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Page 8 mmmmS W*. TUESDAY FOR LIBRARY | BUILDING AT CAMP GREENE Site Selected Is Between 50th |lj || j|) and 58th Regiments?5,000 "Mk Volumes in Sight. S Notice was received Tuesday by Maj. Clarence H. Greene. quartermaster in charge of construction at Camp Greene. that the contract had been lot for the library building to bs erected at the camp by the wan service committee of the American LiThe contract was let to the Consolidated Engineering company, of Baltimore, the same company that had the Camp Greene building contract. It will be a 40 by D3 feel struc-< ture. and w.ll be located between the ipth and 5Sth infantries, just north of the water tower. This location is about as near the center of population of the camp as It was possible to The library is temporarily located in the Knights of Columbus building. The librarian is F. L. D. Goodrich. /?* H^fli He at present has about 2.500 volnmes. He has been advised that 500 1 IIhW^S additional volumes have been purssllft llWfc chased by the war service commitBSHnjK' tee of the American Library associa' tion and will be shipped to Camp I Creene at once. Also, about 2,000 ad9 nj Iqp ilitlonal works, donated by persons in *111 fl 1T lhe north- have been shipped, making J I I I I H? a total of 5,000 volumes already In sfeht for the library. The books now C"N<Vf there have practically all been do 'lated. some by Charlotte people and Vvj* others sent froilf the north. Yv The plans and specifications for the II library building have not been re|L reived as yet. hut it will probably be V of all-wood construction. As to \ A whether there 14 a time limit on its OV /yf] completion is not known here. HowiTWVill ever, it wltl only require a compare 8tively short time to complete its erecTHREE BASEBALL LEAGUES IN THE THIRTY-NINTH Through all kinds of difficulties, weather and quarantine, the baseball liends of the 39th have been carrying out their league schedules. There are three of these leagues, corresponding to the battalions of the regiment. Each league contains four or more teams and have been running for about two weeks.' The teams represent every company in the regiment. The following is the standing through Company headquarters.... J 1 ir am iff 11) Company C 0 2 league No. 2. m Blliss! i I**ague No. S. Company L 3 0 Company I 0 ? 3T^3| JOLLY GOOD TIME FOR COMPANY A, OF 61 ST OwlWI You have got to hand it to Com\\l/| 1 .any A Sixty-first infantry. They not \'f ffllv only had a fine dinner on Thanksgivl? ing day. but got toge her in the mses jV W hall after dinner and had a concert |y II And believe me they have got some j J niir talent. They had music, songs and * 'l some funny sayings. Those present were First Lieutenant Homestead, company commander; Second Lieury r Y/' etnant Fhilguard. and First Sergeant V n I .Martin, wife and family, and the comvpany turned out in full to hear it II I . Supply Sergeant Almasey has a baby I LX typewriter now. and playes with it so |H much during the day that he ecannot sleep at night unless he takes it to IB COMPANY F, srril INFANTRY. Van Duzer. tltb boy wonder of Com K^rvj pany r. is going 10 De iransierrea to (he mule squad, better known as the machine gun. OThc 250-pound man. Fat McCort. will have a great time riding his Mend the mule. McCort is a wonderful lover of muies (at a distance). Old Hank Moflord. the peerless corirP-ngJ poral. has decided to leave us also. It will break his heart, but no love lost out of his company. Mickey Burke, expert chow carrier, "| 1 J has them all stood at his game, ill ill bAI Private Merry is still as knockHj! |j mi! kneed as ever. We thought that three |![j N IIIII months' training in the army would , UJ M straighten him up. but impossible! n| llll * Doubtless this affliction was caused by staying 1? days on a raft without food or water. The only thing Private Brodick can l.l i|! | SIR hear is chow call. The only time Valenti can walk is ' *n TlU *1 ,-rT at chow call. We wish the boys the best of luefc. ' TRENCH I SOLDIERS GAVE. DANCE FOR CHARLOTTE PEOPLE i Base Hospital Medical Detachj ment Proves Appreciation for ! Kindness and Hospitality of City. Probably one of the greatest signs of appreciation of the hospitality and many kindnesses shown towards the 1 soldiers of Camp Greene was the re: ception and dance given by the boys ' of the medical detachment, base hos! pita!, to the people of Charlotte, at ' the Auditorium on November 22. 1 Dancing commenced at 8 p. ni., preceded by the. unfurling of the Stars land Stripes, simultaneously wTTth the playing by the orchestra of " D-Xic." 1 at which the boys stood at attention, ' and everyone sang, i A halt was called* from 10 to W:30 ! p. m. for, .refreshments, when ice 1 cream, cakes of all varieties and punch were served. Dr. Geo. E. Woollard of the base ; hospital seemed to express the feelings and sentiments of the entire base when in a speech on their behalf he 1 spoke as follows: "Friends: On behalf qf ray brother members of the base hospital and myself. I wish to extend to you all a cordial welcome here this evening. This j is merely an amateur effort on our i part to try and show in an inflnitesti: mal manner, how deeply we appreciate your hospitality and many kindI nesses, extended to us during our stay I among you* \ ' "I might add that nowhere we have ! been, nor anywhere we expect to go. I could we ever be treated in a more , princely manner than we have here in I Charlotte. Here we have been treated i as something more than mere men j enlisted to light for a Just cause. We ! have been made to feel that we are immediate relatives of you all. Words i indeed are too inadequate to express i our feelings towards you all. and I | feel perfectly safe in the assertion, ; and were it not for our anxiety to 'go {over.' our greatest wish would be to I stay among'you all forever. As it is, II feel perfectly safe in saying that when it is finally over 'over thfcre,* j there will be the majority of those ! of us who are fortunate enough to be j spared who will retrace our way back to the delightful people of Charlotte, i and their wonderful southern hospi iam>. ui ?'?>-? **? "*" ? much, but had never dreamed or oeing so fortunate as to receive. Our one wish is that you may enjoy yourselves this evening as much as we have done at your ' many wonderful receptions to us." There were upwards of 500 invitations sent out. the majority of which were taken advantage of. the ma1 jorlty of the officers of the base hospital and their wives being on hand. Society was also very well represented. The committee was as follows: 1 Chairman. Sergeant Cameron: treasurer. Sergeant Dempsey; punch maker extraordinary. Sergeant Leahy: committee of arrangements: Dr. Geo. B. Woollard. Sergeant Cundiff. Sergeant j Hughes. Sergeant McCleary. > Music was furnished by the Piedimont orchestra and according to the l remieHts for more receptions of a similar kind, it seemed that a good time was had by all. According to rumors at the base, more are to follow; that is. as "Doc" Woollard said, "if our'cash holds out." VOTES FROM THE 58TH. Corporal Luc and a certain sergeant, both of Company B. went to town the other night and took a peep at the moon through the large telescope. The sergeant wanted his money back because he couldn't see the "man In the moon." ! H. Q., M. G. and supply companies 'are being made larger at the expense I of the other companies in the 58th. The "famous sleuth." Leighton. of i B company, ex-chief of M. P.'s, is try; ing to get a furlough to visit the home i folks in Kentucky. Front where we 1 sit. it looks as If Sherlock Holmes will I be disappointed. ' . .. ! On Monday night the men or tne 58th were marched over to "Y" building 106 to see some motion pictures : on bayonet lighting, based on the English manual.. The picture was given ! to Col. Wahl by a preparedness enthusiast and being thoroughly up-toIdate the colonel ordered the ?en to I view the picture. The next day every body was trying tq_ pull off some of I the stunts which were shown on the j80Sergeant Grantham of B company is I running the machine on picture nights and seems to be right at home. The I sergeant worked in the capacity while he was at Gettysburg. 1 F company is right on the map I when it comes to football. They have ' the fastest "Li'le" company team in | the regiment. ^ j A TALK WITH GEN. SHERMAN. 1 You said that war wab hell. 'Quite right you might have been. I But to you I wish to say. I You'd better come again. IT I Now you Just come along with me. ! To the battlefront across the way. And real war you then will see, i And I wonder what you'd say. III. 1 You'd see the thousands of bursting | shells. | You'd see the rising smoke. fThat's what I call real war I Yours was but a joke. By Pvt. WILLIAM A. ERNST. I Bakery So. 1. AND CAMP NEWS OF COMPANY C, > THIRTIETH INFANTRY Several promotions to non-commissioned rank were made during the pait week In company C, 38th Infantry. Corporals Ruffing, Hall and Clark ) are promoted to rank of sergeant and | Privates First Class Stoyer. Jordan, ISprunt, Prltchett, Poling. Grieff and Sheely are promoted to rank of cor, poral. ' poral Jordan are on a ton days' leave of absence. I Thirty-eight of our company including three sergeants, throe corporate, ten fust class privates, one bugler, one mechanic, one cook and 19 privates arc being transferred to the new machine gun battalion that is being formed. On account of a scarcity of wood, the men are cutting down the trees on the company street for fuel. One night recently Corporal Breamer donned feminine attire he procured in some procurious place and paraded the company street calling out Private Collins, who nearly flew out of the tent when told a lady ; friend wished to see him outside, also Corporal Mattison, who had retired for . the night, got up. dressed to the full' est extent, even to combing his hair, was badly fooled by the clever mas' querade of Breamer. Private Dooley on guard the other i a-iv enw th? officer of the euard com ing. Thinking him to be the commanding officer, cried out: "Turn 'em I out, turn 'em all out." Being too good for post 1 he was put on No. 3 thereI after. j Recently one morning Private ColI lins saw the top sergeant coming down i the company street looking for those I who neglected to report for reveille. | He "dove" into squad 6 tent and under Corporal Sheely's bed, whispering. I "S-h, top's coming, top's coming.' Sheely, thinking it was a dog. pelted I him on his worry dome with a shoe. Private Sawyer, reporting to the adijuta'nt as orderly, said, "Sir, I'm Private Sawyer, who reports to be 'boss' for a day." He got his walking pai pen*. , " ' Private Bill Costlgan blew in recently for the holiday season. Corporal Sheely nefcds some Oil because when he talks nowadays he squeaks like a rusty gate. Many men in the company are havi ing bad colds. None are in the hospital as yet, though. Private Collins wishes that some one vnniH kinrilv droD him a line in the mail as he has not heard from "her" back in the biff town tqr some itme and he feels forgotten. -Pity him. The men in the company wish to know why Private Webster goes to the city every night when he gets a letter from there every mail. Can anyone tell why? All say we had a scrumptuous dinner Thanksgiving day. Maybe well never eat another. Two sergeants had a flstic combat the other night at mess. Hence one has a broken nose, while the other ! has the company down on him. Company C's "all diamond stars claim the championship for the ball season as it is now closed and no one would play them a game. I Lieutenant Smith, our well-liked leader, has left us, having gone to an omer post in iuc uuu.il I We are wishing: him the best of luck land our thoughts will always be of ! our pleasant drills under him. | Capt. Hordigg also expects to leave us in the near future. We long to have him stay with us as he is one | of the best of leaders we have had or j ever expect to have. | NOTES OF COMPANY A, i FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY Of course Thanksgiving dinner occupies the boy's thougts now. They are wondering how much turkey can be eaten without detrimental results. Corporal Hill returned Tuesday from a visit to his home in Georgia. The company basketball team defeated Company I last week by the score of 10-4. The score does not indicate the relative strength of the teams as the A boys were in possession of the ball nearly all the time, but were unable to shoot baskets due to a luck of practice lately. There Is a fine bunch of material in the comIpany and after a little practice we jwill have a fast team. We played several games at Syracuse and were nevI er defeated. I Corporal Fuka rturned from a visit to his home in Baltimore last Wednesday and took charge of the "Fighting Fires Squad" again. During his absence Private Veselka managed the "squad" very efficiently. Private Droune Is suffering greatly on account of his feet. He has been unable to do any drill lately. Last Monday -the majority of the company was on fatigue digging trenches. It was found that many of the men were experienced with the pick and shovel. We are soon to have a barger shop in the Company under the efficient charge of Private Louis, an ex-barber from Montana. + DEAD WITHOUT THE "Y." Just my appreciation of the good work which the Y. M. C. A. is doing for the boys at Camp Greene, which without its dally entertainments the camp would be a dead one. PRIVATE VICTOR GOMEZ, 7 th Inf; Med. Dept. STUNT NIGHT AT "Y" 105 1 THRILLED_MANY SOLDIERS I Entertainment Made Such an ?' j Impression That the Program ' I ' Sopn Will Be Repeated?Old H Reliables Brought Down | House. The men around building: 105. were ,*_ i treated to some real periormances luat ! Monday night. The program pleased i all so well that, by request, tt will be - . repeated in the near future. ':f?SKg I The evening's fun started with a 'fast and furious boxing bout between . , . | Private Graham and Private Lambert, ... ^ j both from Company K, 7th infantry, ... which put all the men in the proper mood for the program. The wonder- , ful entertainer from Al. G. Field's minstrel show, Private Henry, better known as the "Black Dot," who lp?s had a lnog experience, gave the men : , the second treat of songs and jokes_ which brought the house down. He was a huge success and the men were eager for more when he finished lUs act y * Hm The next pa'rt of the program conaisetd'ot three boxing bouts. The first between Dradl, base hospital, and Prete, company L, 7th infantry was i a very interesting but short bout. The second between Private Burns, company E, 7th, and John Malley. com* nanv.K. 7th. entertained the men to. the limit with their skillful and ex- .& perlenced boxing:. The prlxe bout of the evening: was a burlesque affair be- r tween Angelo and McKonley of com- pany M. 7th. The foot-work and . ( clever shifting tactics of Angelo were tr really excellent and showed that he la ~ no stranger in the boxing game. The audience rose to the occasion, standing ~ on chairs, benches and whatever they . 3 could get thdlr feet on as a help to observation. The final performer of the evening was Private Rich of the 7th. formerly with "Buffalo Bill's" olrcus. "He is. the champion fire-eater, handling live coals. He swallows fire, holds light, d matches on hands, Ignites lamps with his breath, bends hot pokers and rail- </ road spikes with his mighty teeth. This magical phenomena dances on broken glass with the ease and graca ;_r of a Vernon Castle. This Is the won- : * der man of the much celebrated stunt night actors and actorlnes." Suffice it to say that the audienc# was thrilled and delighted with th# a evening's entertainment. ELABORATE MENU FOR COMPANY'S TURKEY DINNER | Really "Swell Feed" Provided y for Men of Company D, Fortyi seventh, on Thanksgiving. ~4s?| Proof that at leant one company of ' the regular army at Camp Greene enjoyed-a "swell feed" on Thanksgiving ' Day was presented yesterday In the form of a menu, which Itself was interesting in several respects. The menu was printed on tissue napkins, decorated with the national colors | and the American eagle in gold, and also bore a roster of the personnel I of the company. . rThls was the way Company D, of ~ 2K ! | the Forty-seenth infantry, went about . A ] preparing for their Thanksgiving dinner. What the company had the oppor-' tunity (accepted, In every instance) of"'Ap. eating was told by the printing In 53* the little square in the center of _!& the napkin. The menu was: oyster ".' <? ; stew and crackers, queen olives, to- . ; mato catsup, roast turkey ana oys- $x ter dressing, cranberry sauce, roast loin of pork, giblet gravy, celeryl early June peas, candled sweet po- fs tatoes, string beans, sugar corn, creamed asparagus, chicken salad, mayonnaise dressing, bread and but- A > ter, mixed pickles, lettuce, chocolate . y layer cake, cocoanut layer cake, mince , pie, lemon meringue pie, apple pie, oranges, apples, assorted candies, mixed nuts, grapes, bananas, choco- #3 late and cream, cigan< cigarettes. The question is, how did the poor ,, soldiers with two rather small, tin . plates find a place to put his share ? of this elaborate assortment of grub while conveying it from the service -fi* counter to the rough board tables of the mess halls. ^ x -''jS AMUBLANCE COMPANY 33 READY TO ENTER SPORTS Ambulance compahy 33 arrived at ,.3? , Camp Greene Wednesday morning ^ and moved to a location near Alexan- * der house. The company came from ,;v<. Allentown, Pa. ! fl Those men who were previopsly^ stationed at Syracuse and Oswegp WIU remember that we had various team*(.?^? i< and we wish to state that r W still open to competition and will con- ; | sider any "sport" proposition. ? We had an elaborate Thanksgiving 'wjjg r! dinner served on Thursday but.there.. a . ^ was somewhat of a damper oil our "V; spirits. Just outside of the d?e88 shack some new arrivals were pitchiti^j$ij& -? "pup-tents" or sogging arouhd in the rain, and for dinner a sandwich and a cup of coffee was reported to be all tbarthey had. gg?SgHB| The company sports, a Jaxz bajid, an organist, a singer and "specials."' (
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