Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
RACE IN DANCING
|HIELPS WOMEN TO
|DRILL AS TROOPS
D,ythm and Real Interest
'''f i Work Please Camp
Life Officers
|ruEsE, GIRLS BEAT ALL"
10 L1sETTA NEUKoM

,.c Jedoer Std6 Correspondent
Ivy CHASE, Md, May Amer
snln again asserts her supremacy,
.rsb hor achievements at the Chevy
~ ~ .tn,tary Camp, where 200 residents
, ,oo students from the social elite Of
n' -. are learning lessons in pre-
IA the authority for the statement
s,hor than II. Lewis Hubert, Ser
:, Major Of the United states Marine
ans ,rno Is in charge of drilling the
Pr sooletv girls who are here-and
.,..s mart of the credit to their knowl-
!. :, dancing, the rest to earnestness.
~. ,he 40 years have been training
masiiIinq men in all parts of the
~ states I have never had any of
nv nick up drills as quickly as the
pem Pwornen In this camp" he said
~ 81 think this Is because they have
.s,d rhvthm from dancing and because
~ ars Interested in the work and are
Ting their whole minds on 1t.
& .r0 ,he years have been connected
~ ,bs Goyernment," he added ~ have
Zaled indians, Malays and, of course,
nusands and thousands of Americans
{ 4, these girls beat them ALL
TAKE DOWN AND ERECT TENTS.
& p,,t,ns for the first time in the his
~ N the United States army life girls
Iot down and set up tents. They did
%ss wednesday under the direction of
&.rssant S. H. Henderson, of~the United
,,ss Marine Corps, who beams all over
II ,oyial face when he talks of the
/. .rhIeyements Of his feminine" rockies,
" tell you." he said with enthusiasm.
4h,se girls are better than any recruits
have ever had in my 16 years experience
i the Marine Corps. why, they had
.sver nut a tent up in their lives and
|4l,sy they had never seen any one else
Il n But they went through the per-
Armance without a single mistake; and
4hat is more, they followed directions ex-
*,lcItedly, without a single error"
s prize is to be given to the best COM
any in the camp In drill work This an
buncement was made today. There is
bIrited competition among the four COM
$hnles. II has not been decided whether
here will be big prize for the winning
pmpany or individual prizes for each
<rl in the winning company.
MISS OLIVER ARRIVES.
:. Miss Marion oliver, daughter of Cen
iral Robert Shaw Oliver ex-Assistant
ecretary Of War, who is chairman of
Be committee on organization ot classes
d FIRST aid and home nursing Of the Red
1ross, arrived this morning to assume
Ter duties. She donates her services to
Be cause Of preparedness.
Between $500 and 1000 yards of gauze
III be used in the surgical dressing
Eases in the first two weeks of camp.
4his Is the only compulsory course in
amp. Part of the bandages will be sent
the Red Cross. Part will be taken home
~ the pupils There the girls will teach
'helr friends the principles Of wrapping
hndages.
S Those who have been discussing the
Ugh cost Of living could learn lessons at
BE Chevy Chase Military Camp for Wom-
d. Thirty-two cents is allowed each day
|pr three meals served the girls in camp,
nd they say that the food is really much
sitter than 1t was the first day or two.
be girls eat from heavy crockery, used
s the Marine Corps, and sit on rough
ewn benches beside rough wooden tables,
astead Of wiping their cherry-red lips on
hpkins Of the daintiest of linen they have
hper napkins, and they have no finger
owls Salads are a thing of the past,
I'd all homemade food sis no more"
Miss Mary Walker Colket. $50 South
8th street Philadelphia, was one of the
=lards Of the day yesterday. The duty
4 the guards is to keep all people off
mp grounds except the resident stu
ents and special visitors.
Among the special visitors while she
5as on duty were the Chinese Minister
=nd Mrs, Koo, the Siamese Minister and
ady Prabha Karavongse, and diplomats
ON the French, British and Russian
Embassies