The Washington herald., 1918-05-06

Isiness arts.
May Claypooi. R. N. and DR.. Rachel
Watkins instructs in simple anatomy.
The courses in plain business arts
include plain teiegraphy. touch type
writing and work on the adding ma
chine.
DIR. Watkins and DR.. Matheis. OF
the Woman's Medical Reserve Chap
ter Of the Woman's Naval Service,
Inc, OF Chicago. Ill, are representing
their chapter at the National Service
School, and are serving as camp phy-
sicians and instructors in first Rid.
Other classes held at the school are
classes in signalling by Chief Quar-
termaster Murphy. u. S. N; military
French. by Miss Katherine Hill,
daughter OF DR.. and Mrs. David
Jayne Hill. and surgical dressings. by
Miss Mary w. Cox, Red Cross nurse.
Students at the National Service
School live in tents and sleep on
army cots; each student must keep
her clothing, cot and part Of the
tent in perfect order and be Core
sponsible for the appearance of her
company streets and . the camp
grounds in general. They make their
own beds, scrub their own floors, car
| > "oACIB dSl as OI tue Camp,
and so forth. The camp is run along
military lines. with student officers
of each of the four companies and a
Commandant and stan in general
charge OF the school.
Wear Uniforms.
The uniform of the students is
khaki skirt, olive drab flannel skirt.
Navy blue neck tie. campaign hat and
blue hat cord. The officers wear the
same uniforms with gold and black
hat cords. silver anchors on their
shoulders and Navy blue stripes about
their sleeves. the number varying as
to their rank.
The school mess is served in a long
mess hadd according to the plan of
the U. s. Marine Corps, as Mrs.
George Barnett. wife Of the Major
General Commandant, is the Commits?
sary General OF the school. Food is
prepared and served according to the
food administration rule, oat meal,
bread. rice flour and corn meal being
substituted for wheat.
The Commandant of the school is
Miss Elizabeth EIlicott Poe and the
members of her stan are Chief of
Stafr, Mrs. Vylla Poe Wilson: AdJu-
tant, Miss Mary Baker. WILDWOOD
New Jersey; Inspector, Mrs. Henry
B. Joy. Detroit. Michigan: Quarter
master. Mrs. Edward NJ. Backus.
Minneapolis; Aides. Miss Edith Pat
ton. Mrs. Howard Lee, Mrs. A. +.
ChisweH. Mrs. Hugh Findlay, Miss
Margaretta Wood, Miss Sophie Casey,
Miss Kathleen Mackin. Miss Grace
Cheever, Miss Anne O'Connor, and
Miss May Chew.
The captains Of the four companies
are Miss Lillian Birney, Washington,
d. c.; Miss Marian Hubbard Balti-
more, Maryland; Miss Fforence Stiefr,
Baltimore, Maryland. and Miss Helen
{. Bangs. New York City.
Daily Drills.
In the morning directly after
reveille at six-thirty. the students
take 20 minutes of military calls
themes and at seven thirty they
have mess. After that they are
busy preparing for inspection at
eiGht-thirty. Each bed must be
made neatly, all clothing put away
or neatly folded on the foot of the
bed
The suspense as the inspector
makes her runs is intense for a
scrap of paper or a carelessIv fold
ed blanket may mean mark
against the company and the spirit
of pride in the company of each
student is very great.
After the inspection there is
twenty minutes of drill under the
direction of a sergeant from the
U. s. Marine Corps. This drill is
keenly enjoyed by the girls and is
intended to teach them to go from
place to place in the shortest pos
sible time. to obey orders quickly
and cheerfully and to impress on
them the necessity of discipline as
a character-building measure and
a measure necessary to carry out
any project.
From nine-thirty to twelve thirty
are classes which are resumed after
midday mess. From four to six
each day visitors are allowed
through the camp and the students
may see their families and friends.
Many classes, however, are in pro-
gress during the visitors hours,
At sundown the flag is taken
down by a student officer of the
day and color guard of four stu
dents. The four companies, the
commandant and her staff form a
hollow square about the flag pole
and they all stand at salute until
the Navy bugler sounds the last
note of retreat. This officer of the
day and her guard form the official
guard of the camp and. receive and
conduct all the distinguished visi-
tors to the Commandant.