Evening star., 1918-02-20
COL. LEE BOOKED
FOR CAMP MEADE
British Airman Is on Program
With Thrilling Aerial
ManeuVerS.
wedding OUT ALIENS


Col. c. F. Lee of the British Flying
Corps, whose air stunts have thrilled
the residents of Washington. is expect-
ed to arrive at Camp Meade today in
his biplane to give the National Army
soldiers here an entertaining half hour
by his air maneuvers
Second Lieut.. Harry K Toodles of the
351st Artillery, colored. with a special
detail of several noncoms. has been sent
to Pittsburgh. Pa. to conduct a re-
cruiting campaign for volunteers to
bring the regiment to war strength.
D. c. Man in Orchestra.
Private George Ryall of the District
Machine Gun Battalion and formerly
orchestra leader at the New Willard
Hotel, Washington. has been appointed
assistant director of the Liberty The
ater orchestra here. Bandmaster Louis
Fischer of the 313th Infantry, and in
civil life one of Baltimore's most pop
ular musicians, is director of the or
chestra-
Representatives Clyde Kelly of Penn
sylvania and w. Frank James of Mich
igan Inspected the training of the SOL
dlerS here yesterday afternoon. and
last night addressed large gathering
of the men at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Wants Firing Squad for Spies.
Representative James declared the
government ought to deal more severe
ly with spies. He said if deserter
from the Army gets twenty years in
prison spy ought to have to face a
firing squad. Instead, he declared, some
spies have been given short prison
terms for conspiracy to defeat the war
plans of the government.
When | read of spies going around
the country. being caught red-handed
| IN every kind of damnable deed, and
see that their punishment is to be SEN
fenced to three meals a day and a bed
10 sleep IN, cannot help but wish that
that George Washington would have
done"
The speaker declared that he is for
any legislation which will expedite the
winning of the war. "Rations' for
civilians viii be an acceptable. thing
Tor him If this means anything to the
success Of War-winnng, said Repre-
sentative James.
Representative Kelly said, in part:
The One Business Is to Win War,
The one business of America today
is winning this war. That means a
duty laid on you of the fighting forces
ana upon the civil population as we'll
You owe your government loyal,
courageous devotion in camp and field
| am not afraid that you will be found
lacking. The American soldier is
known the world around for his dash
| and daring. Those Americans who
tor three years fought in the foreign
iegions and those others who are fight
ing under the stars and Stripes in the
trenches of France have raised still
| higher the fame of the American fight
ing man You will not prove different
Some engines of warfare have been
invented for twentieth century war
rare that seem too terrible for the
mind OF man to conceive but there
is no engine of war SO terrible that it
VIII alright American manhood You
owe a duty to your government. You
VIII fui1il 1t as becomes the honor of
valiant fighters for freedom
But the people at large owe duty
TO America and. to you. One of the
very first fighting factors, considered
fundamentally. relates to the food sup
ply. There must be production of food
StufS on j scale never knows before
Famine may be the decisive factor in
this war and there is sacred obliga-
tion resting upon Americans to see that
this war for freedom does not end in
defeat because of lack of food
Wedding Aliens From Meade.
The work of wedding out of the
army aliens who might prove danger
Gus, if not undesirable. has begun at
Camp Meade. Nine soldiers have al
ready been discharged from the serv-
ice and are in Jail at Baltimore wait
ing to be interned. Two are Germans
and seven Austrians. 1t is said that