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Orders For Fourth. Fifth And Hos
pitaI Batteries Received-Men OV-
enjoyed at The News.

Orders came late yesterday after
noon for the remainder of the Mary
land troops to move to Camp McClel-
Ian. Admission, Ala, next Sunday.
Col Harry c. Jones, commander OF
the Fourth Regiment; Col. Washing
ton Bowie, Jr., commander of the
Fifth Lieut.. William T. Daniels,
commander of she First Maryland
Hospital Company, and Capt. Gus
tavus ODER, in command of the First
Provisional Battalion. Maryland Field
Artillery, which includes Batteries
b, b and c. received orders from Col.
Il. NJ. Reading. provisional comman-
der OF the Twenty-ninth Army Corps,
Nth headquarters at Sea Girt. NJ,
20 get everything in readiness for
lie trip 10 the Southern training
camp.
! The announcement brought unal-
loyed JOY to the members OF the
Fourth. who are in camp at Laurel;
the Fifth, encamped at Coceysville,
ind he batteries, which are quar-
Ftered at the Pikesyille armory. Ru-
mors have been flying thick and
fast i'll the last few weeks about The
camps regarding the time of depar-
! ture and these have kept the men
on edge, and their families and
friends rushing 10 the camp at inter-
| walls 10 say good-by.
When it was officially announced
| by the regimental commander that
the order had really come there was
| d rush TO telephones near the camp
and loved ones in the city We're told
! the good news--good from the soldi-
ers' side of it. 1t is anticipated that
the camps will be thrOngeu with rel
atives from now until time for en-
| trainment.
! If the railroad places the neces-
! Sary freight cars on the sidings at
| Laurel this morning said Colonel
! Jones. we will be able TO get away
! on schedule time. 1t will require
! three full days TO load our equip
ment. Getting the men aboard is a
matter of an hour or tn 0. We eX-
| pect some congestion because of the
heavy movement of troops and while
We are planning to entraiu on time,
there may be delay for which we
| will not be responsible
Colonel Jones added that the men
would be put through their regular
drills from now up to the time for
| entraining. Between training inter
walls the 800 men at the camp will
be preparing the regimen:al equip
ment for transportation. AS each
| carload of equipment can be spared
! it will be taken to the siding anu
| loaded and dispatched to Admission.
Every opportunity viii be given the
soldiers to spend as much time as
possible with their folks today, to-
morrow and Saturday. None will be
permitted to leave the camp afte"
Saturday night.
Cheering that aroused tt eresid-
dents near the F'ifth's camp came
with the. announcement of the orders
This regiment has been straining al
the leash for weeks in anticipation OF
the orders that would start them on
the next leg of their journey tC
France.
Members of the Field Artillery had
just returned from parading at Pixies
vile when Captain Ober let it be
known that he had gotten definite or
ders for moving to Admission. The
artillerymen had been told on sever
al occasions. in an unofficial way,that
they probably would go to Panama
or some other point of defense. This
caused them genuine sorrow, for all
want to see service where the fight
is thickest.