OCR Interpretation


Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, October 17, 1918, Image 8

Image and text provided by University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Persistent link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92068220/1918-10-17/ed-1/seq-8/

What is OCR?


Thumbnail for Page 8

Page 8
B L W R e T
ML Il
:;¢ NN |
] LBB |
- PROPOSED BY WILSON
Bo ~of Secretary Wilson of 0 Hut
" 4 Might Fly to
Alaska,
fi,-; Continent, a Presbyterian pa -
“Pper in New York, prints a létter from
& Volney Wilson, one of the two
18088 of Secretary Gill 1. Wilson of
0 hut, who are flying in France; the
_ otter ‘tolls of a proposed “gospel by
_ sirplane plan which 8. Hall Young
353 iggested to young Wilson a short
"‘% oy .‘o.’
~ It was proposed by Mr. Young that
e Pllot Wilson be the first aviator, after
y the war, to convey the gospel to
Alaska, a country which he believed
® Bpecially suitable for that purpose.
§ ¥oung Wilson and his brother were
¢ Doth getting ready for the ministry
f When they became aviators. This is
SMiF. Wilson's answer, sent between
ZXFips over the German lines in France:
“"”Lz , " Picardy, 1918
¢ *My Dear Dr. Young: :
2"I was indeed pleased to get your
# detter, 'which came along with one
from mother. Your plan of 'using
Planes in the Alaska work seems
& mest practical. After this mess ~ver
Bre is cleared up and people get
. adjusted again there is going to B® a
‘fremendous jump in aviation. There
48 Mo reason in the world why you
‘Souldn’t make a trip (in my plane)
At almost any part of Alaska in com
“Pagative safety and comfort, nof men
'tiohing the time gained.
' & %Y have thought a lot about the
! . since mother mentioned it months
. 89, and I think I will join forces
_With you to see how it can be wofl:ed
. But. As you say, there will be tlfou-
Sands of men going to Alaska after
18 war. They are going to netd a
jospel taught them that will nly
"Be listened to if it contains‘the plea
of one man to another. The day of.
‘soft-handed doctors of divinity is
‘passing for these chaps over here.
¥'he church is remote in their minds
Jand the Sabbath day is not the sev
ntin-or which to rest. There is an
;g job ahead for the clergy
t@fter the war, and they would better
‘pFepare men at once for that work.
S '¥ou may count on me to stay with
you.on any idea you may advance,
‘” il “y, VOLNEY WILSON."”
: ,:.;‘ '\y 1 _W—S—T—.———— -
; J:‘ fl' Ifl |IE
R S epi———
B ¢ -
jlimopulos Served as Secretary in
v’.‘?jf Greek Legation, Wash
o ington.
‘i":"':, Xh( i
A language and ways of diplomacy
"f\re not new to Private N. Mirnopulos,
L 47th Compapy, Depot Brigade, who used
secretary to Hon. C. Vouros at the
:Greel legation in Washington.
= This lad is qualified for this kind of
bb, as he is a graduate of Anatolia Col
;’Henfloun, Turkey, and. has been
“‘ in the methods of diplomats for
_ overal years.
[ Mimopulos is a Greek and is much in-
JSkested in the success "ot the war for
% pn that it means so much to this
“Brave people with which he iz closely
S@Mliated. The Greeks have struggled
4 " great odds many centuries and
4t is belleved that if they are given a
fßhance now they will develop much of
jo anclent glory of the kind which
gve-them supremacy in art and in lit-
Srature, oratory and physical prowess
pughout the civilized world,
'3t I 8 a great pleasure for Mimopulos
" %8 work in Meade, where he has the op
ptunity of helping his fellow Greek
diers, who are here in considerable
mbers, and in teaching others the dif
v ent languages which he understands.
‘:ZE”W, ‘La 3 n bo ‘hdl" he “id' “to help
\y who wish to study and all my spare
e ’ be spent gladly in this en
o A
S\ his lad is trained also as & news{
aber man and served on the National
erald, New York, before going to
"q"’: ton, where he was drafted.
S
#y” MAN TELLS STORY
* OF MEETING SELECTIVES
£ A member of the 154th Depot Brigade
Wf ached a secretary at CC hut the
fther day with the query, “Say, do you
| Semember meeting the Hartford boys on
e
‘troop train in Baltimore some time ago
% ‘one of twPm giving you a box of
Seaty #?. The secretary replied that he
Pemembered the incident very.well and
remembered this paticular chap
é‘“ the one who was thoughtful in
anding over the food.
&%1 was going to say,” continued the
_poldier boy, “that meeting troop trains is
"% mighty fine plece of work and I see
_ ghat one of your staff has bcen doing
pme more of it.” He referred to one
®f the CC secretaries and it wasn't l&ng
lore he go;ne{ed th: e marl\n‘to
ing a few incidents concerning a
ip he made not féelg ago with sgveral
pndred ‘“selectives.”
B =ou i e e
RS Chugts * e | Lriangie
you? *Are you goiiig to. stay in
sy e s ; ® SO
SR :v&*, B SR
. \W// < -
| < s, v m A —e———
; WQ& :’/Z'/ ('é” PRIVATE, SMITH, 1S HOME
| SN Z (6 - [ONA PASS. AND SHOWI NC
e (N 3 5 THE FELLOWS AT THE
e“i};\ —d ), ACE OFh5. WHAT T 0 DO
PR e ‘ ey ST 19
B .[‘%}. 1, b ™ 0U WERE NEVER :
e ;'.t:fi T 2 [RIGHTANY WAY
bt B (M [
A eAN T NOW, YOUR G THEY WERE ALL OUT
{[canT et ¥ #SWDEOEEE%O‘FQCE. OF STEP BUL TIN.
(e (BT AR o ) -
§ .(lfi:';:fiam TURN_ A-ROUND SEE, :
bt B IV T ) i
= AR S
: v ' p R v \I/fi’" NZ Q
, 4;/ Y o 99, ¢ R V e Qatiz &, ,‘ }
Gtk C Y TR
s = W/ &,
B fl@"f \> <Y \ \/ffi";
: | V o\%“ fl‘fi ’Q\“\“!fis,‘ Q“é&l‘
) | e RSN
: \ @3
’ | , | , SASFRON.
ROCKETS SENT “SKY-HIGH” IN
CAPITAL BY MEADE SIGNALERS
911th Battalion Is Honored by an Invita
~ tion to Do “Stunts” Before Experts
at the Army War College‘
It is not often that any organiza
tion in the Army is called to Wash
ington to give an exhibition of its
skill and it is probably -the first time
since the war started that the War
College has invited a unit to comé
there for a study of its exceptional
ability. This honor has fallen to the
211th Field Signal Battalion of Meade,
which went to Washington Sunday
morning.
Ma.j, Dilley led about 200 of the
battalion into the capital, and exhi
bitions were given Monday, Tuesday
and Wednéday at the Army War
College, which lies:on the edge of
the Potomac river just®on the border
of the city of Washington.
Show Spirit of Enthusiasm.
~ All branches of signaling were done,
and the boys went. through their
stunts with the same spirit of enthu
siasm which characterized their work
in Meade, when the members of the
11th Division took.part in the man- .
euvers. two weeks ago.
In fact, the signaling here was so
M
":salling. because it is about the easiest
thing in the world to get acquainted with
a crowd of rookies bound for camp.
- After things had become settled the boys
.caught sight of some son{ sheets, and
quicker than it takes to tell it the lot of
1,000 sheets had disappeared and right.
away the singing started. _
Then followed the distribution of
- *Y” post cards, with the introduction
that the “Y” man aboard is there to
serve them and that a “Y” man goes
all the way—to the trenches and
back. ‘On this trip 1,000 cards were
given away. By this time the excite
ment had worn off and it wasn't diffi
cult to hold the attention of. the men
to making a few announcements con
cerning the work of the Y. M. C. A,
with mention of the Knights of Co
lumbus, Red Cross and Jewish Wel
fare Association. !
Three pianists, 3 violinists, 10 vo
cdlists, 3 religious workers, 4 ath
letes, 1 edueational leader, 3 chauf
feurs, 2 newspaper men, 1 social lead
er, 2 moving-picture machine opera
tors 1 cartoonist, 1 trap drummer, a
3 %& roller skater, 1 dancer and 1
- tyfpi wagllst was turned over to
b et Ry
TRENCH ’A Nn CA“H P
suécesstul that the War DE€partment
observers were impressed@ with the
efficiency of the 211th Battalion, and
ordered it to Washington that the
signal officers there might have a
special opportunity of seeing what
the new Armfy Mo in this impor
tant department.
Contztlons in the capital are ldéal
for signaling, as Bolling Field for
aviation is near at hand, and the
aviators are always flying over the
city and willing to take part in any
special- entertainment or ' practice
that may présent itself. ,
Marx Gets Two Bars.
Not the least of the work was that
of the pigeons which Capt. Marx, the
camp signal officer, trained in Meade.
The officer, incidentally, has just
been given his “two bars” as a mark
of the-government's appreciation of
his work.
The co-ordination of the Signal
Corps with the aviation service {s
one of importance, and it is regarded
as likely that the work here will
be shortly aupglemented by the visit
.of more aviators, who will give
further exhlbltlonfi along the linos
shown here before. :
Se T S e s T A SS S A a0
had worked on the war songs so much
that they were able to give the vast
throng that met them at the station a
lively concert, and this ‘continued
long after the rookies had boarded
the street cars to take them to the
camp.
eeit o s i .
Atencion Espanoles.
BY JOHN ARROYO,
Utilities Detachment.
No, amigos, no lemais-to que_amais,
no busquies tardanzas ni obstaculos
al amor del ideal.
No os asuste nuestra pequenez, ante
la grandeza de nuestro pensamiento,
que lo mejos para lo pequeno essu
birse a lo grapde. y seria curioso vir
que puiden un elefante cantra una
hormiga en el odio; un rincccrante
contra un garrion en el curno, un
aguila contra un piojillo en el parpa
do, una ballena contra una lapa en el
lamo. Si amamos la- belléza inmaril
de la cumbre én la msul lejania y
X _gh e S iBEniS.
' .-‘j.g&-’.m-f,afx_ ‘,;..\ vzzg’:g: R L(,:i;: —,"E* -w.‘r{ ‘_;i v ;.,,; -
Bt s ee e s
Machine Gun Battalion Scene of
Sunday Morning Lesson in
~ Jiu-Jitsu.
When the duty sergeant in Company
A, 32d Machine Gun Battalion, was at
- tacked by an alleged pro-German, al
~ though._his name was Angell, he
proved that some “Angells” can flght,\
and the rebellious soldier found him
self lying in the dust.
k August Krentz made the assertion
- that he was a Russian by birth, but,
- he had never been naturalized. The
Boys in the company who were with
him down at Camp Hancock, Ga., de
clared that he was never very anxious
to help out, especially when there was
any work to be done.
| Would Not Work,
i “He seemed to be pro-German,” they
~ said, “although hé never seemed to
- say anything against the United
~ States, except that he did not have to
. work for it.” -
-~ This kept up quite a while after
.~ Krentz and the other fellows came to
- Meade to form the nucleus for the
- machine gun battalions of the divi
sion.. Finally, the climax came last
. Sunday, when Sergt. Shipfer, in charge
of J{i company’s mess, ordered
* Krentz- who was on “K. P.,” to cut
some wood.
' Krentz went out to the woodpile,
- but refused to work. The sergeant
* went to the orderly room and report
- ed the matter to Sergt. Angell, the
l duty sergeant. With Angell he went
' to the woodpile, and as soon as they
arrived Krentz began to curse Angell,
it was declared. '
Tried to Strike Angell.
The affair had not gene far when
Krentz is said to kave swung wildly
at Sergt. Angell and missed him. For
" tunately he did not have the ax in his
' hands. Angell came back quickly,
and, catching the disorderly one by
' the right arm, used a little jiu-jitsu
and landed him on his back on the
. ground.
; A guard 'was called by Angell and
. Krentz spent the rest of the day under
arrest, but still on the woodpile, and,
- from last accounts, chopping assidu
y ously.
L R e s et
: Say, Gabe, Corp. Argyle Cole still
| has his umbrella; uh-huh; he never
| gets wet. He's a great fellow new
g with'his Ford that he winds up all
the time, just like a dollar watch.
% ‘w“wf‘?:“&?wj R e
S pee, Tt e R e SR
By 7
u‘fQ .S.
ROBERT D. GOODWIN, ;fi:%'.‘;
Corporal 47th Company, 15¢h 11l
The flu is fastly flying. - ‘.
L S . g ot ¢ T
A man without a liberty: BOES. 8
like the man without a counti I}% y
liberty loan will supply. VHA,—;, t
the torch of liberty. Keepitin ey,
Buy- ST i e ‘\ ,1.7
When the days of “musterihz’out?
roll around, boys, it will be mighty.
nice to have a couple of liberty bonas:
to cuddle in your bank roll.
for that day. Buy a liberty boad Tt
Be a double-barreled patriot. Fight
and buy. Lo
“Phe present ban.on kissed domt
restrict those via the mail” Q
postcript on a recent commun a1 ?:' ¢
That soldier who recently reportsdt
that he saw Harry Thaw in u DETE
in France might as well state tha
Harry was going to give the kaiser &
whipping.
Useless occupations—4A; “d e
hearsal of the Follies. 173} gfii
“Looklnf over the '“Amitbpabnti
column of a New York paper com
pels me to remark again: “Damn the
kaiser!” t
With the breakers of prohibition
sweeping the country, the Hquor in
-terests are becoming convinced that
the world is really two-thirds water
after all.
“Last call tor'dlnnah. $2 ah‘ead.” is
what it sounded like to us.~
The kaiser says his navy is holding
its own. Must get a deal of satis
faction from that, being all bottled
up in the Kiel canal. S
Since noise has been dedlarell! to:
promote the growth of hair, the tired
business man has ‘another excqpc,q!q}'
leaning toward the Jazz mfififié
There are more men itch‘,n‘
to Hoboken thar ever befogé. 1
Reel humor—Charles Chaplin a8
Macbeth. BB 0
e a1 T
PROVERB FOR THOUGHT. -
“Where there is a 'wm"tbo’rbfi;é‘?
way.” Zebaad
—_— - g “i":'_‘!?;" *
Ban on artists—Drawing of beer
prohibited. - : S
—— = ~\~'¢l’N
“The French and the British ean
get home ofee in a while): apd jBBe.
what it is they are flghu LT, (BBL
the Canadians, the Australizgs Ses
the Americans have got {d g6k el
morale with a stamp on i il
“Battle is only a casual §ffefir;" {RS!
fact- that the mail sometiines goés
astray is a ‘real tragedy.”"—Lieut,.
Frank R. Adams, in a letter from
“somewhere over there.” e
Who wants to go “to hell with the
kaiser.” : BTI
It is a well known fact that na;
Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., arg rival
cities. Recently a draftee from Min
neapolis was introduced to a “Y"” sec
retary who hailed from St. Paul. The
secretary thought he would please
the draftee. who was a Swede, 80 he
made him a gift of one of the soldier
Bibles, telling him to read it and tell
him the next time they met what he
thought of it. Upon their next meet
ing the following conversation-took
place: i r
“Well, Jake, did you read that hook
I gave you?’ asked the “Y!}, 4
tary. s 3 2
“Yes.d sure did,” was the reply:
“And how did you like it?’ q 8=
tioned the “Y” man. PP a R
“Not much,” replied the Swede; :
had a lot to say about St. vl?t'?} ;
not a word about Minneapolis,” . &
_ “The Pass, the Place and the Girt
is a new song gargled by our quartet
of tenors. = Ltk
\ Fre— s,
Don’t think that it was an aceident
that the kaiser engineered his “peace”
drive just about the date of the fourthi
liberty loan. i Hg ]
- i = 58 £ \‘Q M
“No man is a hero to' hig] e
some one wrote, and no VlEßitiE
necessity to®*a man after" {H* 4
about three months’ self Sentias
the Army. a‘shgé -
No, Chauncy, O. D. '
“Old Deah.” 4 H% E;fv‘
¥ —_— SRB
~ The kaiser won’t have ~"f 1 s
Thanksgiving dinner—prok ‘%
] TR
Y. M. C. A. MEANS THARH
Your boy shall have, gh 34 f
camp to front-line trenche hed i
forts of a modern clubroon: :&hid Hsi
companionship of real, rhd{lio:
men. IR
Men of the highest ideals. ‘ e
ing to make the welfare of; ¥dutibil
all that could be desired. .||} JLiTH
Conveniences of the ,miost TSt
nature are supplied at all’the hute™
uAlwl?ts;a ope: tg all creeds and na
onalities. elping hand t fi:’
lonesome soldier. y n_@ “ e
Buy—until it hurts—the ka.bep,:
Pretty soft for those bo W e
ed just across the roadysfi%x'm—ml
telephone office. Now I know why
Corp. Whitaker always wears a smile.
“What are YO;-'—laughin ; N “the.
comic paper?”’ asked Seflzt.‘Buz';’t.‘ &' %
“No,” replied Corp. Beck, “at the
headlines about Germany acc r
those fourteen terms. It'lm
joke.” Pt B
ot o1 LRs 2
“Fine feathers make fine biddsi il
a good cook does wonderj ¢ b
chicken. U
: Sy T
The Liberty Theater has received o
new coat of paint; now for some new!
shows, . : T iR
———— 3
Every soldier will be a leading man,
in-his own little drama of life, a
the last act will always find hifl
close up” der the last ten feet
any moving picture film. Lo
Seeing Caruso in pictures is I
listening to the sunset or hearing thi"
‘moon Tiße. - ixR

xml | txt