The three most interested parties in the advancement of the club. Left to right: Capt. R. S. Henderson, in charge of construction and a member of the Executive Committee; Johnny Pepp, professional, and Lieut. Regnier.
Here is part of the new 55-piece Negro band at Jefferson Barracks, with the director, Technical Sergeant C. K. Young, at left. The band, compromised principally of soldier musicians who have played with top name bands in the country, made its debut yesterday when inspected by Maj. Gen. Irving J. Phillipson of Washington, executive director of the Army Emergency Relief, who came to the city in connection with the opening Monday night of the soldier show, "This Is the Army." The band introduced a new war song, "We Gotta Get Busy," the lyrics of which were written by Col. Thomas J. J. Christian, commanding officer at the post, and Mrs. Christian. The music was written by two members of the band.
Some of the 200 officers and men of the 356th Technical School Squadron at Jefferson Barracks who were guests of 200 members of the Women's Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis are shown as they roasted weiners on an oven at Wabash Country Club in Ferguson.
Miss Jane Pickens, accompanied by two members of the Red Cross Motor Corps, Mrs. John R. Caulk Jr. and Miss Francine Blessing Hammes, leaving the Park Plaza Hotel Thursday afternoon for Jefferson Barracks, where Miss Pickens sang for the patients at Station Hospital.
A group of soldiers attending 6:30 p.m. mass. The mass dispensation to hear mass after 12 noon was granted to army members by Pope Pius XII two weeks ago. Soldiers who receive communion are obliged to fast four hours from solid food and one hour from liquids before the mass begins. In this picture Lieut. Wolf, Catholic chaplain, celebrant of the mass, is about to distribute communion.