Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-21

ed, have been ordered for Thanks.
giving. Some mess sergeants are CAL
culating on about nineteen ounces per
man, not allowing for excess on account
go home on leave. Thirty per cent will
surely go home and possibly many
more, thus, greatly increasing the tur:
Key ration for each man who celebrates
I'm camp.
Many officers and men here will he
married on Thanksgiving day or at
that period. Weddings have been FREE
Quent In the last few weeks. Gen.
kuhns own matrimonial plunge has
noartened many others under him One
lieutenant put the case this way: "The'
government now seems to be ofRerfnr
every inducement to men TO marry.
Every soldiers wife will be cared for.
no matter what may happen to him be-
fore the war is over: There is the au-
effect until next February, when the
insurance law applies, and after that
the cheap $4,000 insurance policy can
be had" .
w. r. Walsh, a graduate student of
OF the Knights Of Columbus work, now
going forward with rush at the camp.
Joseph A. Cunningham, a cArtoonist
formerly with the North American,
Philadelphia. ie his assistant. Others
working with him are J.. A. Toomey,
Clarence e. Manios and Rey. Joseph &
ID. Wolf The Knights building i1 now
lively center for shows and for LETT
ter writing. A second building; with a
big porch like some country club, will
tend also to open q third building as
soon as suitable site can be obtained.
Five horses lay right together dead
At the remount station. Il looked like
the work Of shell or some poison
gas. This was about as ugly scene
as any observer at Meade has come
across In long time. The horses were
victims Of that dread disease--glanders
The thousands Of horses arriving now
are subjected to an inspection. They
also get q dip. that Is supposed to
eliminate some of the disease-breeding
germs. The Ave that died in one day
were promptly buried.
I'd. c." is back with, the crowd Of
312th Machine Gunners Again. The live
" little bull terrier had his left leg
broken by the heavy trench shoe Of one
OF the members Of the battalion and for
about a week the little dog has been
on the sick list. The doctors at the
in6rmary, when they learned how the
whole unit loved the little dog, prom
fsed to try their utmost skill They
forced the broken bone In place and
then applied plaster, making cast.
The patient waited patiently for the
bone to knit, and now il cheerfully
enduring period of convalescence,
tied by q rope in the barracks, where
no hob-nailed shoes will be near him.
Edward Hammer Of Philadelphia, a
member Of Company G, s1Sth Infantry,
was first violinist in the Philadelphia Or
chestra before he came to Camp Meade as
selected man. He studied music for 8
number Of years at the Imperial Con-
servatory at Leipzig. He has q violin
valued at 1000 and IL planning to Or
ganize an orchestra and give . series Of
concerts at camp.
Mission furniture has. been placed in
all the Y. ~. C. A. buildings, which Gre
ates q real, homelike appearance. The
furniture arrived last week.
Quot playing IL becoming q popular
diversion among the soldiers In front Of
every barrack games are always IN prey
reas when the soldiers are on duty. Those
VINO do not have the regular iron Quoits
use horBeshOeg.