Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-19
PHILADELPHIA DRAFTEES
ARRIVE AT CAMP MEADE
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to leave the train and was greeted by Major
General Kuhn.
what is your manner" asked General
Kuhn. Barnett told him and added that he
lived at 6os2 Hazel avenue.
II was evident that Barnett was embar-
rassed when General Kuhn informed him
that as commander Of the camp he wished
to extend his greetings,
Have you any brothers or sisters?"
asked the general
II am the baby of seven" said Barnett
who by this time had gotten over his stage
fright.
General Kuhn. in a few words. informed
Barnett and a dozen other draftees that he
would do everything to make them happy
The second man to leave the train was
Martin l.. Ritter, Of 5409 Pine street. Dis
ney did not appear inviting to the boys
but they accepted the situation with good
grace and made II plain that they had left
their kicks" at home.
The ceremony at the railroad siding was
over In less than five minutes, and then
began the march through sandhills to the
barracks, more than two miles away. They
marched in double file and, leading the
crowd Of citizen soldiers, were Morris
Friedman 5627 Rodman street and Roy
NJ. Tope, Of 6216 hardwood avenue II
III
tramp through the sand hills Of Camp
Meade and, to appreciate it's terrors, one
must be on the ground.
The boys were given good taste OF IT,
too, for the tramp from Disney across the
wide and deep ravine that separates the
main sections of the camp took them over
the worst roads on the reservation
Luckily for the West Phladelphians they
have been assigned to the most desirable
barracks within the camp. They are on
high ground and surrounded by a pine
grove. Today they found them quite
homy, too for the officers had not forgotten
to provide a substantial meal.
The men from Draft Boards As and 40
were given quarters in Barracks 49, Sec
tlon Q. Lieutenant ]. 7. Butt, Jr., of Get
tysburg. Is in command and made himself
popular today by announcing that the first
thing on the program would be dinner
Ushered into spacious dining room, the
boys were given a substantial meal of
boiled salmon, stewed tomatoes, boiled po-
tatOes, bread, iced tea and bread pudding
The boys from the Thirty-third Draft
District went to Building No. ~ in Section
c. They did not fare so well as their COM
rades in the line of food, for the mess Of
ficers had provided nothing but coffee and
meat sandwiches.
There were hundreds OF aching hearts to-
day when the youth of many homes marched
away.
tion points at Fifty-flfth and Pine streets,
Fifty-seventh and Spruce streets and Six
tieth and Market streets before o'clock.
In addition to the relatives Of the 1896
drafted men, who were on hand to
send them away with happy memories,
hundreds of persons left the street cars to
join in the hearty send-off. The cars were
tied up fo- many blocks, but the motormen
and conductors ignored schedules for the
time being and lent their voices to the
chorus Of patriotism.
The men of the Forty-nfnth Draft Dis
trict numbering 1876, assembled at the
Fifty-fifth and Pine streets police station.
Led by the West Philadelphia Band, which
was furnished through the generosity of
William r. Tyler, a patriotic citizen of the
neghborhood the men marched up Pine
street to Fifty-siXth street, thence to. Spruce,
| to Fifty fifth, where they boarded trolley
cars for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
station, Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets.
| Marching at the head of the men. with
American flags. were the officers OF the dis
| trict draft board. Monsignor Crane, of the
Church Of st. Francis de Sales the Rev.
Or. George NJ. Brodhead pastor of the
| Sayers Memorial Methodist Episcopal
| Church, and A. d. Webster.
| The 1872 drafted men OF the Forty-eighth
| District assembled in the yard Of the
| Hamilton School. Fifty-seventh and Spruce
| streets. They marched through the neigh
| borhood four abreast headed by Dr. A f.
| Snively and D. j. McGettigan. They, too,
were given hearty good by. Proud
mothers and fathers kept abreast Of them
| on the sidewalks and then followed in
| trolley cars and autos
Similar scenes marked the departure OF
| the sixty-nine drafted from the Thirty
| third District Sixtieth and Market streets.
| They took the elevated line to the east side
of the Schuylkill, where they detrained and
| marched TO the station. James Travis,
chairman OF the board, and scores Of others
| joined in the good-by.
The Baltimore and Ohio station was