Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-21
I. CAMP MEADE SOAKED
BY HEAVY RAINSTORM
Fleet of Lifeboats Would Be
Welcomed as Adjunct to
Equipment
LOWLANDS SUBMERGED
Boys of 315th Take to Water in
Return From Sham
battle
LOWLANDS SUBMERGED
By a stag Correspondent

Camp Meade, Md. March Il.
All that is needed by the Little Penn
outfit to make 1t a genuine fighting force
Is q feet of lifeboats and submarines,
for one-half the camp is actually under
water.
In the heavy rain-and few storms
have been more severe in this section
for several years-the camp or many
sections are literally submerged.
The 315th Infantry crawled back to
camp shortly before noon and wettcr
crowd could not be imagined. Every man
was drenched to the skin. and. reaching
the Il section. which is on low grounds.
the boys had to wade through gushing
streams to reach the barracks
The barracks Of A Company was In
the center of a lake that in some spots
was waist deep.
when the British battleship Victoria
went down" said Captain Fred Patter-
son TO his boys, every man stood at
attention. They were not afraid of
water" The captain plunged into the
lake and A Company broke into that
facorite camp song, Hail. Hail, the
Gangs All Here" as it followed the
captains example. One of the tribu-
taries of the Little Penn River flows
through the center of the camp and this
Is so badly swollen that the lowlands
are submerged.
The tracks of the w. r. and a. cleo
trio line are under water in several
places, and running schedules have once
more been upset.
No serious damage to the camp roads
has been reported All outdoor drilling
has been suspended
or to sham Battle
While the folks back home were dig
ging out their grapefruit this morning
the 315th Infantry. PhiladeIphia's Own.
was giving battle to an inprovised enemy
Hun In the Disney sector"
There were no casualties. fer neither
side used gas or live bullets, but when
the regiment landed in camp every
soldier admitted the mimic battle had
given him u heap of fun. Late yesterday
the regiment, with Colonel o. b. Rosen-
baum in command left the barracks and
journeyed to a point two miles south of
Admiral.
Theoretically the regiment encoun-
tered the scouts of an opposing army
that was moving toward camp on the
line of the Patuxent River OF course
the camp had to be guarded, SO Colonel
Rosenbaum ordered a halt Dog tents
were pitched and there the boys re-
NAMED During the night raiding par
ties, made up of detachments from the
regiment, harassed the camp and kept
the outposts busy
Recruits for Motor Battery
The 3O4th Trench Motor Battery, the
camps baby outfit, is being recruited
to war strength, and today received a
big quota of men from the 15ith Depot
Brigade. The newcomers welcomed an
opportunity to leave the kindergarten
class in soldiery and marched over TO
their new home with much enthusiasm.
The men who are assigned to this
unit, and majority are from Philadel-
phia, are William Allen. s. f. Bray, w.
J. Cummings, Walter Delaney. Thomas
Feeney, Casper C. Gauber, Charles w.
HILL James Kimmett, John l.. Land,
Samuel Latta, Harry +. McCully, Will
( liam Mcintyre. Vincent Milione, ]. W.
Reece, William Rule, William A. Smp-
son, William j. Sommer. John Tucker,
Fred. Wieder, Charles l.. j. Adams,
I Charles j. Ammon, Samuel Il. Bender,
Clarence l.. Buffers, Walter f. Carvell,
Benjamin Chase, Marvin II. Conklin,
Blaine u. Deppe, Jere +. Donovan. Sam
uel p. Edwards. Cecil }. Finneforck,
Edward j. Fleming. William Il. Frantz.
John j. Gallagher. William l. Gait, STAN
ley Il. Gerth, Wilbur Hawk, Harry c.
Hilbert, Carl S. Jarrard. Bart A. Kauf-
hold, Benjamin F. Kelley. John a. Kline,
Joseph r. Kemerokas. George p. Krat-
zert, Matthew u. Lawler, Morris A. Nc
! Carthy, James p. Mcdonald, Edward G.
McCauley, Joseph McNels. Edward j.
Madden, John j. Melvin, Albert Mighli-
accio. Thomas Il. Morrisey, William J.
K Moore, William a. O'Brien. Richard j.
Rager James L. Reed, William Schompf,
Roy J. Skiles. Clifford W. Snyder, George
Spencer. Barton f. Stirk, Mervin +.
Stoner. Raymond Swartwood, Ira w.
Tenant, Walter II. Wakeman, Roy G.
Weiman. Roy r. Walker. David l.. Will
lams, Charles d. Wilson and Frank p.
Wonderly.
F Shift of Troops
y The following men were sent from
the depot brigade to the 304th Division
Train and Military Police: A. c. Bag
ley. William w. Day, William +. Egan,
George V. Keen. Jacob Longweiler. Sgd
ney c. Nelson, William A. Neubauer,
Joseph Ginty, George Z. Hall, George
F. McCoach, Peter II. MaheE William
H. Miles, Leon C. Saunder. John p.
!, Taffe, Stanley Wentz. Frank w. Bow
ers. Frank J. Kenney. Henry ]. Mac
Namara, Francis A. McNamee. William
A. Schultz, John =. Bartlett, Fred Pal-
kenstein, Christian Fredercksen, G. l..
2 sHagle, William c. Heder A. T. McDon-
aid, Louis Niccol, Paul Lottinger. Dem
mis- A. Ring, Samuel Roulstein. John F.
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