The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08

Anniston, October -(Special.)-Brig.- Gen. Charles w. Barber and other offi- cers of the New Jersey regiments at Camp Mcclellan, together with the wives of the married officers and a large num- Der of feminine friends and relatives, en- joyed one of the most brilliant military dances Saturday night that has been given since Camp Mcclellan was estab- lished. A platform was erected on Jersey Hill," where the brigade head quarters staff is encamped. This plat form was banked with great quantities of goldenrod and autumn leaves and was lighted with numerous Chinese lanterns. Music was furnished by New Jersey reg mental bands.
 Jersey Hilr' is rapidly becoming the center of social and musical events in l the camp One reason is that the First 1 infantry men are known as the singing regiment" Chaplain Warren Coon, who l is singing master, has drilled the men | in singing the popular song among sol ders, over There,' and when they sing | 1t there is choir of 1a00 masculine voices that can be heard all over the camp. JOINS ENGINEERS
 Company K of the First infantry, un- l der Capt. Benjamin Day moved out Of 1 the camp Saturday to join the One Hun- dred and Fourth engineer regiment, to which it has been transferred. The men of this company will miss treat that is ! in store for the other men of the First regiment. The Proctor people of New ark have sent to Chaplain Coon a looo- | foot motion picture reel of the First reg ! iment leaving Newark on their way to i Anniston, and the Episcopal congrega- tions of northern New Jersey, largely at l the inspiration of Mrs. Wallace Scudder i! of Newark have sent the chaplain a motion picture machine and half ton l truck in which to move the parapher-
 nalia. The chaplain says he hopes to have the machine ready within week | so the men can sit down and watch | themselves march by
 This picture will probably be shown for the first time next Tuesday night as one of the features of the First regi- ment entertainment, when the regiment will sing and Private Wolf, of the head quarters company and Private Hascher
 of Company I will give boxing exhi-
 bition.
 The officers tents on Jersey Hil1 are
 being wired today and it is probable
 they will have electric lights by the mid
 dle of next week. These electric lights
 will enable some of the younger officers
 more time to coax their moustaches into
 visibility There is an epidemic of Chap
 linomania among the young officers al
 the camp. A large percentage of then
 are in the first agonies of raising Char
 ley Chaplin moustaches and it is report ed that some of the drug stores are doine a big business in hair tonics since thu
 hirsute crop started.
 l It will be a relief to thousands of rel
 atives and friends of soldiers who art
 stationed at Camp Mcclellan to learr
 that the postoffiee will soon have suf-
 ficient number of clerks to handle the
 mails without delay. The improvement
 will please the soldiers no less than the
 home folks, as delayed letters and par
 cells have caused a great deal of anxiety in the past
 Five clerks are now on their way tc Camp Mcclellan from Harrisburg, Pa As soon as they arrive the postoffice will have 32 clerks, of whom several are sol. diers.
 The men who are now working at the postoffice have been loyal and steadfast It has not been unusual for them te work IT hours "a day in an effort 10 gel l out the great accumulation of mall, but no matter how hard they worked, theil number was insufficient to efficiently