Trench and camp., 1919-01-30

ments at division headquarters this
week was that of the transfer of
Capt. James Lawrence of Co. b. 211th
F. S. B., to Fort Bliss, Tex, this be-
ing but a short distance from his
home.
The captain is very popular in
Meade. His Methods are simple. He
treats his mey fairly, every man be-
ing on the same footing, and when a
man disobeyS rule he understands
that he is to get the full penalty.
The captain has found the plan works
well and the men like him for it. 1t
is said that he was a general in the
Mexican army and one of his fellow
officers worked it out carefully, so
that he was able to say''that the
generalship corresponded to a corpor-
alship in the u. S. A." Whatever it
was, the captain had a great expert
ence, which he used to good advan-
tage in the Field Signal
Frank Cullen Woods of the Machine
Gun Company. 313th Infantry, and
son of the superintendent of Bonnie
Brae cemetery. Baltimore. is here
after being wounded in France just
after the great drive past Montfau-
con. He is very modest about his
work, and his cousin. John E. Cullen
the peoples representative of the
United Railways of Baltimore, had
to tell what the young man had done
Jack declared that he became an ex-
pert with the machine gun barrage
and that the old Browning was
pumping away at the rate of 500
shots a minute.
Incidentally. the 313th was the first
outht to use the Browning and the
result speaks for itself.
The successor to Mrs. Edward Burr
as receiving hostess at the Hostess
House is Mrs. Harrison, lady of at
tractive personality, who has already
made number of friends by her
thoughtful. delicate ways Mrs Eurr
is now the directress, to the great de-
light of the camp. How could the
choice have been better?
Lieut. Col. J. A. Barry, division adj
jutant, who has been ordered to Fort
Sam Houston Tex, as executive of
Ger of cavalry instruction camp
after being in Meade several months
and winning the praise and admira-.
ton or superiors and subordinates
allke. was at home not many days
hundreds of dissatisfied men who
asked him for discharges
A negro soldier was passing his
house singing at merry pitch. The
colonel watched him a moment and
then opening a window called the
negro to him. He said:
You seem to be mighty happy"
You bet All is. boss" he said "Ah
haven't care in the world L am in
the Army and I'm perfectly satisfied
to stay in the Army as long as dey
wants me-"
We'll" said the colonel, I'm mighty
glad to see man who is happy to be
in the Army. Here's a half dollar for
that song you just sang and remember
that want you to come by here often
and just as often as you do thereIl be
quarter waiting for YOU
The soldier grinned, of course, and
the colonel concluded the story by
saying, And you can bet that negro
came by very often
Lieut.. Melvin of Company B. 211th
F. s. B., caught the fever of men
about to be discharged, and said to
the men as they were about to be
dismissed after retreat:
Report to Sergt. Mccarthy" = &
1t so happened that Mccarthy was
the mess sergeant and supper was
ready.
Somebody stole all the <bugles in
the 211th F. s. B. Sunday night ana
the boys had a hard time answering
the reveille call. To find the culprits
the whole battalion would have to
be put in the stockade. ~
pretty good thing about a ''Y'''
man was told by Buyer Evans Of the
haberdashery department of HochsA
child, Kohn & Co, Baltimore:
my brother. in France, came in
wet from the trenches. He went to
a " canteen and the man said he
had no socks for sale, and the boy
was much disappointed, as these were
the very things he needed. But the
'Y' man excusedshimself a minute and
came back later with.a pair of soiled
hose in his hand. ! just took these
off my feet. They are dry Give me
the wet ones. And he put on my
brothers." g.,-
Elmer Boyer, sixteen. years old,
weight ninety ponndss is here at the
base hospital and the nurses and all
those who meet him: think he is one
of the finest and most interesting
little fellows in the Army.
when fifteen Boyer enlisted at Tur-
tie Creek. Pa, near Pittsburgh. and
went to Camp Lee. He was a bat
talon runner, and when fourteen
others failed to come in to headQuar-
ters through a storm of shells and
machine gun bullets 1t was Boyer
who brought back a message from
the front He is one of the smallest
men here.
- One of the attractions at the main
''Y" auditorium next week will be
. colored entertain eFs , from Wa ashing-.-
foY1 who will. aunear Tuesday night