Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-15
LIBERTY DIVISION
AGAIN Is DEPLETED
Camp Meade Garrison Sup-'
plies Men Who Are Trained !
for Special Service.
D. C. SOLDIERS IN THE LIST
Special oerrespcnaenee of IN. star.

Special Correspondents of The Star.
CAMP MEADE. ADMIRAL, Nd. Do.
cefnber l5.-For the third time this week
the liberty division has been called upon
to furnish trained men for the ranks oZ
other Army organizations preparing fos
service in France.
The latest draft from the cantorrneus
garrison. which is by far the smallest a
the present week. involves detachruene
OF men fitted to serve as assistant me-
chanics and chauffeurs. They are ordered
to report to the commander of the 9Th
Regular Army Division at Camp McC1ei-
Ian. Admission. Ala. The newly chosen
selected soldiers from the liberty. division
will be in the same camp With the Ma
tional Guard soldiers from the District.
Maryland. New Jersey and delaware
More than two Thousand National Army
soldiers have entrained frorn Disney sta
ton during the week TO assume new dus
ties with Army units In the south fog
work of special character. such as auto,
mobile repairing. motor truck service.
clerks and quartermasters
Two District Men in List.
The new contingent ordered south in.
cludes TWO District soldiers from the
Sl2th Machine Gun Battali ON. They
are Charles II. CorcoEan and James
Connolly Both soldiers Ecre trar,s-
ferred with recommendatise ca that they
be assigned as hrst-cItss priyates to
serve as assistant mocha lies
Owing to the Inagnitud OF the shifts
ordered by the War \ lpartment. the
District Machine GUN sisa;talfo,, has
suffered another blow IN its Jnopilizsd
strength. Nearly loo boys We're taken
from the ranks OF tn three Companies
of the battalion dutii e the week. May
OF them were recc fnized as valuable
members of the Organization. some
having been espec f-ily Trained for mas
chine gun work.
A special exau dining board has been
appointed 10 tteriuine the fitness of
the reserve Ulcers of the Medical
corps 10 retairt their commissions. Tae
board VIII acfi in similar capacity 10
that selected ITO pass on the Illness f,e
the line off Gers in the various rexi-
ments of tho division
| The peIsf f1nei of the new l~edical &C.
aiming ard consists of Mai. William A.
Harris, Maj. Horatio n. Jackson and MAI.
! Ralph BAyser.
Private Barnes Proves His Worth
! In supplying the division stable units
with shoes for horses and mules the mill
tary distributing agencies oyerloolssd
sending lsfge sized shoes for the loEg-
cared fire nds of the HEADQUARTERS detarh-
mem OF the District Machine Gun Bait
NOW raules without shoes are not vaiu-
able to the service, and Stable Sergt Vic
Oifnste was in a quandary until Pr1vntn
feter Barnes came to the rescue. Barnes
spent the best part OF nine years in Shoe.
ing fforses for the Washington fire d6s
part nent.
He got busy with some of the shoes ON
mad and shaped them for the larRer
hoofed animals. much to the relief of tho
srAble sergeant, who was busy answering
questions why this or that team was nos
working for the good OF the cause
Barnes handles the most obstinate and
jili-maansred mules in the camp wfthos1t
apparent difficulty. However this state
raent must be qualified TO the extent az
nenttoning that ID. c.. the runaway rsss.le
OF the outfit, had nearly slipped ono
over when the soldier began to moe hisn.
| A stout rope. plus the .,IiIt~of Ra,-1ses
did the trick. but before the encounser
was over Stable Sergt OiEasted was LIFTED
among the iniured -