The Washington times., 1918-04-04
MEADE MEN March
TO SAVE BALTIMORE
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wELLHAM CROSSROADS, Nd. April
L-Singing as they march along. the de-
tschment OF 1000 men from Camp
Meade is hurriyng TO the defense of
Baltimore today. The long line passed
out OF camp about s o'clock this morn
hour. taking out time for the brief rest
periods.
The ave bands played before the start
from camp and then packed their heavy
instruments in wagons, the musicians
becoming automatically part of the am
bulance force of each regiment and
helping the hospital CORDS to look out
/ for any stragglers.
| Did they go on in silence? They did
not. for right there In a motorcycle
sidecar was Kenneth Clark. the camp
song leader. He did not need any band
or megaphone. for his very presence sug-
gested to the men, lit is a long. long
trail" Kenneth Clark was sent to camp
to break the silence. as he did years ago
at Princeton as a song and yell leader.
The singing was agreed upon as the
best kind OF stimulant to men feeling
the burden OF forty-pound packs, and
he. therefore. took up his stand about
four miles from camp to suggest by his
smile Ine songs they have sung with
him by night and day for months in the
camp.
The line even at the start was five
miles long. When II began to stretch
out it was much more than that.
Wireless, buzzers, and field telephones
were in use for communication from
one part Of the line to another. The
engineers. who have been on the job
as pioneers for the past few days, fell
back as a reserve force in the camp.
What made the advance on Balti-
more seem like a real war move was
the hurried departure from camp in
advance of the ammunition train.
The train carried tanks of water miles
ahead and deposited them under
guard in readiness for the men and
animals and for the. service OF the
cooks. Nothing but Camp Meade
water and Camp Meade bread will be
used on the hike.
Mounted Police Lead.
At the head of the line was force
of military police mounted. and next
came the headquarters troop OF cav
airy. The horsemeu stretched out for
nearly a quarter of a mile. Gen.
Joseph E. Kuhn. division commander,
and his staf came next. Every mem
Der of his stan had some distinct line
of duty bearing upon the real needs
and upon the theoretical situation
The chief signal officer was there
to keep messages moving over the
wires and via. wireless. The chief
sanitary officer saw that every one of
the plans for safeguarding the health
of the men was observed, keeping in
touch with the medical officer of the
units. The busiest man was the chief
of staff, Lieut.. Col Tenney Ross. who
eral Kuhn and knows how such NOV
ing problems are faced over there.
Nearly every one OF the STAFF officers
have been on many such hikes before,
most OF them regular army move
ments and for greater distances, al
though not for such a large body of
men.
It would NIL a book to tell OF all the
details, the little things that must be
carried. and the things that must be
done in moving to the rescue of a
city.
Men Are Hardened.
Balrimoreans are no doubt looking
forward to a glimpse OF the 313th
regiment the city unit. This regi-
ment was the first to get off. At the
head of the line was Col Claude B.
Sweeney, the commander. and with
him were Lieutenant Colonel Brown,
adJutant; Captain Elliott and his
aides. The men, hardened by a win
ter Of training more strenuous than
any American soldiers have ever had
before, marched along gayly. bearing