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1 . The First Company Vocal Grenadiers — Candidates Fairchild, Foote, Johnson, Dubin, Kluss, Mills, Strecker, Bate, Harrison.

2. Specialty — "If I Were Mr. Morgan," "The Irish Jubilee," Candidate Childs, Second Battery.

3. Hawaiian Quartette "Meleana E," "Halawa," Medley, Candidate

Gibb (Aeia) Oahu, T. H.), Candidates Hilton, Miller, Thompson, Third Com- pany.

4. The Charge of the Black Brigade Corporal Croft, Privates Saxton,

Lindsey, Joslin, Second Class Private Heity.

5. Finale — Closing Chorus — Patriotic, arranged by Candidate Booth, Fifteenth Battery. The entire company.

Tableau.

The next week a vaudeville show^ was given by the Michigan-Wisconsin Regiment under the direction of Candidate Frank R. Adams, formerly of Hough & Adams, author of many successssful plays.

The work of preparation was done with difficulty as the men were in the trenches all week, but on Friday night, the Gymnasium was a real show land and hundreds of trench-wearied veterans and uneasy candidates w^el- comed a real diversion for an evening.

They presented the follow^ing program:

1. "Have a Heart" — Candidate Snyder and Candidates Gillette, Col- lette, Boardman, R. D. Cooper, Lewis and Pierce, Third Battery.

2. "The Fourth Battery Rides Away" Candidates Hartesvelt, Nahi-

kian. Leek, Stewart and Kitson, Fourth Battery.

3. Accordeon Specialty — Candidates Schneider and Bechtold, Elev- enth Company.

4. Songs — Candidate Jenkin, Third Battery.

5. "Prisoners at Large ' Candidates Dunne, Story, Brickhead, Stanton,

Porter, Crane and Reed, Fifth Battery.

6. "Princess Ino" — Psychic Demonstration — Candidates Gruetner and Torson, Fifth Battery.

7. "Prepare for Action" — Candidates Brookhart and Talkes, Third Battery.

8. Songs — Candidates Henning, Dunne, Thomas and Weller, Fifth Battery.

9. "Gravy" Candidates Geert and Parchor, Tenth Company.

10. "My Honolulu Honey Lou" Candidate Millet and Candidates

Snyder, Gillette, Collette, Mahon, Pierce, Lewis, Lane, Boardman, Frost, Nor- ton, Tait, Tilleson, Wells, Cooper, Quinnell, Thomas, Bennett, Knutson, Bald- win, Vogel, Brant, Johnston and Roark.

The final show was given by the Illinois Regiment. It began with a play entitled, "Inertia," written by J. Lee Nichols of the British Army, with Can- didate Dick Travers as the star. This w^as follow^ed by a comedy sketch en- titled "Barracks Bust," and another, "Third Regiment Hash," in which "Ser- geant Hill," of Small Problems of Infantry fame made his first entrance on the dramatic stage.

One of the best features of the entertainment was the Third Regiment Glee Club and Orchestra, which had been suddenly w^hipped into shape by Candidate Hodge of the Eighteenth Company, formerly bandmaster for Ring- ling Brothers Circus.

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