The Washington times., 1917-12-18
CAMP MEADE NOTES

Lo, 10, the poor hungry soldieri
There Is the case OF Corporal Roy
MauhuEh, Company Z, 31Sth. When
others OF the company are absent he
lines up and does duty for them
at the mess tables. Thus eating his
own and learning how to eat for 9TH
ers, he has acquired wonderful ca
pacity. He can tuck away enor-
nous quantities of food. He was
brought up and formally tried for
consuming too much food, but was
acquitted by jury on the ground
that he was really doing important
work in saving from waste what sur
plus food was cooked. Charles r.
Stewart developed some prowess
along the same line and q contest
was staged. Sausages were used. At
q given signal the two began. Cor
poral II. A. Campbell and J. ]. Keogh
gave the decision to Mayhugh. an
bouncing that he had consumed twen-
.y-eight hot dogs.
Company E, a13th, has more musi-
cal talent than instruments. Already
the company has a violin, q mando-
lin. q cornet, a guitar, q banjo, a.
ukuiele, and two pianos What IL
needed Is q Kettle drum, 4 triangle.
company Is from the 9TH, Sth, 9th,
and 18th draft districts OF the city.
Here is an example OF prepared
ness. First Sergeant Joseph E. Scale,
OF z, 313th, has q new officers uni
form, two pairs OF leather puttees. q
set OF military instruction books.
four sweaters. q pistol, and an Of
ficer's cap. II q commission comes
through for him he will be able to
set an example for quick change of
costume.
The cold wave has temporarily put
Camp Meade out of commission. To
begin with the pipes are all frozen.
This makes IT necessary to limit the
water to the men. The horses have
been practically without any. There
is enough for an occasional drink,
but the men are deprived of their
morning and afternoon baths. The
water shortage has also made itself
felt in the mess hall, where there Is
a limited supply OF water for coffee
and cooking.
Applications OF Meade men for ad-
mission to the officers training camp
to be opened here January 8 are be-
ginning to pour In on company COM |
mRnders and in turn forwarded to |
headquarters. The commanding gen
eral will have charge OF making the |
final selection, and the men recon- |
mended by the company commanders |
will be called before the commanding
officer for a personal examination
before they are finally admitted. |
Camp Meade will supply 440 men for |
the camp.
OF the dfty men who have deserted
since Camp Meade was opened, not |
one 10 from the District. Seven men
are now being held for general court |
to answer more or less aggravated |
OF desertion.
The soldiers have more reading
matter than they can use, and the |
postal authorities at Washington |
have been asked not to send any
more until after the frst Of the year. |
The camp postoffice, recreation build. |
ings and barracks are literally |
swamped with magazines and Pc |
sent postage free. Han
ding them is interfering with the
delivery OF other and more important
mail.
December 20 has been set as the |
date for reports on the new war In
surance, and indications are that the |
result will be disappointing to Officers
and the Government. which framed |
the bill to furnish fighters protection |
at low rate. Canvass OF many COM |
panies has developed the fact that q /
large number OF soldiers subscribed
so liberally to Liberty bonds that |
they Will be unable to take Insurance |
unless some arrangement Is made by
the Treasury Department to taka the
Liberty bonds OF their hands.
Brain work and physical exercise
combined was made a part OF the
OF the 312th machine gun
today. The men wera sent
on long cross-country hike, and as
they marched officers would call prI-
Yates from the ranks and ask them
direction of the wind,
what to do In case OF an attack, where
he would deploy a squad IL going into
action or IL left to form a rear guard. |
The pace OF the march was never
slackeneG, but the men found the hike
really pleasant, because OF something
new to distract their attention from
rather rough roads and hard tramp
Ing.