Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

ably in time of need those duties that
are additionally woman's.
Tomorrow morning the first 200 camp
students are to report at o'clock, and
for the next two weeks they will have
a strenuous life under strict discipline.
There will be no social activities. there
will be plenty Of study and lectures
and there will be abundant opportunity
for them all to get back to nature and
learn how to be healthy and happy
without maids. manicurists, young
men and other social frills and foibles.
The course at this National Service
School is to be very serious and strict
one.
Flag-Raising Tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon there is to be a
flag raising ceremony at $3.50 o'clock,
when the President of the United
States by his presence, accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson. will attest the United
States governments recognition of the
Distinguished officers of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps and high gov
eminent officials have also by their CO.
operation. shown the zeal of men in
the service for such instruction. Mrs.
George Dewey. wife of the admiral of
the United States Navy: Mrs. Hugh l..
Scott. wife Of the chief Of staff of the
army. and Mrs. George Barnett, wife
of the commandant of the Marine
Corps. will assist in raising the flag.
tary Of State; Mrs. Josephus Daniels.
wife of the Secretary of the Navy,
and Mrs. Champ Clark. wife or the
Speaker, are special reception COM
mittee for the f1ag-raising celebration.
Besides the 200 young women-prac-
tically every one of whom is to be
found in the social register-who Will
constitute the resident student body
Of the camp during the first two weeks,
there are also enrolled 300 day stu
dents. When their two weeks is fin
ished, another course VIII De started
for 200 more resident students and
300 day students.
This is in no sense a military camp
and the young women are not to DO
any fooling with guns-there IS no
rife range There is to be only enough
of women comfortably. Nor is it a
holiday picnic. 1t is to be a serious
school. where the women VIII learn
to nerform well those things which
stress-what may tersely be express
ed as Red Cross activities.
No Frivolity Permitted.
There is to be no frivolity in the
c,mn visitors will be admitted only
tn the instruction and exhibition tents,
and their visits will be restricted from
5 to 6 on weekdays and from to on
SUNDAYS There will be a double guard
to see that these rules are strictly OBJ
seryed-a guard of women within the
camp and a guard OF "omcers or the
law on the outside. And there Will be
no night leave for the camp s.so ernn,
racantiops dances etc, during their
two weeks in camp.
The camp will not lack the modern
conyeniences: for instance, there IS a
hie hathhouse for the students; there
is mess tent in three sections, 115
feet long, all screened in; there is
special telephone line to the camp;
there is fine electric lighting system
strung up on fifteen large poles ana
connecting with every one of the seventy
tents.
The mess tent is fitted up with
large refrigerator and number OF the
very latest model army cook stoves
The camp was fitted up by trained
force of more than 100 men and occu-
pied their time for practically two en-
tire days. AS it is to be model for
similar camps in the various states
throughout the United States, it has
been made complete in every way and
exempIifies the most approved Army
and Marine Corps standards.
This camp is located on Connecticut
avenue, several squares beyond the
Chevy Chase Club. 1t occupies the
street The square between Thornapple
street and Underwood street Is fitted up
for the resident section OF the camp.
This will be kept strictly private for
the Young women. On the lake side of
Underwood street are located the large
lecture tent, seating 900 persons: the in
struction tents, for first aid; Red Cross
exhibit home care of sick, sewing and
knitting. bandage making, diet cooking
and the field wireless station.
Experienced Workers to Teach.
There will be taught the making of
standard surgical dressings under the
direction of Red Cross nurses. a
trained seamstress will instruct the
students in the making of Red Cross
relief garments according to standard
patterns. Other classes not under the
American Red Cross are signal work,
which includes wireless and plain tele-
graphing. helographing and wigwag
ging instruction in junior section work,
and military calisthenics.
The public is invited to the lecture
course each afternoon from $3.50 to 5,
but all must be off the grounds before
6 o'clock This lecture course is under
the direction of Mrs. Sydney Rallou. on
such subjects as National Defense,
y
American History" and the American
ization of the Foreign Born"
The lecture course will open Tuesday
with addresses by Franklin d. Roose
Welt, assistant secretary of the navy. and
Nine Slavko Grouitz. wife of the Serbian
minister. Wednesday the speakers are
to be John Barrett, director general Of
the Pan-American Union. and DIR. A
Stmson of the public health service
Among others who will speak are Henry
Breckenridge. who recently resigned as
assistant secretary of war: Charles ].
Bonaparte, Drexel Biddle. DIR. Nevil Mon
roe Hopkins Frederic Huidekoper, Judge
sydney Ballou, DIR. E. A. Grosvenor of
Amherst College and Miss Mabel Board
man.
Mrs George Barnett, wife of the COM
mandant of the Marine Corps. is to live
at the camp, and is to have a distn-
guished woman of national reputation as
tent guest, whose name will not be an
nounced until after the school has actual
" been started. Mrs Geneveve Clark
Thompson, daughter of the Speaker: Mrs
Henry B. JOY Of Detroit. Mich; Mrs
MARY Logan Tucker and other prominent
women will be among the resident stu
dents. Mothers of some of the younger
students will attend as day students
Mrs Theodore North Mclaughlin presi-
dent of the District Red Cross, is to have
a Red Cross membership tent
Various States Represented.