Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-04-04
COUNTY HEADQUARTERS At
VVER THERE" CANTOhMEkT
A Glad Welcome 10 Be Extended 10
All Persons From This
Locality.
Big Advane. Sal. Of rlok.s..

That the foEks from down homo"
may feel perfectly at home and vel
come at the Fifth Regiment Armory
when they visit the great Liberty Loan
Cantonment. over There" arrange
ments have bsen made by the commit
tee TO establish = county headquar-
ters at the Armory.
Each county will have q committee.
which will be in the nature OF recep-
ton committee, and when Jim Jones
or Mrs. Martha Simpson Waits the
eantonment and hnds herself unable
to locate any Of his or her friends.
and when that little lonely feeling
threatens to spoil ones good time.
then Mr.. Jones or Mira Simpson can
90 to the county headquarters, pick
out 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 VIII know in
timately thoss IN charge OF their
county booth, and in less time than II
takes to tell they will soon get rid Of
the lonely feeling. and ind them
selves in the midst Of old friends. and
ready to euJoy~the numerous attrac-
tons At the cantonment.
Through this arrangement L ii
probable that many old friendships
wiz be renewed. and impromptu fam
lily reunions will be ''the thing" by
having the county folks meet at
county headquarters.
Visitors to Baltimore on the open.
ing day Of "over There" March 80,
VIII be given an opportunity to not
only see the war tank Britain
MIA" but also see Il in action-doine
stunts which caused CONSERVATION 4
the German Army when those mon.
STEERS OF destruction first made their
appearance in battle. The tank viii
not be shown at the Fifth Regiment
Armory, on account Of fits great weight
--thirty-four tons. The Maryland
Jockey Club, however, has consented
TO the use Of the PimIico Race Course
for this purpose. and at It's own en-.
pense. will erect building fifteen by
twenty feet, have trenches dug,
mounds thrown up and other obstacles
placed. II being the idea OF those who
have charge Of this feature OF the
War Exhibition to make II as realistic
as possible The tank viii be in Bal.
timors only on tbs opening day 81 the
rsSQw
TRsrtvrS .ggs tickets . ;OSas-
There" which u said 70 Be he larrest
for any one show ever known, Is stilI
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 endeayor
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, den.
lists, educational institutions. mer-
chants. etc Just how the committee
In charge viii take care OF the vast
crowds which the stupendous sale Of
tickets denotes viii attend the Can.
Torment, was AZ hrst a question which
gave much concern. but arrangements
have now been made whereby there
viii be practically no dIfaculty expert
enced In handling the enormous
crowds.
There VIII be three exhibitions
daily, The ilrst Will be from 10 A. NJ
10 IL NJ; the second viii be from /
p NJ. to 5 p. NJ: the third from 7
P NJ 10 II p. NJ This means that
tho 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 win feature
the Cantonment will be vivid and i'm.
pressiye, They win include demon.
STATIONS Of practically every phase OF
war work there is The Red Cross
viii have field dressing station
which win be an exact replica OF those
now in service behind the lines while
other phases OF Red Gross activities
will be demonstrated The Y M. c.
A. will show one OF It's travel huts
which are doing such vital work for
the boys at the front, the Y. w. C. A.
VIII have a miniature hostess house
in operation, the Army and Navy will
have splendid exhibits OF their work.
In addition to which there WIN b.
thrilling war movies, war trophy ex
hibit Of 1900 pieces, an exhibition OF
thousands OF war posters collected in
all parts Of the world, band concerts.
prominent soloists. speakers--in fact,
nothing has been neglected that win
aid In making the Cantonments the
most elaborate and spectacular show
ever given In this country.
A unique feature Of the entire pro
duction lies In the fact that thers will
be nothing sold except meals. The
cantonment is anything but a money
making scheme, It having been pro.
duced with the sole idea OF promoting
the sale OF the third Liberty Loan
Bonds. Twenty-Five cents OF ones tick.
st is payable on Liberty Bond.
Very Noisy.