Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-06
200 AUSTRIANS
AT CAMP MEADE
Army Officers Begin Tally of
Aliens at Big Can
tonment
Bv a stag Correspondent

Commanding officers at Little Penn
today began the task of checking up
Austrians in the division. but no an
nouncement concerning the actual num-
ber OF alien Austrians in the division or
the disposition that will be made Of
them was made.
At division headquarters the news
paper men were told that definite in
structions from the War Department
have not been received and that pending
the receipt Of such orders all Austrians
will continue to drill and enjoy the pri-
vileges accorded other soldiers. officers
at the camp believe that more than 200
alien Austrians are on the regimental
roster at Camp Mead.
"All must be regarded as enemies"
said ranking officer today MANY
are good soldiers and undoubtedly loyal
to this country, but we cannot take
chances. These men are being listed,
and when definite orders from Washing
ton concerning the disposition of these
men are received they will he segregated.
Whether they will be held at this camp
Although little Penn officers are quite
active today in the work of wedding out
the Austrians. II cannot be said that
they have been asleep at the switch.
Weeks ago General Kuhn anticipated "A
declaration of war against Austria and
began to oust the citizen of Gcrmanys
chief ally from the Liberty DIVISION.
This work has been conducted very
quietly, but efficiently, and more than
one hundred Austrians have been eliml-
mated That officers must exercise care
in the handling Of elected men and
avoid language and conduct that will
serve to generate dissension In the
ranks was the keynote of an address de-
livered today by General Nicholson
when speaking to Camp Me lde COM
manders. To emphasize the necessity
Of cordial relations between the selected
men and their officers he read the follow
ing letter from the adjutant general of
the army:
while unquestoned obedience and
respect for properly constituted author
ity must remain the cornerstone of dis
cipilne and the foundation on which to
build military efficiency. the advance In
education and intelligence of our citizen
ship makes Il more important than ever
to establish a close and sympathetic re-
lationship between a frontier police
in number an insignificant portion Of
our total population and generally iso-
lated from populous centers with their
comforts and amusements. The material
incre Use of our military establishment
has placed both officers and men under
the observant public eye, and in tleir
mutual relations il becomes a duty and
an honor to eXempify our country's prin-
cples of equal and exact justice for all
While there must be no relaxation in
discipline in eXacting a thorough and
prompt performance of military duty,
officers when dealing with subordnates
must bear in mind the absolute neces-
sity of avoiding language and remarks
or gestures which tend to lessen self-re-
spect. This is all important If we are
to have a cheerful willing and efficient
army. It is not necessary to adopt a
tone OF voice or manner different from
that usually employed in general con-
versation, and especial care must be
| taken against sarcasm and unnecess Try
public rebuke. These faults. while more
often found in officers new to the SER
vice, sometimes exist in others of more
experience Such officers are unfit tenn
peramentally for command of men.
Forty-seven Philadelphians were dis
charged today from the division; thirty
nine because. of physical defects and
eight because they were inducted into
the military service through error. The
names of those in the latter group are
Anthony Kriza. Local Board 2 Michael
McDonough. II; William ]. Funk, 1s;
Eugene Hahn. 20; Wesley Caris. 43
Nathan Shevlin. 40; John Szafranski
| Elwood Haigh. A..
| Men rejected because of physical de.
fects were Raymond T. Brown. 12 Will
| liam VanDeventer. "A: sylvester ]. Fal-
! lon. 4: William Almenrader 4 William
\ J. Harris. "a Peter Misieviecz. AZ MARI
Costello. 12 4: Harry Kipriotz. A.; Charles
! o. Beam. 26: lmes Bridges, 6 ; Mangis
Jenkins. "a: ode Benton, %: Sidney A
Morgan. 81: Hales Benton. 35; Bertran
| Thornton, % Robert Benjamin, -
Pearl Allen, 35; Henry Nanparis. 43
| Henry Supak, 2 Peter Anuskewicz, IA
| Thomas Remshevick. 8; Charles Y
Weaks, 10; Malisika' Plean, 8; james
J. McGrath. 16: George r. Kup, 16
| George Sado. IA Vito Taghanetti. 6
Stanislaw kocor, IA Lorenzo Del Prioro
9; Dominco Lamanna, . Allyn II. Mar
kert, 26, and William II. Dunlap, &c,