Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-24
LIBERTY DAY TO PROVIDE
PROGRAM OF GALA EVENTS
Parades, Athletic Competitions and
Vaudeville Performances Sched-
ulcd at Camp Lee.
PRESSING MEN FOR PAYMENT
Holders of Notes and Mortgages
Threaten Sales Of Homes Unpaid
For-Congression Action Elk.
pected to Safeguard Selectmen.
from a Stan Correspondent


CAMP LEE. VA. October 23.-Lib-
erty Day will be gala occasion at
Camp Lee. Parades. athletic events.
and vaudeville performances will fur
nish program calculated to keep
things lively at the cantonment most
of the day. and when the men are not
attending some OF the exhibitions. they
VIII be left to their own inclinations,
as all military activity will be sus-
pended for the celebration. or special
interest is the de luxe vaudeville per-
Torrance to be held tomorrow night
at which surprise is promised.
Adding still further interest to the
Liberty Day ceremonies is the fact
that hundreds of tho Confederate Vet
Grams, who are In reunion in Peters
burg. Will be the guests of officers at
the camp. On the same ground that
many of them fought in the war OF
1861, they will go over again. this time
10 find thousands OF troops OF the
North and South preparing for war
service abroad. Special recognition
viii be given the veterans. and Major
General CronFhite has arranged for
their entertainment.
In honor OF the veterans, an exhihi-
tion drill by the composite battalion
that made such m excellent showing
in Richmond on the occasion of It's
visit 20 the State Fair, will sc held al
IL o'clock. Commanded by MAJOR lem
nirGs c. Wise. OF the Three Hundr cd
and Eighteenth Infantry. The battalion
Will be composed OF Companies a, of
The two Virginia regiments; Company
T.. OF the Three Hundred and Nine
teenth Regiment. and Company ]. OF
the Three Hundred and Twentieth In
fantry. and the drill will be held on
The parade ground of the Three Hun
dred and Nineteenth Infantry near di-
vision headquarters
VETERANS LUNCH AT CAMP
AT GEN. CROSkhITE'S INVITATION
Following the parade. the veterans
viii! have lunch at the camp invitation
having been extended TO them by Cen
"ral Cronkh!te. Lunch will be served
them At the various regiments, whore
they Will be the guests for this occas-
Ion OF the officers. Returning to Pc
tersburg. they will be accompanied by
the composite battalion. which will!
march in the reunion parade to be held
In the afternoon. Major Wise will
command the troops. and the band
from the Three Hundred and TWEEN
tieth Regiment. of Pennsylvania, will
furnish the music
At the camp in the afternoon a nov
city track and field meet will be held
on the drill ground OF the Three Hun
dred and Fifth Engineers. in the rear
or division headquarters. B. r. Muir
ply, the division athletic director.
has prepared program OF events
which Will include those OF every
character. Each regiment and sepa :
rate unit in the camp will enter n team
OF not more than fifty men each. The
unit represented by the winning team
VII! be credited with $1,000 on it's 3D.
erty bond subscription the second
team with $500. the third with $500,
and the fourth with 5000.
Tomorrow night will be the time
Tor the big events. On the drill
ground of the Three Hundred and Nine
teenth Infantry the men have erected
large outdoor stage. and this will be
the scene of gala vaudeville per-
formance. The men Of the Eightieth
Division gave an example of what they
could do along this line last Thurs
day, and it is expected that the stunts
OF tomorrow night will be even bet
ter. 1t Is rumored that a surprise is
waiting the men, but the character Of
IL is not known.
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
CLOSES WITH EXERCISES
With the exercises tomorrow night
the Liberty loan campaign in Camp Lee
Will close. 1t was announced to-day
that the total subscriptions to date in
the camp were Sl,2i6,S5o, but every
indication points to this reaching n
grand total Of $1,500,000 when the final
count is made. 1t is expected that a
large number will come in to-mprrow,
and that Liberty Day will produce
about the largest single days subscrlp-
ton since the beginning of the cam
paign.
Officers and men have worked hard
OH the Liberty bond campaign, and
the results obtained in tho camp will
place the EiEhtieth Division In a high
place in the list of environments. While
no standing OF the camps was avail
able to-day, it is believed that Camp
Lee will hold a prominent position in
the final announcements. The subscrip-
tons Will average one bond n man.
The work done by the men Of the
Three Hundred and Nineteenth Reg
iment who went to Pittsburgh and Sc