Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
STARTED AT MEADE
Filipino Soldier Buys First
Bond of Campaign for
$3.50
LOOK FOR HEAVY TOTAL
Two Little Penn Men Make Supreme
Sacrifice on French Front,
Pershing Reports

RU u EtdU { Correspondent
Camp Meade, Admiral, Md, Apr1 %.
Little Penn's Liberty Loan campaign
rot under way with a big smash today,
and II Il holds the pace will register
q worthwhile total when Uncle sam
drops the curtain on the third war loan
a little Filipino, who gave the name
OF Catalina Peregrino, started The ball
rolling by subscribing for a $3.50 bono.
Peregrino came to this country with an
army officer and registered in WASH
ington. Two months ago he was sent TO
camp, an0 Is now member Of the Ninth
Company. 154th Depot Brigade. He
weighs 100 pounds and is four feet
eleven inches tall.
Il guess I am worth about $3.50
pound" he said 80 that will give me
1850 bond. | would like to buy the
entire issue just out Of gratitude Tor
America. ! know what / am talking
about, because i have tasted both NindS
OF governments. | remember the Span
ish rule in the islands and am not
anxious to serve the Hun
A few minutes after Mr.. Peregrino
bought a bond, Frank H. Morse, 5lS
Walnut street. Philadelphia, who is
serving as business secretary Of Y. NJ
G. A., subscribed for 500, 900. That
subscription was credited to the 3l5th
Infantry (Philadelphia's own).
After this big subscription was made
public the newspaper men met William
Il, Cochran, the Baltimore millionaire,
who is educational director of the y. NJ
c. A.
"Secretary Morse has bought a barrel
OF Liberty Bonds" said one Of the
scribes to Cochran. "Is that so" ne
replied 'Well. intend to buy just as
many" When told that Morse had SUBJ
scribed for 100000, the Baltimorean
smiled and announced that he would
take a similar amount. lie walked over
to the 315th Infantry and filed his SUBJ
scription. These two subscriptions gave
the 315th Infantry "A decided lead over
all other organizations.
Want Million from Twenty Men
"There are twenty men in this camp"
said Secretary Morse, "who can SUBJ
scribe for a total OF Sl.000,000, and we
viii get them before the campaign. is
over"
Two Camp Meade soldiers have done
more for their country than buy Liberty
Bonds, for in yesterdays casualty's list
their names were among the dead. They
are Private Girolone NisCusi, of Phia-
delphia, and Max Zafron, Of Baltimore.
Viscusi came TO this camp in November
and went to France in January. lie was
member Of the Tenth Company 15ith
Depot Brigade.
Another camp romance came to light
today when it became known that Cor
poral William Stehle. who drives
motorcycle for Brigadier General Will
liam ]. Nicholson, has won Miss Kath-
crime Firing, of Baltimore. In the early
days when women visitors were well
coined, Miss Firing paid frequent visits
TO the camp. She never failed to bring
IN nN1A fY.rr Ns llF oil or
those pies were the best in America.
quite often she would meet Stehle on the
road, and as 1t is a physical impossi-
biity for a man to operate a motorcycle
and carry a pie at the same time she
would hand the dainty to General Nich-
olson. That dignitary would carry the
precious package and arriving at head
quarters would send Stehle on an err
rand that would take him back to his
sweetheart
The following men from Philadelphia
were discharged today because they
failed 10 meet the physical tests.
George o. Nelson, Local Board 80 I;
John villas, s; John \. Schnepp, 40 ;
Henry T. stein, 13: II. y Walker, 9 4;
Raymond Mcconnell, so; L. /. Balken-
hol, 26; John w. Carter, 50; II. f..
Rupprecht, 30; Horace r. Phinney % I:
Charles NJ. Weaver, Al; j. r. NalbaCk,
II: G. G. Fornaroli, 6 John Hackett.
21: Antonio Parisano. John L.. Delange,
21; William s. Ninduzer, s.
General Kuhn has announced the ap-
continent Of a camp exchange council
The exchange is the Cantonment store
TO which the soldier goes TO buy any
thing he wants, from a pack Of cga-
rettes or shoeaCe to a Sunday suit"
or a pair of shoes. Civilians who visit
the camp patronze the exchanges and
the receipts run into thousands of dol
lars a month. The officers who will
manage and direct this great volume Of
business are:
3l3th Infantry Exchange, Lieutenant Colo
mel Fred u. Brown; 3l4th Infantry, Colonel
Thomas w Darrah: 3l5th Infantry. Lieu
tenant Colonel Charles T.; Norton; 3lGth 1n-
Artillery. Colonel Howard L. Landers: 3llth
Artillery. Lieutenant Colonel Charles G.
Mortimer; Sl2th Artillery. Major George A.
TAYLOR: 304th Engineers, Major James T..
Colonel James NJ Trout. 5o4thi Field signai
Battalion, Major Sidney r. Moore; i54th
Depot Brigade. Lieutenant Colonel John L.
Bondi 5luth, 3llth and Gl2th Machine Bat
pital, Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd A. Kefauver
a6sth Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel William
81 Mapes; 30tth Ammunition Train, Captain
VINCENT a, Carroll; ouarterma ster. Captain
William j. Calvert; 3jtst Artillery. Lieu.
tenant. Colonel Edward Carpenter: 3a4th
Mitchum; Ordnance. CAPTAIN George y,
THOMPSON; School FOR Bakers and Cooks
Captain James NJ. craven: Camp Exchange
ofheer Captain Robert G. Dove.
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