The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-28
COUNTY HEADQUARTERS At
"OVER THERE" CANTONMENT
A Glad Welcome to Be Extended to
All Persons From This
Locality.
Big Advance Sale of Tickets.

may feel perfectly at home and wei
come at the Fifth Regiment Armory
when they visit the great Liberty Loan
Cantonment, "Over There" arrange
nents have been made by the commit
zee to establish a county headquar-
,ers at the Armory.
Each county will have a committee,
which will be in the nature of a recep-
ion committee, and when Jim Jones
Dr. Mrs. Martha Simpson visits the
:antonment and finds herself unable
20 locate any of his or her friends,
and when that utt.a lonely feeling
threatens to spoil ones good time,
men Mr.. Jones or Mrs. Simpson can
go to the county headquarters, pick
put the county from which they hail,
and there be given the glad hand"
by those in charge of that particular
county booth.
Nine times out Of ten both Jim
Jones and Mrs. Simpson will know in.
timately those in charge of their
county booth, and in less time than it
takes to tell they will soon get rid Of
the lonely feeling, and find them.
selves in the midst Of old friends. and
ready to enjoy the numerous attrac-
tons at the cantonment.
Through this arrangement 1t is
probable that many old friendships
Will be renewed, and imDromptu fam
lily reunions will be "the thing" by
having the county folks meet at
county headquarters.
Visitors to Baltimore on the omen.
ing day u Over There" March 80.
will be given an opportunity to not
only see the war tank Britain
mia" but also see it In action-doine
stunts which caused CONSERVATION in
the German Army when those mon.
sters Of destruction first made their
appearance in battle. The tank will
not be shown at the Fifth Regiment
ArmoIy, on account Of its great weight
-thirty-four tons. The Maryland
Jockey Club, however, has consented
to the use of the Pimlico Race Course
for this purpose, and at its own ex.
pense, will erect building fifteen by
twenty feet, have trenches dug,
mounds thrown up and other obstacles
placed, it being the idea Of those who
have charge of this feature of the
War Exhibition to make 1t as realistic
as possible. The tank will be in Bal
timore only on the opening day of the
show.
The advance sale Of tickets to "Over
There" which is said to be the largest
for any one show ever known, is still
rapidly growing, approximately 400
900 having been disposed of so far.
The committee on admission Of which
Judge John c. Rose and Albert G..
Towers are city and county chairmen
respectively, are using every endeavor
to give the tickets the widest possible
distribution. Upwards of 5000 letters
were sent out last week to physicians,
lawyers, preachers, architects. build
ing and loan Associations, clubs, dem
lists, educational institutions, mer-
chants, etc. Just how the committee
in charge will take care of the vast
crowds which the stupendous sale of
tickets denotes will attend the Can
Torment, was at first a question which
gave much concern. but arrangements
have now been made whereby there
will be practically no difficulty expert
enced in handling the enormous
crowds
There will be three exhibitions
daily. The first will be from 10 A. NJ.
to II NJ; the second will be from 1
P. NJ. to P NJ; the third from z
P, NJ. to II P. NJ This means that
the Armory will be actually closed for
one hour at the end of each exhibition
during which time the building will
be cleared of all visitors.
All the exhibits which will feature
the Cantonment will be vivid and i'm
pressive. They will include demon
STATIONS of practically every phase of
war work there is. The Red Cross
will have field dressing station
which will be an exact replica of those
now in service behind the lines while
other phases of Red Cross activities
will be demonstrated. The Y. NJ. c.
A. will show one of its travel huts
which are doing such vital work for
the boys at the front, the Y. w. c. A.
will have miniature hostess house
in operation, the Army and Navy will
have splendid exhibits Of their work,
In addition to which there will 10
thrilling war movies, war trophy e.
hibit of $500 pieces an exhibition, Of
thousands of war posters collected ir /.
all parts Of the world, band concert :,
prominent soloists, speakers-in ia ct,
nothing has been neglected that will
aid in making the Cantonment the
most elaborate and spectacular show
ever given in this country.
A unique feature of the .snti re- pro
ducttcn lies in the fact that th ere vii
be nothing sold except ,mes ,s TIL
Cantonment is anything but none
making scheme, it having haen Or
utceu WIN the soc Aue@ " PROMOTE
the sale of the third L Aa,..v 10;
Bonds twenty-five cents - ora,s tic
Of Is pay ''O4e 0n h1iOe' ty Bond.