Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28

nails, ana nirte0 with the statue OF
William Penn at the top. ,
But" he said, that was compare
lively easy. II once rode a bicycle
around the cornice OF the. new Wool
worth building. Say, what do you sup
+ pose those sDutchmen will think IL they
see me climbing up the palace wall in
Potsdam some of these days?"
Hats offw
Two hundred soldiers laid aside their
headgear and the chilly breeze tossed
their hair.
Bend forward and grasp your
knees"
Two hundred backs were arched and
the game of leapfrog began.
The last man in each row jumped
over thirty or forty backs and then
bent over for the others to have their
turn. When every man had jumped all
were ordered down on their backs. and,
as orders were given. legs were kicked
up; first one. then the other, and then
both. over and over many times.
Every man was we'll warmed up and
shirts were ordered off. There was
more exercise and then leggins were
open air in undershirts was heartily
enjoyed.
This is part of the program of hard
ening to the cold as well as training the
muscles for that dash across no mans
land. which is to be the great climax
in the life of every soldier in the fight
ing lines.
Silk hosiery. for lades-that is the
latest item asked for by a regimental
exchange. 1t is among score of other
decidedly unmilitary articles that the
storekeepers wish to add to their stock
for the Christmas trade. Many of the
girls will think it some novelty to get
stockings from Camp Meade and they
Will have chance to make the pur-
chases themselves ii the soldiers are
not able to offer them as gifts.
When girls come here and learn that
the men make money of the proceeds
from the exchanges they feel an i'm
pulse to buy extravagantly, but find
the assortment bit limited. The Bal
timore regiment (313th) exchange took
In $4,000 last month and is going
along at about twice that pace this
month.
There must be no more hello" stuff
over the telephone. An order has gone
forth from division headquarters that
larry of a soldier answering the tele-
phone in the camp. The answer to
the call is to be something like this
Division adjutant's Office"
"Quartermaster's office, Capt Nc
Nanus speaking"
"Regimental headquarters, orderly
speaking"
1t will come hard for a while. for
most telephone conversations begin
with an exchange of Hello, who is
there ?;~and Hello. it's me-" or tits l."
The Army insists on being more BUSH
nesslike than the business world itself.
When the 2Tth Engineers picked out
an empty freight car at Camp Meade
a few days ago to use as. a poison-ga
chamber the officer in charge, Lieut..
v. H. Wilson, was very particular to
get permission from a railroad man
who seemed to be in authority. But
no sooner were the men enjoying" the
experiment than some other railroad
man with ORDERS" came down the
track with a very Industrious locomo-
tive.
Hold on there said the lieutenant.
IT have men in that car"
Sorry, sir; but must take it," the
railroad man insisted.
The lieutenant protested and the
railroad man objected. The funny part
about it was that the men inside could
hear the engine backing up to them
They thought it a joke and wrote funny
things on their states and passed them
about. The men in the car were locked
in for two hours.