The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-27
MORE SELECTED men
TO GO TO CAMP MEADE
MarylaH Will SeEd Her Share of
HE Drafted Men to lie Trained 10!
Military Service.

Camp Meade. Md. Mar. Go Four
thousand and sixteen more men are
to be selected for service from Mary
land, Pennsylvania. Tennessee and
the District OF Columbia and sent to
this National Army cantonment for
training. according to an announce
ment this morning by Capt Roscoe
D. Brown. the classification and
verification officer for the 18th Di-
vision. The movement will start on
March 20 and be concluded on APP
ril 5th.
One thousand, five hundred and
thirty-two of the more than 1000
will come from various points in
Pennsylvania. including Philadel-
phia: 3S2 will come from Maryland:
1O2 from the District of Columbia.
Tennessee will send 1000 colored
selects. The negroes will be assign
ed to the 351st Field Artillery and
the 36Sth Infantry-the colored
units which are being trained here,
although not a part of the 10Th Di-
vision
All of the men will ebe selected
from Glass Ia, as assigned in the
draft, and while not actually d part
of the second draft, will be the first
of the drafted men to be sent here
under the Redistribution following
the sending out Of the missionaries.
Many OF the men will be selected to
fill vacancies caused by the rejection
Of men because of physical disquali-
fications and for other reasons. Ar
engagements have been made for the
reception of the rockies. They will
be attached temporarily to the 154th
Depot Brigade.
The soldiers of Jewish faith in
training here are to be permitted to
observe the Feast of the Passover,
which begins at sundown~ tomorrow.
Orders were issued granting leave to
| a large majority of the Jews for AZ
hours, starting tomorrow afternoon.
They will be permitted to go to their
homes for the first part of the festi-
val which lasts for a week. Return
ing on Friday they will have enter
| tainments and festivals in the can
torment until next Thursday even
ling The government has purchased
several tons of matZoth for distribu-
ton among them.
The lads of the Christian faiths in
the meanwhile are observing Holy
Week In each of the bungalows Of
the knights of Columbus and the
Young Mems Christian Association
religious services are being held dali
ly and moving pictures of religious
tone are being shown. On Godd
Friday there will be special services
at the main auditorium of the
knights and on Saturday Rev. Geo.
j. Bryant, the Knights of Columbus
chaplain, will bless holy water and
he pascal candle. Confessions will
be heard.
For the first time in this canton
ment a high mass will be celebrated
at 1899 o'clock next Sunday morn
ing. Father Bryant will be the cele-
brant. The hour was fixed at 1890
O'Clock so that visitors would be able
to reach the cantonment in time to
hear the mass. 1t will be sung by
Il choir of soldiers. Flowers and
potted palms are wanted by Father
Bryant to adorn the altar. Those
who care to send them should COM
municate with the chaplain at the
main auditorium of the Knights.
Every mother, father, sweetheart,
and, in fact, every citizen will be
proud of the boys of the 79th Divi-
sion II the plans OF MAJOR General
Joseph E. Kuhn, the commander, do
not go amiss-they never do. In a
special bulletin issued today for
the information. guidance and neces-
sary action of all concerned" the
skipper" gave the officers a few
tips" about saluting and uniformi-
ty of dress which he wants carried
out. In the bulletin General Kuhn
said:
Commanders of all grades are
hereby enjoined to make instructions
in saluting fixed part of their drills
until every officer, enlisted man and
organization can be, with gertrude,
pronounced proficient in salutes as
prescribed in the United States Ar
my regulations and the various drill
regulations. This phase of the sol
dier'S training must be considered