The age-herald., 1900-08-26
Beautiful Visitors at Camp Finch
 During Week THE INFORMAL RECEPTIONS Story of a Dramatic Incident in Which kdjutant General Brandon Figured as Hero-Notable Events
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BY ANNIE KENDRICK WALKER.

q understand that Mir Peck, the Con- missioner General of the United States to the Paris Exposition, was obliged recently to forbid the American guards at the ex- position flirting" said a young officer of the Third Regiment the past week. Amer ican guards are particularly handsome" ," he continued, and the majority of them are college men, two distinctions that, aug mented by splendid uniforms, have resuIt= ed in playing havoc among the hearts of the young women, particularly those who are attached to the different American sections The guards it is said, obeyed the orders Of the commissioner too Well, and lavished their attentions among the French girls and the pretty women of oth- nationalities, the small matter of their inability to speak the different languages only adding to the interest of the stories or sweeping conquests made by the American guards, ana that reached the ears of tns commissioner general.
 This international business must be stopped, he Is quoted as saying to the young guardsinen, you must renlain inside the territory o1 your own country,
 This little story was reeaiieo with such significance the party ot ladies 10 whom the o.rcer was speaking declared that 1t must Ge apropos some incidents Of the Week, since tle headquarters O. tae officers have peen sraced py numerous charming parties, and Camp Finch has been the pupalar rendezvous TOT all the peiles and oeautIes, many Of whom haa personal lrtenoS not aIone among tie nieiii- pers the noiIe conIpan4es, Dut among the visiting conIpaniss as Wei.
 '. and evening have founu gay IItLie parIies taking supper WIsn the onicers, lne most notaDie evening was the occasion that Governor Johnston anu the members ms sJah were entertained . at reghnentai heaSquarters and later on were guests at supper served at the mess hall. There were seventy-five guests, in- cluding the members oI the Governors staff, and iu the party were a number Of charming Birmingham women. They had, by the way just been given an opportnn- ity Of following the example Of the Wom- en behind the guns" since at the moment that the company streets were presenting an animated scene, Grops of young women in the Smartest of summer gowns, stood chatting with their friends among the officers and their men, an August shower rather suddenly interrupted any tete tetes and when the men in resi- mentals led the way to their tents, there was a quick lowering of summer sun shades a gathering up of befrilled skirts as the ladies eagerly followed the men with the guns, and enjoyed the excitement of lowering the sides of the tents, and later on Investigating the inside of camp life.
 Outside later on, the men were forming in battalions and the band was playing martial airs while at Captain J. H. Bank dead's headquarters a little party were be- ing regaled with "reminiscences of the Span ish war.
 Lieutenant Clyde Harkins, who was In charge of the Fayette detachment Of Com pany M at Camp Finch, was formerly a Lieutenant in the Fifth Volunteer Infan- try. commanded by Captain Henry E. BaHkhead, who is at present in rhe fhil- ippines; and in recalling some incidents of the war the Lieutenant mentioned the party of American girls whom Mrs Bank head. the wife of Representative Bank head chaperoned delightful visit to Cuba and of the enthusiasm with when the American officers received the news Of the party's arrival at Morro Castle. me party embarked for Cuba just In tune to touch at its shores during the Christmas holidays, and the American officers were very eager for the arrival of the young women in whose honor the Christmas dances were to be given. Lieutenant liar kfns recalled the gay weeks that passed at Santiago de Cuba during the visit of these charming American women, and he told also of the disappointment of one of the hrayest and most gallant officers who was in command at that time. He had expected his fiancee to sail with the party and had planned numerous affairs at which she was to be the guest of honor She had been