The Washington herald., 1914-12-13
Fort Myer Notes.

| Lieut.. S. r. Hopkins has recently re-
| turned from TObyhanna, Pa. where he
| was ordered in connection with the artii-
I lery summer camp A large party from
Fort Myer attended the Army-Navy -ame
at Philadelphia recently. Mrs. r. &. Bur
! Lesson. who was called to Texas City ny
! the sudden illness of her mother, has not
| yet returned.
There are two new automobiles in the
garrison. which brings the total humber
uD 10 twelve. The new owners are Capt.
J r. 7. DOnneliy and Lieut.. Dawson OIm
I stead. Mrs. b. W. Simpson, very i'll iU..
| the past month. is now a patient in the
Walter Reed Hospital Miss Sylvia Wilder
1 has returned to New York, after a short
visit with her father. Col. W. F. Wilder.
Among those from town attending the
tea dance recently were Mrs. g. q. Treat
and the Misses Treat. Mrs. W. 5. Graves
and Miss Graves, Miss TunstilI. Miss
Ruth Anderson. Countess Dumas, Mrs.
Brichens. Miss O'Brien and Capt. c. ].
Ferris and the Misses Scriven. On
Thanksgiving Day the bachelors of Wash
! ington Barracks entertained the bache-
lors of Fort Myer at a beautiful dinner
complete in every detail.
Lieut.. and Mrs. G. II. Paine have ar
rived and are temporarily with Lieut..
and Mrs. Dawson Olmstead. Mrs. c. r.
Day, who has been quite i'll with tonsiIitis.
Is much improved. Lieuts A. II. Carter,
+. c. Wallace and q. ;. Morrison haVo
gone TO New York as exhibitors in the
Madison Square Garden Horse Show
Miss Flora BeWick has returned from
LenON, Mass. where she was a member
of Il house party for the past fortnight
Mrs. Thurber. of La Crosse Wis, is the
guest Of her son, Lieut.. Philip Thurber,
for the winter. Capt. and Mrs G. "
Jones had dinner on November IL in hon.
or of Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Norton. Mrs.
JOness parents. The guests included
Countess Dumas. Col W. +. Wilder and
Col. and Mrs. .. T. Menoher. The color
scheme was red and the place-cards, can
die shades and flowers were Of 4 true
artillery color
The annual drill and tea dance for the
benefit OF the Army Relief Society. which
took place at Fort Myer on Saturday,
November 81. was very successful. at
tracing hundreds Of spectators. Capt
William VI. Connell was in command Of
the saddle drill; Capt. w. l.. Forsyth, of
the COSsack drill: Capts Z. \. Sturgis
and &. II. Day. OF the tandem and bare
back drills, and Capt. r. J. Jones, of the
artillery drill. while a feature Of the day
was the exhibition jumping. The Fifth
Cavalry Band furnished excellent music
Special cars were run out from town and
al dlltIHOOn lue Ilillldfy ROAD was lined
with automobiles. Capt Duncan Elliott
acted as unofficial host at the riding hall,
greeting the guests as they entered.
Those occupying boxes were the Assistant
Secretary Of War. Mrs. Franklin Lane
Mrs. Houston. the Chief of Staff and
Mrs. Scott and Miss Scott. Gen. and Mrs.
]. B. Aleshire and the Misses AIeshire
Gen. and Mrs. Montgomery NJ Macomb,
Gen. and Mrs. Mills, Gen. and Mrs. Gar
lingtOn. Mrs. ]. Franklin Bell. Gen. and
Mrs. Henry =. Mccain and Gen. and
Afs. George Barnett. A number of So
ciety girls assisted Mrs. c. c. waIcutt.
chairman OF the candy committee, and
sold baskets filled with candy during the
drill. The tea. which was given in the
hop room. was well attended also and
several hundred dollars realized. The
flower. candy and cake booths. also the
tea table, were in charge of ladies from
Washington, while the coffee table was
under supervision of Mrs. c. T Menoher,
OF the post. assisted by Mesdames Stur-
Gts. Cunningham. Glasgow. DOnneIly,
Sheridan, Griffin, Carter. Cornell. Wander
Neer Morrison, Jones and Miss Griffin.