Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-20
RISH'S GIRL CROSSES THE
Z CONTINENT TO MARRY HIM
Moselle Thompson, Negro Soldier, Finds
$500 in Bonds and Returns Them
Next Day to Soldier-Owner.

There Is one boy in camp who is proud
OF having a girl who would literally go
the limit to marry him.. He is Charles
E. Irish of the Motor Transport Corps.
in w block. and the girl he married was
Miss Marie Able of Seattle, Wash.
The girl crossed the continent to wed
him. AS the ceremony took place in
Baltimore, Irish spent his vacation of
nine days in the east, and he says it was
surely a glorious honeymoon"
The bride and groom agreed to be
leave Of absence and went home to see
her He thinks now that she is the best
little wife in the world" and who Is
going to say that she hasn't proved it?
When Sergt Joseph c. Cissel came
from France last week he received
postal money order that had followed
him across the ocean, having been sent
to him by his mother. Mrs. J. III. Cissel,
from the family home in Silver Spring,
Md. The soldier had just sailed when
the letter with the money arrived IN
France. "Bilr' Hamilton, the 'Y'
chauffeur cashed it for the soldier. 1t
was dated January ~. 1919.
Returning from France a lieutenant,
"Chick" Jackson. former porter in
Akron, Ohio, paid a debt of 5000 and
interest, when he returned with the
31st Infantry (colored) a few weeks
ago.
The story Of the honesty of Jackson
was told by Sergt. Dick May of the
headquarters Of the depot brigade,
whose friend In the firm of Witwer
& Russell, in Akron, was the man to
whom the money was due and paid.
Jackson was his porter" said Sergt.
May, land he had owed the money to
Witwer for a long time. The negro
is a mechanical engineer, but had not
been able to make much progress In
his profession SO he made his living
by doing odd jobs. principally that of
a porter"
Charles Jackson was the real name
of the negro, but he was generally
called Chick" In Akron.
And he won a medal for bravery.
After everything that has occurred
Witwer has taken lively interest in
the welfare of the negro and will see
that he gets a good job. He hopes to
have him placed with the Goodyear
Rubber Comapny.
A dinner was given Friday in Balti-
more for Gen. Schindel. former camp
commander, at one of the leading
hotels. Gen. Schindel was delighted
at the courtesy and returned in time
for the dance in the Log Cabin, given
by officers of the 18th Infantry.
Orders have been received to dis
band one more training battalion and
two development companies. The de-
partment has stated that Is men may
be given jobs as Army field clerks at
q salary of $1,000 per year.
Moselle Thompson, a negro soldier
of Headquarters. 35lst Field Artillery,
was walking by the main "Y" when
he found a pocketbook. just after a
movie show, lying on the ground. he
found that 1t contained three 500
liberty bonds. He returned it the next
day to Sergt. Leon Gavan in Y-26. who
had offered q reward for its return.
Capt Wilton Snowden of the 315th
Infantry Is back from France. having
been gassed on the Argonne front. lie
left here as first lieutenant and was
given q promotion at the front. He
said the boys were anxious to get
back home. His home is in Balu-
more, where he practices law.
st. Patrick's day was celebrated In
Meade Monday with several dances
and all the pomp and Ceremony which
goes with the time-honored custom OF
honoring Ireland's patron saint.
The camp morale officer was kept
busy taking notes of the soldiers who
were wearing the green" Morale
seemed to have reached the point
where St. Patrick required. special
consideration and finally Capt.
Boehme came to the proper conclu-
sion that military discipline could at
least be relaxed for such a righteous
cause. ,
1t was not determined whether the
Sim Feiners were numerically strong
er than the gentlemen from northern
Ireland, whose ancestry Is somewhat
akin to the royal house of Scotland
There were no fights. no harsh words
NO ugly faces but plenty of blarney
from Killarney.
One dance was given at the main
Knights Of Columbus building and
included an entertainment arranged
by dramatic representative Dick"
Carroll Of the Liberty Theater. The
18th Company. 4th Training Battal-
ion. also entertained their friends
with dancing.
About three hundred tankers ar
rived Monday from Camp Bennings,
Ga. and were sent to Camp Franklin.