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LETTER FROM CAMP GREENE.
Camp Green?, N. C.
October de twiced.
Dear old fat head: An I have
nothing to do and wish to do It, 1
tout I-Would took my pen & bottle
L of Ink In mine handt and typewrite
j you a tew ladders, bleaae excuse dls
We are all well V1 present, e^ceP1
my brudder. he was kicked In tne
suburbans last night by a mule oe
mule Is not expected to live.
Your rich iunty who died from
" Palpitation of the heart when you
'was here is still deadt and doing
, nicely. Hope dis will find you de
same. After she deldt day found
fifteen thousand dollars sewed in an
old bussell that she left behind, so
you are therefore no longer a poor
man?but a dutchman.
Your brudder will went to work
dis morning, de Job vlU last about six
months, but might getoudt sooner on
good behavior. ?
Business has been dull since you
lefted?especially the saloon business.
Your wife was took to the insanity
asylum yesterday?she was crazy
aboudt you. . _
I am sending you by Adams Ex
press your overcoat auu ? ???
charge bo much a pound to sendt it,
I cut off de buttona. Hoping dis will
prove satisfaction. You will And de
"buttons in de inside pocket.
I almost forgot to tell you I got
married last week. I got a pretty
good man. He is from Dover, But I
think I could have got a better one
i at Spry, as they have a larger stock;
to select from.
AS dls Is ail I got to say. I will
klose my face, and expect you to do
the same. Hoping dis will reach you:
before you get it, and dat you vill l
answer before dat, I remain your
confectionery second to de last
kousln. OTTO MOBILE.
I- ;; . P. S.?IN case you do not get dis
letter. Write me and let me know,
V and I will send it to you at oncet
HEALTH AND*EFFICIENCY.
The soldier who purposely or unknowingly
makes himself or a com
rade sick la Just helping the kaiser
that much. A great many of the diseases
which affect soldiers are dpe to
their own carelessness or the careless*
' ness of their comrades. Daring the
winter months a large number of the
men of this camp have been excused
.from duty and their training because
-. ;of diseases which could easily have
v been prevented had the average sol<
dier followed the ordinary rule of
J good manners, in other words, had
) -- . be refrained from coughing in the
V / faces of comrades or spitting in and
about the tents.
Quite a number of soldiers in this
camp have contracted diseases in this
way and some of them have died.
The United States at this time
needs men, not only in the army, but
in civil life, and every man who Is
sick or dies, handicaps the nation that
much more In the fight for liberty.
No soldier who is worthy of the
name and an American citizen wants
the United States to lose this war.
On the other hand, without exception,
they all want the United States
to win. It is a. very little thing to
ask that they do their part in the
prevention of diseases and thus maintain
the efficiency of our military and
civil administration.
Ikoi oofh individual can
" 4o a .great deal to maintain his own
health and also to maintain the
health of the command, the Trench
and Camp has decided to devote, from
time to time, a portion of its spaces
? to the consideration of matters that
may affect the health of the command.
We do not intend to present lengthy
discussions of theoretical questions but
hope to bring to the soldier some
practical sAnitary measures- which
will help him in his everyday life in
the camp or in the trench.
The editor will be pleased to answer,
as far as possible, questions that
may be asked In the proper spirit
' ?and desires such communications. He
will, however, not enter into any
lengthy discussions of any matters
upon which there might be any controversy.
THE THIRD LIBFRTY.LOAN.
The campaign for the third liberty
loan will be opened on the sixth of
April, the anniversary of the declaratlon
of a state of war between the
United States and Germany.
The amount, terms, and conditions
of the loan are dependent upon further
legislation and will be announced
as soon as Congress has granted
the necessary powers.
A liberty loan button is a badge of
Soldiers Should Know French!
Learn by the
PRESTOCARDS
Trade Mark
100 specially daatmed. aelf-arran*lnf carda.
French one side, English the other. Make*
tudy aa faaclnaUnf aa a came Adapted
by coorteay of National Security Lea*ua
<t^' from 1U Kn*Uah-French Handbook.
IgSg-r 91M a aa* ?nt>ald or froai ieakn.
?' The Prestocard Company
? Olan Rldre. Now Jeraay. TJ. 8. JL
honor. Rightfully obtained it marks
tbd wearer as one who has performed
a distinct, definite service to hie
country. .
Not aH can fight, not all can work
directly for the government; but In
buying a liberty loan bond, or war
savings stamps, every American renders
some service to the nation. It
has been put within the reach and
power of every citizen to aid tho
United States financially; it is a poor
American who withholds support from*
the government, from our soldiers and
sailors fronting death on battlefields
and oceans. .
Iron crosses to German Soldiers, and
diamond orders exchanged between
Turkish and German sovereigns may
be but the Honors of atrocity. But
| a liberty loan button, simple as It is,
sifiuuics ? h
I Is an insignia of honor.
CHARLOTTE CARNEGIE LIBRARY
308 N. Tryon St.
I Hours: Week days, 10 a. m. to 9
p. m. Sundays, 2 to 6 p. m.
| Soldiers welcome. Library and
writing room privileges are extendjed
to all the men from Camp Greene.
The library serves, also, as a general
[information bureau. No matter
what you want to know, try the library.
Interesting articles in the March
magazines: "Prussian Frightfulness
and the Savage Mind," by Louis H.
Gray, Scrlbner for March. "The
Heritage of Freedom," by Robert
McNutt McElroy, Independent, Maj-ch
2. "World Justice for France," by
Herbert Adams Gibbons, Century for
March.
The man who reads is the man who
leads.
NEW WAR BOOKS.
"Under Four Flags for France." by
George Clark Musgrave. Captain
?..-I...... ormv mnn who
has seen fighting all over the world
and was with our own troops In Cuba
daring the war with Spain. He has
been on the westyn battle front ever
since the outbreak of the present war
and Is now with our troops In
France. So his book Is the narrative
of a military expert" telling how the
war for France has been and 1s being
carried on under the flags of Belglum,
Britain, Franco and America.
To a certain extent. It deals with the
strategy of the opposing forces, but
presents and describes it in an unI
technical way, with much Illuminating
description of scenes and incidents
and personal experience. The
author gives a sort of birdseye view
not only of the' whole series of operations
but also of each important
movement, showing how they have
i Kinmul rtrtf iiTuiti Bnnlhnr. what were
^"objectives "to be sained, and when
any one of them failed what were
the reasons fop its failure.?The New
York Times Review of Books.
I "On the Right of the British Line."
by Gilbert Nobbs. A vivid account of
Ian officer's experience in leading an
j attack, being blinded and lying in
I No Man's Land for two days, and
I then kept as a prisoner of war for
three months. Simple and not without
humor in the telling. It is one of
t the most moving of the personal ac!
counts. His captivity in German pris'
ons is an interesting experience from
I which ho makes suggestions for givjing
employment to the Germans in
' English prisons.?A. L. A. Booklist.
I Have You Been to the Camp Library?
| The camp library near water tank
'No. 1 is open dally from 8 a. m. to
| It) p. m. Librarian Goodrich extends
a hearty welcome and wants you to
i make free use of his constantly in!
creasing stock of magazines, newspaj
pers and books.
HOSTESS HOUSE IS DEDICATED.
I (Continued from Page One.)
Hie state of North Carolina, as
throughout the country, there are
among the women no slackers."
The wife of the state's chief executive
brought to the soldiers from her
husband and herself a message of love,
of sympathy, and a prayer of hope
and faith. She recited the poem of
Sara Walter Foss, "The House by the
Road," one of the most exquisitely
written poems of patriotism and
Christian service, and concluded with
a beautiful adaptation of the famous
"Blue and the Gray," in which the
words introduced, modernized the
poem to meet present-day war relations
between the United States and
the allied countries.
Mrs. F .C. Abbott, who Introduced
each speaker with a few appropriate
remarks, admirably outlined the position
of the boys, who would enjoy
the privileges and benefits of the
hostess house, when she said that
"the United States Is calling our
young men to war, and that everywhere
the boys are leaving college
and business and assembling in camps
for training. They are asked to
change their way of thinking and living
to such an extent," she declared,
"that it must affect the very centers
of their being. Instead of loving kind
ness ana Droinernoou, iuej ure lacing
enmity, instead of refining influences
of home, more or, less difficult
life in camps is now their portion,"
she said. Instead of the association
of women and children, they are constantly
surrounded by men, being
forced to break away from home,
church, and social restrictions.
Though the government, she said,
realizes that this disturbance of normal
life is necessary to make soldiers,
the home ties must be weakened as
little as possible and so the hostess
> ' ' ?.
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houses at the army camps are being
placed where the mothers, wives and
sweethearts of the soldiers may be
with them as frequently as possible
and where they may enjoy the friendship
and association of women so long
as they are stationed in the camp.
Two flags Presented.
Two beautiful flags were presented,
the United States Hag being presented
by Mrs. William Parker, in behalf of
the Mecklenburg chapter. Daughters
of the American Revolution. Mrs.
Parker said:
"To Mecklenburg, the oldest chapter
of the D. A. R.. has been granted
the honor of presenting to the hostess
nouse me emoiem 01 oravery.
and loyalty, and when we look at the
red, white and blue may we always
remember the words of our grea't
President in his address to the national
army, 'Let us set for ourselves
a standard, so high that it will be
a glory to live up to it, and then let
us live up to it, and add a new laurel
to the crown of America." Ladies of
the hostess house, will you accept Old
Glory front the loyal daughters of
Mecklenburg chapter, with the wish
that she may 'Long wave, o'er the
land of the free and the home of the
brave?'"
The state flag was presented by Mrs.
Jacksie Daniels Trash, of Tarboro,
state president of the United Daughters
"of the Confederacy, who came to
Charlotte especially to participate in
the exercises. Mrs. Thrash spoke as
roiiows:
"We see today the whole world discordant
and belligerent. Europe a
vast battlefield, our own glorious republic
calls her sons and daughters to
the colors aa* never before. Nor is
North Carolina slow to answer this
call. The same passionate love that
gave her 'first in Bethel, farthest in
Gettysburg and last at Appomattox,'
will cause her to be among the foremost
in casting off Germany's despotism.
"To you is given the priceless opportunity
of offering yourselves to enter
the trenches on the battlefields, to
fight and if need be to fall, that the
world may be saved for democracy
and humanity. You will not be alone
In your task for to those left behind
is given the sacred duty to work for.
to sacrifice for, to pray for, and to
keep alive your memorable deeds.
"In presenting the flag in behalf of
the North Carolina division of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
to your hbstess house it Is with every
assurance mac tney are stunning oy
you, showing the same heroism, the
same love and the same sacrifice it
possible, as did their mothers of the
sixties. When gathered around the
camp fire, or wherever duty calls,
loolc to that flag, your very own, and
may its presence always inspire you
to continue your great work that shall
I hope, shape the destinies of generations
yet unborn."
Vocal solos by Private J. S. Boles
of the First Army Headquarters regij
ment; H. T. Itemig, of the Thirty,
third ambulance company; Mrs. Hunter
Marshall of Charlotte; selection*
j by the Seventy-seventh regimental
| field artillery band, and by the First
J Army Headquarters regiment quartet,
were greatly enjoyed features ol
the afternoon. Each of the singers
and also the quartet and band were
-encored ugain and again.
Iced punch and cakes were served
in the cafeteria during the reception
hour.
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"JEWISH BOARD FOR WELFARE
WORK" ACTIVITIES
I On Saturday night. March 9. j
J swoker was held at the club roorr
In Charlotte. Two prizes were offeree
to men telling the best stories, and th?
judges certainly had a hard time de
cidlng. Privates Silverblatt, Kaplan
Fay, Siegel, Super and Cohen were al
very good. Super was awarded th<
first prize, a pipe and cigarette holder;
and Cohan the second prize, t
leather wallet. Both of these met
come from Company C. 13th flelc
artillery. Private Metzger sang somi
songs that were much enjoyed, lit
can come again. "Hot dogs" anc
Bevo were served and then the partj
broke up and men went back to cami
smiling.
An enjoyable entertainment waj
given on Sunday night, March 10
Private Sills sang. 8ilverblatt gav?
a monologue. Mason rendered i
piano solo and Lieutenant Rubinoff
M. G. B., gave a very interesting talk
Wednesday night, March 13, th<
usua Wednesday night dance was held
Mr. Seliginan, of the Jewish board foi
welfare work, made a short speech tf
me new men mat were vmiung tnr
club room for the first time. He com'
mented that they acted bashful ant
said: "We have Just lost many of oui
boy. and now you. whether you com*
from Custer, Frant, Lewis or anj
other camp, are our boys and we warn
you to feel at home." Before th?
evening was over, everyone knew
everybody else and was having a greai
time.
In addition to these affairs in town
something was on every night at the
club room at camp. This is located
by Y. M. C. A. 105 and is open to th?
men at all times.
Regarding the copiing Passover
furloughs of 42 hours will be grantee
and Mr. Sellgman and Mr. KonowlU
are very desirous of meeting all met
wishing to attend Sader service cithci
in or out of town. A certain numbei
I of men are invited to visit other citiei
in the state. It is advisable to get
1 names in as soon as possible, as onlj
a certain number of men will be sent
to private homes. For the balance
a large Sader service has been arranged
for in Charlotte. It is also C3UH
necessary to hand in names for this.
Office of J. B. W. W. is in Y. M. C. A.
RED CROSS NOTES. |U 11 * W
I Atlanta. Ga., March 18.- The n|| II |
American Ited Cross has Just arrang- llU DI m i
j ed to establish with the American y HI Ul
j with the medical relief stations |j M 1 Dl
lar to that through which they have ft I I fl HI
[served more than a million poilus
iwith hot drinks during the last six
months. This information has been
received at southern division headquarters
here by cable from Major IWWmIII
James H. Perkins. Red Cross com missioner
to France. r/yflvVil
Service will consist of rolling can- [U/rfl
teens stationed close behind the front [Btfi 1 WtJ
line trenches. There are now fifteen IV| \ 111
of these operating behind the French In I 1 III
lines, from which fifty or more large JlbA I yd
receptacles of hot drinks are sent for- jlj |Lj Jm
ward dally, usually in the small hours W TC'
of the morning. These drinks are
served to the men going on or conting
off duty. Hfl B?
The work is often done under heavy ML
shell fire and requires men of great H Jm
bravery and sympathy. H-DL
Camouflaging the Canteens.
The following description of an UU
American Red Cross canteen In HiM:
France is taken from an article by BrV
Forbes Watson in the last Red Cross JKTfjL
Magazine: ( ||y' <
"The American Red Cross canteen
is chic?it is more, a delightful place.
An architect and decorator in times nl [Hi IB
of peace, now a lieutenant in the [Hrm
camouflage, has decorated it. Taking J/ u
the horizon blue of the French uni- I
form for his keynote, he has created M Jb |Ki|
la cheerful blue and white interior. I) fq l"J gj
i warmed with pale yellow lights, that 111 I I f I i IH
i gives an excellent background to the r'' '
talking and eating poilus.
BOXING AND WRESTLING BOCTS. VjvJj
The K. of C. building at Camp
Greene was taxed to its capacity by If yU
soldiers to witness three boxing bouts. fy /M
a wrestling match, and a boxing ex- 1^ //M
hibition by Young Fulton, welterweight
champion claimant of the Bl^vB
I The first feature of the evening was
la four-round boxing bout participated L_?
Jin by Layton and John S. Sprules. two
i Charlotte boys. The bout ended in a
The wrestling match followed and H BiH/flU
was declared by those witnessing It in B ijpM
to be one of the best Btaged at Camp IN W
I Greene.. The contestants were Joe B'V'B JK
J Winning, Company C. 61at infantry. IBB
and Robert Miller, Company C. 61st JPtM" B
infantry. Miller secured the first two B fi
; falls: pinning Winning's shoulders to HI I I Ml
I (he mat the first time in 10 minutes [BJ Jj/
I and the second fall in three minutes. II
J Fletcher, of the Supply company. ImJh
II and Handlin. of the Machine gun com- II BJJj
J pany, 61st infantry, fought a four- II ' I
| round boxing bout. Fletcher being B B IU
| awarded the decision. II^LS
The third boxing bout was between
.Joe Stout and John Baker. both of | | B/fl|
r headquarters company. Each weighed Jl U(
at th eringside 133 pounds, linker won 141 M
' the decision In five rounds. HJJID
The last and principal feature of the 10KJL?
n'ght was the boxing exhibition of
Young Kulton. lie went through va- | JsbJWI
rious and sundry assortment of tactics V^Ju*w
used by boxers. Kulton was sparring
; partner for Ilennie Leonard, well
known in sporting circles. wdNMaJ
Randolph JJ;
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Army Pillow f L
Why sleep on lumpy bundles? It js Ik
a hardship that the folks at home !
would overcome If they knew about !
It.. If you can't afford a Randolph |H
Air-Pillow now write home for one. fffl?
Don't hesitate; It is the "very thing" I VJ 1
they are trying to think of to send VUM
you. -?=?
This pillow feels velvety and warm ..
When half blown up. It Is aa "oft aa coo*. 9*9
feathers; no slldlns or tiltlnc. HR
Carry It wlth y?u h* llk* * ksml- HtoJBI
kerchief. Blow It up nil# for a seat, back
You can take thi* Pillow to
France with you || | |
The British or Canadian soldier will not J|| n 11 j
part with his air-pillow, no matter how In ft Hi
much other stuff he has to leave behind. || F HI I
Insist on the Randolph Alr-I'lltow; will ID I Mi
sustain the weight of three men. Being th-- 11| I HI
only pillow with tho "Cravenetfe" finish, it il I HI
cannot got damp, musty, or rot. Ill n H |
Get one today at your regimental If H H
store or send Si.50 direct to us. Don't III II n
put it off, do it today?now, while j|l |j| III
you are thinking about it Great idea! il iiiii mm sj
THK RANDOLPH (X).,
Fifth Ave N. Y. City
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