Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-17

The new street lamps used for the
FIRST time Wednesday cannot be passed
BY lightly.
Send some money home. buy liberty
bond. and save little of that pay. old
comrade.
The post once hast Sunday handled
2.eoe sacks Of parcel post-some mail
for the males.
Talking about mail--the Y. M. C. A.
is supplying the men about ton of pa
per and envelopes . day for letters to
the home folk right in the four centers
opened in Camp Meade.
That foot BAH game last Sunday was
sure q pippin. says one Of the boys.
Even though Reds" did get bloody
nose 1t did not prevent him from
hitting the line hard and plowing right
One of the things most enjoyed be-
tween the quarters Of the game was the
band concert. which kept interest up
and made the boys and the SPECTATORS
as well move about and keep warm.
Mr.. w. +. Cochran OF Baltimore and
his wife have offered to give cut fOw-
ers to be distributed among the h0spi-
tails in camp to cheer the i'll and cen-
valescent. Mr. Cochran is q business
man OF Baltimore, and is here i'm camp
as volunteer Y. II. c. A. worker.
The newcomers from Montgomery
| county. Pa. district No. !. this week
exander GoIinsky, william Kennedy.
William H. stills. Jack Sheets and
George n Watkins. The Red Cross
chapter from this district supplied the
men with q splendid comfort bag. and
Don't talk about Camp Lee or Dix or
Upton near the sea.
Don't blow about Camp Devans. sir. or
| all the rest to me:
| The finest bunch of all the men In our
u. 8. N. A.
Is at dear Camp Meade. the Camp
Meade Boys
Fer Camp Meade-Hip HOo-ray.
Every Thursday night win be known
| in Camp Meade - 1.-THE big entertainment
night" according to +. F. Leonard, camp
musical and entertainment director of the
Y. n c. A. On this night some programs
various association buildings. Wednes-
day and Sunday nights the religious serv-
ices win have q large share Of singing,
the song services being greatly appreci-
ated by the boys. who not only sing but
| join I'm the whistling and humming with
great enthusiasm
| The boys are calling for musical i'm
struments to while away q few hoWrs In
the evening; Baltimore folks have re-
sponded to the cali and already number
Of the fellows have been made happy. II
| the folks back home have any Kind OF
musical instrument that they would like
| to give the boys in Camp Meade will they
please communicates with +. F. Leonard?
Mr.. Leonard also states that the song
books have arrived, and orchestra and
band music win soon be on hand.
Lieut.. Bald. intelligence offacer at divi-
sion headquarters announces that. begin
ming last Saturday; there would be no ad-
mission to Camp Meade except by pass.
He warns all relatives that they must
write to their kiA here that they In
| tend to visit. and the boy must report
such information to his company Officer
and the date Of proposed visit. A pass
win then be issued to the home folk. This
measure is necessary to prevent curiosity
the danger Of accidents.
Hitting the hay is a phrase which
in quite literal hereAbOuts these days,
fer il is the same stuff that feathers
the nest for old D0bbin in the stable
Give me q pitchf0rkt. cried George
Stapjany of Baltimore the other Morn
| ing when he awoke and tried for the
| first time to make up his bed 1t il
no easy task in the line Of duty. and
| 10 sure makes q man out of felBer,"
as enc observed. as he never appreciate
ed just what a woman's job really is
around the house.
Some Of the new Army slang has been
recently coined at the boxing exhibitions
which might do justice to George AIDE
when 1t comes to the aptitude. Soak
him I'm the Hoover In one classic express
sion that means init him in the stomach"
| Another chap Is vigf1antly exhogtfng his
| favoFite to Paste him in the bellows"
which means init him In the wind" SUN
another spurs his hard-pressed. steaming
| contestant to Work the old one-twO,
work the old one-two." Evidently the
poor chap has run out Of that line for a
| Siam in the corn crib" delivered by
this opponent affords a spell for breath
as he drops for the count.
In taking about the liberty loan, Col.
| C. B. Sweezy of the 315th Infantry said:
| II am sure that our men are going to
| set . remarkable record. They have done.
finely and are doing better The men
used to set along on SIS month and
now that they have SO Il ought to be
net TO cast very much more these days
| t. set along- have suggested that those
who have no dependents at h0mae can pvt
l half their pay into liberty honda" TAfg
seems to be meeting with general ap-
prsHal among the men, fog the sA9wing
| they have made veEiMe8 the prediction,
| and every last fesnoW seems proud Of the
Slowing made Up to date
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