The Washington times., 1917-09-30
Gel "Dan- Moore
A Hard WOrkeF.
MRS. EDWARD W. EBERLE

n Hard worker.
Col. dan" Moore is there, COM
manding sthe 31Oth Field Artillery and
working as hard as any lieutenant;
also Bob" Dove. now Captain Dove,
OF the United States Quartermaster
Corps. Colonel Mortimer is command
ing the 311th. His wife Is living at
Fort Myer. where she has been ever
since the colonel went to the Mexican
border. He was an instructor OF field
artillery work at the last re-
serve officers camp at Fort McPher-
son. Mrs. Mortimer's daughter. Mrs.
John Kingman. who has been living
with her at Myer. will leave Wash
ington shortly to Join her hus-
band. Major kingman, who went to
the border for duty not long ago.
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Mrs. Marshall Magruder has re-
turned to Washington after being at
Bluemont for six weeks. She
is with her parents, Mrs. and Mrs.
Harry Peyton, but expects to leave
again in about a week to stay with
her brother-in-law and sister, DR.. and
Mrs. Jarboe, in Greenville, S. c. Major
Magruder is now at a cantonment in
Illinois. They have recently returned
from the Philippines after an absence
spend the winter in Washington, re
turning about November I.
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But to return 10 Camp Meade-it has
the air OF a huge lumber town sprung
up over night. Everywhere is dust and
dirt. rough board houses and piles Of
| lumber. There was an army OF work
men. a steady procession Of wagons go
| ing and coming in all directions. and
every body hustling. The drafted men
who had received uniforms wore an
/ air OF superiority which was laughable
I saw whole companies Of men who
couldn't speak English and on some OF
the barracks orders had to be posted
| in Polish. Hundreds Of the men seemed
| 20 have been recruited from the coal
mines. where they would seem to be
needed. Many are married and have
large families. However, all seemed
happy with the exception OF one little
conscientious objector. weighing but lO4
pounds, who was refusing to eat in the
nope that he might bring his weight
down under 100 pounds and be sent home.
| | will tell you something | noticed
which surprised me n this time when
half the world il preaching food con
! servation. ] saw hundreds OF acres or
vegetables rottlnG in the ground in the
| truck farms which had been taken by
the Government for camp sites because
army red tape wouldn't permit their be-
ing touched. I saw a lumber wagon
drive straight across field Of fine sweet
potatoes. II would have been better,
seemingly. for the tenants who vacated
the properties to have been allowed TO
gather the crops before leaving.
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He looks young. he dances divinely.
and when we saw him on the Pow
hatan roof the other night he
looked as though he didn't have
care in the world. And yet
Frederic Il. Harris. the youngest bu-
reau chief holding the rank of rear
admiral in the navy. is chief OF the
Bureau OF Yards and Docks and about
the busiest man in the navy just
now. He was selected for this per
manent rank last June. and when he
was first appointed to the job in Jan
uary. 1916, he was just forty-one
years old.
or course. Admiral Harris has had
to stick close TO his desk all summer.
and most OF the time Mrs. Harris.
who wears jSst about the most stun.
ming froeks in town, has been with
him. They have recently moved to
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house for the winter to Mr.. and Mrs
FdLar B. Howard. of Philadelphia.
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In piping times Of peace the chief
OF the Bureau of Yards and Docks has
no sinecure, and under present condi'
tions there is no end to his duties,
He is in control OF all the construc.
tinn work of the navy on shore end
has charge of the maintenance OF the
navy yards. The work in hand at
present under his bureau involves an
expenditure OF more than 500, 900, 900,