Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-03
Camp Humphreys News

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T. Last Sunday evening at the Liberty
Theater the 18th Engineer Band I'M
| Der the leadership of Warrant Officer
Richard Treichel played Ballet" and
| Soldiers March" from Rossinl's
t'William Tell" fCZizulka's Loves
/ Dream after the BALI" (bpth by re
uuestJ,f Kissler,s ;"Mountain Heights
| and Hager,s "Whistling IJohnnies."
| ! The band viii play again next Sun
| day evening and Wesley Barry will be
featured by | the, motion pictures in
ysThe County Fair..p On Monday even
ling December 9Th an all star caste
! i'm feAeross the Divide: with Roiln
Comedy and Pathe News: Tuesday,
|: December 9th all star caste in The
EMidnie lit Riders Comedy False
Roomers," and Fox News; Wednes-
day, December 7th, Wallace Reid in
TOO Much Speed Comedy Fire
brigade" and Pathe News; Thursday,
December 9Th, John Bowers in 1.-THE
| Sky Pilot Bray Photograph No. i52;
Friday, December 9th, Charles Ray in
Scrap Iron" and Mutt and JEFF; Sat
urday, December 10th, Neal Hart in
"Sky Fire" and Comedy "Torchy
Mixes in"
The construction of new officers
quarters has made a REMEMBERING of
all officers quarters necessary. The
old Y and X sections have now been
done away with as designations, and
beginning with the bungalow nearest
to Camp Headquarters they are num-
bered from one to siXty-eight III one
series. All the bungalows are now
assigned.
The Engineer Mess will hold an
informal hop at Harris Hall on Fri
day evening, December End commenc-
ing at $50.
An invitation has been received
by the Commanding Officer of the
camp to commander and officers of
the post to attend the series of dances
to be held this winter at Fort Myer,
The first one will be held Saturday
evenin, December 3rd, commencing at
900 p. m. :.
Captain Eugene NJ. Caffey, C. E.,
reports Engineer Training Company
Number one to have arrived at Fort
Revere, Mass, having marched from
Camp Humphreys to Fort Revere,
distance of $50 miles in twenty-seven
marching day. He says that with ex-
ception of few days of rain and one
of snow the weather was perfect, but
that they arrived just in time, as the
weather had been atrocious ever
SINCE"
They left Captain Anderson T. w.
Moore with the second Training Com
pany at Trenton, n j., under orders to
proceed to Camp Dix instead of Fort
Slocum.
Colonel and Mrs. James A. Wood
ruff gave bridge party on Saturday
evening November 26th in honor of
their guest Mrs. Carlton. Prizes were
won by Mrs. W. H. Holcomb and Maj
or w. F. Tompkins. Their guests
were: Major and Mrs. c. F. Williams
and Miss Williams; Maj. and Mrs.
Holcomb, Major and Mrs. Tompkins,
Major and Mrs. E. C. Kelton, Captain
and Mrs. T. B. Barker and Captain
HASTE. After the game a delicious
WEIGH rarebit was served.
An "Old Clothes Party" was held
at Harris Hall on Thanksgiving even
| ing which was a great success. Mrs.
Alfred Ganahl and Capt. c. C. Cans
won the prizes for those having the
forst costumes. Prizes for the vari-
Gus games were presented to Mrs. R.
NJ. Copeland, Major Howell Miss
Moore, lst 1t. Lewis j. Edmunds, The
party closed with Virginia reel and
cider and doughnuts.
Before the "Old Clothes Party" Ma
Jorr and Mrs. c. F. Williams enter
tanned at supper: Major and Mrs. P.
b. Fleming, Major and Mrs. Holcomb,
Major and Mrs. Tompkins and Miss
Williams.
Captain Frank HASTE was Joined
by Mrs. HASTE and their young
| daughter on Sunday, November 9th.
They will occupy one of the new bun
galows.
Second Lieutenants P. A. Feringa,
F. H. Fox, Harry Meyer, D. A. Morris,
P. C. Parshley, R. Selee and E. w.
Walter have received promotion to
first lieutenants.
Roscoe C. Crawford, Jr., Son of
| Major Crawford, has been at Walter