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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
SHO' TEACHER
STARRED IN 18th On.
Sergt. Robinson Was School PFin-
cipal at Delaware City When
War Started.

Sergt. NJ. A. Robinson has returne4z
to Franklin. or rather Camp Meade.
whence he went to France over eleven
months ago. before Franklin waa
constructed as a training camp fer.
the Field Signal Corps. II was a.
this organization that Sergt. Robin
son became a member, and he wan =
member of Company c. 3O4th Battaa~
ion, which was attached to the 18TH
Division. His actual war experiences
were with the 313th Headquarters sCor,~
pany, his commanding officer in acfion
Deing Capt. Howard. 1t would be un-
1air not to state the warm affection
the sergeant and all the men Of Cant.
Howard's command held for fhesv.
commander n
Sergt. Robinson received his A. il.
degree at Oskaloosa College. Oalta-
ioosa, Iowa, entering from Canbfidra
ma, and he was at his entry into Tie
army principal Of the high school s f
Delaware City, DEL
IL might be stated that while en~
sased IN teaching Sergt. RobIuman
burned the prOverbial "midnialIf ollss
pursuing the study OF. law.
he was trained In Camp Meade anA
mas mas Oeen In the service more stnan
OHSbS <At mOHlI8WEUW.zl
france, where the Hun crown brine
$1,000 watching the battle of Verdsrf.
IN 1915, Is the point where the ner<
seant company first entered thefr6Is<t
mes. and where it went over the foss
on september rs, 1918, at the sfarf ~
the maj great offensive, advancinw 9Ssssss
unuously for six days before beirs.
renewed, during which time ff~&
scarcely had food or drink. owin~ n.
one olmcuity OF bringing up Supplies
on account of heavy fire. They yvSss<
ttnrough many gas attacks, at tin1en
Delng compelled to wear their go
masks continually for hours issss
mediatly upon bling relieved NJ fhaH
sector, a forty kilometer march 49,
Oruered 10 Troyon, at which place ff1Nv
went INTO action again, without fke
opportunity for rest. Here they hal<<I 4 !
defensive line for three weeks: 2hen. {
at. the Mouse Argonne, where thew
LOOK Hill S7S after fighting ttrounE
Oeatn valley, at which place they w&fn
continually advancing when ia
armlstlce was signed, the orwanfna~
tlon taking part in every enRarera1ms
of the division.
Sergt. Robinson was recommenanA
70 go to the officers training can1rz ~
me commanding officer of Can1St
meade, Maj. Gen. Kuhn, but decllnn1z
the preferred honor, preferring ~, -
overseas with the boys Of hie corn
pany. he Will soon return to his hons
tor rest. after which he will taka
up MS profession in educational WORK.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
SCHWAD TELLS BOYS
TO Be HAPPY ALWAYS
Steel Magnate Advises Wounded to
Look at Things in Best
Possible Light.

II am a pretty old man.. said
Charles NJ. Schwab of the Bethlehem
Steel Company to Walter Reed Hos
pital patients the other day. "and now
i just touch the high spots. 1 let
these fellows do the real work. They
deserve the credit. 1t reminds me of
something the great field marshal,
Foeh, told me. He was busy man.
and, like any good American citizen,
/ said to him. Marshal Foch, l thank
you and congratulate you for the
great work you have done He said,
1T is like this: The great staff of the
army Of war is like an orchestra.
Every instrument has it's part TO play.
Every instrument has TO be in COM
plete harmony with every other part
The part that fell to my hands was a
great stroke of fortune or chance, and
j only played my part as did every
other man. 1t was no one mans
work, but the harmonious work of the
whole. 1t was not to my credit that
into my hands fell the baton that led
the orchestra. That is the attitude
we should take: Not that we are the
great know-all, but that we are the
poi 10 tiiot Will WOIk IOT the VI
ourselves and the credit of our coun-
try
mr.. Carnegie used to say that he
did not think that there was any
business worth while that was not
done in happy frame of mind. You
only think best and well when you
are in a happy frame OF mind. You
can lose more than the loss Of an arm
or limb and still look at it in happy
frame of mind.
1--WE have at Bthlehem a brass band
i am proud of it. A crowd of these
boys come every year to Central Park
to play and 10000 people come to hear
them. Then ] take them to Sherry's
and have good dinner before we go
back to Bethlehem. They enjoy their
dinners as only a Pennsylvania Dutch
man can who doesn't have to pay for
1T. ! remember the last trip. The
drummer was in a happy frame of
mind and was sitting in the back of
the car with his head on his chest.
when the conductor came by and
asked for his ticket. The drummer
fumbled and searched for his ticket,
and the conductor helped him look.
Finally he said, Conductor, / must
have lost that ticket Nonsense, you
couldn't lose IT, The hell couldn't
he said, I lost my bass drum today
There is possibility of loss and of
bearing IT in happy frame OF mind"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
r. d. LADS PUT ON
ZINE LINE OF SPORT EVENTS
arrier and Bontly Startle the Audience
in S Hut by Sturdy Wrestling.
Boxing Is Clever.

tween Joe Maher. Headquarters Com
pany, and Billy ONeill of the demob-
iliZation center. These men are with
out doubt, two Of the best light
weights in camp and the fine exhibi-
ton they put up is worthy of the
highest praise.
The fifth event was a medicine ball
race. r. w. Mcpherson, Casual Com
pany, winning first, time 2-3 sec
onds; second place. O. p. Paul, SGD
Company; third place. c. Veselka,
Casual Company.
Sixth event, medicine ball passing
race, three teams competing. o. p.
Paul, 32d Company and L. H. Hopkins,
HeadQuarters' Company, winning,
time, 8 AS
Seventh event was medicine ball put,
o. p. Paul winning first; w. Buck
Casual Company, wining second and
]. H. Terpining. 32d Company, win
ming third.
The large crowd of spectators en-
joyed the entire program and extend
ed vote of thanks to the men who
so generously gave them the privilege
Of seeing frst-class talent.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
DR.. GERSON LEAVES
III ". B." WORK HERE
Rslfare Nan Gees to New York
Once Of Board, Where He
Assumes Big Task.

AFTER having served seventeen
|menths In camp work among SOL
|diefs. DR.. Samuel Gerson of the Jew
'lsk welfare Board left Sunday for
EeR York city. where he will be as
ciated with the national Office Of
board
RI Gerson Is a native of Boston and
= graduate Of Tufts College. He
tudIed also at the Edward Everett
Hale House in music. the New Eng
Ahd Conservatory and the Forsythe
hospital for Children. He has an
lfic6 III Chelsea, Mass.
Three months ago DR.. Gerson sue
eeiled Alexander Steinbach as head
& the Jewish Welfare Board in Camp
le4ds. and prior to that time he had
een at Camp Humphreys and in the
Hdewm2er district in Virginia. He
kaB serving also at Ell Paso, Fort
Bliss. Douglas, Ariz., besides two
homtlts in Zachary Taylor and six
honths on the Mexican border.
In appreciation of his work in Ell
asD ne was given by the community
wrist watch and by the ladies
len. He was also the recipient of
avek case ut Camp Humphreys.
Im Camp Meade DR.. Gerson made an
avzabie reputation as an earnest and
dnetrfous worker for soldiers re-
srdIess of their religious faith, and
nx.M OF the entertaining done by the
takd reached a larger number of
ei OF Christian faith than Of Jewish
Imitation.
TMh Jewish Welfare Board has been
Err active in this camp, and DIR. Ger
bu made many friends by his willing
ed@st 81 serve and efIicient woyof doing
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
TRACTORS DO NOT
ATTRACT u. S. men
American Disabled Soldiers Slow to
Accept Opportunity Which
Canadians Develop Rapidly.

Out of the 4, 376 disabled soldiers
whose cases have been approved for
training to May 1, by the Federal
Board for vocational Education, PSI
of them were taking some branch of
mechanics involving operation, repair
and up-keep of gas engines. OF this
number the great ma jority are taking
the general course in auto mechanics.
there being 233 of these in a general
couldass, Shalgcylaoec-fio DIR. heryg
course designed to make expert gas
engine men, automobile repair men,
and the like, out of the students, and
covers the whole ground thoroughly.
The course in tractor operation thus
far has thirty-one students, differing
from Canadian conditions, where trac-
ter operation is one Of the courses
most eagerly sought, and the grad
yates are readily employed on the
great wheat farms of Canada in oper-
ating the tractors; first, in blowing
and preparing the land for seeding;
next, In operating. harvesting ma
chinery and finally, in the operation
OF tnreshing. High wages are paid
graduates in Canada, but thus far, ex-
cepting the owners Of large wheat
farms, farmers in the United States
nave not apparently been as much
impressed with the possibility of US
ing tractors upon their farms The
explanation may be that tractors are
just being developed to meet the re-
qu1rements of the farm of diversified
crops.
There is highly specialized course
In gas engine operation and repair,
which to May l had been attended by
twenty-six students, but the majority
OF the men taking the auto mechanics
course seem to have in view the pos
sibility of garage, repair shop and po-
s1tions as chaufeurs and the like The
Federal Board for Vocational Educa-
ton believes that training in all lines
OF the automobile industry offers large
chances for competent men and be-
lieves also that later on the owners
or tractors on considerable agricuI-
tural areas will come to the conciu-
sion that expert tractor men will be
necessary adjuncts and indispensable
In overcoming labor shortage and the
prevailing scarcity of help at critical
times upon the farms.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19

8The Wiseacres met the Haymakers
3 yolley bali game at $3.50 o'clock
Nfiday. in which the former team sue
Rdta in capturing two out Of three
D1aly contested games.
Next came the big indoor ball game,
ld while the meteor caused a little
|cflnnssnt the Wise Guys caused
Of excitenent by defeating the
shSr wise Gays by a score of
4 t1s.
t. khird event was a wrestling
buf T. C. Carrier, s5th Company.
j e. d, lightweight champion of
hikarn. vS. L. Bontly. 18Th Company
banl1i6n. of wisconsin, two ten-min-
les bouts being staged. in which
Either man registered a fall. but all
&hd saw the contest will agree that
was one OF the most aggressive
|Fek staged I'm this camp. The men
bowed fne form and excellent physi-
III condition.
RE fourth event was iisht-weight
|oxlnx contest Of three rounds be-
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
DE- CANE
LIVER IN A DAY
antry Gets Meat for
EceMight Easily
|irnental Mess.

Tor while he was supplying large
pare OF the meat used on the com
p4my table. He uses a Savage or an
Army revolver with equal facility,
Nan0 IL is not difficult to understand
"why this 10 when one remembers that
ne was reared in the woods of Ken
|tucky as a mountaineer, and where
people are generally rather quick
b. the trigger" usually of a revolver
10 said that when he lived there
Twelve years ago. before coming into
he Army. he was ninety miles
away from a railroad. Now things
EaFe Improving, he said naively, and
the nearest road is only sixty-five
miles away
F He explained that it was dangerous
for any one. not known to the popu-
Nation, to venture into the mountain
districts, as they would probably be
shot down and no questions asked.
Reynolds Also Clever.
Sergt. Short is one of the best
marksmen in the 18th, and holds a
bu1lber of medals for shooting on the
f4mges He and his friend, Sergt ED"
Reynolds, are given to the same prac-
lice OF going after a little extra"
frSmh meat, once in while, and the
natter has brought in as much as nine
DQuiFrels, three rabbits and two par
&rAdges in one day. all shot with the
few01ver
s ssAnd, by the way" said both marks
Book rabbit to the queens taste,
lust look up Timora, in Company A.
He ought to have a job at the Stat
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
STUNTS ATV HUT
HOLD VAST CROWD

Friday evening found us engaged in
to V. has slightly changed our hour
Tor stunts. The boys are beginning
to look scarce, but our enthusiasm
and interest are still at fever heat.
All athletic games and stunts are
staged outdoors in the open air. Ey-
erybody looked forward to the base
ball game between 417th Labor Bat
tallion and the new enlisted men.
When the umpire, Corp. Rotten
bottom. who was the official choice
OF the 417th. yelled PLAY BALI! every
eye was focused on the little pitcher
Tor the New Army. Well. the little
pitcher has nerve, for every time he
bends his elbow somebody hits him
LOT an extra base. 1t was a fine game
barring ten errors, sixteen unearned
runs. twelve bad decisions by Rotten
bottom and about sixteen bases on
Dalls. Martin of 417th, still remains
In class by himself as a catcher. He
was the star of the game
Next came fine game of uuoits.
which was the best we have had. II
any team in another area thinks ID
can play quoits, come to hut and
see these boys pitch. Sometimes il
looks as though the quoits have ewes
they go so straight to the peg. First
honor goes to Clinton and McWiJ-
: liams, civilians
The volley ball games are the best
we nave had since the days of 18th
Company Development Battalion
You should have seen that contest
Friday. We claim that Hally. of 417th
Labor Battalion. is the best net pIay-
er we have had at our hut He pIays
a good, strong game Riddick of
Company d. Nth, is the best ALL
around volley player in this area: he
mas long reach and fine Judgment
In placing the ball. Fridays games
were of high order 1t was battle
royal. The boys had Reddick in a
tlght place. You should have seen
mat distressed look he had. Looked
as though he had taken tabasco
sauce FOR tomato catsup. The game
was on the elimination plan and It
gave about twenty chance at arst
honor which was won after fifteen
games were played. Some Of the
players looked as though thew had
been dipped in barrel of water after
gong through the games.
Come again, boys; make this hu{ and
1s grounds your home. H.P.H
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
WHEN THE SERVICE STAR
OF BLUE TURNS TO GOLD


wYoN H. TAPLIN, No. 254,515.
Company G. 30lst Battalion Heavy Tank Corps.
Franklin aCantonment, Camp Meade. Nd.
In every window in the states there was
But now the war is over and many stars
have turned to gold;
Our boys were dear to- US, so brave and true,
Just like our dear old forefathers of old.
But our soldier lads were heroes American
heroes each and all;
They saw what the slaughtering Huns were
up to,
So they answered their dear old country's call,
For at home in the window there was
service star Of blue.
At Hoboken, N. j., we were loaded on the
boat;
We sailed for a port somewhere in France;
We were soon sent out to get the kaiser's goat,
And we did make the old devil dance.
We got the numbering Huns all the run;
We chased them through their old Belgium
line,
We drove them with our old iron monsters just
They never stopped until they hit the Rhine.
Now many a home is mourning their dear sons
mothers only dear loving and brave son.
Now is lying meath KILLED in Action"
cross,
For he helped to make this world safe for
every one.
And every window had q service star of blue,
\But some of them have changed now to gold
In remembrance Of the lads that fought
hard for you,
Somewhere in France they died so brave and
bold.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
English as She Is Taught

From the Brooklyn Eagle
Ciemenceau's English is said to be
perfect, having learned 1T while a
grammarian.
schoolmaster in the United States
any serious student of language who
unraNeis English as she is spoke in
bound TO achieve distinction az
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
TO BETTY
ALBERT o. EGGE. A. &c,
personnel Detachment, Camp Meade. Ma.

Across the moonlight-melted sea,
a thought takes flight, dear heart to
In earnest of my constancy,
Q lovely, Fair.
| see thee in the morning light,
Thy spirits in the moonbeams bright
s1hou'rt with me in my dreams at nj
0 lovely, Fair.
Thy step still fingers in the glen,
hat waits my coming home again;
And III no longer wander then
From thee, my Fair.
Thy charms have SO enthralled me:
Thy love alone can set me free
God send me. safely back to t,
My lovely. Fair.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-15
DEATH DECREE FUR WOU[D-bE ASSASSIN
 IF FRENCH PREMIER

PARIS, March 14.-Emil Cottin, the anarchist who recently made an at tempt upon the life of Premier Georges Clemenceau, was today sentenced to death by the court martial which was trying him. The verdict was unani- nous
 After Captain Mornet, the prosecutor, had asked for the death penalty on the ground that there had been premedia- ton and no mitigating circumstances, Cottin rose and made a most amaz- ing statement. He said he was a mili- tant anarchist. an anti-militaristic, an anti patriot, and against all constituted authority.
 q would have shot the kaiser with more relish than NJ. Clemenceau, be- cause he too represented authority" he continued.
 T have no country. My country is the world"
 He made a long rambling statement saying that he eloried in the deed he had done and that he favored bolshe- vism and sparticanism and wished to strike down all who were in power. l Cottin declared that measures taken by NJ. Clemenceau 10 prevent possible in n- cidents which, might have arisen in May, 1918 during the strike of the em- ! ployes of aviation factories had ex- asperated him. He said :,
 He prevented meetings and was re- sponsible for discontent."
 During the day the prosecution point e dout that at the time of the aviation workers strike the Germans were only 50 miles from Paris. Medical evidence adduced during the day showed that q cylindrical-concal bullet having a diam eter of seven millimeters is now lodged in M. Clemenceau's body that a sec ond bullet passed through his overcoai and coat and that two others had pene. trated his overcoat.
 When he concluded, oscar Blocl made a plea that Cottin was. irrespo sible, asked that the court should no pronounce the death penalty and urged that Cottin should be interned in an in sane asylum.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-15
|. OF ]. ORGANIZES
 COMMITTEE ID HELP
 SOLDIERS GET WORK

- NAJHNGTON. March 1l.-An emergency committee on employment for soldiers and sailors was organized tere today by the council of national defense with the approval of he war and labor departments. The purpose is to meet the situation created by t.e radical curtailment of the RA-. chinery of the federal employment service. made necessary by the failure ar congress to provide funds for the remainder of this fiscal year
 Support will be furnished by the comWitiee to the 2000 branch bureaus or returning soldiers and sailors now maintained by the war welfare Jrgau- nations and local committees and ci- forts will be made Co establish such hureas in additional cities and towns through local financial aid. Co-opera- ton of local interests also is expected tO insure continuance of machinery of the zoo agencies of the federal em- plOyment service ordered abandoned March 27.
 Arthur Woods speGa assistant Co the secretary of war, in charge of em plOymcnt of discharged soldiers. was appointed chairman.
 Telegrams were sent today by the council of national defense to all gov ernors and the mayors of principal cities and chairman Of the state coun- eils of national defense making theii cooperation.
 A campaign tO stimulate industry ms a means of solving the unemploy, ment problem will be conducted anS employers will be urged to use thu available bureaus for listing thei needs. The committee believed thu work of finding employment for 100 900 persons @ week which has been Il the hands of the employment service can be continued without interruption
Arizona republican., 1919-03-15
Doorkeeper
 On the L0okoulG
 For AMI Fat Men
What, after all, is fame?

What. after all, IS fame!
 One afternoon, Doorkeeper Mcln- tyre of the house chamber was seen to be engaged in a spirited colloquy with Governor Hunt, who had sp- preached the door of the lower house when he was halted by the doorkeeper. The doorkeeper was heard to say to the former governor, "You can't go in there. I've orders to see that you don't"
 The governor was heard to say:
 "l have a right to go in there; have been member of the house and have been a member of the other end of the capitol bulldin9,' pointing toward the senate.
 "AlI right" said the doorkeeper, If you've been a member, ! can't keep you out, but they told me to look out for you"
 After the former governor had passed into the chamber, the by. stander came up to the doorkeeper and remarked:
 You've had great tune kidding the governor"
 What governor" asked MT. Me intyre in surprise. "Why. Governor Hunt"
 The doorkeeper almost fell out of his chair. "l did not know" said he, that he was Governor Hunt. The governor has visited Stafford several times and has spoken there, but 1 did not happen to go to the meetings"
 It was the turn Of the bystander to be surprised and to inquire what was at the bottom of this conVer- sation which he had thought was friendly badinage.
 The doorH.eper explained:
 Some 'f the members told me this morning that there was fat man hanging around here making a nuisanee of himself and they did not want him to come into the chamber any more. That's all the description l had of him; they didn't tell me his name. was jus. looking cut for fat men. Governor Hunt was the first one to come along that seemed to fill the speef- ficstions."
 The doorkeeper admitted that h, did not know Governor Campbell until quite recently.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-15
NEW JERSEY CARMEN
 REMAIN ON STRIKE

NEWARK, N. J., March 14--Charlton Osborne, street railway conciliator of the war labor board, will confer here tomorrow with representatives of the 4,500 striking employees of the Public Service Railway company and the cor poration to pave the way for a hearing, which will be given at Washington Monday by the full board. in an effort to settle the strike which has demoral- iZed service on the traction lines of north New Jersey for three days.
 William Wepner. strike leader. and Edmund W. Wakelee, vice president of the Public Service Railway company, returned tonight from Washington, where they were in conference with the war labor board. Neither would make any statement.
 In the absence of their leaders, the strikers held a meeting during the day
Arizona republican., 1919-03-15
17,ooo TROOPS LEAVE FRANCE

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Depart- ure from French ports of eight trans ports and five warships with more than 1000 officers and men Of the army, including 5000 troops of the 37th (Ohio national guard) division, was announced today by the war de partment. In addition to the Ohio troops, about 1,500 officers and men of the S6th (Texas and Oklahoma na : tional guard division) are aboard the ships. The remainder consists largely of casual companies and convalesent detachments.