El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-09
CAMP STEWART
HUT DEDICATED
Maj. Gen. Clements Pre-
sides and Praises Y. M.
G. A.; Third Hut.

For evidence of spontaneous good
viii. for volume of singing and for gen.
I eral enthusiasm in response to the sd-
dresses which were delivered. the dedi-
cation OF hut No. at Camp Stewart
! Tuesday night surpassed exercises of
similar nature in the interest of the
work OF the army Young Mems Chris
, tan association for the FL Paso dis
trict
Mai Cen c NJ Clement commanding
officer OF the seventh division presided.
The closeness of relationship between
officers and men of the Pennsylvania
troops was shown in a striking manner
as Gen Clement. accompanied by his
staff representatives. Brig. Gen. O'Neil
and the association secretaries. made
handing officer approached the buGle
sounded a call for attention" followed
by a fanfare by the band Instantly
every man was on his feet until the
party had stepped on the platform.
when three cheers were given for Mai
Cen Clement. then for Brig. Gen.
O'Neil closing with similar tribute TO
the Y. NJ c. 4.
GEN Clement Speaks
In his opening remarks Gen. Clement
called the attention of the men to the
fact that the Y. NJ. C. a building. being
on the ground. was mark Of the es-
TEEN. friendship and love. in which
the troops of the Pennsylvania division
are held by the folks back home" He
also commented in an eloquent way on
the purposes of the association in fol-
lowing the men TO camp and paid
high tribute TO the moral stamina Of
his men who, by their attendance at
such an affair. indicated their interest
in the more serious side of life
F. A. McCarl of the international COM
mittee of New York. gave strong talk
on the reason for the building and pre-
scented il to the men OF the third bril-
gade-
20 Years in Service
In presenting Brig Gen. O'Neil for
his response. Gen Clement paid = tri-
butte TO Gen. O'Neil for his 40 years of
devoted service in the interests of the
third brigade and stated that for 80
years. they had been associated to-
Gether
Gen. O'Nen responded briefly and
pledged his cooperation 10 the efforts
OF the associa tion for the welfare of his
men Not only was the building crowd
ed TO capacity but men were grouped all
around the outside Of the building TO
see and hear. II is estimated that from
Zoo to 1900 men were in attendance.
ChapIains OfficIatc.
Chaplain H. n Bsssler. captain of the
eighth Pennsylvania infantry, gave the
invocation at the dedication. chaplain
R NJ Green. of the sixth infantry. Penn
sylvania national guard, read the scrip
ture lesson. chaplain II. s. Dollman. of
the fourth Pennsylvania infantry said
a prayer and chaplain Fl. n. BassIer, OF
the eighth Pennsylvania infantry, gave
the closing prayer
Tenor Solo.
Lieut.. T. c. Fegley. OF the fourth
Pennsylvania infantry, sang a tenor
solo: Face to Face" and the entire au-
dience sang America" during the dedi- I
cation service; F. \ Messler, camp sec
rotary, Of Williamsport, Pa. spoke on .
the work of the association. Charles II. /
Flagle. OF GTeensburg. Pa, and W E F.
Hainswoeth, of Warren. Pa. are the ,
building secretaries in Camp Stewart
The hut dedicated Tuesday night is /
the third TO be placed in operation in ,
FL Paso district. Three more buildings ,
viii be completed this week Tor Penn. I
troops. Twelve association secretaries !
are here from Pennsylvania.