Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-07

To the new men-y0u1l soon learn
the rules and regulations; don't worry.
Write an many letters as you can
back home but DOM forget IL costs
Take some extra change with you IL
you go to Baltimore or Washington:
you may not have euOugh to pay the
war tar on your farA
A girl waited three whole hours at
Admiral the other day for her soldier
Too bad he could not keep the engage
ment. He was detained-in the guard
house
Sergeant, may ! have my dinner
nowT asked q red-haired. freekied-
face private about fifteen minutes be-
fore the regular noon mess
Well. why DO you want 1t now?'
asked the 9eggeant.
Because RIM hungry, feel faint"
but can't make an exception out
Of you. You rewember the captains
eyes. I know. but I want to break
that order just 70 zee what 1t feels
Cook. bring Jordan his dinner" said
the sergeant
One Of the officers in o section re-
ceived box from home, He CARRIED y
to his quarters very. carefully. Yes 1t
was nice and heavy. large. too. Visions
and other deiicaelss Hoated before his
eyes He smiled g9eefuli1 in expecta-
ton Of the "feAsk to COME.
Jubilant over The ~treat" within the
box, he called together several Of his
He opened the box. Alas! Three
baby dolla boolgA rattles and q number
Of other piaythings. On top was this
please send thess back Just before
na I'd 20 Pesp the the Toys Toys
safe from their sigAt."
Young J. 8. Dawes Of Hagerstown was
tsns Sns 6S ah e &. as snmna
for wall walking. he said he could climb
up the barracks sides as easy as fly
walks on bald head.
His comrades OF Company B OF the
prowess in that direction. But Dawes in
sisted with guch vehemence that the
skipper" came out.
what's the trouble, boys!' he inquired.
The opposition to Dawes informed him.
''Can you really do THAR" asked the
captain, himself curious.
rSure thing, / can" admitted Dawes,
provided, Of course. that ! have my
ITappln&S.
Good. good" sail the captain. "You
just send for them and wen let you walk
up the barracks walls and wash those
windows upstairs.
The Signal Corps men pass many
joke across the fields by their queer wig
wagging game. One man Is to be seen
moving his arms up, down and around
for few minutes and then crowd be-
gins to laugh. There is more of the
same kind OF stuff and others laugh. One
joke goes a long way when you know
the signal code.
The fat men here insist that they are
not losing weight. Lieut.. King of the
Medical Corps. far up in the hills, where
the base hospital Is hidden, still carries
around ESQ pounds. He enjoys the life
just as much as he did on that first
warm day when he arrived and every
body joined in q conspiracy to make
him think the base hospital was near
by. At Admiral they told him 1t was
just up the hill. at the Portland road
away. UP by headquarters one man
told him it was in western Maryland,
but that the walk would do him good.
{ On and on the lieutenant went, perspir-
ing, smiling and toward the end getting
skeptical. AT the telegraph office he
was almost tempted to file query with
the War Department and ask IL the
hospital was. here or in some far-of
state. He enjoys MS ten-mile nike now,
just as does nearly everybody else. He
Is never too tired, too warm or too hun
cry to smile.
Fighting Joe" Wheeler, the hero of
the Spanish war and the Confederacy,
has passed on to this National Army
the traditions Of the old days. He has
passed 'em along through F. A. We'd
ding Of Indiana and later of Philadel-
phia, who is now q sergeant of the
S16th Regiment. Wedding was mount
ed orderly to Gen. Wheeler and Is still
In the mounted forces, being with a
machine gun company. He 10 the oldest
enlisted man In the camp, being nifty
four years old. In the Philippines he
had many q thrilling battle where his
own trusty rife brought down the man
who was out to kill him. With ma
chine gun he hopes to cut his way
through the kaiserAa hordes and help to
make the WORM cafe again.
Piggeries may h Established at the
camp. It ts proposed to mobilize sows
and their offspring TO enjoy the garbage
sympathy for krunears. and it may give
the sty squads quite q job to keep the
pigs quiet. The guile Of daily baths may
also give the pig keepers a good deal
Of bother. War is q bothersome bust
ness. to put Il mildly.
The American sagie screams over
Camp Meade. This Is no figure OF
speech. The eagle IL . real bird. and it
can be seen soaring tar up in the sky
like some mighty Rirshlp. 1t was in
order some years ago to compare air.
craft to birds. but now u is the other