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National War Work Council
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AT GAMP BEGIN
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Biggest Event'of the Kind Ever S
& vided by Charlotte for the 30
Urgently Invited to Participa
at Observer Office Tuesday A
the Big Holiday Event.
Beginning: at nightfall this evening,
the celebration which the city of
Charlotte has planned for the men of
y- Camp Greene will get und6r way. This
Ipj evening the program will be in the
hands of the Red Cross. The lights
will be turned on the Christmas tree
i ior me ursi ume, mere win oe ^urxntJ
Idas carols sung by large companies
| of singers and after this presents from
I . the children of Charlotte will" be pre,
sented to the children of the camp.
mcmbered with gifts and where'they
' will listen to Christmas music.
Christmas Day Celebration.
Tomorrow promises to witness the
greatest Christmas > celebration ever
XX' -.. ; held in any city of the whole south.
$ rFor three weeks large committees
feT r of-men and women have been workftv"'
ins out the many details of the pro?
gram and promptly at 2 o'clock tofif
morrow afternoon Charlotte's celebra7'
- tion for the soldiers of Camp Greene
Jp- will commence.with a half hour's concert
by a massed t^id made up of
Seven regimental bams.
All Soldiers Expected.
"7 There are close to thirty thousand
officers and enlisted men at the camp
I'-i .and the local committees want it ani
nnnnr.rrl that thev exnect every man
&sjr at the camp to be on hand for the
afternoon celebration.
The whole purpose of the celebra"
t}on Is to make pleasant Christmas
day to the men of the camp and am;
pie arrangements have been made to
0 ' provide for every man stationed there.
- :T The afternoon program of sports
and stunts, participated in by soldiers, i
p will be worth going far to see. notgjfc
to mention the musical end of the
program, which will be a show within.
Uy Itself. ^
Women to Meet at Observer.
Promptly at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon
! the ladies of the social and refresh
ment committee are expected at The
I, Observer office where 29 army wag[&
ons are to be fittingly decorated andI'/"
loaded down with fruits, candles,
IS - smokes, etc., for the Boldiers. At 2
1 V o'clock- these wagons will leave The
Observer building in charge of Major
! Cahill, who will be in charge of dls.tributlon,
and on arrival after circling
ir' the celebration grounds, the wagons,
!*? In charsre of different squads of worn
f, en, will be stationed at convenient
points along the quarter mile race
' course, where the soldiers may re'
ceive from them at will all the re|g;
V freshments desired.
W5b Great stocks of good things have
(been purchased for the occasion and
between two and three hundred women
are expected to take part on the
ladles' committee in distributing the
X refreshments to the soldiers.
' . The officials and men of the camp
have offered the heartiest co-operaHon
sinde the plan for a general eel;
- ebration to the soldiers was first announced,
and hundreds of men and
h women of the city have also effered
every aid 1n working up the plan. In
: fact, from the time the plan was first
i " announced ti?'e Deoole of the city have
iv shown the quickest response and over
.'v ! ' four thonsand dollars, the fund neces</
.' sary to defray expenses, was raised
: long before the expiration of the allotted
time for receiving subscriptions,
p.", Scene of Celebration.
, The celebration wil be staged on the
? large drill gronnds directly - in front
of the camp postofflce. It is here
1 that the Christmas tree, hauled over
V . 40 miles from Lincoln county, has
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DECEMBE1
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S THIS EVENING
een in the South to Be That Pro,000
Soldiers Tomorrow ? All
te?Ladies Committee to Meet
fternoon?All Is in Readiness for
been raised, and It Is here that a
splendid quarter mile track for the
afternoon sporting events has been
made.
Parties from the city and out pf
town who wish to go out in automobiles
will find provisions made to
accommodate their cars, and everybody,
soldier and civilian, is welcome
to the celebration.
^ It will be the first opportunity Char
whole south. " ei,Ua 1
Motive tor Celebration.
Realizing that Christmas was coming
on and that many thousands of
men would spend their first Christmas
In Charlotte, away from home and
I friends, lonely and blue, the idea was
first conceived to show these men that
J although far removed from loved
I ones, they, were, none the less, among
: loving friends. The Christmas celebration
scheme, given by the whole
I city to the whole camp, was evolved.
I ?ind when the plan was announced it
j met with instant favor and support.
The result is that Charlotte will
I have the.d^tinction tomorrow of havj
ing arranged a celebration of a nature
| unique, and of a magnitude not before
: attempted by any camp city of the
| whole country.
j It is for the men of the cmp entirely,
and for this reason each man
located at Camp Greene is earnestly
urged to be present promptly at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon and remain
for the entire afternoon's program.
The entries In the athletic contests
are as follows:
1. Sack race; distance 60 yards.
Rules: Sack to be tied around com(Con
tin tied on page two.)
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A Christmas Mesi
Fro n
Following is a message from Newto
D. Baker, secretary of war, to a
American soldiers and to their faml
lies. The message was sent throug
Trench and Camp because Secretar
Baker realizes that this paper was th
direct medium for - reaching the sol
dlers, being, as President Wilson pu
it, "in a very special sense a soldiers
newspaper."
"None but lofty purposes and ex
alted motives could Justify the keep
ing of hundreds of thousands of me:
time of Christmas, but the measure o
that sacrifice will be the measure alsof
the triumphant achievement tha
will follow it
"There la mighty comfort In th<
knowledge that the history of the?
dfiys will make a record not unworth;
of the proud traditions of our pas
when again there la peace on eartji.
i' "
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Y. M. C. A. by Courtesy of
tffr ?bscrtoc
jREENE Charlotte, N. C.
J 24, 1917
REGIMENTAL BASKETBALL^
LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED
Eight Team Circuit to Play Opening
Games January 5, at Charlotte
Y. M. C. A.
At a meeting-of regimental representatives,
held last Monday evening
at the Charlotte "Y," plans for an
eight team basketb&il league to open
January 5, were submitted and adopted.
The league is to be composed of the
following teams: ThlrUth infantry,
base hospital. First New Hampshire.
First Vermont, First Connect cut.
Fifth Mxi tchusetts, Sixth Massachusetts
and the Seventh Infantry.
The games are to be played on
Wednesday and Saturday nights at
the Charlotte "Y," two games being
scheduled each evening.
| There will be keen rivalry between
I all the teams, -for each regiment is
out to win, and as nearly every part
, of the camp is represented, the winner
of the league will be the official
J Camp Greene champions. Each team
i will of course have the support of the
j entire regiment, so it is expected that
. the downtown gym. will be packed
I w}th enthusiastic rooters out to see
It waa detfiderf to charge an ad.
mlwsion fee of 10 cents to enlisted men
'and civilians, and a special reserved
section for officers and their families
) will be furnished at tha rate of 25
Icents a person. Ladies to be admitted
free of charge.
The" opening games will bring toIgether
the base hospital team versus
j First New Hampshire at 7:30 p. m.,
j and the Fifth Massachusetts versus
jthe First Vermont at 8:30 p., m.
; The league schedule was arranged
! by Physical Director Taylor of the
iOtmp Greene Y. &x. C. A., In conjunction
with other Camp Greene <11I
rectors, and- Physical Director Faul,
of the Charlotte "Y."
The officials who will handle the
games are Messrs. Faul. Bagley, AJsworth
and Taylor.
HERE'S A GOOD ONE.
| Bugler H. Scher, of Battery C, ]
; Seventy-seventh United States ' Field
I artillery was seen blowing taps over j
!a dead horse last Thursday morning. ]
[Gee, but he looked natural.'AH bu- j
glere of Seventy-seventh Field artil- .
lery take notice.
CHRISTMAS JDAY DANCE. j
Christmas day, Mrs. Baker's studio i
of 9fl9 Worth Trvnn at root will Voon I
open house. There will ?be dancing
all day and evening, to which the
soldiers are invited.
?!
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i Secretary Baker
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1 NEWTON D. BAKER, i
Secretary of War.
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I ARMY NEWS I H II 111
FOR ARMY MEN
THEIR HOME FOLKS fetfKgl
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iTlLVE TEfllS ||
:IN GAMP MEET ffl
'Many Soldiers to Compete in
Christmas Athletics. ? ; 1
jNames of Soldiers Composing |IIImM
I Nine Organizations' Teams
Are Published.
Twelve organizations at Camp I 119 0
(Greene late Sunday had entered teams ^ | Jjk
in ih? athletic contests to be held I AM
| on the parade ground near the camp IftvXffllB
postolllce the afternoon of Christmas
day in connection with the great holi- LfllllrJ
' day celebration, according to informa- L , J
, tion obtained, at the office of Captain
jlngalls, edjutant of the Eighth Mas- |||l
[posing the various teams. An addi'
tional features of the afternoon, a H I l?
battalion of the Seventy-seventh heavy B S&BFm
|field artillery (regular) will give an wl|
1 exhibition on this parade ground, and ftS U 9 Ull
j Sergeant Wearn, of this artille.y reg- SI Vfl
iment, formerly with Troop "(J. Eighth If
l regular cavalry, will give an exhibi- DtO
I tlon of horseback riding. If jht
I Lieutenant Farnum. of the Forty- I I l>Jf|
! North, of the Seventh-seventh field Ifl Ur
[artillery, will assist Captain Ingalls ,
j In discharging _his duties as secretary alf
iof the military teams are i>ublished fljijl fjj
morning will be published names of w n
| the men forming the teams selected PflUUf-'wmo
last, reports of which were lute In LJ'ajfEH
I arriving at the otTlce of Captain InJ
The team of the First Connecticut
| infantry follows: lflVW
Sack race: Private Joseph Cronin;
j.centipede race:' Sergeant Kdmund K. . UH
j Brennan. Sergeant Donald E. Hag- \ 1E/.&4
strom. Sergeant Frank A. Debellis. \ uS{
Sergeant Wilburt Veley. Sergeant Wil- \
llarn J. Hidden. Private Walter Po- v|?
bjhum^ (alternate). Sergeant Kugler
Private Hettllpger. Private P>n> ribbons.
Private Kolinsky. Private Cro- MfflKS
nin; equipment rftce: Sergeant Dejiel- M^Hjr?
lis; shoe race: Private William Mealy: \vKJjl
three-legged race: Sergeant Booden.
Private Cronin; mile relay: Private (7 IH-<
Morton Crehore. Sergeant lire"-::- J\
Seargeant Booden. Sergeant Mont- II
Abelville, Sergeant Hagstrom. Cor- T"X 1 li^r
poral Abel, Private Cronin, Private J II WJ
Foley, Private Hettlinger (alternate). A M
Corporal Stager (alternate).
The team of the First Vermont infan
try follows: Sack race: Private If ^ I
Antonio Bersaw; thre#-legged raceMec.
Clarence Wheelock, Corporal M I
Norman Thompson; centepede race: Li
Private George Taylor, Private Mario
Barberi, Bugler William Fabisak. I
Private Floyd Fisk, Charles Larson. f 9|d
A. Bardosi, Rhd. Maynard, Malcolm
Locklln and Clarence Bartlett, Ser- II
geants Clarence Curtis and James W Bf
Dudy; shoe race: Private Bowen; one- > '
mile relay race: Corporal Norman
Thompson, Private Per ham. Ser- ~~~?
geants Lee, Ralph Gauthier, Privates m-m
Howard Farrell, Carrigan. Mec.
Wheelock, Sergeant L.. uensimore. wti|r JM
Entries of the First New Hampshire CctJslaEiB
infantry follow: sack race: Victor ?
Gray; centipede race: Martin Quimby.
Rhd. Keyes, P. Derusha. J. Met;loin.
C. Hayes, Charles Benner, H. Surople.
G. Beauregard. H. Merrill,,!!. Jarvls. lUji ]|! I
N. Sicard; equipment race: William ||||) Hi Ijjjj
McGrath; shoe race: E. C. Letour- |Ujj i jl|l|
neau t;hree-legged race: N. Bedard. I ! jj| |
C. "McCurdy; one-mile relay: F.
Thompson, J. Gelly, T. Davidson. W.
Hundertmark, A. Lapierre, H. Proulx, |AU U II(i
A. Vaillancourt, F. Hamblett. | Blu
Those to represent the Fiftieth in- !J|] 't (I -HI
faptry in the various events are: one l[ 12 HI
mile relay: Sergeants Vassen. Firth a. fijil |( JjJl
Corpora Is janack, Mer- 9uZ3k9