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Motto of Men of the 310th and
311th F. A.—Sports at the
“0” Y Building,
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“Peel your eyes when the éolonel‘
comes around,” is the motto of the men
in both the 210th and 311&}1 F. A.
_Sharp, incisive is the way to describe
the look of both Col. Landers and Col.
Briggs and, like good officers, they sel
dom miss a thing as they go.
+The latter was in “O” Y building re
cently when he was led into a room for
Wctlon., The room- had two doors,
each opening on the main hall, The
colonel was led to the other door after
éntering, and to prove that it was
locked, his escort pointed out the
turned key. “Oh,” said the commander,
“I saw that before I came in.the room.”
"It might be said also that Col. Briggs
can ‘see” a pretty girl when she passes,
and he is one of the best dancers in
Meade. (14
Col. Landers walked up to the coun
ter of “0O” Y Wednesday afternoon and
asked for a copy of “this week’s Post.”
He was told that they were all sold.
“No,” said the colonel, “you are .wrong,
because Ihey are not out yet,” and
once more the-Y man laughed at Army
wit.
Best Boxing Match,
About the best boxing seen lately in
“0"” Y was the star attraction of the
1654th Brigade athletic meet Friday
afternoon, when Joe McGurk, the feath
erweight of headquarters, 311th, had a
shade on Russell of Battery E, same
regiment.
It was a count of eight for Russell in
the fourth round, but he stuck it out
for six and finished fairly strong. Lieut.
Richards was referee, and had his
hands full, Joe almost pinning him in
the excitement. Lieut. Richards and
the 400 spectators had many thrills,
and the boys boxed cleverly and hard
throughout.
: Wins Potato Race.
Gault of the 312th won the potato
race, with Christman of the 311th, sec
ond, several heats being necessary.
Gault was again winner in the 20-yard
dash, his time being 21 seconds, Stew
ard of the 310th being second, and
Reese of the 311th third. :
_The rescue race was won by Reddish
of the 310th carrying Minor, Snyder
of the 311th, being second and Zim
merman of the 312th third. :
One of the best spots in the show
was the way the 310th walked away
with the tug o’ war, and due credit
must be given to the coach, the other’
teams not employing one. The winning
team was made up of Kirwin, Fischer,
Zerm and Roberts, beating the 812th in
80 seconds. and the 311th in 4 seconds.
Secretary Hyatt had charge.
R e
KELLOGG WINS INDIAN,
Meade Entertainer’s Early Life
With Tribe Appeals to Private Swan.
Charles Kellogg, the naturalist and trav
eler, who has been entertaining the men
at Meade lately, has one great admirer
here. He is an Ind/ian named Charles
Swan, who livéd on the Sioux reservation
in Oklahoma before he entered the service,
and is now a member of Company L, 314th
Regiment.
Swan has been to see every performance
given by Mr. Kellogg at the various “Y”
huts,
The reason is this: The naturalist told
the soldiers he was raised from infancy
b{ the Digger Indians of California and
did not see clvilisa.tiorexdgntil he was twelve
years old. He learned to- love the woods
and the wonderful things of nature, which
is the reason why he now spends nine
months out of the twelve living in the
depths of the forest. So much does Mr.
Kellogg admire the Indians that when he
returns from his trips his wife dresses in
Indian costume to welcome him.
Swan has had several enjoyable conver
gations with Mr. Kellogg.
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Edition for CAMP MEADE Admiral, Md.
ELEVENTH CAVALRY NOTABLES:
SPORTS READY TO DO THEIR BIT
Ellis, 120-Mile-an-Hour Aqtqiét" Cohen,
Capitalist; Hughes, Coal Digger—Bar
" ber, Hash Men, Tailor, Singer. |
After .golng‘at the breakneck speed
of 120 miles an hour in a White racer
and- devoting several years of strenu
ous effort to the automobile game,
smashing his health and nerves, Corp.
Howard Eflis, 11th Cavalry, now in
Meade, has turned to the Army, pre
pared to face German bullets rather
than try again for auto speed records.
Ellis is just one of about seventy
five men who have just come here
from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., his troop
being intended for headquarters work
with the artillery section of Pershing’s
Army—immediate service. He is the
pride of his fellow soldiers because he
is such a wonderful fellow and be
cause he and the noted Barney Oldfield
are good friends.
“It's the air pressure,” said Ellis,
“which hurts in that speed game. One
can stand the strain of the rest of it
well enough, but the constant pulling
at one’'s nerves by the rushing )>zone
finally shakes the best of us. It's great
sport, but I think I shall not return
to it after the war.” ;
Clipping off two miles per minute,
Ellis remarked, was not “much,” and
he said he had kept up this pace sev
eral hours just as he might -be non
chalantly strolling up and down hisl
sentry post. He declared he had never
gone in for racing in competition, but
the “time stuff,” and the workouts
were to his liking.
He Knows Barney Oldfield Well.
Barney Oldfield is well known to him
and Barfey’'s mechanician is one of
his best friends. Ellis can take an
automobile to pieces and Yut it to
gether again without trouble, and_ he
has built a machine of his own. But
airplaning s not his ambition. He
simply wants to do his bit with the
cavalry and get “over there” quickly
and “at them.”
These 11th cavalrymen are being
quartered in the 311th F. A. and are at
tracting a lot of attention because they
are frem “the regulars” and wear
;purs. which the privates do not wear
ere. ¢ P 4
It is interesting, ‘too, to know that
several of these men are old Pershing
men, having been with the Ameriean
general in his Mexican campaign
against Villa. They wear the yellow,
green and purple ribbon representing
that service.
_ One of these veterans who have been
under fire is Private Wilson Crowell of
Chicage, who used to do sixty miles an
hour as chauffeur, and now wants to be
M
GO ABOUT PICKING FLAWS.
Certain “Critics” and Their Methods
Described by Gen. Kuhn,
“Some critics in our country are so un
fair'and unreasonable that they go about
the great big things we have done. Such
while they begrudge a word of praise for
the great ibg things ew haev done. Such
critics existed in Washington’s day and
they tried to impede this country’s fight
for liberty. Such critics exist at all times
and im all countries. We can’t seem to
get rid of them. They are like fleas on a
dog.”
That is how Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn,
commander of this camp, paid his re
spects to some of the fault finders in this
country in a speech he delivered at the
Washington birthday celebration held in
the main Knights of Columbus Hall. Be
sides Gen. Kuhn, John Burke, treasurer
of the United States, and Peter J. Camp
bell, president of the Maryland state sen
ate, were speakers.
It was while Gen. Kuhn was describing
a trip to the battlefield of Valley Forge
that he referred to the unfair critics.
an aviator, just as soon as he can'. An
other is Sergt. Stanfield of Philadel
phia, who has been in the Army about
three years and who is a crack rider,
handling three horses at once without
difficulty. :
Sergt. Steffins of Pittsburgh has been
two or three years fn the Army, and‘
he, too, his friends say, can ride like a
Buffalo Bill,
Many Other Notables.
And don’t forget when meeting these
fellows that they are great tobacco
chewers. Here are some of the others:
Roy W. Truitt, Wilmington, Del., for
mer powder monkey; Antonio Detello,
Waterbury, Conn.,, ammunition maker;
Fred Lucretti, Detroit, barber; Adrian
B. Bosman, Grand Rapids, Mich., just
out of University of Michigan, where he
studied chemistry; Dominic Lepre, who
pegged shoes in Boston; Julian Lucian,
:vho said he did lots of work in Bos
on.
Then there is Pompilio Stiscia of New
York, who was a chauffeur and: once
collected a fare of $35 from one 335-
senger; Private Fleming, who used to
make automobiles for the Studebakers
in South Bend, Ind.; Private Westphal,
who did railroad firing in Boston; but
the educated lad is aLrry Doyle of New
York, who is a college man and has
done service of several years in the
coast artillery; then comes Ed Tucker
of Raleigh, N. C., who got fired from
his father's farm because he couldn’t
stack hay, but now entertains his fel
lows with clog dancing, and Private
Liberato Nappolatano of New York,
who hates the Austrians.
Capitalist and Coal Digger.
Said to be of Irish descent is Sergt.
Cohen, who is rated a capitalist;
Private Loren Hughes of Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., who used to dig for coal,
but is now digging for France; Private
Halloran, a machinist of New York;
B. W. Green, an Atlantic City tailor
who used to make boardwalk clothes
that fairly “talked”; Corp. Danny Maz
zoli of Boston, Private Bower, former
ly of Cornell University. |
Private Phillips, who used to do typ
ing in Boston; Fred Laderi of New
York, who paid S4OO to learn how to
sing, and now does it properly; Corp.‘
Earl Thompson of Philadelphia, hash'
man; Private Stamkowski of Detrou.|
Walter Goeren, who was a printer’'s
devil in Newark, N. J.; Sergt. Raoul
Blackwell, Scranton, Pa.; Antopio
Ernia, New York; Don Wilson, Dallas,
Tex., who has broken many bronchos,
and John Danko of Bridgeport, Conn.,
who did chauffeuring in pre-army days.
A husky crew! :
SCHOOL FOR FILM OPERATORS.
Ten Learning to Operate Machine if
War Injuries Incapacitate.
An important step in a new direction
has been taken by H. P, Morehead of
Baltimore, a Y. M. C. A. secretary, who
is a former owner of movie houses in
Baltimore and Washington. He is giv
ing instruction in the operation of mov
ing picture machines to a class ef ten
soldiers intending to follow that line of
work when they finish up the big job
“over there.” ;
This school of moving picture opera
tors is for men who fear that injuries
may make it impossible for them to go
back to the old jobs. All a man needs
is a good arm to turn the crank, good
eyes to observe the picture and judg
ment as to how fast to operate.
R o srsos, somre——
Athletic Program.
Thursday—Basket ball for enlisted men,
7 p.m. ; for officers, 8:15 p.m. Saturday—
Basket ball for enlisted men, 2 p.m., 3:15
pm., 7 pm. and 8:16 p.m,
ARMY NEWS
FOR ARMY MEN
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THEIR HOME FOLKS
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‘Marksmen Making Fine Scores
With Modified Weapon on .
Meade Ranges.
Se s S e
The new modifiled Enfleld rifles are
arriving in camp in sufficient number to
supply every man within a few weeks.
The output of the factories in this coun
try has now reached the point where as
imany as 250,000 are shipped to arsenals
ievery month, and a surplus may soon
enable every man to be supplied with
’nvenl to meet the demands of actual
service. ;
A special report from Secretary Baker
made two weeks ago showed that there
had then been issued 13,300 of the new
rifiles at this camp. Thousands more
have arrived since then. TRe Enfields
have come in faster than they wére
actually needed for target practice. ' -
' The artillerymen have done well with
‘the rifles and the engineers have also
proved themselves quick to learn. The"
infantrymen hope, of course, to oxo::
at their clief weapon. slne record;
have been made by the student officers.
- As to the merits of the rifle; these
have been noted by the expert rifie” .
shots. Lieut. Raffray of the French
army, instructor at the school for train
ing officers, hit 48 bullsgyes out of 650
shots at 100 yards, and he said -the gun
has wonderful target efficiency.’ &p ‘
soldier is said to have scored 50 out.
of 50. W. H. Slinger, a candidate for
commission, scored 10 out of 10, ;
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STORY WAS “PUNK”
Private Noonan Didn’t Know Whose
| Story He Was Asked to
Criticise. A
“Have you any more books of the
Jack London variety?’ asked a soldier,
lretumln: one of the late novelist's
books to the “Y” secretary at the base
hospital. :
“I knew him and I guess that's the
reason why I like his books,” said the
soldier, who gave his name as Patrick
Noonan of the 27th Engineers.
Noonan related that about four years
ago he was camping along the Colorado
river, when he happened to meet Lone
don, who was also camping in that
section.
“At first I didn’t know who he was”
continued Noonan. “He was always
writing. One day he gave me & manue
script to read, asking me what I
thought of it. I told him it was ‘punk,’
and he said that I was the worst critic
he had ever had. He then disclosed his
identity to me.
“I used to go to town to buy supplies
for him, because he was afraid to ex
'pose himself to town temptations. Be
fore we parted he invited me to stop
in and see him at his ranch in Calj
fornia., Now that he is dead I have
been kicking myself because I didn’t.”
e O TSI K 233 AR
Meade Is Healthiest Camp.
Surgeon General Gorsasf recent lutge
ment showed Camp Meade to be the
healthiest cantonment in the United
States for the week of Februaty -185.
Only eleven men out of every 1,000
were sick at Camp Meade. The report
shows that the health conditions are
improving in all camps.
R e A
Editor-Poet New Arrival at Meade,
There are e itors, poets and literary
men by the score at Meade. Lieut. C B
Gurd, Company E, 315th Infantry, is ohe
of the new arrivals. Before entering the
service he was city editor of the Grafton
Times, Grafton, W. Va. He is &ulto %
poet, too, and every now and en he
breaks forth into rhyme to entertain the
fellow members of his company,
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