davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
STRONG FOR ODD NAMES.
SD Company Roll Cali Reveals Odd
Ones for Colored BOYS.

One OF the ''Y" &C secretaries
heard roll call Of the s2d Company.
Depot Brigade. the other day The
coiored boys are strong for unusual
names. Here are few the secretary
heard. The typewriter family is well
represented with Oliver Underwood.
One OF the trusted boys Is named
Cheatem Williams. The vegetable
family has representative in Thomas
Turnipseed. while the months of the
year are not forgotten with February
Sims on hand.
One of the colored members OF the
brigade when asked what his mothers
name was replied. E Pluribus Anum
Johnson. Another arrival said that
his fathers name was Artillery Jack
son. .
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
CORP. GERBIG's PRAYER.
Dedicated 70 Bible Glass Of the Sup
ply Company.

AT the request OF the editor, the fob
lowing prayer. written by. Corp. Rob-
ert HI Gerbig Of the 3lsth Infantry Is
published. The prayer was dedicated
several months ago to the Bible class
Of the Supply Company. OF which he
lows: 80
Almighty God. the glver of wisdom.
without whose help resolutions are
vain. without whose blessing study
and training are ineffectual. enable
US, IL 1t be Thy will. as it Is within
Iny power, to attain such knowledge
,Ircm those who are qualified to direct
US. the doubtful, which viii enable us
20 render such service to- our country
40 viii terminate the serious cOnten.
lions, which are now arising and
which Will resplt in the accomnlisn-
ment or great vi CtoryS for the. world.
in Its struggle for democracy and hui.
man justice; ana grant that we may
use that knowledge which we shall
obtain to Thy glory and our, own sal
yatioM Tor Jesus christ's sake.
Corp. Gerbig is "a member of the
Baltimore bar and was private secre-
tary to William B. Levy or the same
bar for a number OF years. He took
an active interest in Lutheran church
work in Baltimore, and was promi-
nently connected with Trinity English
Lutheran Church OF that city. He is
well known among the younger mem
bers OF the bar OF Baltimore
He Is very much interested in the
=. M. c. a. work ct this camp, and
has recently consented to act as q
member OF the contributing stan Of
Camp and Trench.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
FOOD ron ALE ]; III 4 ENGLAND.
Eve Are. Not Starving Is Mes
sage to Soldier From Abroad.


The English people are miles away
from starvation and have been
stirred by the sammies." according
to a letter received by Edward Lee
Carpenter. mess sergeant of the MOD
ical detachment at the base hospital,
from his brother, George Carpenter,
who lives in London. L-
"You do not know England If you
think we are miserable" the letter
reads "Of course people are quiet
and sometimes depressed, but never
downhearted. We get along marvel
ously and we are Epiles away from
starvation. Since we have had food
tickets we all get a share, even If not
a big one. So you in America need
never think that we are not going TO
stick it out, especially when we hear
OF the help that is coming over the
Atlantic. Nothing in the news of the
Great Push has stirred us so much as
to know that the sSammies' are not
only fighting, but actually fighting
in our own regiments. To let men
fight under the Union Jack is a thing
which has reused great enthusiasm.
Let's hope that the Huns will be
smashed once for all"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
Clean Shutout for Supply Co.

The Supply Company made a clean
.'shutout" in playing Company d. the
score being to Q in favor Of the former.
Charley Heiner" was on the mound
for the Supply Company and did re-
markably well as pitcher. 'sI3ilr' Maj
sci as shortston added to the success
Of the game. Everybody was enthu--
siastic over the game, as the whole
line-up played like professionals and
Were rooted accordingly.
The team Is composed OF the follow
ing Supply Company men: Mechanic
(first class) William A. HeckeI. third
base; Corp. Clarence Kaufman, second
base: Cook Kenneth 4. Christie, flrst
base: .Sergt. Godfrey Funk, center
neld: Private Alex. Villez. left field:
Private George B. Bowers. rirht
field; Cook Simon X. Carroll, catcher:
Saddler Charles L. Heiner, pitcher:
Private James Hardy, substitute.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
Meade May Get Aerial Mail.

This camp may profit by the aerial
mail service. The postmaster at oden-
ton. the nearby railroad junction. has
been ordered to be ON the lookout for
the aeroplanes. Nets may be stretched
over the building and nearby lawn.
to receive bags of mail dronnaa g,
the winged r. F.. D. man. The nortb.
bound airship was noted a few mir.
utes after its departure from Waa1s.
ington. The camp will serve ar
safety landing place If the avis'Foy :
need to make stops. Many lllghtS
ready been made by the foreirn Svsssss
tors: The broad. sandy fields fdrss,s !. ],
ideal spot for such purpose. = -
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
New. White Tents Arrive.

Tents--the pretty white ones Of old
army days-are being set up in sew
eral parts of the camp by the hum
dred. More OF them are expected.
There are possibly $1,000 men here
now, and within the next week about
10000 more are expected from the
regular draft quotas and SEQ others
OF special service qualification enlist
ments.
The water and plumbing systems
are adequate for handling possibly
100000 men. and the acreage for tents
is almost unlimited.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
KEEP MEN ON ALERT
Hikes In Darkness Give Tinge of
s:rvice at Front to Men
Of Meade.

! Every day some surprise in connec-
ton with training is sprung and al
most every night there 10 a surprise
even greater than that oftlfe day.
Thus the S1sth Field Hospital OF the
304th Sanitary Train came In for q
sudden call to assemble and prepare
for hike after midnight Orders of
this kind come from division head
. quarters and come without explana-
tions. The mystery Of why adds 10
the novelty of the whole proceed
ings.
The hospital. was ordered to get on
the march with the least possible de-
lay. Rumors of possible disaster
somewhere made the speed all the
more feyerish. but the officers saw to
it that no rumors interfered with the
doing, properly Of every one of the
hundreds, of things trat must be done
to move q field hospital from its quiet
sleeping quarters to a distant camp
ing point. Every man knew just what
was, expected Of him. -
81 For every of1iceF there were direct
orders and matters OF discretion re-
Qhirink instant decision. In. all,tiit
with its horses, motor ambulances,
trucks. medicine chests. operating In
struments and other equipment to get
under way On down the road the
men marched. proving to the 0bsery-
ers that they, were ready for any
duty that might. be ahead Of them.
After forced march of about two
miles the force was ordered. to bly,
ouac for the night. They were told
to do this in hurry. but all were
glad enough to make haste. 2.
. In a short time all were slumbering..
except those for whom the nights was
one Of special duties made necessary
by the biyouac. Gen. Joseph. e.
Kuhns camp commander. appeared on
the scene aud after inspecting every.
detail Of the camp. complimented the
unit upon the way In which 1t had
carried out orders and told the men
how important it is in the Army for
all to be ready by night and day for
quick action. sss ,... n. 3
The. cooks and the supply depart
mont Of the unit were. az much On the
alert as those who carried medicines
and. bandages: Long before the sun
had pinkenad the sky.the breakfast
was COOKING. :,
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
i4TH BATTALi IONS SHOW
PROVES BANNER EVENT
First of Series Of Vaudeville Sets
Pace-other Entertainers Will u
Find It Hard to Follow.

l
The new amphitheater in the rear Of
the Y. M. c. A. &C was the scene Of d
good vaudeville show wednesday
night. when the first Of a series Of
battalion shows was staged by mem
bers Of the Attn Battalion, 154th Depot
Brigade. The program was replete
with snap and pep. athletic. events
hndink place. on the program as
well as acts savoring Of q 'big time"
flavor Lieut. Gus A. Welsh was the
David Belasco of the show, ana kept
things a-humming from overture to
finaI curtain. ssi< III
The Depot Brigade Band opened tkbs
show with rousing patriotic seIec-
ton under the baton Of Sergt Moser.
A wire-walking act put on by Mil.
Ter and Florentero of the 18th Com
pany evoked hearty applause. The
boys worked hard and their Efforts
we're well rewarded with iinA well
come. The Camp Meade Jazs Band.
followed with p number that had the
big audience swapping fingers ana
stunning feet.
Tne battalion was fortunate in Sc
curing two talented vocalists from,
Baltimore, Miss Geraldine Edger and:
Miss Reed. Miss Edger also contra . =
ing q violin solo. Miss Todd was The
accompanied. The fair. visitors were
heartily. appiauded. and. their con-
tributions to the program were
greatly appreciated. One OF the hita
of the evening was .by Private Hook
OF the ai3th Ipfantry, who has Jug.
cling act that IL great A blind bat
tie royal and a. Darktown battle
royal worked up great deal OF in--.
terest and merriment, the contestants
getting Into the game with much zeal.
It 10 said that one chap in the Dark
town afair was snapped with q
vengeance, at the drop OF theF hat;
jumped off the. stage started to run
and wasn't seen again that. evening
Popular melodies by the Jexx Band
and the Depot Brigade band closed
the program. The show whpfa, bauw
ner, success and set.sa pace that th$
other battaaiOnS will find diflicuat 10.
follow, when it comes to, ist&eEnes =
battalion night show. *
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
REVEAL BITS or SENTIMENT.
'sY' Secretaries Pick Up Letter
Sheets Overlooked by Writers.

The sY's secretaries are still finding
pages Of letters which correspondents
fail TO inclose in writing to their
sweethearts. Here's one paragraph
from sheet found the other day:
Kitty that picture Of you is getting
the best Of care. have 1t right over
my bed and every time look at the
picture say to myself. If was only
in PHILADELPHIA tonight. s.. 4.
A letter from q mother was picked
up recently sby one Of, the brigade
boys. The postscript ran: Send me
the oId-fasiioneds kisses, the same as
you used to-" The finder. handed 10
find the guy who received that letter.
I'd send my kisses back with his
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
LEFEVRE BRINGS VICTORY TO
4 315th AFTER STIRRING CANE

After playing through fourteen innings
Of the most sensational game ever played
at Camp Meade. LIE .Fevre created un-
precedented enthusiasm among the Phil
adelphians by putting every ounce of his
weight behind fast curve, the ball sail
ing far over the centerfielders head. LIE
Fevre easily making the circuit and win
ming the game
Company H." fresh from their tri-
umph Of last week, when they defeated
the s12th Machine Gun Battalion, went
on. the field full Of pep and fully deter
mined that Company Il" representing
Philly, must win the title Of the entire
camp, and the entire 315th Infantry was
there to root for victory
seibold Strikes Out 1s.
Seibold shared honors with LIE Fevre.
holding the s3l6th Infantry down to four
hits and striking out eighteen men. The
18th scored q run in the first inning,
when Hartmann singled, stole second ana
though Seihold struck out the side.
The boys had an opportunity to
tie the score In the second frame. when
McMonagles singled and went to third
when the catcher threw wild trying to
get McMonagle stealing second, but he
was LETT stranded. the next three men
inning, when Himendinger, the well
known basket bah player. shot single
to center and scored when Staudenmayer
waMoped the pill to right field for two
The game was nip and tuck for the
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
BISHOP ASKS soIDrzR nm


B; DELAYED in transit, letter from
Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church Of the
diocese Of. Connecticut. has been re-:
ceived by Private. Archie T. xeEckle
Of Company. C. 28th Engineers. insFef-.
serence to the bishops sentiments al
the Easter season. It is SO hSauxieut
that It Is timely even now: Sssss
s my Dear Friend: You are never
long out Of the thoughts Of Us at
home in Connecticut, We thinlxm &c
you In whatever you Aave to undergo,
OF discomfort In rain or mud or OF
danger under fire. War means busi<
ness In grim earnest. But we have
prond confidence that under all err
tie and quit yourself like q man tried
!, and true .s
YOU viii. / trust, think Of us ana
) OF your church at home at EASTER
tide. Easter. commemorates q el0ri-
) Gus syict0ry after .. hard battle. Yonr
won out.
You are in a great fight. for the
right Whatever you may : lsHve "a
| go. through r.rto bear and. 81 Hin:
: loyal to the uttermost, and You wal
ma Il, Him ss.m stanS Snsg ey yen: When
agatnst you. remember fell0wship a.,
His \sufferings means sharing His
strength and finally a share IA Ezis
triumph. 81
Faith means stout-hearted cour-
age. Endure as soldier or Jesus
Christ Hear Him say to you ne
OF good cheer: I have overcomeP
Fight your fight under His banner
the cross. and win with Him the vie.
tory. We at home are praying for
you. Faithfully yours.
."CHAUNCEY b. BREWSTER.v
This letter from the bishop vas
signed by him, and also by Rev. ]. O.
France. rector of st. James Church;
New Haven. Conn.,, the church ~
which Private MeickIe was a member.
1t is Bishop Brewster's practice "a
send letter of this kind to all soI-
diers of his diocese on special church
festivals.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
Veteran at Training School.

Barrett Buck. who fought at vimy
Ridge. Hill 20. near Lens and else
where with the. Canadians, operating
a Lewis gun. is candidate in the
officers training school. He has been
in some heavy fighting. but escaped
without wounds.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23

next nine innings. with every inning full
Of thrills, but the fourteenth inning told
the tale and brought great sorrow to the
S16th. when LIE Fevre ended the contest
with q home run e - ~
315th Boys Celebrate.
Led by the 315th Infantry Band, Com
pany IL" paraded the camp, the whole
315th Infantry Regiment Joining in the
parade in celebration Of the victory.
In a. conspicuous place in front Of the
column was the remains Of the 81 9Th
a solemn black coffin. lettered in white
:'the StSthss with an armed escort Of
eight men. To prove the TRANSPARENCY
assertion that Company IL" always
brings home the bacon, Harry Murphy
in the spotless. white garb OF a cook car
ried q large portion Of bacon on a tray.
which was rendered to their leader. and
In accepting the bacon Col Rosenbaum
stated he was glad of the opportunity to
congratulate Company IT, not only as
the champions Of the 158th Infantry Bri-
gade, bat, in the military sense, for be-
ing one Of the best companies in the
whole United States Army. =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
ERE is a project with stirring
challenge to the imagination.

ERE is a project with a stirring
challenge to the imagination.
To send vast army Of air.
planes to the Western front, over the
Atlantic, propelled by their own power!
A few weeks ago Major General Will
lam Brancker, Of the British Royal Air
Force, who is controller general Of the
British Air Equipment and a member Of
the new British Air Council, stated that
the enterprise Of flight across the At
lantic should be undertaken just as soon
as possible.
Last week w. II. Workman, the Amer
lean manager for the Handley-Paige air.
plane, announced that he had laid be-
fore authorities in Washington plan to
build 10000 bombing planes in this
country and fly them over to France.
Deliveries could be made, the plan as
serted, by the spring of next year.
There would, of course, be certain
amount Of wear and tear sustained by
the machines in transit, to saw nothing
of the loss of machines; but these draw
backs, he estimated, would probably not
equal the average loss of airpianes
shipped across. Little or no loss of life
need result. Finally, 10000 big Ameri-
can bombing planes in France next year
would win the war. They would, accord
ing to Mr.. Workman
"be sufficient to drop $4,000 tons Of explo-
sives every night on German lines Of com
rnunication, bridges, ammunition dumps and
plants, and fortified places. TO grasp what
this means, it Is equal to $4,000 of the
largest shells fred by the biggest guns yet
constructed, the 1e-nch coast defence guns.
But, while the extreme trajectory Of such
a gun carries shell weighing about one
ton about thirty miles, the Handley-Psire
aerial dreadnought will easily carry from
Paris to Berlin several times the destruc-
tive power OF one such she'll, and do 1t
nightly, week In and week out. And at the
end of thirty or sixty days, il there were
anything left Of the Germans, they would
cry for peace While doing all this each
machine with the strong armament which It
will carry will be able to defend itself
against all attacks made upon it by enemy
aircraft
"This is gigantic undertaking. but Il
means that thc country must get behind It
and accomplish it. When the Administration
ut Washington wants to sell five billions
Of Liberty bonds the nation gets behind IL.
When the War Department makes up its
mind TO put million troops into France by
July the nation and the shipping get be-
hind that 1t will, therefore, be necessary
for the nation to get behind programme
OF this kind in the same manner. and then
we cannot fail"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

ton Of aeroplanes capable Of doing this Is
considered easy by prominent manufact-
urers. These would also fly at high alti-
tudes and would be assisted by the trade
winds. Such flight might be done under
twenty hours.
The fourth plan would be by flying boats.
or hydroaeroplanes, starting from New
foundland and flying to ireland, 1900 miles.
taking on gasolene from ships at intervals
OF about 800 miles along the route.
The fifth would be fight by land aero
planes, large or small, from Newfoundland
to the Azores, 1875 miles, and from the
Azores to Portugal, $50 miles.
Inc sixth would be by means Of hydro
aeropanes flying from Newfoundland to the
Azores and from the Azores to Ireland.
taking on fuel from ships 200 miles apart
along the route"
Aerial Age" states that plans of the
committee of the Aero Club, which has
been investigating for four years the
matter of transatlantic fight, show
that
there are seven different ways and five
routes for the transatlantic flight. The club
has had plans submitted for every one Of
these plans and for each of the routes, and
Tor every type of aircraft, lighter as well
as heavier than air.
For obvious reasons the plan to fly across
the Atlantic by using the southern route.
from Pernambuco, Brazil, to Cape Verde.
Africa, which is only about 1000 miles. with
the Island of st. Paul on the way. and the
northern route by way of Labrador. Green
land, Iceland, Farce Islands, to England.
cannot be considered. In each case the
nlghc over water is shorter than by the
other routes, but they are not practical ct
present.
General Brancker points out thss Il ia
possible to make the fight by both seaplane
and land aeroplane, but for the flight to the
Azores he points out very rightly that
the seaplane will be the best, because IL
can easily land on the water, while it would
be difficult to establish a landing Mace for
a land aeroplsne."
On the other hand, Mr.. Workman
points out:
Now supposing that it should not he
considered altogether possible to hy tho
1880 miles from Newfoundland to the
Azores in perfect safety. England RECENTLY
sank severAlN obsolete destroyers at Ostend
In she British and American navies there
surely must be at least ten destroyers in
state of obsolescence which could ba
sS1etcneo out across the 1880 miles, between
oesemoer ! ana May !, to act as lightships,
and the pilots of the airplanes would nsvns
be out OF sight Of destroyer With this
ald' together with their compasses and
wireless, ! cannot see why single ma
chine need be lost unless on account OF
engine failure. This will not happen to all
the -FOUR engines with which the aerial
dreadnoughts are equipped, and the flight
coula De continued with two or three en-
gines to tho Azores, or, II not, to the near.
est destroyer and the pilots and men ha
rescued" w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Ea 83z1zzzMa Around the World and Back Again

Druses in the hills southwest Of Aleppo,
where the people admit to being immi-
grants, and still older ones in Mesopota-
mia not far from The Euphrates. There
are also some Druses In Lebanon, where,
having accepted the Turkish yoke and
outwArdly protesting Islam, they seem
like another people. For 1t is their relig-
ion perhaps more than anything else that
separates the real Druses from their
neighbors, and this they keep a secret"
The writer then recounts the only
piece Of information he had ever been
able to draw from the Druses on this
subject:
"This sole bit had come to US from the
lips Of All aged and pious Druse whom we
had met a few years before in the noun
tains of Northern Syria. He was very
poor and we had employed him rs a guide
for many days together, thereby helping
him to exc out his modest subsistence. He
became deeply devoted to US and often be-
came unusually communicative on subjects
touching his people. Once, on being asked
to tell Us something about the Druse relig-
ion, he seemed almost on the point Of
divulging some Of the secrets, and then
suddenly checked himself with this story:
1T is not possible for mo to tell you Of our
beginning. It was in this wise. In the
beginning, God created the heavens and
the earth and man. Then, after = space,
man sinned and God sent great prophet
into the world to redeem it, and that proph-
cts name Moses and almost all the
peoples in the world followed him; but
the Druscs did not. Then time elapsed,
and tho world was still sinful, and God
sent another great prophet into the world
to redeem Il, and that prophet was his
Son Jesus, and almost ali the people who
remained followed him, but the Druses did
not. Thsn more tins elapsed and the
world was still sinful, and God sent another
great prophet into the world 10 redeem It,
and that prophet was Mahomet, and eli
the people who remained followed him ex-
cept the Druses. Then God was much
troubled and he sent tho Angel Gabriel to
the Druses with this message: II have
sent three great prophets into the world,
and all the people have followed one or
another, out the Druses have not seen At
to follow any OF them; must send an
other?" And the Druses sent back to God
by the Angel Gabriel this message: "God
is enough for us."'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

would have IL end. All in ali, these ~.
mopolites, from many known and manv nv
Identified places, make themselves at hon..
in this inland island, the Swiss Renuhi;'
surrounded by sea of bellgerent peonl.s'
Needle your way along the arcaded ga
walks OF Borne Or permit yourself tn i.
carried along by the current Of human =.
ings that surges up one side and down a.
other Of the Bahnhofstrasse of Zyr;.I.
watch the people, trek through the sbor.
and idle away an hour in some tea-room ~
hotel lobby. Your impression will be- tbs.
Of all travellers: Outwardly Switzerland
appears to be q nation Of intense activ;t,
of thriving industry, of happiness and pros'
perity. With the war the influx Of tourist,
ceased and the immigration of tourist ,uh'
stitutes began. The homeless, the radica,
the Bolsheviki and the trouble makers hav.
taken the place Of the sightseers. Tbs
man with a bullying brain and an em,t.
stomach predominates. The Swiss topr,..
to-day brings more ideas than money. and
his appetite is as keen as his inteIless
Switzerland has become the home for Nh
friendless Of Europe, the dininx-rooru "a,
the exiles, and the headquarters Of the Raj.
sheviki outside Of Russia-of the men wh.
want to end the war By revolutionisinr tss
world"