The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-28
GJJATl HEADQUARTERS At
"OVER TI|E3E" Cks1O,,.dEnT
A Glad Welcome to Be Extended t.
All Persons From This
Locality.
Big Advance Sale of Tickets.

That the folks from down home"
may feel perfectly at home and well
come at the Fifth Regiment Armory
when they visit the great Liberty Loan
Cantonment. Over There" arrange
ments have been made by the commit
tee to establish county headquar-
ters a the Armory.
Each county will have committee,
which will be in the nature of a recep-
ton committee. and when Jim Jones
or Mrs. Martha Simpson visits the
cantonment and finds 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 Mrs. Simpson can
go to the county headquarters. pick
out the county from which they hail,
and there be sivel the glad hand"
1y those in charge Of that particular
county booth
Nine times out of ten both Jim
Jones and Mrs. Simpson will know in
timately those in charge of their
county booth, and in less time than il
takes to tell they will soon get rid Of
the lonely feeling and find them
selves In the midst Of Old friends. and
ready TO enjoy the numerous attrac-
tons At the cantoument.
Though this Arrangement il IS
probable that many old friendships
will 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 30.
will be given an opportunity to not
only see the war tank Britain
MIA" but also see ii in action-dong
stunts which caused CONSERVATION in
the German Army when those mon
sters of destruction first made their
appearance III battle The tank will
not be shown sat the Fifth Regiment
Armory, on account Of its great weight
-thlrty-four tons. The Maryland
Jockey Club. however. has consented
10 the use of the Pimlico Race Course
for this purpose, and at its own ex.
pense, will erect building fifteen by
twenty feet have trenches dug,
mounds thrown up and other obstacles
placed, it being the idea Of those who
have charge of this feature of the
War Exhibition to make 1t as realistic
as possible. The tank will be in Bal
ttmore only on the opening day of the
show.
The advance sale of tickets to "Over
There" which is said to be the largest
for any one show ever known, is still
rapidly growing, approximately AGO.
600 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 endeavor
10 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 committed
in charge will take care of the vas
crowds which the stupendous sale O.
tickets denotes will attend the Can
torment. was at first a question which
gave much concern. but arrangements
have now been made whereby there
VIII be practically no difficulty expert
enced in handling the enormou
crowds
There will be three exhibitions
daily. The first will be from 10 A NJ
TO L NJ; the second Will be from
P NJ TO 5 P NJ: the third from
P. NJ. to II P NJ This means tha
the Armory viii be actually closed 70
one hour at the enc Of each exhibition