The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
Camp Meade Sideights

One of the regulars on his way to
become a ''noncom" Is Private Cas-
sidy, of Company "A. He has seen
plenty of service in the uniform and
was transferred to Meade from Fort
Smelling, Mimi, to help train the
new men of the national army.
In the same company Is Mortimer
Donaghue. originally from Roscom-
mon County, Ireland. but now a
fifteen pounds on his army rations.
and poetry bubbles forth from his
lips like good nature. He says no
fight ever occurred that an Irish
man wasn't in, hence he hopes to get
in the thick of the battle for the
District boys IL they ever get ''over
there"
Corp. G. F. Frick, of Company B,
was an attorney when the draft law
summoned him to the colors. Further
than that, he was a football player
who won his spurs at Georgetown
and Is now coaching the s12th Ma
chine Gun Battalion a few of John
O'Reilly's gridiron movements.
They call them the Charlie Chaplin
squad-the lone trio in Company B
barracks who carry an adornment on
the upper lip. They are Privates
James E. Beard, Beck and Russell
and are popular with everybody ex-
cept the company BARRIERS.
Company mascots are beginning to
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ing to the best available description.
is a Russian wolf hound. There are
about two pounds of dog, about three
months old. with about twenty-four
hours of whine that keeps some of
the boys awake after the bugle
blows taps. At present he appears to
: be suffering from overfeeding.
In Company c they have adopted
Private Petrie's kitten as a mascot
and have named him Peter" al
though he Is not that kind of a cat.
Said feline has made itself right to
home in the barracks and is only
suffering from too much lovin.'
All the mess sergeants appear to be
| fat and healthy and Sergt Mackie. Of
Company A. says it is because they
! have to sample all of the food served
1 to the boys and IL Uncle Sam was
paying overtime a number would have
big overtime slip for sampling.
Mackie suits Company A, with Wat
son as first cook and Rice as second
cook. Before he started to prepare
| chow he was an accountant at the
naval training station at Newport,
r. l., though before that he ran
Y NGNI hot L.,
acquired his knowledge of the kitchen.
Top sergeant John Fletcher, of Com
pany c, came from Fort d. A. Rus
sell, wyoming, to this cantonment and
rates the bunch of Company C from
| Washington, the best ever. FletcheI
can do tricks with the cornet as wen
as turning out popular and classical
airs from the instrument. All he
! wants-as do all the other members
OF the company-is piano. They are
| the only Washington boys without
one.
| Private Bob Hummer in Company A
can teach most of the boys in this
cantonment a little about baseball.
Connie Mack had him with the
Athletics some years ago and shipped
MIN to the International League for
! seasoning. When the country called
he was running a hotel at Pine Beach.
; n. J., but he can still do tricks with
/ the old pill.
II Uncle Sam can make as good a
/ soldier of Carl Worch as he was a
Eiano salesman before the Districts
own started for Disney, he will hay,
fine soldier. Worch is one of the
real fellows among his comrades
in Company A. and one reason is that
ms father saw that they had a playe,.
piano to pass away the leisure mo-
| ments.
Somebody seems to have oyerlooks
Fred Doval of Company C. He has
been rejected but no orders have
| been given to ship him home and
others are in the same predicament.
They don't have to drill, but they
would prefer a return to civilian
rather than peeling potatoes and other
things incidental to kitchen police