Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

The military police have been the
busiest organization in camp since the
holiday rush, examining passes. ana
still more passes.
So many pine trees are being plant
ed that by next spring, II the present
rate is continued, Camp Meade VIII De
a wilderness instead of military en-
campment.
Singing is the popular diversion
among the men. Almost every barrack
vocalists were professionals before
coming to Meade
When will quarantine be lifted?
Every company knows the meaning OF
that word in it's truest sense That
fellow who has not been "cooped" up
because of quarantine some time or
other is lucky, indeed
Company K, S13th. has an Industrious
bunch of nom commissioned officers. or
their own volition they go forth every
night to drill, one after the other TAX
ing command of the platoon. There are
thirty three corporalS and fifteen
sergeants. In this way they learn much
from one another and clear up all
points about which they have any
doubts.
Berlin boundv'
These words have been marked on
big one-pound she'll hanging in the
orderly room of Company X, 313th.
The shell belongs to Corp. James J.
Shireye company clerk. 1t was given
to him by friend who caught it in
a boat while near the ammunition pier
during the big fire at Black Tom Is
| land New York harbor.
Tony Matchefts, an Italian lad, who
Joined Uncle Sans Army, had an awful
time learning the duties of sentinel.
He did everything his willing soul
would stand for in order to learn, but
he just would get twisted. One night
he was walking post and the officer
of the guard was making the rounds
about am. The officer approached
Tony's post and Tony cried out: Halt!
Who goes there?" The officer replied
and then Tony slipped. He said "Ad-
vance and be recommended"
A sergeant in one of the big Army
camps down south was having a hard
time teaching a young Serbian his
general orders for guard duty. He had
| labored quite while with the boy and
| finally decided to try him out, so he
asked this question:
What would you do if the officer of
the day should come around while you
were on post %
Then what would you do?" asked
| the sergeant.
I'D say, What are your general
| orders?"
The sergeant gave up the job.
Rev r. c. Denison of a Congreea-
tional church in New Haven, who has
! been leader in defense work. is the
Y. M. c. A. camp pastor for the coming
week. Rev. d. e. McAlpin of Madison,
N. j., will be the religious work di-
rector, to succeed Rev. DR.. Charles +.
Goodell of New York, who had to give
up his camp work on account of pneu-
monia.
The colored barracks are not far from
tne quarters OF the machine gun bat
| talon, and one colored fellow, out very
late, applied at the wrong door,. He
was at one of the machine gun bar
racks.
Let me in therew he yelled, and
then he began to call those within
| many kinds OF Africans Being black
himself, he did not spare the adjectiyes.
| Finally out of the darkness came a
guard and carried the bewildered fellow
/ off to the stockade.
The cook for the Y. w. c. A. ventured
out at night.
Halt, who's there?'
| "a cook, subj
| Cook? If you have no pass you must
be locked in the can"
J But I'm de hostess cook"
you make that fine soup?"
ITS me that does it, subj"
Advance, friend. and be thanked"
Vincent Sexton, Knight of Colum
bus secretary, found a letter there ad
dressed to First Lieut. H. w. Marks, a
new officer, and he told Marks to come
and get it. BY the strangest accident
it happened to be a letter INTRODUCING
the lieutenant to Sexton.
From D. T. Ward"
! That was on the corner of a letter
Another glance showed that it did not
refer to a delirium tremens ward at
camp. The real d. It's are sent home
officers of the 23d Engineers have a
man who attends to their fires. He
went out late one night to get some
wood and ran into one of the guards,
who promptly locked him up for being
away from quarters without a pass.
The fires went out; the stove man was
sought as absent without leave. He
was released in the morning.
Here's bad news held back until after
Christmas. Little Pete" Brennan OF
Company E. the smallest man in the
313th, who was clerk of Company E, las
been sent home. He was sorry to go
and all the boys were sorry. He seemed
so small and young that some insisted
of the Army life. But on the contrary
he seemed to get smaller, to shrink up.
He was about four feet eleven inches
possibly smaller. He has been enrolled