Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
MEADE MEN ON MARCH
TODEFEND BALTIMORE
cix Miles of Yankees Hike to
n Take Part in Cele-
bration
ENG GANGS ALL HERE"
u..ded by Veteran of Indian Wars,
< Soldiers Show Fitness for
Real Battle

au,as and other famous soldiers, tanned
M red men of the frontier and paved
~ vav for Yankee civilization in the
80, states west Of the Mississippi,
...talike column Of troops from the
t,berty Division, six miles In length
"a numbering more than 1900, is
,ow winding its way over a ribbon of
.,rbalt from Camp Meade to Shipley,
hamlet that lies halfway between
,ta,,le Penn and Baltimore.
II marks the first lap of the much
.,rsIded hike to Baltimore hike that
..,sbrates the first anniversary of
ar,erica's entry i'm the war for world
,reedom and carries into the home of
avery red-blooded son of Uncle Sam
,trring appeal for Columbia's third Lib
crty Loan campaign.
theoretically, the hero of the West
and his prideful bunch of fighting men
4 are marching to the defense of Mary
. lands metropolis The navy of the Ter
. rble Teuton, conveying a fleet of trans
norris which conveys an army of baby
Il Killers Is about to land and wrealS its
. and Maryland,
General Nicholson comes of a long
4 line Of fighting men. lie smiles blandly
n A. he rides across the rather barren
stretch Of country, but il is the smile
N confidence for behind him are the
4 sons Of Pennsylvania, Maryland and the
4 District Of Columbia. They are sing
4 Ine that now famous camp song, Hail,
Hail, the Gangs All Here"
Everybody Fit
And better gang of soldiers never
rraced road in proud America. Every
= nan Is as fit as a fiddle. Every bit of
war equipment from the harness of
Hitchy Koo, the cantankerous mule in
. phlladelpha's own, TO the big guns of
he artillery, is adjusted and ready for
ary eventuality.
OF course, the Germans are not how
ering off the coasts and this buoyant
N gang" of soldiers will not meet a hos
E tile force of woman slayers, but as they
!. tramp along with the precision, suap
and vim Of regulars they are SOUNDING.
lhe Kaiser's deathknell. and assuring
ths good people in this section that the
81 Liberty Division is ready to do it's bit,
" Since September 10, the man who
heads this youthful and happy column
~ has been at work on Camp Meade's
a gathered from the workshops mines,
ofhces and farms of Maryland, Penn
m sylyania and the District of Columbia
II he has welded into one compact mass
The machine that today is getting it's
hrst real test.
functions perfectly and on the
ffst lap not cog or wheel has failed.
IN IA great bunch" says the leader, who
IN IS Just as young in heart and spirit as
-. ~.
~ was sent after the redskins to avenge
the death of Custer, He knows a live
N wire soldier outfit. SO does Major Gen
u tfal Joseph E. Kuhn, the division com
N mander who will take command of the
IN moving war machine at the gates of
III Shipley And they send TO the homes
n 81 the boys who are participating in
this notable march a message that ALI
Z Ia Is well"
II The soldiers are doing their bit,
. saws General Nicholson. IF every man
|. ana woman back home emulates their
Example the world will be kept safe
for democracy"
Early this morning, and long be
fore Philadelphia had finished its grape
fruit, the boys were up and tuning ur
the machinery of Camp Meade in pre-
paration for the defense of Baltimore
" Packing-up orders were executed witt
hghtning-like precision and at Z 81
o'clock General Nicholson left Camp
T. Tho sentry, stationed at the box on tht
Severn road that intersects CamE
Meade's concrete highway in the real
of the artillery division, gave a salute
and following the customary military
n regulations informed the commander
N that the Severn road led straight L
n shpley Then came the 3lSth Infantry
tBatimore's OWN, headed by Colone
y Claude B. Sweezey. This bunch, lec
N BY Ken Clark, the Princeton song leader
started the song.
II didn't take long for the othe
N units to join the singing regiment a
the head of the column, and for MAJ
hour the bunch Of eleven thousand sol
dlers enlivened the countryside. FOL
lowing the Baltimore regiment cam
he 3l4th Infantry, an all-PennsylVanli
unit, headed by Colonel Thomas w
Darrah, a Spanish war veteran ant
pHaciher of Filipinos
Suicide Club in Line
Then came a provisional suicide cluI
q the Liberty Division. Officially thl
crowd is known as a machine-gun com
pany. but they like the more popula
name,
The s04th Field Signal Battalion, tn
. unit that will take care of diVslona
signal work "over there" came next, an
vas followed by the 36sth Infantry eco
orsd) and a company from the 316th In
fantry Field Hospital
That constituted column a, and I
assure the folks back home that tn
boys would be amply cared for on thel
bike 10 Baltimore, the division com
mander added the hospital unit. Thi
organization will take care of casualtle
or men who meet with accidents, ID
vision Surgeons have taken care tina
eyery man in today's hike Is mt for IN
march, but accidents occur, and par
uculary when such a large body
troops is on the road So If man fall
~ the roadside he will be bundled int
~ ambulance and hustled back to hi
i'slmental inhrmary.
TO keep the men fit an order has bee
issued that no man eat during the hik
q paftake of any ginger pop. If he doe
n will get into trouble, but as the boy
|aYe formed the habit Of obeying order
ifouble from that source is antic
Quakers in Good Trim
Column B. headed by Brigadier Ger
~ Everard z. Hatch, followed the tiri
''umn at an easy distance 1t was q
point that the 315th Infantr
Ennadelphia's own swung into lin
.olonel Q, B. Rosenbaum rode at II
o. the regiment, and as he pulle
OF camp made the announcemer
~ approximately 1900 physically pei
4" Quaker City men were behind hin
----
X X. Brakeman Badly Hurt
tensasteE. April An o. Bast,
lt..slhln Haven, a brakeman on u
IIeis Kania Railroad, was prooab
IeeH hurt when his head struck q