The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-08
General Police" Order Spreads
CONSERVATION Among "Reuu-
lars at Camp.
BUT THERE'S mo KICKING
Lack Of Complaint Marks Grad.
uation Of All the Rockies in
Discipline. &. . = :

The specter Of spring cleaning stsiked
at Chevy Chase today Sorpowfui and
sunourned 'regulars'' watched every
bit Of paper. that fell In the company
streets at the National Service School.
General police tomorrow
Somebody stuck this military house
cleaning warning today into the middle
OF ali the peace and happiness at the
camp. La t't
The happy young women. to whom
the novelty of signaling, hrst-atdinE.
ETC. has added 1 est t t. w sosSsa marc o
notony, are to revert TO type, and have
become exceedingly unhappy over the
prospect. Tomorrow the broom handle
will replace the signal flag and the roller
bsndage. and gen s,l as,acx VIII p q
to be found.
To Police Whole Camp. =
or course, the young women police
their tents every day. But tomorrow
they are to police the whole blooming
camp ground and make II spick and
span. Many OF them feel they didn't
corie out there to learn how to clean
up p lawn or remove bits OF newspaper
from an otherwise spotless gravel walk.
But they'll do II.
Inc 'TedSOu lot the general luCk Oh
kicking 10 found In the fact that today
marks the graduation OF every person
In camp from the rookie" stage.
They are not rockies" now. They're
all regulars"
After week OF this sort OF thing.
we resent the term rookie" and want
to be known as the regularest sort OF
regulars" one young person In khaki
with very red face that showed a few
healthy freckies. remarked this morning
please get US Observation-Disclosures
And regulars they intend to be. Lieut..
Jane Blgclow gives evidence TO the
regularity OF the members OF the camp
today. |s'
Lieutenant Bigclow ought to know
something about regulars, because her
father Is n colonel In the army. And
she. as officer of the day today. an
nounces that the members OF the -four
companies have done 50 well that the
Job of being officer Of the day is a
double-headed cipch." As Lieutenant
BiGelow has been In camp herself. ac-
curing vocabulary as Well as training
her language can be taken as indicating
exactly what has happened.
Two Bits Of Excitement
There were two bits of excitement
at the camp today The first was
the announcement of the change In
medical officers. DIR. Edwin C. Noyes
Medical Corps. U, s. A., reported fol-
duty, relieving DR.. j., Ryan Devereux
Medical Corps. U. s. A.. The members
OF the four companies are all anxious
to make DIR. Noyes' acquaintance, nat
urally,' but they have been so very
healthy since they have Joined the
camp that they haven't much chance
Today is Red Cross Day In the camp
and the public has been invited 10 the
lecture tent this afternoon. ..
x.rtll ut ~
address by MISS Mabel T. Boardman or
the work OF the Red Cross In war.
Col Jefferson r. 'Keane, Medical
Corps. u. s. A.. will speak. on the rela.
ton OF the work of the Red Cross to
medical science. and Miss Marion Oliver
daughter OF Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver
former Assistant Secretary of War. VIII
make an address in the form Of patri.
otto appreciation Of Red Cross work.