Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-15
MEADE MOTOR TRAIN
UP.TO-MINUTE OUTFIT
Post Exchange Steward Gives
Boys in Rifle Pit a
Surprise
M'KENNY ON THE JOB
Men Who Will Supply Ammunition
Have Perfected Great
System
By a star Correspond II

. CAMP MEADE. Admiral, Md. Feb Is.
"Well. III he jggered." exclaimed
walter Small, of Headquarters Com
parry 3i2ih Field Artillery. as he left
the rife pits and turned his attention
to maze of army trucks and mule
teams that had gathered behind the fr-
Ing stations
What's the game?" asked the former
Philadelphia statistician. as he stepped
toward mysterious looking rig with
an old-tmc prairie wagon top. \ bland
smile greeted him, for George II. Hayes,
tteward of the post exchange OF the
soith Ammunition Train, was exceed
ingly happy.
mot game" said Hayes, "you
know our OUTFIT is designed to carry am
munition 10 YOU fellows up front We'll
VIC amt fighting just now. SO thinking
that you might need fcw cigars.
chocolate drops or bit of cake.
bundled a part Jf our general store into
this rig and drove it out here to the
rife range. Ain't half bad, Is it,"
It vas not necessary for Small to
answer for everybody in the 3l2th
Field Artillery and the 30ith Ammuni-
ton Train agreed that Hayes was there
hundred ways as \ post exchange
steward. incidentally. he is the first
+, a.. <,,io,,t ,,,,,. g., ,ro,,,
he" ~ 'i'o
portable exchange. And just while We
arc talking about this affair. it might
r., ,I,,el, ,o state ibpl .jayes L. :,
me-, II,
Phliaue'ph's"' 10 'o ''"'''i'" "' "N''
in lIaverford and J" part owner Of
Iayorford Court
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e,ep "P
"n.e'a ,t.,,,. Not,o,,o, co,,.
mandcr of the ammunition train, makes
this comment; III WIN nc up 10 our
outht 10 carry amihuih'Io' 10 i've w!
In the trehches. so we hiaue start w
real war WORK ny pIils'ls '.sa'S i nnu
canoy 10 'no posS III r"e ''ilo p'.o' '"''
pit OF auNancc '"'c,.n'H' n'u We
WI, carry aii,inuni'ioI Jus, 90 ,I'o"''F
40 nay 'a.to ',o 80. o. -, - .,.,,,
MAJOR Mchennes, WIZ l'a9 oo.l' 'e-vl', I..
menueu ior nS",en""' l'i',' ~ ;
might nave aud.u .'aC '',S ,,,'i'i, I.,,,,"',.,o
ua'i. "nu ,n a., ,,,,i,,,,,a,,t a.,
ol pe ioS'e, s a'' ''' "
motorized from 10 H. ,...,,-,
60. ,,,,t, ,hn,,, a., ,r, a.,
~ s,,,,ii,, rho,,I,s A., , nant
20" oe n,auu ,',1 ,xnar, dri,cr. A,
Iii, 49, ~, SaU.,,y-rir,h ni,ision
s',,,,,,,nd r,,,,t, ,,,ni,inns vI,en tho hnvs
.oi,a - ,t,a ,ran,,ro', ..n,er tbare" Ana
!, ,,,i,, ~ A. ~ III, ,,,,ro fo,. a hi,. trucl,
,h.t is ,irtuoitv mnrhino .I,or on
whse,e has tho facilities 10 renair guns.
In ,,,nrd ,bis o,,,a, uilI do nearly
.y.rytbin, ovc,ut huiId cannon i'm
tho trenches 'r,,o reuair men will he
able TO fix an,thiur from broken bar-
meas 10 tho delic1to -nerhanis,u -. a
Jack Jobnyou rinr aud 0y these war
necessitieu on the battlefront
.
UP TO THE MINUTE
From Philadelphia have come big
bunch of expert machinists who are now
i IN the repair mechanics school which Is
directed by an ordnance officer. These
men will man the moving iathcs and
trip-hammers Others who are familiar
with honk cars and autotrucks will do
the driving while those who possess no
mechanical knowledge VIII serve as am
"'1on ,anu,, ,,c.,
,,aD % ,.' ,re 'a'''' - NniJn 'o'n-
,io, om, u nnose,,' inoiss"ionai ,' piano
sInooo W. WI, "'' ''' """u" "'au''" ior
1917 eaSu' .,.,
r. ~ .me v,' uaaT an ''''l,,ul'i,,o'' 'ra'n'
hn, ,,n neieH CO., coi,.''ron o' hlu'e 'eains'
nSs u'e ~ oVf,n' WIZ, '',e ava OF tie teIe-
tho s' 's.enl , anu ne, VI ,notoIt'uchS' Is
Wa I ras' moru , ~, lnpu,rn transportation.
n 80. .". n,'aue'puiallS are plazihs
a. cue iiunS ana ma themselves
~. neeu VI ,, am'inuil','o'l. an 'hat VIII ne
Wa;ss n,s, WI. We 's'epnoh' message TO
"sSor r Mchenhey' lie WIZ do tho rest.
a,o''hui,','n t'.n ~ one OF thc
,y outii's OF ."c cN's'on ana accord
is 10 ph,o,l o. ope" u" enlistment SO
t,,a n','iaue,pn,a", "a,i' 10 engage NJ
tras,,,, ne WHICH, Wy the way, Us 'N-
MeaSa s naIa, uous' 1uat Journey 10 camp
eI aue anu present gourSeh TO the eH-
as su,seons:
o,r,,n,tr tne hiaueiphiahs VINO hold
C.n.n,. III nne organization are
p,a'" ,a,, oonIi d, lnayer' 'ap'alh stan
I,a'o''' rHst Lieutenant iiobert
'eeSWeii' son OF brlSadler General