The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-12
CAMP READ MEN
WILL BE GUESTS
OF LEG|ONAIRES
Fairmont Post and Auxiliary
to Entertain Tuesday for
Visitors Here

Fairmont post. American Legion
and the women's auxiliary OF the
post will entertain Tuesday evening
at the Legion club rooms on Cleve-
land avenue in honor of the 400 Ma
tional Guardsmen now in training
at Camp Read
A committee from the post and
auxiliary visited the camp at Bar
rackyille last night and extended
i the invitation to the guardsmen.
The Legion post will be in charge
of the entertainment, while the
auxiliary will look after refresh
| ments.
Both officers and men at Camp
| Read are enthusiastic boosters for
| the American Legion and express
ed their appreciation OF the inv.
! tation extended them. The Legion
members stated that they wanted
to make their comrades from and
other states feel at home while
here and that they were taking this
means of getting better ACQUAINTED
with them. Many of the boys at the
camp have seen several years SER
vice at home and abroad and will
! probably meet many of their old
friends among the Legion men here
Camp Inspected
Inspection by Colonel T. C. Davis
occupied the morning at Camp
Read. During the early hours. a
worried bunch of soldiers were
looking hither, thither and yon for
the missing cake of soap and the
elusive toothbrush
Finally. however. the articles
We're all assembled and placed on
+, the cots in front of the tents and
the colonel ,strolled through. deal.
ing out praise. indifference or dis.
/, pleasure according to the nature
OF the display inspected. p 10y
On the whole, the Inspection was
satisfactory. Some small cases of
negligence could be attributed,
perhaps. to the fact that some OF
the soldiers were still suffering a
slight detection of sight, resulting
from having been through tear
gas" in the smoke screen demon.
stration yesterday afternoon.
"reminiscences of the gas attack
were still heard this morning, no,
only in the camp but on the streets
where various memb berS of the aud.
ience of 300 persons were relating
their adventures to their friends.
Demonstration Success
The demonstration has been de.
clared complete success. Col
|. Thomas C.. Davis said as much to
Corporal Fred A. Wal1enfelsz last
night following the demonstration
and his remarks were seconded by
Captain David ]. Myers, one OF
the regular army instructors who
is helping train the men at the
camp.
Corporal wal!enfelsz came here
from the Chemical Warfare sN,ry.
! ice headquarters, Fifth Corps Area,
Columbus Barracks, Ohio. He re.
turned to Columbus on train
leaving Fairmont last night.
Water and ice Cor the camp
were held up for some time this
morning when bridge near Bar
rackville broke through. The ice
/ truck was the victim and a de-
tail of men were sent out to carry
| the ice to camp. The water wagon
was right behind it with about 100
gallons of aqua pura and this was
held up "a meEs!St longer than
| the ice. heI ms on the bridge are
now under way.
Golf Fienes Busy -,
Sergeant Pat KoontZ and Cor
;poral Carl Williams had a round
| of golf of the camp links yester-
day afternoon. Sergeant Koontz
started it when he got out his
clubs over in Company D street
and proceeded to show them to
his various friends.
| Corporal Williams, also OF Com
pany D. remarked that he FUSED
| to be pretty good with the sticks"
and Sergeant Koontz said Corpor-
al Williams would have to show
Z, him.
So Sergeant Koontz produced a
couple OF golf balls and they pro-
ceeded to hammer them around
.Fore!" and "Hey!-you almost
hit met" were heard from all sec
tions and finalIe Sergeant Koontz
ended up 9:e performance by tee
ing up the balls and smashing
them across the creek where
neither of them could be located.
1--we been trying to get rid Of
those golf balls for months" he
grinned, when admonished con-
jecrning his wastefulness. Guess
we can have round of golf, cor
poral, when this band leaves.
He didn't explain in what man
ner the band inteSfered> with his
golf but it was Inferred that his
! Temperament could Eot stand
music while he was playi1A
Camp Busler kidded
Sergeant Jack Donzis. the camp
bugler, was coming in for lot Of
kidding this morning, on account
of having had a tooth removed. The
bugler spent all morning in polish
ing up the tooth and says when he
gets out of the service he is going
to join the Elks and have a watch
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