Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-19
SOLDIERS At CAMP LEE
JOIN IN CELEBRATION
Fully $500 Men Have Part in Pro-
gram Arranged to Promote Sale
of Liberty Bonds.
DO DRILLS, ACTS AND STUNTS
Machine-Gun Battalion Capture
First Prize, While Second Honor
Goes to Bakery Company-Bond
Subscriptions Reach $O37,35O.
(From STAFF Correspondents }

(From n Staff Correspondcnt.)
CAMP LEE, VA, October 1S.-The
Liberty loan is of large interest to
the men of Camp Lee. and they showed
1t this afternoon with series Of
military, athletic and vaudeville events
that entertained 10000 OF the National
.,r, lur several hours.
Fully $500 troops participated In
the novel presentations, many OF
them cleverly conceived and ingeni-
ously arranged. and designed to bring
the Liberty bond idea before the men.
The troops did themselves proud In
working out their entertainment, and
gave exhibitions which were declared
to rival "the best show on EARTH"
Much ingenuity was displayed In the
drills. acts and stunts that the teams
pulled off. all of them arranged with
the idea of capturing the Liberty bond
credits that were awarded TO the win
ners. The thousands of soldiers who
witnessed the celebration seemed to
like all tho numbers, and they were
unstinting In their applause, which
vociferous shouts
MACHINE GUN BATTALION
TAKES DOWN FIRST HONOR
The Three Hundred and Thirteenth
Machine Gun Battalion, composed Of
men from Pennsylvania came out first
In the contest, with the Bakery Com
pany No. l capturing second place
To the winner was awarded $4,000 in
Liberty bond credit, the command
getting second place coming in for n
credit of $1,000 Eleven organizations
in the cantonmcnt were represented In
1nn ,,1l. -
creditable exhibitions.
aJor-General Adelbert Cronkhite.
commanding the division. with his chief
or STAFF. Lieutenant Colonel w. II.
Waldron. Lieutenant Colonel l. Fl.
Hunt. the division Judge advocate. and
Major y. G. GOODWIN. the division in
spector. made up the list of Judges.
and occupied raised platform on the
drill field Of the Three Hundred and
Nineteenth Regiment. in which the
celebration was held. Hundreds of
officers of the division were present.
and around square reserved in the
middle of the field. kept clear by eff
cient military police. the soldiers OF
the camp who attended the entertain
ment were grouped.
Because of its novel Idea, the Three
Hundred and Thirteenth Machine Gun
Battalion won the first place. The pre-
sentation consisted OF five SQUADS OF
men. each carrying flags of as many
nations which are in the war. The
squads were made up OF men OF Rus
sia. Belgium. Ireland. Italy and
America, each being designated by tho
flags of the various countries, and tho
leader OF each squad calling out the
military formation in the native Ian
guage of the men.
AS chch squad came upon the field q
bugler played the national air of the
nation whose men made up the COM
mand. First came the Belgian con-
tingent. which marched in view of
the judges. This was followed by the
Russian, then the Irish, the italian,
and. lastly, the American At the
commands OF the squad leaders, all in
the various tongues. the men performed
military evolutions. The Italians gave
an exhibition OF physical exercise used
in tho Italian army, corresponding to
the callsthenicsa OF the American. AS
finale the five squads formed an
ensemble before the judges stand,
grouping the flags together. showing
that liberty is the bond in which all
OF the nations have entered
BAKERY EXHIBITION is
CLEVERLY ARRANGED
The exhibition OF the bakery com
pany, in which members OF the cooks
and bakers school Joined, was also
cicverly arranged, and came in for
second consideration. All OF the men
were uniformed in white. and as they
marched across the field their forma
ton spelled the word Liberty" A
hi mo tnty
which the men were baking bread,
and in full view Of the crowds this
was taken from the pans and twelve
OF the bakers. each carrying q leaf"
OF six loaves each, walked up to tho
judges to let them take Closeup"
of their handiwork.
The first event on the program was
by the Three Hundred and Seventeenth
Infantry OF Virginia. and was a Calls
thenlc exhibition. which showed that
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