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Yol 1. ' - ' SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. ‘ . No. S
CHATEAU THIERRY VICTORY
WORTH PRICE, SAYS STIMSON
Head of 31st F. A. and Forier Secretgry of
War Makes Great Appcal in Baltimore
for Fourth Liberty Loan. :
fThe Sun, Baltimore, says of Col.
Stim,on's speech in the interest of the
fourth liberty loan delivered Tuesday
in Baltimore:
The importance of this work—the
fmportance of doing it in such a man
ner as to show the Huns that we are
in earnest, and that we _take no stock
in lying proposals for “confidential”
peace parleys from the enemy—was
' made clear in a thrilling address by
Col. Henry Lewis Stimson, who is in
‘command of the 31st Field Artillery at
Camp Meade after a period of service
- at the front in France, and who was
Secretary of War in the cabinet of
- President Taft. His speech was re
ceived with marked enthusiasm, and
although (?01. Stimson spoke with cone
siderable restraint, touching lightly
on some Of the thrilling, vital things
that came under his notice in France,
what he did say made a deep and vivid
fing:ouion.. ’ .
referred to the checking of the
German advance last June as the
g‘ltelt event of the war, and when
. spoke of the French and British
soldiers it was with the highest praise
-for their courage and doggedness in
sticking it out for four long and
weary years and holding the lines for
“elvilization. Even after America got
: g;o the fight they wanted this coun
to prepare thoroughly for what
was ahead of it, not to be hurried as
; th7 had to be, but to come equipped
and ready to .stick it out to the end.
_He referred to the forces arrayed
: mut the Huns as ‘“our allies,” and
: red they were the nations that
saved America’s national life.
A Price Worth Paying.
Success, he said, was increasing
every day: things were getting better
and brighter, and things wegre coming
our way with increasing sureness; but
.g:‘csutloned his hearers and every
g i{ else against the mistaken belief
that the war was nearly done. It had
-~ only begun, he said. And he warned
also against the thought that things
were going too slowly; that we ought
to cut through and be dones with it
“ That thought, that belief acted upon,
he declared, would be the thing for
which the boche would fervently pray.
In attempting such a thing we would
be playing right into his hand. He
spoke of the inspiring manner in
which the Americans fought at Sois
- pons, and the heavy toll of American
losses as the price which had to be
paid for the smashing in of the Sois
sons salient. <lt was a price worth
ptylni for the turn of the tide,” he
..said, “but the way to Berlin is too
. darned long to pay such a price for
- ‘every foot of the way.” And his hear
ers cheered him.
Col. Stimson drew an attractive pic
ture of the American soldier in France,
and it was the picture of those same
young men Baltimore knew before they
- put jon the khaki." They had not
" changed in any essential particular.
Thefe they were in France, as they had
been at home, generous, courteous,
thoughtful, adapting themselves to cir
cumstances, making themselves at home
wherever they might happen to be, con
giderate of the rights and opinions of
others, fitting themselves into the life
of the communities in which they might
be billeted, actually identifying them
with the home life of the people,
them in their gardens and with
: tasks about their homes and shops
and little farms, showing the French
new “kinks” and easier methods of do
& familiar things, playing with the
and ma.king friends with every
body, just as any decent, well meaning
- American country boy or city chap, feel
ing himself as good as anybody on earth,
would do anywhere he might happen to
be.. “And the French people love him,”
# Col. Stimson; “they have a feeling
: him different from that they have
for the soldier of any other nation.”
Yank Is a Terrible Foe.
" That was the home side of the
American soldier. But when he went
_ up to the front and saw on every hand
& evidence of boche frightfulness
‘and treachery and wanton ruin and
‘bratality “he is turned into an in
strument of steel. The very things
" that make him the admiration of the
!’rmr people while he is in their
‘are the things which make his
‘nature revolt at the work of the Huns,
and il him with 2 righteous hatred
{hlt makes him a terrible foe. And
- I verily believe that from the things
that our men have seen at the front
_they have already grown to hate the
- boche worse than the British hate
Badenn
"He closed by urging his hearers not
_be won, for it was likely to be-a long
@he Foening Shar.
war into which every atom of strength
of the forces back home would have
to be put for thé winning, for the
furnishing of the necessary supplies
and for the protection of the men who
are doing the fighting. And he had
no doubt that the forces back hereat
home would do their part as splendid
ly as the American soldier is doing
his in France. ;
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Fresh From French Front He Takes
- Command of New 72d
Infantry.
The Yanks, according the Col. Thomas
B. Brewer of the!72d Infantry, are giv
ing the boche everything he is looking
for and then a little bit. more. The colonel
has just returned from the French front.
Those Americans in the fighting which
has driven the Germans on the right of
the line back to the German frontier
and threatened the great fortress of
Metz, he says, are not the kind to be
stopped by shot and shell. They stop
at nothing that the boche has to offer.
¢“Yankees Too Rough.”
“They say of us that we are too
rough,” says the colonel, ‘‘and we are
glad they think so. It is our motto to
‘treat 'em rough.’ Wheh our boys go
at them they make up their minds to
fizht and fight hard, with every weapon
they have in stock. The Germans got
them into the war and, although they
did not seek the battle, now that they
are in it they intend to make things hot
for those who got them on the job.”
Col. Brewer is now back homte. For
him this is really ‘“God’s country,” for
he was brought up right here in this
same county of Anne Arundel. Annap
olis was his birthplace and home in
early manhood. His father and grand
father before him were natives of that
city. They were judges, Nicholas
Brewer, jr., and Nicholas Brewer, sr.
Bt. John’s College, Annapolis, was the
colonel’s alma mater, and he used to be
guard on the foot ball team. He adopt
_ed the Army as his profession and went
to the Philippines many times. He came
back last August and was assigned to
Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. He
was sent to Europe with the 82d Divi
sion, known as the “Wild Cat” boys.
Later he went over with the 41st Divi-
Qlon of National Guardsmen. -~
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Dead Body Found.
Camp authorities are busy conduct
ing an investigation into the death
of Private Benjamin Darbedian of the
63d Infantry Regiment, whose body,
terribly torn and decomposed, was
found lying in a swamp near the rifie
range Tuesday.
Marks were found upon the body
which seemed to indicate a bullet
wound, and it is this phase of the
case which is receiving the most con
sideration from the officials of the
camp.
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Flashes From Headquarters.
Rev. Dr. Washburn, rector of
Christ P. E. Church, Philadel
phia, is the camp pastor of the
“Y” for this week and Religious
Secretary McWilliams promises
a great treat wherever Dr.
Washburn goes.
According to Secretary Leon
ard, Mrs. Burgess will be the
big attraction in all the huts
next week. The Fox party of
Baltimore has been asked to
give a special show at the re
mount. Amnother big show will
be that of the Washington party
with fourteen players.
“Foot ball starts with a rush.”
—Secretary Sweet. -
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Maps furnished by the govern
ment, showing clearly &ll the
points of interest in Europe,
will be provided in all the huts
- j\ next, according to Educational §
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Printed Weekly for the Y. M. C. A. by Courtesy of
Edition for CAMP MEADE Admiral, Md.
Plays at Hostess House “Informal”
and, With Carnahan, Makes
“Big “Hit.”
Alfred Hertz used to be the leading
conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
Company; later he led the San Fran
cisco Symphony Orchestra. One of
his cellists, Herbert Riley, is now a
member of the fameus 63d Infantry
Band of this camp, and he was heard
here for the first time in solo work
at the hostess house Thursday even
ing.
It was another one of those infor
mal occasions, so common and so
much appreciated, at the hostess
house, when soldiers, gifted musical
ly, gather about the piano and play and
sing to their hearts’ content.
Coenon There, Too.
. Riley had with his Anthony Coenon,
Company A, 63d, who became known
to Meade' men several weeks ago
when Paul Whitaker was “rudely” in
terrupted in the midst of the prepara
tion of a serious editorial by the
sound of Coenon’s beautiful voice.
The story of the interruption was told
in Trench and Camp.
Well, Coenon sang while Riley
played; when Riley was not playing,
Coenon was singing. The order was
varied sometimes owing to the pres
ence of Frank W. Carnahan of the
camp surgeon’s office, who is quite a
celebrated pianist,
The-listeners stood about the piano
just as boys do in college or in the
Yarior of one’s own home. They were
so carried away by the artists that
they did not try to join in the sing-
Ing. They just stood and begged for
more. Coenon was almost “sung
out.” He had contracted a cold since
coming east from the Pacific and his
efforts, he said, did not do him credit.
His hearers, however, did not find
fault.
Chaplain Entranced.
Riley an'd Carnahan did several
numbers together, and the patrons of
the house were so quiet that even the
softest strains were heard without
difficulty. Chaplain Hester of the 9th
Battalion sat Wbeside the piano and
led the cheering. He looked like a
man who had dreamt of rapture and
ffiund it suddenly. So did all about
m,
“I have never spent such a splendid
evening,” said Chaplain Hester.
Riley gave concerts several years
with Alfred De Voto of Boston and
Alexander Sastavsky of New York.
He did this sort of work also in Eng
land, France, Germany and Italy. In
San Francisco he was a member of
the Bohemian, the Olympic, the Fam
ily and the Musicians’ clubs,
Studied at Innsbruck.
Every one was much pleased with
Carnahan’s playing and his popular
ity was well founded. He, too, has
done work with orchestras of dis
tinction, notably the Russian Sym
phony. When the war started Car-.
nnhan was studying in the Austrian
Tyrol at Innsbruck. He returned at
once to Chicago, where he became a
concert artist and teacher. He play
ed his last engagement with the
orchestra in April just before coming
to Meade. ;
Although he gave up a number of
important engagements to come
here, Carnahan is not disappointed.
‘'m glad to be in the Army,” he
said, ‘
Certainly those who have heard
him play are glad that he is heré&
There’s no mistake about that.
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MACHINE GUNNERS HERE,
To Form Nucleus for Three Bat
talions.
More than 327 men have arrived
from Camp Hancock, Ga., to form the
nucleus of the three battalions of ma~
chine gunners which will become a
part of the 11th Division.
‘These men will be in charge of
Col. Harris, now out of camp, but the
immediate preparation of the bat
talions will be in the hands of Maj.
Quesenberry, who was transferred
from the 63d Infantry.
The men who came from the south
were largely non-coms and highly
trained experts. Some of them were
given a chance to qualify for commis
sions but failed. It is believed that
these men who failed will be given
another chance to land the coveted
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Although Discharged, He Still Has
Welfare of Fellow-Soldiers
~ at Heart. -
Charlie Flynn, whose Flynn-grams
have been read by Meade soldiers and
their friends, has left the Army.
It might be stated more truthfully,
porhaps, that the “Army has left
Charlie, for he has promised that his
heart will remain with the boys and
that his pen will continue to be de
voted to their amusement. The Army
said that he could not do the strenu
ous work of overseas duty and sent
him back to civil life. ;
Back in his old home at 3147 North
23d street, Philadelphia, he sat down
and drew a cartoon of soldier life that
will shortly be 'put/)yshed in this
paper. He inclosed a little note in
which he said: ;
Makes a Promise.
“I am sending you a little drawing.
You may count on me for one every
week."”
Then Charlie told the editor that
his price for the drawings would be
‘“one copy of Trench and Camp each
week.” Nothing more, except the
continued good will of the boys in
Meade. :
And now the story of what Charlie
did here. He came in the late spring
with the draft which filled the ranks
of the 311th F. A., a regiment which
is just now about receiving its bap
tism of fire. A He was anxious to see
the boche and was assigned to Bat
tery B.
One day he drifted into O-hut. Ap
proaching “Pop’” Wilson at the counter
he asked the man who has helped so
many good soldiers in a multitude of
ways if he would like to see sbme
sketches which hé had made in pen
cil, “Pop” was struck with th
cleverness of the lad and asked m 3
editor to look up Flinn in the bar
racks, !
Discovered in Kitchen.
“Charlie” was found the next day
washing dishes. His comrades were
eager to have him recognizéd and
pointed to his work on the walls of
the mess hall, where he had sketched
hurriedly and very accurately several
of the more grotesque members of the
battery.
‘“This boy has the stuff,” they said
proudly,
Well, the result was that the editor
was very glad to get “Charlie” to
help make the pa.&er attractive. There
was no cartoonist of his ability
?vallable and fun was decidedly lacke
ng.
He made ‘“good” with a vengeance
and readers everywhere were de
lighted with his skill and sense of
humor. He looked up Walt McDou
gall and the latter became his very
good friend, advising him in that
fatherly way that the famous car
toonist so loves to do.
Operated on Three Times,
But “Charlie” got sick and finally
~had to go to the hospital. His officers
told him that if he submitted to an -
operation he would be prepared for
work in France. He was glad to take
the risk and three times he submit
ted to the use of the knife.
During his long stay at the “base”
Secretary Clair saw him frequently
and the two workeéd together often
on the sketches which appeared each
week in the paper. Some of these
were made as he lay propped up on
pillows which the thoughtful nurses
provided. /
“Charlie” got back into harness,
but the surgeons thought that he
could do better work at-home than
in the grinding racket of the camp,
8o he was given an honorable dis
charge.
* This lad is not now wearing the
uniform of a soldier of Uncle Sam,
but no matter what his clothes may
be, his friends here know that he {s
thinking of them and that his whole
~goul -and body are as one in the de
sire to make things pleasant for them,
His new message will be “Charlie’s
Weekly Smile.”
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Where Is He?
Can I tell you, dear friend, where your love is
tonight?
Away from his home for a cause that is right,
Many are with him to train for the fight.
Perhaps you are lonesome and wish he were
through;
Much must be done till he comes back to you.
Each one of our boys has his bit to do.
Are you a coward or will you be brave?
Demoeracy’s cause we must try to save,
Ending it sll when the Dutchmen behave.
RS. LOUIS L. Wife of
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ARMY NEWS
FOR ARMY MEN
AND
THEIR HOME FOLKS
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Boston Opera Company Tenor, it
- 324 F. A, Desires a Good =
. Accompanist.
V'Accidi wants a planist.
If he does not get one therc;;‘ b
something “doing"” around Bat ery
32d F. A., where he s serving now &g
a first-class artilleryman, \Qg’ b
heart is pining for a chance to Sitig
the good old operatic songs. =
“I do not speak English well, ¥
see, signor,” said the singer, “and
is very hard for me to get a pl 5""
who can understand just what I wanh
But I shall not be discouraged.” |
' Where’s the Paderewskif .= =
fn short, V'Accidi is on a still hunt'
for a Paderewski, one who can _tot
the keys with a delicate hand, ¢
who lives to {lay. one whose oul 1
in raptute at the sound of the ve#
names of Verdi, Pucclnl,'Goufifi, a
the others—one who loves music i
he does old Mother Earth herself, "
Those who have heard the Bost
Opera Comguny in recent years haw
doubtless heard V’'Accidl. - But B
name on the billposters is *“8
Elmo,” and the poetry of ltowv
duced many to seek him 8
without disappointment. ;o
“Rigoletto” is his favorite., e
He Gives His Word, =
If he can obtain a plmhtu,ii}' 128
filven his word that he will j
eade soldiers a chance to hear hin
in the “Y"” huts as often as desiredi"
He n.nf in Peking, Tokio and
Buenos Alires, besides Rome and mah
places in Italy. . A
THEATER FOR SIGNAL CAME
To Have Amusement Place Thah
Will Seat About 1,600, -
The Signal Corps Camp at Kelly's
Crossing will be provided wi h &
theater that seats about 1,600, The™
management will be under the Fos
dick commission, as is the Libertys
About twenty-five officers will S
rive Monday from Texas and other
points at the signal camp and the sew
officers’ training school at t"{‘ Ice
will be formally opened the’folloWss
ing week. i
Five hundred men from variong
parts of the country will be sent hei
Saturday of next week to be resdy
for the opening of th?lchool,' vhi
will be under the difection of Cok
Christian, g Rt
HOT DOUGHNUTS EVERY HOUR:
A
Salvation Army Getting Machine t6~
Turn Them Out by Thousands. =
According to Lieut. Col. Thomag
Stanyon of the Salvation Army,
back from France, the Salvation Afm
is preparing to obtain a doughnull:
mixer that will turn out thousands off
doughnuts every hour for the men of
the firing line, I
The colonel was very enthusiastie
about the work in France @and
about the progreg <f the allies. HS
asid the Boys. ePßrociate et
Balvation Army men and women &
doing for them. L
Mother Burdick of San Antomies
Tex., he said, discovered that the sols
diers’ overcoats were too long. BRS™
got permission to cut them &
with the remnants she made trenclh
caps which were very servicesble, '
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THEATER PROGRAMS. ¢
Washington: e
Keith’'s Vaudeville; Blanche ;;z,
Polt'sSsane Cowl in “nfermad: B
5 ane Cowl in ° -
tion, Please!” m .
Na.tionezl “Glorianna,” musiesl "
comedy.
Shubert-Belasco Lionel Barry- fh
more in “The Copperhead.” &
Baltimore: e
Auditorium Nora Bayes -
“Look Who's Here,” musical §
comedy. L
Academy—*“The Riviera Girll §
musical comedy. o E
Ford's—Movies, “Heart of the
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