Evening star., 1917-10-12

the government is asking too much in
appealing to its fighting men to extend
yourselves to bodily privations and
dangers you are doing your full share.
In appealing to you for subscriptions
to the second liberty loan the govern
thing. What 1t asks is the assistance
of loan. loan that will be repaid in
full and with good interest The Sc
curity is unquestioned. and no risks
are involved. Your personal interests
and the safety of yourselves and those
near and dear to you are bound up in
the interests and safety OF your coun-
try. What is asked Of you is not gift.
but loan for your own protection,
For the convenience Of small sub
scribers liberty bonds are offered in de-
nominations as low as $50. To its men
in the military service the government
has extended very favorable terms OF
payment. namely. SIS per month for each
fifty-dollar bond, so that they may be
paid for In ten monthly installments."
Cen. Kuhn then explained how the
bonds may be purchased by the men OF
the National Army. saying that II every
man In Camp Meade should buy one
fifty-dollar bond the aggregate would
be considerably over million dollars.
That sum- he said. 'is the lowest
goal which have set for the 18th Divi-
sion"
At the conclusion of Gen. kuhn's
speech the bands played America"
practically every man in the parade
joining In singing the anthem. led by
Kenneth Clark. Then the bands played
The Star Spangled Banner while
every man stood sharply at attention.
AS the parade was dismissed and the
troops were filing off the field Gen.
Kuhn turned to the newspaper repre-
sentatives and asked:
Well. what did you gentlemen think
of the boys? Didn't they make a fine
appearance?"
He seemed as pleased at the unani-
nous approval voiced by the corre-
probation had come from real military
experts.
Camp Meade Notes.
In the division parade yesterday
Capt. Taylor of Company A. 312th Ma
chine Gun Battalion. commanded the
battalion in the absence of Maj. Zane.
The battalion was headed by Company
B, Capt. Lombard, with. Company G,
Capt. Yocum, and Company follow
ing.
Capt. Lombard sent one of the Army
trucks to Washington yesterday TO
bring back pool table, piano and other
clubroom equipment donated to Com
pany B iby Washington friends.
Men of Company c, Capt Yocum,
were detailed for guard duty yesterday,
relieving the men of the 10th N. Y. n.
G.. who left last night for Spartans
DuISs .. u.
Company B has its non-commissioned
officers now. the appointments having
been. approved yesterday. They are:
First sergeant. Joseph Dowd; first duty
sergeant, Visor olmsted sergeant,
William X. Dieste: corporals. Ralph p.
Ward. Harold schaeffer, Charles W.
Shafer and William &. Cooley.
Mess Sergt Schroth of Company c
has some hard work ahead If he fol-
lows the orders of the property officer
issuing uniforms Yesterday the lieu
tenant directed Sergt. Schroth to get
busy and work four inches of his waist
measure if he wanted pair of uniform
breeches The sergeant's present waist
measure is 46 inches and the largest
breeches available at present are only
AZ inches in the waist.
Lieut.. Schoeppe and headquarters
detail started yesterday to clean up the
accumulation of misdirectsd, unad-
dressed and unca1led-for mail at the
Camp Meade post Office. Since the Sc
lected men began arriving In camp mail
of this kind has been accommodating un-
til at present there are thousands of
letters, postcards and parcels the ad-
dresses of which cannot be deciphered
and which take up a lot of room. All
the pieces the addresses on which can
be made out, or which bear return ad-
dresses, will be delivered If possible,
and the remainder will be sent to the
dead letter Office in Washington.
Included in the accumulation of mail
are more than 1000 pieces addressed to
one Individual. \ story attaches to
this bald statement of fact.
When the selected men began coming