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

L. Dougherty OF Somerset county.
my score is twenty-six to one. have
mailed twenty-six letters and received
one"
well, beat that" replied Martin
ifteen letters and fifteen postais and
got nothing"
So 1t goes. 1t seems to be all going
out and nothing coming in at the post
ONCE here at camp.
John Tull have been named on aeon
mittee to get Maryland flag for the
51Oth Artillery, composed entirely OF
Maryland county men.
II Frank A. DAILY can box as well as
he can run a mess hall then there will
be some fine sport. He is one of PERISH
ing's men and is here with the head
quarters troop. the only cavalry orr
ganization in the division. His mess
hall conducts a restaurant service for
newspaper men and telegraph opera
tors. Strangers occasionally are for
tunate enough to get q taste Of the
Army food there
The 3fSth canteen is doing such a
rush now that it requires six men a
day to run it.
gest companies at camp. 1t has 200
men in line, almost as many as some
National Guard regiments could pro-
duce before the Mexican trouble broke
out.
When one of the incoming quotas ar
rived at the Disney station, one young
recruit, full of ''pep," stepped up to
an officer and told him now that he was
at camp he was willing to fight, but he
wanted to fight free and easy"
The officer smiled as he assured him he
had the right spirit.
Capt. Eugene Foster. the camp pay
master, will soon be the most popular
officer in the camp. He is a Washing
ton boy and worked in the War De-
partment before receiving his commits
sion. Many of the new soldiers want
to know when the first pay day will
come and Capt. Foster announces that
the ''ghost will walk shortly.
Four days after the idea was con-
ceived Of organizing a military band,
the 315th Pennsylvania Infantry had
secured the musicians and instruments
fields. And they played well, too. Lead
er Santelmann, of the United States
Marine Band has a son in the machine
gun company, and he may organize a
competing band of musicians from
among his company.
Last week Lieut. Col. James J. Mayes.
division intelligence officer, gave direc-
lions for the proper addressing of mail,
which were Published in the news
papers. 0AMRAy AS aH example, Col.
Mayes used the we'll known name of
John Doe as a private, and chose at
random Company D. 315th Infantry, as
the address Of the organization. 1t was
then up to the men to notify their. rela-
tfves what company and regiment they
were in. so the address could be made
to conform.
Several hundred people who read the
instructions in the newspapers took
the colonel literally, with the result
that many letters arrived at the camp
post once Care OF John Doe, Company
d. S15th Infantry"
One Of the commendable features of
the camp training is that the majority
of men who have been accustomed to
use tnt0xicants state that after sew
eral days OF training. and, of course,
total abstinence, they do not miss their
daily potion. The regularity of the
camp life in most cases rer-oves the
craving for stimulants as well as takes
of excess weight from the heavy men and
put additional pounds on the lighter men.
"where'd they get the name Meade
for this camp?' one rookie was heard
asking another at the division post ex-
change
why, this was Meade's headquarters
at the battle Of Gettysburg" the other
replied.
Sure. heard of that guy" the first
man said. HE was Admiral Meade.