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MISS WILSON WILL SING
AT LIBERTY THEATER
Two Concerts Will Be Given
Saturday Evening, May 25th,
at 7.30 and 8.30. Col. Ed
wards, Commanding Officer,
in Charge.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
President Wilson, will sing in Camp Han
cock at the Liberty Theatre on Saturday
evening. May 25. Miss Wilson will give
two concerts, one beginning at 7:30 and
the other beginning at 8:30. The com
manding officer of the camp. Colonel Ed
wards .will have personal charge of the
occasion.
The following regulations must be com
plied with so far as possible:
Women are not desired in the audience.
Front seats should be tilled with en
listed men, about one-third from the
stage.
No seats must be reserved for officers.
No civilians must be invited from the
city.
No one must sit on the platform dur
ing Miss Wilson’s recital.
Preparations have been made tp enter
tain Miss Wilson and her coming is
awaited with great pleasure. Coming
from Camp Jackson, Miss. Wilson is ex
pected to arrive in Augusta at 1:15 p. m.
Saturday and will leave after her concerts
for Camp Greene, which is the next place
on her itinerary of ‘he Southern camps.
BIG OWNCrPLANT
TO BE BUILT AT
! PITTSBURGH
War Department Selects Ne
ville Island, Near Pittsburgh,
in Ohio River, for Huge Gov.
ernment Ordnance Factory.
To Be Largest in the World.
Washington.— Neville island, in the
Ohio River, near Pittsburg, has been
selected by the war department as the
site for the great government ordnance
plant to be built and operated in the
interior. Work will be pushed as rap
idly as possible.
The Neville island plant will be the
largest in the world, surpassing even
that of the Krupps in Germany. It
will be built and jtperated by the
United States Steel Corportaion at the
solicitation of the government. Heavy
artillery and projectiles in great quan
tities will be made under the super
vision of the steel corporation, which
will detail experts from its organiza
tion to build the plant.
A committee of. ten experts of the
steel cot novation will have immediate
charge of the work. The cost of build
ing the plant will be in the neighbor
hood of $50,000,000, possibly more. Of
ficers rs the corporation will work in
conjunction with the war department
and will receive no compensation for
thei.' services.
The Ordnance department has al
ready examined plans submitted by
the corporation for the huge plant and
construction is expected to begin al
most immediately. The steel corpora
tion will be given a free hand in the
construction an<3 operation of the
plant.
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the
steel corporation, stated recently that
his company, itu»consequence of the
magnitude of its business, most of
which directly or indirectly is in aid
of the militar y necessities of the gov-,
ernment and the allies, had hoped i
avoid the necessity of engaging in
work rs the kind but had been per
suaded by the war department that it
was imperative!.', required under ex
isting conditions. Although the time
required would extend over a consid
erable period and the cost would be
large, the work, he said, would pdog
ress with allpracticable speed and
economy in the use of money would be
practised. It is hoped and expected,
Mr. Gary declared, the result will be
creditable to the country.
CAMP
WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
THE AUGUSTA HERALD 130 NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL
AUGUSTA, GA. OF THE Y - M - c - A. OF THE U. S.
RED GROSS HOUSE
ALMOST COMPLETED
Spacious Building For Use of
Convalescents Will Soon Be
Open at Base Hospital. Well
Equipped to Serve Needs.
The Red Cross House, now in ths
course of erection in the Base Hospital
at Camp Hancock is almost completed
and plans are already under way for the
formal opening and dedication to gov
ernmental uses. Situated as it is, in a lo
cation easily accessible from all parts of
the hospital area ,the building presents a
convenient, center for all the purposes for
which it lias been designed.
The general purposes of the building are
to furnish a lounge and rest room for
cone alescent patients; an administration
center for the Field Director of the Red
Cross; an emergency lodging, to be Used
in critical cases only, for relatives of
those dangerously ill, when they are
summoned to the .hospital by the. com
mander; emergency housing for Red Cross
nurses or staff, together with facilities for
entertainment of convalescents and the
hospital and Red Cross staffs. It will
form the headquarters for Red Cross ac
tivities in the hospital and will be the
headquarters of the Red Cross Commu
nication Service which is the department
through which families and friends of
.soldiers can obtain information as to
their welfare. which service cove’s
camps in America as well as the battle
front abroad.
The main portion of the structure is
occupied by the lounge or assembly room
which is 54x70 feet in its principal di
mensions. with an ambulatory connect
ing corridor entering at one end and at
the other end a glassed-in porch elevated
four steps above the main floor level so
that, itmay be used as a stage when so
required. Three sides of this porch or
stage are closed in with windows ar
ranged for a maximum opening. A mov
ing picture machine booth is located in
a balcony over the main entrance and
six exits are provided from this room in
addition to' the main entrance. The en
trance end of the lounge is enclosed with
glass similar to that used on the stage
and except at a lower lever, to form a
solarium. Writing desks are provided un
der the windows and book shelves are
disposed along the walls. The color
scheme throughout is brown and white.
The cosy-looking open fireplaces are
primarily for ventilation. A vent shaft
is provided outside the smoke flue which
together furnish sufficient ventilation for
the proper air condition of the room un
der ordinary conditions of service. These
fireplaces may be used with a fire but
will operate without a fire and need not
be equipped with grates or andirons if
the commanding officer thinks that for
reasons of safety a fire should not be
used. A cupola ventilator is provided to
take the foul air from the top of the
room when used to full capacity or in
summer temperatures.
A store is provided with counter;
shelves, and a desk for the attendant,
who will take care of the library, mail,
information, distribution of sullies and
other details. A kitchen, with fully
equipped pantry, is provided in case a
mess need be maintained for the staff
or under the direction of the medical
commanding officer, for the preparation
of supplies for convalescents.
Many small rooms are arranged and
distributed to be used for a variety of
purposes such as sleeping rooms, dress
ing rooms, reception rooms, reading
rooms and offices. All rooms are fur
nished with comfortable furniture. A
mezzanine floor provides further floor
space if needed. A central plant will
fnrnish heat for the entire building. The
plans call for steam heat.
This building is substantially similar
to others now erecte dor in the course
of construction in al! the camps. The
value of such building was early appa
rent and plans then conceived are now
being carried out. A convalescent house,
it has been demonstrated, materially as
sists in the speedy recovery of patients,
enabling men to return more quickly to
their company.
ARMY SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO LIBERTY LOANS
TOTAL $120,000,000
Washington, D. C.—Returns from the
field show a total army subscription to
the ihird Liberty loan of $20,964,500, mak
ign a total army subscription to the three
loans of $100,000,000. In making this an
nouncement tonight Colonel Lord, army
liberty loan officer, said ho, estimated the
total of soldier bond holders at 800,000.
Camp Meade. Mil.. led the army camps
with $573,000 for the third loan.
CAMP HANCOCK
MAY 22, 1918.
10 MAKE MARCH
FULL CEN'L MO
CHIEF OF STAFF
Named For Army’s Highest
Honor This Week By Presi
dent. Appointment Expected
to be Immediately Confirmed
by Senate. Change Long Con
sidered.
(BY THE UNITED PRESS.)
Washington, D. C.—President Wilson
this week will name Major General Pey
ton.C. March a full general and chief
of staff.
General Tasker H. Bliss, now chief of
staff and American representative on the
Versailles council, wHI become a brevet
general.
These important changes mean vastly
more than merely the honor to March of
wearing the rare insignia—four shoulder
stars; they spell the removal of re
strictions on him as acting chief which
he encountered because some other ma
jor generals outranked him.»
Decided Upon Today.
The change, long considered, was ful
ly decided today following Secretary -of
War Baker's consultation with senators
Saturday at the War Council session.
Sounding out their sentiment, he found
that March’s nomination will undoubted
ly pass the senate quickly and without
any opposition.
For March, the change is momentous.
Coming in from his post of artillery
chieftain with General Pershing, March
found that he ■was balked—-either con
sciously or unconsciously—by the senior
ity rule, and that major generals who out
rankd him sometimes stood in his path.
Military men of discernment have told
the United Press that the situation thus
created was impossible. They predicted
March would make good, but said it could
come about only if he were given the full
general’s rank and the title of chief of
sass instead of “acting."
Startling Achievement.
March’s record here is one of start
ling achievement, despite obstacles.
To him, perhaps more than to any
other single man, is due the credit of in
creasing ship facilitiees so jthat the
speeding up of American troon move
ments cotild be accomplished. When he
'returned from Europe he called in war
leaders, and read them the dictum that
there must be more ships. Isp'ring them
to great effort, he also cast about him
self to improve the situation. Appoint
ment of Major General Goethals as chief
of transportation, supplies and traffic was
an outcome of this problem, and between
the two men systems of economy of
space were developed and shins were
picked up from all quarters of the globe.
Goethals and March are fast friends
and are working in the closest harmony.
CAMP HANCOCK SOLDIER
SAVES LIFE OF AUGUSTA
BOY IN LAKE OLMSTEAD
Little Harold Hughes, 10, who lives
at 2006 Broad Street, is alive and well
today because of tne heroic act of a
Camp Hancock soldier.
The little fellow, according to infor
mation secured today, was alone in
battling at Lake View late Sunday af
ternoon, and being unabl eto swim got
out into deep water and went down.
The Soldier, Harry I). Morgan, Co. No.
2, Second Provisional Ordnance Regi
ment, saw the body of the youngster
as it was going down the second time
and went to his rescue. Although the
water was of considerable depth, and
Morgan was encumbered with heavy
army shoes and other clothing he
brought the little fellow to shore and
revived him. *
THREE COMPANIES GF FORMER AUGUSTA
MILITIA NOW QUARTERED AT HANCOCK
; ONE CENT POSTAGE
Old Companies A, B and 0 of
Former First Georgia Regi
ment Arrive Here With Three
Battalions of Machine Gun
Men From Macon Camp. More
Than 3,500 New Arrivals for
Machine Gun Training Center
Coming Here From All Parts
of the Country
Former comparjlc s A, B and D of the
old First Georgia Infantry, which were
incorporated with machine gun bat
talions of the 81st Division at Camp
Wheeler several months ago, are now ,
quartered at Camp Hancock. Three
battalions of machine gun met., about
2,000 in number, among them being 300
Augusta boys, de. rained at Whelesj?
yesterday afternoon ..id today were
busily arranging their quarters on the
site of the old Pennsylvania artillery?..
The units from Macon are the only
trained machine gun men toarrive at
the machine gun training center here
so far, and it is unlikely that there will
any further arrivals at this time of
trained men. Future arrivals, not in
cluding offic. s, will consist of di fted
men and these will continue to come
in until the camp ir fi.led, ■
The officers and n.en sent here from
Macon are to rec. ive the finishing
touches in machine gun work. Also, i
they are to be used in training the
drafted men of the machine gun train - , .
ing center. The men from Macon form ;
part of the replacement camp.
Machine gun officers and drafted ■
men are now pouring into camp here.
The total number here today was giv- '
en as more than 3,500, these coming ‘
ftom all parts of the country.
With the arrival late yesterday of
Major P. 11. Jephson, chief machine
gun training adviser, the work of or- .
ganizing and training k he machine gun :
recruits was taken up today in earnest. ,
Major Jephson is onsof the best known
British officers in th.s country. He
headed the mission sent to Gamp Tra
vis at San Antonio, Texas, and as a re
sult cf his knowledge of machine gun
work hts been sent here as training
adviser. - i
AMERICAN RED CROSS AID ;
TO ITALY IS IMPORTANT
Rome, Sunday, May 19.—While the
material aid given Italy by the Amer
ican Red Cross has been large, the
most important part of its work has
been in the creation of good will be- <
tween the two countries. A report on
Red Cross work in its first two months ;
in Italy gives detailed figures of what j
has been done and
“It is impossible for statistics to -
convey even the more important re- «
stilts as they may be measured only
by the present universal spirit of
brotherhood and sincere regard will j
for all Americans now existing
throughout Italy. It has meant much
for the Italians to have a visible sign •
that the United States is actively in
the war. It has meant, also that the ’
Americans have realized that in Italy j
the United States has ar. ally whose
great heart is opened to Americans j
and who is reedy and willing to co- .
operate with V, United States zeal- I
ously and effectively.”
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ASSIGNMENT OF MAJOR SIEDLER.
Maj. George J. S'edler, Ordnance Re
serve Corps, is as > ;ned to active serv
ice and will take station at Washington, t
D. <’., and report at once to the chief of
ordnance for duty.
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