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| | PVT. HOWARD W. WITZ
Serial No. 2,983,549
Jacobsville, Mich.
Private Witz was a member of the Ammunition Train and on his coming to Battery B he was detailed on kitchen police, where he did so well that the Captain ordered that he be kept on permanent K. P., in which capacity his large frame and great strength served to make him efficient in the hard work of that department of our Battery.
His was an enviable job, as his proximity to eats made it impossible for him to be compelled to long for mess time, as the rest of us had to do. At the same time, as permanent K. P., he had the standing and privileges of any other private.
He participated in the dangers and activities at the front as a member of Sergt. Belbeck’s force.
On our return to Pont-a-Mousson his presence could always be counted on where glasses clinked.
He could split up a tree in an amazing short space of time. Like his buddie, Cayer, he could class up in wood-chopping with Lincoln, Gladstone or the more recent Kaiser Bill. |