The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-24
MEADE READY TO
WELCOME ROCKIES
Big Movement Of New Soldiers Starts
On Friday-Plans to Care For
Them-Liberty Loan Campaign
Gets Big Boost.

On Friday-Plans to Care For
Them-Libery Loan Campaign
Gets Big Boost.
Camp Meade Md, April 23.-Se-
lected men from five States and the
District of Columbia will be in
training here by the end of the COM
ing week The first movement OF
five days, starting Friday and dur
ing that time a total of S,316 will be
received
On Friday 2,1S5 men will come.
OF this number 953 will be sons Of
Maryland. $50 white men from vari-
Gus points in Pennsylvania, and 462
colored men from the keystone
State. West Virginia will send "A.
On Saturday the arrivals will total
1,044, of whom $50 will come from
West Virginia.; SO from Maryland,
and 95 from Pennsylvania.
There will be no arrivals on Sun
day On Monday, however, Pennsyl
vania will send $50 white men and
six negroes; Maryland, S5S; West
Virginia, AS Ohio, 448, and the Dis
trict of Columbia, All, total of O.
304. On Tuesday of next week,
Pennsylvania Will send 544 colored
men; Maryland, $50 white men;
West Virginia, 80; Ohio, 40, and the
District of Columbia, rs. The first
movement will be concluded next
Wednesday, when Pennsylvania will
| send colored men and Ohio, 462
| white men. At later date more Sc
lects will be sent from Tennessee.
Plans have been perfected for the
reception and quartering of the new
| comers-rookies, the men of the first
draft prefer to call them. AS rapid
| ly as the special trains in which they
will make the Journey reach the
| point of detrainment at Disney, es-
corts of Military Police will meet
| and greet the new men and their
initiation will be a hike through the
| sand to the Double B section of the
| cantonment, where their barracks
| have been prepared. Until they are
| classified and pass through the init
| al stages of their new life they will
| be attached to the training battalions
of the 154th Depot Brigade.
Nothing has been left undone to
make the newcomers happy and con-
tented when they arrive. Of course,
| they will have to take a bath when
they arrive and no questions will be
| asked as to whether the plunge is
needed or not; then will come the
| antityphoid NEGOTIATIONS which are
also compulsory. But the lads will
| find a well-cooked meal awaiting
| them and they will be taken to the
hay-rick to stuff mattresses with
bedding of the new mown" variety,
and it is safe to predict that that
first nights experience in the par
| racks will long be remembered
Ten officers have been sent to Ak
ron, Youngstown and several other
points in Ohio to make the journey
| to the camp with the newcomers
from that State. 1t will be the duty
| of the officers to see that the men are
fed and properly cared for enroute
Escorts will not be sent to other
points as the journeys can be made
in a day and all the necessary atten-
ton will be afforded by the officers
here when they arrive.
| Four officers of the Division Field
Force have been temporarily attach
ed to the 154th Depot Brigade tC
look after the paper work necessary
with the arrival of the new men
Each soldier will be classified as tC
his ability and all the necessary data
as to his life and accomplishments
will be obtained by these officers
They are Lieuts. Oscar Levine, May
nard r. Alexander, Percy R. Henry
and Kevork Costikyan.
1t was explained today that the
urgent need for men Over There
. made it necessary to call out as
many selects as there was room fol
in the environments and to send then
to the camps where they could be
most comfortably quartered regard
less of any desire to keep the mer
from certain localities in the same
units. And, according to their qua
lifications the men will be perma
nently assigned to the various units
in the division from the Depot Bri
gade Thus there is every reason tc
believe certain units will lose theil
individuality, thus Philadelphia:
Own-the 315th Infantry-may be
J filled up with men from Ohio anC
Baltimore's Own-the 313th Infan
try-may be filled up with selects
from West Virginia, or vice versa.
The Liberty Loan campaign was
started here this morning with two
100000 subscriptions and both Of
the subscribers were men who are al
ready making big personal sacrifice:
TO do their bit They were Frank H
Moss, an executor and trustee OF es
tates, whose place of business was il
Philadelphia, and William F. Coch
ran, a wealthy Baltimorean. Mr.
Moss is the business secretary for The
"Y" here, and Mr. Cochran the edu
cational director for the same asso
citation.
1t is hoped TO raise not less thai
| one million dollars in this canton
ment. Many men here who are Off
, GERS in the various units are SON.
of wealthy Pennsylvania families. anC
it is expected that they will purchas'
heavily of the third issue of Libert.
Bonds In fact, it has been estimat
ed that there are at least 20 mel
here who could we'll afford to inves
not less than $4,000 apiece, Blu
they will not be expected to inves
so heavily in view of the fact tina
they or their families have alread
invested big sums in the third issu
in their home towns.
Every soldier-officer and man
will be expected to either purchas
a bond, or if his financial condition