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Officers’ Training School
Graduates First Class With
Impressive Exercises
First Battalion Finishes Four
Months’ Course of Training
With Splendid Review —647
Candidates Receive Com
missions As Second Lieuten
ants—42 Colored Soldiers
Among Newly Made Officers
GEN. EDWARDS REVIEWS
PARADE AND ADDRESSES
SOLDIERS
Exercises Tribute to Success of
Work Carried on by Lieut.
Col. Westmoreland. Stirring
Address by Hon. Lawton B.
Evans Concludes Program
In the presence of a large crowd of
Augusta friends, assembled at the in
vitation of General Edwards to wit
ness the graduation of the first class
from the Central Machine Gun Offi
cers' Training School, 647 members of
the First Battalion, 601 White and 46
colored, constituting the graduating
class, passed in review before General
Oliver Edwards, commander of the
camp, on Monday morning. With the
general in the reviewing party were
Lieut.-Col. Westmoreland, command
ing the C. M., G. O. T. S.; JCol. Frank
Wickham, commanding tint M. T. D.,
and a group of four British officers,
members of the British Mission at the
school.
The review and the exercises follow
ing it took place on the parade ground
just back of the Camp Library on the
Wrightsboro Road, and promptly at
10:30 o'clock the crack First Group
Band swung by the reviewing stand
at the head of the column of soldiers.
Constituting, as they did, the first
graduating class of the first, and only
training school for Machine. Gun Of
ficers in the United States, these young
soldiers carried themselves in a man
ner which reflected their quite jus
tifiable pride in their military appear
ance. The results of the four months’
strenuous work in the training school
were evident in the precision and the
smoothness with which the movements
of the parade were executed.
The men of this class entered the
newly created Training School four
months ago, coming from every camp
in the country to receive special train
ing in machine gun work. The great
success achieved in this short time is
due to the hard worn and untiring ef
forts of Lieut.-Col. Westmoreland, who
was placed in command of the school
by Colonel, now Brigadier General,
Edwards. His long experience as a
cavalry officer, his genial personality,
and his executive ability have made
him a very efficient and popular com
manding officer.
A noteworthy feature of the exercises
Was the presence of 42 colored soldiers
among the successful candidates for
commissions. This is the first time in
the history of the United States any
colored men have been commissioned
as machine gun officers; and it is es
pecially significant that the event
should take place in the south. Only
fourteen out of a total of fifty-six
colored candidates failed to receive
commissions; and it is a fine showing
to have 71 per cent of the company
successful.
After the review the battalion was
drawn up in company front formation
before the speakers’ stand, which was
beautifully decorated with greens and
flowers, and the exercises began with
an address by General Edwards, fol
lowing a brief and well-worded intro
duction by Colonel Westmoreland.
The general took occasion to remind
the men, most of whom have been as
signed to machine gun units in this
camp, that their first obligation is to
do as well as.possible the duty imme
diately before them, forgetting for the
time being their natural eagerness to
get overseas. He spoke of the fact
that, however desirable and important
it may be to present a neat personal
appearance, it is more important that
a. young officer endeavor to fit his uni
form than that the uniform fit him ■
perfectly. The exigencies of machin
gun fighting, he said, and the great
danger attached to it frequently com
pel one man, left alone with a machine
gun, to defend that gun against su
perior numbers; in such a case it is
possible for a soldier of true courage
and valor to render service of the
greatest value to Lis command. The
same spirit of fight to finish should
Inspire the work of the officer in the
training camp, where men are trained
for the final test.
At the conclusion of his address Gen
eral Edwards introduced, as one of the
most patriotic and influential citizens
of the country, Lawton B. Evans, sup
erintendent of the public schools of
Augusta and prominent lawyer of the
south. After congratulating the men
most warmly upon their successful
completion of the difficult course, Mr.
Evans spoke of the remarkable oppor
tunity open to the young men of this
age to display the stem qualities of
hardihood and fearless bravery which
have come down to them from their i
pioneer ancestors, only one, or at most !
three, generations removed. These
qualities have already been brought ■
out in striking manner by the aston
ishing record made by our army in
training soldiers for the severe test of
trench warfare in less than a year. He
also spoke of the opportunity open to
the enlisted man to inspire his com
rades to do their full duty by his owq
cheerful and willing work; in a sense
each soldier bears the entire respon
sibility of the army, but the right kind
of a man is inspired and not discour
aged by that responsibility. The au
dience applauded heartily the speaker’s
(Continued on page eight).
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VOL. 1.
JEWISH SOLDIERS
THANK WILSON
Adopt Resolution of Gratitude
and Wire Them to the Presi
dent. Meeting Attended By a
Huge Crowd.
With an ovation that almost shook
the Jewish Welfare Building and to
the solemn tones of the Star Spangled
Banner, followed by the Jewish na
tional anthem, Hatikwah, 500 Jewish
soldiers who fillet! the Welfare Build
ing to overflowing Wednesday, Sep
tember 11th, adopted the following res
olution which was forwarded to the
president of the United States, ex
pressing their unbounded joy over the
statement by the president voicing his
deep and sincere interest in the nation
al aspirations of the Jewish people:
“To his Excellency,
“Woodrow Wilson,
“President of the United States,
"White House,
“Washington, D. C.
"We, Jewish soldiers in the
American army, stationed at £amp
Hancock, Georgia, in meeting as
sembled, greet with joy the wise
and high-minded statement of our
great president, Woodrow Wilson,
voicing his deep and sincece in
terest in the national aspirations
of the Jewish people and in the
progress of the Zionist movement
in the United States and in the
allied countries.
"This statement of our president
is in consonance with the spirit
of the Great American people
whose unalterable purpose in this,
the greatest struggle in the his
tory of the human race, is ‘to
fight for liberty, equality and self
determination of all peoples, great
and small,’ which we the Ameri
can people have determined shall
prevail throughout the world.
“We feel justified in assuring
the president of the United States
that we are voicing the sentiment
of the Jewish people throughout
the wor‘ the great mass of
Jewish soldiery fighting side by
side wKh our beloved American
brethren, confident in the inevit
able triumph of our great pur
pose. As Americans and as Jews
we are prepared to die, in need be,
for the cause of America and that
of our allies, which is also the
cause of the Jewish people.’’
In moving its adoption, the author
of the resolution, Private Meyer M.
Weisgal, formerly managing editor of
the Maccabean Magazine, the official
organ of the Zionist organization of
America, said: “I believe that no meet
ing of Jewish soldiers, indeed, no
meeting of Jew’s, should pass without
giving voice to our unbounded joy over
the statement by our great president,
declaring his adhesion to and his deep
and sincere interest in the national
aspirations of the Jewish people. The
message of our president to the Jewish
people, which came in the form of a
letter to Dr. Stephen S. Wise, vice
president of the Zionist organization of
America, gives • added assurance if
such assurance was needed, that not
only is Zionism not incompatible with
Americanism, but the Zionism is part
and parcel of he great cause in which
the American people are engaged.”
This was supplemented by a fiery
address in Yiddish by Nathan Elkin,
field secretary of the Jewish Welfare
Board, who presided and by a brief ad
dress by Mr. George Tunkle, of Au
gusta, who inspired the audience with
his eloquence. Following, Private
Chayim Balgley, moved that every
Jewish soldier, as a mark of apprecia
tion of the president's message, should
enroll as a member of the organiza
tion. The entire audience gave its ap
proval by a rising vote.
The meeting was opened at 8:30 with
a short address by Mr. Elkins who in
troduced Canto.- Markowitch, who sang
Jewish folk songs, followed by read
ings of Sholom Alefcbem, the Jewish
Mark Twain, by H. Ehrlich, at the
point. The literary and musical pro
gram was Interrupted by Private
Weisgal with the reading of the presi
dent's message and the adoption of the
resolution which was forwarded to the
president and to General Oliver Ed
wards, camp commander.
The message of the president is as
follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, 31 August, 1918.
“I have watched with deep and
sincere interest the reconstructive
work which the Weitzmann Com
mission has done in Palestine, at
the instance of the British govern
ment, and I welcome an opportu
nity to express the satisfaction I
have felt in the progress of the
Zionist movement in the United
States and in the allied countries
since the declaration by Mr. Bal
four on behalf of the British gov
ernment, of Great Britain’s ap
proval of the establishment in
Palestine of a national home for
the Jewish people, and his promise
that the British governmen would
use its best endeavors to facilitate
the achievement of that object, w’ith
the understanding that nothing
would be done to prejudice the
civil and religious rights of non-
Jewish people in Palestine or the
right and political status enjoyed
by the Jew’s in other countries.
”1 think that all Americans will
be deeply moved by the report that
even in this ime of stress the
Weitzmann Commission had been
able to lay the foundation of the
Hebrew University at Jerusalem
with the promise that bears of
spiritual rebirth.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
Inspired by the president’s action Dr.
(Continued on Page eight.)
GENERAL EDWARDS TO
ADDRESS CONFERENCE
OF Y SECRETARIES
Discussion of Important Mat
ters at Administration Build
ing on Thursday Morning.
Great Interest in Effort to
Make Better Machine Gun
Men
In order to more closely co-ordinate
the work of the Y. M. (’. A. with the
military organization and schedule in
Camp a special conference of al! Y. secre
taries has been called to hear an address
by General Oliver Edwards and to dus
cuss with him the various phases of the
work. The Conference will be held at the
Administration Building on Thursday
morning at nine o’clock. R. A. Tracy
Camp Executive Secretary’* will preside
during the following pA>gram:—
Song Service, conducted by Song Lead
er Pardo.
Devotional Exercises, led by Religious
Director Dr. Cobern.
Address. “What the Y. M C. A. can do
to make better Machine Gun Men" by
Brig. Gen. Oliver Edwhrds, ('atrip Com
mander.
Remarks by Heads of Departments.
Open Discussion.
Closing Remarks, R. A. Tracy .
Song.
PHOTOGRAPHERS HERE
MAKING PICTURES
AT CAMP HANCOCK
Privates A J. Lubbe and (’. E. Jacket
from the Chief Signal Officers Dept.,
Washington. I). C., have reported to this
camp to take photographs of Traiinng
Activities at this camp for the Commit
tee of Public Information.
Privates Lubbe and Jacket expect to
be here for at least two weeks. They
are assisted by Private Theodore Tropp
of the Headquarters Detachment, M.G.
T.C., who in civil life was a leading
photographer in New York City.
Attention, Kappa
Sigmas
All Kappa Sigmas now at Camp Ha
ncock are asked to send their names,
military addresses, and Chapter to the
following address: Lt. R. N. MaeCallum,
Chaplain, C. M. G. O. T. S. Watch for
future announcement.
| COOTIES ~|
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The American Army is a clean ■
Army.
But there are cooties in it—Ger- |
man Cooties. I
Don’t wait for ’em to bite; kill I
’em now.
You can hear ’em buzzing |
around, if you’ll listen.
They’re out for blood. Don’t let I
’em get it—KILL ’EM.
Report anything suspicious to j
your Comptny Commander.
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The smiling faces of Marshal Foch, comnander-in-chief of the Allied
forces on the western frnnt. and General John J. Pershing, head of the
Amer.can forces in the war zone, sh ow those two great soldiers .to he well
pleased with the way things are goin g ‘'over there” these days. General
SEPTEMBER 18, 1918
4TH CASUAL COMPANY
HOLDS GET TOGETHER
DINNER
Splendid Menu Served, After
Which a Delightful Program
Was Given
A get-togoter dinner was given by
the 4th Casual, 2d Pro\. Regt. Com
pany on Monday night, which proved
a hugh success.
The festivities began by a .sump
tuous dinner served in the company's
mess hall, the hall being elaborately
decorated.
Before, the conclusion of the dinner
C. O. Lieut. Allen addressed the boys
ami complimented the entertainment
committee on the sucaess and tor af
fording him such a rare treat.
The boys were then given a real
treat when Andrew Kaufman's gather
ing of singers and dancers from va
rious parts of the camp presented a
vaudeville show that was declared
worth while seeing and listening to.
The invited officers present were;
Capt. Miller, Jr., First Lieut. T. 11.
Prudden. Lieuts. Allen, O V. Chamber
lain. The non-com office is were: Ord.
Sergt s. W. J. Devine, Stewart, Stein,
Brenton, Sergt. Major lingers, Sergt.
o’l learn. Bowen, Chapin, Stride.
The menu was under tli” supervision
of Mess Scrgt. Byrne ami Assistant
Sergt. Stewnit and, of emirs, all our
cooks. S-.-rgt. O’Hearn officiated at
the piano.
The success of this show was the
general comment between both guests
and members of the company.
The program was as follows:
Colored Cooks Dancer:
Kedgee Baritone Solo.
Our Own Quartette- -L«-deich, Ful«
hen rat, Magnus ami Johnson.
Dever Hugh tenor solo
Leideich Special baritone solo.
Kaufman Tenor solo.
Whal: y and Tompson -Violinist duo.
Urawford Bass solo.
Songs by the entire company.
Sergt. O’Hearn —Piano solo.
The menu was: Roast pork, sweet
potatoes, brown gracy, green peas,
peach cobbler, ice cream, punch, cig-
NOTICEF
The Board of Commerce, Lunar build
ing. in Augusta, has established here
a regular Informatioi Bureau whose sole
function is to dispense general infortna
tion to the men stationed at the camp.
Thep have mi file a very complete and
accurate list of all available rooms and
boarding houses in the city and are pre
pared to take care of practically .my
number of visitors. This service is ab
solutely free and they welcome the op
portunity to serve the soldiers whenever
it is possible for them to d») so.
Conversation on Conservation
Last week the garbage report in the
Conservation Department shows an ave
rage of 30,000 pound:-' of garbage a day.
There surely be an immense waste
of food in camp. Il has been brought to
the attention of the Conservation Bureau
which means that this department will
have to devise some means whereby this
waste will be cut down. Nutrition officers
will be stationed at <’amp Hancock short
ly. These officers arc food specialists,
who before they joined the army as mem
bers of the Division of Food Nutrition of
the Medical Department, were connected
with colleges and public bodies, as phys
ioligists, chemists, econo mi.its, food in-
DEMOCRACY’S SUPERB LEADERS
' CONSTITUTION FOR
• NEW PLAYERS' CLUB
| Entertainers Adopt Working
1 Rules. Plan to Effect Thor
ough Organization in Local
Units
At a meeting of soldiers interested in
entertainment activities and of_ repre
sentatives of the Y. M. C A., K. of ( -i
and J. W. B. camp organizations held
[ at the Y. M. C. A. Administration build
ing on Monday evening it was unani
mously decided to adopt as the working
basis of the newly formed (.’amp Hancock
1 Pin ver’s Club the brief constitution
' drawn up bv the committee appointed
at. the last meeting of the men interested
■ in promoting the club.
in order to perfect tAe organization of
the club another meeting will be held
next Monday evening, at which time the
list of Charter members will be com
pleted and arrangements will be made for
I the organization of the local chapter, as
provided in the constitution. These local
chapters will proceed at once to organize
the entertainers in each Grope or unit,
with a view to putting on shows for the
1 benefit of the men in the unit. At this
meet.ng also, the committee on nomina
tions will present its report and officers
will be elected.
The constitution and by-laws adopted
for the club follows:
' -CONSTITUTION OF CAMP HANCOCK
. PLAYERS CLUB
1— Name: The name of this organization
shall be. “The Camp Hancock Players’
i Club.”
2- Purpose: The object of this organi
zation shall be the union of the profess
ional and amateur entertainers in the
• military service of the United States for
the purpose of promoting and developing
■ entertainment given by and for those in
j the military service of the U. S.
3- Membersship: The qualifications for
membership shall be.
I Enrollment in the military service
of the United States below commissioned
rank.
2- Participation in an autho. .zed
production or membership in a profession
al entertainers organization.
3 Membership; The qualtieations for
ganized troupe.
4 Agreement to participate in any
' authorized production without charge,
provided.
!•—Forty-eight hours notice is given.
2 Reasonable . xpenses are paid.
3 -Military duties permit.
, 5 -Officers in the military service, Y.
. M. C. A-, K. of C. and J. W. B. Secre
taries may be elected to honorary mem
bership.
4 Officers: The officers of this organ
nlzation and the duties of each shall be:
President; such duties as usually pertealn
lo the office; ex-officio, Chairman Ex
mitivc committe. One Vice-President;
) such duties as usually pertain to the of
‘ fice. Secretary; such duties as usually
- pertain to the office. Treasurer: Custod
. ian of funds; receive all receipts from
1 productions; pay ali authorized bills; turn
I over to Chajder Treasurers funds as au-
- thorized In the Lxecu>ve cimmittee.
Director of productions: direct all pro
ductions given by the club. Press repre-
- limitative; Publicity of club activities.
r . .
(Conll ntied on page six._>
speetors and experts in other specialized
vwork relating to food.
The principal work of these officers
is to inspect the manner of handling and
preparing food, these officers will be aide
to give considerable instruction in the
prjncipies of nutrition, and the proper
selection of foods.
Detailed personal instruction will be
given to the mess personnel on some of
these topics, as well as the various meth
ods of avoiding waste. They have found
that, the men and officers are vry will
ing to co-operate in making surveys and
to reduce as much as possible the. waste
of food. FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR
DON’T WASTE IT.
Foch, recently made a marshal by his admiring countrymen, is held in great
affection, not only by the soldiers of France, but by the millions of allied
fighting men whose disposition is in his hands. General Pershng is not far
behind the French warrior in popularity. And when the day comes for
him to bring the armies back—Well!
Vaudeville For Officers
on Friday, the Thirteenth,
Scores Huge Success
GOVERNMENT TO
BUILD STREET Cftß
TRACK IN CiP
Three Miles of Double Track
to Extend Through Camp
Ordered by War Department
Liberty Theatre Will Be En
larged and Additional Theatre
Built
The war department has decided to
build three miles of double street chr
track through Camp Hancock ami Ihe
Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric
Corporate, i is to furnish rolling stock
and power and is to operate this camp
line.
This is in line with the government
plans of maintaining Camp Hancock
as the largest machine gun traniing
center in the country—in the world for
that matter.
The announcement of the coming
street car equipment and service with
in the camp will be received with glad
ness and saitsfact.'on by officers ami
men. It is understood that the. im
provement is to be made with all the
rapidity possible and that steps to
commandeer the ties, rails, wire and
cessories have already been taken.
The information that the Liberty
Theater accommodations at Camp
Hancock are to be improved is cor
roborated by letters from Washington
-from the headquarters of the war de
partment commission of Training
Camp Aet.vities.
Such are the growing demands for
theatrical entertainment in the camps
that, in addition to the Liberty Thea
ters now operating at Camps Wads
worth, S. C., Hrmcock, a., Jackson, S.
(’., Wheeler, Ga., and Fayetteville, N.
C., a new one, seating 1.600 is to be
constructed in each of those places.
Additional Liberty Theaters, seating
1,350 are also to be built at Camp
Meade, where the new Signal Corps
section will make this one of the larg
est camps in the country, and at Camp
Taylor.
The Liberty Theaters already exist
ing at Camps MacArthur, Texas; Mc-
Clellan, Ala.; powie, Texas; Logan,
Toxas; Beauregard,- La.; Wadsworth,
S. C.; Hancock. Ga.: Wheeler. Ga., and
Cody, N. M., are to be enlarged to ac
commodate from 300 to 350 more per
sons. an arrangement which will go far
toward relieving the present over-de
mand for admission, and will solve the
problem of providing a place where of
ffleers may assemble at least half a
regiment at. a tim£ for special lectures,
W/ or h f i
No. 50.
Hancock Officers and Friends
Enjoy Performance Given By
Enlisted Men of Main Train
ing Depot. Fourteen "Stellar
Acts Given. Liberty Theatre
Crowded
. New Machine Gun Song Dedi-
I cated to Col. F. D. Wickham
Enthusiastically Received
RED CROSS GIRLS
ACT AS USHERS
Friduy, the thirteenth, may be a com-
Mnaiion of hoodoos, its malevolent in
i liH io cs might have caused panics, earth
quake and what not among the anci
ents, but the fact remains that Friday,
ilie thirteenth of September, 1918, ia
t amp Hancock was far from a hoodoo
night. on the contrary, good fortune,
iheatri< ally, visited the camp for about
two and (>n<-half hours, and gave the
officers ot the camp and their friends,
one of the best vaudeville bills ever seen,
here. Tbr occasion was a vaudeville
.-how pnsp.nted by the enlisted personnel
of the Main Training Depot at the Lib
erty Theatre.
General Edwards, camp commander
nd family, and the commanders of the
various groups were present and enjoy
ed the evening's performance. Officers
of all parts of the camp were there and
the audience was possibly a little differ
ent from any other seen in the camp, as
it con isted of officers and their wives
and friends, none of the enlisted person
nel being present as guests.
And it was some show. From the
fii t of the first act, until Frank rimith,
I the clever monologist, closed the show,
the acts held the attention of the audi
ence and merited the enthusiastic ap
plause they received. The whole show
was memy another demonstration that
c'.imp Hancock is full of real talent.
The first thing that attracted your
attention when you stepped into the Lib
erty, was the. ushers. Through the
courtesy <>[ Mrs. Harold Eve, of Au
gusta, ten young ladies were secured to
act as ushers. Dressed in their Red.
cross < ostumes, they presented a pleas
ing picture as they escorted the guests
ot the evening down the aisles to thier
seats. It was quite a job to seat the
throng that, saw the show, but in the
same efficient manner that their senior
Red (’r<>.« sisters handle things, these
young ladies escorted every one to a
sea t.
I At 3:15 ]* m., th \prqgr?’”
•*wi ci i Lseiec i. y tr/e Jaz . ,ueatr:
Group One, J.D., conducted by Sgt.
IJ. J. Wuerthner. After livening up things
land providing a, proper musical cocktail
I for the coming feast of talent, the orches
tra swung into the* curtain raising num
i>ed and Roscoe and Ringel appeared.
They were billed as, “What’s Left of
Barnum and Bailey," and our guess is
that Barnum and aßiley found, it hard
to replace this act, for they have some
act. Dressed ji clown's paint they cav
orted around the stage tumbling and fall
ing until the ladies in the audience held
their breath for fear* they would hurt
' themselves.
| Bailey, Heoinrich and Klein next ap
; peared and they promptly won a place
j for themselves, witii their syncopated
* melodies. Not satisfied with making a
I hit with their act, they must needs in
|troducc a new machine gun song writ
ten by Sergeant Bales, and dedicated to
the- commanding officer of the Main
Training Depot. General Edwards liked
it so well requested a copy of words
ami music with a view to having the
M. G.’s popularize it. If' the writer is
any judge of popular songs, this one is
destined to be a success.
Einson, "Hancock's Houdini,” demon
strated to the audience that, it takes
something mere than a mote straight
jacket to- hold him in. Strapped in a
regulation straight-jacket, he wriggled
and squirmed himself out in four min
utes and thirty-two seconds.
Some Southern melodies were next
heard from the Tallahassee Four, a
colored quartet. With their rich melodi
ous voices they gave the audience a lit
tle bit of Dixie and were forced to re
spond to an encore.
Gould and Weston were billed as hav
ing "Bits of Repartee.’’ They did. They
not <>rily had bits, they had large pieces
ami had the audience in an uproar from
start to finish.
An extra attraction of the first half
of the show was Eli Eigel in an imita
tion of George Primrose soft shoe danc
ing. After his imitations, Sigel gave a
few steps of his own and put on a clever
performance.
The second half of the show opened up
with the band of G >n the stage
with Sgt. Wuerthner conducting. Their
playing was a revelation, when one con
sidered that they have only been organ
ized < few short months. Among the
’numbers they played was Pryor’s ‘•Am
erica," Die Lustspiel and the American
Patrol.
’•wens, Long and Williams pleased
with their Echoes from Dixie. Shorty
Williams, the buck and wing dancer,
gave as clever an exhibition of dancing
as one would wish to see.
Me rat fa. “The Italian Music Lover,”
delighted with his Italian melodies and
accompanied himself on the guitar. His
work was .f the highest order. Maratta
has appeared at various time with such
s ngers as McCormick and Caruso, in
supporting characters.
And then came our old friends. Bolger,
Casey and Hardman It seems rather
superfluous t<> describe this act. Always
entertaining, they seemed to outdo them
on this occasimt. and they ragged
and j izz> d their w .y Into the hearts of
the audience until it seemed as if they
must stop from >heer physcal exhaus
tion As the ‘‘city fellers'’ say, they went
over big.
Ales: andro Alberinl of the Boston
oner.) •' mi in.v ga\<‘ the audience a
ver.’, ph Ing se'-<-tion of songs. Cor
poral \lb«rlni has a voice with won
d* ful tonal (iirditms and was forced to
respond to repeated encores.
La -t Int not least came Frank
Sm th. ■ ■ lever mom loglst. Frank
hatter that a muses and
with hi - ludk i ■"l’-'y nervous actions he
had the audience convulsed with
laughter.
The >< < ond half of the show had an ex
tra act al o. Hobson and Cook appear
ed as a dancing team and the disguise
of Ilobso nwas so clever that one was not
sur< whether or not ’‘SHE” was a girl
or not.
The details of the. performance were
arranged by Regimental Sergeant J. A.
Qu jin, and the stage arrangements were
handled by Rudolph Horta, Jr., assisted
b\ Regimental Sergeant J. P. Normanly
and Sergeants Fletcher and Cusick. The
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