Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
J !. MAMMOTH new THEATER
y. :. PROMISED FOR CAMP LEE
Building TO Be Erected in Replace
'oi-! mcnt Section Will Have Seat
go ing Capacity OF 10000.
WILL BE READY IN JANUARY
Little Change in Influenza Situation.
Surgeons Believe Malady Will Dis
appear il Warm Weather Con-
tinucS.
Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.J

CAMP LEE. VA. September 25.-
Assurance has just been given the
by the commission on train
- pertment that new thcatcr, similar
TO the Liberty Tncatcr and with a
:; erected in this camIonment in the near
;. future Announcement of the new
lheatsr vas made here today upon the
and New York. where they con
fcrrcd with tho training camp commits
sion and several OF the country'S great
:. est theatrical producers.
s7lhe replacement, section Of the camp,
y Was announced, and viii have a scat
payhouse Nh be fap ars Spo1 .an l hs
present Liberty Theatcr, which At this
time mus, serve all the men OF the
in the replacement camp has never Leon
!. moro strongly demonstrated than in
While in Washington Mr. Driscoll
and Sergeant Mckinney examined the
plans for the new playhouse, which
have been approved. 1t is generally
n Hnderstood that SonStructi1n work VII
Z the theatcr will be placed in opera
= ton some time in January, AS ys, The
= cidcd upon. Among the theatrical pro-
t Divers in the !, conference in New York
49, Cohan. Jake Shubcri. his brother and
O. Eohan,S business associate: Harris.
fon MEN IL aTAnANrlNE
These producers promised tho Utmost
cooperation. and a most unusual pro-
arrive here in tho next few days to
adjustment place Officers OF the re-
placement camp have long re-
in this division Of the can nj for
many of the men arc in strict quaran-
tine , iaaSs portion OF The Ct, time thty
iLibcr,y Thea,ef: Mueh OF the credit
work OF Major CrittcnborGcr. adjutant
OF tho replacement camp.
new theatcr viii be operated under
the same management AS tho present
class Is vii, M
be second TO none in any camp tneater
- In the country. and on the Liberty cir
a.c now being shown.
There was little change In the In
nuenza Situation here TO-DAY, many
:. twcnty-fcur hours. according to the
surgeon. 1t is believed that the
, hand however. and that marked I'M
!, ,provcmcnt will be noted in the next
few days. The malady itself is not
dangerous, but complications are the
tear OF the surgeons. Victims
ceivins tho utmost attention Tor this
4. Major rlummcr, of the chief sur
go seon's office, an epdem'oioS,st, who is
lean. expert IN the handling of cpidemtc
diseases. is in charge OF the SITUATION
z. OF conditions believes that tho malay
VII be eTadicated in short time II
weather. The sun shonc out to-Gay
= blight and strong. ana the air was
=. much warmer than il has, been -or
{ s-Seycral days. Officials are highly en-
>. ronraged. for they believe that the
ssstcmporary Geld wave has passed ana
:" With it there Will be notable re-
deduction IN the number or innuen22
~; While efforts arc being made
y .th roughout the country TO discover tn
eA-erganism responsible for influenza
e. Major Plummer declared TO- day thas
~ WAS a specinc organism known as
found in the secretion or the upper
C. air passages. lie said the disease was
wrongly accredited 10 Spain. FOR |,
has prevailed in Europe ror several
w. years. |, was mrs, introdu ced in the
United states about nve years ago.
Major piummer believes that the traf-
1, rope introduced it in tM;s country IN
August. and the necessary travel re-
guired by war conditions has scattered
it through the country and the camps.
Preparatory: 70 The opening of the
Forth Li,9,$ sE loan eampaign on sat
- headquarters to-day announcing that
- Enlisted men who have but small mar
gin OF pay remaining after discharge
VI 'nclT HNed monthly GENERATORS VIII
not DC encouraged to assume additions,
+. burdens, but steps Will be taken 70
sec that military personnel is instruct
ed as to the character of bonds ana
- given every opportunity to subscribe.
=. organization commanders were in
SfEucted TO sec that soldiers do not
50 obhSatc their pay that they are
~ ENABLE 10 provide for their families
The camp post-ottice to-day occupied
4. the new building which has Just been
completed by which The once Is prac.
,--tlca!!y doubled in size. The amount OF
mai handled into and out OF tho can
torment has hccn growing steadily IN
recent months and made necessary the
s,neadditional building Employees OF tho
post-oihcc also occupied their new
q. barracks building, which is locatc,
Just in the rear OF the post office and
they also have a mess OF their own,
FORD WILL NOT SPEND CENT
TO WIN SENATORIAL TOGA