Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-17
MOTHER FROM HOME
cHEERED AT MEADE
oGood-By, Little Girl" Sung
as One Thousand De-
part for Dixie
cHEERED ON DEPARTING
philadelphia Section Marched
Between Double Lines to In
spring Martial Music
CAMP MEADE, Admiral, Md. oct. II.

CAMP MEADE, AunllIal Mu', OSN i''
,,,,,s woman who had come from Phla-
.,ion,a st.od at the Disney station this
-sorrinq and through tear-stained eyes saw
,.s.hov and the boys Of other mothers, to
-. total Of 1000, depart for southern
training camp
And the boys, members Of the dandy 315ih
,,fsntrv. mindful that they were starting
an tourney that would bring them nearer
,hs 6ghting lines in France, cheered, and
.s their train pulled away made an at
..r,nt 10 console the weeping mothe: by
.,g,rg the chorus Of "Good-by Little Girl,
Good-by.'
perhaps there was one boy bit more
hopnv than the rest for he had kissed his
t.ma- good-by, privilege that he alone
.nioyed He was Harry &. Brown, OF 2Oi3
south Dorrance street and member OF
Company NJ. When he learned that he had
Seen selected to leave Camp Meade. he
.,,red his mother and she was on hand
This morning to say farewell.
~ have three boys in the service, sobbed
Mrs Brown. "and could not let Harry go
without farewell kiss
Mrs Brown was one of small group of
.,o,,en that made the journey to Admiral,
rlsses when Harry stepped out of line to
4 gr4et her and for nearly three minutes held
rim In her arms. 1t was parting so
\ renuine and sincere that the boys gave
\ thelr comrade a rousingScheer when he re-
turned to the line and another cheer Tor
& The faithful little mother.
a one thousand men of the regiment left
Al 10 oc.ocl, and prior to their leaving
4 The Philadelphia section was given royal
< send of Colonel o. b. Rosenbaum had
< the regiment assembled. and as the depart
ing members marched through the double
line Of soldiers the band enlivened the oc-
d easion by playing over There Uncle
! Sammy" and other camp favorites.
y (, One Of the first groups to arrive at the
4 disney station was the bunch from the
. Fifth Ward. There were fifteen men in the
bunch, and as John w. Malley, who led the
crowd put it.. fifteen Carey men" bit
nearer France. Thirty-five men from the
Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster avenue
( district. with Frank Costa and George Ken
nedy in the lead, came next.
Everybody was in happy frame of nina,
although bit disappointed that they were
not given an opportunity to visit their
homes before leaving
s Lewis Katz, 1929 South Second street
Philadelphia's first citizen to be selected for
/. the National Army, was one of the'notables
to leave. He was one of the famous 25S
( men and comes from Draft Beard No. l. 10
II II want to be the first selected man to
( arrive in France" was his comment
One thousand men from the 316 Infantry
are packing up their belongings and maxi
ing ready to leave tomorrow.
n Camp Meades Librty Bond campaign is
getting real results, for subscriptions total
& t563,200. The 316 Infantry IS leading other
( units, with a total of $64,350.
III Confident that the sunny dispositions OF
the Pennsylvanians contribute little to the
work Of putting real pep and fighting spirit
Into the Seventy-ninth Division, officers
launched n drive today that will eliminate
big part of the camps perpetual smile.
Despite the willingness of the men and
their desire to acquire military knowledge
I. II Is apparent that few appreciate the Sc
rlousness of the war or have any concep'
tion as TO their real duty.
This condition, according to ranking of
hcers retards the development of the d
vision and puts it in n class that is fal
removed from the fighting division under
General Pershing
The men must be impressed with thu
seriousness of the war" is the gist Of
orders issued today to regimental com
manders. Impress upon their minds tn,
real situation. Tell them that they are en-
gagged In serious work that they ar
going abroad to fight end that they must de
yelop fighting spirit The philosophy o
William Penn must be discarded becaus
you cannot beat the Huns with love ant
smiles"
The men must learn" said major o
infantry, that war is not play, and tina
the only way to develop a real fighting uni
is to generate a fighting spirit. The mel
must learn to hate the Huns for they ar
deserving of all the hate that we can mus
Ter. The men must make every sacrific
In order to beat the vicious Germans AM
now Is the time to learn about the kind o
sacrifices to be made"
Stories dealing with the vice situation a
Little Penn are resented by the men. The
feel that these stories reflect upon thei
conduct, and as proof that conditions ar
y. H. point TO the statement made by Gen
eral Kuhn. The general when discussn
mat phase of the camp life made 1t plai
mat vice crusaders are welcome at an
time
Let them come and look us over" say
Seneral Kuhn. "They will find that condi
lions are not what they are painted by
tew persons who are not familiar with tn
santonment. The best way to learn tn
uue conditions is to visit the camp"