The Washington times., 1917-11-15
Camp Meade SideEghts

Sergeant Samuel NeIdelman, for
merly Of the Seventh Company, Coast
Artillery, now first duty sergeant,
Company A, s12th Machine Gun Bat
TALON, will answer to teacher,
please" II you catch him q BIT on
his guard in squad room or drill field.
Since Joining the company he has be-
come q sort OF cross between q tutor
and q goVerness for the National
Army rockies from the District. What
Neidelman doesn't know about how
to be q soldier isn't in the books or
In ten years experience In the Coast
artillery. Neidelman Is one OF the
few regular army enlisted men who
have made good from the start at
Camp Meade because he hasn't for
gotten how much he once had to
learn and hasn't forgotten anything
he did learn about soldering. He has
the friendship OF the men and the con-
ndence Of the officers. He is First
Sergeant Posey's right hand man in
running the company.
Horses and mules have now arrived
for the 312th machine gunners. Each
company will have at least ten horses
and about twenty mules to begin
with. Later the lumber may be In
creased. The horses are being rap
Idly branded and given the training
necessary to prepare them for war
service. The picking Of riding horses
Is q matter OF great Importance to
those who will ride them. The ar
rival OF the animals will greatly In
crease the work Ct every one In the
battalion. The stable sergeants are
getting together 'Eeir forces. Real
snowy drills VIII be on the program
from now on In the big war games
soon to start :he machine gunners
may go off as far as ten miles from
the camp TO guard the strategic
points. Many men are unfamiliar with |
horses and mules, but all are eager to |
learn. Previous cavalry service will |
be q help to many in the unit.
r. L Sanders, Company C, 3l2th, |
has been ordered 10 Omaha Neb., for
special training in balloon service.
W. r Walsh, d graduate student
OF the Catholic University. is In |
charge OF the Knights OF Columbus
work, now going forward with a
rush at the camp Joseph A. Cum
ningham, q cartoonist formerly with
the North American. PhiIadelphia, is /
his assistant. Others working with
him are ]. A. Toomey, Clarence Z. I
Manios' and the Rev. Joseph L. N.
Wolf. The knights building is now
q lively center for shows and for
letter writing. A second building,
with a big porch like that of a coun-
try club, VIII soon bo thrown open.
The knights intend also TO open a
third building Is soon as a suitable
site caII be obtained.
Many officers and men here will be
married on Thanksgiving Day or at
thLt period. Weddings have heen !
frequent In the past few weeks. Cen
eral kuhn's own matrimonial plunge /
has heartened many others under
him. One lieutenant nut the case this |
wayI The Government now seems
10 De onering every inducement TO
men to marry. Every soldiers wife
VIII be cared for, no matter what
may happen to him before the war 10
over. There is the automatic Insur-
ahcs OF S4,oOO that is in effect until
next FEBRUARY, when the Insurance
law applies, and after that the cheap
$4,000 insurance policy can be had"
Insurance officers report that as
many as 20 per cent of the men are
taxing the $4,000 insurance In some
~ tAA companies,