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Dear Kditonnease allow mei
space for a few item9 regarding my
cry limited experience in Uncle
Sam's Navy. V ' 1
I was called to 'service Sept. 14,
19 18. When I started from my
lume among the beautiful 'hitis of
old Western North Carolina, I -was
thinking that I would meet ;witn
some of the boys who; enlisted with
me, but I haven't seem any of them
yet. When I arrived here I joined
iii with thirty thousand sailors, all
si rangers to me. I had never seen
one of them before. You readers
can imagine
ofren I thought of
in y friends among the beautiful hills
Ui old North Carolina.; Soon I learned
t ut we ae all for one and one for
a!'. I see no strangers in the Navy
u , w. When you see a sailor call
hi in "Jack."
The writer would be delighted to
see some Jacksonians visit the
iSaval Base. I anvsure any of you
would find it a pleasure to visit a
n ivy training station, I hear of
quite a number of Jackson folks
visiting army camps, but never did
hear of any - visiting "navy camps.
I:i many ways. I find it a pleasure
t j be in the service of our country;
s ne like one branch of the service, '
while others like another. Some of
tie boys are regretting that they
di I not go to the .army, but I like
t;i3 navy. I do enjoy going out on
t ie drill fields with sixteen thousand
other sailors, all dressed alike in
uery way. all walking in a military
m inner. While four brass band3
are olaying we march over the I
c irrying guns, is enough to arouse
tiie patriotism of any A nsrican cit-!
izen. ' . -
Now I -will tell you how we sail-
u s eat and steep, wnen tne ougie
blpws for chow we line up in front
of our barracks and when the next
luile blows we march single file to
t ie chow hall; every boy waiting for
his turn, we march by a large table
were each man gets a knife, fork
i.ad plate, marches on to the next
table, where his plate is filled with
t'ie best kinds of eats; if he doesn't
kit enough at the first helping, he
e ra go back for a second, keeping
in line. If one steps in front of
another he is made to go back to the
roar of the line. One hundred and
liuy men eat at the same time, in
one chow hall. We sailors certainly
ii 4t good eats and a large quantity,
a so. Everything is kept clean, all
ooking utensils are sanitary in
every respect. You readers can
imagine how much it takes to feed
U iny thousand men,th in. think of all
the navy and army camps! It surely
(1 s take some food for each meal.
Regarding our sleeping arrange-
n ents, we have large bungalows,
more than one hundred men sleep
ing iu one bungalow. We don't
h we beds like we did in , civilian
life; we use hammocks tied up five
first- f.yvm . t Alr A -kistlrk urVkAn
the bugle sounds at nine o'clock,
every man must be in his : ham
in-jck -not fifteen minutes after
n e, but nine. Sometimes when
we climb into our hammooks they
l;uiin to swing and unset, throwing
a ... .
out. w c always nave a oig laugn
wiien anyone falls out. At; five-
tiiirty, not five thirty-five,- we must
h t the deck, fold up our hammocks
and carry, them out where we hang
them on racks to air during the day.
We sailors have to do airour wash
es and laundering ;
Sorry to say I haven't received ;
but
oue copy oi our aear oia couniy
' T '
n . . ,
v 'per, out it was just use getting a
letter from home. Hone I will get
the Journal more regularly hereaf-
ter; would also like to hear from
ous sections of Jflksnn.' Common.!
give' ns the news; you can't realize
what a pleasure it is to read a home
paper until you get away from
home Someone will say I am
liomi?ick by the Way I am writing,
tarn not, but I do love the name of
Jackson County. x Below you will
Ifinda fewof my thoughts of mv
state.
' W. 8. S.-
THE MILLION
DOLLAR CAMPAIGN
Raleigh, Nov. 20. -The approach
ing session of the Baptist State Con
vention at Greensboro, Dec.3-6, gives
promise of being the most notable
one in the long list of itsJB8 annual
sessions. The Convention will face
the many and multiform problems
growing out of our new relation
ships to tile world, chief among
which will bejthat of training lead
ers to help shape the civilization of
the future. The educational ques
tion, therefore, will occupy the-cen-
ter of the stage at this session, one
whole day, in the -middle of the
Convention, being devoted exclus-
ively to a discussion of its various
phases.
It is expected that the Millino-
Dollar Campaign for the Baptist
schools in the State, which was
projected a year ago at its session
in. Durham, will be brought to a
success! ul conclusion at this time.
However, on account of the con
tinued distressing conditions in some
sections - of the State brought about
by the influenza epidemic, it may
be necessary to extend the time
limit for a short period until the
churches can resume their regular
mm wmmm $$mmmw
October -and November in all - the
Baptist churches of the State for
the million dollar fund has been
greatly handicapped ' by reason of
the unparalled conditions. Howev
er, from tne mountains to tne sea
most encouraging reports are daily
coming to the central office. In
every case wnere enyunng lute a
thorough canvass has been made,
the churches have "gone over the
top" with an increase of from 50 to
100 per cent over their allotment.
Walmer M. Gilmore,
Publicity Director.
-W. S. S.-
MR. AND MRS. WATKINS'
BODIES TAKEN HOME
The body of Mrs. F. H. Watkins,
who died Friday at the Meriwether
hospital, was taken yesterday to
her former home in New York for
funeral services and interment.
The remains of Mr. Watkins, who
died Thursday at the Watkins home
in Logan park, West Asheville, were
accompanied yesterday by relatives
to ms former home m uuisDoro.
Mr. and Mrs. Watkins had resided
in West Asheville two years and
had made many friends here.
The late Mr. Watkins is survived
by his mother, Mrs. F. J. Watkins,
of West Asheville, one sister, Mrs
J. C. Cannon, of Dillsboro, and four
brothers, C. C. Watkins, of West
wood, Cal., J. D. Watkins, of Ashe-
uillfk C. A Wntkins nf Ashfivitle.
. V m xiri.i- .id u.-n
lana . l. waimas, oi.piouh.viue, ua.
- Mrs. Watkins' mother, Mrs, Prim
rose Appleton, and -her sister, MisS
LUlie Appleton, of New York, ar
rived Friday, and Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Cannon have been here from Dills
boro, the latter having been ill since
her arrival. Mr. Watkins' mother,
Mrs. F. J. Watkins, also has been
ill. Mr. Watkins was twenty-eight
wap Af fldAshftviHft Citizen.
jww " -p" - -"
LOST Between Sylva and Cul
iQwhee. one blue silk dress and orfe
brown lady's coat. Finder please
I return to Sylva Pharmacy and re-
ceive reward.
SYLVA, N. CM NOV. 22 1918,
MERS HAVE BEEN
1SDED Til DEMOB
ILIZE TROOPS HERE
Washington, Nov. 16.- Orders
have been issued. General March
announced today, for the gradual
demobilization of all troops now in
this country.
Demobilization will be in the fol
lowing order. First, development
battalions, 71 in number and com
prising 98188 men. Second, con
scientious objectors not under ar
rest.,
Thir l, spruce production division-
fourth, central training schools for
officers with Tsome modifications:
j
fifth. United States Guards, now
numbering 135 men; sixth, railway
units; seventh, depot brigades; eight,
replacement units; ninth, combat
divisions.
There are now in the United States
1,690,000 men under armsGeneral
March said. Orders which will re
suit in the immediate demobiliza
tion of 200,000 men are already is
sued, and these men will be at their
homes in the next two weeks.
When the reduction plan is under
full operation, the chief of staff' ex
plains, 30,000 men each day will be
released from the army.
Regarding the return of the troops
in France, General March said the
order in which the divisions will be
withdrawn is being left to General
Pershing. It is the intention of the
war department, however, so far as
is practicable, to return each div
ision to the locality from wWcbnjie
paradeane mvjslon m
cities so-that the .poople will have
a chance to gi ve-fitting Yrelcomes.
Orders have been cabled, to Gen
eral Pershing to begin the return at
once of all casuals, sick and wound
ed who can be moved, and canval
escents. A steady stream of these
men should begin immediately to
cross the, Atlantic,
Camnat.home will be cleared
out to prepare. for the return of the
expeditionary forces; and the Gen
eral indicated that the process
would be expedited. A unit of reg
ular troops will be left at each
camp to guard police it in prepara
for the arrival of the overseas units.
- Because of its composition. Gen
eral March said, and its brilliunt
record at the front, the 42nd (Rain
bow) division will be given special
consideration in the demobilization
plans. The purpose of the depart
ment was not outlined specifically,
but tht impression was gained that
the division will be paraded en
Washington before it is muster d
out.
Steps already have been . t ake
toward the organization of the per
manent army. All men now in the
army have been or will be offered
an honorable discharge from the
emergency enlistment and an im
meaiate re-ennstment in tne new
forces. .: A furlough of one month
will be given as an incentive to re
enlistment, i N -
it was announced that congress
would be asked to give . each man
discharged from the army, regard1
less of whether he reenlists, a bonus
of one month's salary. General
M.arch p0fited out also that-all sol-
aiers are enutiea under law. to
wear . their uniforms for three
months after dischasge. This wil
make less difficult the immediate
task of supplying civilian clothing
to th demobilized army.
nt a. t ' m
ids reiuru oi commissioned per
sonnel of the army to civilian life
Gejneral.March said, will be affected
by dividing the present list of offi
cers into three classes, those who
desire commissions in the regular
army, those who desire honorable
discnarge from the service.
uctions have been issued to
the army staff corps to carry -out
reduction m their, commissioned
and enlisted personnel lists, keep
ing pce with; the. reduction of 4the
line forces. ' . - y-;-- y
WOffiB RELIEF
p PLANNED
Raleigh "World Relief Week." will
be observed Dec. 2-7 throughout the
Uiiited States under the , direction
of the Food Administration, accord
ing to State Food Administrator
Henry A. Page, who today called a
conference of all County Food Ad
ministrators to be held in Raleigh
the afternoon of November 21st.
At the prospective conference Mr.
Franklin T. Fort, of Mr. Hoover's
staff, wll deliver a message from
Mr. Hoover himself, and Mr. Page
and Executive Secretary John Paul
Lucasfwill direct the discussion and
planning of the intensive conserva
tion drive which is to be made dur
ing World Relief Week. Incidentally,
of course, the changes in the policy
of the Food Administration will be
discussed in detail.
The keynote in the new conser
vation campaign is the transition
from": 'war conscience" to ' world
conscience" in the obligation and
opportunity for service in prevent
ing starvation and restoring public
health in Europe.
County;Food Administrators have
been iiquested to appoint a woman
camnahfehairman and to ask her
also to?attend thex conference here
nex
yUiee 0fovember 25tiv,wil
of local
speakers to take the message into
every corner of their respective
counties during World Relief Week,
and in 'Vetting over" to these local
speakers the message they them
selves will receive at the conference
here from Mr. Hoov.r and State Food
Administrator Page.
The program for Conservation
Week is as follows:
SUNDAY Conservation Sunday;
Hoover message to be read m all
churches.
TUESDAY Community D a y;
Local mass meeting.
WEDNESDAY Womens' organi
zation.
FRIDAY -School Day; Elaborate
program for school children.
E. E. BROWN,
County Food Administrator.
w. i. s. .
RED TRIANGLE iAN 0. S T, CANDIDATE
Below is an article taken from
the Greenville Daily News, which
no doubt will be of much interest
to our readers:
C. C. Buchanan, "Y" secretary at
Unit 251, left this week for Cnmp
Cordon, Atlanta, Ga., where he will
enter the officers' training school on
November 15. Mr. Buchanan is a
native of Sylva, N. C. His depart
ure from the "Y" service is the
cause of much Regret on the part of
the soldiers in the area of the camp
where Mr Buchanan served
Before coming into the "Y" war
work, Mr. Buchanan had a large
law practice in his home city. He
graduated at the University of
North Carolina and completed his
law course at Wake Forest College,
North Carolina.
.Mr. Buchanan came to Camp
Sevier last April and was assigned
to outpost Work in the " Y" for the
first six weeks of service. He was
then stationed permanently, beio
assigned to building 261, where he
served with Dick Thrush as busi
ness secretary, until Mr. mrusns
departure when Mr. Buehanan be
came the building secretary. Hun -dreds
of soldiers' have learned to
I respect and admire Mr. Buchanan
'for his unselfish service.
Since Mr. Buchanan left Camp
Sevier, the waxscoming to a close
caused the war department to stoD
the training of new men and he has
gone back there to resume the Y.
M. C. A. workr ' and - will doubtless
remain there until the boya all "get
home.J ) -"t, - V
y - -
R GIBSON
COMMITS SUICIDE
T- -j : y . vt
W. A. Gibson, postmaster at -Bry-'
son . and well 'knbwtt in Western
North Carolina, committed suicide
by hanging himself yesterday after
noon about 2 o'clock, according to4
information received here Saturday
night. Mr Gibson, better known as,
Mann" Gibson, left no' explanation
it is said, for his act, but relatives
and friends last nighfc: stateti that
ne uau ueen m ui neaitn ana :wasi
threatened with a nervoUs break-,
down. '.V" .... ;
During the various war work
campaigns that" have taken irtace
while the war was in progress. ; Mr.
Gibson worked- actively and did es
pecially good .work, it is said, in the
last - Liberty Loan campaign, al
though he- w,as not very . strong.
Friends also stated last -night that
while Mr. Gibson was absent from
the . office the posjoffice, -accounts
had become somewhat mixed up
and that the postmaster, worried
not a little oyer that,, although no
body in Bryso.Cjty,!t .is skid, con-
siaerea inac -tnere was any cause
J l ii . .
for criticism of Mr. 'Gibson.
Mr; Gibson, who was gixty ; years
old. formerly lived in Asheville and
was , eonnested . with ? the Slayden,
H i was a brother-in:raw of Joel Gib
son, of Brysonv who is manager of
the Slayden, Fakes' branch office in
mat piace. ms wire died some
years ago. Two sons, Edgar , and
Joel, are now in France with the
American forces; two .daughters,
Mrs. Harry Carter and Mrs, A. R,
Messer, live in Bryson City. ' ;
: W..S..S.
BKE C1RE OF : '
TimaiEas
(New Yotlt Times!) '.P.'"-'..'
The armisdee doesVhot end the
work of our soldiers' and sailers, or
the need of taking' care of them. It
increases that- WorkvrftG' idea' that
they are coming' right home . is
a mistake, and if they were it would
take a long time .to -transport- thern
But in truth they have . many and
various taski still corifroh ting' them;
for one thing, they 1 "Vy ill furnish their
quota of the military occupation of
tne Knmeiand. inut musrit be for
gotten that the terms of the armis
tice with, Austria provide that the
Allies shall Jiavje the power not only
to use her territory for military pUr
poses, hut to maintain o'fder ' there
As i for., our sailors,. ;.the menacing
attitude of the German fleet under
its new commanders may indicate
that even the .'fightng Ms' not " oer
for them;
It is well to cheer ' the
afmi
but it is not well to. tighten-, the
purss-strings.- Now, m.orraan-ever
the soldiers ; and -sailors need the
protecting care which has been ex
tended over them by the loyalty. 0
the men, women and " children ai
home. It Is no time to withdraw
or lessen it. . fill the great organi
zations, Catholic, Prdtestant, Jewish
1 a
ana secular, nave. united in-, an ap
peal for $170,500,000,, which, how
ever, is. the very minimum of wha
is needed. To give the men the
physical care, the social opportuni
ties, and the moral . backing they
ought to have,;;.$0;db0b8 - would
be the full figured ' .The demand
made by the Government for ser
vice among the tfoops have greatly
increased in' the ; last': few Mnonths,
instead of lessening, and - they must
be met. V :- vV .' , .
In the Liberty Loan . campaigns
you lent to the Government,; and
lent at a good, rate of-mtert; Naw
is the time to givel
POSTMASTE
$1.50 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE .J?
Cardinal Gibbons Says
, . ; - "
James - Cardinal Gibbons, Jtft
leading Catholic churchmanJi:
Amerit,- has ifesued a strong ' ap
peal In support, of the united; WBxt
Work Campaign, . . .
. "It ls-an AmeffcEm canpalgnt he
said. MIts. -appeal . is one that so
Afnerican may refuse. : America's
answer will be another triumphant
announcement that We are in this
war as' one people, and as one na
tion "to see . it.' throueh to victory
Into the splendid work of sustain
ing the morale of our fightingmen
the great social ' organizations, .of.
America have thrown tbemselTes.
The American people will raise tite
sum they askgeherously ittfL
gladly." 1
CATHOUG BOYS JOIfi
Gifis,s Too, Will Stand With Them
Behind Every Fighter
at the Front
To put behind every Catholic fighter
in France the support of "one "boyor
girl In every, parish throughout the
United States is the plan of the Na-
tio'nal Catholic War Council for back"
; tog the Victory Boys' and Victory
Girls "Earn and Give Division of the
United Work War-Campaign to rates
$170t500,0OQ "for the hoys over the.re"
4uring the. week of November 11-8.
- Through diocesan, county and perish
organizations, the rallying of one
youngster for' every man who has gone
rto js'ar in every community is already
tunder way. By their own earningis,
and. not by contributions, it is expect- '
eq that these, jsturpy utue;. sp.Qasor9:
for the bays abroad will eacn'.faisfr at . -least
-five cloliars iT i the joint wel
fare , worklitf ;th ' XMJXA JI, Vf,
'cit including tmKQigixts of 'Coiv&r;;'
us, vr Camp "
Jewish Welfare Board; Ameican Li- .
brary; Association and. Salvation Army .
Boys and girls' ( in e,very Catholic
parish tfirougtiou't the tTnited . States
are already being picked to represent
each, fighting man who has left their
church for tbe front. In every home
that flies a service flag -little brothers
and sisters, sons and daughters, are
eagetly volunteering to look out for
the share of their family, fighter In the ,
huge joint welfare campaign for, all.
the boys abroad."
BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS
SUPPLIED BY A. L. A.
English Camp Shows the Good
: f Work of That Organization
i: for Our Boys.
Something like 13,500 pieces of sta
tionery" are distributed daily among
4,000 enlisted men by Uriah & Brn
baker of Jola, Kas., as librarian at' thja
Y. M. C. A. writing tent, . Woodley
Rest' Camp of the American Expendi
tionary Forces in southern Ehgfand.
The number of troops at this camp
varies from 3,000 to 9.000.
This single detail indicates why it
is necessary for, the Y. M.-C. A., Y. W,
C: AM ' National Catholic War Council
and K. of C, War Camp Community
Service, Jewish Welfare Board and
Salvation ' Army have to furnish 125,-0001.O00.-
sheets a month . for soldiers
letters. t , . .. , - j
- Snndreds' of books. are taken out in
this small camp, books furnished by
the. Amerf cin Library .Association and!
handled by the Y. M. C, A. Most of the;
demands are for a good class of fic
tion. Thirty American newspapers art .
received there l;iily. One hundred ami
fifty mnirazins sire iu usi? daily and
40K'y:piJ,',,; i'.N'tir equipment fur-nist-.:-ij
; , i uvu'vu gooU uv
FLORIDA NEWSPAPERS
4 1 PLEDfiE. ASSISTANCE
RepresentatiTes of FIoridA daily and
weekly newspapers Jn attendance at a '
luncheon held in connection ith a
conference of United, War Work campaign-workere,
pledged themseires to
concentrate behind 'the big' drrce to
open OTemfce lC . r
eacfton 'ptjtstlit foil ftreagth .
of th Fibxidiewaper fraterBitr
in; thi? eldl&jKfiluwry. sectka f
the state the public -will be Informed
through -the columns of the press fuse
i cocung campaign to tdss JITOQOoaa
WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
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