Fort Des Moines WAC frolic on second anniversary

              Morning   Rogiifer Dm  Mcinri.  lo.o
*' '  '     Oft
s*
Fort Des Moines WAC Frolic on  Second  Anniversary
A great number of the several thousand WACs who took part in the Saturday afternoon are shown as they were dismissed from ranks before 96 areas of play in which the exercises were held.
"Playday" exercises at Fort Des Moines the reviewing stand and headed for the
General Sees WACs' Busy Day of Play
By Need Aufcby.
On * field of green quilled with dandellona. tea fleet runner* wilta movements of lightning flew to a glorious toot racing victor* Saturday afternoon.
So morlng ¦ spectacle, was the victory that HaJ. Gen. C. H. Dan-lelion. commanding general of the Seventh Service Command. Omaha. Neb. who occupied a vantags point of honor, was prompted exclaim:
¦Thla ha* been an amazing day and thia (the race) U the crowning event."
The victorious runnera were WACi of Company IS. The field of action was the parade ground at Port Dm aloincs. The participant* In the race were representatives of four WAC compa-nlea, who had won the right In preliminaries held earlier.
WAC Mayday. ¦ It wa* the climax to a "play-day" for WAC*. held in ccteb.n. • tlon of the second anniversary «f the formation of the woroen'i army corps, which fall* today.
The ten runner* of Company 18 had to do more than run to win.
-r»l.l..M:
.up of WAC* I* participating In a singing were. "Goln' around the mountain. t»o by
I   ,J,,,-J|   .'«..f,:«-   rt,-r..   i,.,Iii,l-l]   in 11.,
What they had to do would never be aanclioned by the amateur athletic union. It can hardly be described. Better it be explained. Each runner waa required to do the following:
Run  30 paces carrying a barrack* bag.    While running thia 30 pace, empiy the barracks bag and put on its content*. The bag* cor tamed   a   raincoat,   a  wool   hal ... id glove*     Yes. rain coat. hat. overshoes and glove*. On    reaching   the   SO   par* mark,  take off  Ihe garment*, replace  them  In  the has;  and sprint the thirty pace* bark to the team po*t.
A solid row of army officers sat In the reviewing atand and roared   with    laughter,    blending
th"lr    cheer*   with    those   of    the
winner* at the finish, aa Pvt Beiiy Kleger. captain of the win. ning team, was carried from tfe field   on   the   ahouldera   of   bei
The   afternoon   portion   of  the affair  opened   when   the   several thousand   WAC*  taking  part   In the   program   marched  onto   the field  and atood  at  attention   before the reviewing itand. At Bugle Call. Then,  at   a  bugle  sound,   they scattered  pell  mell  lo H different  area* of play. In which four separate field exercises were held. : la this had ended, each  WAC nn   The    :     ¦'"' 'l-r P*n "'¦ "'' <"¦" ¦* ';'" two."   Sev.lt     WKl™'