Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-26
Preparing for Events at Laurel.

officers and men Of all mounted or
| CARNATIONS at Meade are preparing to
| take part in the horse racing, ath-
| 1etic and other field day events which
will be held at Laurel race track next
| Thursday. The engineers In camp at
Laurel have also invited the Meade men
| to attend a big dance in the evening.
| Forty officers and enlisted men staged
| a number of elimination horse races
yesterday afternoon at Meade to deter
mine who should represent the 310th
Field Artillery in the racing events.
1 This regiment is commanded by Cox II.
, L. Landers.
| Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Hero, jr., COM
| mander of the artillery brigade at
/ Meade. will enter his chestnut gelding
Persimmon in the Laurel races. Per-
simmon will be ridden by Lieut.. Coch-
ran. Lieut.. Col. Charles G. Mortimer,
| commander of the 311th Field Artillery,
will race his thoroughbred mare Pyra-
| deem.
Camp Meade Notes.
| The District battalion Of machine
! gunners is acquiring a practical work
| ing knowledge of the metric system as
| a part of it's war training. Tables Civ
! ing the approximate relation of the
metric system to our measures have
been posted on the bulletin boards in
| Washington selectives.. One Of the re-
| suits of the war may not unnaturally
| be thu abolition of our Anticipated sys-
item of weights and measures and the
1 substitution Of the metric system which
| has been adopted by thirty-four ma
| lions as the simplest, easiest and most
widely used.
| fngton newspaper man. and now
! member of the 9Th Company, Depot
| Brigade. has been detailed to special
work with the field statistical force.
| Soldiers at this cantonment are to
| be given an opportunity to qualify by
examination for commissions as second
! lieutenants in the Philippine Scouts.
| Depot Brigade, and formerly instructor
! at the officers training camp at Fort
| Myer. has been detailed to the board
which will examine applicants for this
of the board include Lieut.. Col. Charles
| G. Morton, 313th Infantry; Maj. Andrew
| w. Smith. 310th Machine Gun Bat
| TALON: Capt. w. H. White and Lieut..
| John S. Striegel.
Privates Jack Casey. Oscar Powell and
Jack Brodt of Company A. District Bat
talon. have been transferred to the
United States Guards. at Philadelphia.
Men at Meade and other camps, who are
found untitled physically for overseas
service are transferred to this branch of
the military service. The principal duty
government docks, munition plants, docks
and wharves.
Private Frank Wailing has been ap-
pointed company mechanic for Company
A of the District Machine Gun Battalion.
Private John J. Mcneil Of Company A
has been promoted to private first class.
which puts him in line for the rank of
non commissioned officer.
The 9th Company Of the Depot Brigade,
to which the last quota Of District men
were assigned, is commanded by Capt.
c. A. McClintock OF Pittsburgh, Pa.
Private Catalina Peregrino, who
came to Washington from the Philip
Graves of the general staff, has been
| transferred from the 9Th Company at
Meade to the 56th Engineers at Wash
ington barracks.
| Private Harry F.. Hinton Of the 9Th
Company left today for Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, where he will join the 9th
| Depot Signal Battalion.
| Private Rinaldo NJ Columbiano of
| the 9Th Company has been transferred
to the Quartermaster Corps at Camp
| Meade.
| Privates William F. Ballinger, Will
liam E. Gooch, Robert B. Rasor and
| John E. Wiener of the 9th Company,
depot brigade. have been transferred
to the 18th Company, depot brigade.
| Private Asa Abraham nicknamed
THE Turk by his comrades from the
| District of Columbia in the 9Th Com
pany, is in reality a Syrian He is
none the less subject of Turkey and
says that he has twice served in the
Turkish army. The first time he re-
manned in the army an entire week.
| but the second enlistment, he states,
lasted only twenty-four hours Ac-
cording to Abraham. who ran a chile
con carne place on AZ street south
! of serving in the Turkish army if you
know the ropes. You feigned blind
ness, deposited dollar on the table
and the Turkish medical officer pockets
| the coin and marks you down as blind.
| Private James T. Loveless of the 9Th
Company has been transferred to the
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