. Complete set from Vol. Itodate. $10 net.—C. E. RAckE, 1441 Steele St., Denver, Colo. HIS letter, written in December, gives news of several of our number at the front and is also a contribution to the stories of copies of Adventure that have had adven- tures of their own: December 5, 1915. Regarding the whereabouts of the boys of Camp- Fire: T. Melville Ross is badly hurt—came down from the clouds too rapidly for comfort. He was occupying a cot in a military hospital in England - but expected to be moved elsewhere shortly. ‘Henry C. Winters was still looking alive and im- patiently awaiting the time he could trek to Africa. The above facts gleaned from letters received from them. 7 If the Pryce you mean is the one who was at one time in Mexico, I regret to state he has crossed the Ac-: Adventure Divide. He passed in a manner true to a gentle- man of his blood. The date and place I do not re- are It was during the battle of the Yser, though, leve. MY FIRST copy of Adventure was found in a clump of mesquite, coverless, rain-beaten, and half buried in leaves. I had not had a word to read for six months—hence the avidity with which I swung from the saddle to rescue the dog-eared derelict. Needless to state, the eagerness has not diminished for its brothers in sequence. My “adventures” with “Letter-Friends’’ are some- times amusing, but, on the whole, very satisfactory. I have found a number of my old friends and seem to be on the way to make new ones. All of which increases my obligation to you. Sometime per- haps I may be able to square our accounts with mutual glee and satisfaction Top FULLER. LETTER FRIENDS Note—This is a service for those of our readers who want some one to write to. For adventurers afield who want a stay-at-home “letter bunkie,” and for stay-at-homes, whether ex-adventurers or not, who wish to get into friendly touch with some one who is out “doing things.’”’ We publish names and ad- dresses—the rest is up to you, and of course we as- sume no responsibility of any kind. Women not admitted. (18) Frank Caldwell, 108 E, 12th St., Austin, Texas. ‘ Cro), Henry Lautenschlager, 721 James St., N. S., Pitts- urg, Pa. UR identification-cards have done ser- © vice twice this past month. One was carried by a man who had lost his first one “somewhere in the beautiful republic of Honduras,” an “ex-flatfoot’’ who had put in two hitches in the U. S. N. and who, when he wrote in for his second card, want- ed to join the American Legion and the Ad- venturers’ Club. That was last August and he wrote from Kansas. The other day a telegram came from an undertaker in Shoshone, Idaho, addressed to the man’s serial number in our care: killed here this evening by freight train. Please notify immediately what disposition shall be made of remains. His name was somewhere on him, but the identification-card furnished the only means of locating his home or friends. We wired them at once. The second case is set forth in the follow- ing letter which was forwarded at once to the address registered with us by the bearer of the card in question. I have not yet heard whether it bore the first news of the casualty or whether more final news had ‘reached his home: Card number was taken from the body of a wounded sergeant after the battle of Ypres. The GOmiGcbooks,