Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-22
WOldEN WIN PRAISE
OF MEADE COMMANDER
Hostess House Best lnstitu-
ton at Camp. Says Gen
eral Nicholson
NEW Y. NJ. C. A. LEADER

By q Sf0N Correspondent
CAMP MEADE, Admiral, Md, Jan. %.
Little Penn's best institution is man
aged by women
Although this assertion may upset the
hopes Of many officers at this camp who
have been striving TO make regulations
tt is based upon statement made TO.
day by General w. J. Nicholson. com
maLdcr of the Liberty Division.
Coming from the camps commander
L must be true, SO the women who have
1putribuTcd to the Young WUmcn's
Christian Association have ample rca-
fon to feel proud. General Nicholson
made an inspection Of the hostess house
today and an hour later when met by
/ newspaper men, made the statement that
he building was 100 per cent efficient.
"ThC hostess house which is managed
~ the Y. W. e, A." said the General
lis uuquestionably the best institution
IN the camp. My one regret is that the
building is not twice as large, for more
room is needed to entertain the ever in.
@reasiug number Of guests. TO be TRUTH
ful 7 don't know how We could get
, along without it, for so long as visitors
ere permitted to enter camp there must
b" some DrONisi>u made for their needs.
TIL" hostess house. SO ably MANAGED by
the women solves the problem and tn,
organization ought to receive fui
measure Of credit from every uersol
/ who enjoys it's splendid appointments
because of their technical trainnJ
ifty men at Little Penn who are now
serving in the ranks are to be given az
opportunity TO win shoulder STRAPS.
All "l the men arc engineers and if
hsN
7 animation they will be appointed as pro-
( 'isional second leutenants, corpg of en-
/ FinoerS, Among the Phiadolpniaus who
are likely TO figure in the promotions
re: Alexander Frank. Company *,
'lotI Infantry; Francis Is. Martin, Bat
'er| T., 3l2th Field Artillery. ana NAL
cohu W. orr, Of the 3O4th Ammunition
T Train.
Several weeks ago it became apparent
hat the engineering units We're in need
Z officers, and tabulation Of Little
Penn citizens revealed the names OF
/ many men in the ranks who measured
pp TO the army standards. General
icholson arranged with Captain Samuel
u. Brooks. Of the 3Olth Engineers. to
determine the fitness Of the men recon-
ncndcd for promotion. and yesterday
'hc embryo lieuteuants, armed with
/ trianglcs, drawing pencils and other
Instruments made an attack upOu the
problems propoundcd by the examining
board.
Eighteen Of the men who took the
tests came from the Twonty-tLird I'm
gineers and eleven hailed from tho
Twenty seventh Engineers. The latter
outfit Is one Of the most novel or
ganlzations in The National Army. for
its work on the other side will be con-
p fined to mining aud sapping the enemy
trenches.
In its effort to find 4 genaral director
for the camp Y. NJ. G. A., the directors
Of that organization went to New Yorl
ard drafted Nc. g. Baldwin. who for sev.
enteen years has served as general sec.
retary in one Of The Gotham branches.
TRANSFERS MADE
Several transfers were ordered today
Private Berlin T.. Hockenbery. OF the
3l4th lnftnry goes 10 a signal corps
unit in the South; Private Ralph G.
| Cook, 324th Field Signal Battalion, is
sent to Washington to join the enlisted
Ordnance Corps; Private Robert j.
Hinckley, Battery T., 18Th Field Artil.
| lery, is sent to the Aviation Section
Signal Corps, and Private John W
Smith, Of the 313th Infantry. goes to tho
Signal Corps IN New York city.
In an effort to check the lloW OF men
who are unfit rOr military service, Major
T. W jackson Of the Medical Corps
has been assigned TO the Philadelphia
district and for tue next few weeks viii
assist the civilian physicians attached tc
local draft boards.
"Major Jackson said one OF the
army surgeons, will lot direct the
civilian physicians, but viii endeavor I,
standardize the physical tests. lie vii
offer suggestions as to how selects must
be examined and in this way aid the
local boards in their work Of rejecting
/ men who do not measure up to army
standards