Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-05

he is the proudest and you Will get the
shock OF YOUR life. He will probably
tell you Maj. Onorio Maretti OF the
Sfeth Field Artillery at Camp Meade,
reasons enough to suit the most fas-
tldlous as well as the most exacting.
Maj. Maretti was placed in command
or the 31Oth Regiment when Col. Dan
T. Moore. who is the man that uppercut
Roosevelt in the left eye and put the
light of that orb for the full count,
was transferred to Camp Dix.
This ~ the story the comrades of
Corp. William Reedy of * Company,
said one of these lads, went home to
Reading for his first visit since he has
been d@wn here. He met friend, and
that fellow said: Hello. Bill: by king
YOU look fine. You're a corporal, too,
Ell? l congratulate YOU
Then BILL" say these comradeSs
turned on the fellow and said: Yes,
I'm corporal, and like it pretty we'll
down there. I wouldn't be surprised If
went right through with it now So
that guy went away thinking that If
any of US didn't like it down here all
we needed to- do was to step to the
window and ask for our time and be
discharged"
Old scores were settled when former
on the gloves with the new cook, Clar-
ence Fazenbach. It was fine sport for
a time. but the members Of the COM
pany began to fear that both would
soon be missing If somebody did not
call halt. The strongest men of the
company pulled the two apart.
Every evening at $50 there is held a
service in the Hebrew welfare building
for those relatives of soldiers who have
N "A CD II
mourns mother, father or other near
OF kin presides over the service. At
least ten assemble to participate One
man has had death in his family
since coming 70 camp.
For fitting finish to Company C, let
us conclude with the tale of Washing
ton Fowler of Clifton Heights.
He was toolmaker for the. Reming-
ton Arms Company and the company
had It all planned to get exemption for
Washington.
Fowler. IT went to a friend of mine.
Lieut.. Douglass Mcfarland of the Sig
nal Corps, and told him that wanted
get into the service. / had a serious trou-
BILE that would keep me out
II explained 1t to him. and he said II I
went to the hospital and underwent an
operation my trouble could be eradicated
and would be eligible for enlistment or
for the draft went to the Episcopal
Hospital and they operated on me there
and here I am. No exemption for Mister
Fowler said"
Charlie Meade Of Battery r, 18TH Field
Artillery. tells one Of the gems of the
camp. Schumann Heink, the noted pE4Ana
donna, sang here to the boys. following a
custom she inaugurated in the south q few
weeks ago.
"She had finished one of her arias,"
said Meade, telling the yarn with nnc-
ton, land she asked the boys IL there
was anything that they liked to hear.
The MarseilIaise!' one fellow shouted
Joan Of Arc!' yelled another. Finally
there was a rnomentary hush. and q, big,
bass bass ", voice 6SomeG out: Say can't you
up the show and nobody laughed more
than the madame"
MARRIAGE in camn is being discouraged
Lieut.. William N. Killiam, chaplain OF the
313th. had his attention called to q cotl-
pie who wished to be the first to wed in
the camp He and the other priests here
suggested that 1t would be much better to
go back home and have the ceremony per-
formed in the parish church. The neces-
sary pass was issued by the superior Of
ficer Of the bridegroom.
The first man up in E. 313, was John
Hooper. The horn blew and John was
cnaMCR.
Who blames him? Nobody does who re-
calls how Johns overcoat disappeared. He
thought 1t was stolen and was a bit wor-
RED Tt had merely been slipped under
his bedding just to give him something to
think OF besides soldering and romance
John is tenor and is sometimes called
Caruso by those who have only heard the
famous opera star when played with a
blunt needle
a~F2Iended whisIr-xU
Eyes popped when the mess sergeant Of
the 313th Regiment saw those words in
big black letters on huge barrels deliver
ed to the kitchen by R C. Reeds motor
truck
Looks like a big souse party" said one
Of the kitchen police.
Looks like it, replied the sergeant
but it won't taste like it."
The cider was in sure-enough whisky
barrels. But 1t was thoroughly dealco9
holized-not the faintest kick in it.
One man who had an overnight pass
drank twenty four cups Of coffee to
keep awake so that he would miss
nothing by sleeping away any of his
precious time. He found plenty of his
friends eager to join him in the cof-
fee-drinking bout.
who goes thereT
Friend"
advance, friend, to be recognised"
Say, guard, 1t is only 8 o'clock
Why do you challenge me"
''Oh! I am just practicing."
1--WE soon expect to get our D. DIS
and then we will practice our profess
nsT,a r&u6Ar+ OrAal1ino. fa n1-oy1nS a.