The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-10-05
SELECTIYE MEN
/ TO Have Club
D. c. Boys at Camp Meade
viii Make Use of
! waste Room.

Camp Meade, Admiral. Nd. Oct.
l-Fully settled in their new quar-
tiers. the District boys decided today
that the additional room which the
c Barracks AFFORD will be turned into
elub-room space. Vietrolas. pool ia
bles. reading and writing facilities.
as well as loungingn room will be
provided on the lower floor Of the
barracks for the men of the NTH
Machine Gun Battalion The men
are in Block c, BaFack Fourteen.
twenty-five and Twenty-eight. and
are prepared to give the new men
who will arrive from the District
tomorrow a royal welcome.
The routine work Is being added to
daily by the officers and the principal
feature Of today's activities was a
long hike in the afternoon that left
fine boys thoroughly tired when they
arrived back at quarters.
The kitchen squad OF the three bar
! racks went on a foraging expedition
this afternoon and brought back
enough sweet potatoes and pears to
: supply the entire battalion.
Get Hot Water Soon.
The work Of connecting up the boil
ers in the new barracks was started
. today. and within a day or two the
District men can have daily showers
+ without water Of north pole tempera-
ture.
. Col Puckle. of the British Mission.
: vas a visitor to the camp today and
Inspected the machine-gun battalion.
: The English officer stated that the
men In the cantonment constitute as
: fne q group of potential soldiers as
he had ever been privileged to look
: upon.
There Is considerable discussion
among the men as to just what dis
tnguishing name the Washington unit
Will take. Some Of the men like
= Washinston's own" others the "Dis-
trict's Finest" and others prefer the
Z Suicide Squad" Joe Amin believes
That the men should take a ballot on
the proposition. and this will proba bly,
be the method adopted to secure an
appropriate nickname for the bat
: talion.
= To Take Sport Census.
: Cards will be distributed within a
few days asking each man to desig-
a@NC ms III lnc sDOTl
line. When these are returned, ef-
-fprts will be made to form athletic
leagues In every branch of sport. Men
will be asked to name their first, sec
: end and third choice and every branch
OF outdoor and indoor entertainment
lis included.
Interest in sport now centers on the
football game which will be held on
= hsaTN Nhsa frarr
Washington and the Tenth New York
Infantry. The Gotham boys have a
sreat team and have practised to-
Eether much more than the District
squad. but the latter has a number OF
-ferrler high school and college stars
that are expected to make up in ex-
perience and head work what is lack
ing in the matter Of team play.
Want Graphophones.
= "A campaign for the liberty loan
started today under the direction Oh
Brig. Gen. Nicholson. None of the
Washington boys have been paid yet.
but the ghost will walk" within a
Few days and substantial subscriptions
TO the loan will be made by the SOL
dsers.
. There is an opportunity for some
patriotic citizen in the District to
make a big hit with the soldiers IL
he VIII supply the talking machines
and the other equipment to make the
company clubrooms attractive for the
r'en- Unless these are contributed
they will have to be purchased from
tie company fund supplied by each
Of the men and they have plenty of
other uses for the limited sum they
will draw in the first payday at Camp
Meade.