Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-23
CLUB Is OPENED FOR
ALL MEN IN UNIFORM
Large Attendance on Opening Night
ut Institution for En-
listed Soldiers.
" Ehc oMED BY MACLACHLANi
hicutcnant.Colopel Hunt Responds
on Behalf Of General Brett-Danc-
ins and Irfreshments Enjoyed
by Men FROM Training Camps.

The opening. OF the ArIny.and Navy
and Marine Club IN it's quarters on. the
second and third doors OF the building
Franklin Streets by the 'Richmond
Commission on Training Camp Activi-
ties illustrated the, fact that when
lichnlond undertakes to do anything
IL Is done rightly and, representative
OF the spirit OF the people. Crowded
10 capacity the spacious club rooms
patrioticaiIy decorated with tho flags
Oh the allied nations. presented 4
scene that made the invited guests feel
proud or tho accomplishment Of the
commission, and the uniformed men
could hardly express their appreciation
to the men composing tho Richmond
comm iSsion.
Everything that a man in the service
OF the government could want to enter
tain himself can be found in these
quarters. there being pool tables.
CHECKER and chess tables. reading and
s'ihohlng- rooms. writine-roomS. and
SlcopinS accommodations for at least
NIFTY men. And when the people began
10 arrive they could sec tho soldiers
and "aiiors and marines playing pool
and other games and amusing them
selves in various other ways.
MANY MEN IN UNIFORM
ATTEND CLUB OPENING
Several hundred uniformed mon and
several officers and hundreds Of citizens
OF Richmond and women chaperons en-
tered into the spirit of tho occasion
and made tho event one that VIII be
remembered
Row. II. D. c. Maclachlan, D. D., on
behalf Of the Richmond commission,
welcomed tho uniformed men. urging
them TO visit the club as often as they
desired and take advantage Of all that
VI offered. He said that he believed
that the commission had established
just what was needed, and he hoped
that tho men In the service OF the gov
eminent would make the club their
homo while in Richmond.
lieutenant Colonel Hunt, representing
Br!gadicr- GENERAL Brett. OF Camp Lee.
accepted the club In behalf OF the uni
formed men. lie said that he was glad
that such = magnificent club was cs-
tablishcd for the soldiers and sailors
and marines, because the men needed
some recreation. while the officers could
take care OF themselves. He told them
they viii be honored and entertained
just 10 the extent that they honor
themselves.
Following Che speech by Colonel
Hunt. T. g Settle. representing the
War Department. and Navy Department
commissions on training camp ac,iyi-
III
Southern district. iold his hearers that
the club MAJ the finest he had seen In
this district ani ono that the people
could well be proud OF.
DANCING AND REFRESHMENTS
MAKE EVENING ENJUIABLE
Then the band began to play ana
foe, began to move, and dancing was In
fun swing, the. merry boys of Uncle
Sam swinging the young girls OF tho
city 10 the tune or the music Be-
tween dances all were served with re-
freshmonts.
IN short. the occasion was "A merry
one, pleasing all that attended In
tho future tho club VIII be open every
afternoon and night in tho week. On
Saturday nights there viii I've an en-
lertainmcnt iog the boys in khaki and
blue.
Mr.. Winfrcy extends an invitation
10 all the boys III the service OF the
government TO visit the club when they
arc in the city, and to enjoy all that
The club had TO offer. TO MIR. Winfrey
is due much of the credit for the
promptncss with which the work has
been accomplished.