Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-21
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idea OF what the war was about. He
MADE Dig nit with the suggestion.
1t was a great show which the 6ad
infantry pulled of. and the boys aug
gest- that the name be changed ffom
Never Again" to do IL Again. One
or the best hits was when one 0f the
comedians. Marshall, declared that he
could put over anything, as he be~s
longs to the order Of the GC.~ Thia
he said. meant Croxton's Canaries. The
name Is said to be due to the fact
such great singers.
Sergt. Jack Smith. one OF the regis
mehts rough riders. was down IN the
third row at khe Lyric, Baltimorm, and
had with him d mighty fine looking
girl The sergeant IL no piker. In
cidentaliy he says the cad boys are
willing to give their "RodeOv for
charity any time. anywhere.
Capt. ]. R./Bromwell Branch or the
base hospital staff, son of Rev DIR.
Henry Branch of the. Presbytery az
baltimore and one of1the best known
ministers OF Hhe east, has just re-
turned from China. where he was i
part OF the yale Hospital in- that
country. Capt. Branch spent nearly
nve years with the celestials and
comes back ready for any enerK ef,ey
10 which his country may CALI him.
he Is an old Johns Hopkins man.
Is Private Corbett. Company Vi. 1Gill
infantry, has lived in New Orie&sn.
Dallas and Alexandria. La He de-
Glaze that he will return to Toulame
University after the war, where ne
ropes to be graduated. S
ts "a
Sergt. Harrison OF Company ID. I9fl1
Infantry, halls from South CarolfYhz
just across the river from Savannah.
ca, the native place Of the editor of
Island ana Fort Screven in the coast
artillery 4!
William Baumgarfner, who haa.
pneumonia Recently at the base hos
pital, had the pleasure OF receiviMg 4
Logan Station. Philadelphia. NE
Gaertner is of the Wayside Misei6si,
and his friend is now recovering.
Lieut.. Levev. cooks and bakers
school, was showing Secretary hest
Of the "Y'' overseas forces through
the baking kitchen Monday afternoOf.
Mrs. Best also beinep-present. The
secretary was telling OF the methods
or TIE other side. and the lieutenant
was saying that much care was exer-
ciseds here. in seeing that the bread
was kept perfectly clean while be-
ing delivered to the barracks.
II suppose the French are careful. +
too" he remarked
Well" replied the secretary, they
pile their bread In n wagon at the
rear and send 1t forward, but Il Is
not covered"
Ii is interesting to note also that
10000 pounds of bread are baked IN
Meade every day and that part Of
this Is made in field ovens. The Army
is still using 20 per cent corn meal.
Charles Collier. formerly of EllicOtt
City. is one of the PhiladeIphians IN
Company Il. 32d NJ. g. B.. He Is one
of several brothers ana mighty fine
boy. His father is cashier OF the
Patapsco National Bank Of Eliicoft
City.
When Sergt. Chauncey II. Wolf.@
18th Company, Depot Brigade. looIS@
ed into the Grmistice date he figured
out that 1t happened for the follows
ing reasons: July 4. 1914, was the
last big holiday we had in this coiIn-
the fourth day of the seventh month.
Add these together and one discovers
that the war stopped on the eleventh
hour >of the eleventh day OF the
eleventh month GIBBS, counting four
years = as, the length Of the war. asA
the last holiday occurred on the
fourth"
See how easy it was.