Evening star., 1917-11-06
SOLDIERS EXERCISE
VOTING PRIVILEGE
Eighteen Thousand PennsyI-
vanians Take Part in
State Election.
CAMP MEADE ACTIVITIES

From star Correspondent.
CAMP MEADE, Nd, November g.
District men of the 312th Machine Gun
ners had the experience of watching
Pennsylvanians of the battalion voting.
Ballot boxes were placed in the bar
racks and the 11O men from Pennsyl-
vania, as we'll as. most of the officers.
cast their ballots for state officials. The
voting in camp was in charge OF six
teen commissioners appointed by Gov.
|Brumbaugh About $4,000 officers and
men from Pennsylvania voted.
Marylanders had no vote, owing to
failure of the legislature to pass bill
I last winter to permit soldiers to vote
in camp.
Thirty-two District men. instead OF
eighty, as originally scheduled. reached
camp shortly before noon. They re-
ceiyed a hilarious welcome from friends
already here, and are being assigned
to the three District companies.
Lieut.. schofield Gen. sharpe's Aid.
Lieut.. schofeld. who has been ad-
jutant of the 312th Machine Gun Battal-
lon since the District boys first came to
camp has been appointed aid to Brig.
Gen. Hatch. Lieut. Kistler has been made
battalion adjutant in his place.
Guy" Company AS mascot. may look
somewhat like an ordinary mutt, but he
isn't he's a real. flonest-to-goodness Irish
terrier While he belongs to Sergt Moore,
he is, nevertheless. company property
Yesterday, however, Guy got in wrong
| and then got in the guardhouse. He was
taking nap on one Of the hunks, when
Capt Taylor happened, to sec him. Camp
| Meade is a strictly sanitary place. and
dogs aren't supposed to take their siestas
on the cots
Hey" the skipper exclaimed. what
local board sent that DOWN."
Then Guy got the gate-that Is. he vent gent
to the guardhouse and remained behind
the bars until after dinner.
Has "Unie"' Made to Order.
"cass~ Schroth, mess sergeant Of Com
pany c, doesn't have to go around in
"cits' any longer unless he wants to. De-
spairing of working of the extra four
inches Of belt measure that stood between
him and an issue unie. Cass went to
Washington and ordered two complete
outfits built to meet his rather generous
requirements. He keeps them hanging IN IN
a neat row on the wall OF the room he
shows them or to his friends when they
visit camp. To Judge by the looks Of the
unies. Cass hasn't given them much wear
as yet.
Lieut. Tim" Jordan Of Company B.:
who played on the Camp Meade officers
team in the game with the Marine eleven
at Shibe Park, Philadelphia Saturday, Is
still talking about the game. which the
Meade outfit annexed in the last two min.
utes Of play Some game, some game, .
he says. and, according to the score and
to what the Philadelphia papers said OF
the contest, he is right
Plea for Reading Matter. =
After the days drills are over and
the men have eaten supper they are
hungry for something to read. A plea
has been made for books for the 312th
machine gunners. Good. crisp, enter
tanning fiction is what the most Of the
| men want. though some of them like
poetry and not a few go in for heavier
reading. Anybody who has books and
is willing to donate them to the Dis
trict boys will be doing great favor
by notifying Private Joseph Amin.
talon. Camp Meade. Better still.
bundle the books up and send them out
to the boys. who will certainly ap-
preciate them.
Company c has its piano, and now
each Of the three District companies is
supplied with q first-class instrument.
Company Cs playeHpiano came out
from tho Juelg piano house last week.
together with an assortment OF music
rolls. and the boys are operating it
several capable performers in tho COM
pany and between times they do rag
time stunts or play accompaniments
while the company's vocalists warble
or get their heads together for some
close harmony. F. 6. H.