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I Premature Occupation' Due to
' Request of Germans.
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Mkin ^merican Army Continues
lis Advance in Germany
in the Usual Manner.
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American Army of Occupation. Dec. !
t.?(By the Associated Press.)?A
battalion of the Thirty-ninth infun- i
try left Treves by train today for
Coblenz, a four hours' run. The premature
occupation of Coblenz is due j
to the request of the German authorities,
who are apprehensive of the conditions
that might prevail there after
the withdrawal of the German forces.
This is the first time the Americans
have utilized railway trains for
their advance Into the territory from
which the Germans have withdrawn.
The main army continues its advance
in the usual manner and last
might had reached th*e general line of
tJj'^flMdadorfau, Mayen, Kloenig and
: gphwarden. All reports continued to
. indicate that the Germans were withdrawing
in an 6rderly manner and
tljat the inhabitants of the villages
occupied by the Americans were refraining
from any antagonistic acts.
It was not expected that there
would be any trouble at Coblenz and
? ' the appeal by the burgomaster to
send troops was denied until it was
'supplemented in writing by the retlr- i
ing military commanders.
AMERICANS MARCH ALL
DAY TOWARD COBLENZ
p* 't \ BY HERBERT BAILEY.
> Special Cabh? to The Observer From
l , The London Times.
I , (Copyright, 1918. by Public Le<l?or Co.)
Ij^Acuie American Army, Dec. 8.?
I lm?rirnn trnnn* Viava hpon nmrph.
IV $lg all day ln^the .general direction
of Coblenz. They have been received
everywhere with the usual resigned
attitude by the people. The women
seem to feel their position more keenly
than the men. There are many
averted faces as the troops pass/
FT -V-The Americans nre working in cooperation
with the burgomaster of
Treves. Inquiry by the Americans
reveals there are sufficient food supplies
in the territory occupied, only
'' Quality is poor. The Treves
Landes Zeitung devoted a four line
^ Item to the entry of the American
Otrpops in its last issue.
ADVANCE OF AMERICAN
> "~a#oefi^ pynr
advance into &6t*
-Jvempernlch-Ma^enGreimersburg-Simmern-Kellenbach.
"Section B?There'1a nothing to resection."
' LIST FINMLIGT1TY Of
S1QTH PIONEER INEINTRY
Members of Organization Participate
in General Athletic
Meet on Parade Grounds.
The 810th Pioneer infantry held its
laat formal activity as an organization
yesterday morning at Camp
Greene in a general athletic meet
ine event was supervised oy .uujui
j Logan and Lieutenant Green and details
were selected from each com!
pany for the entries. Colonel Wm
?/ A. Kent and all the officers of the
. J organization, were especially inter'*
eated In the jwogrum and evinced
- much pride in the showing the mer
made.
The program started at 10 o'clocV
on the parade grounds of the organ
Izatlon and each company put "pej
"I and spirit" into the crowd with yell
| snd songs before the regular progran
1 began. A. K. Bergman. Y physlca
) director of the camp, acted as start
t er and Lieutenant Green was di
I rectly in charge of affairs. The dif
ferent events consisted of the 100-yar<
dash, hurdle races, obstacle races, pii
eating contest, egg race, undressini
-r. race, competitive squad drill, com
v* petitivc drill In military tactics, rola;
races, broad Jump. etc. The com
/ petitivc drills and squad drills wer
? especially interesting.
v. The prizes offered consisted o
amounts ranging from $10 for th
first, $5. second and $3 for the third
and many received gold medals whicl
,were made up with the I'. S. coat o
arms, with Camp Greene inscribe
7f thereon.
r This field meet has been planne
for some time but no definite an
nouncement of the date was given ou
until Thursday, when the officer
learned just when the men would b
discharged. Colonel Kent, command
rfig officer, stated yesterday that th
work of mustering out the men woul
begin Wednesday morning and tha
he expected to have them all mui
^ icred out -by Saturday.
STEADY LINE OF TICKET
ouicno mi i/Mmr unttn
Faces of Soldiers Discharge
Shine Through the Rain?
K Worth-While "Scrap of Pa
per."
x A steady line of ticket" buyers
* neen at'the camp depot every day no\
Yesterday and Tuesday about 8(
men each day were discharged ad
thoy included both white and colore
Regardless of the rain and uncon
? fortably cdld day the boys who wei
able to dtepl&y that little scrap paper
which m^ant so much, were a
smiles And one could see the si
shining In their faces any way.
i Men are being discharged from tl
S'uurth Recruit camp, the 41st ha
silon IT. &. guards, and the 810
MOfteer infantry. The latter area
toatloa ef about 1.800 men will wtt
iblr be caotpletely discharge^*]
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HUNTINGTON AND PROBERTl
UTTENBEO I CONFERENCE|
Dr. Mott Discussed Work of YJ
M. C. A. in C: :on With
Return of Men in Service.
General Secretary D. L* Probert. i
or me x. m. c. A., and Interstate
Secretary S. C. Huntington returned!
yesterday from what was considered I
a very important conference at Atlantic
City. Dr. John R. Molt pre-1
aided at the conference, which waa i
called to consider the work of- the |
Young Men's Christian association in
cohnection with the return of the
soldier and sailor boys, and to plan
not only for this but also for a great
forward movement to occupy the
whole field, city, industrial and rural. .
"Recent developments in the industries
and in rural work have
demonstrated the porsibiUiy of doing
thla and it is proposed to undertake '
not only far more extensive work'pp
the cities, but to extend association
activities into the rural districts Of!
the whole country In co-operation
with the schools and churches." said
Mr. Huntington. "The fact that the
association is the creature and agent
of the Church of Christ wasv made
most emphatic and an e trnest desire
to be of greater serVtee than ever
before was very Evident," Mr. Huntington
had the following to say regarding
the oooferen^e:? x
"One entire session of the conference
was givetj to a discussion of the
criticisms which have been heard as
coming from returning soldiers. Three
things have been largely, responsible
for these criticisms. First, the tak-'
lng over of the canteen service as
requested by General Perphing. Second.
the immense task of providing
service for the vast numbers of soldiers
sent abroad so rapidly, and
third, the necessity for recruiting
large numbers of men for this service
at short notice. The wonder is that
the work has been as- free from reasons
for criticism as has been the
case. uoccor xvxott in closing me
discussion told of the delegations of
prominent business -men yyho Hhd
been sent to France from Jitne to
time to time to study the situation
and make recommendations for the
correction of faults and improvement
of the service. Va'V*'-' * "
JITNEY DRIVERS MUSI
COMPLY WITH ORDINANCE
Provost Guards on Roads LeadfwLjm
ylttA Pael^eta Aorrit 1
r Ul ?mI5t rOol riHlB VdlUo ,
TTaW nffcht ana the^TmPSffSfl^^or
hire" automobile#, information received
regarding the reason for this
action of the guards was thpt numerous
complaints have been made by.
offlcera.and men at the canip regarding
rates which some Jitney drivers
have been charging tp take them to
the camp from the city.
A city ordinance passed f some
months ago ordered a fixed rsijtO for
transferring passengers from the city
to the camp, and within,the clty? and
,or<^OreVl that a schedule of rates be
posted on the windshield of ulP machines
bearing for hirt! licenses.:
It was stated that tpe military^ au{
thorltles at the camp intend seeing
i that this ordinance is carried oilt in
so far as trips to the camp are con
cerned, ana no macntne will oe aii
lowed to enter" the camp unless It
carries on the wlndshild a schedule of
rates. And these rates must be ad>
hered to by pie jitney drivers.
It was learned further that all driv'
ers against whom just complaints are
' . made By officers or men at *he camp
" 1 will be prohibited fropt entering the
j camp reservation.
H READY TO HELP SOWS
; IN LQGB1]NG POSITIONS
Many Men Discharged at Camp
Greene Are Being Sent to
i! Home States in Contingents.
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Blanks have been received and the
y . work of listing the names of. soldier*
- discharged from the army at Canu
o j Greene who wish assistance in securing
employment v^jji begin todav. saiti
f Director V. J. B raw ley. ot* the federa
e employment bureau, yesterday. Plant
I, j for this work were completed at f
h ' conference at Camp Greene yesterdaj
,f i morning of representatives of civilJar
d ' organizations at the camp and Mr
! fern wley.
n Many of the soldiers discharged uri
i_ being returned to their home states ii
,t , contingents. Mir. Brawlev explained
b j not being released from military au
j thority until their arrival there. Thi
j.-1 is in order to pre! all men discharge*
e j back to tho section from whence the:
^ I came in as many cases as possible.
lt It is urgent that this be done, too
{_ I he said. because it would be uriwis"
I to allow men to congregate in an;
j one city. Here in Charltote. for in
stance, the first of the 1.500 or 11.00
of the soldiers from this city are re
r turning home. Jobs fnuvt he foum
^ t for them and for all who come ni late
j dates. With ?\ large floating popula
d ( tion of young men discharged fron
j the service seeking employment i
A | would he a difficult problem to locat
: Jobs for the locaj bevs.
l" Whereas five months ago the Inbo
situation was such that efforts wer
being made to bring men here, th
is danger exists of there being more me
v. ; than Jobs here in the future tin lea
10 i proper stepsT are taken tp get (lis
In charged soldiers back to the sectio
d. ' whence they come add. get post
a- j tions fair them, it was pointed out.
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of Liberty theater i.s no more, the ter
ill being taken down lust week. lint
in the armistice was signed tho goverr
j ment had plans under way to erect
I permanent theater building withi
,t- | the camp nt once ^ -^
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Y. M. C. A. Secretaries Ci
OH. ORR MS CHARGE OF!
Y WORK AT GAMP GREENE
At Conference of Secretaries
Yesterday Dr. Manguni Turns
^ Over His Authority.
Dr. E. N. Orr formally took charge
of the Y. M. C. A. work at Camp
Green as camp general secretary yesterday
morning, succeeding Dr. J. T.
Manguni, who has been camp secretary
since last spring. Dr. Orr has
been religious wbrk director at Fort
Oglethorpe and later was made associate
camp general secretary there before
being transferred to Camp
Greene. He is the son of Dr. W. W.
"Orr. of Charlotte, and will move his
family to this city at once. Before
going into "Y" work, Dr. Orr was pastor
of the First United Presbyterian
church at Denver, Col.
At the regular conference of the
"Y" secretaries yesterday morning.
Dr. Mangum turned over the authority
of the camp to Dr. Orr and showed
not only by his actions but by words
that he was loathe to leave the work.
He continues to be recruiting officer
for the state of North Carolina and
has offices in the Piedmont building*
but is preparing and expects to leave
for overseas service for the Y. M. C.
A. fn the near future. Dr. Orr left
last. night for Atlanta for a conference
of several days of all camp secretaries*
of the southeastern department.
i
Resolutions of sympathy were
passed by the secretaries bearing
Upon the accident to one of their num^er.
Rev. J. G. Garth, who was rui}
I Lt. Robert-:R. Ayres.
J Capt. Julius F. Bacon.
1 T.f Thnmo? fJ Wnoil
Lt. Robert C. Baker.
.Lt. Alphonzo A. Beiler.
Lt. Horace F. Benton.
"< Lt. William D. Bell.
Lt. Edward J. Bond.
Lt. Ritchie Boyd.
* Lt. Lhneon C. Brennan.
Lt. Robert McBullock.
Lt. Bernard R. Byrne.
Lt. William S. Campbell.
Cap*. Dow W. Carpenter.
Lt. George P. Claypool.
Lt. Tienton P. Cooley.
Lt.? Oliver D. Cooper.
Lt. Jacob L. oyner.
Lt. Alden D. Cunningham.
Capt. John (J. Daiger.
Capt. George T. Desloge.
Lt. Bdward DeVriese.
I Lt. Gilbert L. Doll.
Major John?Donnld.
Lt. Joseph F. Donahue.
Lt. Clinton Downes.
Lt. Henry R. Drowne. J?. s
Major Donald Durant.
I Lt. John fc?. Edwards,
j Lt. William A. Forrest,
i Lt. Aaron French,
i Lt. Louis N. Oause.
| Lt. John G. Gilliam.
, Lt. William H. Golden
Lt. George B. Graeff. t
' Lt. Warren L. Green.
J Lt. Otis K. Grief.
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| Lt. Camlllus F. Hackett.
i T.t. William Halhelson.
Capt. J. B. Hannon.
j Lt. Richard Harpel.
Lt. Lyle D. Hart,
j Lt. Paul Heine,
j Lt. George N. Hotmail.
j Capt. Roy Howger.
i j Capt. Harry Huso.
) j Capt. William S. Johnson.
Hi. William H. Jones.
I ' Lt. August Kaiser.
I Colonel William A. Kent.
Capt. Harry J. Kelly.
i Lt. Guy W. Kirehrier.
' Lt. Lewis R. Kirk.
M Lt. James Klusmelrr.
I T.t. Leslie Kunkel.
j Lt Lloyd A. Lure
& j Capt. Joseph S. Lawrence.
1 | Capt. Edwin LeBaron.
I Lt. Delariev E. Ia?onaid
"J Lt. D. Sterling Light.
? j Lt. Solomon Linville.
Major John S. Logan,
j Cipt. William F. McClelland. ,
i Lt. Lewis Malv.
' 1 I.t. Glenn E. Miller.
y! T.t. Ralph A. Monroe.
I Capt. Alphonzo J. Mooney.
0 j Capt. Arthur C. Morse.
. i T.t. Eugene E. Morton,
if Lt. William fi. Oliver,
j I.t. Georcre M. Parker.
Lt. Harvev W. Potter.
ii Lt. Joseph P. PurceU.
tl Lt. Ruel W. Buney.
e T.t. Harry L." Raub. .
Major P.^G. Reedy.
r| T.t. Glenn. A. Rexroad.
oj Lt. Andrew E. Rudt.-dll.
e.i Capt. Irving P. Seery. '
n : Lt. Charles R. S'nclair.
ta I Lt. Marion H- SJudinski.
i-j Lt. Albert <*. Smith,
n j LC Ralph W. Smith.
I- Lt*. ArtjJr.W. Stewart. N
I Lt. RoWrt N. Sweezy.
I LI. 'JbMt-wUfl Thompson,
it I (tror^e^jk Tnrne r.
Lt. Wi'icu!.
. Lt. <? ?. HVtfbr K WHbourn.
ie j JmL.iJmmtw 1mnicy wn Mania. .
n! dipt. Wilson Williams. Jr.
is WJilHon.
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FOURTH REC
Recruit Camp FouV Astir With Athletic
Sports.
During the past week in Fourth
Recruit camp there was a shift from
the heavy drilling the boys had previously
been going through to athletics.
This new feature of activity was introduced
-by Captain Gleason. the
commanding officer. The supervising
of the various forms of athletics is
under the able direction of Captain
Scherman .and morning and afternoon
the husky recruits are on the
new athletic field enjoying the sports
to the new athletic field enjoying the
sports to the fullest.
The game that seems most popular
with all of the boys is push ball
which ha? had a most' prominent
place every day for t;fe last week,
some days more than 1 f>0 men en
gaging In a single game. Other
games that are attracting attention
and being Indulged in quite freely are
soccer, football, basketball ball and
I volley ball. Captain Scherman calli
ed on Camp Physical Director Bergman
to give a mass calisthenics drill
I one morning during the week which
proved'a great thing and was enjoyed
by all. Physical Director Lott. of Y.
M. C. A. 104 Is assisting the boys in
many ways and has arranged some I
1 competitive games for this week. '
Now that the tank- corps is here,
I rivalry in athletics .will pick up and
some high class sports is promised
, for the next few. days.
The drill grounds <?f the organization
is the headquarters for these
sports and from ''l.O o'clock each
were tplayed on Wednesday after>
noon at 4th Recruit camp headquarters
between officers of 4th Recruit
camp and officers team near Y"S02.
j Officers representing Fourth Recruit
! camp were Lis. Crum. Davis. Mark,
I Edwards. Raeder and Meisler. Officers
representing Y 102 were Capt.
j Rundquist. Lts. Conahant. Galvin.
J arm on and Y. M. C. A. Secretaries
I lverson and Bloom.
! Very close games were played with
| Lt. Edwards starring for Fourth ReI
crult team, and Secretary I verso n for
; Y 102 officers. On Thursday a reJ
turn series of games were played at
I Y 102 and all participants reported
| a very enjoyable time. All the games
j MUSICAL PROGRAM BY
TANK CORPS COMPANY
| Soldiers at Camp Greene Given
I Splendid Treat This Week by
! the "Treat 'Em Roughs."
j Soldiers of (.'amp Greene have beer
' given a "splendid treat this week b>
! the 30^th battalion of the tank corps
{ company in the way of a musiea
I program. This company has an orchestra.
male quartet, dancers, violinists.
vocalists, reader, Jazz band
etc. In fact they have one of tht
! best organizations ever seen in tht
. army at this camp. Monday nigh
I they gave a concert at Y 103. Tuesda:
, at 105 and tonight they will enter
I taiii at 106 and Friday night a
j 104. closing the week's entertainmen
at the FJuso hospital.
I Every night they have had packet
j houses and visitors from Ghurlott
have begun to learn of the excellen
! programs and many have attended
, Last night was an open date wit!
j them and the time was spent in prac
ticin'g. The program is given by Ser
I geants Henning. Smith. Evans. Min
j nich and Trgyle and Privates Ra
j and Claflin. The quartette is made u
of members of Company B of th
307th. ^
EXCOl'RAUING TALKS
TO COLORED TROOP
At Y hut 285 where Dr. Slnciai
Is secretary. Friday night, one of th
moat interesting meetings was held o
the.year. Dr. Sinclair io the colore
secretary for the building and is stir
ring up a lot of Interest and publi
j spirit among the colored hoys wh
| are about to leave for their homes.
Friday night he had -Lieutenar
. E. *F. Atherholt from Jhe 41st bat
I fnwnn k?phks tn them and ho in
terested the boys in a splendid tal
I on citizenship and Rave them point
era on how to take care of thpi
j Country.
Then Kay Funderburk. Y educa
i tional director of the camp, made th
: boys a splendid talk on being Chrlf
Itian citizens and men as proud c
.thclf work at home a? they have bee
the flag they have been followinj
^ During the evening Dr. Sincla:
|X>M Of a nor)' of the colored mat
Johnson, Who held off a bunch <
(fermans in Xhe battle of the Marr
I Balling flye gnd putting 20 others t
rout. jfe explained that he kill*
the Hutu with his bowle knife an
Dr. Slnehlr closed by saying that Y
nmr Uttered v an oath in his lil
'hut** aaid,N "what in bell coul
he have'done if he had had h
rattfe**! K. That story brought do*
the tioufe \Y
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Secretary J. T. Mangum sitting
Il:ruit
camp
were won by Y 102 officers, the total
points being for all six games 147 '
to 54. %
Company 9.
Sergeant Gihnour is right on the j
job. he hus organized a football team
to compete against any other com - :
pan yin Fourth Recruit camp. When ,
he docs anything It is done right, j
Go to it sergeant.
Company 21.
When it cornea to slinging out the
hash leave it to Sergeants Lee and
Sullivan. They certainly do honor
to their forefathers. Robert E. Lee
and John L. Sullivan. Long live the
mess sergeants for they are both
good fellows.
Soocor Ball Cluimptons.
It seems as if we will have to
give it to Company 13 if something
is not done to stop them. They were
leading by 2 to 0 on Wednesday
against a combined team from Companies
5 and 9 when the game was
stopped on account' of the paraae.
On Friday they met a team from
| Fourth Recruit camp infirmary and
[ finished the game with a score of 4
to 0: Get together boys and Btop
this at once; it only needs a little
tefcm work to produce results.
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; LlveFy Bout at Y 105.
Cnable to get any matches, gt his
weight. "Kid" Mesiti. the camp's flyweight
champion boxer, went out of
his class last Tuesday evening. December
3, at the \ "stunt" night h?Id
at "Y" n>5. meeting. "Kid" acqulno
of New York, formerly froni Camp
Gordon, in what was to have beei
test.
after the fight got under way, In the
first round, when a ^rtld left hand*
swing from his adversary, found a
resting place above Mesitl's right
optic causing a nasty gash which p\it
an end what proved to be an'interestlng
scrap.
The kid is still anxious to secure
j matches In the flyweight class and
unless someone accepts his chalj
lenge, he will continue to 'claim the
I title. He would also be very glad to
I offer his services at all stunt nights
j held by any of the camp organlzai
tlons by boxing exhibition bouts with
any good boy in camp as soon as
his cut gets healed up. Private
Mesitl may be*found at Company 17,
J Fourth recruit camp.
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I BOARDS ORDERED TO DEFER
SEALING OF THE RECORDS
I Records of Local Boards Were
to Have Been Sealed Today,
i May Take Place Soon.
{ [ The draft boards for Charlotte and
, ; Mecklenburg county received orders
s I by telegraph yesterday to defer the
1 ; sealing of the records of the board
. until further instructions are receiv.
i ed ffom the adjutant general's de1
partment. The boards previously
? i had been directed to sea! all records
i | today.
* The telegram also directed that
- questionnaires bo mailed to all ISt
year-old registrants to whom blanks
* 1 have not been mailed., previously.
; However, both of the boards' here
i have mailed questionnaires to all 18R
year-old registrants,
t ' Board official* were of the opinion
' i yesterday that it will be but a short
h while until orders to seal the rec
j ords are received. Steel cabinets ir
1 which these records are '.o be sealed
- i have already arrived.
? NEGRO UNDER* BOND FOR
RUNNING DOWN 'Y' MAIS
Arthur Lilly, negro. who was ai
"r i rested Saturday night on a chargi
e of reckless driving, has been releasee
f! under bond. It Is alleged that LIU;
j I was the driver of the automobib
which ran down and badly lnjuree
c I J. O. Garth. Y. M. C. A. secretary a
Q , Camp (Jre?-ne. on Mint street, nea
Hill. Saturday yiornlng. The drive;
f i of the machine which struck the Y
_ I M. C. A. man failed to stop to see i
_ ; he was hurt, but drove rapidly on.
^ Mr. Clarih was reported at the Prea
_ i byterlan hospital, yesterday, to hi
r j resting well. His condition was re
ported as somewhat improved. Hi
k. ^Injuries Included a broken leg.
,! ; WIL.L MUSTER OUT 44ST
nf! BATTALION THIS WEE!
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lr i The 41st battalion. United State
i, | guards, located at Camp Greene, wl
>f be mustered out this week, accord
le 1 In* to Information given out at bat
:o j tallon headquarter* yesterday. Th
id organisation is composed of nboi
d ! 300 men and officers, some havin
in been sent to Carap Greene, recentl:
re About six weeks ago 1^0 men an
Id officers were transferred to Fayett*
Is ville from this organisation for guar
m duty. The mustering out will pro!
ably atari tomorrow .ihdiM'injc
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TREAT 'EM ROUGH BOYS I
ARE A LIVELY BUNCH
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Men Are'Here Preparing to
Be Mustered Out Soon. S
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That "Treat 'em {tough" crowd of *1
boys, the first of the kind, &re>4h ^
Camp Greene and although ia?4dar- j
antlne. everybody most h^j learned i
that they are a lively bunch: T^hey *
are happy of course because of the f
prospect of being sent home soon,'
but regardless of that it has- been t
learned that they have all kinds of '
athlets. stage artists, cartoonists and ]
men who are professional entertain- .
ers in many ways. Then added to
this, they are a -fine. Jovial set of
follows and are ready for most any- ,
thing. They have their organized
football and base ball teams, boxers, ,
dancers and concert artists and this i
'week are proving their claims by ,
match games and public entertain- ,
ments.
About 2,000 men and officers are j
located in the area near Y 103 at the ;
entrance to the camp at Liberty park.
These men include battalions 307.,
340, 341 and 343 and aro under command
of Major<Gill with Lieutenant
Odgen in charge. The 307th battalllon
has an organized minstrel-musical
show which they are puttins on at
i all the Y buildings this week. It consists
of a male quartet, banjo artists,
fancy dancers, a violinist, several.
taltohn 308. 342 and' 305, consisting-^
I of about 2.000 men. This arroun of .
men also hus Company C of the 308th .
battalion, which has the honor of hav- j
In* a football team that cleaned up j
everything In Camp'Polk and was
never beaten. They might get a good
match In Camp Greene though If the
season Isn't too late. The Camp Personnel.
Base Hospital or Remount
could make things lively. This same
Company C has a man who draw* a
cartoon every time he turns around
unless drilling, in the person of Sgt.
C- R. Moore. Trench and Camp expects
to have some of this work next
week on display.
The following contribution comes;
from the 340th battalion:
,To the Editor of Trench and Camp:
The men of Battalion 340, tank ;
corps, would like to have you print j
a word or two about our Sgt. Major j
Bobble North, who has done so much
to orgitjil/.e and maintain the highest |
degree of efficiency and good fellowship
in our ranks.
Mr. "North came to us as a volunteer
j from Chicago, 111. After being in
I camp two days he was made a cAr|
poral and one week later an instructI
ing sergeant. On November 16. 20 days
j after joining the army, he received
Ithe highest non-com warrant obtainable,
that of a sergeant major and
has. twice refused a commission in
i order to remain with the boys.
Our work at Oomp Polk hns been
; one round of pleasure because of
Mr. North's efforts. Almost every
, ' night Vie staged for us some kind of
; a show at the Y tent and just before
we pulled out. he arranged the swell;
est danco Raleigh has ever known.
. j for the men. We appreciate those
| things and would like to let everybody
I know this through your columns. If
| | we can break the quarantine /we ex;
j pect to give him a dinner at the Seli
wyn hotel. North is only a kid in
size and years, but believe me he is
. a peppery one and the men are with
me when I say we're strong for him.
" heard tonight that he is planning
.. a sort of a farewell show for this
town, after we're discharged. You
can bet it will be a corker beenu.se he
never starts anvthlng he don't finish.
ONE OF THE BOYS.
I #
Y SECRETARY.
31 While riding his bycycle in Charp
lotte ^>n Mint street between 11111 and
p. Vance streets shortly before noon
a Saturday. Secretary J. G. Garth, of
j "Y" building 10&, at Camp Greene,
t was run down and badly injured by
j. | an unknown negro, driving a heavy
r | automomie. ah cxanimauon hi me
Presbyterian hospital, where Mr.
f Gartha wan taken, showed that hi?
> !eff leg was- broken above tho knee,
. and he was badly bruised.
B According to information obtained
_ from an eye witness the negro uftei
s hitting Mr. Garth, drove away without
stopping to inquire if he was hurt
I Persons passing about the time of thf
accident called for the ambulance and
had the injured man removed to tht
C hospital.
Mf. Garth was coming up street tc
havp dlnher with his wife. Mrs. Garth
I is cashier at the Y. W. C. A. cafeteria
. Mr. Garth 1s from Hickory and Has
been With the Y. M. C. A. staff a
Camp Greene for some months.
it +
K
p.) R. Brook Thomas arrived in Cam]
d Greene Saturday and is now cam]
s- business secretary for the Y. M. C. A
d. Secretary Thomas has been out ip thi
)- campaign and was formerly hulldini
sectary for Y 102.
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ARMY N?Y
FOR ARMY Mi .
THEIR HOME FOLKS \
iHIPPINC Nil
SENDS MEN HERE
- T
eeks to Interest Enlisted Men
in U. S. Merchant Marine.
^ . r'- \
ieut. Teffeau Arrives in Charlotte
to Establish Office;
Explains Board's Plans.
? ?? ' ?
Lieutenant Louis Teffeau, ofhiladelphla.
arrived in the city yeeyrday
afternoon for the purpdso of
stabliahinc an office for th? United
tates shipping board and directly
i interest enlisted men at Camp /
ireene, in the merchant marine. He ^
arries orders direct from the war ,
epartment through the board he repesents
to repbrt to the commajndtJn|r
fflcer of Camp Greene, and secure
ultable offices and quarters and will ^
>e joined today or tomtirrow by .'tire
ither officers whq c4wlll assist him
n the work of acquainting the enlsted
men of.fhe camp With the op"
amities offered by the . marine
tee ,
i "ces have already been op$jneil
n but of the 38 army cahtonm &?>
p ^.'e country, which are. intended to
>e used as demobilisation camps.
In talking of the employment ptqh^'/
ems throughout the country r Ldeuenant
Teffeau, who eefeks i*ieh? to
nan the merchant marine fteet. 'sald'
hat the shipping board,-would profide
attractive places for 1?0PC00^_
roldiers as soon as they are released,
rhe three men who .are being eta:loned
at Camp Greene during the
demobilization period represent -the
recruiting servicp, the Industrial ,relations
division and the shipyard em*
payment bureaus.
^ Classes of Work -Open. ___
>Jo soldiers will be signed .up in
samp, but the advantages o'f the shipping
board work wtH be'pointed out
md all men who display any interest
will be card catalogued. Places
are. open in. u? foil owing brajichea of
the set-vies: laborers, helpers, bolters,
srectors, regulators, angtesmiths,
nttere, copperspilths, riveters, riggers,
machinists, draftsmen, electricians,
bollermakera, crane oper?,to|-s, - loftsmen.
fitters.
Men between the ages of 18 and.
35 are eligible, regardlessof whether
they have seen army servffce, but the
latter class having been discharged,
with a physical examination apdL '
miliar with rules and reguiatigMtigi
adapt thempeWes. mors
service and have much betite
tage ov^jh^ctyilla' K
merchant serrtep^^HranflH
the deck departsiim^ re
stewards' $106 to "Su, *eo*nd cook* f
$9 0, butcher* 986, v*g*?>le cooks
$65. mcsamcn fJIO^In tha engine room
oilers receive $80, firemen $79, wiper*
on oil burner*. 168. etc.
In certain of these classification*,
which will be'?aplained upon application.
the merchant marine service
will train the men wherever necessary,
furnish the transportation, uniform if
necessary, and the training lasts from
on? to two months. From the very
start they are put on pay ranging
from |30 to 175 per month and In all
the branches, board and* lodging is
also furnished the men. One feature
of the training as explained by
Lieutenant TefTeau, if it is on a ship.
Is that the vessel will be moving from
port to port so that th* men get a
varied experience and have an op-'
portunlty to see some of the worl^
at the same time. After finishing
training, the men are given a regular
rating which carries the regplar pay
( as fixed by the United States shipping
board. ,
In speaking of the nefed for men
for this service. Lieutenant Teffeau
said:
"We want the type of men who *
are coming from the army service,
but we want them to go home first
and consider carefully with relatives
the opportunity: \re also wartt \ It
known that the merchant servto*<-lio-v
afiy is better than ever before anfi
that the shipping board follows up
the men and encourages promotions.'
at every opportunity and that men
who are in the merchant marine are
I not subject to military service in any
{ form."
Lieutenant Teffeau will repOrt to
I i-iiiup ncttuqunrierB iuuay bud ba!
pects to put on an educational cam j
paign through the welfare organizations.
the morale department, and ,
the intelligence branch of the army
In Camp CTreene.
I
TAR HEEL STATESMEN
DISCUSS "GOOD EATS"
Senator Simmons Says Quesi
. tion Is All a Matter of C^a's
State of Hunger. N v
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BY H. E. O. BRYANT.
Washington, Doc. 8.?Brig. Qen.
I Samuel Tilden Ansell, of the oflSce of
. the Judge advocate, waa born at Coin,
Jock, on the eastern shore of North
Carolina. He Is a large, upstanding.
,i two-fisted man, with ability and character.
A. W. McLean, the southern
member of the War Finance oegptyraI
at Son. in quite ap Targe and ,
. able. These two prominent Tar Heels
are devoted friends. Thev were nat
urally attracted to each other. Not .
long ago they met and dlecusqed
( everything from Cherokee' to Currituck.
and hack affajn. Ottf(M>dhe
discourse they turned tp good thlnffi
, to eat. and agreed that there U nott)- N
, Ink better than "North Carolina i
collarde and fataldee. ,
i Learning of this decision Senator t
Simmons said: "WeU. It Is Just a.matter
of one's etate of hunger. . I
to the hon e of an old bachelor in
eastern North Carolina once. T we
out nil morning, and part of the
3 ternoon. My host mixed eggs
D tender onions and* cooked ther
Brother. That was the best m*
e think I ever ate. It was not "
ar until 3.jD'clock. and I was reu."
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