Trench and camp., January 16, 1918, Image 1

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R o JANUARY 16, 1918. S o I
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Former Representative Johnson
Hero of Third Training Camp
School—Students Prominent,
Organized into two companies of in
fantry and a battery of fleld artillery,
the lads selected to attend the training
#chool for officers—the third officers’
ining camp—are getting down to the
d work of intensive training in the
ouble A section of the cantonment.
ey are far removed from the others
here and the schedule which has been
outlined for them yvm truly test their
- physical endurance and their ability.
. One of those out on the ice-covered
s:ldl going through the “sprouts” to
jay was a man who surrendered his
geat in the House of Representatives in
r that he might do his bit with the
mies. He is Royal C. Johnson, un
a few weeks ago a member of Con
s from the second district of South
Dakota.
. College Men Attend.
: , - Then, teo, there are many college men
at the school, as the quotas from the
niversity of Pennsylvania and other
cational institutions were sent here
in addition to the lads from the insti
tutions named in the original order. A
small quota of the best qualified men
in the United States Ambulance Corps
and other units of the Regular Army
also were sent here.
- It was originally proposed that only
400 men should be assigned to the
training camp heére, and this number
was later increased to 500. Now that
. &all are here, however, the roster of the
gchool shows a total number of ‘more
than 700 students who aspire to com
fhissions as second lieutenants. Many
of the young men here were prominent
ipn. society and in the professions in
civil life in various cities of the east.
-- Congressman ‘“Some’” Patriot.
"l'he one soldier-student in whom
dvery one is interested, however, is
g:mor Congressman Johnson, as of
rs and men alike feel that a man is
me” patriot who would resign a seat
the law-making body of the nation
D don the uniform of the Army as a
private in order to fight it out with
" the Huns on the field of battle.
: - The additional number of students at
the officers’ training school has made
. it necessary to appoint additional in
structors and the following officers
_hßave been ordered to report to Lieut.
gol. Clenard McLaughlin, the com
andant, to serve in that capacity:
Cfipt. J. Addison Singer, 316th Infantry;
;st Lieut. Albert S. Nathan, 315th
Infantry; First Lieut. Louis G. Varter,
“ 814th Infantry, and First thput. Rich
ard N. Whittington, 314th Infantry.
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BAN SOLDIERS’ FRILLS.
‘Generals’ Take Exception to ‘Shiny’
Yellow Cords of Enlisted Men.
An emphatic order has been issued
against a shiny yellow hat cord, very
popular with the quartermaster’s en
listed men, who by the use of this cord
shine out like so many generals. In
the order this distinct bit of camou
flage was disapproved. The generals
bhave their gold hat cords, and as it
would be a great deal of bother for
them to make a change, the Q. M.
boys will have to go back to the sheen
less yellow, the cotton cord that was
good enough for many others before
the enterprising innovators put the
near-gold band on the market. :
In the san\2 order many other popular
soldier togs were branded as “un-uni
form.” The “un-uniform” stuff must be
cast aside, and failure to do so will in
volve punishment. .
In the same order a plea is made for
uniformity in the Army as highly im
portant as a matter.of discipline. On
several occasions the nobby caps have
enma in for condemnation. -
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The Johns Hopkins Musical Club
will- give a concert Friday night at
the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. On Thurs
day and Saturday nights interregi
mental basket ball games will be
played at the auditorium,
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Printed Weekly for the Y. M. C. A. by Courtesy of
@he Foening Star.
Edition for CAMP MEADE Admiral, Md.
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Y. M. C. A. ACTIVITIES AT CAMP
| BROADENING THEIR \SCOPE
Proving Indispensable Factor in Military
Establishment at Meade—Religious In
struction Not Secondary in Interest.
Constantly broadening in its scope of
work, the Y. M. C. A, is proving an in
dispensable factor in the military estab
lishment at Camp Meade. ¢
A careful estimate of the attendance
at all the eight “Y” buildings here
places the average daily attendance of
soldiers at the bungalows at over 10,-
000, or nearly one-third of the entire
population of the cantonment.’
It is a significant fact, refuting the
idea that the association makes reli
gious instruction a secondary matter in
its program, that the attendance at
religious meetings during, the month
of December exceeded the attendance
at gatherings in which athletic events
were staged. .
In the religious department, accord
ing to the statistical report for last
month, there was an increase of fifty
three meetings over the previous
‘month. Nineteen more Bible classes
iworo organized, with an increased at
tendance of 2,240.
What the association is doing in a
recreational way for the soldiers may
be noted when it is reported that there
'were - 594 more entertainments last:
month than during November.
~ That the athletioc features, including
soccer and basket ball, are. interesting
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- SNAPS AT CAMP MEADE
Coal Mixed With Woed and Electric
. Current Defeat Bffects of =
To meet the cold wavep that came onel
after another like that wave formation
in an attack that theé men are le;rnmgl
now so well a coal ration has been set
by the fuel experts. The stoves have“
had greater appetite than was expected|
and so wood is being blended nicely
with the coal to give the necessary
heat.
Over a million dollars’ worth of plumb
ing was done here and the pipes were
laid at what seemed like a reasonable
distance. This sandy soil has no cold
resistance or heat holding quality such
as is to be noted in other heavier soils.
The result is that heavy pipes get
frozen not once, but over and over
again. In fact, the freezeup led to the
discovery that electric current is all‘
that is needed to thaw out the ice.
The current here usually runs upi
to about 2,200 volts. This enormous
voltage is brought down to about 55
volts by the use of transformers, re-l
sulting in an extremely heavy .mper-’
age. The resistance of the ice-filled:
pipes generates the necessary heat, thus
thawing them out. The alternating cur
rent makes this possible. Sergt. Polster
of the utilities force, under the camp
quartermaster, is carrying out this
idea. In some places 200 feet of frozen
underground pipe has been thawed tén a
few minutes. The same thing has be
done over and over again, the pro<:eui
calling for much wonder and a maze of
technical explanation. ‘
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New Religious Director Arrives.
_Dr. E. A. McAlpip, jr, formerly
pastor of Babcock Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church, Baltimore, and now
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Madison, N. J.,, has been ap
pointed camp religious director of the
Y. MC. A at Ca.mz Meade. He suc
ceeds Dr. Charles Goodell of New
York.
the men in camp, is shown by the faot
that there was an increase last month
of 5,109 of those taking part in these
activities.
- Statistical Report of Activities.
Following is the complete statistical
report for December: ™ ‘
Estimated attendance at buildings....... 820.385;
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, |
Lectures— ‘
MR . ... o s s i 21
Attendance ...........c..octoiooooooooso 4,040
Educational classes, number..........., 205 |
Educational classes, attendance........, 11,802
Number books circu1ated................ 8,163
Physical—
Num‘er participating ............cieooo - THES
Number spectators .....................," 37,459
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES,
Religious meetings ............cOOOOOOO 178
Attendance ......v o ccosicicsnrsiesees 35,415
Bible classes— |
MEMBRE: . STV e e e 123
SUBRERROS: (i atesitiivetessitanbni %’ 4000
Scriptures distributed .................. 8,482
Personal Christian interviews........... 581
Christian decisions ..................... 822
Number signing war r 011................ 1,611
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, |
Entertainments— ( 1
DRI 050 dba st Ry b et 57
ARIORBRNOE " . .. ... ishinsnasetss sionne: SEONN
Motion pictures— 3 |
N .l T et i 91
CALIORURNON. .oos ot dassosnsnrsscosnneoic 85,008
MISCELLANEOUS. ' i o
Letters written (e5timated)............. 807,956
Money orders #old........cooooonniennns 874
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'QUIT SI,OOO A WEEK PAY
‘Mosconi Brothers, Star Vaudeville.
Team, Ordered to Report at Camp
for S3O a Month Service. )
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Louis and Charles. Mosconi, star
vaudeville performers on the Keith cir
cuit, are among the selected men from
Philadelphia, leaving the stage, which
pays them SI,OOO a week, to become sol
diers for Uncle Sam at S3O a month, 7
' The Mosconi Brothers, as they are
known-en the stage, were filling an en
gagement last week -at the Riverside
Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y., when they
were notified by telegram that they had
been drafted and that they would have
| to report at Camp Meade Monday.
The boys immediately informed their
manager of the circumstances and the
act in which they appear, “Dance Re
vue of 1917,” had to be canceled. They
immediately went to the Quaker city,
where they left for Meade, with other
Imembers to be drafted into the ‘Na
tional Army. :
’ Louis and Charles have been in
vaudeville for the past four years, dur
ing which time they have appeared in
many cities. President Wilson utend-l
ed the performance at B. F. Keith’s
Theater in Washington when the boys
'were onthe bill' there last fall. And.
' they are quite proud of having helped}
\entertain the “commander in chief.”
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' Organize Italian Bible Classes.
For the benefit of Italian soldiers in
‘camp who cannot speak: English, Bible
classes in Italian are being organized
under the direction .of.Joseph Mez
zatesta of the 204th Supply Train, Com- |
pany A. The classes will be started
within the next few days. A number of
Italian Scriptures have been purchased
through the Y. M. C. A. Assisting
Mezzatesta in the work of instruction
are Mataline Tchi of the Field Bakery
‘Com y and Antone Morulla of the
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306th Supply Train.
ARMY NEWS
| Forß ARMY MEN
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| THEIR HOME FOLKS
Patrick o'Denovan, Fighting Irish
man of British Army, Has Record
' at the Front. :
“Hit hard!” That is the new motto
of the Liberty Division, coined by James
Patrick O'Donovan, the fighting IrisH
man of the British army, who has tack
led the job of making a boxer out of
every man here. i
O’'Donovan is a full\jledged captain, .
who won his commission by hitting
hard. For nearly two years he was on
the fighting lines. He knows the Hun,
for he has fought him. “And to knock
him cold, says the fighting csgtain. you
Americans have got to pack a terrible .
punch.”
Despite the multiplicity of drills and
army maneuvers that are being Yaught
to the men of the division, the real old
fighting game in which a man uses two .*
perfectly good fists is the outstanding
feature in the new training program, -
Why boxing has been introduced as a
-of the training program &ug;
outlined by Capt. O'Donovan to ’y :
when he delivered a short talk to hig
‘boxlng class. This clags consists of seve
enty-five junior officers and when th ‘
have qualified as mitt artists, they will
return to their respective units and im- .
part their knowledge of the manly art -
to the plain privates. , - n
~ In sharp, crisp and forceful lun_m;gso ;
the Irishman told this bunch of ambi
}tloul men that the success of ? 0
American Army depended upon the ,
physical fitness of the individual. ™ °
“The plans of generals, the efficiency
of equipment ahd the genius of 3}}l&:7
strategists will fail,” said the aker,
“unless the men who are picked to exe- _
}cute the work are fit for their mkfi
You owe your strength, soul and
to your fivernment. Your soul and
mind can developed only when your
physique is in tip-top shape, and %o
keep in shape physically there is noth
ing so practical and efficient as boxlng.
It develops your muscles, quickens the
eye and tunes up rour brains, | .
“England recognizes that the réal de
pehdable man is the athlete, for the
athlete has physical power and coun?.
He has decision, too, and in a tight
pinch when the Hun must be hit and hit
hard, it is the athlete who is dung
for the work. That tells the story,
go to it and learn to hit, but learn to
hit hard.” :
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General Order Defines Desertion.
~ The question of what. is desertion and
‘what is not has been the cause of
much discussion, and a general ofl!ot
has been issued setting forth the og
fense in digested form. Very often a
man is said to be p deserter when he
is only absent without leave. In the
first place a deserter must have been
inducted into the service. '
Selected men are inducted into the
service from and after the hour spect
fied by the local board for them to re
’port for military duty. Deserters are
of .four classes, viz.: Those who have
‘never appeared for physical examina
tion, registrants who have failed to re
turn their questionnaires to the local
board, men examined who have failed
to report for mobilization and men who
have regorted and later deserted. A re
ward of SSO is paid for the apprehen
sion of a deserter. The penalty for de
‘,urtlon in time of war is capital pun
fshment.
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Billy Sunday to Visit Meade,
" Billy Sunday is coming to Camp
Meade, headquarters announced this
‘mln‘. The evangelist has accepted
the invitation of Gen. Nicholson and
will deliver a sermon to the boys of
the 790th Army Division. &y
No date has been set for the visit,
but he is expected within a short time.
His trip will be of the flm, vqlg'tm
and there is no doubt he
have & récord audience, for the 42,000
men here will turn out en masse to
hear him, ’
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