The Washington herald., 1917-10-25
SOLDIERS MAKE
BIG BOND Gain
Camp Meade Boys Achieve
Astounding Record Of
$l,500,000.
By ANDREW n. KELLEY.

Camp Meade, Admiral. Nd. Oct. a.
They set the hands of the clock spin
ming well past s1.500,0o0 mark today in
the greatest drive that the Liberty
Loan has seen since the country ask
ed a second loan from conscripts ano
civilians.
The athletic events scheduled for
this afternoon were all called OF be-
cause the elements disapproved of
open air sports, so that the day was
more or less of holiday for every
man in the cantonment.
The big thought among the enlisted
men is who will be selected to go to
the next officers training camp.
Large Proportion doing.
personnel will include 80 per cent Of
men ranked among the National army.
The district under this system will
probably more from each company,
and Vic Olmstead and others who
know this army life will probably be
among the contingent to depart.
Old Jupiter Pluvius upset all the
plans for making today the big event
on the Liberty Loan drive.
The men had a holiday with moth
ing to do but assemble at barracks,
but the rain called of meetings on the
parade field, athletic games and other
events designed to inspire the men
to contribute more to the Liberty
loan.
On next Sunday ten colored men
from the District will arrive In the
cantonment. They will be separated
some distance from the white soldiers
On this subject division headquar-
ters say they will not mingle with
the white soldiers that they will be
drilled as a separate unit and will
be Differed by men OF their own
color with the exception Of q few
white officers who have been excep-
tionally well drilled and must teach
these under officers the fundamentals.
To Have Baked Apples.
Company A will have some baked
apples for breakfast through the
courtesy OF some unknown friend of
the Washington boys. The barrel ar
| rived this afternoon and was soon
placed upon the stove for consump-
| tion.
All OF the boys have received their
dress shoes, which means that when
they appear in Washington their foot
gear will not be that which resem-
bles the shoes of the trench.
There are quite a few OF the Dis
trict boys who have been turned
down as physically unfit still remain
ing in the camp. Nobody knows why.
The men are anxious to get home
and the company officers are anxious
| to have them relieved, yet they stay
because governmental red tape has
not yet been unravelled to the point
where they can be relieved.
Duties Grow Heavier.
More and more the daily grind and
drill is becoming extended for the
District boys. Those who had fifteen
or twenty pounds excess weight
around the belt line are losing it,
and those who needed the same
amount around the mid-rib section
are getting it.
Those thirty-minute sessions in the
setting-up exercises are taking of
the excess weight and putting on
weight to the undersized without any
comment.
Tomorrow will see another liberty
loan drive. They want the civilian
employees to kick In to the limit;
while they did their lit Tuesday,
they have to do bit better tomorrow,
Everybody who walks around this
camp has got to buy a bond. and a
liberty bond button will be the same
perquisite as signed pass from Mai.
Gen. Joseph Kuhn.