Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-07
PROMOTION PLUMS HIT
MEN AT CAMP MEADE
Eighty.one Officers and Dough.
boys Are Affected by
Changes Announced
BY a Stu6 Correspondent

Camp Meade, Admiral. Md. June Z.
Winds blowing toward France gave
Little PENIS plum tree a violent shaking
today and oodles OF fruit in the form OF
promotions and commissions fell into
| tn hands Of Pennsylvania doughboys.
Naturally there is much rejoicing. for II
anything can enliven a camp and put
pep into a military outfit it's the plum
tree jazz.
Todays performance was really a
masterpiece. for twenty doughboys In
the 314th Infantry Regiment. an all
Pennsylvania organization. won the
chevrons of nonoms; forty-eight sec
ond leutenants In the 154th depot
brigade were boosted to first lieuten-
ancies and thirteen negro soldiers VINO
graduated from the third officers train
ing camp were given commissions,
Yesterday announcement was made
that Lieutenant Colonel w. II. Curry, Of
the 314th Infantry, had been promoted
to the rank Of colonel. Today he made
It known that the following men in his
regiment had shared his good fortune
Sergeant Lcudon 5. Krajeski. to be
regimental sergeant major: Private
Raymond A. Blake and Kimbler G.
Custer, to be sergeants and to be at
tached to the personnel department,
headquarters company; TO be sergeants,
Ray Howells. p. NJ. Hunt, ]. II. Brown
to be corporals. Floyd L. Bostwick, II.
L. Fornaci. Earl C. Wood. II. L. Myers,
A. J. Cramer. II. G. walton; to be
sergeants, William c. Clark, B. A. Dib-
BILE, l.. A. Brooks. ~B. l.. McCabe.
Charles B. Smitheman. NJ. G. Ventura,
George A. Bonner. (The latter was
made a corporal less than ten days ago.
The following sergeants In the 36stf
Infantry (colored) were given commits.
sions as second lieutenants: Burrel
Tilman. J. f. oliver. William C. Evans
Jr., Willis Dickerson, l.. G. Warrick
II. r. Lacy, II. f. johnson. NJ. g. Fer.
guson. J. +. Anderson, Private A. r
Freelon and Corporal r. Q. Venzon.
Sergeant Earl NJ. Lawson. of the 351st
Artillery (colored), and T. J. William
son. Of the 154th Depot Brigade, were
also given commissions.
In the 154th Depot Brigade the fol
lowing second lieutenants discarded theii
gold bars for the silver bars of firs
! lieutenants: r. v. Hankey, David X
| Hamilton, Archibald Scrygeour. J. T
Herlihy, L. A. Stansheld. w. H. Sill
man, d. F. McMullen, Marshall Low
man, ]. d. French. A. w. Priest. George
| c. Wells. kevork Costikyar. Jacob w
Miller, Howard H. Shoemaker. Harold
X. Acker, James r. Eckersley, Wilfort
Broadbelt, Homer d. Wright. William
B. Mcconnell, Albert F. Shoeppe, An
gust +. Schmmack. George w. Means
fleming Ewing. Benjamin Slepin, J. G
Fegan, Arthur A. Eisele, Archie G
Montgomery, Edward b. Roth. Horac'
T. Gator, Samuel J. Lowe. Jr., William
G. Ashford, Andrew A. Kramer. Wake
NJ. Duvall, Albert d. Gardner, Carme
*. Cummings, George r. Roberts, Her
man s. Zahn, George A. Neale, Charle
A. Robinson, Alfred c. Arnold. Howar'
L. Yount, John w. Fulton, Edward
Young and Charles Nader.
From now on the 315th Infantr.
(Philadelphia's OWN will have smooth
sailing and. unless the unexpected hap
pens, the outfit will go to France In per
feet shape This much can be state
with every emphasis today. becaus
BILLY" Rochester, generalissimo OF ORA
mates, has enlisted a coterie OF femal
impersonators in that bunch OF dough
boys ..
Rochester has organised compan.
of doughboys to stage THE Widow
Might" when the outfit arrives y
France. ThfS Venlcle (hocnes'er ihSo.
that 1t Is a vehicleJ. Is farce coined
and Is all that It's title implies. for tn
leading lady Ia character OF som
might and Drawn. She Is an Irish char
acter and bubbles with true Celtic wi
And getting down to the part, we'll, tn
role will be played by Private \
Larkins. OF Headquarters Company, VIII
at the first rehearsal made decide
hit. Corporal A. Wollershaein. also @
Headquarters Company. has been cas-
for feminine role, and Private 4
Gotschalk, of G Company will do
similar turn. Others who will appear
the cast are Sergeant John l. Murph!
D Company Sergeant George Jeannett
Headquarters Company; Corporal l..
Machtman, d Company; Corpors
Robert Heist. Headquarters Company
Private william McDermott. g Con
pany; Private Albert Barnes, Heat
quarters Company: Private r. Canavai
Headquarters Company; Private A.
Meluski, E Company. Private F. Quinn
Headquarters Company. Edward
Davies, b Company Is musical directc
and Chaplain r. l.. v. Lancaster
stage director.