Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-07-20
Camp Humphreys

Major General James G. Harbord,
! Executive Assistant to General
Pcrshing, delivered an address in the
Liberty Theater on Sunday evening
July 18th, to about thousand peo-
pie of the camp and vicinity. He
spoke on Armenia bas;rg his address
on personal observation and expert
cnce in tnat region while directing
the American Commission sent there
! by President Wilson i'll 1919.
The Fifth: Regiment of Engineers,
District of Columbia National Guard
crrivcd in camp Saturday afternoon
under command CT Major John ".
| Oehmann # tie National Guard and
Major R. ID. LeGarde CT the Regular
/ Army. TIE regimental surgeon is
Capt. George ]. Allen. Capt. E. II.
Grove is Grartermastcr and Capt. R.
3. Bolton, Sanitary Inspector. The
:. regiment has an excellent band of
! 40 pieces. Tie men are occupying
| quarters IL old &C" section of. the
camp, and will remain until Satur-
day.
Major Beverly C. Dunn, of the
Educationai Department at this
camp, has been transferred to the
District Engineers office, New York
city. Major Dunn left Saturday,
July 10th.
Captain S. II. Ware, of the Quar-
terma5ter corps, who has had charge
of transportation on this post for q
number OF months h2s been trans
fcrrcd TO the Quartermaster Supply
! Depot, FIRST Avenue and F;fty-ninth
street, Brooklyn, n. Y. He leaves
Tuesday, July 10th, having been re-
licved by Capt. Leroy NJ. Edwards,
/ @. II. c., whose family will arrive
in few days and occupy quarters
:, HI.
Miss Eliza Crump, of Alexandria,
is the guest for few days of Miss
Marian Hickman at quarters YES.
Miss Lofine Kellar and Miss Mil
dred Middleton, Of Washington, D.
c., were weekend guests at the
home of Chaplain and Mrs. Perry 0.
I! Wilcox.
/; There VIII be patty for the en-
| listed men of the camp at the Serv-
ice Club 3n Thursday evening. A
number of young ladies from Wash
ington will be present.
Capt Z. " Caffey. who during the
Reserve Officers Training Camp,
which mas just closed was instructor
in Workmanship at tire target range
goes on 40 day leave Tuesday,
July 10.
/ The 1921 Reserve Officers Train
/ ing Camp for Engineers comprising
about 600 college students closed here
/ Tuesday, July 10th, after very Sue
ccssful session of five weeks. On
! Monday afternoon General Pcrshiro
review the battalion accompanied
! b. Colonel Mason NJ. Patrick, Com
! handing Officer of Camp Hum
! phrcy5. Colonel James A. Woodruff
was in command Of the battalion.
AZ the close of the review com"
,mssions as second lieutcnants in the
! ('Ticers' Reserve Corps were prcsen7
! cd to sixteen men and three others
are to receive them. Expert marks
man badges were awarded nine men.
: General Pershing made the presen-
! tations personally and afterwards adj
dressed TIE troops congratulating
them upon their success in the pres
ent season and explaining the policy
of the War Department with refer
cnce to the relationship of the Re-
! serve, the National Guard and Regy
lar Army.
! The closing events Of the 1921
campwcre to be held at Belvoir Dock
on Tuesday afternoon, July 10Th,
when picnic and swimming con-
tests with medals for the winners
took place
Perry o. Wilcox.