The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
ALEXANDRIA
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A s. Doniphan.
II King Street

Alexandria, Va, July H.-Soldiers
from Camp Humphreys are prohibit
ed from purchasing goods at food
establishments at Accotink, Fairfax
County. or at places in that vicinity.
This includes all food shops. The
order became effective TODAY at the
instance of Col Park, OF that camp.
AS result a total OF twenty-one
food shops in that village are af-
fected.
The ban will not be lifted until
there is a general cleanup and san
itation campaign started in that vii
lage.
DR.. H. c. Robels. of the United
States Public Health Service, who is
in this city working under the direc-
ton Of DIR. W. l. Wood, of the
United States Public Health Service,
has been assigned to the work of
looking after the sanitation campaign
for that section.
Accotink is in close proximity to
Camp Humphreys. and the merchants
in that village have been reaping a
harvest as a result of the soldiers
trade
Exactly three weeks ago today Col
Park issued a ban against the So
diers from purchasing either food
or drink here, and the order Is still
effective. Hope Is expressed, how
ever, that it will soon be lifted, as
a well organized sanitation campaign
is now in progress here.
The United States Public Health
Service which has offices here in the
rooms OF. the Chamber Of Commerce.
has issued an appeal to all citizens
to get vaccinated against smallpox.
and also to be inoculated against ty-
phoid fever. The work will be done
free of charge by the physicians. Al
ready an average of fifty persons a
day are being either vaccinated or
inocula ed.
Doctors will be on duty for that
purpose every week day from 3 un-
til O'Clock, and every Tuesday and
Friday from 40 until $50 o'clock in
tho evening.
The physicians want every man,
woman and child in the city to take
the treatment.
In the appeal sent out by the phy-
sicians II charge they have the fol-
lowing to say regarding this matter:
Our boys in the army or navy do
not have smallpox and typhoid fever.
They have been vaccinated and in
oculated. What's good for them In
good for the rest OF US. We are in
the fight against germs and Ger
mans"
They also advise that 1t Ia the na-
triotic duty Of every citizen to do all
possible to keep in fighting and work
ing trim.
Thirty-six oolored men from this
city and Alexandria county will en-
train at o'clock Monday afternoon
for Camp Meade. Nd, and ten white
men will entrain the same afternoon
for Syracuse, N. Y, where they will
receive special training.
The colored men called are as fol-
lows: James Johnson, William Reed.
Jesse Moore, Wilmer Stewart. Harry
Epps, Harry Newman, William H.
West, Eddie Tate, George C. Lewis,
James E. Lowe. Fleming Woodward.
Joseph Timbers. William J. ,Buggie,
jr., Pearl A. Burgess, Phillips Will
Jams. James r. Townes. Frank Bur-
Holmes Jasper. John B. Butler,
Charles Baltimore, Lloyd N. Arnold,
James H. Baker, John Madison, Her
bert Jones. Robert A. Harris. Charles
Moultree, Robert Payne, James John
son, John v. Kinekle, Philo Saunders,
Herbert Jones, Robert A. Harris,
Courtiand Howard and Arthur Bos-
well.
Miss Mary z. Petit. this city, and
Ernest L. Etchison. Of Washington.
were married at 10 o'clock this
morning at the rectory OF st. Mary's
Catholic Church. The cveremony
was performed by Rev. L. r. Kelly,
assistant pastor. Mr.. and Mrs
Etchison win reside in washing
ton.
Announcement is, made by the To-
cal draft board that the irst OPP
portunity for twenty 1918 regis
trants to enlist for special training