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RADUATING EXERCISES AT
E{, ARNAPOLIS ACADENMY.
. -BY DR. THOMAS W. LINGLE,
Uasp Religibus Director, Y. M. C. A,
~Ag ef & year and nine months with
L T‘neh and American armies,
Nostly overseas, a day with the Navy
JAB. an experience of great interest
je.me. Friday, June 6, I took an elec
pfie car at Camp Meade for my first
Eiinpee of Annapolis and.to attend
Sfsduation jexercises at ,the Naval
Foadémy. The overcast skies and re-
FFasbiug breor. breaking the long
Ugces on ©of hot days at the camp,
e _O;Od,.to the plpunro',ot ke
w ‘bon &8 our cars reached the out-
BRlrts of this interesting old colonial
IOWn ‘we observed that the khaki of
the Army bad given place to the white
pf.the Navy. Even the M. P.s on the
,a g‘! Annnpqg- are all in spot
ießh.white. A few men in khaki from
fi . le -and elsewhere, opurn
Q were In attendance at
tie exerci but they took a back
:fim the men in white ruled the
R ‘ :
..:9:'.'@ on not accustomed to the
l&ys of the Navy could not be sup
-oß#d to know that admission to
Padusting ‘exercises at the Academy
i oxgliisively by card. Where was
¥ eard? Well, that problem had to’
e solved, and solved it was by my
BINE direct to ‘the ichief officer in
jthority at the entranec to the sudi-
Otigm and frankly acknowledging
¥ Agnoranc &nd innocence of a card
CDhed fnside, ,1. found. that several
ousnd . people had preceded -me.
S Suditorium, 'il' we. may call it
iy th, At name, is upward of a hun-
Fed yards in length and about ome-
EORrth that in width. ' The platform
P 8 located. at the extreme end, and
N1 were seated the superintendent,
&.5 fral Bcales, Admirals Mayo
B 8 _Rodman, various others high in
VAI olreles,” heads, of departments
“ demy, the Secretary of War,
, ‘but not least, the Secretary
Fille’ Navy, who occupied the seat
£ hosor, all ‘wearing the white suits
Lihe Navy, excepting the two cab
et efcers. Immediately in front
[ this dstinguished group sat the
# Men of the graduating class, sim-
Rrly attired. On either side of'the
B 8 - wére" seats reserved for sev
"?f”?‘;w dred ladies and gentlemen
iyored with special cards of admiis
' The remaining StWo-thirds of
f 1 was occupied by the under-,
raduates and théir officers, who first
| some marching around, and then
'fi‘y_ "‘stand for the dayr—all in
.g: jue. They all stood in their
Sitioh during the two hours con-,
imed. by graduating exercises, ex
vepting ‘sm who dropped in their
dcke and %ro carried out by their
Iwfi [6B. - Whether they all really
Binted, or whether ‘it was in part
j'fuse, lam not prepared to say. I
Ml Sure; however, that it was a great
SRI warmer on the ground fioor than
[the gallery where I stood for the
e léngth of time, and the ventila
m‘;nt 80 _good. Among that
jige humber of men there is little
ghut there were at least some
fiase physical condition fog the time
a.lto make a stand of two
BUPS & very severe test of endurance.
P decorative scheme was one of
B piriking features of the whole
j¥alr, bunting in white and in light
Feen being suspended and entwined
N’f fwhere . in’ xennlno%a‘nl abun
‘jm preliminary remarks by Supt.
iohles, Becretary Daniels took the
:"*‘ ¥ 1o deliver the annual address.
B 8 simple; effective manner he re-
Marsed the exploits of the Navy in
Haning the war, told of its progress
lishing the transdtlantic air
Jine and enumerated a number of
%f yet to be solved by men of
_ _" ‘3?: #vy, who Jnay have the ne‘éu
j¥y genius. The impression left
98 the young ensigns was that they
B¥e coming into the Navy at the very
% when urgept problems arp beck-
BE Yo young ‘men. of talent and
BN Paxe to Eive. & Duetws.
Tek e T LT R
304 was taken up by the raunks of
i o 8 standing in order and
extending to the distant end of the
ball, where no man could possibly
W the voice of the peaker, but
Yhere applause was properly carried
out just the same, and sounded ukg
distant echo long after those near t
speaker had resumed tranquil atti
tude. -
" Diplomag were delivered to those
Wwho had completed the course of the
academy, and Mr. Daniels shook hands
Wwith the 460 men, speaking a word of
commendation to each as he handed
out thd diploma—which was no small
stunt for a man in one day.
After a tgw college yells in honor
-of the visitors and the class, all stue
dents and officers steod at attention
while the distinguished men on the
platform made their exit between col
umns. Now it was that the real ex
citement of the occasion began. The
graduating clagss proceeded ‘“te do
the snake dance,” each man placing
his hands on the shoulders of the man
ahead, the column winding nb:)nt in
and out among the ranks of the un
dergraduates in great style,- singing
as. they went.
At last, baving attained a rather
compact position in the center of the
building, the class gave three grand
“hurrahs” to the waving of their
headgear, and- with the third onme
they flung their 450 caps upward and
outward, looking like so many large
lngwfla.ku in‘a whirl, landing them
in the midst of visitors in the gal
leries, where every lady scrambled
to bocom/e thg happy possessor of at
least onel The graduates thén marched
rapidly out of the hall and each man
ran at full speed to his room “to his
civilian clothes,” it was sald, leav
_ing undergraduates and visitors to
wend their way as best they could.
,An inspection of the grounds,
buildings and historic spots, of the
water front and the warships in the
distance, and craning their necks to
watch the seaplanes fly over the resi
dence of the superintendent in honor
o‘ their patron saint, the Secretary
of the Navy, finished an interesting
day calculated to make .us men with
the Army understand better the char
acter and spirit of the Navy, which
constitutes our first line of national
defense.
ADDRESS BY MAJ. GAINES.
Emphasizes Importance of Ethics
in Talk at “Y” Auditorium.
Maj. Neel Gaines gave an address
lest Friday at the Y’ Auditorium which
was a great inspiration and help to the
many soldiers present and proved that
old Kentucky is still making good. He
has been a soldier in the last three wars
of Uncle Sam and surely knows the
“stuff ‘that men are made of,” which
was the subject of his address, and in
it he showed how men could honestly
differ in their opinions and yet allow a
tolerant spirit to exist between them.
By his simile of a three-legged stool,
be made c¢lear the necessity of men, and
particularly soldiers, standing on the
tripod of a sound body, an educated
mind and a clean heart. Calling the
soldier’s ‘appearance and his manner- of
saluting the “A-B-C”. of military Ilife,
the major acted out his teaching of the
lesson in a forceful way, and there was
not a man in the hall but got a new con
ception of how towsalute and what the
ufute meant, both in the giving and
in the returning. Wl
The major deserved the volume of ap
_ plause accorded him at the conclusion of
fi;._ address, and the educational depart
ment is to be complimented on securing
‘such a delightful and instructive lec
turer. .
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: - “Watch Your Step.” -
(Rev. Dr. Jobn F. Cowan, in the Baltimore
: 7 Methedist Protestant.)
Expressiops I must slough off when
1 get back into “civies”: :
“Say, listen, fellows.” (Have some
thing worth listening to.)
“Up against it hard.”
“I put it over.”
“Absolutely.” - :
“Sure, Mike.”
“Betcha boots” (or life).
“It stacked up good.”
“Take it from me,” or “I'll tell the
world.” - ‘
“Over the top” refuses to go .over.
Quit calling men “fellows,” ‘‘lad
dies” and “guys.” -
“What's eating you up? :
All.‘mp other “rough stuff” .I have
picked up in the camps. ‘
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“ More Marylanders Land.
The 315th Sanitary Train of the
79th Division, a -unit trained at Camp
Meade and including a number of Bal~
timore and Maryland men, arrived in
New York Saturday on the transport
Kentuckian. Most of the arrivals were
of the 19th Dlvls_lon.
e B e AT O
For Those Who Gave.
Through the wooded depths—in the reedy turn—
‘Where the winds of lprlv are blowing,
Their crosses wait w ureq and Marne
And on where the is flowing.
Their rifies rust where rank weeds spawn,
n.t“ endless lltb‘: :::"::. t:-&" E
n’Wm inn that bholds them, 3
the A trail their helmets wait
] mever a ghost shall - T
Thet leads to the .-o”t:q -:h for. <
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At the will V?,;,?: chas fory ‘_:_v(
L N GRANTLAND RIOB
GREATLY DECREASED JULY 1
Vocational Activities to Cease—Exhibit
~ Sent to Convention Excites
- ¢ Admiration.
With the dropping of Camp Meade
84 the site of a base hospital and the
retaining of some of the buildings for
use as a camp hglpltu-—thut change
taking place probably about the end
of this month—the present staff will
be reduced to at least half of its pres
ent number. A much higher per
¢entage will prevail among the vo
cational and educational staffs, of
course, and already many of the “R.
A.s” have left for other camps and
positions.
The vulcanizing school will be con
tinued as long as possible, however,
and will be the last of the shops to
close. A great work has been ac
complished in this school, all men who
completed the six-week course being
guaranteed a_job at $5 per day, and
probably twenty-five are now earning
that amount in the works of the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company at
Akron, Ohio. One of the men trained
at the school, Lieut. O’'Donnell, has
been given charge of the vulcanizing
department at Camp Holabird, in the
Motor Transport Corps at that plac\e.
The electrical and typewriting
achools will also be continued for
some time yet, and perhaps the photo
graphic, too. The last-named branch
has just started a new “stunt,” taking
pictpres of well-known men ‘and in
teresting scenes in the vicinity of
the hospital during . the day, then
making lantern slides thereof and
showing them at the Red Cross con
valescent center the same night. Be
sides making it pleasurable for the
spectators at night, the students of
the class will gain much valuable ex
perience in the art of quick reproduc
tion, and the innovation is expected
to give great satisfaction all around.
An exhibit sent by the reconstruc
tion bureau to the surgeon general's
office—and now being shown at the
medical convention at Atlantic City—
was adjudged highly creditable there,
meeting with the unqualified approval
of all privileged to see it. It ¢on
sisted of charts and data covering the
time a wounded man arrived at the
hospital until he was discharged, and
included many specimens of" work
done by wounded men while under the
tuitien of the staff of the reconstruc
tion bureau. il
The vocational farm will be turned
over to Capt. Warfleld, in charge-of
the cantéen at the base, and, as was
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Many of our soldiers have cover
ed ‘“‘some” territory since the begin
ning of the war, and Sergt. Frederick
King of the Tank Corps has quite a
record in that respect: Since the day
that Germany started something she
could not finish. Sergt. King has
traveled about 35,000 miles.
Originally in the Australian expe
ditionary forces, he- transferred his
services to the American expedition
ary forces and was sent to this coun
try, touring Texas in behalf of the
liberty loan fund. His home is in
Melbourne, Australia, and he expects
to be discharged from the Franklin
“tankers’ very shortly ,intending .to
return -to the ‘“Land of the Kanga
roo” by the first available steamer.
If he is allowed the rate of 5 cents
per mile from Camp, Meade to Mel
bourne, it will cost the War Depart
ment a tidy sum to ship him home,
and the sergeant should not starve
for a month or so, at least.
The Mfirst of a series of dances to
be given by the Tank. Corps was
held last Friday eveninlg-rln the Ath
letic Hall, at Camp anklin, and
proved a great success. Dancing bhe
gan at 7:45 and vontinued without
abatement until 10:30.. The War Camp
Community Service of Baltimore sent
out seventy-five ladies of that city
and, needless to say, they were a big
factor in making the evening a most
enjoyable one. Chaplain. MacArthur
and Sergt. Madison were responsible
for all other arrangements pertain
ing to the night's 'entertainment,”
which is- another way of saying that
e_ivel"lythlng was all that could be de
sired. o
One of the latest additions to- the
equipment of the tankers is a minia
ture machine shop outfit mounted on
wheels. It is a remarka'bly complete
outfit, comprising a lathe, fully
equipped; -a ' drill press, emory
grinder, air hammer and air com
pressor, étc., and, in addition, it gen
erates its own electricity. The ma
chine, which cost a small fortune, is
under charge of Sergt. L&f. who- is
& master mechanic and credited
with being able to repair anything
from “ collar button to a tank.
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Dr. J. H. Clifford in Baltimore.
___ Dr. John H. Clifford, the noted Y. M.
C.- A, overseas, worker, who was
< awarded t‘o croix de guerre and the
croix de ne for extragrdinary
gallantry under fire at Chateau.
Thierry, is addressing Baltimore au
diences this week. Tonight, at 8§
o'clock, he speaks at Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church; Friday, at 9 am,,
Western High School, and -at noon
to' the workers at the Mount Vernon
shops; Saturday at 7 p.m: he speak:
in ghe .kog::‘o:’tlu; (i:n‘trds Y. M. C. A
and on at - 10:15 am., Bufaw
‘Place Baptist Ohurch; “at- 11 am.,
Us N —e e
the case last year, the mess tables of
the lucky (?7) ones remaihing at the
hospital during this summer will
have their 111 of delicacies.
There are many highly scientific
films on hand now, and it is planned
to - show them to the nurses at reg
ular and frequent intervails, ¢ach film
to be explained as shown on .the
screen by the best qualified expert on
:::‘l‘: particular _subject who can be
One very noteworthy feature of
Capt. Ramaker's work has been the
trips to Baltimbre with crowds of the
wounded boys. Since February 1
about fifty such trips have been made,
with the number per trip ranging all
the way from three to 400. This, of
course, would not have been pouible
without the splendid and whole
hearted co-operation of the officers
of the Motor Transport Corps, Lieuts.
Stoll, Willis and Block, who left no
stone unturned to see that enough
conveyances and drivers were al
‘'ways on hand when the convalescents
needed them. g
In fact, every unit in camp is en
titled to credit for the splendid man
ner in which they assistéd in geeing
to it that the boys at the base hos
pital got everything that would in
any way make their stay here as en-
Joyable as could be. Not only did
this work of the Motor Transport
Corps, engineers, utilities and quar
termaster’'s departments help the pa
tients, but it had an appreciable ef
fect for good on the morale of the
reconstructional school staff itself,
who became: bound closer to their
work and that of their colleagues
when the interest of outside depart
" ments in the patients was thus shown.
Miss Huger expects to remain in
this work, but Capt. Walters will
probably leave for overseas duty
soon, and Lieut. Gaghagan is being
transferred to Fort Sheridan. Capt.
Ramaker will stay ‘as long as there
appears need for him to do so, but .
the majority of the officers and en
listed. men desire their discharge at
an early date. Mrs. and Miss Stearns
left with the close of the music
school and have taken up residence
in East View, N. Y. ;
5 The hospital paper, Here and
There, will appear for the last time
next Saturday, June 14, and its live
wire editor, First Lieut. F. A, Apple
felder, 8. C., will join the staff of
Walter Reed Hospital, there to aseist
in the publication of the Come Back,
:hhlcth. ‘tl.{:oush even l::ow "Oomol'; ;
eet, will soon approach a very hi ;
standard. -F.D ‘ T
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=~ Lieut. E. E. Crouter, camp morale
officer, is hard at work on a compre
hensive program of- games embracing
many forms of athletics,” for the bene
fit of the ‘enlisted men, officers and
civilian' employes in Camp Meade. In
. addition to base ball, he plans to have
“schedules for cage ball, volley ball
~ and the usual track and field activi
ties, preference being given to those -
events which will permit of a large
number of contestants taking part at
tl:e same time, thereby interesting
and ' exercising more men than. is~
usually the case when the competition
is limited to those who show excel
lence tn some particular branch* of
sport. 5 G
Liberty field will be fitted up with
whatever equipment is necessary, and
most of the mass athletics will take
place there. %
Government Makes Provision:}
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' Generously for Family 4
Disabled Men Are Givén Allowances for Sub:.§
sistence According to Family N T’i
Varies According to Number of "% &%
Co Dependents. * <=R
WASHINGTON, June 11.—It is very
necessary that the public should un- *
derstand the provisions that the gov
ernment has made.for the retraining
of the soldier disabled to such an ex
. tent that he cannot return to his
former employment, nor can he take
-uUP & new occupation without training
for it. Without thinking, the public
often contends that the soldier has
‘“done his bit” and, therefore, the gov- .
ernment should give him sufficient
compensation to live without bother
ing himself about a job for the rest
of his life. § 2
Upon serious thought this same pub
. lic will realize that this condemnation
to Such continuous i:aictivity is no
kindness to the soldies who has sac
rificed his health for his country. The .
. ge t has planned a better way,
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@iven Up for Two I ys , ThesgHod
Two More in Meade, \
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Charles W. Rodmaker, Compatly (|
112th Infantry, 28th Division 6 Fikn
baut, Dauphin Tmfl" )
& full share of war ex esw f'w,
he enlisted at Harrish vy & |
15, 1917, and yet has the Bighest’
gard for the way Uncle Sam tHeats.
his boys in the Army. o *"M‘
He landed in France, vis Livefio
Eng., in May, 1913, and was sent:
mediately into the front Hné resth
trenches. In July he was gassedf
Chateau Thierry, but soon recovef
In August he crossed ?“f fesle
entered Feims, where~hé Was i
ed to the arduous task of clefning"
machine gun and °® ’*'@ e
While out on a street there he wh
hit by a high explosive ,*% 1 Gl
stripped off all his ciothes $ 3
him with only his pack, which hall
opened to get some phote raphs thi
be hig{hly prified‘. and then “"’
conscious. e return emporaril
to consciousness when%?
bearer “carrying him stumibled &+
some debris, but soon relapEaiesi
remained so for almost three M
at the base hospital at Limog
For two days the doctors deiilibas
ed whether it was worth whilé oph
ating on him or not, as +§%
pected him to live, thirty-elßh
wounds being found on his ¥ “’éfi ~
and legs, but the advice of Maj. Day L
prevailed and the first of Seves b+
erations was made on him ¢t “”V,g&‘
Maj. David’'s marvelous skijll, "”fi S
attention, Rodmaker atributes’ th !
fact that he is still alive, ="= . i
Rodmaker left BordeauX in DN 1%
ber. 1918, Bpending both Chistinal
and New Years days ozvihe Witeil
and arrived at Camp ’%, 14 -
%asaing through Newport News AEN
ampton Roads, Jany w thisG
year- Since’coming here, he M "'.‘ /
two other operations, makin 'j"f"'
of nine. - PR “
He is going to a college in Fhili
delphia, at Uncle Sam's expehsit, Whe
he is discharged, to take wp the studh{
of poultry and fruit ing, apd hopes
to settle in Florida. =& "= i
As above stated, he th nks |i) ;_f
the way he has been t m;fi
Army, and would remain in it wel
it not for his disability, snd he hasf'
special meed of praise for Ris forme
company co_mmzmlor.“"_, ww% :
Stine of Harrisburg, P".;W} iy
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BflDY lN M "RTURLE ! |
The body of Joseph O: ichardl 3
cook at the remount: Stafion here
Who had been missinig. sifde May 25,
was found floating in_the Patusent
-river, about a mile southwest of the
remount station, Fridey DN £Wo sl
tains of the quartermaster's departsl
ment. o ._;_7;"?1 &
The two men were fishing ir 3“ ?
river when they found the Doty fion &
ing in the- shallow water of thal
stream. They immed Wpfim, ‘
the provost guard and s dectoMwa
called, who said that ‘the Dody thi
been lying in the water mgh % e
There were no marks of foul RISy
and ;he most = Oy Tg"’i:, A' :
seemed to be suicide, but laliure
disclose any motive font“; ;‘% A
leads to the belief that he was oversy
come with heat while -bathing ani !
fell in the stream. ‘A short dist nces
up the stream from thie b wfi’;_ at}
and shirt, with S6O in money, & DrAyaN |
book and other personak DelonSingES
in the pocket, were fount ey |
The body was removed Mg"w*
‘hospital and will be taken £0 LGN
home of his brother, at 333 Kima strast.
Manchester, N. H., after the Boang of J
officers which is - investighting ey
death has brought a ¥ ;::’,g‘fi‘f"’ T
made for his re-education ff‘fiL e
trade or profession, but that WEhsy
*will be paid to him and 15 Bisdss,
pendents during the ftin %’% ired.
for his preparation for this % irther::
service for the natiom.. M:i% Ar risk
insurance bureau ys . campensatic
to .ge m;mm:ng, 533' nces: fof th
support of ependents during the;
entire perltd of his m'fi%fig o
. The amouht given the man in t¥aln =3l
ing varies according to thi “sizé of him
family. A single man gots it e 8
$65 2 month, but there is.a gradusicd
scale of paymentsnjor' - married m: 51 8
Who has a wife and children which 848
based upon the family pairemen o 4 §
For instance, a married man lving 648
home with his wife and lild wouid g
get (including the family alloWanees e
SBO, an;ix if helmut ‘z;_,_, way fror = |
home the total amount 8 31005 1f besg g
has four children h. f,;.;;w, gV &5 i §
$117.50, uniess he mus t live 8 TR §
- home during his training, when & <ig
family g: paid $122.50. increane iy}
- these "atlow ces is.made 9P e
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