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

say that the 18th Division IL not
progressing rapidly. In fact. there
are comparatively few men ins camp
who have not been fully equipped and
drilling. on all the fields Is going on
morning, noon and night. There may
not be sufficient colonies and gen.
erals here. but Gen. CASTOR has the
boys on the Jump.
Out OF the i7sh Infantry was taken
Col. Roach, who Is organizing the
list Infantry, taking as non-conas the
men who he thinks bcst iitted-
among his old regiment. So this. too.
will have q southern drawl.
Speaking Of drAwls, is there any
thing In all. tho world as pretty as a
pretty drawl? Now Bob Goodwin. OF
"colunnn right fame has one, but he
IL not in Ii with Sohn Ryan of head
quarters 18th Zafantry.-' This Ryan
lad IL now called the "John McC0r-
mack" Of Meade. due to his wonder.
full informal concerts at the Hostess
House. where he has playing for him
his friend Billy Matthies0n OF the
18th Band. All these lads are south
erners true.
In the Machine Gun Company, 18th
Infantry, is Sergt. Hicks Of Pennsyl-
vania. q boy. who has been in the
ern country. that he talks like .
Georgia Cracker. He's the topper,
too. and q mighty nifty solder: Ask
Sergt. Rogers!
Farley, In the utilities detachment,
says that 1t is fatal error to tell
a Baltimore girl that you're plumb
er. That's what he did down at Sher-
wood Forest. near Annapolis, a hne
summer place. And the girl Spurned
him. The lad says there are plenty
of Philadelphia lassies. just as nice,
and not half so fussy.
These utilities fellows get right In
on the invitations. Over at Bowie the
other night. their orchestra Of six
turned the trick for dance, given
the following lineup: Sergt. John
Meyer, pjanoa Corp. Thomas Kerr,
bSn1o; Corp. Richard Nixon. guitar;
Private George Farley. violin; Corp.
William McElwee, guitar. and Sergt.
John Hoylihan, drum.
This Nttle party did q little Tight
fantastic" themselves. as did Sergt.
Goldman, in charge. who was, IN
fact, the belle" Of the ball. Lieut..
Frank Petit got up the stunt.
John Allen. formerly of Battery A.
S10th Field Artillery. is one Of those
who play and sing at the Hostess
House.
Private Plum, formerly of the 311th
Field Artillery. now Of the Cooks and
Bakers School, and one of the best
basket ball players here, has the
faculty of having all the kids in
camp on his knee. Wherever he goes
there Is apt to be youngster tag
ging along. Has a heart like
bushel.
Secretary Porter in Ely certainly
had the time of his life Thursday
rouge pots for the show boys Of the
18th and 42d companies. Porter
seemed to fall right in with the idea,
though, and never once got In the
way.
Eberley calls his accordion, a piano
accordion" and It deserves the name.
No ordinary instrument could nave
bsen made to sound like his.
Who said summer shows would not
81?
The hall was so crowded in that
Dubois, the physical man, with all
his promess, could not get In. The
plan of having the program in full on
the blackboard was great idea. Then
there's no camoufiage.
Paul Whitaker. poet of the 211th
Field Signal, says there's no doubt
about Trench and Camps being read.
He said everybody seemed to know
his name had been in print.
Lieut.. ogilvie, Gen. Gaston's aid
de-camp, is a New Yorker, and was
down in Cuba when America entered
the war. He came back at once and
his commission. He has been in Meade
since last fall.
Dear old Sarge" Rafferty, is now
Baltimore, New York and other points.
and is teaching them the fine points of
the culinary art.
Up In the 5th Company, Depot
Brigade, is Private Mahon1et of New
York, an acrobat who is somebody"
He's a slender boy, but he can be the
floor man in pyramid of seven, just
the same, and, furthermore, he's going
to show how the trick is done.
William Huber Hickman of the
Utilities declares he never smoked a
cheap cigar in his life. 1t happens
that his father is a cigar manufac-
CutCh up III SuuSy ltdAAA, anu nlnACc
them as high as fifty cents" Hack
man has a brother in one of the off,
GERS training schools.
Down in one of the sO8th Infantry
barracks is sign saying Please wipe
your feet" just as If Meade were mud
dy after a rain. The boys who kick
about the sand never have remark
to make after heavy downpour. and
the sand is packed as tight as it is on
seashore after a receding tide.