Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-01

Four Years in Germany" was exhib-
tied in the Main "Y," were soaking
wet with perspiration. the result of
the intense heat. They were met by
Lieuts. Hyman and Cothran of the
18th Infantry, who had other men
ready to go in for the second show.
us it~as hot as that?" asked Lieut.
Hyman of a "Y'' secretary, seeing the
latters dripping shirt.
"Yes, but it's worth it,
And hundreds more piled in to see
what the Germans had done to de-
serve the licking they are getting to-
day 1t is estimated that 10000 men
saw the pictures. Gen. CASTOR
thought he was benefited by them,
as was every soldier who, was there.
Secretary Leonard was kept on the
jump every minute of the day. The
Gerard movies had to be shown to
thousands and he lost no opportunity
to give every man chance to see
them. In the middle of the show the
door near the stage was opened and
the light let in. Cries went up from
all over the floor CLOSE that door,
and it was Secretary Leonard who
answered the CALL He gave the boys
breathing spell of five minutes,
with the windows and doors thrown
wide open.
will we fght?" was answered by
the boys in front, as we'll as by the
boys in the movies, who ran their
bayonets into Germans until one fellow
had kept his promise to his dad to
get at least six" The yelling was
very expressive. 1t would have been
the same had they been going "over
the top" Gen. CASTOR says it pays to
have the soldiers yelling as they go
into battle, and the boys here seem
to have caught the spirit. 1t makes
the enemy feel bad.
The way the colored troops stood
the ordeal of the heat in the show
was amusing in a manner. The whites
were plainly suffering. The colored
boys were warm and their shirts were
pretty wet, too, but they were all
smiling, and when somebody asked
one how he felt, he replied, humor-
ously: I'm very Sick but his face
did not show 1t.
show 1t.
Incidentally nobody questioned the
patriotism Of those colored soldiers.
There were no enemy aliens among
them.
Depot Brigade. is one of the men left
Dehind by the 312th F. A. when it
went to France. He is prepared to do
his duty wherever it lies
If the soldiers of Meade could have
seen Dr. Montgomery, Tagart Steele
and DR.. Callen, with their coats off,
putting up a fagpole at Epiphany
chapel recently. they would have
agreed that these clergymen had
come down here for real service.
Somebody said that DR.. Montgomery
had such long reach that he did
not require a hosting apparatus to
get the pole in place.
Up in N block the other night a
Jewish sergeant was drilling some
brand-new recruits, making use of
the last minute before taps. Instead
of "As you were" he said "As you
are" but the boys understood. 1t was
too much, however when he said
Make it snappy and quick; wait
second; go ahead" all in one breath.
Lieut. Schmidt of Baltimore, now
of the Depot Brigade, was in charge
of the Loop Canseen crowd Thursday
all the time. He sat in an automo-
bile with two or three non-coms
beside him and whenever the sentries
were not obeyed he took a personal
hand in the matter. The boys were
served systematically at the windows
and there was no crowding, the bot
ties being placed in boxes for the
purpose and waste paper in cans.
Capt. Howard Wright, adjutant of
the I'd Battalion, Depot Brigade,
comes from Pittsburgh. He gets all
sorts of letters and messages from
parents and friends of soldiers, and
it is seldom that any request does
not receive prompt attention from
him.
Manner Jung is a Korean of To-
peka, Kan, who has just come to
Meade He has been in this country
good many years, having been sent
here by rich uncle. He has a friend
in ''Y" work in France, and if the
Army finds him physically unfit he
will try for service with the "Y.' He
is a citizen of this country and at
tended Mortified conference of the
"Y" last year.
Doblin. down in the Camp Quarter
master Corps, has one of the pretti-
est voices in camp. Ever hear him
at the Hostess House?
Hewlings and Elliott of the 43d
Company, Depot Brigade. came down
from Trenton. N. j., having been at
tached to Camp Dix. They expected
TO go across with the 10Th Division,
but it was filed so they are now
waiting a chance. Beth seem to be
on their toes.
Aaron Hulsa of Ashland, KY, is one
of the boys down here who does not
have to be persuaded that a govern
ment promise to pay is a good propo-
sition. He has the limit of war saw
ings stamps, $1,000. He wants to di-
vide them among his brothers and sis
foPS Wha are nnW Onar4 ting his shoe