Evening star., 1923-07-04

coming momentarily louder and louder.
We have reached the spot usually occu-
pied by the artillery, but they have
moved. We must be guided to them by
sound alone, for modern chemistry has
done away with smoke from guns and
everything at Camp Meade is ultra
modern. Suddenly we come upon them.
SO perfectly camoufiaged that We felt
the concussion of their blasts before we
could see either officers. men or guns
Spirit OF Nations Founders.
There are two batteries of them,
A battery salvo whistles across hill
and dale just as we reach their sta
tions. but we cannot see the result
because the guns are well hidden
from the enemy fire. But NO. 4 gun
fred not so true as the other, for
over the telephone from battery head
quarters a series of perplexing fig
ures are called out and repeated by
the officer in charge Of that piece.
NO is ready. sir" he suddenly
clear, sir" officers and men sudden
ly clap their hands to their ears and
all eyes are turned upon the COM
manding officer to watch for the drop
of his hand. There it goes! Crash.
boom! roar! sing the guns. A perfect
hit, for the order comes to rest for
Students Man Guns.
These two batteries are manned by
students from Harvard and Yale to-
day. But no one would ever take
them to be such. dressed in dusty.
greasy dungarees, their faces black
ened by the fire from the guns If
any Of you folks think these chaps
don't know how to shoot just ask the
crew of q coal train that attempted
to run their barrage yesterday. When
the crew reached the field of fire and
learned 1t was only a bunch of COL
lege chaps" firing it decided to go
| down to the coal pile anyhow"
Ignorant Of hd the Snon actions Of the rail.
chaps" kept firing away. Whizz.
went a she'll or two over the train.
Crash, 1t burst well away from the
workmen. But they had had enough.
AS man they took nose dive into a
friendly trench-and remained there
until long after dark. For the first
time in their lives they knew what
1t was to have French seventy -fives
whining over their heads. And every
one asserted that just the first should
be the last.
Athletics on Program.
But the bugle has sounded dinner
call and we must hurry. After an
other big feed-appetites grow large
out here in the open-we start out
again. From 1 o'clock until the
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tention Of the rockies again. At that
hour. however. all are marched to the
athletic field and at least an hour of
athletics every day is compulsory. All
manner of games are played and sew
era1 times a week there are base ball
games. Camp Meade has enough
teams to have an inter company
league. and rivalry for top honors
is keen indeed.
There is a rest period just before
supper and the evening belongs 10
the men. Fourth year men have an
hour Of studying to do at night, for
they are about to become leaders and
they must study the art of leader
ship. Officers sit with them and help
them whenever necessary. But the
others flock to the moving picture
show or sit about in groups singing,
or telling stories. Sunday. of course.
Is given over to religious exercises.
These citizen soldiers, however.
are learning many things besides how
to fight. They are taught the need
of sanitation and clean living If they