The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-14
ElIERS ENLISTED
For WEEKS SERVICE
Gn1laEs4cns for Tobacco Fund I'm All
vaudeville Housrs--Rcx Assigned
to Richmond.

FAtrcns OF Va udevflle I'm every thea
eer IN the United statee. where tht
1eteA name Ia identified with amuse,
i tAonte. viii be asked this week tc
4o.operA4e with the Army Girls
1<ennport Tobacco Fund commission
1u4 the theAter managers in a ma.
0ou-W1de campaign to provide to-
D4eoo TOR every soldier emharking on
= traneport bound for over There, "
Mater General Ho0ry @. sharpe
40Artermaster general of the United
0ea3es army; Colonel J VI Carson,
1ensral superintendent Of the army
Transport service, and his daughter
MiW Carson. are at the head Of this
4iv1gion Of the ''solace for soldiers"
work The big drive will begin
simultaneously In all the Keith thea
tiers In America tomorrow In the
churches TN all of the larger cities of
the country a special collection for
the same fund will be taken up to-
Cay.
Manager Charles W. Rex. who has
been assigned to look after the the
2tficai end in Richmond will give the
uss OF the Lyric 70 speakers for the
cause NJ each performance during
the week There collections daily
viii Be taken up Alfred II. MDoweli,
clerk OF committees TO the city coun-
ell. win deliver an address explaining
.he movement.
pstaiiing the plan o. the Army
Eirf.' Ira nsport Tobacco fund and
the movement in which the theater
Managers have been enlisted. Mr. Rex
said last night
The fund is designed 10 provide
for soldiers departing for the front
Who have no time 10 provide Tor thefn-
sr 80 a~trarr4NS rF
For reasons best known 70 the war
department officials al Washington
no advance notice is given 20 the sold
sers In camps and eantenem erts as TO
the time Of thar departure or their
destination.
When the command comes il isl
immediate The troops pack up and
move No man except the commanding
cfficcr knows the immediate or ulu-
mate destination. For the soldier it,
- 'tust pack your kit and report In
line No, you can't stop TO get hand
kerchieFx, extra colthinR or anything
else. Come as you are Tobacco
No. you are needed at once
Here IL what Happened. for ex-
ample to one specific large body Of
troops: Orders were received at
o'clock In the afternoon. The sold
4ers broke camp and at O'Clock were
marching into the troop trains. At
o'clock they were speeding across
this country on a Journey that lasted
through the greater part OF the night.
without 4 stop Al 40i and A. NJ.
the several sections Of the train land
"a tlss troops at the port OF elnbarka-
tion, rfEnt on the piers, Al noon
they were on the sea. bound Tor only
he commanding officer knew where.
ION the army transports the sold
ct comfort OF the MEN is tobacco
provision for supplying things like to-
bacco In made. The voyage is neces-
sarily long and tedious. the great
est comfort of ths men is tabacco,
The fact thai these sailings are secret
and there 10 nobohy on hsnd 20 tell
nur men goodbye must not be over
looked.
Now comes the Army Girls Trans
port Toba eco fund package for each
man. There ia a card in each pack
age from an army girl giving him
godspeed. Printed on the top of the
packtage is message conveying the
blessing and good wishes OF the peo-
pie OF his country.
A speciman package IL exhibited by
each public speaker II contains two
packages of tobacco. one package OF
cigarette papers and one box of
matches.