The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-04
'OVER THE TOP" FOR
MEADE LIBERTY LOAN
Final Figures May Reach Three-quar
tiers of a Million For Soldier Boys.

Camp Meade, Md, May S-''What's
the matter VITA the folks Dach
homer"
This is the one big question when
is going the rounds among the soldl-
ers here as the reports give evidence
of the failure of the civil population
of their home towns to boost the
Liberty Loan totals far beyond the
prescribed quotas. The campaign
here in the interest of the third Is
sue of Liberty Bonds has been about
completed and, while it was lmpos
sible to give any definite figures, Capt.
Sidney Herkness, aide-de-camp 10
Major General Joseph Z. Kuhn, VINO
handled the campaign, declared the
total would be well beyond $700,OOO
and would possibly reach the three
quarter million mark.
General Kuhn and all of the 9TH
er commanding officers are more than
gratified at the excellent showing
which has been made by the soldl-
ers. 1t was entirely unexpected. lt
will be recalled that during the cam
paign in the interest of the second Is
sue of bonds the soldiers here pur-
chased more than $1,700,000 worth,
and nearly all of these men made
their purchases on the partial pay
ment plan. And, as they were still
paving on those bonds, they were not
in a financial position to support this
loan as actively as they would ike
to.
The cash sales here amounted to
a large figure, and then, too, many
men who were able to do so bought
more on the installment plan. These
latter were officers and 'non-comS. :"
In short, it can be safely said that
every man here who is in training to
fight has also gone the limit to aid
the cause financially. The campaign
will be brought to a close tomorrow
evening. For the present, however,
only those men who recently arrived
from civil life are being interested.
All of the others have been seen.
The lads of the 314th Infantry,
unit made up almost entirely oil
Pennsylvanians, have won for them
selves the honor of being the best
shooting aggregation in this canton
ment, if not in the National Army.
Thirty-two members of the regiment
have qualified to shoot on the mid
range by, their remarkable accom-
plishments at rapid-f1re work on the
100, 200 and 800 yard ranges. The
soldiers were required to fire 10
shots minute at the head of dunn
my Boche on each range, and out OF
the 80 shots not one of the 81 made
less than 25 hits directly through the
head of the enemy, who was theoretl
cally 'peeping over the top"
General Kuhn announced this
morning the names of a number OF
enlisted men who are detailed for
special duty in connection with the
Training School for officers to be
held here from May Is to September
1. They have been directed to re-
port to the comsnandant at the school
at $50 o'clock on the morning of
May o. It IS very probable Inat Ma
jor Noble ]. Wiley will be named as
the commandant.
The name, organization from which
selected and the duty at the school
of the enlisted men follow:
Sergt. Sylvan S. Cohen, Camp
Quartermaster's Detachment, quar-
termaster sergeant; First Glass Pri-
vate Clarence James, Battery B.,
311th Field Artillery, clerk; Pri-
Yates Henry T. Ulrich, Battery A.,
312th Field Artillery, clerk; Ray j..
Byrnes, Company F, 314th Infantry,
clerk; Lawrence Kramer, Company
L, 314th Infantry, acting sergeant
major; Preston 2. Kramer, Company
M, 314th Infantry, chauffeur; Paul
E. Mcfarland, Headquarters Com
pany, 314th Infantry, clerk; Corp.
Charles F. Schmitz. Company M.
314th Infantry, chauffeur; Privates
Albert Advena, Headquarters Com
pany, 315th Infantry, clerk; Frank
II. Collins, Company D, 315th Infan-
try, chauffeur; Earl L. Detwiler, Com
pany L, 315th Infantry, clerk; First
Glass Private Joseph A. McFadden,
Machine Gun Company, 315th Infan
try. bugler; Privates Alfred L. Dou-
pie, Headquarters Company, 316th
Infantry, clerk; Charles F. Thomp
son, Company G, 316th Infantry,
clerk; Charles E. Ryan, Company B,
316th Infantry, chauffeur; William
e. Bell, Company 1, 368th Infantry,
cook; Walter Brown, Company E.
368th Infantry, cook; Frank Hender
son, Company E, 36Sth Infantry,
cook; Albert Lee, Company I, 368th
Infantry, cook; Samuel Mahoney,
Company A, 368th Infantry, cook;
John S. Thompson, Headquarters
Company, 36Sth Infantry, cook;
Jesse Williams, Headquarters Com