Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-08

withstanding the expressed hopes or
company officers of the 312th Machine
Gun Battalion that the District selects
composing the three companies OF the
battalion would all have their uni
forms before yesterday. the men from
the National Capital presented pretty
much the same noudescript appearance
to the visitors who came to camp yes
terday that they did last Sunday, Not
more than half of the men have their
uniforms, and this includes those men
who have parts of their clothing equip
ment.
In view of the fact that uniforms
have been assigned to organizations
whose men reached camp after the
men from the District arrived, this ina
biltty to obetin complete uniform equip
ment is causing a lot of dissatisfaction.
Naturally the men lay 1t to the iact
that they come from the seat or the
federal government, where the vote
doesn't exist and where citizens nave
about as much political influence, or
any other kind of influence. as an alley
kitten has with a fox terrier Whether
the boys have the situation sizeu up
correctly or not. that's the way they
feel about it. Which is not a good
way for potential soldiers to feel
Big Sunday Dinner at Camp.
Aside from uniforms. visitors who
came to camp yesterday found things
much improved over the previous sun
day. In their new barracks the three
companies of District men have their
own messes, the cooks are right on the
lob. the mess sergeants furnish plenty
of raw materials for the COOKS TO WORK
on, and everybody is happy as regards
chow. For example, dinner YESTERDAY
consisted of roast beef and oro"a
gravy, roast sweet potatoes. Drowned
potatoes stewed corn, bread and-appie-
sauce pudding, bread and butter ana
coffee. 1t was a dinner good enough lof
anybody: the beef was tender and juicy,
the gravy was thick and rich. the bread
was fresh and good, the butter was real
stuff, not oleomargarine, and there was
plenty of milk and sugar for the coHee:
All of the District men have signed
the pay roll and expect to receive pay
for from three to five days of Septem-
her. Some of them are on the rolls TOT
longer periods, being allowed pay from
the time they reported at the orders Oh
their local boards, and as TINS construc-
tion has been approved oy MAJ, "a ~
the men are expecting that II Will go
through.
Lipoff, Tailor, to Get Busy.
Private Isaac Lipoff. who used to be
tailor at 1925 7th street northwest pc
fore he came to Camp Meade. ana VINO
is officially designated as company 1a,
of his trade together and expects to De
as busy as any little tailor man ever
was in few days.
Men Of the 314th Infantry. all Mary
ianders, have received rifles and are
drilling daily in the manual of arms
II is announced that within a few days
they are TO take the places or the mil
itary police-designated by plue pras
sards or arm bands, bearing the WHITE
letters NJ. P.-and that the latter are
to be given horses and converted iheo
mounted police.
Private tbut acting serGeantl faul NJ
Taylor. Company l., 313th in1ahIry' IS
the only candidate for state once IN
camp so far as is known. Private ray
lor. VINO has been recommended TOT
permanent appointment as sergeant IN
his company, is a candidate from the
fourth Baltimore district for the Mary
land legislature: He is expecting TO %.
tain leave of absence shortly TO make
his campaign and plans to do all his
speaking in uniform. Newspaper cor
respondents at camp have suggested as
his 'slogan'-which is thing every
up-to-date candidate should have. by
all means = the pregnant sentence
Every vote against me Is vote
against the uniform Of the National
Army" If hastily made plans DO not go
awry group OF the correspondents co na ns
effort is to be made to get the band OF
the s13th Infantry to furnish music at
a few night speechifyngs.
tfyings.
Jerry Still on the Job.
Walter Hoban of the 314th Artillery,
Philadelphia organization. is select
ed man in the ranks, whose yearly IN
come is larger than that of the major
general commanding at Camp Meade
Hoban draws the Jerry on the Job"
comic strips, and coming to camp has
not interfered with his work or his
contract in the least. He still turns out
the strips between drills. and says that,
including his army pay of $50 month,
his annual income is S10,360.
Yesterday probably was the last Sun
day on which visitors may enter camp
without passes. So far the camp ofd-
because Of the great number of civilian
laborers and other employees working
here. As the camp nears completion
these civilians will decrease in numbers
and the camp will be put on more OF a
military basis as regards visitors.
Several thousand Philadelphians and
Baltimoreans were lucky enough to OBJ
tain passes good from Saturday noon to
taps Sunday night. and the cars and
trains were tammed with these men,
going home for their first visits since
they came to Camp Meade. None but
completely uniformed men were al
lowed to leave the camp, and this Is to
be the rule throughout, SO the District
men will not have opportunity to go
home over the week end until the ord
nance department supplies them with
complete clothing equipment.
With the arrival saturday night of
several small details from local boards
in various parts Of Pennsylvania the
present movement of selected men to
Camp Meade is at an end. The number
of officers and men in camp is given as
approximately $4,000. The next move
meut is scheduled to begin October Is.
Schedule of Daily Formations.
The permanent schedule of daily for
nations has been posted in all company
barracks and is as follows. except that
the men have at least camp liberty
Fist call. SIS am. reveille, 6: 80
am: breakfast, 6:35 am: police, 7:15
am: drill, first call, 1855 am; Assem-
bly,. am; recall. IL am; dinner, IL
noon: drill, first call, 1:25 pm; assem-
bly,. 1880 pm; recall. $3.50 pm: retreat.
first call. 5:i5 pm; assembly, pm. !;
mess Immediately after retreat; call to
quarters, 9:io pm; taps, 10 pm.
Great Progress at Camp.
LESS than two weeks in camp, not
more than week of military training
and already marching, moving. acting,
looking and talking like soldiers"
That was the comment made the
other day by one of the high officers
here at Camp Meade.
With group of newspaper men, the
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