The Washington times., 1922-03-26
BraveSt Man" Now
Drills Battalion
Of Death" at Myer

To Be Feature of So.
ciety Circus for Ath.
letic Fund.
THE bravest man in Washing
ten. II not in the whole world,
has been discovered.
IT ID Capt. n. y. 8. Williamson,
Third Cavalry. Fort Myer. CON-
nander Of the women's Battalion
Of Death in the society circus the
officers stationed at the post are
giving on March 81 to raise money
Tor the post athletic fund.
Without ALTERING an inch Capt.
Williamson told thirty-two women,
all Of them young. all Of them
pretty and all Of them paying the
strictest attention to the daring
young officers remarks. that he
was the right man. And not a
woman among them dissented.
Which goes to prove that you can
tell women anything provided you
say 1t firmly enough.
Furthermore. Capt. Williamson
assured these ssme thirty.two
young women that. there were
three women alresiy alter him.
You see," he said wRv;ne his
hand in the direction of three
youthful riders. Aud they vers.
They followed him tight along.
TO complete their subiaction the
intrepid young sole e,. informed
his thirty-two that tney haoN fig.
ures like pretzels. Or Fomethtng
like that. Anyway, he said their
lines. or line looked like pretEol.
The Death Battalion, composed
Of a group Of skilled horsewomen
Of the National Capital, is roceiv-
ing instructions from Capt. WIZ.
hanson in cavalry tactics. They
are planning to stage a cavalry
charge on the day Of the circus
that will put to shame the famous
drill staged at the post during the
winter by veteran troopers.
And Captain Williamson is
drilling them. Probably never
again in his career will he have
the opportunity to make SO many
women obey him at once. Right
in the beginning he threatened the
feminine troopers with stable
police" IL they got sassy while no
was drilling them. And they
didnt. As meek as lambs they
obsyed the slightest sound of his
voice.
pRACTICE work on the cavalry
drill began early last week and
already Captain Williamson has
whipped, figuratively speaking of
course. his charges into military
shape. They have learned to
wheel in squedron formation,
charge, and 60 through the more
or less complicated figures of the
drill.
The drill of the women's bat
TALON is to be but one of the thrill
ing events Of the day. A feature
act 10 to be a dramatixation OF
''The 6heik," with alterations sug-
Eestsd BY the fertile imasinations
Of the stage manager. The happy
ending q the play il to be a bit
changed to suit the trend of the
aga toward feminine supremacy.
There are to be two perform
ances, one In the afternoon and
one on the evening OF March 81.
The funds raised win Be used to
equip the post baseball team and
make some needed alterations on
tho polo fisid. |
HOW does prize fight strike
you as a nice, gentle. lady
like Lenten diversion? Serious?
OF course, I'm serious, never more
30. Looking over the shoulder Of
q woman whose date book is well
filled, I noticed Monday evening
was left blank-and asked
wherefore? whats the matter
with Monday" Promised to
chaperon some Of the youngsters
over to Fort Myer," laconically.
dancer" mo. indeed--prixe
fight. Didn't you know about
them. Loads of people go over.
The girls are quite crazy about
them. Better come along"
They don't call them prize
fights out at the post-they are
boxing exhibitions. And find on
inquiry that the lady was right
loads of people go over" for
them; 30 much so that one young
"orficer bhoy" walled that the
sporting editor OF one OF the local