Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-26
ANNAPOLIS. Md. MONDAY. JUNE 2e. 1916.
The appearance of these companies.

| celient, and there is none of the rough
ness which if often found in camps
OF this kind They are gentlemen
every one. and representative of the
town from which they come. A clean
wholesome bunch of men. of whom
Annapolis may well be proud.
Nearly everyone carried something
TO the boys-cakes. candy, tobacco,etc..
ami the boys feasted- The Sunday
Blue Laws were not effective as far as
The selling of soft drinks, candy. etc.
vas concernei,and the vendors of these
did land office business. as did the
litneys' which were far too few to
handle the great crowd.
1t was such a crowd as Laurel has
never seen and probably will never see
again, and the residents seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the sensation of the
sudden notioriety given the town. The
Baltimore-W Washington Pike presented
A wonderful sight with string of au-
tomobiles following one behind the
other in close order. as far as the eye
could reach.
Traffic was thoroughly clogged ami
many of the soldiers were detailed to
regulate the traffic. The advance was
made at the rate of ten yards a min
lte' An estimate of the number of
cars visiting the camp would be impos.
sible' but the number ran well up into
the thousands. Cars of every descrip-
ton were there as well as hundreds of
motorcycles.
The cars visiting the First Regiment
hasi the worst of it, as the streets of
the town were in fearful condition,
with the mud foot deep in places for
blocks at stretch, and it is miracu-
lous that there We're no serious acci-
dents as the cars would skid and leap
like things alive, as they forced their
way through the deep mud.
The regimental headquarters of the
FIRST Regiment on Vinegar Hill. are
located on the highest point of the
camp with the First Battalion in front
and the second to the right and the
third, under Major Hugh r. Riley, at
the left on slightly lower ground. The
Third Battalion is composed of Com
panies |, X. l. and Nj, and the Machine
Gun Company attached. but the boys
call it the milk battalion. Many of the
companies of the regiment were busy
swearing in recruits, eight of whom
went from Annapolis to Company M
yesterday morning. :.
These We're Stanley Windsor, John II.
knadler, John K Scherger, John III
Fisher, William f. Hubbard, John H.
Collins, Charles e. Collins, to Company
M and Joseph A. Conolly to the Ma
chine Gun Company. Others who en-
listed and went to the camp this morn
ing were Raymond Garner, Earl Park
inson' John Ernest, Walter M. Leek.
Austin FL. Nine. to Company M, and
Macmillan Parkinson and Charles
Gibson to the Machine Gun Company.
Considerable significance is placed on
the fact that the recruiting detail here
received orders to report to the camp
at once and left here at 11.30 o'clock
this morning. 1t may indicate that the
troops may be called on very soon.
The sanitary condition of the camp
is excellent. There is not a scrap of
refuse of any kind within the limits of
the camp. Everything is being burned
Immediately in the fires which are
kept burning day and night.
An interesting incident of the after
noon was the taking of the new oath,
which permits of their being ordered
out of the country by the officers of the
regiment Many of the privates are
/. refusing to take this OATH General
Gather has issued typewriter page
of orders regarding the feeding of the
men with special instructions to see
that the men are well cared for in this
particular. He ordered that, for the
present, company officer inspect the
cooking, and see that the Army cook
book is followed out.
Dinner was served late yesterday to
Company M and the Machine Gun Com
pany being called about 2.30 o'clock
when the men lined up and passed
through the tent, coming out with a
full pan and a cup of coffee. which
many of them divided with their Wis
itors of the day.
Camp cooks are a rare article and
mighty glad are the companies who
have been able to enlist the right kind
for this service. The officers of the
company were in almost constant con-
ference, working out plans for the bet
terment of the men and to increase
their efficiency.
The First Regiment now numbers
about 1,100 men and the recruits are
still coming in The Machine Gun
Company from this city is the only
complete organization of its kind in the
State. Others are under way, but are
without equipment.
There is nothing definite as to when
the regiments of Maryland will be or
dered to the border. Governor Har-
rington. from his home in Cambridge,
last nights aid he had heard nothing
of any orders, but said Maryland will
be ready with her share of soldiers
when called on"