The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-10-13
ll5TH REGIMENT LEADS
IN BOND SUDSCNIp IlOlSI5
S5l,15O Lent to Governments bs
Mary land Boys---i6 Soldiers san
To Meet Physical Requil onlIHt,'.

Camp Mcclellan, Ala, Oct Il
Maryland'S own reg1ment ieauS al
other regiments OF the Biuc and Gray
division in The great L4pet,y Loan
subscription total pied up here II
the first day OF the campaign amoAS
the soldiers Up TO last midnight
the enlisted men OF the division SUB
scribed S469,4O0 The subscription
of the One Hundred and Fifteenth
Regiment for the day was 994, ".
officers subscriptions are not lnclud-
ed in any of the totals.
One Maryland soldier IN every
three bought one Liberty oond.
This fact, with the major part OF
the campaign stretching out ahead,
tends to show that the ambition OF
division officers to have every one OF
the $4,000 men here buy at least one
bond will be realized.
General Gathers brigade, the
Fifty-eighth, subscribed tor $1O4,-
$50 worth of bonds, most OF when
were taken by the One Hundred and
Fifteenth Regiment The Virginia
regiment, the One Hundred and Six
teenth, took 1900 worth, and the
One Hundred and Twelfth Machine
Gun Battalion, commanded by Major
u. J. Marley, and including Two COM
panies of Marylanders, took $1,000
worth. Brigade headquarters sub
scription was $500.
other regiments may appear TO
have beaten the Maryland outfit
when regimental returns are taDu-
lated, but it is not likely. The Fifty
seventh Brigade, composed of New
Jersey regiments, subscribed $780,
900, but there are five old Jersey out
fits and their organization has not
been completed, SO the proportion Tor
each regiment is lower.
The Fifty-fourth Field Artillery
Brigade's total was $4,000. This
includes very few subscriptions from
the Maryland Battalion III the One
Hundred and Twelfth Field Artillery
Regiment, composed of battalion
batteries D, E and T. The Maryland
artillerymen have expressed a pref
erence for making their subscrip-
,tions through Baltimore banks, and
i'tney have been waiting to learn Whe-
:sther they could do so under the plan
! laid down by Division Headquarters.
!. The allotment blanks issued to the
men provide for subscriptions thru
. Admission banks. 1t was decided,
however, that the wording of the
blanks could be altered to substitute
Baltimore banks, and tomorrow the
artillerymen will 'go to it,
This afternoon a giant clock on
which the progress of the campaign
will be recorded daily was being cree
ted in front Of Division Headquar-
tiers. Next Thursday and the follow
ing Wednesday, Oct. "a, will be big
days in the campaign, The oath VIII
be Liberty Loan Day" Prepare
ton for war will be suspended while
the whole division listens to band
concerts and speeches about the Lib
erty Loan and engages in field
games.
A moving picture man for a ma
ti0nally-known film company spent
today with the One Hundred and
Fifteenth Regiment on its drill
ground, photographed it in squad
and company maneuvers, and in the
afternoon filming the regular Friday
afternoon escort to the color and
regimental review.
Col. Charles A. Little and Col.
Washington Bowie, Jr, have been
made members of a divisional board
appointed to inquire into the mental