Evening star., 1917-11-22
CAMP MEADE BOYS
STUDY CAMOUFLAGE
Engineers to Teach Selects
Art Of War Landscape
Trickery.
THOUSANDS GET LEAVE

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
CAMP MEADE, Admiral, Nd, Novem-
ber 22.-Thirty-eight camouda9srs will
visit camp tomorrow and Saturday 70
show selected men ana officers the
value Of deceiving the enemy by paint
ing fake landscapes.
An exhibit will be held in the audi
torium of tho 7. NJ c. A. here during
the two days. and every National Army
Sammy will be requested to give the
show tho "once over" The exhibit will
be the same as that which fooled
President Wilson at American UNI
versity Camp. when he attended the
opening performance Of the show with
Secretary Of War Baker. . number Of
generals. colonels and dignitariea.
The thirty-eight men from the
the Gath Engineers Regiment, station
ed at the Washington camp. will bring
several carloads Of faxed nature on
canvas. During their visit several lee
lures on camoufiage will be given.
"show" Interests "Boys."
There is considerable interest in the
coming show, especially with men who
have some ability with tho brush.
The trick OF camouhaging . sharp
shooter in what seems to be . moss
covered rock. which 10 completely de-
ceived the chief executive of tho coun-
try, will be repeated at the demonstra-
tions given in the auditorium.
A number Of District soldiers. from
the s12th Machine Gun Battalion
havs fsnS been Pee swarded psrmis:ion to At,
q musical comedy. this afternoon al
the Y. M. c. A. auditorium. Passes for
the show were awarded to the men who
have been doing commendable work In
their respective companies.
Maj. Gen. Joseph e. Kuhn. and his
stan officers. along with three thou
sand selected men, will be the spec
tators to attend the affair. It will be
the first professional theatrical enter
tainment held in the cantonment.
sammies Start Hazing.
To impress on offenders the necessit,
OF not overstaying leave Of absence
gun to hold midnight treatments
When it was learned Col. Sweexy, regi.
mental commander. had issued orders
penalizing the entire regiment IL any
''Sammies" decided to take the matter
in their own hands.
The other night, when the canton
ment was wrapped in a mantle Of dark.
ness, several hours after taps had beer
sounded. Ave soldiers. who failed te
OF absence, were unceremoniously
hauled from their cots, gagged witt
bed clothing and taken to q drill field
where they were given q mud batt
tenders were then compelled to take
cold shower baths before they coulG
go back to bed.
Special party rates will be in effecr
next week on the various railroads
leading from the camp. to accommo.
date the $4,000 men that will leave her,
on furloughs during that period.
5000 to Leave Camp.
Eight thousand selected men are
scheduled to leave the camp on Wednes-
day with f1fty-four-hour pass priv
ileges, another 5000 on Thursday and
a similar number on Saturday. The
reduced rates will be in effect for all
the cantonments.
foot ball game was played yester-
day afternoon on the parade field be-
tween the 314th Infantry and tho 316th
Infantry. to break up the tie match
the pigskin warriors of the former or
ganization by freak play during the
final moments of the contest.
Burns. a former st. Johns star, in
tercepted a delayed lateral pass from
Regan. the former Penn State fullback,
and dashed down the chalked field for
fifty yards and touchdown. Markets,
the chief ground gamer Of the 314th
team. added to the laurels he won dur
ing the game by booting the ball over
the goal posts. The final score was
to 0 in favor Of the 314th Infantry.
The victory permits the 314th eleven
to contest with the 313th Infantry team
for the championship honors Of the
cantonment next Sunday. The winner
Of this contest will be matched against
the championship team Of Camp Dix
on Franklin Field. Philadelphia, on
Saturday. December 1.