Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25
GRADUATION EXERCISES
At CAMP LEE MONDAY
Newly Commissioned Second Lieu
tenants Will Re Given Ten Days
Leave of Absence.
CALL FOR ARTILLERY OFFICERS
Address to Italian SOldicrs-Ricl
mond Pastors Will Preach To-Day
Getting Ready tn Receive Penn
sylvanians This Week.
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CAMP LEE. August 2s.--seNcn hun.
dred and eiGhty men Will be Eradu.
ated as second lieutenants from the
central officers, training school or
MoHday Unusual interest is attached & ns,
connected with the mammoth traininr
school that has been established at 'hi:
simple The graduating class will be
marched to the Liberty Theater an6
Will hear SHORT addresses by Brigadier.
General Charles y. Hcdcliin. camp com.
mandcr and Colonel Harry J.. Eaton
the commanding officer of the train.
ing school The, exercises will be oper
TO the public who may enter the caml
in order to attend the ceremonies. ~
the conclusion Of the program at the
Liberty Th,atcr the men will be march.
Will receive their certificates OF grad.
uation and their commissions in tn,
United States ArUN.
The new iieutcnants will he Eivcr
ten days leave Of absence. after which
they viii report 70 the various camps
The men reported 10 the central Of
ticcrs training school from Camp Dev.
ems, Mass and camp custer, Mich
Massachusetts men have arranged foi
a special train from Camp Lee TO Bos'
on the i-cen, rate which the govern.
meut allows for men in the service
when travelling. on leave.
\ letter has been received from the
co-operatiom be given in the selection
of enlisted men TO attend the oi,ie sr; !.
is laid upon the necessity for artil'
An unusual ceremony will take place
the Italians. Of the camp Will Eathe,
in the big y hut near TwentSy y, .sev r,,,rf
are e' Of Italian birth The band ha:
been Obtained i9T 1He amn9Hneing ih
meeting have attracted unusual atten.
ton wherever they were posted If
the Italians who were .loturalized II
the ceremonies held in Central Park
at Petersburg.
vaudeville At the infantry open:1ra,m
theater At Ninth street last night. Iht
Villa Holt Wakefield Company, whict
that has ever visited the camp. fur.
nished the ATTRACTIONS. John y. DDrdiss;,
col. camp song director. led the lo'Vo'
BtN EQUIPMENT FOR
NEW OPEN-AIR TIETER
Mr. Driscol left to-day for New York
wher. he Will purchase equipment 10
the stage a the open-ai theateF feT
fo.manCes are given twice week. ana
all the men from the replacement camp
The professional entertainers Mno Ms.
the Liberty Thea;er gladly c;ve their
service for the snow al ->latl t!ect
Two thousand soldirs ATTENDED me
feature moving picture thai was given
at the big y hut tonight. The plctuTe55
were preceded by q sing. which was lea
by Social Secretary Leynann. OF the
SIX Richmond pastors are 20 lead in
services in y ". I. \. huts' o-morrEo,wS
Johnson. Hev William Hedley. Rev. a
4. H~ctor. Pew J. J. Wicker. Rev: w
!. GIBSON and Rev. w. G. James. Rev
c VI McCrca, o; Petersburg. Is the
only Petersburg minister 10 lead Al
evening service
Bruce B. Reidish, Of New castle. Pa,
Holy Communion viii be said. Rev
Francis Piepcr OF Cleveland, Ohio
will conduct lutheran service in Tn
auditorium At 1890 y. VI. Chrisiiat
Science service vii! be held in tbs
auditorium at y. NJ
Pcnnsylvanians who will begin 20 ar.
rive on Monday. men are being trans
ferred from the depot brigade 10 the
infantry replacement camp. The new
men will first he placed in the depot
brigade and after few weeks % pre-.
lminary training Will I've transferred
10 the replacement troops.
We're made by the choir girls Of the
Paterson, " j., Broadway Baptist
Church, where Social Secretary Sann!cI
was formerly director of music.
The game scheduled between Gang
Lee and lIopcwcli to-morrow after
noon, has been Cancelled. However
Captain Murphy has arranged game
test will D., staged on the camp ath
letic field nj 800 Admission is free.