Evening journal., 1918-09-10
EX-WAR SECRETARY
OFFICER At MEADE
Colonel H. L. Stimson Re
called from Front as He
Was Riding to Position
SAYS HE MUCH
PREFERS FIGHTING

Henry L. Stimson, former Secretar.
of War, has taken command as colone
OF the 3ist Field Artillery. after hi
service in France as a Lieutenant col
onel In command Of the artillery battal
ion Of the National Army That fired tn
first she'll against the Huns. Colone
Stimson was looking forward TO p3r
ticlpation in the Allied offensive wher
to his great disappointment ne was or
dered here. He was actually on hi
horse about 20 ride 90 an importan
position when he got his hurry cal
back tn the states. What 6mused th'
colonel was a report from France tha
he was there TO do work for the Ad
jutant General at the time he was hav
ing the opportunity TO fire the frs
National Army barrage on the German
lines in TIE NOsges. lie got his com
mission In the line after taking a course
in the war college in Washington las
summer. mucn OF his instruction bein:
under Major General Joseph +. Kuhn
now in France, in command OF the 1911
Division.
In France Colonel Stimson saw Gen
eral Toch and met Secretary Of Wal
Baker. Asked II he had a chat Will
The Generalissimo OF the Allied forces
Colonel Stlms0n modestly explained
that he was only a lieutenant cOlOne
then But as an ex-Secretary OF Wal
you might have" it was suggested.
"As an eX-Secretary OF War;" he re-
piled. 81 was a dead one"
Although 81 years old, Colonel Slim
son seems as young as the officers OF
his regiment when 10 comes 10 ride on
his favorite horse. Despite his many
activities in law and politics. he served
seven years in Tire New York National
Guard Cavalry.
Nineteen second lieutenants were ap-
pointed from the ranks. They are all
formerly Of the 9Th infantry and have
had service for a number Of years in
the regular amy. They are assigned as
follows:
To 18th Infantry-First Sergeant Jos
rept Sweeney, Sergeants Barney ID. Hale,
Ohn w. B3mbbitt, Benjamin II. Dust,
y Alexander J. Shaw, Corporal otto w.
Hudgins, First Sergeant Thomas VII
liams, Sergeants Robert Stockton and
Paul r. Taylor.
TG 7ith nfaniry-Corporal James r.
Long, First Sergeanls John J. Owens,
Harvey c. Days. Sergeant Robert 4. Col
win. First Sergeanis Arthur ]. Hodges,
Jewel w. Suddarth, Hugh J. Carraher,
Sergeants Fred Z. Hawley, Harley L..
Dearborn.
To 52d Machine Gun Battalion-F:rst
Sergeant Raymond +. Hicks.
Robert d. Goodwin, of Headquarters
Company, 10Th Battalion, Depot Brig
sde. has enjoyed the acquaintance Of
Sydney Porter %. Henry. Richard
Harding Davis and many other lesser
lights OF literature. He spent nO less
than nine months with Porter when the
author was seeking color for his won
deriul stories. More than once. work
Ing as a team, they pulled of big
stories for newspapers. Goodwin also
knew Jack London and saw much Of
the life with him that Lopdon describes
in his books.
Julian ID. Carey, who was a first
lieutenant in the ist Maryland Regi-
ment and was discharged on account OF
his eyesight, is now in camp with the
recens arrivals from Salisbury, Md. lie
became q Y. NJ. c. A. secretary after
his discharge and thus has had coniin-
uOus camp life in different parts Of the
country.
The C3d Infantry, which includes men
from almost every state and territory
and possession OF the United States, as
well as from a score or more foreign
countries. has an adiutant who began
his miltary career when he enlisted in
Baltimore in 1903 He is Captain W.
p. Woods. Four hundred men I'M this
regiment came from the Far East TO get
I'm the organization. There are Sast in
lians, as we'll as American Indians, and
as many as 26 languages spoken daily
i'm the organization.
Three cOurt-martial vcrdicts were an
nOunced today as follows: Clarence
Chase, cOlOred, No. SIS WhatcO1t St..
Baltimore, 10 years at hard labor for
disobeying orders and threatening to
strike an officer; Benjamin +. Link, Of
Philadelphia, six and a half months at
hard labor for being absent without
leave; Joseph Bates Of New York, 10
years for desertiOn and loss OF his army |
uniform.
Three men have been discharged to |
enable them 10 accept appointment as |
field clerks. They are Battalion Sergeant |
Major Vaughn w. Wilkinson. Edward |
l.. Sullivan and Ralph +. Henning
About 2i0 men OF the August draft |
were transferred 70 the 72d lnfantry, in |
command Of Lieutenant Colonel Harry |
n. Bull, a Spanish war veteran. lie left |
his home in Philadelphia mere boy |
In 1898 TO iight.
October has been set as CzechO-
Sloyak day at camp. The arrangements |
were made by the following: biaior [
Arthur Deering, Captain Joseph w.
Semei ad, Jr., and Lieutenant Frank ].
Prachaska, all Of Camp Meade; Dr. J.
j. Toua, Jonn II. Chytry. Fred kalas
and Frank Elsinie, Of Baltimore, rep
the Bohemian Czechs National .
Alliance and the Slovak League and .
DR.. J. Howard Hutchinson and Z. Nep- 1
rOs, representing the War Department II
and Navy Department Commissions on i
Training Camp Activities in war camp II
service.
The plan which has been sanctioned Il
by high officers in the army and navy j
is the development Of its activities
through the formation Of units TO care
for soldiers born in other countries
end now in the United States cervice.
Dances in camp will be arranged for
slcvaks, for instance, by Slovaks Of
Baltimore. Entertainments Will be pro-
vided for them and when they are in !
Baltimore on furl0dghs they Will nnd
welcome in congenial SlGvak circles.
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