Note on Characters and Costumes: Mrs. Dewitt Raleigh: A handsome, middle-aged matron, dressed youthfully in a fashionable house-gown. A woman of refinement. Madeline Raleigh: An attractive girl of twenty years, independent in spirit. In act 1 she wears first an afternoon frock, and later an army uniform of khaki, During act 2 she dons the costume of Columbia. Faith Evans: A pretty girl of eighteen years, frivolous and light-headed, but lovable, She wears a street-dress, with hat and coat. Letetia Butts: An elderly and unattractive spinster, who wants to mother the whole U.S Army. She wears glasses. She dresses in a fussy, but unbecoming dress, and wears hat at entrance. Fifi D'Anvers: A chic and charming French girl of sixteen years; speaks with a French accent. she wears an exstremely modish skirt with very short skirt, Wears a large picture hat at entrance. During Act 2 she dons a costume representative of France. Martha Dawson: A poor, middle-aged widow with an etherial face. She wears shabby black and a shawl. She has a medal pinned on her waist. Clara: A young and attractive Irish house-maid, Wears maid's dress of black, with white cap and apron, at the end of Act 2 she appears in a yellow silk dress and plumed hat. Major Anderson: A good-looking and serious minded man of thirty years, He wears the regulation U.S Army uniform of khaki. Gerald Van bandit, A boyish and likable fellow of twenty-one years, Wears a sack suit in Act 1, and in Act 2 a salior-suit.