Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-25
BOYS AT CAMP MEADE
HAVE ARTILLERY TEST
Philadelphia Regimen; Makes
Good Showing With
Big Guns
PRACTICE COSTS $4,000
Funds Raised at Little Penn bv
Mrs. Lathrop Aids Sufferers
in France
PRACTICE COSTS $4,000


camp Meade. Admiral. Nd, June 25.
! fhiladelphia's artillery regiment. the
| oi-th commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
'' ~ Ihomas. crawled a bit nearer 70
tne German lines today when the hovs
III lnlS unit tried the big guns
! ne hring Of four-point sevens is the
st real sunnery practice that the boys
nave mad, but General Kuhn and other
oincerS who viewed the firing assert Cd
That 1t was very accurate.
| ~ battery. commanded by CAPTAIN T.
H. YORK. Phlladelphan. was the first
o%lsaniAatlon % to open fire on the targets,
WLlIe the honor of firing the first piIn
! fell to Lieutenant Il. L. Davis also n
! Philadelphia man.
| tach shell fired represents an out1ay
or 800 and as more than 400 shots we're
nren' todays test cost the Government
| $4,000.
! Aid French Sufferers
four months ago Mrs Isabel S La
tnrop left France for America TO aid the
| war 'hest OF the American fund for the
French wounded She came to Little
| Penn.
| she made a stirring appeaI TO the
oillcers and through the aid of Brigadier
| "eheral W. j. Nicholson succeeded in
raising ss6Oo. Today the General re-
! eened letter from Mrs. Lathrop in
"nich she tells OF the good work done
with the money that was so generously
contributed by the Liberty division ofn-
| GERS She refers TO Mrs Helen Cream.
uaugnter or General Nicholson and wife
y. brItish army officer. and describes
ns p'Clinl plight OF the women and
! naoies of France who are driven fro,,
! homes hN ba
Mrs. Lathrop visited Philadelphis on
her American tour and obtained MANY
thousands OF dollars in that city. In
ner letter she says, in part: II was de-
| Hsnteo 10 be able to carry out YOUR
Wishes In establishing a Camp Meade
nut with $4,000 OF the generous ,moun,
subscribed ''
Camp Meade's Hut
somewhere in France an American
u''ision had headquarters in a yillag.
very near 10 one of the depots and il &C.
CURED 10 me that il would be a brilliant
'oea 10 establish the Camp Meade b,,t
on one OF the dusty roads this sup,ner
which lie near our depot and where
thousands of Americans are passine,
| Every day. As your splendid daughter
e" Is connected with this depot of
. e' ! was very keen on establishing
nf
's activities Everything was arranged
and we were looking forward IN sendinS
your ofhcers photograph of the nIace
"neh word came that this division is
~ oe moved on and Helen NAV have 70
| " '""Sierreu TO another place Fortu
a'eiy' we mad not spent the money and
we VIII hnd another place very soon
II Al OF our girls have done wonderful
! Tboms,nds 'ols emergency moment.
uSanas and thousands of poor women
ana children, with few old men ha,.
arrived at the station in Paris n,a,,, ",
them leaving their villages as The enemv
| entered the other side. We established
temporary vestaire at the Care d,,
Nord' and there we have been nipht
ana DAY ever since the first few hun
ureus arrived Most of the families
s prousnt their cats. many of them dogs
Dozens of them had perambulators ana
too many of them brought their not
goats. 1t would have been funny if il
had not been such a tragedy to see
| these poor creatures cingng to their
| house pets. We had dreadful time
pulling the goats into the motorcars.
They objected strenuously to more
travel out we had TO insist upon them
gong from one station to another with
their families. and finally every one was
taken TO another station, where they left
FOR various parts OF France
Another Victim OF Kuitur
One poor woman had been to the
funeral OF her husband who had re-
Gently been killed In the bomba rdmept
She was returning from his grave, when
she, too. was struck and both legs were
taken on. Then came the German adj
vance. and she was among those un-
! fortunates who had to escape in those
last days of March. She was brought
to Paris on stretcher. and our girls
found her among hundreds of other
sick or wounded people who were
brought to the Care du Nord in trains
! She fell TO the lot of our girls who
! carried her from one station to the
other. and they said her spirit was per-
! fectly marvellous
| = How fortunate it was that | went to
America and how glorious it was that
| people were SO generous. The checks
and extra supplies arrived Just in the
nick of time. and in consequence not
/ one case has been sent away from US
and thousands and thousands have 'bene
| fitted by your combined generosities.
I'VE hope and pray that you may all
| be over soon. and ! often think of that
! splendid body of officers who rose before
me that day at Camp Meade, when I
! was privileged to be part of such an
/ Inspiring scene. There is work to do
I for every one of the brave men, and we
only pray that they may get here in
! time"
Transfers Announced
| The following transfers were an
| nounced today;
Second Lieutenant Harold b. Basch.
| of the 154th Depot Brigade. to Camp
| Hancock.
Private r. b. Harlan, headquarters
detachment. to aviation section signal
| corps
Albert C.. McCurdy, headquarters
| troop, to 3l1th Field Artillery.
Harold r. Dykhouse, 154th Depot
| Brigade, to 3l2th Machine-Gun Bat
| talon The following men have been
assigned to the school for cooks and
| bakers:
| From 314th Infantry-Edward NJ
Ebenhart, John Richardson. John Cos
| tello, James G. Rainey, Harry l.. Miller.
! Edward d. Brynam, Albert Wilson,
! John M. williams, Otto Phelsticker and
| BENJAMIN Sacouler
! From 3l5th Infantry-Charles Shain.
/ From 316th Infantry - Henry c.
spaher, John V. Rosenberger William
| r Siegfried. William II. Hackman.
From 3l0th Field Artillery-Harry
| c,ratning and Peter Zubrisky