The Washington herald., 1917-09-27
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M hC-h avn '-'S"
marched of through the dust OF NO
Mans Land to their quarters, three
miles and more from the station and
about one-half mile from division
headquarters.
when do We eat?" was about the
first question that the Districts en-
! bryo soldiers asked. Uncle Sam is
a good provider, as Is shown by the
first meal. 1t was prepared by Her
| man Seppi, formerly chef at the MARI
borough BlenheIm, at Atlantic Clty'
| The menu follows:
German pot roast. mashed potatoes,
! steamed corn, bread pudding ana
raspberry sauce. and coffee. The men
| supplied their own smokes.
An immense crowd assembled az
the Union Station TO see the men on
Yesterday morning.
The time set for departure OF the
| snecial train was SIS a. m, and right
on the dot il began to crawl SLOWLY
out of the station shed. and the men
had their first demonstration OF mill
tary promptness.
| Commissioner Brownlow and Daniel
Donovan, Adjutant General for the
District, were both at the station 10
cheer "the first seventy-seVen' on
their way.
The men from exemption division
No. / marched TO the station win
Old Glory floating at their mead
Everywhere there was cheering. and
the raising of hats to the colors as
the onlookers sensed the meaning Of
the unusual sight.
! In appearance there was little OH
ference between the men who left
for Camp Meade yesterday and thos
who paraded up Pennsylvania avenue
in one of the most impressive mill
tary parades ever held in Washing
ton.
Several Fall to Appear.
Most of the men Wore civilian
clothes, but some had invested il
army shirts of olive drab. while two
or three were lucky enough TO hav'
secured an entire uniform.
Cheers Of a similarly enthusiastic
nature greeted the men from Division
No. 7 when they arrived from I'M
Western High School. They were lee
by Rev. ID. II. Martin, chairman. AM
Secretary Raymond o. Wilmarth, will
James f. Wilson, one of the member
of the contingent, actively in chars'
of his detachment
Men who failed to appear yester
day, not having been excused for on
reason or another. have been arrested
and face the loss of a months pa!
| or even more drastic punishment II
the discretion of the courtmartla
which will sit on their cases whei
they reach camp. Technically, failur
to appear renders the men liable u
being charged with desertion. As
J matter of fact, however. there wa
. probably no wilful intention to aVo'
military service. Absentees, however
will have to do a lot of explaining L
convince the authorities that non
appearance was not caused by negli
gence.
So Leave Today.
For the most part it was a merr,
crowd. One drafted man who fortl
fled himself with a few more dram
than he could carry, came in Tor
good deal of Tagging" by his com
rades, who joked at his expense an
declared he would likely become IN
prize drunk" of his company o
such rare occasions as he Is permit
ted to leave camp.
Most of the men were well-dresse
and carried suitcases in whlch 10 sen
their suits home. The men carrie
l with them only such toilet afucie
and clothing as is essential 10 tpei
comfort.
the second increment of DistriC
$ mon will leave for the camp tn
. ,,,o,nins at s:s5 o'clock. Eighty-thre
. men are scheduled to 20 from Divl!
! q fnrtU-HNR from III
second division and thirty-eiGht frol
: the Third division. Other incremen
l from the remaining seven draft
e ,,isions will leave tomorrow, Satu
dav and Sunday mornings. Men
Diyision No. reported at the CIT
nostoffice yesterday afternoon at q:
o'clock for retreat roll call, and Il
anal instructions from Chairman
10. Chance.
These men will assemble at the pos
office this morning in time to ste
across the street to the Union Sti
tion forty-fve minutes ahead of ira
time. officials of Division No. toda
stated that they do not believe the
will be able to put more than twent,
eight men aboard the train tomorro
morning.
Men of Division No. 2 reported
HEADQUARTERS at the old Central His
school at 4 o'clock yesterday afte
moon for retreat roll call. when Il
lexact time for them to report tn
morning was determined.
Joseph p. Amin has been chose
as leader OF the quota from Divisit
Inc, 8. Joseph Pittie will be chose
In ali probability 10 head his cor
Trades Of Division No. , :"