Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-02
''GASSED0 IN FRANCE,
STMLREADY TO FIGHT
Joseph w. Williams Joins u. S.
Forces and Is Made
Corporal
PuTs "PEP" INTO SQUAD
Philadelphia Soldier Gets Five.
Year Sentence for Refusing
to Undergo Operation
cnmp Meade. Admiral. Md. Nav 2.

Camp Meade. Admiral. Md, May ?.
short and stockly built corporal es-
toflcd a squad Of raw rockies into the
drill field today and just as prehmi-
nary gave them bit of advice concern
ing pep and enthusiasm.
When you execute a command you
must do II with genuine punch" no
BEGAN. "Just consider that what you
are doing Is the most important thing in
the army Develop that kind Of spirit
and you will make good over here and
90 trifie better over there"
Investigation proved that the peppery
corporal was Joseph w williams Tie
could have told the rockies much more
about the work "over there for he is
veteran of the great war. At the out
break OF the conflict he went to England
with the Canadian Highanders. and
was a member of Nitchener's FIRST hun
dred thousand" that rushed across the
Channel TO support the Belgians. lie
participated i'm the second Somme cam
paign. then engaged in the fighting at
Rheims, and pushing on TO Festubert
sustained wound that put him out Of
the running for three months. Again
ready for service. he was attached to a
division ammunition column, and in the
second Ypres campaign was gassed.
THAT settled my fighting,' said Will
liame, $50 ] went to Switzerland. where
fremained ] for a year. When the doctors
Put their q. X. on me ! returned to
America and landed less than two weeks
ago. l am anxious to fight under my
own flag. but more anxious 10 get an
other smash at the terrible Hun. Down
deep In their hearts the Germans know
they are licked, hut they will not quit
until America puts over the knockout ~
Last Saturday he went to Washing
ton and enlisted in the 313th Infantry.
Owing 10 his military experience he
was made an acting corporal, and today
began to round out a squad of new
draftees. Williams is a veteran of the
Philippine insurrection and saw service
m the Islands as a member of Cali
fornia regiment
Because he refused to undergo an
operation for hernia, Private Fred
Goldberg. of Philadelphia, member of
Company F.. 315th Infantry, must serve
Ave years in the military prison at Fort
Jay, New York. Surgeons informed
Goldberg that an operation was neces-
sary to fit him for service and, while
assured that his life would not be en-
danRered. he refused to submit. Ac-
cording to the fn6ng of the court
martial, Goldberg will he dishonorably
discharged after the completion of his
sentence.
New draftees are pouring into camp
by the hundreds and giving Little Penn
more excitement than Il has had i'm many
months That hundreds of these men will
be assigned to overseas duty in the near
future is a certainty, for the road build
ing. bridge construction and other tech
nical units in France are in need Of
men. Rather than draft trained men for
this work the war chiefs have planned
10 draw upon the newcomers after they
have qualified i'm the physical tests.
Among the notables in today's batch Of
arrivals is Cresencio CorOnel, a Filipino
who halls from Youngstown, O. Coronel
was chauffeur and wore his motor out
ht to camp. He has been in this country
thirteen years and proved to be the hap
piest man in camp.
That the newcomers are imbued with
the war spirit was emphasized by r. b
Obi. who led a party Of seventy-six men
from Niles and Girard, Ohio, into Little
Penn. "Every man is glad TO get here, "
said Oil. as the group was marched to a
barracks I'm the 3l5th Infantry section.
We brought along a bunch Of good ball
players and will be playing the game in
a few days"
The following men have been trans
ferred from the 3O4th Sanitary Train
To the 3t5th Infantry, Jacob B. Klein
and Joseph Poeker; to 3l2th Field Ar
tiilery. n. G. Gref to l54th Depot Bri-
gade A. n. Begin and r. j, Farley "a
e3l6th Infantry, Horace w. Stewart; "a
304th Supply Train, Rowland f. Scargle
They will serve in the sanitary detach.
ments of those units.
Second Lieutenants Arthur G. Simp-
son and John II. Engel Joined the 30ith
Field Signal Battalion today.