The Washington herald., 1917-09-30
Camp Meade S:delighss

Two of the District boys put on
the gloves yesterday for an inlpromp-
tu bout in the company street. As
they wa-n:td up to the work, stiff
IiSht-hand .olt to the mouth caused
ole Of the contestants to spit oJt
two perfectly good teeth. "Who the
H do you think you're hitting?
The kaiser?" said the aggrieved one.
The men wer'. then cautioned to re-
frain from slrgging.
The big question for most of the
men in the camp is when will we
get a furlough?" There is every
indication that the officers intend to
keep them hard at it for at least a
month and then Saturday week-ends
will come as relief to the daily
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One RGltimcre mother must have
felt her boy would not receive proper
food from the army. He landed at
tie Disney Station with a homemade
cake and a LOL of baked beans, the
last of mothers cooking" for 4
while. He gave them UP cheerfully
and the worflnen around the sta
ton had a real treat
Those who intend a visit to the
camp today are reminded that 1t is a
city of magnificent distances and it is
well to know ones objective. The dis
tances here are not only magnificent
but amazing. 1t is a three or four
mile hike through the dust to almost
anywhere and then you usually find
you should have gone in the opposite
direction to arrive at your destination.
Sergeant Mclaughlin started to
teach squad of amateur buglers
how to blow the army calls in one
of the barracks. Get them out of
here, it sounds too much like a Ger
man band and we'll start some
! thing" was the chorus. And the
! sergeant obligingly led them down
to the crossroads which bears the
! signboard "Forty-second street and
| Broadway"
The group of District men who ar
rived yesterday are liable to have a
few of their number returned for
! physical disability. They will be
subjected TO a second examination
today, when a doctor who is an ex-
pert on diseases of the heart will
pass upon their condition.
Three days of good hard work has
taken the freshness out of a num-
Der of the Washington boys who ar
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now that the life at Camp Meade
means serious business and that the
army officers will not give them the
latitude they enjoyed in civilian life
One of the recruits who arrived at
the Disney Station yesterday could not
navigate his avoirdupois in a straight
line. He had stocked up on kentucky
fluid and despite his good intention
kept those in the line with him in
/ complete disorder. He went 10 the
camp hospital in a truck, although
! he believed at the time it was the
wagon" This boy was not one of
the District quota.
There are five newspaper men from
the District in the machine battalion
from the District and it has been sug-
gested they get out daily bulletin
70: the companies. The men are Vic
tor Olmstead, Frank Allen. Charles
McCann. Joseph p. Amin and Ray
mond L. Bryan.
There will be no chance for the
soldiers boys to make eyes, at the
twenty-one fair telephone operators
who manipulate the strings at the
camp exchange. 1t has been decided
to surround them with a guard while
they are here and the only glimpse the
boys will get is while they are on
their way to and from Baltimore.
The boys in Camp Meade have their
own newspaper. 1t makes it's ap-
pearance weekly. and contains notu-
I ing but news about the cantonment.
The Camp Meade Herald" is the only
paper sold at the post exchanges.
1t has made big hit with the SOL
diers. The second issue appears to-
dsy.
Wen Be the First Men Over the
Rhine" is the slogan of the District
quota which arrived at camp yeste:-
day. They had it pasted on every
suitcase and bag. 1t is now the battle
cry of the machine gun battalion. A
song has already been written on the
subject and orchestrations will be
furnished to the camp bands this
week.