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Secretary Says It Depends on Soldier Himself Whether He Reaps Greatest Profit BY H. C. NORTHROP. To take care of you when you are off duty, by providing you with helpful and pleasant means of recreation, ' is the purpose of the army 7. M. C., A. This la doubly true of the men who are here at Camp Greene. When 1 your time is your own they want you to feel that every Y. M. C. A. hut is your club-room, a place where you ' . may feel free to drop In and write letters, play the phonograph, or piano, enjoy their entertainments, take part " In the athletic contests, or receive the tV spiritual blessing which comes from j?artlcipatlon in the religious meetings. : Remember that every wearer of the red triangle wants to be your friend. That is what he Is here for?to be -at your service. Above all things, keep in mind that the association hut yig yours. If you take an interest in SQttt, do n?t hesitate to Join in its aci :'-givities, for while the secretaries are Willing to do their share, they are only ' a.few In number; so that in the end t. f"It will depend upon you yourself .-Whether"you have a good time or not ' A word as to the organization in Camp Greene. In addition to the ad. '.'xninlstrative, or office building, locat. j.'ad on the Tuckaseegee road near the fi??Storryhill house, there are five huts tor the use of the soldiers, and it is Our plan, so far as possible, to have sV*something" doing in each hut every evening. At the head of all of the association work in Camp Greene, is Mr. L. \ R. Hawkins, of Providence, R. I. Mr. ,';v Hawkins was formerly general secretary of'the Y. M. C. A. in Providence, R. L The work of the association is - "divided into two parts, one'of which deals with the administrative duties f'-^JOqulred in all large organisations. The other part consists of those building activities which bring the secretaries into actual contact with the soldier. The secretaries who comprise the tamp staff, located in the administrative building, are Dr. T. R. Thoburn at Montclair, N. J? camp religious director, who has Just arrived at the oamp to take the place of Dr. F. E. Taylor of Indianapolis. The latter, alter an absence 01 three months, has Aeen called home by the people of his parish, to take up again his regular At the head of the physical work department is Mr. A. E. Bagley f- Of Lawrence. Mass. The social and , - -^educational work is under the direc'tton of Dr. J. K. Folaom of Newark, i J. The camp musical director is lir. H. D. Barlowe, of New York city. < ."The camp business secretary is Mr. H. it C. Northrop of Lynn, Mass. The camp i clerk is Mr. W. A. Rees of Providence, gSSO. ' SR'yX'ln each of the bnlldings are sta- i " Stloned five secretaries. Each bu Iding ! ( known by its unit number, running 104 to 108, inclusive. 'Building; J 04 Ja located in the engineer section' No. 19. next to the administration I ^?BllAihff. The staff consists of Mr. t>. 1 E. Day of Summerville, Mass., bulldt Ing secretary; Dr. Geo. R. Stair of ^ Boston, Macs., religions work seeped . tary; Mr. C. L. Bryant of Waterbury, ytgfajW physical work secretary; Mr. ifc Knowlton of Orono, Maine, educational work secretary; and Mr. C. E. jjbby of Springfield, Mass., building v ^ Building No. 105 is located in InfanJtf. seotlon No. 10, now occupied by -Thfl regiment from Washington, D. C. The building secretary is Mr. L. A. Morehous of Ticondaroga, N. Y. He ! assisted by Rev. J. W. Day of Dor Chester, aiaas., religious worK secretary; Mr. George R. Tyson, of Philadelphia. Pa., physical wark secretary; J. W. Rupp of Akron, Ohio, educational secretary; and F. T. Sratlh of Holyoke, Mass., building assistant. Y. M. C. A. building o. 104 la located near Infantry section No. 14. The building secretary is Mr. C. B. Winehell of Bloomfield, N. J. He Is assisted by the Rev. J. H. Armbrust of Boston, religious work secretary; W. - ,|L Williams of Marblehead, Mass., -^Bhysfoal work secretary; Q. B. Watts Of Franklin, N. H-, educational secretary; and C. R. Edwards, of North - Wilkesboro, N. C., building assistant. ;"X M. C A. building No. 107 la looated In infantry section No. 5, adJoining the camp postoffice. The bnlld tag secretary Is Mr. H. D. Fryer of "'UniUmantlc, Conn. He Is assisted by -Rev. W. T. Elmore of .Hamilton, N. religious work secretary; Mr. R. L. UOurue w uaruncr, mas., pnyncai work secretary; Mr. Charles D. Kepner. Jr., of Newtonville, Mass., educational secretary; and Mr. Harold -y&r**n of Natlck. R. L, building assistY. M. C. A. building No. 108 Is loeated near the Dowd house, between -itfiUlery sections No. 2 and 3. The -S?iisiwg secretary Is Mr. H. M. Thurston o/ Muskegon, Mich. He is assisted by Rev. George H. Allen, Jr., of 3Hmkport, N. Y., religious work secretary; Edward Richardson of Pas- 1 HOUSTON V I B i v: B Hon. Dnrid F. Houston, S Washington unexpectedly Satnrt lted Camp Greene. Secretary H North Carolina, and Jast dropp< friends. jaic, N. J., physical work seen AJbery B. Coe of Baltimore. >ducational secretary; and Geoq raylor of Waterbury, Conn., bul tsalstanL Now that you are acquainted the men in your section, wear 9Uli VIEWING THE SOUTHLAK THROUGH OREGON EY The Portland, Oregon, boys fustly proud of tbeir enlistment ?rd. When it came time to sun the men on the first draft it was f that"Portland had already furn tier quota through voluntary e ment. The Oregon regiment of ir try was also the first to be recr to war strength and mustered the national service. The boys sure have a warm sp their hearts for the way they welcomed by the First Associate formed Presbyterian church of C lotte. The people there sent out lug cars to Y. M. C. A. building where Secretary Winchell ha :hurch party ready." The boys taken down to church and after ce the pastor saw personally tha ?ry man was invited out to dinnei then if that were not enough i railed at the various homes v the boys were visiting and brc them back to camp again. "Talk s tour hospitality," said one g "why. they, didn't treat us better this even in California." Thlrtj nen were included in the party .hey can possimy gei 10 town to row It's a safe bet where 81 rill be found. The men were at first as ton ipd then amused at the hazy tome people in the South have o West and Westerners. "I reckon ill never saw' a trolley car bef taid one carpenter to a Portland, nan. "It sure must seem Strang rou to see a real city as big as C otte," said another native. The Uer he was talking to hailed fr< ;ity of 350,000 and had been ar he world. A large proportion of the sol ire college men and prominent less men. Already representatlv teveral well-known national co fraternities have been found ai I AND CAMP . ' ; 1SITS THE CAMP | ''*^Hft^| I , jcretory of Agriculture, dropped down from lay morning with Secretary Baker and vis!ouston waa born and reared in this part of id down to spend the week-end among old itary; the men. Secretary Winchell of Y. M. | Md.. C. A. building 106 was agreeably sur- ] te H. prised to run across some Sigma Nu . ldlng brothers in the Oregon outtit. If any \ Greek letter men are in camp make with yourselves known at the nearest Y. them M. C. A. and talk over with the sec- j retary there the possibilities of getting | fraternity men together. Among the irien of Company E, ID third Oregon infantry, Is Paul Stone, ir-c His father, H. W. Stone, is secretary of the Portland, Oregon, Y. M. C. A i are 7 ~ t.?r- JlVilln ELECTRIC a i Oft WW 17} M, h rhere mght ? i bout roup, than ' M. E morboys ?,. Maker f~ hats Ore e for 'har- HH >m a Army Mats m; ound We Renovate H diera rd; charlot' liege nong huiumjiwiiwimiiiiiimiwii { I Page 3 and a national figure In association affairs. One la Impressed, as he meets the men, with how small this country Is after all, for while they come from Western States nominally, there are renresented among them almost every Hll M H State of the Union. 1)1 III BIT '"Well, here goes my daily letter to H] III lH the little wife," he said as he tossed jjlj IH JfllJ the envelope into the mail box. "Got yn RH HH three fine little boys back home, too," ||| III HI tie said. "Well, you certainly are I Iff HI making a sacrifice," said the Y. M. Rl| III Rt C. A. man over the counter. "Sacri- ml |{n |fH See, nothing." replied the brawny sol- "Hj Rjj| IJJr dier. "I've got a little place of my own out in Washington and my wife said for me to go ahead and she would hmomvi look after the place till I got back. IM l| I've been In the army befre. pnyway," IfK&wC^QII be said, "in Cuba and the Philippines. Hcyv0|rO3l| and I Just couldn't stay away if I nLyflVyll wanted to." That Is the spirit of the ffi/71 wfu The Y. M. C. A. uniform is recog- III III III nized by every one now but many IHkA 111 |i| amusing experiences befell the men Jj|l when they first appeared in their gray Hf fjff |t| u uniforms. Citizens would tap a man 9Hjj WII Dn the shoulder and say, "Reg pardon. HpjSI U sir, but do you belong to the aviation corps?" Others mistook the men for [jr jflrlH members of the hospital and signal H ffu [1Mb fine quartettes. You can't And any much better than those from the Ore- HLS^I gon and Washington outfits. tm MB TWO FRENCH CLASSES Jltttl AT BASE HOSPITAL ^Sl ^Two French classes arc organized ft the base hospital, consisting of f jj ibout forty men. There are more in- fix. terested if capable teachers qii be H W secured. One class includes a great LLI f t ill number of the officers. W. F. Upson. who has charge of the Red Cross work it Cajnp Greene, has kindly consented to do all he possibly can to give the V men at least a conversational knowl- ill I edge of French. II| I The Y. M. C. A. has sent quite a III I number of magazines to the base hos- Mil LT pital for those patients who arc con- >J| fj fined to quarters: also a few popular novels to those who are unable to come to the Y. M. C. A. building. The men seem very glad to be able to get some of the later books and novels. tammmrt The Y. M. C. A. is truly grateful I lir to the light department for their effort in giving us lights at the earliest 11 possible date. Last Monday night, the Bit Jn first night that the building had lights. H BrU the boys had their initial stunt night. JMI H There was singing, readings, and a four-round boxing bout They had a Japanese boxing bout for an opener ^ ?SlB which brought the house down, 1'rivates Hawiey and Kagieson, of the H B Qfl First Field hospital, 141st division J B |U medical corps, represented their company very admirably by entertaining ?^B^9 with readings and singing. Sergeant Crevelin, of Company L? District of ed for giving several excellent solos. even though his accompanist did not jmjt appear on the scene. Corporal King. ? Jm/fi of Company L, Third District of Co- Il^W kg lumbia infantry, sang "Ten Penny 41 H Nail" very acceptably. As a closing Bj P J number Mortermer and Biggins gave a %pLK-V four-round exhibition. Owing to the fact that the motion nCfcjH picture machine has not yet arrived. this building is unable to put on a full program, but it is expected that the full building equipment will arrive In <uys a dandy little desk lamp or 1 ortablc, complete with shade, L*3py ord and plug. Telegraph Ceys, Test Buzzers, Sounders. Tested Flashlights Kih^ 6c, 46c, 65c, 80c, $1, $1.25. ^ ^ latteries and small bulbs. W A "? Our Overhead JLJJ j small and why we make low rices on good goods. lip I Don't Forget III Ik ur small and novel toys. I LI Arschbaum .. J and Renovator of HaH ; and furs snnil Established 1898 j|| I I ide to Order III I ats and Caps Uin 0 rE, n. c. !'5ir. e i CEO
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