The Washington herald., 1917-11-10
CAMP RATIONS
At MEADE SOAR
TO 40.3 CENTS
High Cost Of Living Causes
Increase-Mess Ser
geants on Job.
By ANDREW r. KELLEY.

By ANDREW r. KELLEY.
Camp Meade. Admiral. Md, Nov. ..
old High Cost Of Living has invaded
this cantonment and henceforth Uncle
Sam will permit the mess sergeants
TO spend 40s cents per day to feed
each soldier. instead of Ss.7 cents.
which has been the prevailing rate
since the military population swsrmed
into Camp Meade.
This increase OF less than one cent
{, day seems infinitesmal. but when
one considers that It applies to hun
dreds Of thousands OF men in the olive
drab, in the course of a month 1t
amounts TO q tremendous item
Mess Sergeant Buys Food.
Under the military system, each
mess sergeant goes to the depot stores
and buys his food for the company.
II he Is a shrewd buyer he can spend
that to.3 cents for each hungry mouth
in q manner that will give the mess
halls a variety Of food, and plenty of
IT, Otherwise the soldiers are exceed
ingly liable to have frequent diets Of
OdAnOdha6cp III army
lance, means hash. Mess sergeants
scroth and Niedamanski, who are
feeding the District boys. know how
to buy.
Little Bobs," one of the great
lighters Of the British army in Elan
ders, arrived at the camp today and
was acclaimed by the regulars of the
headquarters troop. "Bobs" named
after the idol of the British
Tommy" Is the black-nosed Lewis
machine gun which the Washington
ians will use.
ergt.-Maj. Harry Noonen. a big,
black-haired Britisher who worked
"Bobs'' against the Huns At Aisne
and at a score of other places. arrived
to demonstrate It.
Noonan Is one OF the English nom
commissioned oficers who have ar
rived to put the polish on the Amer
lean fighters Of the division as part of
their training for Cover there"
9Bobss Does Good Work.
Ny, boys. but 'Bobs' did grand
work against the Boches. He spat
out 600 deaths a minute and every
time he coughed II was a requiem
for some Hun over yonder. I had
'Bobs' in No Mans Land pumping
away while our lads went over the
top, and I saw Boche after Boche
fall as the little gun got into action.
They never knocked 'Bobs' out
once. but I've been nipped a couple
OF times, though. One Of them hit
me In the head and another kicked
nae IN the right leg"
Here's a sample OF the advice that
the English and French officers are
giving the District boys:
Remember that the allied soldiers
have an unwritten law which makes
II impossible for a man with a bayo-
net to turn back when ordered to
charge.
comes for you to 20 over the top
that you must clutch your gun and
think what, will happen to this old
world II the Kaiser wins. Then fight
like he'll.
Remember that you have more IN
telligence than the Germans; that you
are quicker; that you are a better
shot; that you can lick three men
with your bayonet. Once you have
this confidence you are worth four
Of the slow-thinking. machine-like
Huns"
VI
Every soldier IN the camp MAJ
have a god mother"
The Loyal Girls of American So
ciety has sent letter to Maj. Gen.
Kuhn telling of the work they plan
to do at Camp Meade and among the
soldiers abroad. Mrs. Burton Han
sen is president Of the organization
and Miss Gertrude Elmore is secre-
tsry.
The society aims to provide god
nother,"-a girl who will write newsy
home letters, will send cigarettes.
pipes and tobacco. and will supply
other comforts for every uniformed
man. both in the army and the navy.
Infantry skirmish was one Of the
new movements introduced at the
camp today. Equally interesting was
the dummy drill. The practice for
both officers and enlisted men con-
sists Of hopping on all fours over the
PROSTATE dummies, with rifles in the
hands of the hoppers.
Platoons are taken on the fields
each day. ordered to race about at the
direction OF their commander; en-
gage In wrestling, playing leapfrog
by jumping over the bent backs of
scores OF their comrades. hurdling
over sticks and dozen or more
things that help to develop every
muscle in the body.
Worse than war is the way the men
feel about sitting in the dentists chair,
but thirty molar experts arrived to-
day. They will put the teeth of
every man in perfect condition.
Cobblers throughout the camp have
hundreds OF pairs of shoes that they
-
is held UP until the government sup
plies leather. Practice on the rifle
ranges is to be started within a few
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