The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-10
CAMBRIDGE YOUNG MAN
ISSUES CHALLENGE
Cromp,on Kerr. Company Iirfk, p
on Behalf of His Squad, ihaiitn-
a.S For Target Shooting With
Pistols.

MI. Gretna, Aug. q Especial =
HooveriZe your cheers Tor the mill
tary police, one OF wars new WITH
kles. All they have to do Is 10 pre-
serve order. be traffic police iook
pleasant and tote around enough
weapons TO put to shame the orlgl-
nal gunman.
About 14o Philadelphians are en-
listed in the Second Company OF the
military police, officially listed IN the
Army records as the headquarters
train. They reached camp Saturday,
in command OF Captain Henry Gro
fut, and have fine coats OF Sunburn
to show for their first few days III
the field.
The First Company, recruited III
Pittsburgh, is expected TO come here
today, and by the end OF the week
the military police will begin drilling
The Headquarters train will wear
the yellow hat cord of cavalrymen,
but it has not been decided whether
they will be mounted. The prlncl-
pal duty of the two companies "lll
be to do police duty when the Penn
sylvania soldiers reach Camp Han
cock, and after they go to France.
This task of provost guard hereto
fore has been performed by >ompa-
MES detailed from regiments. Inc
men were posted at camp boundaries,
and no one who did not possess a
pass or was on a military mission
was permitted TO pass the lines.
The provost guard also was for
the purpose of quelling disorder.and
mad charge of the guard house where
recalcitrants were locked Up.
The military police fall heir TO
this assignment now, leaving the in
fantrymen to attend strictly to their
work of training to frappe the Boche.
At first glance it doesn't look as if
Captain CIRCUITS men will fall down
on the job.
Nearly every man is a siX-footer,
and tips the scales at more than 10
pounds. To back up their physique,
each enlisted man will carry not only
rifle. but 45-calibre automatic
pistol
Most of the men in the Philadel-
phia company have had some mill
tary training. There are about TWEEN
ty former police. Captain Crofut
was drillmaster of the Bureau of Po-
lice, Philadelphia. and formerly was
The Third Infantry, Philadelphia. He
is Spanish-American War veteran,
The military police. although one
of the baby outfits of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania. now the
Twenty-Eighth Division of the Army,
are not slow to herald their attri-
butes. They admit they have a
squad of crack pistol shots, and thru
Private George Crompton Kerr com
pany clerk. have issued challenge
to competitors in the division, the
craftsmanship to be tested at Camp
Hancock.
Kerr, incidentally, is one of about
twenty University of Pennsylvania
students who enlisted in Captain
Crofut't company He is a Junior.
His home is in Cambridge, Md.
Il was eligible for the selectiye
army. and | didn't want Uncle Sam
to have to call me before l kicked
in," said Kerr. so l enlisted. >
: A. ". Ward, formerly a captain OF
the p. X. r. police, is second lieu
tenant of the company. A first lieu
tenant is to be appointed.
Companies Nos. 10, II and II of
the ammunition train bring the quo
ia of Philadelphians in camp here up
: to about 500. A total of 1900 men
are under canvas on the State reSer-
: walton here, putting in the prelimi-
: nary training kinks for the overseas
service.
The three companies from Phila-
delphia in the ammunition train are
assigned to the artillery section
Their task will be to keep the artil-