Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-06
IE YOU PROUD
OF THE 3l5TH?
4he "Strictly Philadel-
|phia" Regiment Plans
Fun at Christmas
EiTIZENS TO SEND GIFTS

~ = AuHty-tWo hunureu young men irOH
4 HHhiladelphia are wondering IL the people
4 ok Philadelphia will remember them on
Y Christmas Day. They are the boys who
y make up the 315th Infantry Regiment.
a otationed at Camp Meade, at Admiral,
/ Nd Every mothers son of them calls
( Philly his home town. There isn't an
\ 0ther regiment in the whole United
States army which, like the dandy
\ Sf5th." is made up exclusively of Phla-
delphians,
= A lot Of these boys aren't going TO
eet home for Christmas. 1t may make
I. rome Of them feel doggoned lonesome,
too. But they aren't kicking out loud.
ana never will. They are going to get
IN a Christmas party all by themselves.
the whole blessed 5000 Of 'em. down
there at Camp Meade, and chase out any
\ Inconsistencies bug that tries TO sneak
past the sentry. Al! right. so far,
but
A number of Phlladelphians got to-
Rether the other day--men like DR..
Thomas II. Fenton. Ex-Governor Edwin
8. Stuart, Judge Norris S. Barratt. and
% on--and what they said, in effect. was
this:
..Say, are the people of Philadelphia
going to forget their own boys? Isn't
everybody in Philadelphia proud of her
sons in khaki? Where do you get that
noise? Say. IL We, Us & Co. don't
dig down right now and get up a piece
of change that will buy some sort of a
Christmas present for every last man
in that Philadelphia regiment. why, we
ought to be shot at sunrise. that's all !"
so they formed, forthwith. a commit
tee to raise the fund. They want $1,000
They want II quick They want some
share of II. no matter how small, to come
from everybody in Philadelphia. so that
the regiment can see that IL is the whole
city which is sending Christmas greet
fngs to the boys. Any amount Of money
will do, from a thin dime on up. so long
as II carries with II a. warm-hearted
Christmas wish for the boys who an-
swered the draft so smilingly
With the $4,000 the committee will huy
q present for each man in the regiment.
The presents will be distributed at the
regimental Christmas party at Camp
Meade. The party is going to be held in
the big Y. NJ. G.. A. building in the camp,
which, big as II is. is just big enough
for the whole 1900 men of the regiment
to squeeze into at one time.
The date of the party hasn't been set
tied exactly as yet. but as Christmas
falls on Tuesday II will probably be
held either on the Sunday or the sat
urday evening preceding, so that even
s'the men who get leave to go to their
homes for Christmas may have whack
at the fun. The scheme has the full ap-
proval of Colonel o. 3. Rosenbaum, COM
mandng the regiment who is just as
proud OF his Philadelphia boys as any
one else could be. Colonel Rosenbaum
has served twenty-seven years In the
regular army, with a splendid record IN
active service in Cuba and in the Philip
pines. but he has never seen such a
Christmas party as this one is going to
bel
After the regiment marches into the
Y. M. c. A. hut" which will be spe-
cially decorated for the occasion. an in
formal entertainment Is TO he staged.
with the men themselves supplying the
musical and theatrical talent. The a15th
!. ID chuck-full OF amateur and 'profesh"
performers in any line you might mem
tion. Just for example, there's the Happy
Quartet. from Company X. which "Sol-
der Bob" mentions in his letters made
up Of Johnny Lyons. George Batten. Bill
Kennedy and Frank Smith. Then there's
= full-sized orchestra. with ]. C. Painter
regimental band leader. we'll up in the
foreground. And there's such monologue
Billy Albright. Privates Jesse Buck Her
bert Krumbfch. Joe Davidson and Sam
van Dusen. From Company F. there's
Herbie Fitzgerald, who graduated from
Z the Wharton School, University OF Penn
sylvania. in 1918. and who Is rounding
up all the 700 Penn" alumni in the
camp to come across with n bunch Of
college songs and Mask and wig stunts
These are not a tenth of the "sts rs"
And then there'll be "eats." Oh, boy!
But would the party be any good
without your contribution 10 the Christ
mas remembrance fund? So, send your
contribution--at once--to the West End
Trust Company, Broad street and South
Penn square. in care OF John NJ. Strong.
treasurer. Mark the envelope or the
check "for the 315th Infantry Christ
mas Fund" II you prefer. Sc I'd your
contribution TO the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER. which will forward It to the
West End Trust Company.
The full membership of the local COM
mittee In charge OF the fund is DR..
Thomas II. Fenton, chairman: Judge
Norris s. Barratt: Ex-Governor Edwin
8. Stuart. John Gribbel president OF the
Union League; George p. Morgan.
Samuel Bell, Jr.. A. NJ. Sheppard, Ken
meth Blakiston. William B. Sinn A. c.
Hetherington. John NJ. Strong. Frank NJ.
Douglas, Edwin I. Atlee. H. h. Gill;
Frank Z. Weston, Joseph Mellors, WILL
liam z. Helme and Charles F. Bu-
chanan. Lieutenant s. c. Hetherngtop
OF Company ID, 315th Infantry will have
charge of the entertainment at Camp
Meade.
Remember the boys Of the 315th Ir-
fantry-theyre from Phiiy. all of them