Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05
PENNSYLVANIA MEN
WIN BARS AT MEADE
Several From Philadelphia
Will Go to Camp Lee for
Commissions
PRAISE BY INSTRUCTORS
Miss Margaret Wilson, Presidents
Daughter, Will Sing at Camp
Tonight and Tomorrow
From a STAFF Correspondent

Another batch of Pennsylvanians have |
received the glad tidings that they are
to be given commissions and have de-
parted for Camp Lee. Petersburg. Va,
where the gold bars worn by second
lieutenants can be attached to their
shoulder straps.
Among them are several men from
Philadelphia who came here as raw
rockies only few months ago. All Of
the men are graduates Of the third off,
GERS training camp and 60 to Camp
Lee for assignments in the infantry re-
placement unit being organized at that
cantonment.
From the 315th Infantry (Philadel-
phia's own) the following men have been
picked for this service
Norman s. White. David NJ. Killing,
Edgar l.. Smith. George l.. Lindsey and
Walter j. Reeves sr
The 314th Infantry, an all-Pennsyl-
vania unit and admitted to be one of
the best infantry outfits in the National
Army. sends Harry J. Schaffer. Norman
c. Stitler and Edgar w. Montell.
81eth Infantry sends -Four
The S16th Infantry, another all-Penn-
eylvania unit, sends John F. Ulrich.
James n. Stephens, John B. Brady and
. Elmer r. Ranker. Albert w. Hill has
been sent from the 304th Engineers, and
John d. Hospehorn from the headquar-
ters of the 157th Infantry Brigade.
Royal c. johnson, who gave up a seat
In Congress to don a suit of olive drab.
Is also in the bunch. representing the
313th Infantry. The machine-gun
battalions at Little Penn have made
such rapid strides that ranking officers
at this camp have no hesitancy in say
Ing that they rank with any similar units
in France. Unfortunately, the censor at
TINS camp will not permit their wonder
ful scores to be published. but IL that
&ere possible they would offer little
comfort to the Kaiser's agents in this
section. With their Lewis and Brown
Ing guns they are on the ranges every
day and absorbing the machine-gun
rules OF modern warfare in a manner
that is highly pleasing to the instructors
Major Liebenwood, the British in
structor, says that his pupils can shoot;
that they can lay down excellent bar
RACES and that they can shift positions
with any machine gunners he has ever
met. This tribute from an officer who
has spent two years in the trenches
ought to be worth more than any COM
ment that the censor will permit news
Z paper men to make.
Many of the machine gunners have
been given commiss ions and in today's
batch are the following who go to Camp
Lee:
From the s1oth Machine Gun Bat
talon. Joseph r. Umsted.'
From the 311th Machine Gun Bat
TALON, Thomas J. Law, Allen f. Gilpin,
William j. Bushwaller and Paul H.
Parker.
From the. s12th Machine Gun Bat
talon. David Mackie and Harold c.
Captain Rafrray to Wed
The visit of Captain Jacques Raffray,
OF the Ninety-sixth Infantry, French
army, to Little Penn has been very
profitable, for besides enjoying the ex-
perience Of training the Liberty Divi-
sion, he has won an American bride. The
dapper Frenchman. according to an an
nouncement made today, will marry, in
the very near future, Miss Mary Fl.
Kirk. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Henry
c. Kirk, Jr., of Roland Park. a suburb
Of Baltimore. Captain Raffrsy was in
Rome at the outbreak of the war. but
arrived home in time to participate in
the Marine campaign. He was wounded
three times in the three years that he
served the tricolor of France and will
return to France when the Liberty Divi-
sion goes over.
Little Penn is dressing up today in
honor of Miss Margaret Wilson, daugh-
ter of President Wilson. She will arrive
early this evening and sing at two con-
certs in Y. NJ. c. A. huts: She. will re-
peat her concert tomorrow night at the
main auditorium of the Y.
From Washington comes the tip that
President Wilson may motor to camp
and II he does he will, find Meade's
10000 on hand to greet him royalty.
The raids on Meade are not confined
to the men in uniform. for today it was
announced that Miss Mary Truman, ex-
ecutive head of the Y w. C. A. hostess
house, had resigned in order to take a
position with the Philadelphia organiza-
ton.
Forty-four Men Transferred
Forty-four men have been transferred
from the Medical Department at this
camp to Camp Lee. Most prominent
among the men is Corporal Edward ].
Carpenter, who has figured in several
y EVENING LEDGER Bob" letters. Car
penter. while a member of an English
ambulance company. attempted to rescue
an officer who had fallen in the first
s Ypres campaign and as he lifted the
officer from the ground a German bomb
exploded Carpenter was nearly blinded.
and was discharged a few month"; later.
Careful treatment restored his sight. and
being in this country when war was de-
c!Arcd. he Joined the American Hospital
Ssrv!ce. Others who fgure in this move
msnt are:
sergeant. first class. William v. White
way Tin charge): Sergeant Arthur Gill
bault. Corporal James J. Lecuyer, Cor
? pnraI Louis C. Zienmann; private, first
class, Warren ]. Smith: private. first
class. Ralph NJ. Sperry; Privates August
Pehnypacker, Joseph j. English, John
Karaffo, Harry w. Seip. Edward Keith.
Emil Aoser. J. Edward +. Keenan,. vii,
liam ]. Shield, Nicholas Mayo, Raymond
j. Diamond, Joseph w. Dowlin, William
d. Kulp. Gabriel Iiberator. William
Mautakos. Howard W. Magee, Bernard
L. McNally, Arthur s. Weed. Frank
Marvel. William F. Burns. Laurence
Bissett. Bernard Cooney. Aato Cibi,
Samuel ]. Demarco. John H. Gangway,
John NJ. Geiger, Dominica Gentle,
Harvey B. Hall, Lincoln r. Hoagland.
Awerka Hluczyk. John. Hunt. Sam
Karen, John L. Krause. Nelson Miller.
Raymond Miller. John Okelski George
r. st. Germain, Samuel H. Smith and
Raymond Fullager.