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1RISMS TREE Red Cross Plans Great Celebralp: tion at Camp Greene. U:'intend to HaveGreat Cedar Tree Brilliantly Lighted, Surrounded by Boxes of Gifts. mm ? ? I- Arrangements are being made for ? a great celebration for the soldiers at * Camp Greene to be held Christmas eve night around an enormous Christmas tree, which representatives of the American Red Cross will provide *or the camp. This was announced yesterday at headquarters at the camp following a conference between Director Upson, Red Cross representative at the camp, and Brigadier General Wedgwood, the commanding officer. | An efTort will bo made to secure the greatest cedar to be found In this part of the state ror tne i;nnswiitu> V^tree, and the government is expected ' >. to bear the expense of providing the wires and incandescent lamps and 7v? electrical current necessary to light the tree. When the current Is turned :on, according to plans yet in an lmmature stage, the great tree will burn jjSjLwith a blaze of glory, with thousands small red, white and blue lamps ;, Scattered among the boughs and the ' Sojttasel, stars, (lags and other trimjmings. ' And, best of all for the soldier, V ^:,t'iere wi'1 be Kreat boxes filled with >.'frift??gifts from home, and mother, :and far-away friends, the Red Cross, and friends In Charlotte. But, as it ; :-ta planned, the Christmas .tree itself Win be only a part, but a great and impressive part, of the celebration that the Red Crqss has in mind. ' "There will be many military bands to V .-proylde the music and add to the \'i martial air of the occasion, while j-'.r?J>eakers will stress the great, solemn that the exercises constitute a ' celebration of the anniversary of the _ bjrth of Jesus Christ. 7 With enthusiasm not beyond the V prospects/or the occasion, it was dein many of its features it I . wouia do uniiiiB ?n? k" In the history of thle city, end a mem' arable one?providing, as one? before "*v|jiig been done, an order for the de''rijjnarture of the troops does not come f'.: Juat at a time when the greatest - - iBventa of interest to them are ap?;vvproaching. But, without thought of what might have been or might be, 5 'preparations, newly begun, will be IfevSohtlnued until tlie consummation of this proposed wonderful spectacle. AAiantnu 1 n ot iur & i/umrANT i, ioi01 inrM ?| BESTS DISTRICT ELEVEN Hebert Helped a Lot by Making i Four Touchdowns and Kick'g&S? ing One Goal?Score, 25 to 0. .fe.'In what might be termed a one feA sided affair. 25 to 0, the strong footteam of Company I. 161st InSq-fantry, defeated the Washington. D. ?7-^C.. infantry team on the "Y" 106 athletic grounds Saturday afternoon, October 27. While the score does not jui.'indicate a game of thrills, still there was excitement from the time the i it*- first whistle blew'until the last. Jgp- During the first half there was not very much fighting spirit evident on either side, this frame ending with the score standing 6 to 0 in favor of I U company. Hebert made the initial re*'"'touchdown by catching a forwardl ,M pass in an open field. That there was more action in the ?. eecond half becomes apparent when fefi'tbe score book shows that 19 of the 25 ^"4pointa were made in this half. It was in this half that Hebert. the start of the game, scored three touchdowns 'y and made one goal kick. The success of the Company I team i Was due in a great part to the effective work of Hebert, who put everything he had into the game from start finish. Along with him we would X^'njot fail to mention the work of QuigH?vlpy, whose excellent interference aid' ^ ed Hebert in making his touchdowns. ' '. Quigley was in a class by himself 4'.' when It came to being "Johnnie on the spot" with his eyes and hands (,'yWide open when the ball was in the ffii air. Four times he completed for. ward passes that seemed impossible ' ..to be handled. In passing we would not fail to mention the work of BradMoore and McCall, who were '-fight In the game throughout. The '^"iffork of the lines was noneffective f??S* all times, but the way hfenfteld, ;iv-Kfil!ert. Guy and Watkins toOT care their opponents was worthy of . For the Washington, D. C., team 'Uie most effective work. Had thifl pair had the proper Bupport the route Hfeibe ylnoera would have been very ^ardagejiy forward passes unMl the last 'quarter whan they made a touchdown, without losing the ball, by hammering the right side of the line. When the last whistle blew the I company team found the score 25 to 0 with the Northwesterners on the big end. The line up was as follows: Washington. D. C. Washington State I Jones Nelson -u t/. Solo Guy L. T. Severing Watklns L. G. Dabne Armfleld C. Berger Howard R. O. O'Brien Kellert R. T. Morey Wiley R. E. Saxty Moore R. H. Cornell Bradley Q. B. Berdi Hebert F. B. Clark Quigley L. H. Substitutes: Raymond for Nelson; McColl for Wiley; Spndheim for Dabne. Referee, Williams of the Y. M. C. A. ?, ARTHUR SEATON WRITES SONG FOR 162D INFANTRY That Company I, 162d Infantry,! does not have to go to the music store i when they want a piece of music be- j cornea evident when we read the fol- ' lowing which was written by Private i Arthur Seaton of that outfit. The i tune Is "Tipperary." Off to far old France sailed Company I one day, Shouting to their friends and sweet- | hearts as they left the bay; Till Sammie spied a submarine, and shouted to the rest. Just one big shot made that "subby" like the sleeve hole in your vest. Chorus: It's a long way to go to Franee. it's j a long way to go, It's a long way to go to France where we'll have to fight we know. Goodbye dear old sweethearts, farewell. mothers, dear. It's a long way to go to France, but i soon we'll be there. Sammie wrote a letter to his own sweetheart girl so true, ; Saying that he got there, but to where nobody knew. If I forget to write,-Alice, dear, says he. Remember 'tis the war that's hell; don't lay the blame on me. j- Chorus: Some people call us "pikers," but I tell you we're true blue, For we boys from Oregon know just what to do. And when this war is over, and the ! kaiser's on the run. You'll nil he irlnri to see us hark?the good third Oregon. 4 FAREWELL TUA. WE MEET AGAIN. Though we may have to cross the sea 1 To battle with the foe, ! I hope your friendship goes with me No matter where we go. And if by chance I am killed Before the Germans fly. I hope some time to meet my com- ! radee In our home beyond the sky. But when the boys come marching I home. I If 1 am still in line. I hope our friendship good and true. Will then again be mine. Now I hope they will ever help us Through our dangers and our joys, And I know we ever will be helped, Rv nnr V M f A hnvn ! They give us such good entertainment And Sunday service divine. For working for souls that are tempted to sin Is in the Y. M. C. A. line. Now let us ever be thankful. For they help us the war to win. They help us take care of ourselves, And protect us from many a sin. So people at home think of the friends you may lose If you do not the expense help to pay. And thinking please grve as you can afford. For that helps this work on its way. These verses I will now most freely give. For they are about all I've got. And now I will say a sweet goodbye To my friends that I leave in Charlotte. ? ?Hugh M. Keith, Co. E, 116th U. S. Eng., 41st Dlv., Kooskia, Idaho. OFFICERS AT CAMP ARE INVITED TO SOCIAL Headquarters at Camp Greene yesterday received for officers of the units encairiDed there an invitation to at tend a social gathering next Friday i evening at First Presbyterian church. The young women who are to be hostesses extended the invitation, it was [ said. The invitation, written in the form of a verse of poetry, included the alluring sentence that "you may meet a girl or two." I IN D CAMP ABOUT ?REMS NOWATCAMP GREENE Twelve Regiments to Be Expanded Here to Strength of About 3,000 Men Each. Hardly had part of Camp Greene been cleared of national guard units before regiments of regular army infantry began detraining at the camp, and during the past week close to 9,000 regulars, composing tlve regiments. have arrived, coming from Syracuse, X. Y., and Gettysburg, Pa. A total of twelve regular regiments were ordered here, and when the last i arrives, the regular army population 1 of the camp will be about 18,000 officers and men. It is "expected that i each of these regiments will be expanded to a strength of about 30.000 officers and men. by the absorption j of regular army recruits, giving the, camp a population or close to 36.000 i officers and men. The vamp was built; to accommodate fully this number of' soldiers. The first regular army regiment to ; arrive at Camp Greene was the fourth, now commanded by Colonel Gerhardt,! coming from Gettysburg. Then from i Syracuse came the forty-seventh, i commanded by Colonel Roudiea, the j thirty-ninth, now commanded by; Colonel Bennett; the thirty-eighth.', commanded by Colonel Castner; the thirtieth. commanded by Colonel Butts, and the fiftieth, commanded by i Colonel Webster. Within a day or so after his arrival, j Colonel Butts had obtained permis-! slon from Brigadier General Wedg-1 wood. N. A., commanding Camp Greene, for his regiment to use the j rifle range from October 12 to 30th.; The thirtieth came a day ahead of its bagg \ and the men were forced j to sleep ?n the cold open their first night at Camp Greene. Bach of the regiments is far below i I its quota in officers. WESTERN SOLDIER TELLS OF CHARLOTTE'S KINDNESS: Says people of City.Have Done, All Possible to Make Guards- 1 men Happy?Are Grateful. That the men of the 162d Infantry i (the old third Oregon) appreciated! to the fullest extent what the people I In Charlotte and the surrounding community has done to make their stay here a pleasant one is very clearly expressed in the following letter I from Private I). K Montgomery, of I the 162d: * ! "Well, good citizens of Charlotte, we will have to leave you and we must say that it makes us feel worse than one would imagine, for you j have entertained us royally and made, our stay in the Sunny South a period ( of happiness and good times that af- > ter we are gone will long stand out as one extra bright spot in contrast with the drab monotony of army life. You have made us feel at home and what | seems better to a lad who Is a long way from family and dear ones, maybe .for tho first time, than lo be taken into the family circle and treated as he would be treated by mother, sister and father, if he were where the ador ing tamiiy couiu luouze mm. we know of nothing that cuts more than to be a stranger in a, strange land and to be made to feei it?to have it forced upon you that you may be all right but you don't belong, that you are doing well as long as you stay out and don't attempt to make the friendships that your every sense demands. Congenial companionship is as essential to the young man who is away from home to keep up his spirits, as ja the most rigid training necessary to put a man in the best condition to do his bit in the trenches. "The people of Charlotte have certainly made the stay of the boys here more than pleasant and it is doubtful if we ever will have as ideal a community in which to spend our few holidays as we have had here. Your entertainments were great and enjoyable?your Sunday chicken dinners were the kind we boys of the West have often read about and never dreamed of enjoying?friend chicken has taken on a different meaning since we have tasted it prepared as only a Southern woman who loves to cook well fries it If in the future months, when we are "Somewhere in France," we could taste some of that abovementioned friend chicken and beaten biscuits?well the Boche would have one of the hardest propositions to face that he has ever seen coming over the top in bis direction." NORTHWESTERN SOLDIERS GIVEN NEW 1 ERS Owing to the need of their quarters for the use of regular army regiments ordered to Camp Greene, two separate units of the Fifty-second brigade have been assigned new quart ers at the camp. The 148th machine gun battalion has taken the quarters formerly occupied by the signal corps battalion, near headquarters. The 110th supply train has removed to quarters near the Dowd House. i?age 3 :^0 CARRIED BALL ACROSS FIELD FOR TOUCHDOWN D In a well-played football game, con- II ni sldering the little practice the teams had gone through, a team composed W Ml! of men from Companies 1 and K. 162d Infantry, defeated Sunday, October 28. H HI 1 a team from Company II of the same U II regiment by the score of 18 to 6. I UU The game was much better than I MH the score indicates as both teams n Ijl H showed a great deal of the old tight I I IB II and "pep." The playing was a little ^ flj|| W rough at times, due to the fact that they had had very little time to round into shape. The winners outweighed the H company learn by about 10 IM| iflRI l| pounds to the man, and during the HnQU earlier stages of the game rushed the BraJflfVvvjW little men. pushing their heavy back- mMlVNM Held over the line for three t<iuch- MV I ?] downs. During the last two periods If \ ftl of the game the H company turned |M \ I M tables on the K's and were putting up II i lljllj the better light when the llnal whis- Bp L 111 M tie blew, and had the game gone on Ml wWA ti^ minutes longer the score probably B| ITT MBI would have been much closer. The A^R|JI|I big fellows played a good game and BpQJm their weight gave them an almost un- [M-Hyw beatable advantage. The playing of IB"IInl the men on both learns was clean H M JM from start to iinish. JkuDi The lone touchdown of the II com- IBMll pany was made by Montgomery, who fig HlJff-5 intercepted a forward pass on his own UStMM 10-yard line and carried the ball the EtHI HI length of the field for a touchdown. m yMll| The playing of Kicks of 1 company Ml j, was the feature for the winners. His BA||| line bucks and runs once started, were H jBk^B hard to stop until yardage liad been H III sained. The line up for the two teams was: Y K and 1 Co.s II. Co. ^ Ellis I.ans 9 ||Ki Miller Wiley jjll 1111 It. T. ? Galley AHeW. L. C. Turner DeJarnett F. Nelson Hamilton IT L. G. Blackstone Klees j II "o,w" M Irvine Montgomery y u vuSv Rice Springer ai I |i LI> k. h. u. Ijl...rr Referee, Sergeant Mills of H com- B pany; time keepers, Wilde and M yM B Score by quarters: fl THE REGULAR ARMY MAN. jpgJJjJ (Composed by Sam H. Welch. United States Troop Camp, Laredo. Tex.) I To sparkle in the sun. I I I D| lie don't parade with gay cockade And posies in his gun. MJV So lovely, spick and span yff B The Keg'lar Army man. w J R-J) The marchin'. parchin*. Pipe-clay starchln', lie ain't at home in Sunday school. Nor yet a social tea. V^JRI And on the day he gets his pay . He's apt to spend it free. Reg'lar Ai my iiian. No stale will call him noble son. He ain't no ladies' pet; YX]^ra|^r But let a row start anyhow i YfJfl They send for him. you bet. V\r#? He don't cut any ice at all \ V fat\ In fashion's social plan. I? Wv He Rets the Job to face a mob. |* ' I The Reg'lar Army man. _ J? - L The millln', drlllln', J /I V 1^ Made for killin'. 'k I Reg'lar Army man. There ain't no tears shed over him T?||T ' When he goes off to war; lip He gets no speech or prayerful preach From mayor or governor. 11 I ft He packs his little knapsack up III B| I And trots off in the van k] B I To start the fight and start it right? I] Hjl] The Reg'lar Army man. The rattlin', battlin'. Colt or Uatlin, pa MB] Reg'lar Army man. He makes no fuss about the Job. He don't talk big or brave; He knows he's in to fight and win Or help fill up the grave. Toffl He ain't no mamma's darling. BfigAojqB But he does the be^he can; -ma-? And he's the chap that wins the scrap? EamAJm+M The Reg'lar Army man. Ufll 11(1 (]U| The dandy, tandy. lilt H III Cool and sandy. Reg'lar Array man. g if Ull It's up to him, with snap and vim 0 Ull When he is in the ranks. To do his work like a willing Turk. Ij 111 Without so many thanks. 'Tis but his choice, to hold his voice, l| And speak with his right hand: I II The sure and steady, rough and ready. | 11 |]Q Reg'lar Army man. ?yti |*?si The snappy, scrappy. Sometimes happy. Reg'lar Army man. $ -
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