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"The Soldier's Dream" Presented
by Newly Organized Club
in Delightful Manner.
The Saturday evening entertainment
for soldier* at the Toun^Wora
t?l* auspices of the newly organized
club of the Southern Bell Telephone
company and was one of the most
tmlque and delightful yet given at
that institution. Miss Rosamond
Holmes, of Massachusetts, who Is doing
volunteer war work service In
. Charlotte this winter, deserves a large
measure of credit for the beauty and
success of the entertainment which
She planned and directed. She was
tbe author of the clever verse descriptive
of the "Soldier's Dream"
which was the title of the entertainment
The program was made up of a
Series of living, moving pictures, each
being a girl dream in the life of the
.issldier, who was impersonated by
Hiss Louise Carr, who wore a soldier's
heavy coat ana hat and was
seated on one side of the stage in a
meditative pose. Near the soldier
was hla mother, impersonated by Miss
Louise Roe, and it was she who retailed
to the mind of her soldier son
" the many heart affairs he had experienced
during hie childhood, youth
and manhood. Each episode was represented
by a girl Impersonating the
-girl of his dreams" from his first
l?fant fancy until he is called to the
eblors, when he forswears all others
and dedicates his life, his heart, and
kla service to the queen of them all,
"America-" As the pictures passed In
review and "America" comes last
upon the scene, the audience joined
In the singing of America, bringing
the entertainment to a triumphant
and patriotic climax
, A program feature which was
' 'KNmQr enjoyed was the singing of
'9oWer Sutherland." "the second
-jSlrry Lauder," who accompanied
TOxnself in the rendition of native d labet
Scotch songs, with his accordion.
Following are the yonng ladles who
essayed the various roles of "dream
girls," visloned by the soldier:
Baby,, Miss Elizabeth Jamison; girl
f the dancing school, Miss Mary McCorkle;
the tom-boy, Miss Erllne
Cousart; the country girl. Miss MeCathrine;
debutante, Miss Thelma
'Brines; widow, Mrs. Helen Schuyler;
Sdotch lassie. Miss Lillle Belle Skin
her; college girl. Miss Katherlne
Banks; the actress, Miss Jeane McMillan;
the Irish maid, Miss Beulah
Owen; the Italian maid, Miss Vlr
mm rienry; iteu \jrvao iiuruc, sjluw
Helma; the bride. Miss Mary Griffin;
- *J4merica," Miss Annie May Hasty.
The auditorium was crowded with
soldiers and their applause attested
.to their appreciation. of the beautiful
jtfctures presented by the living pictures.
The evening was concluded with a
reception and the serving of refresbw
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COMPANY E., 39TII.
> -The boys of "E" seem very well
|Maaed with their new home, and
' ^ come* t0 hospitality of
'4he Charlotte people, they all speak
- The work of Coromoskl, Coporal
-Stout and Sergt. Jenkins in the game
last Saturday with Company C will
long be remembered by the boys of
i&mpany E. The fellows have so
much confidence in that CoromosklHout
battery that they are "rearing**
to play any other team in the camp.
Com* on, let's make it worth while.
- The boys of Company E read the
papers very little these days, and know
very little of what takes place outside
of the camp. But one thing they did
not have to get from the newspaper,
end that was that there was at present
a shortage of sugar. This could
be read In the coffee cups.
. ;KChe news -that Corporal Orlm, the
popular company clerk, is speedily
recovering from the attack of quinsy
that has been troubling him during
the last week will be received gladly
fjjls^ Y8" >^\
^J?e men of the company turned out
Uffiet tp a man to hear the celebrated
OgMtltet, "Big Mason," who dellver?Om
address at the "Y" on last
' Monday evening. "Big Mason," as
qjrtfal, held the attention of the men
'hKUghotit the service, and when a
-n .does this, he is big sure enough
Comedies of
Wj'tfji.'?--y'
-
"Anoy, mate, wncres a-w;.
"Don't ask me?I ain't tiie hi
submarines."
MONTANJI TROOPS HAVE
GONE FROMGAM GREEN
Marched to Trains With Coloi
Flying While Their Band Playei
and Dakotan's Cheered.
The 163rd infantry (formerly tl
Second Montana), which has been i
Camp Greene for more than tw
months, under command of Colon
McGuinness, has arrived at an unai
nounced destination.
When "this regiment left, only or
infantry regiment of the Forty-flr,
division, composed of troops froi
northwestern states, remained at th
camp. This was the 164th infant]
(formerly First North Dakota). Thei
regiments were located in adjolnix
reservations, and as the Montar
boys, led by thejr band and with reg
mental colors flying, marched to the
trains the North Dakota band, assen
bled for the occasion, played "Au!
Lang Syne" and a number of othi
selections of similar nature. Tl
North Dakota infantrymen lined tl
roadside and cheered their departir
comrades.
During their stay at Camp Green
the Montana boys made many ai
quaintances in the city and many <
them became actively identified wii
Charlotte's social and religious lif
There were a number who are knon
to have become members of loci
churches, having transferred their le
ters or otherwise.
Just prior to their departure,
spokesman for the regiment, A. I
jDorrls, of the machine gun compan;
gave to The Observer a letter expresi
: lng the regiment's appreciation fc
"the generous hospitality" of the pe<
pie of Charlotte. This statement sal
"every Montana man leaves here wit
a warm spot in his heart for the ci
izens of Charlotte, and many will fln
their way back to this fair city whe
It's over, "over there."
"When I marched Into" Cam
Greene the first thing I looked fc
was a Y. M. C. A. building, and
found It."?Jesae A. Bennett, Co. "I,
146th Inf.
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"I've certainly enjoyed the entei
talnments given by the T. M. C. >
for the boys of Camp Greene, and
think much credit Is due them."?>
H. Bras, Bat. "A," Oregon F. A.
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"Never such fun as when we ar
at the T. M. C."?Henry A. Tlffln, C<
A, 164th Inf., 41st Division.
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AND CAMP '
CAMP GREENE.
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"IB! NOT HOLD CAMP
[ FORK OFFICERS
rs Since Departure of Guardsmen,
d Plans for School Here May
Have Been Changed.
ie The question whether or not an ofit
fleers' training camp will be held this
,-o winter at Camp Greene has arisen in , t
el the minds of officers commanding *
i- regular army infantry regiments at ^
the camp. Since the departure of j
le troops of the Forty-first division, ocat
cupying the camp at the time official
m announcement was made of the war |
Is department's intention to hold one of
ry the third series of training camps
je here, the possibility has arisen that
ig the ordering the division elsewhere
may have resulted in a change of
these plana.
Certain regimental commanders are
ir seml-offlcially informed that picked
i- men from the regiments they cornId
mand will be given opportunity to at9r
tend an officers' training camp, but (
.. none, so far as can be learned, yet j
.e have been officially Informed of any ,
1(t plan to hold such a camp here. The ,
understanding of newspaper men at
the time headquarters of the Forty- i
e? first division made this announcement .
s" was that such a camp would be held .
? for the purpose of training for ap-1
pointment as officers enlisted men of ^
the division and "other troops sta- "
'n tloned at the camp." It also was '
understood that all applications to att
tend this chool would be passed upon 8
by the division commander, and that
a no application would be received at I
the war department.
y> December 1 was the designated i
?- time limit for receipt of applications, I
>r and the official announcement said J
>* the school would be held from Jan- t
Id uary 5 to April 6.
;h The official communication from ?
t- the war department to the Forty-first p
d division inoludpri a rararranh. it was
n understood, which said in effect that
announcement later would be made
regarding provision of quarters for
the men attending this course of in- J
struction. At that time, the opinion l'
P apparently prevailing in official cir- J J
clea was that it would be necessary 1
* to undertake additional construction
work at Camp Greene for this purpose.
MaJ. Clarence H. Greene, constructing
quartermaster, has made no f
statement regarding receipt of any or- t
ders to this effect. He has said, how- r
ever, that "the end of construction ^
j work is in sight unless something
. more is ordered."
It was understood yesterday at the
camp that some officers commanding
regiments there would make effort at v
once to obtain definite official infor- g
a mation on any plan to offer oppor- a
x tunlty to their men to obtain com- C
missioned rank. 1
Sis FOR REGIMENTS ma
1ERE MAY COME SOON Bl
Commanders Expecting Volun- | I
teers but May Get Thousands | |
of Drafted Men in Expansion.
Commanders of the 10 regular yjl It IjF
irmy infantry regiments at Camp
3reene declare they do not know ? *
tow from whence will come the fig ' M
housands of men needed to fill the (J
anks of their commands to the new- I
y established war strength of more Wul\ T J
han 3,000 men to the regiment. These 111
ecruits are expected, however, and Ml ill J
leveral of the colonels expressed the ! ILlft I
>clief, not based upon official ad- H lln'u I
rices, that the first Increment would Jfl I
irrive at an early date. While some DtS^I
jfflcers say they would not be aur- |Ua B j|
>rised to learn that thousands of nalonal
army soldiers would be sent BB W
lere to expand these regiments, most UwK B
>f tho commanders are inclined to
>elieve the expansion will be aocom- BCJl H
jllshed by the absorption of regular H OWNI
irmy volunteer recruits.
The strength of the 10 regiments is
kbout 16,000 officers and men, an ffl ||l
iverage strength of about 1.500 ofTl:ers
and men, which shows this total 17
nust be doubled to reach the new \
var strength. One other regiment, II ftahe
Sixty-lirst. from Gettysburg, 1s Bl B 11
inder orders to come here. The camp IiimIIM
ifTords accommodations for several i/*"
housand more than 33.000 soldiers,
he approximate number which would
>e included In the 11 regiments at
Mr strength. LffjlW
Another possibility to which some nil I IT
>fllcers are giving some thought is lllll I
hat unita greater than the regiment III II If
Tiay be formed of the troops here. U 11 I y
Dne veteran colonel remarked that It ^ [/J
vould not be an illogical action to
ronstitute a regular army division
lere. Conflrmation is lacking for the
eport that some of the regiments 4fl jlT^
nay be absorbed by others now at the
tamp. The regulars at the camp are
>f the infantry branch only. With
>ut thought, however, of what action B - I
he war department may order in the
Future, each commanding officer is Br
roing steadily ahead with intensive
:raining work, and it was understood
:hat all the regiments have reached I JL
;he target practice stage. few
The work of preparing a section 4 n
>f trenches. Identical in every respect 1 I yn
with those forming the battle fronts . B I Dl
n France, is progressing rapidly at tcJ.
he camp and should be completed ^ I'M
vithin a few days. In the mean;lme,
practice in grenade throwing. 1 wwl
>ayonet exercises and drilling con- I HI
inuee without let-up. B B JK
During yesterday, hundreds of the JrlH
loldiers played l>:isketball. others
ipent their time finding recreation of KJhK 10
i'arious kinds and many walked the >U| U
itreets at the camp and in the city, BH "
laving nothing more interesting to do.
MURSES ASSOCIATION TO [W3
RECEIVE THIS EVENING WyU
In Honor of Nurses of Hospital
Unit 0, Who Leave for New V lEftl
York Tuesday Evening. \ W
The Graduate Nurses association of
Charlotte will receive tonight from
1:30 until 10:30 in the Young Wo- YjlCk?X
nan's Christian association reception v vlM
ooms in honor of the nurses in Hos- VvKfll
>ital Unit O, of which Dr. Addison
3. Brenizer is director, who expect to / Bv
eave for New York Tuesday even- IV W
ng. The association extends an In- lo II
dtation to friends of the nurses to ] \ QI^
ittend the reception. The nurses, 'I jl
nembers of the unit, in honor of
vhom the reception will be given mjUfmJ
disses Johnsle Aldridge, Julia Col- II I
en, Cora Dearman, Rose Downey, [( Ik
Elizabeth Hill, Myrtle Harris. Edna I |4
iill, Ida Ikard, Elma Jones. Martha
ustice, Blanche Leonard. Lula Lam- In
leth. Elizabeth Lowe, Sue Moore. IB
'atty McCoy, Bess Swearingan, Made Ijfl Bfl
Itanford, Margaret White and Jose- |)?l?-JoFl
thine Watts. .^^1
"The T. M. C. A. la a great help HHnm
o the soldiers. The first thing I
ooked for when I reached Camp
Jreene was the T. M. C. A."-?Charie
L. Proctor (Co. K, 38th Inf.)
"I am writing a few lines of praise 01] | II
or the Y. M. C. A. and hope all feel
he way I do towards it. I would be Ig II II
ather lonesome if it wasn't for the BQ | l|
r. M. C. A."?John Ernest Yuha,
"If it wasn't for the Y. M. C. A., I
rould be very lonesome. I think It a Hll I
Teat help to us soldier boys, and I lljfl H I
m quite sure we all enjoy it."?
;harles P. Whitman, 38th Inf., Co. H. ~
64th Inf. Supply Co.