The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-16
MARYLAND men AT
FORT MYER HUSKY
Mud Makes Work Tire~ome. But
Proves Endurance OF Men Who
Become Officers.

! bra CheS of the life at the irainin!
! camp for reserve officers at Fort My
CT this week While there have beer
/ individual Instances of some one MAJ
maxim" q good showing, the chic
, feature is that the Maryland men a!
/ a " hole have stood up we'll under ;
! grUellin@ weeks work. Rigid phySl
/ cal examinations have put every MAJ
I to Il personal test OF fitness, and il !:
an especial tribute that the regula
| Army officers in charge said THE
! Maryland men in camp are fine 10
! of husky. we'll developed, sound anC
vigorous fellows, most OF whom vii
/ surely get commissions at the clos,
! of the training period.
/ Continual rains have made tht
/ camp life during the last week par
( ticularIy trying. There has been muC
everywhere making the "dougl
/ boys" work i'll the various drills ant
maneuyers unusually wearIsome. on
! the 100-yard rife range the intricate
process Of evading wire entangle
ments, IunginS at German dummies
! leaping trenches and rifle pits anC
| thTusting down with the bayOnet al
( the assumed occupants is ut all times
"IiIi' ul' anu N'i eh'o"S' W i'N iii2e
'ui' 'o"''i| =" account oi ll"" II,
cues u'tF ne men nav Dteu wa,
i ~ rs 81 ''''I". 1l''' 'ne ulil
u "''i@ Ia .'Sil -, ;
DeSl1 'oi,' ~ ~ 'iie Il''n Ui' 81,
~ ~ INN ,,.'9,,.I o' LI'e ~ Ian ! t"t
deep in the trench.
r.,,. XIII ~ ~, o','
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,,-i,1. 49,, caao,,I rrlIi,.d H,Id To,r+I,
Tba mon, yin hn ail.ar, ne f,,anuont
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n,,,d of tba 10 ,,,i+s j., +ba o,n,n
TN. ras,1Itnd from . now. .,.stan1 mr.
info foroo ,rh,reda, Laraioforo .bo
stndant otftna,. co,nn,anding aacb
co,,,,.,,,- bas hoan nbaraad oooh
weaI, Thay are now heinz changed
each day This is done 50 as to give
the largest nossibIa nnnher of candi-
dates f0r c60nis.ions y cbonco 70
demonstrate their ability ana 10 show
what aotitude they nossess for TAX
ing charge Of all the activities of
the cOmpany for one day This in
cludes MOI only the company can
tains but also the Iieutenants MIA
toon commanders, guides and cor
MORALS
The reguIar army officers have
been told 10 sneed mn with their re-
norris and Recommendations as IN
the Deculiar ability of each candi-
date. The regular army officer in
structOrs are calling each man in for
= man-to-man consultation 50 that
each candidate may he recommended
for whatever branch of the service
he * most fitted Those who have
not the nhysioue and the antituda IN
stand mn under duties Of y line off
Ger are beine advised IN seek barths
in rha notor-trucL division the
unartermasta7,' corns others are no
ing highly recommended for line of
ficers and mite a few for the ayia-
1ion va,rrica
Fvarvtbino i haine eneadad nm at
the camn andtso much non ic haino
mt into The work and so many new
orders are being issued each day that
Tho entire nareonpal of tho camn is
heinz l[ant aIa,t and nm on tbai,.
toes for. what i comino nayt
Evelvn Harrison of Baltimore
who is already commissioned as a
reserve officer was Maid = distinct
honor Thursday. when he was chosen
one of three men from the camn 70
he assistant instructors Canaan
Harrison's work has heen of the
highest order throughout The camn
and no has baen frequently nointed
ont nv tho raouIar arn,v instructorc
as rho tvna of candidata tho camn
was oroanizad IN hrino ont His
work he's haen uniforn,1y n1eosinq to
tha camn officers
When nofica was oiran tho latter
nort Of to wool tbo7 On arnoi,,+
r'a,,+s 80 ~ 10 100 ~. rbporno
worlI and 20o 10 1bo 0uarIarT,as+t,.,s
corns Ra1timora and otber NarvIand
,,1ar iod +ha ,1,,ooa1.ioJ, ~ a,n,,Iioa,,+ =
fo, +ba oSs;or,,on+ Tboso IiSte ba,-o
hoon onna oI.n,. cI.iticaII,- ~. tba IN
strnctor ofica, fo,. aacb con,nonT and
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49,. Tbae, -. ,,.-,,,, IN ~ -
:i - =" ~'N o. - ~
da7ns q GO axn rll ~ he oooU ,,t~l
col. navt i,,aaI, I,,ono tba HIa,.,r
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