Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05
GEN. KUHN IS READY
FOR 10000 SELECTS
800 8-Men Tents Received at
Camp Meade Remove
Difficulties.
bath LEADS RAPID-FIRERS

bath LEADS RAPID-FIRERS
| CAMP MEADE. Nd. May 4.-Gen.
Joseph Kuhn. camp commander. in
discussing today the providing of ac-
] commodations for the 10000 selectives
who are expected to- arrive here May
25, stated that there will be no diff
| Guilty in finding quarters for the new
men in the depot brisade's section of
the camp. Three hundred pyramidal
tents, each capable of housing eight
| soldiers. have been received. These
tents, however. will not be used for
sheltering the men except on long
bivouacs in the field The receipt Of
this consignment of tents will make it
possible for some of the units to take
long hikes and remain away from camp
for week or more while engaging In
maneuvers and mimic warfare.
314th Infantry Leads.
The 314th Infantry Regiment has
taken first honors on the rife range
at rapid-fire target shooting over the
100, 200 and 800 yards courses. Thirty
two members of the regiment have
qualified to shoot on the mid-range,
snipers and sharpshooters In thu Army.
At rapid-fire work soldier is re-
quired to shoot at the image Of the
head Of an enemy. Only hits are count
ed. and in the finals the thirty-two men
who qualified made scores of more than
twenty-five hits out Of thirty shots.
Paul L. Tomardy Of Washington, D. c.,
Of Company H, made a score OF twenty
six hits. The best scores were made
by Joseph G Yost. of Company M and
William ]. Kenstermacher Of Company
F, each of whom secured twenty-nine
hits out Of thirty trials.
Ready for Connie Mack's Men.
Much interest is being centered in the
coming tomorrow of Connie Mack and
the Athletics. who are to cross bats
with the soldiers. The soldiers feel con.
fldent that they have a corkfnB good
team, and will give the Mackmen q
licking. The game will be called at 2:se
o'clock.
Then. too, the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, with Lenora Sparkes, prima
donna of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany. as the soloist, will appear at the
Liberty Theater at o'clock.
Private Harry MERCER. 9Th Company,
Depot Brigade. formerly employed by
the Franklin National Bank and a
Washington selective. has been trans
ferred to the Quartermaster Corps at
Camp Meade.
Lieut.. Walter A. Parker Of the Sig
nal Corps has returned to Meade after
several months spent at the front in
France. He has been assigned to give
lectures at the division signal school.
Lieut.. and Mrs Eugene Newbold will
entertain the wives Of Meade's National
Army soldiers at q tea. to be given at
her stone bungalow at. Odenton next
Thursday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
L Lieut. s. Nswboid is stationed at Meade
Wharton Pepper Of Philadelphia.
A class Of eighty non -commissioned
officers has just completed a practical
course in guns and drills at the Ma
chine Gun School. and a new class of
ninety N. c. O.s will take up this work
tomorrow.
Buck Becker, former pitcher for the
Washington Senators, is one Of the new
selects in Company X, 316th Infantry.
Private Vernon Chappell, another for
mer professional diamond star. IL an
other District Of Columbia selective
in the same company.
Mac Sommerville, a movie actor and
Georgetown boy, who fought valiant
battles against the legions Of Neb-
".
Intolerance" arrived at Camp Meade
with the last quota of District men.
He Is member Of Company K, 316th
Infantry.
Officers Of the District Machine Gun
Battalion have received a consignment of
Smith Wesson .45-caliber revolvers and
viii start target practice next week. Many
old soldiers prefer the revolver to the
automatic pistol, rs the vibration in the
automatic arm IL greater on account Of
the recoil than with revolver Onicers
who are armed with the Colt automatic
will carry q dozen or more loaded maya
zines.
The conscientious directors at Meade
have been organized a. the LIST Separate
ess on 1se PepSs Bssd Under the
the G. O.'s members Of the detachment
who fail or refuse to comply with lawful
orders by reason of alleged religious or
other scruples will be subject to court
martial.
One Of the most interesting features Of
the gymnasium Of the 3i0th Field Artil-
cry at Camp Meade is a battling dummy"
boxer Of Warrington. b. e. serst. caiIas
han of the 3loth Regiment is a former
sparring partner Of Nelson's The soldiers
find 1t very useful in practicins for their
sttns. far said to be very rood sub
put all your weight into both the body
blows and head punches. and 1t comes
right back at you every time.
Joe Turner Is going to bring his
wrestling bear" over to camp from the
Washington Zoo to entertain the men
| of the 310th Field Artillery at their
next smoker and, boxing meet Joe
offers to give any soldier $25 who
succeeds in pinning the bears shoul-
| ders to the mat. The bear is said to
be very sportsmanlike. If a man
wrestles with him playfully the bear
follows suit. but II you start any
rough stuff" his bearship can be az
rough as the dickens.
Billy" as Turner calls his wrestling
partner, holds the wrestling title at
the Washington Zoo. as he has thrown
every bear in the pit. There Is a big
black bear out at the Zoo that used
to bully all his fellows at meal time,
growing and stealing their meat
When Billy first put in his appearance
at the Zoo. the black fellow started
after him in the same fashion. Joe's
bear Immediately sprang some scien-
tific stun which completely outclassed
his unframed antagonist. He got a
half-Nelson on the black and threw
him SO hard that he was scared stiff,
and after that left Billy severely alone
The number Of patients at the base
hospital during April suffering from
contagious diseases were as follows:
pneumonia. 81: scarlet fever, 8: diph-
iberia, 3: measles, 80; meningitis, / !;