Evening star., 1918-04-01
Trench. RAID TO Be
. !. PRACT|cED TODAY
Mortars and Machine. Guns
Will Be Used at Camp
Meade for Rehearsal.

CAMP MEADE, Nd, April 1.-Two
companies of the division training
school. led by student officers. will
stage a trench raid this afternoon.
Trench mortars and machine guns will
be used for barrage fire, and under its
co:e. .ke men of the first and second
infantry companies will advance on
trenches occupied by the third COM
pany.
Lieut.. Col. Norman ]. Wiley. COM
mandant of the school, and French ana
British instructors at the school Will
witness the attack. e.--
The students who will take part In
the raid are candidates for commits,
as this will give them an opportunity
to show their mettIe. 1t is likely that
they will give their best efforts and a
truly realistic raid will be staged
improving and consolidating systems
OF trenches on "Camouflage Hill.' ana
with this work now completed they
are ready to engage in night maneu-
vers and attacks on big scale.
Fill Up Tomorrow.
While Meade has lost many men
will begin to fill up tomorrow with
fresh recruits who will complete. the
list of men called in the first draft
and inaugurate the beginning OF the the
selectives. 102 of whom will come from
the District of Columbia. will be in
Quoted into the military service within
the next few days. The arrivals from
will form the biggest quota of white
troops, while Maryland will furnish
about 500 new men for the division.
Some 1000 colored se1ectives are sched.
uled to arrive this week from Tennessee.
Meade observed Easter in different
sections of the cantonment in widely
different ways. Up at the base hospital
two Episcopal ministers toted hand
organ around: set the organ up in the
corner of each ward visited and then
played and sang hymns camp meeting
songs. plantation melodies and other
selections. according to the mood of
their auditors. 49, o.
The olergymen are Rev. A. Taggart
Steele and Allan Evans. jr.. the Episcopal
chaplafns at this cantonment They both
mix freely with the men and their cheer
Ing presence is often noted at the base
hospital. where the sick and convalescent
soldiers know them as true friends.
Held Easter Services.
AT 10 o'clock Easter services were held
at the Knights of Columbus building,
when the first high mass since the camp
opened was celebrated by Rev. Father
George J. Bryant. K. Of &C. chaplain. A
choir Of fifty soldiers sang the music of
the mass. The altar was decorated with
hundreds Of candles and masses of flowers
appropriate to the season. A statue of
the sacred heart, which was used on the
altar for the. first time today, was con-
tributed by Mrs Joseph H. Fisher Of Bal
timore, wife OF one of the secretaries
here. The statue of the blessed Virgin,
also used for the first time. was given
by Mrs Marie Desio of Washington.
Special Easter services were held in all
the Y. NJ. c. A. buildings for the benefit
of the soldiers. Easter marked the end
of the "join the church campaign, which
has been in progress here for several
Mems Christian Association. All men
who have expressed a desire to join a
church will have their names sent to
their home towns, where their names will
wish to join. A big white cross, which
is electrically lighted by night. has been
erected the main "Y' building in the
center of the camp.
Camp Meads Notes.
1t may have been his DISTINGUISHED
appearance. The fur coat inherited
some. Perhaps it was the strict
general order relating to the impor-
tance of saluting. At any rate. Dr.
George W. Bowerman, librarian of the
District of Columbia's library. who has
taken charge of the camp library here
for April and May at the request of the
American Libpary Association, Oh the
occasion of his automobile ride to divi-
sion headquarterS to present his crs~
dentials had no cause to crfticise the
military courtesy in the way Of salutes
by enlisted men accorded him. Clad in
the uniform and leather puttees pre-
a IN nfi oil . xh4
camp, DR.. Bowerman's chauffeur de-
clared that no brigadier general re-
cefved more snappy salutes and pre-
than did DR.. Bowerman.
DR.. Bowerman returned the salutes
steadily, and by the time he was ready
to make the return trip he was exc
veteran officer: Soldiers are not re-
CURED to salute civilians of any
status. but in view of the strict orders
which have been. issued. and the fact
that leather 1eggins have been tabooed
for non-commissioned, officers, they
take no chances when they espy legs
SO clad approaching. 1t would seem
discourteous and caddish not to accept
the marks Of respect, 50 X. of c. and
"Y" secretaries In uniform. who are
kept busy these days returning salutes,
have about decided that~they may as
well send their dumb-bells back home.
sanity as they walk about camp
: Capt. Yocum. Company c's popular
skipper. is patient at the base hos
pital. following an acute attack Of ton
silitis.
Sergt. Hunter ]. billiard quartermaster
at the base hospital. has been trans
ferred to Camp Meigs. Washington.
D. C.
Capt. Yocum, Company Cs popular
Private Albert T. Jones. 18th COM
pany. Depot Brigade. has been directed
to report to the director Of the gas
service at Washington
Sergt. Phillip S. Kirkham, 31Oth Field
Artillery. has been transferred to the
gas defense service, New Interior build !
ing, Washington
The Cleveland. Ohio. Council of Ma
tionai Defense: has donated a fully |
equipped motorized dental parlor to the
18th Division The parlor. which con-
tains every instrument known. to dental |
surgery. will be in operation every dav
from now on in various sections OF the |
The srd Company Of student-offlcers
at the Division INT C.t