Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12

LIST Virginia Infantry. played for
the services, while 1t. Col. Churchill
j. Gibson of Richmond, 10Th Di-
vision chaplain, delivered the ser.
mon. 1t. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, Isl
Army commander and generahssi-
mo Of the current maneuver, and
Mai Gen Milton A. Reckord. chief
of the 18th, were among the high
Army officers seated In the review.
ing stand from which the rites were
conducted.
While 5000 khaki-clad officers and
men stood at attention in the
stadium grandstand, an impressive
color massing ceremony opened the
field services.
1t was estimated that more than
half the 2eth's 10000 men attended
Sunday services. a ma jority of them
the Catholic field mass on Division
Hill. or Protestant services in their
own regiments. Maj. Simpson B.
Daughterty. 121st Engineers chap
lain, was in charge of worship for
that Washington regiment.
Impromptu Concert.
Following the services, the band
directed by 1t. Melvin Mac Coul
gave an irnpromptu concert across
the street from the stadium in honor
of a Virginia soldier, 1t. Col. Edwin
P. Conquest of Richmond, division
intelligence officer, and then marched
downtown to play q rev 7tlnes ion
Canton citizens and visiting soldiers.
Enlisted men took over Ogdens-
burg Saturday night. 1t was literally
their night out. They thrunred the
cafes, restaurants. beer gardens and
night clubs. attended movies, shopped
in the dime stores and went down
to the water front for speedboat
rides on the st. Lawrence River.
Army orders prevent troops from
visiting Canadian soil, but the boat
operators were doing a land office
business taking soldiers into Cana
dian waters within a few feet of
the dock at Prescott, Ontario.
Thrill Rides.
AS each boat returned and dis
charged its sightseeing cargo Of
10 or Is men, it was filled again
in a few seconds. Boat operators
added a thrill, for no extra charge.
by making sharp turns that tilted
the boats half way over and threw
spray over back-seat passengers.
The price was so cents for a whirl-
wind Commute ride and a swing
so close to the Prescott wharf, at
high speed, that riders often felt
they might reach Canadian ter
ritory too suddenly for their own
comfort and safety.
Officers were almost CONSPICUOUS
by their absence Saturday night
Cthey were at various night spots
in the country when the enlisted
men took over Ogdensburg under
supervision of military police. Army
and Guard m. P.s" were assigned
to each restaurant and night club
and maintained good order with
cooperation of the Ogdensburg city
police force.
The shortage of girls did not
bother the soldiers. who swept into
music halls like tidal waves. One
girl would change "jitterbug" part
ners every few seconds as crowds
gathered around the orchestras.
The Saturday night influx gave
Ogdensburg its greatest pOpulat ton
increase, and officers commented on
the good spirit existing between
private citizens and the visiting
soldiery, as well as Upstate New
Yorks cooperation and hospitality.
Col Harry Ruhl, commander Of
the 5th Maryland Infantry, Balti-
more, announced that he had sent
a truck convoy to Alexandria Bay.
N. Y, with more than $50 enlisted
men to give them a sight of the
famous Thousand Islands. "Of
course, they are staying we'll on the
American side" he said.
Yesterday brought the 121st Engi-
neer Regiment a number of wives
of officers and enlisted men, who
motored here to spend the next
week at resort hotels in this area.
Those visiting their husbands yes
terday in the engineer camp in.
cluded Mrs. Joseph j. Greenlaw,
wife of Maj. Greenlaw, medical
officer; Mrs. Pearson c. Conlyn,
Mrs. Andrew j. Conlyn, and Mrs.
william j. Conlyn, whose husbands,
all brothers, are engineer officers;
Mrs. Henry Greene, Sd, wife of a
lieutenant, and Mrs. George Vogel,
whose husband is q sergeant.