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HAVERSACK THEATER
IN MINSTRELLETTE
Members of Dramatic Com
pany Will Put on Lively
! Vaudeville Sketches. Portable
1 Theater Proves a Success.
Tonight at 8:15 some of the members
of the 28th Division Theatrical Company
will give a musical program at Y. M. C.
A. Building No. 75. This new theatrical
unit of the 28th Division is rapidly whip
ping into* shape, having already given
some performances, playing at the Len
wood Hotel during the past week.
The purpose in the authorization and
formation of this organization is the ren
dering of all types of entertainment, such
as musical comedies, dramas, minstrels
and vaudeville specialty shows for the
amusement and benefit of the members
of the division during their service in
France. Each and every man must first
see actual service before he will be al
lowed to become a permanent member
of the organization. A portable theatre
Continued on Page 16.
Major General Charles H. Muir
Commander 28th Division —Latest Photograph
Ferguson-Morris
Nuptials in Camp
A romance beginning in childhood
reached the goal toward which Dan
Cupid directs his skillful efforts in
ways not to be overcome by the ordi
nary exigencies of army life in war
time, when last Thursday afternoon at
3 o’clock in "Y” hut 232, Miss Harriet
Morris, of Hobart, Ind., became the
happy bride of Corporal Frank Fergu
son of the First Provisional Company
of the Second Ordnance Regiment. The
bride was gowned in a neat blue trav
eling suit, matching well the military
simplicity of the scene and the khaki
uniform of the groom. The ring cere
mony was used, performed by Secre
tary G. A. Finlay, of Canandaigua,
New York.
Miss Morris, who comes of old Eng
lish Quaker stock, has charge of the
Gary branch library at Hobart. Cor
poral Ferguson attended Purdue Uni
versity and in civil life is a cost ac-
MAY 8, 1918.
countant at the Gary works of the
United States Steel Corporation. The
bride accompanied by Mother
Ferguson, has returned to Indiana. The
new Mrs. Ferguson expressed great in
terest in things about camp and see
ing how much use is made of books
she intends to do all she can to help
supply soldiers with books and maga
zines from her library.
MRS. R. P. KAIGHN GIVES
SEVERAL CONCERTS
Mrs. Raymond P. Kaigbn, of New
York City, gave several high-grade
concerts for the soldiers of Camp
Hancock on Saturday and Sunday
last. Her clear soprano voice, her
clear enunciation, her effective inter
pretation of classical music and her
winning personality, compelled the
attention of the audiences of men.
many of whom have lately shown a
preference for popular songs and even
ragtime.
108TH F, A. COMPLETE
MOTOR TRUCK TEST
TRIP
Travel Through Villages of
South Carolina to Camp Jack
son. Cordial Receptions En
Route. Numerous Social Af
fairs
Soldiers Show Physical Fit
ness. Trucks Stand the Test.
Os the many hikes in which the 108th
Field Artillery has participated, prob
ably the most successful one was the one
which finished last Thursday, in which
the regiment motored to Camp Jackson,
Columbia, S. C.. and back. The weather
was perfect, the roads good, and the men
in excellent physical condition at the close
of the trip.
The hike started Monday morning.
April 29tl>, when,at , about 10 , a, 5 rn., the..,
t rubles ifrocSeada tliiodgi'i Au.cfiisth,' :bv<T'' ;
the Fifth street bridge into South Caro
lina. For a short time the weather looked
as if it might be the usual 108th weather,
as rain commenced falling, but it soon
cleared up. About noon Aiken, S. C.,
was reached and the good ladies of tlfe
town were out with hot coffee which was
much appreciated. The stay in Aiken
was a short one and in a few minutes the
ride was resumed. The route was through
the many little villages which dot this
section of South Carolina and at many
of the villages and crossroads, small boys
and girls were out with large bouquets of
flowers which they threw at the hiking
artillerymen.
About 5 in the afternoon, Batesburg, the
first camping spot was reached, and the
population was out en masse to greet ths
regiment. Camp was made in the County
Fair Grounds, just at the edge of the
town and was an excellent camping site.
In a short time the road outside of the
camp was dotted with automobiles Con
taining residents of the town and through
their hospitality many of the fellows did
not eat supper with their battery. A pub
lic reception was also held in the main
square of the town, at which the mayor
of the town made an address Os
come. Lieut.-Col. Greble responded for
the regiment.
Tuesday 'morning camp was broken and
the regiment was on the move by 7:30.
their objective being Columbia, S. C., a
distance of about 3(1 .miles. As on the
previous day, the villages and cross
roads were lined with boys and girls
throwing flowers. The ride to Columbia
was accomplished without incident and
shortly before noon Columbia wag reocli
ed. No halt wa» made liefer as the camp
ing site for the night was to be Camp
Jackson, the home of the 81st Division.
Camp was reached in a short time and
camp was made on the drill grounds of
the 156th Brigade. Field Artillery. Being
a barracks camp, Camp Jackson is entire
ly different from Hancock, and the men
soon were inspecting the various parts of
the camp, comparing the different fea
tures with similar ones in their own camp.
After supper a ball game between Han
cock and Jackson was played, an account
of which can be seen elsewhere.
Camp was broken Wednesday morning
and shortly after breakfast, the return
trip was started. Batesburg was reached
about noon and tliis time they jvere more
prepared to receive the fellows than on
Monday night. If they were hospitable on
Monday night, they were more than hos
pitable on Wednesday night. The whole
town, seemingly, kept open house for the
regiment and no soldier had need to bo
absent from a party, as numberless houses
were the scenes of jollification. Bates
burg showed the men real Southern hos
pitality, and their cordiality and kind
ness will long be remembered by the
108th Regiment. The men paraded
through the town just before supper.
Thursday morning, the trip to Hancock
was started and by afternoon the regi
ment was once more established in the
Tented city. The trip waS an unquali
fied success frsm every angle. The trucks
stood up under the test, remarkably well,
the drivers showed much improvement
from th previous hike, and the physical
condition of the regiment was exceptional
hardly a man answering sick call tn the
morning. It was another exhibition of
military efficiency on the part of the
regmentaf commanders and the showing
made is undoubtedly a source of gratifi-
Catioruto them.
Secretary Richards of “Y” 75 accma»
panied the regiment.
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