The Washington herald., 1917-10-24
HEAT AT MEADE;
PRESIDENT GOING
Great Welcome Planned for
Commander-in-Chief
Of the Army.
BY ANDREW r.. KELLEY.

BY ANDREW n. KELLEY.
Camp Meade. Admiral, Nd. Oct. g.
Down in this camp they are not con-
-cerned about the price OF coal, but
they are concerned about heat and
the most welcome arrival today for
the District boys was Mr.. Heat.
Heat came In about D. m. and his
orderly saIuted Capts. Lombard and
Taylor, OF the 312th Machine Gun
Battalion and told them that hence
forth the District boys could take
showers in the wash rooms without
standing under water that came from
the land that Doc" Cook made
famous
In addition big heaters were put in
the barracks of Company A and the
other quarters which house the
Washington men will get the heating
equipment tomorrow.
President Expected Today.
Tomorrow will be a big day for all
OF the soldiers in this cantonment
and the biggest news that arrived was
that President Wilson will be among
those who will give the cantonment
a personal inspection.
Top Sergt. John Fletcher, of Com
Pdhg ~ Is dhAOnS lElOSC WIN nave
never seen in the flesh the command
ing figure in world history who is
this nations Chief Executive. He
will aid in giving the President a
reception upon his arrival that will
beat any he has hitherto received
In a political campaign. and that is
saying much.
Tomorrow will be a holiday for
the soldiers because of the liberty
loan campaign. In the afternoon
comes the athletic competition for
the liberty loan in which all of the
different units in the cantonment wifi
be represented. All of the money
contributed by the soldiers and civil
tans will be turned in for bonds.
s1,I65 900 Raised So Far.
Camp Meade's total for today was
announced at S.l67.OO0 That makes
the camp stand third among the ma
tfonal army camps, but the officers
are confident they can boost the fig
ures to ss.OOO,OOO and make the can
tonment OF the Seventy-ninth division
stand first in the list of military
units which have been doing their
bit" for the liberty loan. The parade
and exercises tomorrow are expected
TO bling in at least S5OO,OCO.
Depend upon the Washingtonians to
do their share. There are 3s of the
III men quartered in Company B OF
the 3l2th who own their own auto
mobiles. Three of the lads are SON.
Of fathers who own most of the coal
lands in the Anthracite district and
they shed money as a Pair of gum
boots gives on raindrops.
VIII Sell Every Man a Bond.
we are going to whoop it up"
said Gen. Nicholson today, until
every man in camp buys a bond.
What we want to report to Washing
ton is that Camp Meade made a
100000 subscription and that will put
Us In first place among the canton
ments"
To the Washington mothers and
fathers. sisters and brothers and
sweethearts who are concerned about
the health of their men in the ma
uonal army. Lieut-Col. Huntington,
division surgeon. sends this word:
Not one man Is seriously III. Many
OF the regimental hospitals are empty
and the few that have patients are
doing a mighty small business for
their patients are afflicted with only
minor troubles.
Camp Mead Lends In Health.
Reports gathered at Washington
show that Camp Meade has fewer
men in its hospitals than any can.
tonment in the country. We have had
but one death in the camp and only
five cases of serious illness to deal
with. Two weeks ago five men de-
veloped symptoms of pneumonia. and
as the army considers that disea Sc
as communicable the patients were
sent to the Walter Reed Hospital, at
Washington. They are doing well and
are entirely out of danger. In fact
not a one of the five suffered a viru-
lent attack.
Today the civilian employees knock
ed of work and paraded to the regi-
mental field where they listened 10
arguments for subscribing to the
liberty loan. They subscribed. These
civilian employees have been making
fat wages working to build the cities
which house the men of the national
army. They subscribed thousands of
these wages today in the safest in
vestment in the world, but the total
Is not yet available in figures.