Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
SHIPYARD WORKERS
DRILLING FOR ARMY
Veteran of Spanish War Di.
rects Training of Draft
Eligibles

Men Of draft age at the Merchants
yard at Hartman will not wait to be
called to start training. All shipworkers
there from eighteen to forty-fve, inclu-
sive, have already begun drilling during
the noon hour. and by the time they
may be sent to camp they will know
something about the military game.
H. II. Walton, of the plant engineer
ing department. is in charge of the drills.
Being a Spanish War veteran and an
experienced military instructor, Mr..
Walton has the confidence of all the
men. who are turning out for the drill
with enthusiasm.
Their Instructor Joined the First Penn
sylvania Volunteers in 1898 and served
throughout the war with Spain. From
March. 1899, until April. 1902, he was
member of Troop G. Third United
States Cavalry. which served in the
Philippines. He commanded Company
X, Second Pennsylvania Infantry tnow
the 10Sth Field Artillery, National
ARMY, from 1908 until 1912. with the
rank of captain. At present he has the
rank of major in command of two police
divisions of the Philadelphia Home De-
fense Reserve. consisting or twelve COM
panies. with a total of more than 1000
men. who are drilling every week. Major
Walton was recently commended by
Major General Joseph +. Kuhn, COM
manding the Camp Meade cantonment,
for the way he trained 113 men In the
first call before they LETT for camp
Eiehty-three of these have since been
appointed noncommissioned officers. hVe
commissioned second lieutenants. four
first lieutenants and one major. Nearly
all of them are in the 315th Infantry
cJEE CLUB AND ORCHESTRA have
hoon fnrmed al the Merchant yard Forty
have omss T6s fnr tSness fMS uneS
cons and other shipyard occasions.
s. f. PATTON. of the Merchant Mant forces; force
has met his ideal dance at aast at the the shiPyard M
waited long time and now ms stsr psIs coTrsee
TO ask her.
man have been admitted to the new Mer-
chant Athletic Association on an , equal toot, l.
nay nag w,,h ony u 81 e@ Year as against 81 for the
men. The women are to be active a,t Hsn,ob, en- ~
Thsre IS s, aSsesis'eM sear More than 100 have
joined. jt,in "
WILLIAM J. HETHERINGT0S Is % one ot
the Belfast shIpworkers ,,- at the fussy sSyysrsi
d,Ses d2rss msn mSncsshr Who WORKED in the Harlan
woff ward in, Belfast. Bnforr ssn GG1nE Years. 1s
tSs Srw york shpSard camden
expert filter end leSdsrj s eli sbips hi so" mas
THIS Is A TRUE FISH STORY. Tom
Foley. engineer on one cf the cranes a. ,Ine inc
cramp shlpyard found tine to ans Cas' much nls ITO to
s''t hIs surprise brought up ten-pound SNAP,
ping turtle It vas hs rst scSe Sxer ali Gp1 this
,.ner ,nsre' ,t Toms home. and some OF his ship
Wsrd friends have been invited around
THE CRAMp sHlPYARD baseball team an
,,,i, pi,v the stetson nine a, game for the
henent Of the Stetson Hospital; on sa,urpHS
October at . the bsee see'sOr' promised the next
game with the Harlan team. OF Wilmington
CHRIS MEELMAN. a LEADER o in no,a the
hull dS2sTmfGGe WaTer Gap az fell IN love with auto
there and bought sd give " him hns Rssone @sS
nousn the pIaqt ie ias, hrs sonS lons 'f tme a.' m
ANOTHER sHIpwOHKER, has saved nUea,ss an
eyes by wearing goEgies 1Snes s; F. GIoHcester USst
ssS, hSs %ss s work. that sss
sma Shed the right lens 9f his roEG,ss Sst bm Tnn
eye but for the glass protector,
SCHOOL DAYS ss.,rn lave TAKEN Esrd. from manS enS
romnEsters from Wooster, O., who srcns rrL
tHeir Whole vacation in the shiPyard s,e w,hs Ths
ouonph money to pay their way through
school for another YEAR some S,hhonss hau sa' at
south Fth street G0usHssF srsctor mas l. 'eGn
back to resume his duties at the college
CHARLES NORRIS. head of the Sun
sbip's engine and boiler sshon; at Chester; Chester:
claims that his force can bnIid sh,p shRrnSss RrSs
to the fact that fifteen Of his men -nn turned sn
on. g, WI IN thirty hours and tEenty minutes.
LEADER CASEY, Of the boters-up at the
sun Shipyard. has Joined the coiors.
EDDIE ROBERTS. ofthe Sun ship 9fhce.
, ,tar beinr rejected by the army examiners
applied for a marriage license to wed Mlss
IPngan wolfe and they have bcen unlted.
rbev had planned to walt until after the