Evening star., 1916-07-27
CABARET SHOW GIVEN
BY OFFICERS AT CAMP
Held in Big Y. M. c. A. Tent in
Honor of Officers From
Fort Myer.

Camp Ordway had a real cabaret last
night. It was held in the tent when
at other times serves as the headquar-
ters for the Y NJ. C. A. But this was
a censored cabaret. the military censor
having gone over the program before
it was put on. It is understood that
some of the acts suggested by the
young officers were 'deleted by the
censor but at any rate everybody
voted it the best entertainment ever
given in this camp. or during Nat1onai
Guard encampments, for that matter.
1t was a screaming success from the
time the curtain went up, as the busler
blew tattoo" and the Sd Infantry Bano
played a march, until the Dill was
closed by Miss Bonita and Lew Hearn
o! Keiths Theater.
Under the direction of Nal Charles
F. Luce. Medical Corps; Capt. E. NJ
Nevils 1ieuts. Monagon and Slnithson'
the tent was Communicated early
Yesterday Details of men were sene
into the countryside to gather shrup-
berry. and this was placed aooN LII ite
tent The stage was decorated with
flags On one corner was the American
flag on a staff and on the other corner
the brigade standard.
Guests Seated at Tables.
Large American flags covered the top
of the tent
The guests were seated around tables
gathered from every place in the camp.
1t was against orders for any tables
to he anywhere else last night but in
the tent
direction of Lieut.. Monagon, adJufant
of the I'd Battalion. A brass quartet
from the Sd Infantry Band rendered
selections, while Carl Schaefer. leader
of the band, gave clarinet SOLO
Signor Antonio Rosetti of Battery
new in the way of military buck and
wing dancing.
Milo B. Atkinson, Sd Infantry. enter
tanned with dialect stories. One original
story about Camp Ordway pleased the
audience very much, particularly those
who have had to travel through ord
way mud. Atkinson said he was back
of the camp last night. and he came TO
a mud puddle and saw hat. He
reached over and kicked the hat and
drivers of quartermaster's wagon
He said he asked the boy what ne was
doing and received this reply:
Look heer, boss. You better be
keerful where you step. Tor Is. sitting
on ma wag'n.
Two Other Story Tellers.
Lieut. C. B. Hamilton, Company A,
also contributed dialect stories. as did
Capt. C. J. Ferris. U. S. A. who just re-
ported in camp yesterday as inspector
instructor of field artillery.
A male quartet from the Sd Infantry
rendered number of selections. Two
boxing matches were staged. one be-
tween Johnny Mace and kid" Nc
Cauley, both of the Sd Infantry. and the
other between Piedmont" and "Fa-
TINA"
The Glee Club of the 1st Separate
Battalion was well appreciated by the
audience, judging from the number of
encores.
Frequently during the course of the
evening she program was suddenly in
terrupted in order to read some i'm
portant" telegram or new order con-
cerning the camp. several of the mes
sages having to do with the hurried
movement of the Sd Infantry. One of
these from the department of public
unrest, st. Tony, Ariz,, to the senior
assistant mastering officer at Fort
Myer. said:
Reports from border show bandits
still active in southern portion of Ari-
zona and New Mexico. Hasten depart
ure of Sd Infantry, o. NJ. ID. c., SO as to
arrive not later than November 2S,
1920"