Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
c. SOLDIERS
. ON THE WAY SOUTH
Machine Gunners, Part OF
Force of 1000, Leave Camp
Meade Today.
LIST OF THOSE SELECTED

From Stan Correspondent
| CAMP MEADE, Md, October 20. -
| Washington's quota of eighty-five ma
chine gun men, who were ordered TO
/ be in the big troop movement this
week, to Camp Gordon. left here at y
o'clock today. The men were notified
early this morning, when the names OF
those selected for transfer to the
southern camp were announced.
, Quick work was made of the packing
of effects into the big blue barracks
| bags, saying goodbye TO squadron
/ comrades and forming for the short
march to Disney and the troop trains.
a total of 1.00o men went in today
movement. most of them being machine
| gunners. The 31oth Battalion sent ia
men. the 31lth sent 391. and the 312th.
ISIS. The remaining 400 were from the
depot brigade.
The column marched to the train
headed by the band of the 313th Imam
try. AS the men marched away from
the barracks that have been their home
for nearly a month they were singing.
joking and acting merrily. This is IN
spite of the fact that none of them want
ed to leave Camp Meade. There wash
was downhearted or that inability to
say "Geod-bye' to the folks at home
was considered hardship.
List of the District Men.
The District men who left:
Company A-Nicola D. Gennaro. Vic
tor Crabs. Raymond Grove. Joaquin
Lastra. Albert Linkins. Frank Kennedy.
Joseph King, Zachary Nicopolousa.
Charles Ratio, Edward Roch, John Sui
livan. Frank Tuba. Jacob Babashinian.
William Beggs. Emil Jetmar. John
Abraham, Robert Zones. David Goobett.
Raymond Hayes. Hiram Weaver. George
Adams. Ivan D. Gates. John Graham.
otho Reno!ds. Abraham Rubin, Charles
Stone. Frederic Manglos.
Company B-Charles Adams, Orland
Davis. James Dawes, James Poluzzo,
Arthur Ridgley. Frank simonton, Ed
ward Dove. Victor Dodge. Alvin Hoff.
Edward Lauterbach. Davis Murphy.
Israel Reiskin. Charles Ruth. Isador
Sheeskin, Emmett Bonde, Marshall
Bryarly. Francis Carr, Herman Clay
ton. George Dixon. James Frawley.
Albert Frederick. William Gass,
Thomas Gulick. Jones B. Junhaus. Abe
Simon, William Strauch. Tony Zumbo
Edward Scharf
Company NRalph McCreary. John
Morrison. Amos Montgomery. RAYMOND
PLACER. Alpheus Anderson. John Brazerol,
Gilber Dye John Leisch, Joseph pessa ~.
Herman Tosch, Saul Brotslly, John Ken
dali, Albert Berry. Albert Dicer. Everett
Gunnell, James Haynes, John Poletti,
Adolf Sciscenti. Thomas Theodore. Charles
Wall, James Amidon. William Childs,
Claude Corridor. James Daniels. Thomas
Fitzgerald. Casper Beck, Henry Herroll
David Logan, Charles Love.
Parade Tuesday for Loan.
A big feature of the liberty loan cam
paign in Camp Meade is to be a mon
ster civilian parade Tuesday. Accord
ing to announcement made by Brig.
Gen. w. J. Nicholson, in charge of the
liberty loan campaign here. the parade
will include practically every one of
the more than 10 600 civilians employed
on construction and other work in the
camp. Nicholson's announcement states
that the workmen's parade is to be
headed by the six bands here, and that
following the parade the civilians are
to assemble on the big parade ground
and hear addresses in behalf OF the
not yet been named. but Gen. Nicholson
promises that several men of state and
national reputation will address the
workmen.
Total subscriptions for Camp Meade.
as announced last night, were $69I, $50.
The largest single subscription. Gen
Nicholson stated, was that of an officer
whose name he declined to divulge.
This officer subscribed for $4,000 of the
bonds
kenneth Clark, singing instructor.
assigned to Camp Meade by the CON-
mittee on training camp activities, has
evolved a brand-new liberty loan song.
which is being sung at the various di-
vision, brigade, regimental ana com
pany rallies. The song goes to the
tune of over There which all the
men know by this time, and they GER
tainly do put plenty of pep into 1t when
they sing. Here are the words:
New Liberty Loan Song.
sanrnie's go, the mum, got the mum. go. the mum;
Money talks. let money shout,
Turn your poe kets inside out
Hurry. buy bond. buy bond, buy a bond
Help them over yond, over yond over yond;
Let your coin loose in stream.
Make them hear tile eagle scream.
CHORUS.
over there; give a cheer; tell the lads over
there not to fear:
That the ranks are swelling. the boys are
| The bonds are selling over here.
Never fear. never fear; We are all on the job
Tell the kaiser that he'll be wiser when he
meets the troops we're raising over here.
| The entertainments that are being
| given at the Y. NJ. G. A. building here
are enjoyed nightly by capacity crowds
| of soldiers. Last night the entertain
ers were Misses Jeanne Woolford and
| Groper and Charles Go,dsborough Keer
| and Charles Andrew Mccain. More
| than l50o soldiers heard the concert.
Mr.. Keers unit Is o give similar en-
| tertainments at Camp Meade on al
ternate Thursdays during the winter.
He is chairman of the war recreations
| committee OF Baltimore.
Liquor Smuggler Punished.
Efforts to smuggle liquor into camp
are doomed to almost certain failure
| these days--and nights as well. The
! men Of the National Army who are
now doing guard duty in place of the
10th New Workers, " no left last week.
are much more Suspicious than were
the national suardsmen and search per-
sons entering camp IN more sys-
tematic and businesslike manner. The
other evening soldier returning aft
! er dark was halted by a guard and re-
/ sDonded to the challenge by saying.
1 Here, search me-" The sentry did SO.
| He slapped hip pockets. side pockets,
| breeches legs. shirt, etc, without finding
| anything, Then he ran his hand down
! the sleeve of the soldiers shirt and
/ said Aha" The soldier had tied a
1 half pint flash inside he shirt sleeve
where 1t was covered by the sleeve OF
| his blouse OFF marched Mr.. Soldier
| Man to the guardhouse. and he is now
| doing a months punishment.
! Incidentally, it may be repeated for
/ the benefit of persons who perhaps are
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