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n1VVLCFOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY.Marines Give Dance, Enjoy Turkey Dinner at Torpedo Station.MaHnc-3 attached to-tbo . N*vat Torpedo Station gnvn their first dnce la thus city 3aturday evening-, the occasion being a St. Patricks Day danco In Masonic* hall, Congdon’a Banjo band rendering- the music. The hail was decorated in its usually Vj efteetlvo fashion, with Allied flags “ on.a red background,• and among tha patron.-? and patronesses were Major ... J. .Mcb\ Huey. comfnander of ma. lines. and Mrs. IZuo.v: Captain C. N. .’vk-OIu-e and Mrs. McClure, Lieu tenant Harry Paul and Mrs. Paul and Lieutenant K. 0. Cuttle. Among the guests were Captain• Edward L. Beach, commanding officer of the. ^ Torpedo Station, and other naval i ofllcer* and their wives, besides ^ a '_3 number of women primer makers.' ,jlt; Among the souvenirs of the oeci- ^ slon were I he tlncc orders, on which ^fwero printed tho familiar insignia of ri( the marine corps, and small ^'ish bx flags, given with ths ice cream served during- intermission.iThe 98th company of marines, attached lo Pose Island for guard duty, Jt celebrated St. Patrick's day Sunday ]'-■ noon wiLh an appropriate turkey dinner, which included one of XHli S-1 S best and most elaborate menus served M 6: there in some time, Mess Sergeant Wendell S. McRae and Chief Cook Albert R. Mason made the arrangements.With the menu was a short history jj-of the 98th company, telling how ir l, was organized iru California August iq 22, 1917; how It ea.w visions of service M | In France -when transferred acrosai i the cuntlnent to Quantiifo, Va„ and how it was sent to the Torpedo Sm- |I tluri for guard duty. The duly in' a 'pj severe New England winter ha*fitted them for the hard service they*; jh nrl hope to sec In the front-.'expect a iJJne trencliwi.
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Newport Journal and Weekly News
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Fri, Mar 22, 1918
Page 3
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