Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-22


i'm the afternoons. so that all the young
girls can come while the course In hygiene
will be given in the evenings,
Iausdownc at present is wearing most
military aspect, for campcd all around III
the northern part of the town are various
companies of the National Guard' lheic
are almost always groups OF men urllll's /"
the big green fields up there or reStl"s uIInel
some cool trees With their guns Stath'u III
front of them like small wigwamS uhough
they don't get so many chances To rest 10
thpy?) And YOU simply can't go anywhere
without meeting men III khaki. lhey se''n
to bob up in all directions. ANU "' 70"
know, to see them striding along so spleh-
did.y, actually makes you throw Sout
shoulders back ana brealHc NSNPN'
walk with head more erect
The largest camp around Lansdownf IS
unon the DreNcl estate, where there are 90
| national guardsmcu' cnCanped, unuc' ~, Nv
command of Colonel Thomas b'uule r
| They are of the Sixth Regiment, fnlnuei-
mia battalion, and don't forget the ,t,' lhiia-
| delphia battalion, plc"Se, ~, -, ma
| proud as can be Of that y good man! mn mn
| chine Cunners are at the camp t'hcS |"''
| themselves the suicide squad j.
| rho boys play baseball, they say, ana at
! night lots of them gather around thc oIs
| fires that light the camp ana SINS SUM
| them have mandolinS, too, ana Woululi yT T
| iust love to hear them all? Oh '"ulST' 'ne
| camp has heaps OF Hisl'ors' e'p eip'',. 49, rira
sundays The soldier boys are just aS il'e1
| as thnv can be about showing them arouHu
| the Mace It is very picturesque LOT .'st' s,
| In thc midst of the rows ana rows OIL 3 u"t1
| are the old ivy-covered RUNS Oh Uie ~ 80
| mansion And several years aso "''O ",i,
have thought that there Woulu pV GT
| nronrd those green. peaceful walls VI
| SHAVING llltlc 'llS N''''
| ,o,a,iIv though as they expect 10 go uo"H
| 10 C,sorpia in about week-and lfoln '"'''
| who knows where!
| ON the hill back Of Grimm laIN ~, yn'.
| are something like 600 men from '' -
| Regiment camping, although lhe!' 'oO' az
| only there for II short time: my al Ia b,,
| snaciai drill last Saturday in the held ny
| ,ho troIley station, IN which four conp'iieS
| oarticinatnd There were lots ana lolS VI
| .Iookers-on," and it surely was lic p" "
| the soldier boys all in great iole "
| With the flag waving in the center ol ~
| They had "A band, ana they N'"I bopd
| tbeir maneuverS to its music nv '"'N
sn, 80 a regular concert in the evening
Acton the drill a great many people went
! =, A., ,,,it,itb bark and visited arouhu tilt
,,, 49, Tha bnys were just having mess
| and they surely get good thlhsS to ,"I
| You know each company mas iriit,,,,
| nnoen,," and one lieutenant was FcJo'|'i.H
| over the order ne h"i y"'t ,,. go
| sample each one on the lolloWl"s ""S
can go round and pick out the pes1 VI III
fost" he grinned and do the same Win
| the other two meals
| ,ror,t the officers from Fort Niagara
| ieaaid ,ooling though? LansdoWue 70
ep pl. ,S,,l,,,d 10 nieces of the men VINO returned
snou, there with ''reg'lar sure nun COM
,,tHaionst clinton Winderlch recelNeu tilG ti
s,,,,isisop of second lieutenant 30 uiu
| ~ Snro,I (his brother, GustaNus' Is captain
twelye-inch gun on the Kansas anu
| Stuart Dunlap is now a secohu he"le"''''
too. r,odo,,,,o
| Harry Duncan formerly LahsuoWne
o, a cantain's commission, ana ne
aasaryes IL. lie was down on the po' ue'
last year. you know ,., lao,
ono more Lansdowner just ENLISTED 'anu
u,ora certainly have been good many tne tne
80, having given more than ltS quo'"''
We" Johnston has joined the ordIaHce
posorva Corps and is training no" AT rem"
,,rs Thomas G. Cooper has really peet
aarfu TO the soldiers around Lahs'
Iowpe She is always dong the ' hleea'
.ni',gs for them such as giving theih uheN
Hna,ed "treats" which are huseiy apPreci'
- h,, the boys And she doesn't fofge'
a'o" ;,o.s either. for, as chairman OF the
rr,orgencv Aid Committee, she helped
rnnot deal in entertaining the navymen
S,'ho we're invited out recently ana py tn'
| - some of these men were out 10 l.'ha'
Say,,na over the last weekend Inc Coop
Wv nn,artained three Mr. and Mrs. JohI
| 1ioIar bad two at their home ana MI ana
Mrs Henry S. Baker also mad TWO