Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-25
Many COLORED MEN
i REACH CAMP MEADE
Don't Know Where They'e Going,
But They're on Their Way
Willingly.

During the past few days consider
able color has been added to the
Depot Brigade by the arrival OF
colored draftees from North Carolina,
Maryland and the District of Colums
bia. They are here to do their part,
and without question many Of these
men will play a most connmendable
part in this great world conflict.
G. w. Crabbe of Baltimore handed
the kaiser and his family a knock
/out blow when, during his lecture at
the Depot Brigade Ampitheater, he
said: Germany has been in the war
four years and the kaiser has six
sons and not even one of them has
been injured. The United States has
been In the war little over year.
Our ex-President, Theodore Rooses
welt, has four sons-two have been
injured and one killed, and the colo.
mel himself would like to get into the
game"
Don't Know Where He's sGwine,"
One of the recent colored arrivals
was asked, Where are you from?"
He replied, BOSS. Use from North
Carolina, but don't know whore
Use. gwine@
The boys OF the Depot Brigade gave
Gen. Castor q hearty welcome when
he appeared on the amphitheatet
stage as presiding officer on the oos
One Of the secretaries OF the
Double C hut was recently called
upon for O. new kind of service. A
man just In from Mississippi had
Locked his trunk 1na. a h,e lost lost the Key
and went with him to his tent. He
found q key to At the trunk and gave
1t to the man. A real case Of fitting
into the occasion.
During his Introductory remarks
before presenting DR.. Freeman to the
boys OF the Depot Brigade. Gen.
Hatch made brief but very timely
comment about duty and opportunity
Hats His own Shadow.
Recently commotion was heard
about one Of the barracks: It proved
TO be rookie sentry calling. HALT
halt! haltr TO- a shadow OF q man
coming around the corner Of the
building. 1t turned out to be his own
shadow at which he was calling halt.
The hve checker tables which ara
rived last Saturday are proving very
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High School OF Camden, N. T.. and
presented by that institution.
What class are you-in?" Why they
E Put 1ns h a5T h.t We'll What y3 does does
they they c ONE B BSck S1' In Dc mere when
Spencer r. Van Horn, IT., of Baltic
more, always popular with the boys
Of the Depot Brigade. was the volun1
teer worker for the past week end.
Last Sunday morning, Chaplain Free
took as his subject at the brigade
service, "The Swiftest Thing in the
Bible. His text was from Isaiah So.
s24--"And 1t shall come to pass that
before they call will answer, and
while while they hey are yet speaking. viii
near" This address on prayer Yves
not only unique but intensely inter-
esting and helpful.
Plans Business in Berlin.
A salesman from a prominent coll
lar concern, who will soon be called to
Join the coIors at Camp Meade, was
asked the other day about his plane
for the future. ooh" he replied, I'm
going TO Camp Meade for some train
ing, and later I'm going to open UP
q collar business in Berlin"
AT the popular Sunday evening serve
ice DR.. W. Il. Mccormack of Akron.
Ohio, was the speaker. He brought e
mans message that was greatly ap-
preciated by every one present.
One hundred colored men of the 43d
Company, Depot Brigade, who were
duarantined, were desirious of getting
various articles from the canteeTl.
They handed Acting Corporal Addison
p. Smith oyer SIS, in sums ranging
proven by the fact that not one man
claimed more than was coming to
him, for the account came out to
cent, with every man supplied with
the thing he had ordered. Three
farms OF Herford county. North Care
olina,
Rev. q. II, Romig of Reading, Pa,
was the speaker at the religiousserv-
ice Tuesday evening. His talk showed
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