Evening star., 1921-05-29
0. N. c. TO OBSERVE
146TH ANNIVERSARY
Business Men Who Supplied
Army During Late War
Invited to Dinner.

The one hundred and forty sixth
birthday of the Quartermaster Corps
of the Army will be celebrated Thurs
day. June Is, by a dinner in this city
to which all the Washington busi-
ness firms who supplied the Army
during the late war and all civilians
who served as QuartermasteN have
been invited. This is but one of fifty
similar dinners to be scheduled for
other cities and Army posts. Tables
will be set for the event from Coblen7
to China and from Panama nearly to
the north pole.
Maj. Gen. H. l. Rogers quarter
master general Of the Army. is presi-
don't of the new Society Of Quarter
master Officers. which admits TO mem
the corps and all civilians holding
reserve commission therein. and
under whose auspices the celebration
is being arranged. There are ninety
eight such firms and 375 Reserve
Corps officers in Washington.
Washington Focal Point.
Everything possible is being done
to make the occasion. marked by the
participation Of civilians. reserves
guardsmen and Regular Army Off
GERS. one that will be memorable in
Washington will be the focal point
of the dinners to be given the same
night, not only in this country, but
in France, the Canal Zone. Hawaii,
Alaska and the Philippines. The
diners. as far as local time will per-
nit. will exchange greetings by tele-
graph. telephone. radio and cable.
The Quartermaster Corps. founded
July Is. ITS, in Carpenters Hall.
Philadelphia, is the oldest and largest
of the supply departments Of the
Army. 1t is the service which mos
rrrSH hn
and industry Of the country.
The banquet will be novel in many
respects Instead of the usual func-
tion at a hotel 1t will be strictly a
quartermaster dinner. held in the big
assembly room in the Munitions build
ing. at goth and B streets. prepared
by Army cooks in their best style, and
served on Army crockery and mess
kits. Rolling kitchens will cook some
Of the dishes in sight of the guests.
and the famous Army bean will figure
largely (but not too much SOY in the
preparation of one Of the courses.
Stuffed Mules In Decorations.
We'll show those guys" says Sam
Smith. one of the slickest Gordon bleus
in the Quartermaster Corps. that
we can dish up a meal like the French
chefs at the New Willard" and the
Committee Of Regular Army officers
in charge of the function is prepared
to agree with him.
The room will be swathed in Army
bunting and with colors OF the corps
Stuffed mules and manikins in soldier
garb of the tropics and the arctic
regions will be among the decorations.
President Harding. Secretary Weeks.
Assistant Secretary OF War Vain
wright Gen. Pershing, the chairmcn
Of both the Senate and House commit
tees on military affairs, and other
men of national prominence are to
be among the invited guests.
A feature of the evening will be an
address by Maj. Gen. Rogers. In his
foreword to the diners he says.
The magnitude of the work being
done today by the Quartermaste
Corps can best be realized by the fact
that approximately IS per cent Of the
annual appropriations made by Con-
gress for the maintenance Of the Army
is expended by the corps During the
fiscal year 1920. for example. our
outlay was $476.0oo.o00."