Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-16
SINGING TROOPS
OFF FOR SOUTH
MANY Philadelphians in
First Contingent From
Meade on Way to Atlanta
rOoO WILL BE NJ OVE ED
N,;,,otv More Home Draftees Dis
charged as Result of Physi-
cal Examinations
CAMP MEADE. Md oct i6.

p,,, COO Pcuusylvaniaus from the
wv infantry have left camp. bound
~ ,,,,barn point where they will join
..nbers Of the National Guard Ihere
-. pbi,adeiphlans from Local Boards "l'
~ and 20. together with the pen sent mere
montgomery County local Board .
-n,cb is composed Of chaps from the Nam
100 They left in two special trains. in
80 NJ number Of junior officers
T,'oro will be 5000. .Pennsyl;anians in all
..rt from Meade. and these troop move
...r,s will take place daily until all have
~ transferred In addition lOoV selecteu
- from Maryland will also be sent SCUM
~ nm depeted National Guard regiments
NJ ~ nensorship refuses to permit the name
- tno catnp to which the men have been
nj to he published. nor can anything
soHnite regarding the time OF arrival ne
used.
The men left here jubilatinG, singing
.-rinerrary" and "UnCle sammy as they
r,srched aboard the trains. They laughed
IA chatted and seemed on froliC, and
waved aside all condolences by their COM
,odes in arms The differences in the ap-
nsarance of these men compared with their
arrival was so marked as TO occasion COM
,oent from the officers When they came
down here from the draft boards they were
slouehy i'm many cases and lacked all eNI-
dence OF physical fitness. Yesterdays crowd
marched with heads up. eyes straight ahead
and every mark of the real soldier.
Nine hundred and ninety-siN Marylanders
,ron1 the 313th Infantry are also on the way
to a southern training camp. Relatives and
friends Of the men. assisted by the regi-
mental band gave the soldiers real send
IN Pathetic scenes were enacted as
LII l,af =
The train pulled away the women gave way
~ their emotions i'm true womanly fashion.
A few tried to he brave and fought back
the tears but only a handful were sue
cessful Dixie was played with vim and
mindful that they must maintain the ira
ditions of the proud and brave sOuthIahu
the men joined in the chorus.
PHILADELPHlANs DISCHARGED
The list of Philadelphiaus discharged for
plvsical causes continues to grow, ana
ninety names were added today. Abraham
palckman of Board No. J, who was IN
Quoted into military life through an error.
was also released The names of those dls-
charged today are:
Joseph L. Garter. Michael Beletsky: uorsce
T. Duckltt, Henry Dearnlc$, Eds3E .; Schapi Nd
Eie6aeI TsycN Board 81: George G0ttwad Jr.,
T4Gmas nS ac4drf" ,a sG Board a XndTeW
Hemphiil Edsar 4 Heinman; 5oss93 II Ii, f99% D.i
Gspt Gsorge "'f" n Dauphine Board -; Alexander
Brown, GeorEe g killer, John Gross, Ape9st ,s
IsEreHce E,e% e w5niiam Mcryrss, Ffedsr.s $g6aSS
! charles Cohen Board !; Walter r. lI.rdman
hTmpheT eG'3 Rober Johnson S a5d Ii Geo.S NJ Eans
Board 80 Thomas Murrgy; Edward l2uns WI,
s@%9 Pqegd Peer T. sEaSn P Saas HsTTy
ana Howard 4 MilIisam, Board l3; Nathan i;
5nt ieer And2t@ GsTs arSo COM" Grssppo SS Medo. Ac
Barboni and JOHN Jos -ph. Hoard :; George Len
Peter Patch and vinconzo Eoccaro. Board -
SSTs TS5n cF2He F RSaTd ~ crys r. Sg
u; Philip Walker Board -; Joseph Eohlcr
JOSEPH l. ParEcr. 3;'0 Board r;' b John p JcGnnsS
Board Board II; Joseph L, Clark; Board 49, Gu,
g; Blazy Majak, John CURLY and John Pabales
Board AZ Frederick Wineland and Howard 6
Make HoEwitz, Jacob Cohen, Edward, j. Nc
Cqrmlek Harry A, Matthews. Harold Johnson
TTortick joseph Lehrman and Isaac Wallcave
Board 4O George u. Baker Board 20
new schedule of training for the weel
went into effect yesterday. It's most striking
feature was the daily lectures on why W
Are in the War to be delivered to each o
the regiments on Thursday and Friday. Tn
hrst day the lecture will be given by tn
commander Of the battalions. while on Fri
Gay the company officers will tell the niC
the reason why the world must be mad
safe for democracy
Division headquarters feels that an expla
nation Of the underlying purposes Of Il.
United states entrance into the world wa
Is an essential of the training the me
should receive There is no State which hs
more cosmopolitan collection than Penn
sylVania, and TO teach these meh why the
are fighting for this nation is duty whicl
olVsion headquarters says should kee
pace with physical and sOtdierly training.
In view of the fact that this is a bi
place and the folks find it difficult to gt
sround, the following list is available to te
you Just where your boy is located:
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