Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

Carrots. tomatoes and pie
| slumguHion or pudding TO stretch out our
hide,
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The Second Pennsylvania Field Artillery
regiment stomach is neither pot-bellied nor
dyspeptic: II is Just normal, although the
list Of supplies consumed in four days at
the Jenkintown camp might make one think
the regiment was a gormandizer. The sup
ply company handles potatoes by the ten
thousand pound lots and beef by the truck
load.
In the four full days the camp has been
in existence the regiment has gobbed up
$500 loaves Of bread, two and one-half tons
Of fresh beef more than fifty barrels or po-
tatoes, 100 cases Of canned tomatoes, lOO
pounds Of onions and four tons Of ice. Six
teen hundred pounds of sugar and $50
pounds Of coffee have also been issued 20
the battery cooks. but some Of this Is stu
in their cupboards. or whatever army cooks
keep their eatahles in
Besides these staple articles the men al7o
have had eggs and bacon, -four dried fruit
and the 'makins" for puddings, cakes and
pies at Sunday dinners The horses OF the
regiment have munched feed at the rate OF
fourteen pounds of hay and twelve pounds
Of oats per head per day. Much tobacco
has also been chewed, but not paid for by
the Government.
FORTY CENTS A DAY RATION
The ration allowance is forty cents a day
for each man. Each battery company mess
sergeant makes requisition for the supplies
estimated as necessary. If the company is
found at the end Of a month to have over
drawn the allowance, the extra is charged
to each man pro rata.
The supply company 10 stationed in the
big barn on the "Baeder Farm" near the
camp field. Thrty-five men, under Captain
Jacob II. Geissel and Lieutenant Joseph
Moorhead compose the company. They
sleep near the potato barrels.
DISCIPLINE AND MORALS GOOD
The Second ARTILLERY men are behaving
eXcellently. The chief Of police Of Jenkin-
town, William B. Thomas, says they are a
very orderly lot Of men when they come to
town. He is keeping a strict watch on the
town morality and says he will not tolerate
any evil women Two Of these persons who
he said. came from Philadelphia a few days
ago left Jenkintown very quietly when a
suggestion to move was made to them.
The men are allowed liberty IN squads Of
twenty-five each TO take advantage Of the
hospitality of the Abingdon Y. NJ. c. A..
which has opened it's swimming pool to the
regiment The officers have been invited
to swim in the pool Of the Beechwood Inn,
Jenkintown.
a htty-foot pole was cut from the woods
nearby and planted in front Of the colonels
tent with the regimental flag. Band con-
certs will be given by the band every Sun
day, Monday. Wednesday and Friday eve
ning from to $3.50 O'Clock. The band of
twenty-eight pieces is under the direction OF
Band Sergeant A. H. Gehringer
John Wanamaker, who gave the use OF
the camp site to the Government for the
rental of ST. will visit the camp this after
noon at 5 o'clock. The officers will meet
him informally.
Colonel Turner made the following ap-
pointments today: Sergeant Major Ar
mand Hopely, of the First Battalion, to be
senior regimental color sergeant; Sergeant
Herbert NJ. Asquith of Battery F, to be
junior color sergeant. Sergeant Major H.
NJ. Weiser was transferred from the Second
TO the First Battalion.
Sergeant Weiser, who has been on spe-
cial duty at the regimental headquarters in
arranging the muster lists received special
commendation for efficiency from the United
States army mustering-in officer, Lieuten-
ant Harold D, Minor.
Captain Romanus Fellman. of the head
quarters company, who in civil life is chief
of police of Norristown, has just been pre-
sented with a fine black horse by his home
town friends.
There was young soldier named Sammee,
Who never said hellee or dammee,
Till he got into camp
Then he swore like scamp
EITHER send me 10 France or else can me"