New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Gen. Mann and More Than
1000 Privates Attend Din
ners and Dances
1000 at Forest Hills
Doors of Town Thrown Open
to Soldiers Of West
ern States

CAMP MILLS, Long Island. Sept 20
General Sherman may have been
right. but you couldn't get man in
the Rainbow Division tonight TO
admit it. And no wonder. 1t seemed
as though all Long Island within ra-
dius of twenty-five miles of the camp
selected to-day to entertain the officers
and men Of the division.
At the Piping Rock Country Club.
Locust Valley, a supper dance and re-
ception was held for MajorGeneral W.
A. Mann and his officers Before the
dance there were over two hundred
dinner parties given at the club, each
table having as guests az least one and
often several officers. In addition,
every country home anywhere near the
club entertained other officers at din
ner parties, going to the club after
ward.
Society Entertans Men
Prominent among those who opened
their homes 10 entertain were Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul d. Cravath. Mr.. and Mrs. W.
D. Guthrie, Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mr. and
Mrs. II. L Pratt Mr. and Mrs. Henry 7.
DAWSON, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin ID. Nor
gan and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitch
cock.
Not a whit less interesting was the
dinners given / 200 men of the Rain
bow" Division by the residents of For
est Hills. Long Island. The men were
chosen from the contingents represent
ing California, Texas, Minnesota, North
Carolian, Iowa and Ohio, their hosts all
being people who have come East from
those respective states.
Two special trains left the camp at
O'Clock A committee of residents
met them on their arrival at Forest
Hills. and so perfect were the arrange
ments that fifteen minutes after their
arrival every man had been taken in
charge BY the particular reception COM
mittee delegated to look after him and
was seated at dinner in the house to
which he had been billeted.
Helen Keller Addresses Soldiers
The committee which had arranged
for the "home folks dinner" as il was
called, was composed of the Rev. Philip
Allen Swartz, George Meyer, +, II.
Mays, A. C. Wessman and J. VI. Demo
rest, was the guest, together with
Twelve men lIOiE -bllAtSOLds NJ NllC
home of Miss Helen Keller. Afterward
Miss Keller made d little speech to the
men, in which she said that they were
going TO fight TO preserve the flag
which had been dedicated over one hun
bred years ago as the symbol Of free
dom. She said that the flag stands for
nation which honors the law and
womanhOod.
Following the home dinner parties the
soldiers and their hosts and hostesses
gathered in the plaza, where they
listened to a band concert and saw
motion pictures. They left for the re-
turn trip 10 camp at 1880.
The lGjth Infantry, New York's old
69th, and the 1l7th supply train got
thrill early in the morning, when they
received orders TO prepare to leave
camp with heavy marching equipment
in the shortest possible time. In less
than half an hour the regiment and
supply train were packed and ready to
march. Then came the word that it
had been only practice.
Sith Brigade to March
A review Of the saith Brigade, under
command Of Brigadier General Robert
4. Brown, will be held on the Hemp
Country Club, tomorrow. The various
commands in the review will be the
10Th Iowa Infantry. the 167th Alabama
Infantry and the 151st Georgia Machine
Gun Company.
Major Ruby d. Garrett, commanding
the Outpost Company, wants POS men
who are telephone operators, teleg-
rsphers or expert electricians to join
at once When the company was orig
inally formed the government called
for only scventy-five men. With the
enlarged division the government raised
the quota to $50. Major Garrett said
that the work of Signal Corps men was
rot only the most interesting in the
whole army, but that il paid better
than the other branches of the service,
the men receiving from $50 to $3.50 a
month, with d 20 per cent increase
when they went abroad.