Evening star., 1917-10-19
NOAVA|LABLEL|ST
or MEN GOING SOUTH
Names of District Men in Ma
chine Gun Battalion Quota
Kept Secret.
LEAVE MEADE TOMORROW

lCHVE WcHUE IOWOnlO"
/ CAMP MEADE, Admiral. Nd. october
19.-The eighty y-five District OF Column
| bia selected men from the 3l2th Ma
chine Gun Battalion who are to go to
! Camp Gordon, Atlanta. Ga. tomorrow
must depart without opportunity of
| bidding goodbye to the folks at home.
| No announcement of the names of those
who are to go will be made. and even
! the men themselves will not know until
/ thy are ordered tomorrow morning to
/ pack up their kit bags and start for
! the train
| The reason assigned for this is that
! the Washington men are SO close to
home that IL the names of those who
are to go were announced in advance
of their going great confusion would
result from efforts of the men to OBJ
ain transfers to organizations that are
to remain here. and that efforts OF
relatives to see the men before they
leave for the south would create fur
ther confusion.
Leave Tomorrow Morning.
So the men will shake the dust of
Camp Meade from their feet tomorrow
morning and start for the southern
camp with no chance for final fare
well to the relatives and friends they
leave behind.
However, this may be said: The Dis
trict selects will leave Camp Meade
early in the morning, and the troop
train on which they will travel will
pass through the Union station in
| Washington between and IL o'clock
noon over the Pennsylvania or the Bal
timore and Ohio.
The train will stop in the yards long
enough to transfer from one line to
another SO that relatives of the boys
by going to the station may have a
chance for few words.
Liberty Loan Boosted.
Liberty loan figures for Camp Meade
as announced to last midnight were
S675.00o. OF this sum the men of the
312th Machine Gun Battalion have sub
scribed more than s25,00O. This is said
to be the best proportionate showing
of any unit in camp.
Brig. Gen. William H Gordon, who
recently arrived in the United States
from the Philippines. reached Camp
Meade yesterday. He is in command
of the 154th Depot Brigade.
Another contingent of 1000 men,
mostly from central Pennsylvania,
moved out for Camp Gordon this
morning.
Relief to Correspondents.
Resembling of the order issued We'd
nesday afternoon by direction of the
commanding general, which absolutely
forbade the giving of information of
any kind by o.acers or men of the 18th
Division to newspaper representatives
was a source of relief to the correspond
ents here. AS the order was issued IL
prohibited the gathering of any personal
items and squadroom talk of the men,
as well as other matters of more i'm
portance-
When the order was called to the at
tie application was pointed out the gem
eral at once admitted that 1t was far
more sweeping than had been intended,
and directed that 1t be altered.
want you correspondents to get all
the personal news to be had about the
squadrooms and barracks" he said
The more of that kind of news you
print the better The original order was
designed to prevent the giving of in
formation of military importance by per-
News Is Legitimate.
THE personal notes about the men in
camp, how they are treated. what they
are doing. what they have to eat, how
they amuse themselves, and all that is
iesitimate news that is interesting TO
the folks at home and to the men who
are soon to come 40 Camp Meade. Its
publication has good effect, and ! had
cut II off"
The amended order will reach COM
pany. battalion and regimental COM
manders, some time today Meanwhile
however, officers and men are ANYTHING
but sources Of information; they will
not say a word until the amended order
is posted.
The schedule of games and athletics
for the various teams of the dt-
Vision. and the interregimental foot
ball schedule were announced yester-
championship of Camp Meade. IT was
announced. is TO play the champion
eleven from Camp Dix. the game to
be played on Franklin Field Phila-
delphia, Saturday, December l. The
hrst contest Of the interregimental
series is to be played at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon on post Office field
between the elevens Of the 3l1th and
3l2th Field Artillery.
Remainder of Schedule.
The remainder of the schedule is;
Wednesday. October "a, pm, on post
office field, 311th Machine Gun Bat
talon VS.. 3i2th Machine Gun; pm. on
L block field, 310th Machine Gun Bat
talon VS.. 3o4th Headquarters Ammu-
milton Train
Saturday. October 81, pm, on post
Office field, 315th Infantry VS.. 316th In
fantry.
Sunday October %, $40 pm, on n
block field. 3l0th Field Artillery VS..
S14th Infantry.
Wednesday. October 81, . p.m.. on
post office field, 23d Engineers VS.. sO4th
Engineers.
Saturday, November 2, pm, on post
office field, 313th Infantry VS.. Ordnance
Department
For liberty loan day, Wednesday. Oc-
tober "a, George W. Braden, camp ply
steal director. has arranged a program
of athletic competitions. The games
are to be staged on the post office field
and the program is to start at Lao
o'clock sharp. Teams of TWENTY-FIVE
men are TO represent each unit in tho
| division. and three handsome banners
are to be awarded the winning, second
| and third teams. The events termed "A
| relay pentathlon, are TO consist Of a
tug of war 50yard relay, 100-yard re-
! lay. 30-yard piggyback relay and a 40
( yard medicine ball relay
! Punting Contest Scheduled,