Evening star., 1918-01-10
Must Learn to Hit Hard.

Must Learn to Hit HARD.
Every man in this camp owes his
strength soul and mind to the govern
ment" said Capt. ODonoVan- we
must learn to hit hard. In order to do
this it is necessary for every man 10 pe
in good physical shape.
LIS an illustration, suppose an enemy
army captured Baltimore and Cen
Nicholson decided TO attack them. the
entire matter would be dependent on
physical force. Every man must be
able to carry on his part of the strug-
gle, An army depends entirely on this
Now, after we learn to hit hard ana
develop punch, it must be remembered
that we cannot keep it unless we keep
dt This is wfare the physical exercise
counts. Take boxing. for instance II
develops confidence. quickens the eye,
harcens the muscles and toughens the
man.
I'VE must be in the pink of condition
TO hit hard. And we must see that every
man is SO conditioned at all times 20
bring us victory. 1t is not always science
that counts in war. but rather the ability
to hit quick and hard-striking before
the other fellow
Capt O'Donovan continued his lecture
by Illustrating the work he desired car
rieds on in the different companies by put
ting the gloves with an officer. From
day to day he will give similar instruc-
tions.
But the plan to hit hard goes farther
tnaN tne captain specially Oh boNlHS-
In order to fit the men for the work they
will face abroad. the training hours on
"Wednesday afternoon will be utilized
DC. Boys in Hare and Hound Chase
Yesterday the boys of the District Ma
chine Gun Battalion. with the exception
OF the men on the soccer team. partici-
pated in a hare and hound paper chase.
Lieut.. Washburn of Company B. who is
k6A~n r:' a fieet-fcoted runner. was the
haze He was given few minutes start
before the boys In the ranks and their
officers started in pursuit.
The lieutenant led them over hill and
down dale, through woods, across the icy
fields Mile after mile was run off in this
manner and at the conclusion of the
runsit was painting, rosy-cheeked bat
talon of District boys that drew up on
their hare" Some had bumps and
bruises from skidding on the ice, but
they were all happy and voted the affair
In other units company games, rough
and tumble In character, were staged on
the slippery drill fields. Soccer, basket
ball and every imaginable outdoor game
were played by the boys.
Boxes of Sporting Goods Arrive.
To foster the athletic work. the COM
mission on training camp activities has
sent huge pine boxes filed with sporting
Goods to the different units of the Liberty
TALON fell heir to one Of the cases of
sports stuff"
It was peculiar sight to pass through
the camp during the physical training
honfS yesterday afternoon and see the
warriors discard their guns for sports
some thirty thousand men participat ting in
ment.
An elimination contest was started last
night in the District battalion quarters
TO PICK a representative team Of glove
artists Lightweights, welterweights and
neavyweights from all three companies
are 70 mix things up during the evening,
while the boys and their officers sit
around the ring and applaud the fighters
Company A has selected a number
OF 9i.daI .ermidable-lookins ia men to be can
d1dates for the battalion team VIII
liam fKiG Mccoy, a selected man
from Georgetown. is lightweight
who Is firm in his belief that he can
cop premier honors in the ring.
Battling" Mortimer P. Donahue "E. o."
George Decautor and Harold Toomey
are out to get the heavyweight honors
Tor Company A, while Fighting" John
I. Casey is the welterweight repre-
sentative of the outfit.
! Buglers and Privates Appointed.
The following appointments were
IN Company D: AS buglers, Alexander
B. Petrie and Paul P. Foster; as first
,-ciass prtvates. Elmer C. Andrews, Car
.:ron Bailey, Bernard Barnes, William
=. Brown, Lewis E. Conner, Guy ..
Gray. Owen NJ. Grinder, Fred f. Hall.
George w. Holt. John F. ODopnell,
Frank Osborne. James F. Rossiter
Anthony Sesso and Joseph Splitter.
Eight ordnance officers were trans-
ferred from this camp today to Camp
jackson, Columbia, S. c.. to assist Mai
Thomas F. Brown in organizing a con-
centration camp for enlisted men in
the Ordnance Corps. They are Lieut.
Lawrence S. Brown. Lieut. George w
Curtis, Lieut.. Chauncey E. Doud, Lieut.
Herbert NJ. Hartman, Lieut. George
Watkins, Lieut.. Lorin d. McCleary,
Lieut.. Philip G. Vondersmith and Lieut.
John T. Zaleski.
"A special examining board for medi-
ral officers has been appointed by Gen
Nicholson to conduct examinations and
determine the fitness of medical of
fcers, exclusive of those attached to
the base hospital. The members of the
new beard are Maj. Robert c. De V.
Cornwell. Maj. Robert 3. SchackeIfred
and Capt Bertram T. Duekwan.
New Officers Disappointed
Eighty-three new officers reported for
sservice with the Liberty Division yes