Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-27
CORPORAL HAS
lgk' SERVICE BILLET
polson p. Jardel, Of Phila-
dslphia, Chosen for Hazard
ous Post With Pershing
FIRST MAN SELECTED
Lively Days at Camp Meade in
Y Varied Lines of Military
Activity
~ a stag Correspondent

+ ~ We pusy usy ior ''e i'"e''''o
\ gun company of the 316th Infantry. and
evsfv one Of the speed kings welcomed
the. little rest that followed the first two
y hour session with the vickers machine
I. guns. .gl- 3@
y ss(set fbe Little CORPORAL" said a mem-
bar Of the outfit who had lust returned
sfyorn q hit ~ detail work at headuuar-
ters Now a 40 happens that machine
runnera are yeritable hounds of news
and II so happens that the machine-gun
companv In the all-Pennsylvania in
fantrv regiment commanded py Colonel
C1scar I charles has a Little CORPORAL
And q inst banuened that an embryo
war correspondent was today enjoying
a smoke with this bunch of fighting men
xvhen fbe call was issued for the Little
Corporal." The scribe's mind went back
to the pages Of history that We're made
- s,y'e rn., Ds ~, ~ r,,,chino s,,rnsr
hs.rir. that t,tIs AZ ""r Title penn" heat
~. ,,,s,,orr or rather interrnnted his
th,nItny annar,tns
ap,~r, ,a,,a voioa fro,,, n had
q, .ha % cornar - tba harracl.s
..What.. ,,,o,,, daroardad ,ha so,d,er
q. ~ to,rsd ,ha grouy, "Tust n few con.
sr.t,,,a,,ons bsgan the soldisr who bad
Jisturhsd tba ST ittis Cornoral" "you
have been pIcked for service IN the tanks
nAY1sf uvh M httf m
3 he Lang"
Then fo,,owad eocts q, congr.,u,a-
tions. the passing Of cigarettes ana a few
words from one Napoleon ~ Jardel Of
4713 North Broad street. PhiIadelphia.
who won the distinction ~ beinp the tirst
man picked for service In the tanks
with hundreds of Others he volunteered
for that hazardous service when The
division commander issued n cali less
than a week ago. Little did the camp
statistician who has cb,rsa -, s,,nb
things, realize that the first man n,cised
from the bunch of volunteers would el,
the place as perfectly as the original
Little Corporal who made such a fuss
for the Allied armies OF Eurona a hnr9
Savu years ago. But he does and the
"a son OF FRANCO-PRUSSIAN VET
JardeI was horn In pb,lada,nh,a ,,
thinks more of that spot than anv nlace
in the world but he is a thoroueh-goirp
Frenchman. His father. veteran ~ tbe
Franco-Prussian War. and his n,otbar
are pow in Alsace; their proper,v own.
ings have been reduced To yirtua1Iy ro,h-
ing as a result of the war ana t,ro
lincles of the Camp Meade soldier have
been killed bv tho iIuns '0'u'ef nave
His dad came 20 An,o.,o, .,.
years ago. and five Years I.tar ,e'.
was born. wen cbristen th,,,, ~,
poleon," said the nroud fothor e. ~
poleon IL was NanoIeon liz hI, o.
mons namesake paver .co,,ino, -.
height. and never acouired n,,,oh ni..h
SO when he came 10 Ii,,,a VI,
won a corporals cheyrons I, ,,as ,,..
natural that tbo no., 49,, "aS oHIy
the Little CornoraI rs M'uiu can MN
to France 10 aybt T., 80 ne sves
tanks that General persh,r In inc ois
against the Huns WI" seho
six other n,en q, ,,,.
selected FOR sin,,,an ou.it nave oeen
censor will not nerni, tha ms oet .ne
names until thew have haan 80 "a tfeir t,l-
away in France t''Neu safely
BARRAGE FIRE
But Captain Il. F. Knowl,or ,,o.
ward man, who commands tho oor,ras,,.
has footed his trusty whistle .and 80
bunch of gunners are scramhIirs ~. ac
the barracks TO tackle tho nrohiass,
small-arms barrage fire. Ike tba .,rjrt, u
ling Of an eye they have assembled =,
the field adjoining the barracks ~
As Captain Knowlton confers with roIo-
mel Charles the landscape targets are
put In place. And right here ~ -,
be explained that the Slandscana tarsats
are some targets.
Barry Z. Thompson. a pbiIs5e,rh,a
artist, is member of the comnanv and
with his brushes has painted a series
of targets that will And niaoss - r,.i,
over Tbs arst na :. When me war is
covered a canvas four feet 10 inrn voiors, , 100,
feet deep. 1t depicted a b;t 90 Wv ,
France with its picturesouo nsosa,. ana
tages, n winding road thar lea s.a,s, ~
village square to a deem forost ~ .,,e .,,e
background The road crossed a stro..,
and the bridge, faithfully nor,rayaS ~,
the. artist, was to be the target To- ny
machine gunners. '''e
Twelve hundred wards =, sho,,.a g..
tain Knowlton. Instantlv ,ha - -
got busy They were divided i,ta 49,
groups and each man had his niaco tao,e
group manned q gun. and /, ,.as ~
duty of each group TO rush forward ''o
senble the rapid-fire machine ana 49,,
operations against an imagInar,, 90
Huns that would pass over tba hrid,s hatIns oi
But let us explain the onara,ious -,
dealing with one gun Sarsas' Nv
Frazier, a prizefgbter from, Iah,
clutches the tripod w n. Rohinso,, -,
60z5 Stenton avenue grabs thas - "
and J. ]. Robinson. of olnev n,aLss sum a.,
the rear with a box of an,n,i,n;s,a Up
Frazier adjusts the tripod Rohjnsn,, -.
taches the gun and the second NJ pen
inson begins to feed the gun With U staeI
l Pellets. Frazier sights the gun after
- ~. anse anu awaits the word