Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-14
nm YOUR RECORDS
TO CHEER SAMMEES
c,ore Discs Will Be Warmly
welcomed by Soldiers in
\ French Camps
'pAr-L CRET LOOKS FIT
r.,uer Philadelphia Architect Now
interpreter for American
General
Rv HENRI BAZIN

A efdf Corrrssssp americdn ArmU ~ France
THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
X THE FIELD. Dec .. 49,. a,o,or.r,
n,,ations in the American eApeu'-
osa. force II I could get N'c'roia OF
uonsis, ,,sc records for their mess. They
o'ner act u suggested that perhaps rev
nase - American newspapers VINO
reaoe.s eohines might be willing to donate
oWn .,.sir Collections a few used RECORDS
Ion' n,Ld still stand grinding out grand
that W." w. s,in,e or songs. Many outhts
opei"acbjnes and some records, all OF
n, ns,e are worked overtime. system
wn.orcbange has come into beins, anu
" ". o,her day carried In the press car
tne records to a camp miles away
4 49, an oven exchange was mace lot u
Il W. .hat had been in use there:
70 ,.o,, have a Victrola you Know no"
welcome new record. Supposs
sor had but, say, twenty IN all az.
.rs 5000 miles away from any pom.
wsere you could buy another "ouS 1n,.
VIZ ho glad II some one gave You ie"
you y, least YOU had not In your coliec-
tna' az Surei That's Sammee's case
fright now
r,a other day behind the lines where
S,,sn troops were top training our
a,onned in a village that n pass 10
csrtain place might be vised. a
sv., itentenant with the sphinx or the
oreter ON his callot and his collar
l..n,ed 10 the door of the car and SAID
srsnod morning" In the conversation
.sat followed found I was talKihe 10
nou, cret. the noted Phil idelphia aren't
act who designed the magniilcent bu-
rsau of American RepupiicS bulluils -, ~
T,asbineton. and who for few years
. before the war began. was proleeSor VI
.nS,tecture at the University of Penn
.r,xania Later in the day / had the
s,sasnrs of sitting beside Mr.. Cret Mt
,..noheon In the mess of the stan IN a
S.,d hospital, and talking Philadeiphia
- h,m 7 told him l would report meet
,ns hin. and, through the EVENING PUB
.,c IppoER. give his greeting to MS
many friends. ,, ,,,,oa
o.. rce Immediately after Germanlc
IAac,aration Of war and saw much iront
service during the first two and nan
vaars being slightly wounded once ana
rain in hospital through illness. lie Is
VOW attached as official Interpreter 10 an
American general of division. He is one
| 4, the less than n dozen interpreters IN
w ~ q eGi cd
the French army W. :, r.ni, throuub
ofhcers. having seeu,Ia nia Us ",n,r,,,s cause
faithful service III ms anon,rtrant
Ere ieit MN VIC u,a,r, sor,awhare
10 take luncheor at q H., ~ ,ha ,in,e
In Phlladeiphia sonis NJ s.,.s. - COO
10 come. 10 any u 'o - NJ Cot
this article 1 pes " soy ''"'
looks III anu "eN'
r,a .xieencies of army service at
49, .nt.iI nersonal sacrifice for the
49,. Good Of that service. a number
u b,eh reg,mental officers who came
80 Erance with their commands and
- hafora served with them in China,
~. ~ tho pbilinnines. let alone Mex
hayo heer snread out that their ex-
r,ancee In the regular army might be.
.r,s ~ wider use in either the National
rroy or In other work.
pacsnt,v I had the melancholy pleas
- 90 sscor,inp a colonel. n lieutenant
a,ona, anI two majors of one regiment
railroad stations or points beyord a