The Washington herald., 1917-10-22
Camp Meade SideGghts

Some Of the boys came uptown to-
day in their civilian clothes. They
couldn't get sizes to fit them in time
and rather than send q delegation
half-uniformed. the officers granted
them permission to appear once again
as civilians. This will probably be
the last however. since once a SOL
der is uniformed. it means about
six months pay IL he is caught dis
cardlng 1t for civilian dress
They lost Charley Buck Ratio from
Company A in the group Just depart
ed for Atlanta, Ga. Buck will be
missed. He made lots of noise when
he was not learning to be q soldier
and the boys from Tenth street north
west know how be can pep" things
up"
T. MAI. Proctor. construction quarter
master. has had a gang OF men at
work on a rife range that will be
large enough to train all OF the in
fantrymen in camp and the machine
gun battalions also. These latter units
will use sidearms as well as sighting
and firing the machine guns and they
are dead anxious to drop the funda-
mentals for this scientific work.
Company c also lost its tip-top COM
edian In the group that entrained for
Atlanta. Tommy Theodore was among
the group that entrained at Disney
and the company barracks will have
to find some comedian to take his
place, for these entertainers are Just
as essential az top sergeants.
Those who think they are doing
their "bit' by giving one son to the
colors are referred to Company II,
Of the S15th Infantry. neighbors OF
i the District boys. Here Harry P.
Cook, of Philadelphia, has furnished
three sons to the national army and
within q fortnight more he will have
two more coming to join. They hold
the record now Of being the only trio
Of brothers in the Seventy-ninth d.
vision and when the rest of the fam
lily arrive, it's doubtful II another
cantonment can show a quintet in
the service Of Old Glory.
| Comfort kits made their first ap-
pearance in the camp today and while
they did not reach as far as the
Washington crowd they are expected
in block within q few days. In
cidentally those who are knitting
sweaters for the boys are reminded
TO put sleeves in them and fashion
them the straight regulation military
style without collars.
Send down books about the war,
IL you want to make a hit with the
men. There is light fiction a-plenty.
but many Of the men would like to
read about what the allies armies
have been doing and a little about
the geography and general conditions
in the countries where they expect
to go.
| Bingy Bryan made his appearance
as a soldier in Washington yester-
day, minus six inches of excess avoir-
dupois he used to carry around the
belt line. He says:
/ Il am having a mighty good time
and learning how to live. Army life
Is making a new man of me and ]
am confident when I return from
France will be a better man for
the experience"
Charlie McCann. Of Company A, had
another opportunity to show the boys
Of the National Press Club what three
weeks Of training will do in transform
ing newspaper man into a soldier
He looks and feels immense. he SAYS,
and is proud Of Company A, s12th
Machine Gun Battalion, to which he
is attached.
Joe Amin Is another member OF
Company A well known to the news
paper profession. After completins
the special assignment of equipping
the outfit with uniforms, he was de-
tailed to battalion headquarters, where
he is making his services worth while.
Amin had experience on the border
before joining the national army and
as a consequence Is far more advanc-
| ed in fundamentals than the average