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The Florists^ Review 



15 



HXJBBYINa HOME. 



Transports and Trains Take Them. 



A continuous stream of American sol- 

 diers, who have been at the front in 

 France and Belgium, some wounded and 

 some not, is arriving at Atlantic sea- 

 ports, principally New York. These 

 men, of course, are not being imme- 

 diately released from the army. The 

 wounded are sent to hospitals and con- 

 valescent camps; the others go to the 

 training camps where they will await 

 demobilization. The men who were in 

 training at the cantonments when the 

 war was halted are gradually being re- 

 leased and are going to their homes. 

 Hundreds of thousands of young men 

 thus are being returned to their peace- 

 time occupations. Among these thou- 

 sands are many members of our trade. 

 Some have been returned from Europe; 

 others are sent home from camps. The 

 movements of these young men are of 

 interest to the trade. Send in their 

 names and something about them for the 

 page The Review devotes each week to 

 the fighting florists. 



Sergeant Deutscher Returns. 



Jacob M. Deutscher returned to Phila- 

 delphia December 12, after sixteen 

 months in the service. Mr. Deutscher 

 was a sergeant in the 312th Field Ar- 

 tillery, stationed at Camp Meade, near 

 Baltimore, Md. He was assigned to 

 special service on several occasions, 

 carrying out his orders successfully de- 

 spite difficulties that had to be over- 

 come. Sergeant Deutscher has been hon- 

 orably discharged. He is in splendid 

 physical condition, ready to devote all 

 his energies to the distribution of cut 

 flowers at the Philadelphia "Wholesale 

 Florists' Exchange. Phil. 



H. Oronbeck's Two Sons. 



May 15, 1917, which was shortly after 

 this country got into the European war, 

 Paul C. Gronbeck, son of H. Gronbeck, 

 Mechanicsburg, Pa., enlisted in the 

 army and was assigned to the Quarter- 



Walter H. Gronbeck. 



Serg. J. M. Deutscher. 



master's Corps, at Washington. Pro- 

 motions came until he was a first ser- 

 geant and in August of this year he was 

 recommended for the officers' training 

 school at Camp Lee, Va. November 30, 

 after the fighting was over, he received 

 a commission as second lieutenant, but, 

 as he was not assigned to a company, he 

 is now at home helping his father. 



Walter Gronbeck, another son of Mr. 

 Gronbeck, was called for service Feb- 

 ruary 25 and was sent to Camp Meade, 

 Md. He was assigned to Company B, 

 304th Ammunition Train, 79th Division, 

 and left July 14 for overseas service. 

 He is still there. 



Howard M. Earl's Officer-Sons. 



When the United States entered the 

 war in April, 1917, John Howard Earl 

 and Douglas Earl, sons of Howard M. 

 Earl, of Bolgiano & Co., Washington, 

 enlisted in the U. S. Army as privates. 

 Both were sent overseas with the first 

 contingents of the American Expedi- 

 tionary Forces. Since that time both 

 have risen from the ranks step by step 

 until now the first named is Lieut. John 

 Howard Earl, in command of Company 

 G, 111th Infantry, 80th Division, with 

 the Army of Occupation that has just 

 crossed the Bhine into Germany. Doug- 

 las Earl is a second lieutenant with Com- 

 pany K, 320th Infantry, 28th Division, 

 which is with the army corps that is act- 

 ing as a reserve to the Army of Occu- 

 pation. 



Ideut. Swenson Leaves Army. 



Lieutenant Hilmer V. Swenson is 

 home from the war. Lieutenant Swen- 

 son is well known to florists all over the 

 United States aa an expert in florists' 

 advertising; he did a large business in 

 supplying advertising specialties under 

 the name of the Hilmer V. Swenson Co. 



until he was drafted and sent to the 

 ranks at Camp Grant. But this was no 

 place in which to keep a good man down 

 and Swenson soon was a noncommis- 

 sioned officer and later was commis- 

 sioned as lieutenant. For the last six 

 months he has been at Camp MacArthur, 

 Waco, Tex. He was given his discharge 

 last week and is back in Chicago. 



W. W. Webster Betums. 



Private Wendell W. Webster, son of A. 

 W. Webster, of Webster's Greenhouses, 

 Ceutralia, 111., has returned to his home 

 in that city from the training camp at 

 Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, 

 111. Young Mr. Webster enlisted in June 

 and entered the service in October. He 

 was a member of the Students' Army 

 Training Corps and his company was the 

 first to be discharged from that camp. 

 His business experience is in the florists ' 

 trade exclusively. He belongs to the 

 Elks' lodge and to several other frater- 

 nal orders. 



Lieut. Patterson Manages Paper. 



Several weeks ago, in fact, just be- 

 fore the armistice brought an end to 

 hostilities, Col. Charles Miller, comman- 

 dant of Camp Pike, near Little Bock, 

 Ark., called in his staif and suggested 

 that the camp ought to have a news- 

 paper. A canvass of the personnel was 

 made and among the officers were found 

 several whose peace-time occupations 

 were editing and managing newspapers. 

 Among them was Lieut. Kellogg M. Pat- 

 terson, formerly connected with The Re- 

 view. Lieutenant Patterson was made 

 business manager of the paper, which 

 was named The Camp Pike Carry On. In 

 the first issue, dated November 21, Lieu- 

 tenant Patterson tells of getting the pa- 

 per started. After the managers of the 

 different departments had been selected 

 and activities begun, it was found that 

 the plans of the publishers were too mod- 

 est. Advertising patronage was so large 



Paul C. Gronbeck. 



