The Washington herald., 1917-10-07

been recommended for . JOB with the
supply quartermaster.
Jimmy Arcaro can blow Q piccolo.
likewise q flute. He came down with
the last District bunch. and he had his
musical instruments with him. The
result was harmony and melody In the
Company B barracks and request Tor
Jimmy to sign up with the regimsntal
band. Before joining the colorS he
was . member Of the Strand Theater
Orchestra.
The boys are indebted to Henry
Lansburgh for the pressing board that
will keep their clothes well tailored
and 8. Kanns' Sons q Company for
the electric iron that goes with II.
II somebody wants to have his name
written in the hall Of fame for the
Washington soldiers let him give any
OF the Machine Gun Companies a
piano. All three companies are fixing
up the lower floor Of their barracks
q victrola would be exceedingly well
come. Otherwise the men will have to
buy one themselves when pay day
comes around.
Private Dove In with the Machine
Gun Battalion and his brother. Capt.
Dove is at division headquarters look
ing after the quartermasters stores.
Dove and Stuart Barr are among the
wealthiest men among the Washing
tonians and are called the millionaire
kids"
Mime. Fely Clement. Of. the Boston
Opera Company gave a recital ex-
ciusively for the Machine Gun Bat
talon at barracks B. 80 Of the Y. M.
Z. A, and her wonderful voice con-
WINGED some Of the amateur quartets
they have much to learn about warb-
ling.
The Baltimore boys win have the
edge on the other units when base
oall games are staged. Jack Bentley,
who Clark Griffith tried to make a
dig league performer and who has
made a big hit with the Orioles in
the International League, is among
the Maryland contingent and accord
ing to latest accounts, pitching the
game Of his life.
Private Bradley, Of the machine
gun battalion In which the District
boys perform, was formerly with the
Barnum and Bailey circus as a cook.
He knows how. to turn out rations
for hungry men and his advent in
the barracks kitchen Is believed to
have been partly responsible for the
Dig Improvement in eats"
The Maryland contingent have been
HOrnnlAralv nrfAfN.1 g.
ter overcoats. and they swelled around
the District quota today, which is
only 20 per cent outftted and none
with overcoats.
Joe Amin Is mapping out an atn-
ledc program for the machine gun
battalion that will give every man a
chanee to perform IN his favorite
sport Every man win MI out a card
indicating his favorite pastime and
leagues viii be organized composed
OF those who show interest or are
proficient in any particular sports.
Every one Of the District bows IN,
poncho and Captains Taylor and
Lombard have shown them how to
divert 1t into a sleeping bag. This.
with two blankets, win prevent any
OF the boys from suffering from the
cold during the night.
Allen Austrians are tabooed as ,sol-
diers In the cantonments. Although
many Of them have waived their ex-
emption rights, and have been select
ed for the national army service as
part of the Seventy-ninth Division,
the officers here believe them to be
totally unsuited to wage war for the
United States. The War Department
has been requested by commanders
Of the different units of this camp to
discharge the alien Austrians from
army duties.
B. c. Peuffier, chief Of the camp
fire department, is going to organize
an auxiliary crew from among the
machine gun battalion, and incident
ally give them instructions as to how
to perform in case a fire should be
discovered In the barracks OF the Dis
trict boys.
HON Hopp Is one of the two China
men IN the enlisted soldiers of the
national army. He was formerly q
laundryman in the Eighteenth ward
Va GoANAAiAOACs h6 Is ont VI tnc
most enthusiastic boosters Of Uncle
Sam and his adopted country.
One pass will be good for an auto
mobile party, according to orders is
sued from division headquarters. The
guard of the Tenth Infantry from
New York, which scrutinizes visit
ors to the camp. has been doubled,
and from now on yisftora without real
business in the camp or relatives
quarters there, will not be welcome.
Henry weisenberg is one Of the real
entertainers among the Washingto-
mans. He has brought with him an
original line of real comedy, and he
helps make the afterdark movements
in the Y. NJ. c. A. tent much more
entertaining than the Victrola-