!' ' VW . 9 V V i m V 1 1 - , t 1 V .. J - - c - V il'.l "i"' sj&f -i " mi, . ft ?in u Rfc'. :4 . : n I? Pi i io:k VVk ' IW.V fe- v V i lOSSe. 1 ti & 1 jfrn IX t X Y ADOPTS pRPHANS'ATCAMP 'Philadelphia Women to AcE :.) as Godmothers for I Meade Men PLAN ALREADY TESTED n , !? Many Soldiers in Training, Without Families, Find Life Lonely nnir K.ini:. Mil. N'ov. 10. lliroUKli it'-L . the .portals of 1'I.IIndMphl.i oclcty tlio "war Ik KodmoUicr" lias arrlel iit .Veudo Ono F hundred and tlfty of tin elcrtl men from v. ... ....., f im state, men who up rived here without Kith or Kin. hate been formally "adopted" as war "n'hHn? the leaders of the socially rlwt of 1 hi U delphla and Its em Irons. Th'snew art llj wak revealed hero by Hdffar W Nl " Held secretary of the V M C A anion B the .artillerymen here and the son of VI II llaxi II. Nicholson, president of tlie b.tna Title aw Tmil Company. Mrs. neorge Wh.it ton Pepprr and Mr William S. i:ills. of rn M.iwr. iictlns Secretary of the I.arlleV .nlll.ir fu Wiir Work of the Y M r A. n- the I""'1" ,'?' pirlta In this nw nioeii"H' ""it l rlr coadjutors Inc ude hum!'..)' f mati ir Sir. Nicholson raid , This new pan loi Kodniolkf hat l'en tried abroad and vi tuiirnl It exollc-n; VVc tlnd our orphan' mil illy ll.ruiiR.i th efflciency rani, wM'Mi are Hll'il out when the selected men arrive In cver Instance wo plan to take only tho.o who ha no kin here, or tho-c lioo families are too poor to provide them with the little essentia that are needed to keep soldiers contented Already at least 150 me.i without fami lies hac been presided for. and the women are Intensely interested in the work. These "Bodmother.s" provide their charges with sweaters, elfts of all sorts nd take them tn their homes as often as they get leae from camp The majority of tlio men whom wo have placed are ehaps from the anthracite, districts. We obtained the facts tecaril lnfj them from the rardi and a little Judicious questioning of thUr comrades. There Is no Intent to cle any charitable aspect to this work, and the -p undid women who are Interested would !) tlu first to re-ont "ncli an Imputation The men are simple innd to feel that they hae really been "adopted" and that thee a omen have their c.ire anil comfoil In mind at all timc. It l? a siilendlil kind of war work and b-is met with crent , response from both lde l'"i." iiistnmr I hne Jut levelled a ltter finni Mis Jane Mageo, of 433a Chestnut strut She iniornm me tmt she Iiin 1mm plaml n number of the bos fron; the :i!!th Held artlllerv and that j-lv inuui take . m nf dozen moro and lliul '"sodmother.'- for them. nnna t- Ilii'liard'nn the noielt, b,i.. written to ui throtiKli Mips, I.tiflla Coley. that Kh rotil.l take charge of j dozen lads here Exendlne, the all-Amerlc.in end of Hie Carlisle Indian team of jear aco and no i Coach of the Cieorceton fnheritvV south, eastern champions, has come here for a conference with (Ins Wekb an o'd farllsle Comrade He wants to nrranpe a poM Mason iontest betueen the rol e;i.nm ami the officers' eleven of th! antoiimeiit. the proceeds bo to the lied i'rn-, or ionic organization of that nature Three hundred men who f.iiled In tho tubercular, beau and r.i'ntal te-tH were dis charged today I if the number njcc'ed, eighty-sit were I'hlladelphians Korty-seicn thousand pournl- .,f tnrkevs hao been purchased foi-Thanl.Biin here CHRISTMAS BOX ON WAY AS SOLDIER IS KILLED War Bride Here Prostrated at Accidental Death of Aviation Sergeant in France A Christinas Pox filled with daintier nd containing nics-sace." of love fent Iat Friday to a jouns American aviator In France will never reach Its destination, for a telegram from the. War Depart ment rece vel laM nlitht by Mrs. Alien Merkle, 4187 P.ldgp avenue, contained tho Impersonal black and unite announcement that Sergeant George i: Merkle. to whom the box wan addressed, had been acci dentally Killed November 17. The yount; widow, who in a br'de of only wn months. Is prostrated as n re' suit of the, sad news. ,i -d over and over again sh sobbed "What can I do with out lilm?" as she r-.ul and reread the telegram. Her au-n, Mr Umllv Onnovcr. with whom tio lived at th- Hldt-o nvenuu address, and hr brother William S. Sor ber. a machinist, SG.'u Queen Lane. Talis of Schuylkill, have ben unable to comfort her. We sent him a Christmas box last Fri day." said Sorbcr "It was a month to'day he wrote home last He was In Paris then, I think, bright and cheerful, trjlng to tet a commission In u nonfl'ing squadron" The young sergeant he was onlv twenty, four years old enlisted April l In the ground supply department of the Thirty seventh Aero Squadron, signal corps. Two da-3 liter, ten rtavn after the declaration of war, he married Miss Alice Krall Sorbtr daughter of Mr and Mrs. William Sorber' He was sent to Texas for pre,imlmrv traln !nc and the young bride went to live with her aunt. The young American lecelved his first training at Fort Sam Houston, Tex Aftf-r having been at that -training camp for several weeks he was transferred to Fort Cotton. L. I. Whllo at these two stations ha made several (lights and was considered above the novitiate class During his i-ervlce at Fort Cotton he visited his parents and wife on a twenty four hours' furlough. That was on Au U8t 17. Three dayB later he sailed One month ago yesterday his father re celved a letter from thu voung sergea ho aid last night. According to tho father the. son gave no Intimation of tho naturo of his work, abroad In tho letter ho last received, "He told me he was In good health," lie aid, "and feeling, better than he ever did before In his life. Ho had nothing but praise for the young Americans who are serving their country and nlso for tho olil cers. I Imagine he must have liked tho ervlce Immensely." S- aw i use Don't worry nnv more about that itching: fl.in-troublc. Jut get a jar of RcsFnol Ointment and acalieof lies. .C inolSoapatTydmgstore. With the (" Reiinol Soap and warm water h.tjhe '.J' ,tke afected parts thproughly, until "'.' fe' re kee from crusts and the skin fr fpftncU Pqc, very.Brntly. sbread mn- - m i 'jaafVY-s.- HE:. . CL r MMKKiO. I J I t 1 mm, si li UJJJJJHJKv;y? H I 1 " J ''nnWliii j i VTto. kC . t K3&h&' Hffira l wmm&mfii' . I " $i: i IX AMBULANCE SERVICE Clarence Walker Worst, former West Chester newspaper man, now stationed at Camp Hancock. REAL WAR WORK NOW GIVES ROOKIES THRILL "Somewhere in France" M;irlu Model for New Drill in Fighting TRY OUT ENFIELD RIFLES Five Thousand Shovels on Hand Furnish Exercise for Doughboys to CAMP DIX. Wrlchtstown, X. J . Nov. JO nov. :o. A now development In th training of roolt'es here began jei-terday No Inn&rer Is their work conllmvl to the school of the so'dlor and the school ot the company. In addition to the llepn:iry work designed to niakn s ildlers of i remits, tho work from now on will bo definitely linked with the Inn nest nf triticli warfare that the "N'a tlon'tl ' srvnr ijay will lie rloim; "roinewhet In France " "Hit work up to tin Mine has been to make the men phi. tin. nmr.illv and inentnllv Midlers, to chance their psychil ogv fiotn tint nf civilian to soldier. From now on H will utilize that soldier attitude to develop and to ii; the inetlnda anil weapons of light Inc Trenches, machine Kim, grenade", bomb", n, dugouts, wm no longer be abstnu t Ideas, bjit will be tho familiar tools of (lie men and cierv day's work Work on tlio rifle i.ince begin vesterday when two of the Infantry companies had their tlr.st trvout on the range with their new llnflold r'fle" The machine gun com panies are le.ii nine to tie tea! nidohltiu, nuns instead of listening to talks about them Olllcers are attending schools to learn h"W to defend themselves ngalnn gas attacks The doupbbnji- are learning how to throw bombs, and the fact that thev u-eil to play baseball wed I., liy no means ,i guarantee (li.it thev will be good bombers They are ilo getting lots of very practical evpeil enee in that most e"sential and unronrintle method of trench warfare dlggiag. Five thousand man-sized shoviis have arrived in camp, the tool that the doughbo.vs arc to use in digging up about three square miles of teiraln ind making It look like a bit of northern 1'iame The .i t tlllcrj men are mlius to get to work with (heir guns j,ut thev have not vet arrived In the meantime thev are get ting much theoretical work in problems Within the net month the men will have learned the rudiments of methods, and then will come a period when they will simulate comb it Kegiments will be opposed to each other, and the men will go Into (he trenches for several da.vs and nights and in slum battles work out problems and maneuvers In offoiif,e and defense. Willi tho new development In training a strliter icnsorshlp will b enforced Much of the work will be experimental and a greit deal of it wld be new. Cameras and tihoto'jraphe'-.s no longer will be permitted to go around snapping things under the lUlhnr'ty of th, r pa .- IKreafter only no il-tv a week .whl- allowed to photog. raphe r. ntul t'e wi.i 1.. ablvctcd tn a verv s net of""- hip h Pis- they will be rniittnl publication. The rookies here were delighted to hear that the" will be permitted to go home over Thanksgiving. Those men who live it a distance w''l be granted an extension of time In order to go home. CAIilP HANCOCK LIFTS TEN-DAY BAN ON NEWS New Chief of Staff Overrules Espionage Officer and Sum mons Reporters Arc.UVTA G.i . Nov 20 The cenor skip ban at Camp Hancock has been lifted. Major Stephen O Fuqua. of the regular army, newly appointed chief of staff, suc ceeding Lieutenant Colonel Kdward L. King, who s away with Major General Charles M. Clement on a Government mission, reached tho camp Sunday, and upon learn ing of th,e situation .took steps tn remedy It. Yesterday Captain U, C. Tllghman, Intelligence olllcer. sent for newspaper cor respondents and told them the camp was open to them. For a week or ten days correspondents got no news except what they gathered from sources other than headquarters. The situation was not to the liking ot local newspapers. About ten days ago they with drew their correspondents and since have printed nothing regarding the Twenty eighth Division xccpt what developed from local sources Tf ir you just cant Kelp scratchind Resinol -if necessary to protect the cloihinj. This should be done twice a day. Usually the distressihij itching and burning stop with the first treatment, and the skin soon becomes clear anel healthy again. RefttiiAl Ointment. will, ih-t..!..it.. i i clMri i.y pimple. ftodU a mot relUble houe- fciJJS'CJ :j.n:: DICE AND SOLDIER DON'T MIX IS RULING AT CAMP MEADE Youths Bound for Little Penn Might as Well Tuck Them Away at Home, for Gamblers Are Banned CAMP MEADE, Admiral, Md . Nov. ID. TVCAIt JACK When jou pack our J '.woolen socks and knitted sweater for Camp Meade, put your set of Ivory dlco In tho Icebox or somewhere else, where tltcy win keep from disintegrating during I .vutir career In tho army. I'lce havo been banned at I.lttlo Penn. n ud that Is why I am writing this letter, t was fearful that you might chuck a set In I vour bag If you do and land here with the pesky things you will bo a marked man. for they will check you up as u gambler. A gambler In this camp Is a3 welcome as a mouse at an old ladles' sewing circle. I trust that yoii w-lti accept this tip and kctp It In mind, for I don't wont 0U to get In bad It looks as though you will land In tho 312th Field Artillery. Pown here we call it tho "tioldllsh outfit. ' because tlio mess -ergeants are -o fond of solving salmon. That habit has become so fixed with the .. iv,.. ...t,i n,TA.A., iiiui the reirlmental exchange managers have put In a corking line of saidines to sitltfv tho men who don't like salmon Klil.L A I5APT Ol fAP.PINr.R Wo certalnlv dj se ,i raft of sar dine." said John A l'osta steward of the evchange, today Testa, before mal Ing bis debut as chief steward of tho exchange, lived at 1B22 MoKean street lie is a corporal, but has been detailed to do the stewardlng In tho exchange. I uso that word qulto frequently, becaiiso the boys In the "Goldfish Outfit" dislike the word canteen and detest the word store Thev aro sensltlvo about It, so I am humoring them a bit. Gcorgo Kennv, 5517 Chester avenue. Is tho cigar salesman: Samuel Mark. 150 i:ast Wlshart street, Is the cake and pie dispenser, and Joseph K Fltzpatrlck, 729 North Thirty-nfth street, is the bartender extraordinary. 1 don t know how long "Fitz" will get away with It. but between you and the lamp pot he has put In a lino of cider that is attracting the men of this division, like molasroh diawa Hies. SOME LKTTMiS AKC AMITSINC You know it ts amusing to lead some of tho letters that reach here fiom fond moth ers and respectful fathers 'Iliov discuss the tiifdern hardships at Camp Meade like eluy Unipey refers tn treinh life Well, hero Is o good one trom I'csta, of tlio i'luth IXchinge. "Mam of the bo.vs object so strongly to the no.se in the barraiks that I have inttoduced : line nf bedroom slippers They aro in time colors and equipped with felt tiles They ."11 rol tw ontv-llve cent. pair and business) Is good How manv men back home wesr bedroom slippers? Well, that ought to convince ,vou that we are not living very close to nattiio The eats havo improved neatlv lfin per cent In the last month and this i clue to the efliciencv of tho cooks Fct Instance, Mr. Andio llMcr Is the chief cook for the divisional quartermaFter'r detachment HIs- ipiHlia 10c " NVfc ,A . XhxSt'fyr 'c height p I iBlf'BJ I & Product) is a ttgar that men molt M I jl and know "why" They den' (imply light M I II V. uPcItw the tnd and firgtt about it. f lllllllllll I IFI OP. l9 AJW 11 Jl iL llllJ The I IB I H IIIIIlM In I 'I nating judge ot good cigars. Iim1111111111111111111111111111m1.mil ii..t .:n j T( i,i , ei. ler Is known throughout the country as the retired chef of Delmonloo's famous New Vork ttstaurant, lie retired a few years ago when ho got tiled piling up his money i bought two automobiles and tried to live without working. Along conies the war and lllsler decided to cook for a bunch of Samnieos Ho re futes (o take money, but is having a rattllhs good time. OBJECTS TO EXEMPTIONS Now Jack, vou have probably heard stories about tho alleged unhapplness of tho men In this camp, but turn a deaf car to those arns. A few men who would be discontented In any place havo been re jected and arc making statements that cannot bo supported by tho real men. Just a couple from real soldiers T. Hazcn Smith, of headquarters company. 312th Field Artillery, was employee by the Item Ington Arms Company at Eddystono when tho draft law became effective. Ho entered t.in army, but ofllcials of the company had him exempted on the ground that he was moro iieroscary In the rifle plant than In the iinv miiii went oaeK unci tint n ,,.,i. a low ah .lit Ills exemption that he Is coming ' it ' slull teinaln with the army, ' .aid i. ... i., ., .. . '. . " "-' Multh. 'until the war is over .' din Murkier, another member of this e'onip.ni.v, arrived in camp with u small Iiish nag lied to hi dress suit case After seven weeks in c iini Markley has this to say am happy and contented, and will remain in the reivleo unlll I'nclr. Sam licks tho Kaler Hood night. Your old pal, non FORTY PER CENT OF THIS FRATERNITY SERVE U. S. Members of Theta Kappa Psi Will Have Many Stars in Service Flag Member.- of the "Prep" school fraternity, Theta Kappa Psi. there aro only 250 of (hem In the United State-, aro proUrj 0f Uie fact that 100 of their men are in tho service of the Government A servko flsg will shortlv be put nut of windows of the fraternity rooms. 161.1 Chestnut street, vir tuallv all of the members nf the fraternity ate piominent socially. Tho following cap nins aie members of the niganlzallon- It Ellison Thompson, Victor C Mather. Clar ence II Clark, Klclnrd T. Nalle, Phlneas e hrystle. Theobald F I'lark and Hetm y "lnpm.in "I don t know of nnv organization that can boat ours In the matter of rroportlonite enlistment." said E. Lawrence Miller .lr I president of the fraternity. Most , ef (he I men are under thirty-five years of a re iiniT men i mm incs iraieunty w )r, aro or have been, tn the service aro Dlhwn p Starr, former first lieutenant In (he V-otdl stream eluards, and James R. McCcmnoll tho famous aviator, who lot his life, fighting In tho Lata? ctte Escadrillc ODUCTO Smoke of Real Enjoyment The Smoke of Habit Never Does If your cigars aren't a source of real enjoymentreal pleasT ure real comfort, tfyey aren't satisfying you. They are habit smokes. You'll mechanically light one after another with out being content. But ElProducto will satisfy your taste for good tobacco, because it is full of satis faction .and enjoyment to the discrimi Each draw emphasizes the fact that there's real enjoyment in the fine Havana filler and carefully selected shade-grown wrapper. There are many shapes of El Producto 10c straight in many sizes. Also a good assortment of 2 for 25c sizes. Try them today. The G. H. P. CIGAR CO., Philadelphia imrnirii KO VEAikEB 20, i. Jl 29TH NATIONAL GUARD ORDERED REORGANIZED "Announcement Affects Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and D. C. Troops WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. The reorganization of the Twenty-ninth National Ouard Division, composed of troops from New Jersey. Delavvnrc, Maryland, lr glnla and the District of Columbia was. announced by tho War Department today us follows: Headquarters troop, Troop A (part), cw Jersey cavalry; 110th machine gun bat talion Machine-gun compinlcs. First Dela ware Infantry. Fourth New Jersey Infantry. Fifth Maryland Infantry, I Irst Virginia In fant! y . , . Flrty-seventh Infantry brigade Brlgado headquarters, headquarters New Jersey brlgado: Itlth" machine gun battalion, ma chine gun companies Second New Jersey Infantry, Third New Jersey Infantry, Com pany E, Second New Jersey Infantry, 113th Infantry, First New Jersey Infantry (less Company K). Second New Jersey Infantry (less machine gun company and Companies 0 and L). Fourth New Jersey Infantry (less machine gun company and Company Ll, lllth Infantry, Third New Jersey infantry (less machine gun company and Companies 1 and L, Fifth New Jersey Infantry (less Company PI. Klrst Delaware Infantry (less machine gun company). Flflv -elchth Infantry Brigade Brigade headquarters, headquarters Maryland Rrlg ade. 112th Machine Gun Battalion. Com pany II, First Marvland Infantry, Machine Ouii Conipanv Fourth Mankind Infantry, Machine fJtin Company Fourth Virginia In fantrv, I loth Infantry, Fiist Maryland In fantrv (les machine gun company). Fifth Marvland Infantry (less machine gun com pany) ; 116th" Infantry, First Virginia In fantry (less machine gun company), Second Virginia Infantry, Companion D, O ajid II, Fourth Virginia Infantry. Forty -fifth Field Artillery Brigade: Brigade headquarters, Company A. Virginia slgnat coir?, HOth FLeld Artillery. First New Jersey Field Artillery (less Battery F) Troops B and D, New Jersey cavalry; lllth Field Artillery. First Virginia Field Artillery, Band Fourth Virginia Infantry: 112th Field Artillery, Batteries A, B and C, Marvland fileld artillery. Batteries A and B. District of Columbia field artillery. Band Fifth Maryland Infanti'; 104th Trench Mortar Batten . Battcrv F, New Jersey field artlllerv. One Hundred and Tourth Engineers First battalion New Jersey engineers, Coni panv K, First New Jersey Infantry, Coni panv a. Seccnd New Jersey Infantry, Com panies I and E. Third New Jersey Infantry, Company E. Fourth Neve Jersey Infantry, Conipanv F, Fifth New Jersey Infantry. One Hundred and Fourth field signal battalion. Companies A nnd C, New Jersey signal coips; company B. District of Colum bia signal corps Tr ilns Ono Hundred and rourth head quarters and military police, troops A (part) and c. New Jersey cavalry; troop A, Mary land cavalry: 101th sanitary train. First Marvland ambulance company. First Mr glnla ambulance company. First New Jersey field hospital company. First Maryland field hospital company. First Virginia field hos pital company. 104th ammunition train. 104th supply train and 104th engineer train to be organized by transfers Satisfies niiiiiiiiiii 1917 PICK STAFF OFFICERS FOR NEGRO DIVISION Captains and Lieutenants Race to Be Company Commanders . of . WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The War Department today announced tho personnel of tho staff of Brigadier General C. C. Ballnu, who will command the ninety-second division, to bo made up of new troops. Included In tho staff are three brlgsdi'-t generals who will command the two Infantry and one artillery brlgado In the division Promotion of General Ballou to the rani: nf major general has not been announced by tno department, The complete stalf of the ninety-second division follow'B Commanders of infantry brigades Brig adler General M H Birnum and Brigadier General W. II. TLiy. Artillery brlgado commander Brigadier General J. U McMahon. Adjutants to brigade commanders MaJ. ors Edmund A. Buchanan and Herman S. IIIHMMIHiHRiccHBttBHlHtiriiiMHBjMIIBfcccfcccgMiiBflcSflMMBttHHccccffSJ ?ZM!2cSSl ' BB1 ilSM w i i i "" JffA . 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PHILADELPHIA, PA. v 'a :M k k J T - - -jh V y VHffl EliiS ,nfantry' naiSJ J. Greer. Ma,t-''-na11l Assistant chief of staff .-!, FT? Graham ,friU!jJr'.i,J whVpidT1 ceneraI ; bom.-pCCt0r eenera'lMior aft,, Division surceon Li.ut... .J Perry L. Boycr. '""hi.ar-rjy! .limico..!0 dUiS,n "'tZ Sanitary Inspector -MaJo;Jt7 Signal officer Mijor T. c sv - -i C-mmandlng officer. l,.-L.??... Captain E. B. Turgeon. "'""MM IM tM inero miu remains to be staff u Judge advocate, an SJ- Ler, a quartermaster, and a vjf,,,fl 5 ofllccr for the engineer trains cets with tho rank of cantiln " and second lieutenant will " ki commanders In all branches of tj.?"! Canadian Casualties Hi.. OTTAWA, Ont.. Nov. 20.-cJ!2L" ualtles havo been heavy durlnr tk.7 days. From Saturday night umJ?, Monday three lists were Issum ."J iZ loir, nnmes. In which tho kill 7l 1 1 J ? 'i r 4 ' hi x !? ' : :. r. i L'J't, T5 ' S' P iXTm..! v rr.w Fnw.Kounu.burm. 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