Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-08
PROTECTING HEALTH
OF men At CAMP LEE
Orders Given for Waterproofng
Shoes OF All Assigned to
Outdoor Duty.
WIRELESS STATIONS NOW OPEN
Receive News Through Air From
Other Stations and From Ships at
Sca-Part of Training for Artil-
lcry Range Finders.
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CAMP LEE. January Tn view Of
the increasing number Of cases Of sore
throat and tonsilltis. traceable in most
instances TO wet shoes and feet. orders
mandcrs 10 pay strict attention to the
care of the feet of their men and to
see that each mans shoes arc properly
watcr-proofed before the men enter on
outdoor duty of any kind.
Il is understood hat the health rec
ord of Camp Lee mpar favorably
with that of any other army canton
mcnt. The Three Hundred and Seven
tccnth Infantry has been released from
quarantine. Since November this reg
imcnt had been denied liberty because
Of cases OF measles and mumps among
the members.
Camp Lee is interested in tho news
from the outside world. The members
az the one Hundred and Fifty-iifth Bril-
Sade arc SO anxious to keep up with
current ven that they have cstab-
lishcd two wireless stations in their
section Of the camp. and day and night
the news that goes through the air is
received by the operators. Ships at
sea arc heard from and other news of
general interest is collected by the men
who handle tho artillery work of the
Eighucth Division. Each day at u
o'clock the correct time is received
from tho wireless station at Arlington.
Such Information as is CLEANED from
the air and is not OF confidential ma
turc is published each morning at 10
o'clock at brigade headquarters.
DETERMINE RANGE
OF OPPOSING GUNS
This work is part of training ncccs-
saty for the successful operation of
an artillery brigade. In actual war
fare. acroplanes carry radio apparatus.
These send messages back to the wire
less stations attached to tho arlil-
icry section. 1t is in this name that
tho range Of The opposing guns arc
determined The work is under Cap
tain Chaplin Marcus. Every piece OF
the intricate apparatus connected with
the radio stations was made by mem
bers of the command. Several have
already developed into expert radio re-
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there are many messages being sen,
through the air, no attempt is made
TO send messages from the radio sta
tions here, though this will be a later
course OF instruction that will be in
auguratcd.
From the top OF the White House
at division headquarters. artillcrymcn
signal from their brigade healauar-
tcrs more than a mile distant. An
electric ~semaphore. which is equipped
With electric lights. carries informa
tion both night n day. The artii-
lcrJ1ncn also use tho buZZcr system
to notify their comrades in distant
parts Of the camp what they arc doing.
Tonight. in the Knights of Column
bus auditorium. the first dance ever
ac!d in camp for the benefit OF the
enlisted men was conducted under the
auspices OF the members of that or
Ganization. Music was furnished BY
one OF the regimcntal orchcstras.
number OF women from Petersburg
attended. These dances will be held
each Monday night. Dances will also
he held for the enlisted men in the
st. Joseph's School. in Petersburg. on
each Wednesday and Friday nights
Ahc9t dho Will nc c|Onuucten under the
auspices; of the Knights of Columbus.
HOW II WOMEN ARE
WINNING II WAR
Lieutenant Jean a. Picard. OF IN.
French army. who has been for two
ana cnc-lialf years in The trcncnes in
France and is now visiting the camp
and environment cities in this countrr,
wiz address, the army women in Pc
tersburG on How the Women Are
Winning the War Wednesday morn
ing at IL o'clock. at the Y. w. G.. A..
T;.bb and Union Streets.
petersburg is the tWcuty-seyonth
camp city that Lieutenant Picard has
visited, and in The course cf his TIA vel.
he has made over 900 addresses. They
nave been given chiefly in l.. NJ. &.
nuts TO tho men of the canns. bur he
;iiso has :: word to say 70 army w;rne
ard mothers that will be Of ejpeci,l
interest to them. No orc who has
hcdrd Lieutenant Picard speak can fail
10 realize the forecfulness of his t,,,
nor the Imperative necessity for 60.
~ordinatinE and utilizing every activity
IN the country in order that our mon
can carry on" to victory on the o;hc,
side.
u :s earnestly hoped that every AMY
woman in Petersburg will forcco o.hcr
engagement Wednesday mornip. ami