Trench and camp., 1919-01-30
CAPT. LAWRENCE. 2l1TH F. S. B..
FORMER MEXICAN OFFICER
Col. Barry Finds Man Happy Over Being
In Army and Tips Him Every Time
He Hears Him Sing.

ton, and was formerly in the west and
two years in St. Paurs School, China.
One of the new chauffeurs for the
"Y' is William Hamilton of New York,
who served almost year for the Red
Cross in France. lie was in Picardy
and many other points, and declared
that the American boys were magnifi-
cent He said there was little drunk
enness among them and that in a
village where 1000 men were on leave
not more than two would be found
drunk.
The principal fault of the soldier
was his prodigality. He would pay
any price FOR a thing he wished. said
Hamilton. and the French dealers soon
found this out.
Conditions in the barracks of over
seas men are being improved and the
men are made to feel at home SO far
as possible. In the hospital number
of girls have been obtained who give
Swedish massage to the men who
are suffering with complaints, which
are said to be helped by this method.
Lieut.. Col. Mendel Smith, division
judge advocate, has sailed for France.
He was once a candidate against Cole
Blease for governor of South Caro-
lima
AN interesting fact in connection
With the hundreds of war service rec
ords now being received every day
at the headquarters of the war history
commission of the Pennsylvania
Council of National Defense, 1900 Lo-
Gust street, Philadelphia, is that near
ly one-third of them are accompanied
with photographs of the men who are
in the service. This shows that the
parents, relatives and friends of men
who have gone into the war are
anxious to have a complete record
preserved in the commissions ar
chives
The blanks are being printed in the
newspapers and also distributed in
every county of the state through va
rious agencies. Every man who has
gone into the service, either of the
United States or of the allies, should
be represented in this record of what
Pennsylvanians have done in the war.
The commission reports that it has
not received very many letters direct
from boys at the front. 1t hopes that
friends and relatives will deposit with
the commission copies of the letters
which have been received, as these
will prove a very valuable record in
future years.
Partial reports from twenty eight
states received in answer to ques-
tiCnnaires of the Council of National
OclcHSc SIlOW IIlOtS THAN 800
in expenditure already authorized for
roads, canals, reclamation construc-
tion. and the erection of public build
ings.
In order to provide necessary en-
ployment for returning soldiers, sail
ors and war workers. the Council of
National Defense. Washington, ID. c..
has asked the aid of all state, county
and local community councils in fos-
tering this work.
1t is probable that there is now a
total of more than $10O,0OO,00O worth
of public work authorized or financed.
The $5S,25O. 600 already reported is a
conservative figure, as it is made up
from funds already issued for actual
projects.
The following lads-members of the
63d Infantry, which is now stationed
at different points about the east on
guard duty-who are under quaran-
tine because of mumps, have been
transferred to the 18th Infantry:
Company B-Privates p. Bruce, A.
Graustrom and L. C. Moore.
Company Corp. f. Martin.
Company Corp James j. Cos
tello
Company H Corp. WIadyslaw
Smolasesyk, Privates Argyle Des-
mend, Feduico Pienoir Harry SiegeI,
Joseph B. Chapman, Francisco Lu-
chette, William Reddick, Anton Weis-
enfels.
Private John Mitchell, Headquarters
Company, list Infantry, and Miss Tillie
+ koszak of Baltimore, Md, were married
by Chaplain Alexander at "Y" e,
Camp Meade. January 10.
Secretary Robert j. Powers of the
Knights of Columbus BIB Block"
building has left Camp Meade for
Otisville, N. Y, where he will become
leader of all knights of Columbus
activities at the government tuber-
culOsis sanatorium being built there.
Secretary Powers had been at BIB
Block" for more than six months. and
. had become popular with the casual
companies passing through that
section of camp.