Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
TO CELEBRATE
LEAVING FOR FRANCE
Philadelphia Artill e. y m e n
Will Hold Athletic Meet
on July Fourth
By a Star Correspondent

Camp Meade. Admiral. Md, June IS.
The final big blowout on this side OF
the Atlantic. 80 far as the 312th Field
Artillery is concerned, will be staged on
the national holiday.
On that day the Philadelphia artillery
men will make merry at an athletic fete.
and after that turn their attention to
aboard the trains that will haul them
to port Of embarkatiou
Naturally, the engineers. sanitary
trained hospital units and infantry
will break camp before the big gun
handlers, but. up to date, no definite
time has been set for the divisions
departure.
So Chaplain C. F. Gwyer. anticipating
that a big crowd of visitors will be
here on the country's natal day. has
planned a series of athletic events. To-
night the regiment holds a smoker and
a boxing carnival in its open-air arena
Besides the coterie of glove artists who
are scheduled to perform. there are to
be a number of vaudeville acts and a
regimental song. conducted by Ken
Clark. Slim Kellam, Kirby and Quinn,
Sergeant Tiv Wick and Sergeant Schill-
hahan are on the program and are
sure to please the critical audience,
81lth sharpshooters ..
The 314th infantry, an all Pennsyl-
vania unit, has completed it's target
practice and better riflemen cannot be
found In the National Army than the
doughboys from the central section Of
the State. The men who made the
highest averages in their companies are
given in the order of their scores. They
are as follows:
Company A Private Fred L. Rex.
Private John O'Donnell. Corporal JOS
eph Rooney, Privatae Frank Pledge. Ser
geant David NJ. Walt Private Bruce
NJ. yerrier and Sergeant George w.
Hougham.
Company C-Private, Fred Rink, Pri-
vate Cornelius c. Carpenter. Private c
w Brion. Private John Bender, Ser
geant William Gren, Private Joseph
Dumdruskie and Private Richard :.
Davis. sNfHig
| Company D-Corpofal Mumper, Pri.
vate Katz. Sergeant Rawlings. Private
Hook, Private Schouch, Private Kelly
and Private Laggoner.
Company F-Sergeant Joseph Cabla-
Corporal w. L. Fenstermacher. Corporal
| Joseph Marsicano. Corporal j. NJ. Tietz.
Private J. E. Bird. Priva.e Walter Pierce
and Private w. Norkumski.
Company G--Corporal B. i. Seifred.
Private Frank A. Bostwick, Corporal X.
|
vate J. i. wentzell, Private Sherman
Vanderpool and Corporal Harry l., Es-
| telle.
Company H-Private c. A. Eek, Cor.
peral T. f. Kline, Private Harry knause
Private Edward Leunard. Corporal c
J. Penwell, Corporal r. w. Reed and
Private B. NJ. Roush.
Company Private Philip Ramey
Private Edward Walsh, Corporal Hugh
| Ia
poral c. A. Owens, Private Charles Linn
and Private r. f. Acker.
Company K-Corpvral L. p. Hollister
Private Chester Thompson, Private H
E. Mitchell, Private a. B. Britain, Pri
yate N. o. Phillips, Private Sidney NJ
Painter and Private X. E. Little.
Company L-Privares Peter strucei
r. w. Hsr-y, James McGuriman, Ray
mond 6 ton, Louis A. Pappas, Johr
Blaxosky. William A. orner and f.
Stewart.
Company M-Private Louis soffianos
Busler Daniel X. heckert, Corpora
Harry G. walton. Sergeant, w. NJ. Hull
private X F. Boeckel, Corporal William
II 7. B. Shade and Private j. G. Mas
triena.
Supply Company-Privates c. i. Ham
ilton, w, A. Walls, Cyrus s. Bender
Harry /. Burkepile. r. z. Mem, r.
Vail and Samuel Hackett'
Ii tr Transfers Announced
Sergeant Thomas Small, 10lst Ord
nance Depot. to Edgewood Arsenal. Bal
timore; William F. nlrwan. lo4th De
pot Brigade. to Utihties Department
Ouartermaster Corps.
John ], Kuptz. 154th Depot Brigade
to S0Ith Field Signal Battalion: Johi
j. ,Capper, l64th depot Brigade, q
Chemical Service, Washington, d. c.