The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-14

get ready for II the day before. The pre-
.hminaries were simple. They consisted
merely OF stripping. from the waist up,
down to an undershirt, and taking OF
'1eggin," shoes and socks
Then barefoot and shivering, in bar
racks built on the pee1l-a-boo plan, the
men got busy with mops and scrub
brushes. There are a good many boys
in the District bunch who drive their
own cars and are accustomed even to
having their eggs opened for them at
breakfast. But they showed they had
the real stun in them. When the Officers
came around and looked over the hunks
and equipment they found everything
shining like the story Of a certain soap
advertisement.
exception OF the rejects" were
marched over to the central drill
field, for a divisional address on the
Liberty loan. By noon, the 956 men
from the District had subscribed S22,-
sSO-and only about half the men had
been canvassed. The officers believe
the subscription OF the Washington
contingent win eventually total close
to $4,000.
Also, 1t was pointed out by Captain
Lombard. OF Company B, that SO far
as the District is concerned, the sub
scriptions. represent the. men only
In some OF the other outfits, the
officers-miIlionaire or sons of mil
lionaires-are buying lots of bonds,
and putting down their subscriptions
with the men, to make big company
totals. he said. I'VE aren't doing
that. Naturally we officers are buy
Ing just as many bonds as we pos
Qfhly al Tl,,N
our subscriptions separate. The total
announced for the battalion repre-
sents only the boys themselves-the
men in the ranks"
Thirty per cent OF the Washington
boys went home at $50 o'clock this
morning, on pass until midnight.
Next week the officers hope to be able
to give passes overnight, which will
allow the men to leave camp Saturday
afternoon, when there is no drill, and
stay home until reveille Monday
morning.
Lots OF men who had planned to go
home today were doomed to disap-
pointment, however. as a result of a
combination In restraint of liberty on
the part of old man Jupe PIuvis. and
headquarters.
No Drill, No Pass.
The latter decided that passes
should only go to men who had work.
ed all week. In plain, unmilitary
words, the verdict was mo drill. no
pass"
During the early days of the week.
old man Jupe Pluve sent down some
rain. changed his mind, and switched
to hail. then switched back to rain
and sent a chaperone along with the
works in the form of a wind that did
all sorts of things to the mems
Threats. and joints, and everything.
Also, expecting army shoes, most of
the Washington boys wore the Oldest
most dilapidated footgear in their
possession when they came out"
There was some sort of a delay in the
arrival of supplies with the result that
some OF the men had to walk through
rain, and young lakes, in shoes about
as protective as a pair OF bedroom
AS a result, the sick list
made the officers gasp. Some of the |
boys are still in the hospital, and at
least Is per cent had to stay in bed |
one or two days fighting off the grip. |
The men who were sent back to |
civilian life yesterday are: Joseph |
Pittle, Frank d. Byrne. Frank A. Nc |
Cam, Walter NJ. Duffy. Vincent L. |
Shields. John II. Lynch, Fred A KEY
ser, Albert n. Senseney, Alfred Z. |
Lewis, jr., James J. Roche, Fred Dew |
Smallwood, Frank A. Kross. Patrick |
Ward, Frederick L. Levy, Herman S. !
Ward, William A. Dulin. Robert |
L. Lansdown, Joseph L. Griffin. Nor /
man L. Nichols, Edward A zentgraf, |
George c. Flynn, Michael H. Warner,
Raymond l.. Ehlers. Joseph Downs,
Joseph S. BARLEY. Herbert Hender-
son. Barry L. Gingell, Clarence Match
EFT, John L. Kelly, Albert H. Crane,
Ernest +. Moulden. Emanuel 'Rlef,
Charles A. Shepsle, Roy S. Matthews,
Basilio Dimartino, Victor Sweitzer,
George W. Waugh, Walter Strausbaugh,
Eivin c. Warner. Alvin E. Duerr,
Jules L. Foin. Paul w. Hartman, Cur
vim E. Keever, Clarence E. Eyster,
Jacob p. Mummert, Carl T. Austin,
Carl f. Kunsman, Ellis B. Saul, Frank
W. Tatarewivz. Charles Z. Marshall,
w. Snyder. William c. King
man, Clarence A. Smith. Jacob Gross.
Leroy T. SLAMMED. Paul w. Halfpapp,
Ernest l.. Mcmillan. John c. Moran,
Charles p. Rank. Harry 3. Watson,