Evening star., 1918-08-25
WORK UNDER WAY
| ON CAMP THEATER
Designed as Amusement Gen.
: ter for Men at Humphreys
y During the Winter.
D. c. SELECTS ASSIGNED

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CAMP HUMPHREYS. Va, August
c4-work was started this week on
the new Camp Humphreys liberty
theater, which will be utilized As an
amusement center for the engineer
troops here when the weather makes
use of the big open-air amphitheater
impracticabIe. The building Is being
erected in the civic section of the
camp. opposite the main Y. M. c. A.
building.
with the report of Mai I. w.
Brewer. the camp surgeon. that the
water supply of Humphreys is pure
and safe to drink, steps were taken
today to connect the filtration plant
at Accotink village with the camp
system, which heretofore has been of
a temporary nature. From Accotink
creek the source of supply, water is
conveyed to the plant by force OF
gravity through a wooden pipe line a
mile and one-half long and twenty
two inches in diameter. This tube
has a capacity of 100000 gallons a
day
Filtration Plant a Model.
The filtration plant Is a model of
its kind, and Is unique in that every
process can readily be Inspected.
Upon entering She plant the water Is
first subjected to an alum solution.
After three hours of sedimentation
the water flows into filter beds in
which II is put through layers of sand
and gravel. Practically all fmpuri-
ties are thus removed before 1t passes
into the clear basin. From this latter
basin the water is passed through
chlorine gas, the same as is used in
gas warfare. which removes any
germs that may have gone through
the filters.
Prominent among the Washington
Humphreys is Charles l.. Schuettler.
who has been appointed q battalion
serseant-major In the 9Th Regiment.
AS the other Washington men who
are scheduled for promotion have been
given only temporary appointments.
subject to their making good. IL is
not permissible to mention their names
at present.
District Selects Assigned.
Assignments of District Of Column
bia selectives to the Eth Company. 5th
Engineers. announced yesterday. in
James w. Ne sUrSe Sazareas Teay ssa.n
Phillip C. Cody. Stanley j. Colburn,
William f CordeIl. John ]. Debman,
John w. Ellis, Robert f. Pearson.
Charles Frier, James +. Goetzinser.
James Gordon. Valentine Heckler. VIII
lam R. krantz. Fred NJ. Lindsey. John
Massino. John J. Paette. William l..
Rydalch. Louis F. Rosenbush, William
u. Sebastien. Forrest Stuart. Robert L..
Tavenner. NJ. j. Rogers and Max Wein-
stein.
Twenty-siS commissioned officers who
after qualifying at the Army Gas School
here will be assigned as divisional gas
officers at the various cantonments
throughout the country have reported
to Capt. r. A. Baker. commandant Of
the division gas officers section Of the
school
List of the Aspirants.
The list of aspirants. which includes
nine marine officers from Quantico and
indian Head camps. is as follows: First
cock: Paul C. Miller. Camp Custer; Cur
us NJ Williams, Camp Travis; Herbert
X Bear, Camp Upton: John N Zigler,
Camp Custer; E. d. Gilman. Camp
Humphrey; Second Iieuts. Clinton H
Woorten. Quantico; Ward A. Shores.
Logan: Joseph r. Bibb. 43d Infantry;
Eugene G. Schrock. Camp Logan; Clar-
ence OLeary. Camp Beauregard; Rob-
ert L. Bard. Quantieo: P. H. Gwynn.
Camp Sheridan; Henry H; Merriman.
Custer: Francis McManus. Camp Travis;
William NJ Dempsey, Camp Travis:
Charles W. creaser. Quantico; Walter
s. Weeks. Indian Head: John c. Travis,
Camp Custer: Richard W. Chapman.
A. T. F.: George C. Schlechter. GUAM
tico: Assistant Surgeons Louis H. Clerf,
]. W. s. Brady, W. S. Kerlin and R. R
Grasser. all Of Quantico. Va.
Commissions Awarded.
The following candidates of the
Central Officers Training School, who
were members of the Engineer En-
listed Reserve Corps and allowed to
complete their college course after
been awarded commissions as second
leutenants and assigned to duty with
troops at Humphreys: Fernley T.
Brooks. PHILADELPHIA: William H.
Ronass e siss.en Fas cbSreb N Va. conWay way
liam T. Bates. Trenton. N. j.; Chester
5. Braun. East Orange. n. J.; Thomas
r. Clevenser. Winchester, Ind; Rob-
ert L Campbell. San Diego. Cal; Will
Glenn w. Black. Lincoln. Neb.: Rob-
ert w. Beall. Augusta. Ga: Paris r.
Burn. Asheville, N. c.: Robert Aid
rich. Greenville. 9. c.; James c. Ad-
ANS, Gladson, Ala; Lawrence A. An
derson. Salt Lake City. Utah; Isaac
F. Belts. Jacksonville. Tex; Byron
NJ. Bird, Seattle. Wash: Einar T.
Pix, Fargo. N. D.; Clarence C. Boone,
Chehalis. Wash; William J.. Camlin,
Madison, Wis: Lucien s. Carr, Gin
cinnati. Ohio; Georges S. Reynolds,
Honolulu, H. l.; Arthur r. Richmyer,
Brooklyn, N. T.; William l.. Rey-
nolds, Harris. Tex; Robert S. Ridg-
way. Tarrent. Tex: Chester A. Rob-
inson, West Roxbury, Mass; Chauncy
l. Rhodes. Fulton. Ga, and Sidney B.
Richersberg, Cleveland, Ohio.