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Page 4 RENCH AND CAMP bished.. weekly at the National Canton. E the auspices of the Natigual War Work Cil of the Y. M. C. A. of the United 8, with the wo&nflon of the leading Wepapers of the Uni States, named as the s MP MEADE EDITION B R, TR, o Cam, Nt 'OC The Washington Star, Washing- B WowaßD niviE5.............Eder e Btaff: Brooks” Shackley, Paul . Whitaker, Robert D. Goodwin, Bl Joseph M. Woods, W Office at Y, M. O©. A. Administra- IR Rad’ correspondence - recing Soeds. M. C. A. buildings on Camp Meade reser ; 8 and when properly addressed. ' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1919, & Measured Up to Their Job. & Meade is right in being proud ; ‘f,_,‘; colored men who went to idhe front and came back with onors that would do justice to he best armies in the world. | Sometimes it appears that very ogher.man in some of the mpanies 18 wearing a croix ~-,i‘iuerre or a distinguished €tvice cross, or perhaps both. '..,man, Rufus Pinkney of saltimore, captured fifteen Ger fmans all by himself. B XYet when the medals are founted and the histories are Fitten there will be thousands i men who left this camp and Who fought valiantly and who eturned without gaining a dec @ration. This recalls the re fmark of Mrs. Theodore Roose- Bit, wife of the son of the late fresident Roosevelt, when she 88 asked to tell something of e work of her husband, a lieu- Rant colonel in France. She “He did splendid work and I ) proud of him, but there are Busanc s of others who did just 80 every man or woman who eennected with the soldiers of & Meade colored regiments, Mo served, f.or the most part, “the 92d Division, should re imber that these men fought one of the worst wars in his by, that their regiments served § important parts of the line fid that the boches did not like ir kind of fighting any more i they did the sort indulged ’; the Americans of the te race. ’?lored men measured up their job, and when opportu f came to them to show spe- Bl bravery they displayed it in Mincettain way and won cita 8. Those who did not have 8¢ opportunities, neverthe & were soldiers of the first gder, and they pushed the Ger jans back in such away that Bre was no mistaking their ob =which was to impress the iy with the idea that Amer twas there to end the war By Ahe point which has been em asized a great deal by Dr. gbaniss, the dean of the col ed “Y" secretaries in Meade, been the exceptionally fine Bowing made by the 368th In gry as regards the health of imen. The doctor isa Chris @ physician who has spent his L in the performance of good s, and he knows the bad ef- Bets of a life devoted to selfish pases. He was. especially figd to be able to tell the 3d ftalion that not a single case Wenereal disease was discov % the .battalion upon the @rn of the troops from Much has been said of the als of the American soldier jis war and it’ seems to be 81l established that his general " Rabits were far better in every " Ay than those of other armies. g colored men have proven ' exception to the rule. - . he first of all Meade soldiers ght as a unit, the 368th In gry, under Col. Fred R. swn, made a name for itself gh will go down in American “Wistory as one of the best in. ¥ sthe colored race. . . TANKERS JOINED TO SEE . HOTTEST KIND OF FIGHTING Giant and Baby Tanks in Frost Line Draw Visitors—Boys Once Worked on | Famous “Britannia.” ; BY PRIVATE M. BOL%’I‘ROM. Here we are, because we were not fortunate enough to “go across.” But how could we help the kaiser seeing us coming and deciding to quit while he could? The Black Cat Flyer brought us from Camp Polk, Raleigh, N. C., on the 18th, after an all-night ride. In the first place, be it said, the armistice caused a thorough disor ganization of any set plans of action. We have had no other certainty than that of uncertainty. All enlisted be cause this arm of the service prom fsed the hottest fighting and the greatest certainty of speedy departure for the front. It was not so to be. None is sorry the war is over, but we did so want to get a crack at the boche. ’ What are the “tanks,” and do they do this or that or the other thing? Well, the tanks are large tractors, armored. They actually will crawl up the side of an embankment as Bteep as dirt can be made to pile up. A good ijllustration of this is a high railway embankment, or road fill'such as was used for the climbing tests at Camp Polk. A small number of tanks preceded the troop train and were here upon our arrival. Some weigh as much as certain locomo tives, the smallest about six tons, They all have the caterpillar track to run on. The crew numbers from two to twenty, depending on the type of tank to be manned. Some Very Speedy— The speed is very slow, the large tanks merely a slow crawl. The smaller ones are speedier. The re nowned tank, “Britannia,” was in the equipment at Camp Polk. . : The tanks are completely closed when going into action, except for the necessary ventilation. But it be comes very warm in the tank, in spite of ventilating fans, as they are necessarily built compactly and afford little room for the occupants. The present detachment is a casual company made up of the volunteers taken from the entire camp, a smal! representation from every company that was at that station when the casual company was formed. The officlal plans for the future cannot, of course, be foretold, but, while the tankers were reluctant to leave Camp Polr and the_ many M Chicago Boy Was Present When Long-Range German Cannon Was Located. T ——— After serving fifteen months in France and being gassed ofice, Jo seph Kroeger, 1434 North Ridgeway avenue, Chicago, of the Rainbow Di vision, is back in Meade with Casual Company No. 43, in BB block. Kroeger is twenty-three vears old and served with the 149th Field Ar tillery of the 42d Division, which at tained the name “Rainbow” from the fact that it was a “promise of more” and came from many National Guard units throughout the country. It sailed from Hoboken October 18, 1917. ‘Three Months Without Relief. ° After landing at St. Nazaire the regiment went into intensive training at a I'rench camp and saw action February 20, 1918, staying in the Lor raine sector three months without relief. The division was the first of the American troops to take over a division sector. ; This is the way Kroeger tells the story of the Rainbow lads: “At the beginning of the great Ger man peace drive, July 14, 1918, we were with the French 4th Army, un der Gen. Gouroud, and we checked the Germans in the Chmapagne. This was the beginning of the end. “We were shoved into Chateau Thi erry. and in this decisive battle we beat back the Prussian Guards eight een kilometers. These were the best men of the German army. Awarded High Honors. ' \ “We took part in the St. Mihiel drive and in the battles beyond Ver dun and were awarded high honors by the French and American com manders. ‘“We succeeded in locating and cap turing the base of the long-range German gun which bombarded Paris. “We left St. Nazaire for this side (my casual company) January 4 and arrived in Newport News, after a stormy trip, January 18.” . Kroeger spoke a good word for the “Y"” in France. This was the same division to which was attached the 117th Trench Mor tar Battery, commanded by Capt. . “Bob” Gill, now Maj. Gill. of Balti more. il S Pulls Gun on Car. VWithout flourishing a gun on a W., B. and A. car from Baltimore several days ago. Hershel Brown and Floyd Bean of Company C, £32d Reseryve Bat talion, were arrested when A:ey ar rived at Admiral by the provost guard. e B ngers complained that the men frt:htoned them by tw . ¥of firearms and: 2. distyrbatice was e—————— friends in Raleigh, they certainly ap preciate the convenient barracks and the fine bathhouses and other ap pointments of a first-class camp. Not that the same or better was not in tended for us at the regular camp, but all work was, of course, stopped thereon at the time the armistice was signed. We were, in consequence thereof, obliged to quarter in tents, stalls and, later, in barracks, the bar racks being the mess halls that had been used by the demobilized tankers. Considering the inconveniences ex tant, the morale and discipline were exceptional. The constant disappoint ment at not having a hand in a finish fight, and the uncertainty of any fu ture moves, made this condition the more apparent. An attempt was made to foster the spirit of athleties, and the basket ball team is the result, The Officers. The commissioned personnel consists of the following officers: Col. William H. Clopton, jr.,, commanding officer; Maj. Isaac Gill, jr.; First Lieut. John Bebbington, adjutant; First Lieut. Chester E. Davis, personnel adjutant; Capt. Arthur J. Haltom, commanding Casual Company No. 1; Capt. Robert R. Hasbrouck, commanding officer schools; Capt. F. E. Sutton, heavy tanks; Capt. 1.. G. Van Nostrand, six pounder school; Capt. W. G. Fraser, revolver school; First Lieut. Samuel R. Deanes, assistant heavy tanis; First Lijeut. R. J. Dunn, light tank school; First Lieut. G. M. Watson, ma-_ chine-gun school; First Lieut. Paul R. Goode, Casual Company, No. 1: First Lieut. Lloyd L. Hamilton, Casual Com pany No. 1. First Lieut. Schuyler B. Marshall, Casual Company No. 1; Sec ond Lieut. Orris B. Gean, supply of ficer; Second Lieut. John H. Maeck, Casual Company, No. 1; Second Lieut. P. M. McConihe, thirty-seven-mm. school. The schools are a principal feature of the training of a tanker. They must be thoroughly familiar with the construction and operation of their tank, and none the less with all its fighting appurtenances. The gun and pistol schools are a very important part of the tankers’ store of fighting knowledge. An overseas tanker stated that the tanks no doubt were the ones that broke the famous Hindenburg line. It is a very interesting story to re late and at some future date it may be presented to the readers of Trench and Camp. Angd it is real experience, not fiction. M Nuptial Ceremony Is Quickly Per formed February’ 12 by Chap lain MacArthur. Hearts are still trumps in Camp Meade and, although wars may come and wars may go, Jove goes on forever. Like the mingling of waters in gently flowing streams that rise where they may, so do lovers’ hearts still unite to beat as one. . It is said that demobilization has shot to pieces the morale of the Army, but if this is so it has not hit the target of matrimony. Evidence Is Cited. : In evidence of this and to demon strate that love can neither be de mobilized nor discharged, it is an nounced with pleasure that a double wedding was performed February 12 by Chaplain James H. MacArthur at Camp Meade, when Lieut. John F. Nolte of the Ist Training Bat talion and Miss Mabel J. Knouss cf Baltimore, and Lieut. Charles V. Camp, detraining and entrainin:y offi cer of the camp, and Miss Gertrude White of Baltimore, were quietly married in one of the barracks of the officers. Result of a Wager? The ceremony is said to have been the result of a wager and to have ' been decided upon very hurriedly. The ladies happened to be in camp and the officers persuaded them that the time was ripe for the wedding of each couple. Lieuts. Nolte and Camp have done service here nearly a year and by their efficiency and gentlemanly ways have commended themselves to their superior officers. Misses Knouss and Waite were two of Baltimore's most at tractive belles. Their friends extended many con gratulations and the genial chaplain sent them on their wedded careers with this message: “May love be ever the charmed wor-l in the dialect of your homes and hearts.” : v et et s “Judge” Bell Draws Crowds. The addresses of Private Alden Bell of the 116th Infantry lately at the various huts of the Y. M. C. A, and also at the Red Cross building, by invitation, on “The Patriotism of the American Soldier” and other topics, have been greatly enjoyed by the large crowds which have had the_ pleasure of hearing the “Judge.” Be fore leaving Europe Judge Bell made .addresses in Paris, London and Rome, and they were spoken of in terms of J’%% N e RAR % serad s “Ec” Barnett of Baltimore Became a Doughboy and Bayoneted His Boche. Bayoneting a boche infantryman through the neck and killing him with a revolver after finding him still alive and the bayonet stuck in thg flesh was the experience of eccles ton Barnett, nephew of the late Rev. Dr. J. Houston Eccleston of Baltimore and brother-in-law of Lieut. Morrow Sheppard of the 315th Infantry, which was trained in Meade with the 79th Division, Private Barpett's case was one of the most remarkable, from the stand point of patriotic determination, In the whole Army. He came back wounded and partly disabled and will probably carry a piece of shrapnel in his body the rest of his natural life. “Ke¢ Barnett,” said a Baltimore friends,” is one of the finest fellows that ever lived.” That really tells the story of Bar nett from the standpoint of a man, but it does not explain in detail how he worked out his meritorious career in the Army. Others may wear their D. S. C.s and perhaps the croix de guerre and Victoria cross, but still they will not have a story of valorous persistence like his to tell. Sergeant Teased Him. Barnett was an old soldier and yet he was thrice turned down for serv fce in this war. He went to the Ma rine Corps and the Navy and was each time refused admission bhecause of some slight defect, and finally he was given the cold shoulder at the Army recruiting office in Baltimore, where some ITfish sergeant turned to him as he left and said: “What do you thing this is—an old man’s home?” “Ec” Barnett was really more than forty, but he felt the sting of this re mark, and though he laughed about it many times to his friends, he set his face to what he considered his duty and did not give up hope. He had a beautiful home down on the Severn river, near Waterbury, and he did not have to. go away to fight, but he thought he should, and right away he went to Allentown, thinking that as a last resort he might be taken in the ambulance section. He was. Before long the exposure of camp life in upper Pennsylvania last winter gave him pneumonia and he suffered severely. In fact, little prospect of his recovery was seen. But he pulled out all right and went to France. The ambulance was no place. for “Ee¢,”” and as soon as he set foot on foreign soil he realized that he had a chance to get into the infantry, his old branch, in which he had served with distinction in the Boxeér rebellion. He got his transfer and saw hard fighting, finally receiving a wound which kept him in hospitals several months. He walks now with a slight limp. Seldom Tells the Story. Barnett has been back now several weeks, but he rarely volunteers to tell the story of his encounter with the German when he succeeded in pushing the bayonet into the boche’s neck. In order to extricate the bayo net he had to shoot the enemy dead. A close friend was entertaining him one day when, many hours after they had been together for the first time since the return of Barnett, the latter remarked that he had been through the bayonet fight. “Why, we asked you to tell us in teresting things and you said there was none,” said the friend. Lieut. Sheppard was married to Bar nett's sister, Mrs. Ruth Barnett Free man, last spring, just before the 315th Infantry left for France. The wed ding was one of the leading social events connected with the 79th Divi sion, and was the culmination of a romance of the most interesting char acter. e et A Chess Challenge. The chess team of the camp person nel office, consisting of three men, hereby challenges a team of any other organization of the camp to a chess tcurnament to be piayed at G hut at any date to be agreed upon. SERGT. ALBERT 0. EGGE, Captain. e S ———— Chaplain F. F. Powell. e ~;5 ; %flf : B o SR B i “ L o SRS B P S - . § s E s e - o vfi?g? | e BGo e R : : Sosias’ '<'~:e:-:;:: ST Ny eSy RO SR L L R R Y g it 2 e3R e S b e A - TRENOCH( SAYS CHURCH ¥/ ——-—’-—-' ator-Minister Gi Aviator-Minister More Sympathi V of the:Y OURCHES-SUR-MEUSE, France, & December 22, 1918, 3 My most beloved family: e "Phe last mail from home was dg,t‘gd November 17, so I have no idea whe_.ro you are spending Christmas. How I | would love to be with you. I am go ing to Nice for a week permission just after Christmas. 1 had just arrived there the other time when I received - the telegram about Volney so 1 came back at once. ‘ President Wilson seems to be get ing a great reception in Paris. This ting a great reception in Paris. This are being decorated and praised won derfully. Most of them deserve all the medals they can be given. It should be an incentive to us all to play the part of a man in such company. It is a time when there must be many re forms politically, economically and -leligiously. There will be perhaps many more changes before the millen ium comes. As to sgpiritual things we are having an opportunity to make an impression on the hearts of men that we may never again soon. I feel that there must come reforms in doe trines, and in service, and in our at titude toward certain things. Too many men have a narrow idea of church and her work. We have net made ourselves necessary enough to the lives -of most people. We rjust have a greater sympathy wlt‘u}l_: ages and classes. Perhaps we "have not been sympathetic enough with the social needs of young people, and the ° things that enter into their lives as BASE HOSPITAL ( ¥ .Each Basket Ball Tw Gamc——_ Tankera ! T 5. F. T. lirst limy One of the fastest and most exciting basket ball games seen in Camp Meade this season was played Frl(lgy night in the “Y"” gymnasium at base hospital, when the Base team de feated the speedy Walter Reed quin tet, 27——18. The game was close a.l;‘ hard-fought throughout, and it was not until in the last few Lnlnutel‘?ofi 4 play that the Base team secured i safe lead. The first half was fast and | very close and ended with M slightly in the lead, with a score of 17—14. Skinnaway, the “Indian chief” of the Reed team, opened the second . half with a field goal, bzt the Meade team was out for victory, and Wil liams retaliated with a two-pointer.’ Ashman a few minutes later addod another, and Shorty “Gaul” put on the finishing touches by dodging down the floor for a couple more. The excellent teamwork of the Base quintet and the floorwork and shoet ing of Skinnaway and Meyerson of the Reed team were the features of the game. The line-up was as fol-- lows: a : g Base. Walter Reed Hospital. Wi11iam5........R. Forward.........Meyerson Gau1............L. Forward.....,..,.Copeland, A5hman......... Center .............. Hoekeher MacDonough. ... .R. Guard..........Skinnaway Finkiestein..... . J.. Guard...............Ligan Base field goals—Gaul, 6; Williams, 3; Ash man, 2, Reed field goals—Meyerson, 5; Skin naway, 2. Foul goals—Gaul, 7 out of 9; Ford, 1 out of 2; Meyerson, 4 out of 9. Substitute— Ford, for MacDonough. Referee—Mr. Simpson, Scorer—Mr, Patrick. : Each team has won one game. The basket ball game between the Tankers and the Utilities of Camp/Meade was played February 21, in the Y audito rium in Meade, trucks being furnished to take tlle team and all the Tankers who wanted to go as spectators. The be ginning of the game was all to the letilities’ advantage, owing to superior team work, but the guarding by the Tankers was perfect, and no field goal was made. The Utilities scored two points on fouls in the first half. The last part of the first half was sensa tional as to the manner in which the Tankers caged the ball, scoring eight goals in the last few minutes of play, The second half was at all times i 12% the Tankers’ favor, with sevea goals . and a foul scored. One foul goal and one from the fleld were allotted the Utilities in this half. There was no . intentional roughness, but-plenty of speed. Fluctuating team work the game rather uncertain as to quals ity at all times. It is understood that the Utilities were minus some of i best men, while the Tankers had their full quota, with all subs present. When the score made the game safe for the Tankers they put in several of their subs, but the guality of playing did not dectease~§ Line-Up of the Teams. : - The line-up: o Tankers. Positions. Utilities. - Sweeney........ Forward ...............Gross McKenzie.......Forward ..........A§ B Corthell.........Center ...:........c:.:.Ntepm 51ini..........C08P .ii..0.i.. . cia ONN Savage..........Goard ............. . Houlilign . far MeKonsic, Wileon for. Cortuert Mibe M = far k or , Roberts for Slain, Foster for Sa ~ Referee—Mr. Smith. . SRRRONEApEE—I RS . ASeat. .4 o B o 'l' Ar _*%' P .va.;f‘?,‘w. 2k = 4‘33?? -,"' ‘-’: = VS "‘,; r—lr e S