The Washington herald., 1918-05-27


yards win. be permanent, and Il d
said that they compare favorabiy
with any shipbuilding yards in this
section Of the country.
When the work of building the ships
u In full blast $500 men will be en-
pioyed by this concern. The coming
OF this concern TO Alexandria has
greatly Increased the population and
made things lively in the old town.
when the total figures forlthe Red
Cross drive were counted up at an
early hour this morning IL was
shown that the collections thus far
totalled ti5.216.1s. This Is more
$1,000 in excess OF its allotment This
does not include the fye per cent of
the gross receipts of ls1 merchants
of the business done by them on
Saturdays. and neither does IL in
clude the collections taken in the
churches here today. with the fore.
going and other collections in sight
II Is now believed that the total will
be close TO $4,000. In the latter
event Il win mean Alexandria has
gone 5000 over her allotment
At the National Cemetery in this
city. where there are 1856 union
soldiers buried. Memorial day exer-
cises will be held at 4 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon under the direction Of
supt. John A. Reeves. J. Clinton
Hiatt, commander of w. B. Cush-
ing Camp. Sons OF Veterans, Wash
ington, will deliver the memorial ad-
dress and A. Van Ness Burst, cush-
ing Camp. will preside. Invocation
will be offered by Rev. Raymond w.
White. pastor of the Methodist Pro-
testant Church. and Lincoln's Get
tysburg address will be read by will
lard p. Graves. A volunteer choir
viii sing and taps will be sounded
by Miss Dora Varney. Earlier in
the day the graves will be decorated,
and a small American nag will be
placed over each grave.
Joseph Roger CockreII. IL years
old. son Of Joseph A. CockreII, Of
Delaplane. Faukuier County, Va,
was taken I'll yesterday morning at
ter he ate his breakfast at Camp
humphreys. Va. and rushed to the
Alexandria Hospital suffering from
commissions and he died at that instI-
tuition early this morning. 1t IN be-
lieved that ptomaine poisoning was
the cause OF his death. The BODY
was removed to Demaines, ana pre-
pared for burial. II will be sent
tuesday to his late home for burial.
me deceased was working with his
father as water boy at Camp
humphreys. his father being in
charge OF several teams at that
place.
There will be no formal COM
mencement exercises this year at ST.
Marys Academy. but a special pro-
gram will be given at Z O'Clock
Luesday evening on the campus at
that institution. after which there
VIII De an address by Rev. Louis
Smet' pastor of St Mary's Catholic
Church.
Fitzgerald Council. No .so
Knights OF Columbus. is n.LiD.
pans lor participating in the for
mai dedication OF the Knights n,
SoIumbus building at Camp Humph-
reys' which will be dedicated at an
early date it is expected.
Guy V. Horner. deputy grand mas
ter Of Odd Fellows OF Virginia, win
next Friday night pay an oficiaI
visit TO Potomac Lodge. No. IS, /.
o. o. F.. this city.
Under the auspices OF Mount Yer
non Chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution. a Greek play
and lawn fete. under the direction
Of Mrs. NJ. w. O'Brien, will he given
Tuesday evening on the lawn At
the northwest corner of Washing
ton and Queen streets. 1t will be
followed by dancing. Proceeds will
be for the war work of that organi-
zHtion.
The funeral of Mrs. Alice MILAN
took place this afternoon from the
residence OF her son. Laurence Mil
Ian, 6O7 South Lee street. Rev. r b
Jackson, ID. d, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, officiating.