Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-24
FIELD HOSPITAL
RIVALS KEITH'S
Great Concert Given by Tai
ented Soldiers. Elaborate Ar
engagements.

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Talk about your Keith's Circuit if
you will but the open air concert
given by Field Hospital No. Iii, for
merly Field Hospital No. 3, of Phil
adelphia, Pa, on Monday evening. Oc-
tober 18th, at the Camp, had them all
skinned a mile" to put it in the
words of the boys who were there
and saw the whole wonderful per-
Torrance.
A real stage, built and designed by
1t Logic, twenty five feet square.
with footlights and orchestra pit, an
auditorium surrounded by a rustic
fence festooned with Georgia ever
geen pines and hung with strings of
electri lights furnished an exquisite
and novel setting for the elabroate
program.
There were singing and dancing,
classy monologues musical selections,
black face comedy, by the men Of the
company, ably assisted by few ex-
elusive society singers and classical
dancers from the nearby town of sAu-
gusta, staged under the direction Of
Sergt. Marie Bopp.
There were officers and enlisted
men present from all parts of the
camp as we'll as g goodIy number Of
guests from among the toWnspeople
concert grand success by the num-
erous and prolonged bursts of APP
piause all through the performance.
After it was all over the guests were
further royalty treated to light lunch
in the company mess hall and went
home satisfied that the soldier boys
from Pennsylvania sure know how to
do things and that Field Hospital No.
III from Philadelphia was particularly
q n foaf tI1so Of
entertainment was the exhibition of
an underground hospital built by the
men for instruction purposes.
Field Hospital No. Iii is ably COM
manded by Major Eugene Swayne,
who recruited the company of about
eighty three men from the vicinity of
his office 1T12 Wallace Street in
Philadelphia. Major Swayne was a
captain of Field Hospital No. 2 of Ia
COMFY when ordered to recruit a new
field Hospital at the time of the break
with Germany.
Monday nights concert was the
first of a series of such concerts to
be held every Monday evening for the
benefit of the men and their friends
That the first one was such grand
success speaks well for the officers
and men of a rookie" organization.
The building of the stage, CARPENTER
work, wiring, lighting features, deco
rations as well as the talent for the
concert was all furnished by members
of the company, IF they do as well
on the other side, an officer present
was heard to say, there won't be
much left for the Drafted Army to
do
Following was the program:
1-Overture-10th Regiment Infantry
Band.
2-Welcome address Major Champion
Director Field Hospitals.
S-William Carson, and Chorus-Co.
H, 10th Regiment.
4-Wickersham and Anderson--C. A.
popular Songs-Private Reese IF.
Three4-F. H. No. III.
E7--Vocal Selection Miss Terrence
Battey.
8-Cy Hecker- Motor Truck, No. 1.
9-Cornet Duet.
1O-Ragtime Piano Player Artie
Jones.
1.-THE Honey Boy Singer Sgt.
Morrie Bopp.
12-Lew Franks-FieId Bakery.
13-Eccentric Dance-Paul Dawson Ay
f. H. No. 40.
"Maloney" SGT. Lew soyer 10th
Regiment.
15-vocal Selection Miss Margaret
16-Dance Specially Eriine Perkins.
17-Tenor Solo-Arthur Erving, F. H.
No. III
Military Four-F. H. No III.
19-Comedy Songs Leo Dawson, F.
H. No. III.
20 Finally Songs of the South =
Introducing Lew Wenchler as
iment Init. Band.
POOR sPoNGELY.
Duffer-say. young spongely surely