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) N 5 | ¢ AN A b o T AN = : * Publithed Under Auspices | ot of ’ Nanonar Waz Worx Counca T.ML.C.A of the United States Vol. 1. ...~ "JANUARY-23,1918. @ ~ No. 16 E o o —— , o e i Gén. Nicholson Tells All Officers “They Must “Stand Reveille” at 6 AM. Daily, = W7h'nt~ is considered the dgath knell of military ' functions in gay Baltimore was sounded when Gen, W, J. Nichol son informed officers that they must stand reveille at 6:30 every morning. No order that has been issued by the genial commander since he assumed : _co;hmanq of the Liberty plzlslon telll with such a heavy thud as the “early morning call,” and scores of officers were quick to admit that it meant the end of their parties in Baltimore and Washington. o | Since the cantonment was thrown open to the selects it has been the cus tom of the junior officers to take turns at the reveille stunt, and by doing so a majority of the men could nttend'th'e{ “gdciety hops” in town and obtain a few hours’ rest before going into the fleld with their companies. = He Means Business. = The order, though, is but one of many affecting the division, for Gen. Nichol son is determined to develop a fighting organization, even though it becomes necessary to upset the social calendar. In his effort to jack up the division and ?ject a “fighting spirit” into the out t, the commanding officer will play no favorites, and his action concerning the “reveille arder” demonstrates that he méans business. 3 In the Army Gen. Nicholson is regard ed as a fighting man, and in recent con ferences with his officers he has not minced words in his efforts to impress upon them the necessity of developing . smap and pep. J “Snap” of a Salute. As further evidence that he proposes to turn out a “snappy outfit,” Gen. Nic¢holson has informed his officers that they must exercise greater care when saluting. While this may be consider ed 'by laymen as a minor detall, rank ing Army officers consider that it is important for an officer to put real pep inte his salute. 3 | According to ranking -officers, a real fighting man can be judged by the snap o? his salute, and Gen. Nicholson is de termined that every man in hig organ jization must keep that fact in ‘mind, so hereafter an officer here must put snap in his salute and hear in mind that the same snap must be employed when saluting a private as when he recog nizes his commander-in-chief. . e—————— ' Study of French Compulsory. When the men of the 313th Regiment go over to France there will be no de lays-as far as making themselves un derstood to the people there is concern ed. To make each soldier of the regi ment have a knowledge of the language wouyld be an impossible task in a lim fted time. Col. Sweezey, commander of the regiment, however, has aguthor ized six men from each company to at terid one of the camp French classes. B .-~ Instruction in Boxing. : Instruction in Dboxing by Captf.. O’Donovan of the British army is prov ing an attraction to officers and enlist ed men. Classes meet every afternoom at the Y. M. C. A. bujlding G, from 1 to 4 o'clock. : Mayor Jackson, assistant division surgeon, will give a talk next week at G ‘buildipg on “Serbia.” He was in Serbia f(?l' seven months and the lec ture promises to be an interesting one. [P——— R - < Lectures on ‘“Apostle Peter.” - Lieut. Howard Kirk, exchange officer of the 313th Regiment, gave an inter esting talk Sunday night at Y. M. C. A. jlding G, on “Apostle Peter.” The :ngotmgg was largely attended, includ ing a number of officers from headquar ters. i s o -t 3‘ 4‘* J‘ ’:"-\‘ ?, ’)' /:T\‘ F/zl\: 3 R e LY 5 : e 2 o ¥ ST : > . "2 L - [N g sl ; P It eSS A SRS Xl Peseee e C\ eX e S featntse et SRR, T e - - Printed Weekly for the Y. M. C. A. by Courtesy of @he Foening SHaf. ) (' ’ | J ' Books on Military and Technical " Subjegts Entertain and Educate United States Fighters. Books on technicl. and military sub jects, poetry, drama, essays, biography, fiction, magazines of current events, in t‘ct anything one desires in the way of reading matter on any topic, can_be found on the shelves of the library which'is now open at Camp Meade. The library is maintained by the American Library Auoc_i_ntlon. under the super vision of the commission” of training camp activities. Soldiers do not have to stay at the library to read the books they want. Books may be taken to the barracks for a period of two-weeks. A soldier is ‘eéntitled to membership by reason of his being in the service. Has 8,000 Volumes. At present the library has about 8,000 volumes. This number will be in creased from time to time to complete the capacity of the library, which will have lhel\;se enough to take care of about 30,000 books. . A. L. Bailey of the public library at Wilmington, Del., who, now has the bulldlnf in charge, willi return shortly to his former duties. H. 8. Leach, ref erence librarian of Princeton Uni ~versity, who is now assistant to Mr. 'Baliley, -will take charge of the work here. : Reading Room Attractive. The library is located in a section of the camp, near the Y. M. C. A, audi torium and the Liberty Theater, that is convenient to all parts of the can tonment. The, reading room has more than 200 chairs. It is equipped with electric drop lights, and those of studi ous habits or those who wish to en tertajn themselves by reading will find it an attractive plac, to spend the !evonlngs at camp. e The best reference books are at the library, including the New Internation al Encyclopaedia. . There are branch libraries in all the Y. M. C. A. bungalows and the Knights of Columbus buildings. s e e SR “Mike” Uraine of Washington Meets “Kid Henry” in Six-Round Boxing Bout. “Mike” Uraine, formerly of the Washington police force, known at Meade as the “fighting cop,” met Harry Cyrus, alias “Kid Henry,” the cham pion middlewenght of the 368th In fantry, in a six-round boxing bout l;s_t Friday night at Y. M. C. A. bung low D-39. Both men were in splendid trim, and the contest was close from start to finish. In the first four rounds Cyrus seemed to outclass his opponent, but- Uraine came baek strong in the last two rounds. ¢ Brig. Gen. Nicholson and staff were present to witness the contests, and were guests df honor. Col. Jackson and Col. Mapes of the 368th also were pres ent. ; Before the main bout there were sev eral preliminary bouts, including a battle royal in which eight men parti cipated. This event was the most ex citing on the program. So. closely matched were the last two who re mained on the stage that the prize of 1,000 cigarettes was divided between them. - & 2 On athletic night at the building Col. Jackson made & short talk to the men on the value of boxing to the soldier. An orchestra of ten pieces furnished music for this occasion. | Edition for CAMP MEADE Admiral, Md. Hits Bull's-Eye on Target Ten !‘eet| Square, Theoretically Demolishing Machine Gun Emplacement. A test made of the Stokes trench mortars resulted in a bull’'s-eye scored at 150 yards on a target ten feet square. The shot hit square in the middle of the iboamlod marker, theoretically demolishing 'a machine gun emplacement. The firing charge was the same as that to be used in actual conflict, but the shell itself was a dummy gnd did not therefore ex plode. It was of the same weight as the shell that woyld be used to de molish steel and concrete. The accu racy of the shooting was a source of gratification to those who did the aim ing and to those who have all along had faith in this weapon. A second shot was fired and this fell only a few‘ feet short of the mark, thus lnlurlng‘ the death of any enemy at the polnt‘ indicated by the boards. : " Have Terrific Force. | There are two om queer little weapons of such t fic power. The two are of three-inch caliber. Others of 46 and 9 :inch caliber have beon} used by the English,- but the 3-inch variety has many distinct merits, al-i though, of course, not so powerful. The 9-inch mortar is really an artillery weapon, while the others are for the in fantry and real trench weapons. | The test, which attracted much at tention, proved also that the mortars are easily handled by a small crew. The mortar complete may be no mou‘ than about 150 pounds in weight. It is entirely inoffensive in appearance, r@ sembling a bit of sewer pipe such as is to be found almost anywhere in the camp grounds, especially near the headquarters for the plumbing force. British Officer in Charge. The mortar training is now being given only to a select force of officers, under the direction of Lieut. Jarvis B. Cogswell, with the advice of Capt. R. D. Green, a British army officer, who has had battle experience with this latest revival of the old weapon that many thought had been discarded fors ever as a part of ordnance equipment of an army. Tjgp work done by the little mortar was similar to that done on a much more impressive scale by the coast defense batteries. Lieut. Cogswell and the British expert were both highly pleased. . | It was decided to extend this mortar training. Among the officers and men who will get this training there will be First Lieut. J. F. Taylor of the 313th. | Roger Capp, who was supply sergeant of Company H, 316th, is the first man who went to the officers’ training camp to get a commission. His commission in the aviation section came today di rectly from the War Department, thus taking him out of the school where he was trying for a commission in the line, infantry or artillery. He was anxious for the air service, although, like many others, eager to make as much advancement in the regular way as possible. . - . - St s e, French Used in Engineers’ Section. Up in the section of the 28th Engi neers the visitor is reminded of France. lHe sees French signs on every door and on every barraeks, at the intersection of company streets, in the kitchens and other places. These signs tell him: Alez a droite—*‘turn to the right”; Aux ‘ecuries—“to the stables”; Fermez la porte—‘“shut the door.” The dishes put on the tables have French_ names. The men hold French conversations. Tell it not at home, some of them are studying how .to make love in French. . Uncle Sam now charges three cents to carry that letter home, but the usual quota of full mail bags is daily leaving Camp Meade. It's a safe bet that the fellow who writes often gets the most mail, and a good, cheery message from mother or sweetheart or wife or friend ig certainly welcome to the man in the ATth - . ARMY NEws | FOR ARMY MEN AND THEIR HOME FOLKS S$ ° S Much Interest Shown in Demonstra-: tions to Bring Out Strong Péints of Various Types. - Much interest <centers \horo in demon strations of the comparative effective ness of various types of machine guns. The development of scientific machine gunnery has been one of the romances’ of the war, and the series of machine i gun demonstrations at the division 'school by members of the corps of in-’ ‘structors and students is watched with Rreat interest by army officers here ‘and in Washington. : i Although no exhaustive test of the Lewis and Vickers guns has been ma.do." ' the recent demonstration before Gen.’ Nicholson and the field officers of the 79th Division at the ‘machine ' gun school apparently warrants the infer ence that where quick work is de !mndpd. the Lewis gun can be rushed, forward, emplaced and brought into action more quickly than the .Vickers, which, with its tripod, weighs more than twice as much as the Lewis. In: the demonstration referred to, the Lew is gun, owing to its mobilitf, opened: fire in thirty seconds, while the heavier. Vickers opened fire in fifty seconds. ° Vickers Heavier Than Lewis. . - The Lewis, which is the intermediate type, is used in large numbers by Brit: ish, and, to some extent, by all the als. lies. It is essentially an infantry armh The Vickers, or heavy type gun, W . has many of the characteristics of 1 2 artillery in that it rarely. 80- “over the" . top” and is fired from a fixed emp =, ment, is also widely used. The light. type—sometimes called an automatic rifie, though they are all automatic and’ all machine guns—is also widely used. Although the French use the Lewis for trench warfare as well as on aero-. planes, the drift in their army is de~ cidedly toward greater use of auto matic rifies of the highly portable type, such as the Chauchat. The Lewis gua: is also used as a portable weapon much in the same way, but on account of itg greater weight and size, as compared with the extremely light types, not with equal facility. Fre Each type of machine gun has its’ limitations and, except by accident, one does not attempt the work of another, As a purely infantry weapon the Vick ers is 50 per cent wasted, hence it is rarely carried over the top until aftep the infantry has cleaned out the en-. emy trenches; and the latter have been consolidated, then, and only then, it is emplaced and used to stem any counter attack. Lewis Operated by One Man. The Lewis is a mobile weapon as | compared with the heavier Vickers, but .less mobile than the lighter types of this weapon. The mobility of the Vicke ers is limited, as it is heavy for even two men to carry. The Lewis is oper ated by one man, the Vickers by two men. The Lewis fires from the ground ~or any sort of natural rest such as the parapet of a trench or small stone, while the Vickers is always operated trortn atn emg:s:ezlnt:n: rfongr?u;r of con crete to whic 0 b.tl - tially attached. g ———————————— o’Hara Waiting for Real Fighting. . Michael O'Hara, who was a patrolman in Philadelphia, had a new job the other day clearing up the tables and doing other odd jobs around the Y. W. C. A, hostess house. Michael doesn’t say any thing, but he intimates that he is willing to do his bit in any way whatsoever, He seems a trifle anxious to get across the water to some real fighting. They sa: gl;’au ludhme :ttthe to:xhe-t dhtrletz hiladelp ut that he made eve body respect him. i N 2 e o e ’ More auto buses advocated for travel to and from camp. With more compes tition there might be less highway robb‘ryo ” i t'.g'w e b : 0 "‘2 \ "l & 1 i H 0 g 1 A g ' 6;‘ “ | RGO rl(\‘ 1’ i N I ff! ..E X I'l' e N il ' B & 1 il Hl!l'v! N l H o ll\_ il} _!" 3 ' TN f ': 4 ""!\E.Q.: ‘% E%fi“"‘ e TR l TR i t\'\‘ i §: hg"’:‘% VA oy ST ETI L *“ S, : : 5l i LT LR Yy @ 8§ GER o R s ¥ “fi“: 1\ 'l\:'z. 5 4 i i! N '\\G' Py § "fl " ;fi h T\ )40 é} YL po¢ - s> X 2 fo Ll Nl 6 - . \“ ‘a: " q@ g : -\"' ‘3: R ‘; ;‘-‘"tia R e i N} 1. i B ‘ 1l % . H 1 }‘ : ; okl