Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-24
CAMP LEE PERMEATED
BY HOLIDAY SPIRIT
christmas Trees and Entertainments
VIII BE Seen In Every
Auditorium.
PRESENTS FOR ALL SOLDIERS
richmond Women in Charge Of
Events at Base Hospital Having
Object of Bringing Yulctidc Cheer
TO Sick and Wounded Men.
Especial to The rimcs-Disnatch1

Especial to The Times Dispatch1
CAMP LEE. VA, December 23.-The
holiday spirit pcrmeates the atmos-
phere of the big environment to-day.
AFTER more than two weeks Of prepare
ton the associated welfare workers
mere have completed their arrange
ments for the celebration OF the Yulc-
tide in manner designed to make
me boys forget for the moment the
nInon.otony OF life in military camp.
M tneir preliminary work the welfare
workers. nave been given generous sup
port by the civilian populations Of sur
!ounuins communities, who have been
der ,h, io,sh their best efforts in or
most out Of the holiday season
a'a.eiE Christmas trees. the pick OF
cne evergreen forests surrounding the
Nahtohnent. have been erected in the
auditoriums of the several Y. NJ G.
~. NUS. the knights Of Columbus halls
I 1.r M. me building of the Jewish Wei
,are Board. The auditoriums have been
unuersoing decoration for q week In
pleParation for the celebration For
MAJ Christmas exercises. along the
az lhe churches. will be held through
Uut the camp Tomorrow and Chris,
Special musical and dramatic talent
WI be provided for the entertainment
or the soldiers. having been arranged
Y ya o% special representative OF the
Nj a
VINO has been in the camp for a week
morklns in cooperation with the
,osai administrative board. The hos
ISIS houses also will join in the c.la
pration Of the festival OF Christma.
o,i In the course of the Christmas ex
he dis,r ii1b,morrow night presents viii
wc,i Iis 81. among the soldiers. az
&c. az candy nuts and other delica- :
LES or the season. These have been
purchased Jointly by the American Red
ross. Inc !. NJ. G. A. the knights or
toiurnbus. the Y. w. C. = ana o,ho ou
welfare organizations interested IN ,e =
soldiers IN inc
HiShMoND WOMEN IN
|hhRGE AT BASE HOSPITAL,
a me.,arc campaign through the ami
ated ~omens clubs, viii have cba,m.
u the celebration to he held -
he s nGTSSipi.ai Tor the entertainment of
Many OF these soldiers are 5vn .r.s. :. :
Erin who recently returned from
in action "h ere they received wounds
erected In most OF the wards Of tho o 81.
Vii and hundreds Of prcscntS
VIII De distributed f@"eh'S
Dances will be haId g.,
irons or the cantonrnent ioIn.o Sc
h,Hn'' ana young women from d. ~"
,nin,,, ana Hicnmond will come here 70
the enjoymen,' H ne so; soldiers and lend TO
,,a nuhareds Of soldiers have gone "a
h n,v.d homes Tor Christmas. bu; n,,n ~
spend the dnv VII De compelled TO
t ~ 10 tetersburg and Richmond ~
rT epn3n,;} hour passes Eiabora ~.
cn,ertainmnIn nae 4, bee, been made for their
me or the biggest celebrations
be ,bn 49, to.morrow evening viii
Change store b gym ,G a.; the camp ex-
90 camp in honor Of Tho ~
rsnre ~, me Eighth Division. The ar ar
~ t,Its are under the dir.c,;o :,
I'M ana the entertainment nrn,i
Ths an al ne, exceptionally brilliant aff.ir'
been In operation an ~, store. which has
me Liner,y Theater. has moved io M "a r
eighth eTSS iranise store. near twenty ~.
h Snc iuI I nanole all equipment, fo or
"a "Htn o'ncers and enlisted men TT
verted in,n shSc store has been con-
called Lee Hail" Anv i a ana WI be
IN camp wishing 10 stage n ia ina ''o o..
getting in ,n ,'iihents can do so by
outright. camp exchange ct,,csr
RIFLE RANGES ROAR
r NOW THING or PAST,
,hin me If rear ar. OF the rife range is a
he iit"s op o inc past of a. Camp Lee Since
c en- section has resounded daiyv IN, .nis
..re Siora,ion OF the hundreds OF runs
0u,iiGeGT an fn Every man here who is
pieted the prescribed course IN Iii no,n
sa-v and II was not thought necs :.
ing any longer vac t'alh-
~ gay was one of tj,c quietcst DAYS
onco nus been seen at the musteri4p
"ve since the wholesale discbar.i - - -
OF men began here about ,wn ,.. : "a Z
ago only lew casuals went ,hrnnrh
DI Is dIi ,ha n" and this about CON- :
natiohs stated to he DISCHARGED ~ ~
i',ne. As no men in the dSvcIonn -, ,
se @.1..o" Una. are mustered out OF the
disease or when il is believed by n,adis
cal authorities that nothing cav ~
ali men ,9 t fre, oettherment OF their health
hot p"cn discharged and they will ~,
sent up for rehabilitation from ,;r ne
""n EHs OF ANTIAIRCRAT'T
One hundred and sixty men. mem
oers Of the Eighth Antiaircraft nan Rai :
Ia1Ion; arrived in camp last night from rom
h here for a n short i THY tiGs VIII only be
mustered out. Until = few Weeks "e upe
i ihe excsn an infantry camp, and with
corps and medical detachment ,hn h,'sa
hat cords were the only kind Sea-
i lroons t irnm Put since the arrival of
almost every branch of the servira y
represented. The camp has again iakan
on Inc appear ance Of a regular division.
French military mission. is in p, me III {,
and VIII give numerous lectures h" ~ =
,he various VA. ~" butts. in which he viii M
eii ,b ,no r soadiers here Of his experience
lens which will face this country dup-
ing th nc, 1reeonstruction period. Lieuten-
AM SniI enlisted as "a machine gun
early days of the war. He Took n are
IN the eaitie of the Marine, The cam
naiGn in Belgium and Argonno rornat
re mas neen twice wounded and citn1
FOR bravery thirteen times. besides ba,,i
ins pseh awarded both American and
fr I,,, im:iiitary decorations "''"
the lookout for. jitney sharks Who on IN
some instances s.a, have been charging exn l
ormaht f prices Tor bringing Officers and
Major J. r. Swindell. the provost I marn
shall has been instructed to annre-
hehd these violators of the law.