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^ GREAT CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATION AT CAMP I
(Continued from page one.)
pctitor'u waist. Sacks furnished to.
competitors at starting line. One en- j
try from each regiment or separate |
unit, i'rizes: first $10, second $6,
B1 2. Centipede race; distance 50!
yards. Each competitor to bring 14
foot hospital ridge pole. Eleven men
on a team. Men race astride pole, withj
third man carrying designated signal:
flag; all other men grasp pole with'
one hand in trout, other behind them. I
One entry from each regimnet or sep-|
urate unit. Prizes: To each man on!
winning team $5, to each man on sec- |
ond team $2.50, to each man on thirdj
3. Shoe race. All shoes to be mixed
up and placed in a pile 50 yards)
from starting line. Men run to pile,!
hud their own shoes, put them on, and!
run back to starting line. Shoes must!
be properly laced for wearer to qualify j
\bH|<Q| for prize. Mark of identity may bej
placed inside shoes by owner. One
TLkHw entry from each regiment or separate I
V. unit. Competitor must bring hisj
13B\ the pair he wears, so that he will have)
,?\ ;i air to wear while shoes are bein? i
piled by judges before start of race.
Prizes:" First $10. second $5, third
4. Three legged race; distance 50
yards. Pairs to be fastened together
\ !>>" two rotton service belts, one at|
\\rjfm. ankles, other just below knee. Team!
Wftv aisqu:UiHed if belt breaks or comes oft!
iT Ox: during i ace. One competitor from j
|\ ll each regiment or separate unit. Prizes: |
k II First, to each man $10; second, to each
1 A Qt^ n,an. $5: third, to each man, $2.50.
* 'k ^ 3. Mile relay race for camp cham- j
A W pionship. Eight man teams, each man
gfigST t? run 22" yards. Tent peg to be passWjfX
ed from relay to relay. Prizes: First,
I A | to each man. $10; second, to each!
||| | man, $* : tlyrd. to each man. $2.50. i
II | l Scoring of points: For all r&ce^j
| | L? First. 5 points: second, 3 points; third, j
L| IB 1 point Regiment or separate unitj
Ba scoring largest total to receive cup.'
Filiform for all races, shirt, breeches, j
I H F.(|ulpnH*ni Race.
l>ista noe, 60 yards and returrn
belt (without bayonet), woolen blouse,
_________ leggins (canvas). Campaign hats
WfiaM must be worn thruoghout. Men start
fu">' f'JUiPPeil. run ten yards, drop
rifle: run ten yards further..drop field
I, . , , belt: ran ten yards further, drop ovB_X
g 1 ercoat: run ten yards further, drop
blouse; run ten yards further, drop
{/II IHf! III leggins; run ten yards further, around
D|| || H| turning point. Then return oyer
B|| [| | course, replacing each article at point
8j| '|| | previously dropped before leaving that
III || |j point. First man to reach starting
MM II |l | line, fully equipped, to win. One en01
BII II I try from pach regiment or separate
U Dll III unit Prizes: First, $10: second, $5;
tt |lj third. $2.50.
U (1 U ll Notes.
B D fl. All competitors will report to CapU
nl/f I) taln Ins31!3 at Y. M. C. A. hnt 107 at
2:30 p. in. promDtly.
a J Each relay team will bring one tent
ftVftrftrrV peg, jor ^ as baton.
> Each centiped? team will bring one
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TRENCH ,
CHR
"Charlotte D
6 P. M. Place
of Pos
agons in charge of se'
)amp Greene" refres
lave been provided 1
server.
es offered by the citis
ve athletic events, ai
ring the largest numl
rogram below.
2ne has been provi<
14 foot hospital ridge pole and one J
signal flag.
No team will be allowed to race
with anv but the Droper equipment I
Competitors in shoe race are advised
to plainly mark their shoes on
tho inside. Outside distinguishing
marks will result in disqualification.
E. LEROY SWEETSER.
Brigadier general national army, chairman
athletic committee.
A. W. INGALLS,
C aptain Eighth Massachusetts infantry,
secretary.
Soldiers will notice that the prizes
are well worth going after. The citizens
of Charlotte provided the cash
for prizes.
The following organizations were authorized
to be represented by teams:
7th Infantry, 3.0th infantry. 38th infantry.
39th infantry. 47th infantry.
50th infantry, 58th infantyr, 59th infantry.
60th infantry, 61st infantry, 1st
Maine heavy field artillery, 8th Massachusetts
infantiy, 6th Massachusetts
infantry, 1st Vermont infantry, 5th
Massachusetts Infantry, 1st Connecticut
infantry. 1st New Hampshire Infantry.
13th field artijlery, 16th fleldj
aruuery, inn neiu urnnnj, lU
chine gun battalion, 8th machine gun
battalion, 9th machine gun battalion,
10th machine gun battalion, 77th machine
gun battalion, 12th machine gun
battalion, 14th machine gun battalion,
19th field hospital, 20th field hospital,
28th field hospital, 33rd field hospital,
19th Held ambulance company, 20th
field ambulance company, ambulance
company No. 28, ambulance company
No. 33, 4th engineers, 8th signal battalion,
Co. B New Hampshire Bignal
corps. Co. A Connecticut signal corps,
motor truck company No. 47, bakery
company No. 7, depot engineers company
No. 437, base hospital, auxiliary
remount depot, detachment quartermaster
corps, national army.
After the athletic events and tree
exercises, the soldiers are invited to!
_enjoy a special entertainment in each
l"Y" building.
f Camp Educational Director H. M.
Thurston has provided an exceptionally
attractive program in each "Y"l
and the fellows are urged to crowd theJ
buildings and enjoy the features. A
"WHO IN THUNDER AM I?"
That Private Ed. P. Royky of Co.
F. 50th Inf.. got terribly mixed up
about a year ago became more than
evident when he read the following
history of his relatives:
I?st year 1 did not want to embarrass
my girl to make her propose to
me. so I asked her to be my wife,
and she said I would rather be excused.
and I like an idiot excused
her. but I got even with the girL I
married her another. Then my father
married my girL Now I don't know
who I am. When I married the
girl's mother the girl became my
daughter and when my father mariried
my daughter then he is my son.
When my father married my daughter
she was my mother. If my father
is my son, and my daughter is my
mother, who in thunder am I? My
mother, which is my wife, must be
my grandmother, and I being my
grandmother's husband, I must be my
own grandfather.
'
TMAS ^
?ay" at Camp Greene
: Parade Ground in Front ' .
toffice $
veral hundred ladies will distribute to
ihments (cigars, cigarettes, candies,
iy the citizens of Charlotte through
sens of Charlotte will be awarded the I
id a loving cup will be presented to
)er of points. |g|
ill are invited. Every man at J
led for and will be expected.
PROGRAM OF CHRISTMAS
CELEBRA TION AT CAMP |
Promptly at 2 o'clook a massed band, composed of seven regimental . B3
bands, opens celebration with half hour's concert. W
Crack battery from Sixteenth field artillery gives exhibition drill. . "
At 2 o'clock the 29 wagons In charge of the ladles' committee will
leave- The Observer office and proceed to the celebration grounds. On
arrlvai there they will be escorted about the grounds by Major Cahill.
Brigadier General Sweetser's chief of staff, who will be in charge of the
wagons and distribution. The wagons will then be placed at con- - ".JsbB
venicnt points about the grounds and one truck will be dispatched to . ^W
the base hospital with presents for the soldiers and another truck will .
go to the detention camp.
Promptly at 2:30 o'clock Mayor McNinch will present loving cup
from the city of Chartotte to General Dickman, commander of the camp. MBj
General Dickman will respond to the mayor's speech of preaenta- ,
tion and While the band plays the American nationajfcair loving cups from '
the city will be presented to General Cameron and General Sweetser. *' >
The mayor will then present loving cups from the city to each of the
colonels of. the regiments at the camp, tho colonels filing up singly as
the band plays patrotlc American airs.
Following presentation to the colonels, mementoes of the occasion H
will be presented to the five French officers at the camp while the band
plays the French national air.
This ceremony will be followed by a like presentation to the British
officers as the band plays British music.
Immediately following the presentation the following program
sports will start:
Each competitor running in ordinary sack. Sack to be held by being
tied around waist or held by hands above hips. One man to compete for IVg
each regiment Distance CO yards. |:r
2. Three Legged Race.
Two men together?inside legs tied with two bolts?one directly -r--Z$WL
below the knee and other at ankle. Two men compete for each regiment . HI
Distance 50 yards. Yh ?
S. Shoe Race. I
All competitors ori line 50 yards from start. Competitors race to '
pile up shots?pick down from pile, put them on properly laced and * '_:Kj
race back to original starting line. Correct shoes, properly laced de- .. :
termines winners. Distance 50 yarda Man may mark own shoes inside,
One man to Compete for each regiment >33^0
4. Centipede Race.
Eleven men astride a 14-foot ridgepole. Third man to carry regl- mental
flag or other designating flag. Distance 50 yards straight away. .
5. Eqipment Race. " ~~H!
The equipment race is described as follows: "<.>< 3
Distance, 60 yards; equipment, rifle, overcoat field belt without'
bayonet wool blouse, canvas leggins. Men start fully eqlpped and fi H
run 10 yards, drop rifle; run another 10 yards, drop field belt; run an- . ?
| other 10 yards, drop overcoat; run anouior i? jcuuo, ? .
another 10 yards, drop leggins; dun 10 yards around turning: point and .
return over the course they came, replacing each article aa dropped at
the point where it was previously dropped before leaving that point, J
The first to reach the starting point fully equipped is declared winner
of first prize.
There will be one entry from each regiment in this raqe.
One Mile Relay?Regimental. Ji
Eight men on team. Each runs 220 yards, carry tent peg and pass .
to next runner. ~ .
Points to Count as Follows: :.V:??
First place .-. 5-points
Second place , .. S points
Third place 1 point
Relay to count first place, five points?second place, three points. H
Prizes: Gold pices to Individuals Cup to regiment scoring highest
number of points In all events. .
Following the contests the drum corps of the Fifth Massachusetts.. i:;.?.2yB
Infantry will lead a parade about the field with the winners, of the e '
contest. y:-kj?i
The parade will finish before General Sweetser, who will receive <
from &. J. Draper the prizes for the winners. General Sweetser will
then present the winners with their prizes.
The lights will be turned on the Christmas tree and dozens of red
torches will be lighted.
The Glee club of the First Maine heavy artillery will give a concert, B
r - at the tree while the band and the ladies of the refreshment committee - - B
march about the tree. .
Program ends. ...