The Washington herald., 1921-10-02
BY ,. HAROLD KEEN.


FIELD HEADQUARTERS. CAMP
HARDING, WILDERNESS RUN.
Va. Dct. 1.-while President Hard
inR( commander-in-chie If all
fighting forces of the United States.
locked on. Gen. Buffers Marines
fought their way to a new objective
~ the sham battle on the historic
Tiyil War Wilderness grounds to-
CAV
%,ruIv attentive to ev<ry We.
Z es.Hsrt Ha' ding ami his "3rty
= flowed the battle mile ny mils
VI The close Of the days ws-
f.tr,. the comma nder-in-chie per-
.iiV inspected he battle front
rf the Marines.
,-,"mI anied by group oi
zine officers the President
-tSsd along the front lines 4:
cIe point he stopped and inquired
,.r &. company Garbed in the A z.
=. tin hats. how many of the men
I'd worn them overseas One
-Iarine advanced and handel :he
"rcsiden. his cap. Hun h.Ill t
role in it's crest. The P-esident
showed great inte' est in .n- man
.--i insisted on seeing the t'shter's
wound.
Takes Zig Chew.
Latter in the tour of insp= ctio1
Capt John Lejune aide p;:ilei Il
lug of tobacco from his po ke.
Hesitatingly he pi oferred re Pr z
ident a chew. With a broad smile
on his face. President Harding TOOK
the plug and bit off hearty
'mouthful."
Iitions by Marine planes tonight
:he Presidential party retired 20
the canvas White House" and all
lights were out at 1890 o'clock
Dust-covered. but smiling. Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding. accompanied
by Secretary of the Navy DENLY and
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace.
motored into the eNpeditionary force
camp at 1925 o'clock this after
noon amid the sounding of twenty
one guns-the Presidents salute
and to the strains of the 'Star Span
gled Banner" played by the three
camp bands.
In Tent White House.
After being received by Mai. Gen.
John A. Lejeune. commandant of
the L. S. Marine Corps: Brig. Gen.
Smedley d. Butler, commanding the
expeditionary force, and members
of his staff. the nations Executive.
in whose honor the camp was
named, retired to the palatial can
vas White House. which has been
erected adjoining the force head
quarters. to refresh himself from
the heated and dusty trip.
Preceding the President by about
a half hour. Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Theodore Roosevelt and
Rear Admiral Moffett arrived at the
camp by airplane from Boiling
Field.
Others I'm Party.
Other members Of the Presidents
party were: Mrs. DENLY. Secretary
and Mrs George 3. Christian. jr..
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles E. Saw
yer. Capt. David Sellers and Col. d.
d. Porter. aides to the Secretary of
the Navy: Representative Frederick
Hicks. of the House Naval Affairs
Committee. and representative
Royal c. johnson. of the House Mil
itary Committee.
A collision between an automobile
in which Governor westmoreland
Davis. of Virginia. was riding to
the camp ana one dr1Ven by Miss
Helen King, of Culpeper. Va. about
iye miles from fredericksburg, re-
suited in slight injuries to Miss
King. Both automobiles were de-
molished. but Governor Davis and
his party escaped injury.
Miss King was rushed to the
camp hospital where her injuries
were dressed and was later re-
moved to the Mary Washington
Hospital, Fredericksburg. Va. She
is suffering from painful bruises
shd lacerations.
In the Governor's Party.
with Gov. Davis party were: Mrs.
Davis. Mai. Hodges, aide to Gov.
Davis: Gen. s. G. Waller. command
ant of the Virginia National Ma
tional Guard and Mrs. Waller. and
Col. Fulmer Bright, commander of
the First Regiment, Virginia Ma
tional Guard
President Harding's entry into
the camp was the most impressive
affair since the establishment of
the camp last Wednesday. and the
fact that this is the first time since
the civil war that a President of
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