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Adjutant, 316th Infantry. He was a former newspaper man, having been Wash
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| CAMP CULLINGS. H
If you want to know what the sol
‘diers Teally do énjoy drop in at a box
ing match.
There is nothing on earth more in
spiring to patriotism than a Camp
Meade review.
The military bands of Camp Meade
are now a recognized part of the mili
tary service. They are all right on the
music stuff, and they are run by gen
tlemen who are as accommodating and
obliging as they are good looking. That
is going some.
With rifle practice daily on the range,
with machine guns rattling in another
quarter of the cantonment, the military
atmosphere here is becoming strikingly
realistic. ‘
So many changes have been made in
the schedule of the Washington, Balti
more and Annapolis that the soldiers
who go to Baltimore are put to a great
deal of annoyance and inconvenience,
causing them to explain the reasons for
their delay. This week it was announced
by the railroad officials a new and bet
ter schedule had been inaugurated.
Sergt. J. J. Shirey of Company K,
313th, poet of that company and author
of the 313th’s marching song, had so
much success in persuading men here
to take out the war risk insurance that
he has been sent over to France to help
sign up men about to go into the
trenches for the war risk insurance.
The period of taking out insurance has
been extended, and he will probably
have plenty to.do.
The warm weather has changed the
aspect of things at camp and made pos
sible more strenuous training than has
been on the program for weeks. One
feature of the training that has been
noted is the intensive work given the
machine-gun units. They will work
OFFICERS OF 311TH ARTILLERY
. HOLD DANCE AT Y. M. C. A,
Tripping fentastically over the floor
of “O” Y. M. C. A. the officers of the
311th Field Artillery and their guests
from Baltimore, Philadelphia and other
&ies danced Saturday evening as dhey
: d never dapced before. It was a party
/o( memorable incidents and many at
tractions.
With superb taste the arrangements
were made by a committee of officers,
with Capt. Thomas H. Gilliam as chaif
man. Dinner was served before the
dance at the officers’-guarters, the
guests wending their way afterward to
the “Y* hall by means of a straw cov
ered path. \
A camouflage ‘‘seventy-five” adorned
the stage, American flags and the regi
mental colors being draped over -the
cannon. Battery guidons with their
flaming red background were attached
to the pillars, which bare also evergreen
boughs. The regimental band furnished
music and supper was served just be
fore the guests departed, the dance
ending with a salute to the colors.
Brig. Gien. Hero, commander of the
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Angious Mother’s Search Rewarded.
A woman came hurrying into the Y. W.
C. A. hostess house explaining to the di
rector that she had come on a surprise
visit to her son, had only a short time. to
stay, but wasn’t able to locate him. The
director took her in the hostess house car.
They discovered the son’s barracks, after
a good deal of searching, with the help
of a sergeant, and were told that the son
had been discharged dishonorably a month
before. ’
The son’s name was James Smith. The
gergeant said he had found another
James Smith in the same barracks, but
this one wasn’t her son. The mother was
almost overcome with disappointment.
After the party returned adly to the host
ess house the sergeant phoned that he
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TRENCH AND CAMP
along of their own program from now
on.“ This force is getting more and
more proficient every day.
" Rev. B. F. Powell of Johnstown, Pa.,
is one of the many Young Men's Chris
tian Association men to be commis
sioned as a chaplain. He will go to the
new Army school for chaplains at Fort
Monroe, Va.,, and then in a few weeks
start to France to help supply the need
for chaplains which Gen. Pershing has
pointed out..
One candidate for a commission has
decided that he would rather be back
again as a non-commissioned officer.
Burdette M. Young, who was a ser
geant in the Medical Corps, at his own
request has been relieved from duty at
the officers’ training camp. He will
serve with his unit at Fort Myer, Va.
In the school of arms the course in
automatic rifle firing reached the point
where the men had their opportunity
to burn up some ammunition. The spit
fire guns made a fine showing and
greatly pleased the foreign experts
who acted as observors and advisers.
Almost everywhere in the camp there
are talking machines anqg pianolas. The
“din’ drives the music lovers and per
formers to the hostess house, where
there is a piano. Corp. Clance H. Sper
ing, tenor, and Sergt. Edgar Scott, a
pianist, are there almost every evening.
Scott studied under Muehler, a Leipsig
graduate, and- Spering’s teacher was
Mme. Ada Turner Kurtz of Edinburg%\,
Scotland. They give concerts that make
the crowds sit up and express their
wonder. It dawns on the crowds that
the performers are real artists.
The military police who were quaran
tined have now had the ban lifted and
hope to get back on the job again; hope
also to have some passes for visits
home next week.
artillery brigade and his daughter
were among the ‘prominent guests, as
.was also Lieut. Col. Tenney F.oss, who
had just returned from France with
Maj. Gen. Kuhn, where he made several
aerial flights.
Others present were:
Misses Rebecca Angelica White,
Sophie Stewart, Virginia Stewart, Clare
Goode, Helen Whitridge, Frederica Ful
ton Leser; Amy Robinson, Sophie MecL.
Fisher, Alma Vogel, Priscilla Dawson,
Louise Dawson, Joscephine Smith, Mrs.
Cooper Drewry. Robert Lowndes, I. A.
Klots, Philip Barry, Edward May, Eu
gene Newbold, W. W Symington, Rich
ard Jackson, R. Howard Bland, all of
Baltimore. ‘
Misses Amy Wood, Maria Tucker,
Rosalie Vogel, Katheryn Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Reed, Mrs. W. B. Fisher,
W. B. Fustace, Vernon Houcke, all of
Philadelphia.
Mzs. R. A. Wood, Coshocton, Pa; Mrs.
Frank Fischer, Annapolis; Miss Hay
den, New York; Mrs. B. A. Russell,
Washington; Mrs. W. A. Briggs, Wash
ington; Mrs. Frank Jones, Pittsburgh,
and Count Luserne di Campgliani of the
| Italian embassy to the United States.
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was sending the other James Smith any
way, although this James Smith insisted
it couldn’t ‘be his mother.
Jln a few minutes the substitute “James"”
opened the door of the hostess house and
stood completely dazed before the woman.
“Why, it is my nsovther!" he stammered.
I had no idea she was in this part of the
country.’”’ .
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It is commonly ‘reported that there is
a certain young lieutenant in Company
K of the 313th Infantry,K who considers
himself safe from bullets. The reason is
that he wears Paris garters, and there
fore is confident that no metal can
touch him:.
“Do you belong to the National Army?”
asked a feminine visitor the other day.
“Naw, I'm on K. P.,”” said White of the
ordnance. |
United States Fighters May Apply
Klein's Book at the “0” .
April 12, }
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The time within -which applications
for insurance may be made by the sol
diers and sailors of America has been
extended until April 12, according to
a telegram received by Brig. Gen. W,
J. Nicholson, the acting division com
mander here. The extension does not
apply, however, to the automatic in
surance of $4,500 given every soldier
and sailor until February 12 by the
terms of the war risk act.
Capt. Roscoe D, Brown, who handled.
the insurance campaign here, reported
to Gen. Nicholson that 98% per
cent of the men of the division had
‘been insured during the campaign, and
‘that the total amount of insurance
purchased through the government by
the men here was $228,001,000, The aver
age policy amounted to $8,265.
l A Perfect Score. ’
The 314th Infantry, a unit composed
of Pennsylvanians, established an en
viable record during the campaign
which ended on February 12. All but
nine men of this organization were in
sured for a total of $20,500,000. The
average policy in this regiment was
$9,669, and the regiment is 99.57 per
cent inusred. The 316th Field Artillery,
which is made up largely of Maryland
county men and some Pennsylvanians,
‘made the best record among the artil
leuy units. Every man in this regiment
was insured,
The camp quartermaster forces were
the only ones to make a perfect score
during the campaign. lvery officer and
man in this department here—there are
about 300 of them—was insured for the
maximum amount of SIO,OOO each. The
maximum insurance for every officer
and man in the division was the goal
set by Gen. Nicholson when the cam
paign was begun. He was particularly
pleased at the results, and he expressed
the hope that those who failed to avail
themselves of the unusual opportunity
for additional protection as provided in
‘the insurance will do so before April
12,
} Capt. Brown Explains.
Capt. Brown explained that the pur
pose of the extension was primarily to
give the soldiers overseas who had not
had an adequate opportunity to pur-.,
chase insurance a chance to do so. And
at the same time those who have not
lyet been sent abroad and who could not
be interested in the unusual offer by
the government will have another
chance to file their applications. Before
the campaign was brought to a close,
those men who would not buy policies
were obliged ‘to sign a paper to the ef
fect that they did not want insurance.
mse s is o mas A
Athletic Council Formed. !
| An athletic council has been formed
in the 154th Depot Brigade, composed
of athletic cofficers of the six battalions.
Lieut. H. T. Cramer represents the 3d
Battalion; Lieut. G. A, Welch, the
famous Carlisle Indian athlete, the 4th;
Lieut. F. I. Grubel, the sHth; Lieut. E.
B. Roth, the 6th; Lieut. J. V. Thebaud,
the 7th, and Lieut. B. Slepin, the Bth,
R. A. Smith, physical director of Y. M.
C. A. building C-C, is chairman of the
council. This council will organize
and control all athletic activities of the
depot brigade.
et o e e s
Wrestling Becomes Popular.
Considerable interest is being aroused
in wrestling in the section near “Y" bun
galow S.
Last week Capt. Maclvor of Company L,
315th Infantry, selected six men to rep
resent the regiment. They are Brook
stein, Headquarters Company, 115-pound
class; Weir, Company I, 123-pound; Rey
nolds, headquarters, 135-pound; Roth, Ma
chine Gun Battalion, 145-pound; Levine,
Company L, 158-pound; Mammucari, Com
pany H, 175-pound. It is hoped that
teams will be selected in other regi
ments, so that interregimental wrestling
may be developed.
sil e s it
Nurses Soon to Go Over:. ‘
Nurses at the base hospital, who re
cently arrived here from California, soon
‘expect to go to France. The hospital is
iservlng not only to care for the 900 or
‘more. ill soldiers of the division, but also
as a center for final instruction and or-l
ganization of hospital enlisted men and
the Red Cross nurses now in the Army
Nurse Corps. The University of Mary
land has thirty of its enlisted members
here awaiting the call to_go over to serve
as a hospital unit behind the American
lines in France. Counting the 900 pa
tients, the hospital now has an enroll
ment of 1,600.
e eSS s N S
As You Were.
Kaiser Bill went up the hill
To take a peep at France. .
Kaiser Bill came down the hill
- With bullets in his pants.
C J. B
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“Do you think that the big truck will
displace the old government mule?”
“Yes, if it hits him.”
B s e bR
All Are Speeding Up on the Les
sons and Prof. Comba
Is Jubilant.
Officers and men here are speeding up
wi‘h their French lessons. Prof. Comba
and his staff of volunteer teachers are
jubilant at the growing interest in the
classes.
The moment of decision comes right
after evening mess, about 6:30 o'clock.
At that hour every e(renlng the soldler
is offered a list of recreation features—
boxing, wrestling, moving pictures,
vaudeville and a dozen other entertain
ment treats.
“Nothing doing,” answers the deter
mined soldier, spurning all the tempta
tions. “1 take my French lessons.” The
only thing that will keep some fellows
away from a French lesfin is a pass to
g 0 home, a little bit of measles or
something else strictly personal.’ -
The French lessons have advanced to
that point now that the language no
longer seems strange. The French
wording of signs in the “Y” buildings
Iseems natural enough, and it is no
longer a matter of comment to hear
two soldiers meet and exchange greet
ings in that language.
Since the War Department announced
that the Ameirflan line is in Lorraine
there is a great curiosity as to whether
Lorraine has any slang of its own. The
teachers who are here night after
night, regardless of the weather, on
time whether they get anything to eat
before teaching or not, are' Bayard
Turnbull, John Phelps, Edgar Dawson,
Louis Lefranc, Paul Gallimand, A. A,
Steinbach, Thoma Wells Pietsch,, Mrs.
T. Strother and Mrs. Bunn, wife o} Maj.
Bunn. \
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AT WASHINGTON THEATERS.
National,
“The Rainbow Girl,” a musical play in
three acts, with book and lyricss by
Rennold Wolf and music by Louis A.
Hirsch, is at the National THeater this
week. This new offering provides a co
herent plot based upon the Jerome K.,
Jerome comedy, “Fanny and the Serv
ant Problem,’, which has been brought
down to date and considerably en
livened by Mr. Wolf. The score is said
to represent Mr. Hirsch’s most melo
dious contribution to the tunefulness
of the day. Wi f
B. F. Keith’s.
Two stellar attractions, Carter De
Haven, Flora Parker and company and
Mollie King, assisted only by an ac
companist, headline the bill at B, F.
Keith’s this weéek.” Both offer exclusive
songs and the De Havens will, as usnal,
include many graceful dances in their
turn. Homer B. Mason, Marguerite
Keeler and company present Porter
Emerson Brown's sketch, ‘“Marriage.”
The Cameron Sisters, held over for a
second week, offer an entirely new se
ries of songs and dances. Others on the
bill are Joe Jackson, eccentric; Bert
Fitzgibbon, ‘“nut” comedian; Mme. Cro
nin, Rose and Moon, dances and songs.
Friday three shows.
3 Poli’s.
There is music and laughter aplenty
for patrons of Poli’s this -week, for
“The Gingerbread Man” is the bill. This
fantastical musical play, which com
bines the fairyesque with the real, af
fords opportunity for the most elab
orate production yet offered by the
Poli Musical Comedy Players. The book,
which has afforded amusement to many
audiences during the last ten years, is
by Frederick Rankin. Many song hits
are embraced in@he score, and the ‘Poli
Players find much i the original ma
terial to engage their tgjents- without
interpolation or addition.
s) e A
“Herbert C. Hoover’’ Transferred.
Herbert C. Hoover has been transfer
red to the Enlisted Ordnance Corps. No,
he is not the Hoover of Hooverizing
fame, but a musician assigned to the
Headquarters Company of the 316th In
fantry, and a selected man from Phila
delphia. Hoover and Jacob H. Reineck
er of the Supply Company of t.he same
unit, were selected for transfer to the
Ordnance Corps, and have been sent to
Washingten.
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- Athletic Contests Planned.
An interesting series of athletic con
tests has been arranged by the Y. M.
C. A, to be held in the ten bungalows.
)The regiments nearest these bungalows
will contest and the winners will take
‘part in a. camp track meet at the audi
torium. The events arrangeéd will in
clude potato race, ten-man tug-of-war,
rescue race and three-legged race. The
base ball players have now come forth
after the long period of hibernation.
There is no other more convincing sign
of spring. The pitchers are limbering
up their arms and the crack of a bat is
t‘g be heard from time to time.
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