Sgl. Archie Griffin
Submits Letter On
American Soldiei
Writing from out in Ardmor<
Oklahoma, Sgt. Archie Griffin says
^ “I have just fnished reading Th
Enterprise, and like it fine, even i
is a little late reaching me. I like t
know all the news from good oli
Martin County.
‘■We aro not doing any too mucl
work and some of the boys wrote ;
few lines about an American soldier
If you have room some time, I gues;
some of the people would get a kicl
out of reading it."
a ..IftWafcwSa*— Ca ,i»,m 4u
I am one of the fellows who mads
the world safe for democracy. Wha
a crazy thing that was. I fought anc
fought, but I had to go anyway. ]
was called in Class 1-A. Next time
I want to be in Class B—be here
when they go and be here when they
come back.
I remember when I was register
ed. I went to the desk and my milk
■ ■'fJTSTT'wltS'hi Vhaf'ge.’He*saldhat
your name?” I said, ‘‘Young man
you know my name.” ‘‘What’s youi
name?” he barked. So I told hiir
"August Childs”, He said, ‘‘Are you
alien?” “No”, I replied, “I feel
fine.” He asked me whore I was
born. I said, “Pittsburg”. He said,
“When did you first see the light of
day?” I said, “When I moved to
Philadelphia.” He asked me how
old I was, so I told him 23 the first
of September. He said, “The first
of September, you'll be in France
and that will be the last of August.”
A vcternanan started to examine
me He asked if I ever had measles,
smallpox. St. Vitus dance, and if I
• took fits. I said. “Only when T
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stay in a . Tnen in
listened around my chest and said
“I think you have a wart some
where.” I said, "Wart, my neck
j that’s a button in your ear.” H<
said hr had never examined a mon
physical wreck. Then lie handec
me a card—Class A
Then I went to camp. I guess thej
didn’t think I'd live very long. The
first fellow writes on my card, "Fly
ing Corps”. I went a little farthei
and some guy said, “Look what the
wind’s blowing in.” I said, "Wind,
nothing, the draft’s doing that.” On
the second morning they put these
clothes on me. What an outfit! As
soon as you are in it, you feel as if
you can lick anybody. They have
two sizes—too large and tqp small.
The pants are too tight. I can’t sit
down. The shoes are so big I turn
around three times and they didn’t
move. And what a raincoat they
gave me. It strained the rain. I
passed an officer all dressed up in
a fancy belt and things. lie called
after me, "Don’t you see what I have
on? ’ I said, “Yes, but what are you
crabbing about? Look what they
• i gilWlSitv’
I landed in camp with $75. I was
broke in ten minuses. I never saw
so many 3's and 12's on a pair of
■ dice. No matter what I did, I went
1 broke. 2 never saw so many cheats,
i Even in cards. One time I got five
aces and I war afraid to bet. A good
t'Miig I didn't, for the guy next to
me bad six kings. Finally I said,
“This is a crooked poker game.”
They said, “We’re playing pinochle.”
Everything was crazy. If you were
' livery man they put you in the
medical department, and if you were
a night watchman, they made you
officer of the day. I saw a guy with
a wooden leg and asked him what he
did. He said, "I’m going to mash po
tatoes.”
Oh, it was a nice 5-bleow-zcro
morning and they called us out for
underwear inspection. You talk a
bout scenery—red flannels, BVD’s,
all kinds. The union suits I had on
would fit Tony Galento. The lieu
I tenant lined us up and told me to
; stand up. I said, "I am standing up.
I This underwear makes you think
I’m sitting down.” He got mad and
! put me to work digging ditches.
| little later he passed and said, "Doi
j throw that dirt up here.” I sai
I “Where am I to throw it?” He sai
“Dig another hole and throw it
it.” By that time I was pretty so
and so another guy named Jon
and myself drank a quart of whiske
blind. Finally Jones acted so funn
I ran to the doctor and told hii
Jones was going blind. He asked ir
if Jones saw pink elephants. I sai
“No, that’s the trouble. They’re thei
but he can’t see them.”
Three days later we sailed fc
France. Marching down the pier,
had some bad luck. The Sergear
j stuttered. It took him so long to sa
| "Halt’' that 27 of us fell overboart
I was on board 12 days, seasic
aU- Ac time. Nothing going dow
anu everything coming up. I lean
ed over the railing all the time. I
j the middle of one of my best lean;
the Captain rushed up and said, “I
the Brigadier up yet?’’ I said, “I
I swallowed it, it's up." Talk abou
your dumb people,
i I said to a fellow, “I gue^s W'
firnnnorl jinphor ” Hr, roi ■
we d lose it. It’s been hanging ou
ever since we left New York." W
had lifeboat drill and when the boa
was being lowered it spilled som
men into the water. Only the 2m
lieutenant and I were left in tin
boat. He gave orders to pull tin
men out of the water by the hair o
the head. I was struggling with on.
when a man with a bald head yellei
“Pull me out.” I said, “Go down am
come up the right way.”
Well, we landed m France am
were immediately sent to thi
trenches. After three nights all tin
cannons started to roar and shell:
started to fall. I started to shaki
hum a tici but theiv weren't enougt
for the officers. The Captain said
"We go over the top at 5 o’clock." :
said, “I'd like to leave.” He said
"Have you no red blood in you?” j
said. "Yes, but I don't want to set
it. lb said, "Where did I want tc
go?” 1 said, “Anywhere, where it’s
warm." He told me where to go
At 5 o’clock we went over the top
Ten thousand Germans came at us
Our Captain yelled, “Fire at will.’
I didn t know any of their names. 1
guess the guy behind me thought 1
was Will. He shot me in the ex
citement. On my way to the hos
pital I asked a guy where they
were taking me. He said to the
morgue. I said there was some mis
take. I wasn’t dead. He said, "Lie
down. Do you want to make a fool
>f the doctors?” Finally a pretty
nurse came in and said “Move over.”
Well—that’s another story!
-«--—
Returns to Raleigh
Bryant Car,darphen has returned
•0 Raleigh after spending several
lays here with his mother.
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SI
' Know the
; “AMERICAS
INDEPENDENCE OF PERU
, OBSERVED ON JULY 28
, "All for one and one for
> might well have been the motto of
f Latin America’s fight for indepen
» deuce. Throughout the entire strug
I gle, men from all regions of South
I and Central America pitched in to
.help their neighbors shake off
II Spain’s yoke. Argentines fought for
. | Chile, Venezuelans fought for Co
lombia, Chileans fought for Peru
.,. . . This was the first real expres
. jston of Pan Americanism; of union
l and solidarity for the
j and the common welfare of auT^
In Peru, as in the rest of Spanis
America, a revolution was brewin
at the end of the 18th century. Dee
dissatisfaction had been created b
the economic, political and intellec
■ *>' vest: iC'Ue'/V:
colonists; the Creoles (Arnericar
born Spaniards) had long been shi
out from all important positions.
But Peru was and had been fc
several centuries the seat of a vict
royalty, a Spanish stronghold. A
though two other vice-royalties ha
been created in South America, on
in New Granada (Colombia) and an
other in Rio do la Plata (Argentina
Lima was still the capital of th
Metropolitan power where Spain'
military strength was coneentratec
where rebellion was therefore mor
difficult. Distant provinces lik
Chile and Buenos Aires were declar
ing themselves independent, but tk
Utri — mn-qf the vice-ro\ irnfm'.et
essential to their continued exis
enee
One day in September 1820, a
powerful fleet appeared off the coast
of Peru. Fitted out at Valparaiso,
Chile, under the command of an
Englishman, Admiral Cochrane, it
convoyed the Argentine and Chil
ean Army under General San Mar
tin. San Martin, one of Latin Amer
ica’s greatest heroes, was enthusias
tically received. Aftei the vice-roy
hao withdrawn, Peruvian, Chilean,
and Argentine voices joined in the
cheering as Peru’s independence was
proclaimed at Lima on July 28, 1821.
i Yet independence was not to be
/ so easily achieved. When the next
Iyear (1822) Sar. Martin resigned as
j Supreme Director, the Congress of
.hlWiXou- th-■.
I unsuccessful, Riva Aguero was de
i posed while Bolivar arrived in l,ima
| in 1S23 to organize an army ..o at
tack the Spanish vice-roy and his
forces who had retired to the inter
ior.
The two armies clashed on the
shores of Lake Junia. The rebels
were led by the great Liberator him
self, Simon Bolivar, assisted by an
nttee yr .r,-.-.f -.vt-T' -.'l-.v ..-.—■‘fti it
was the brilliant charge of Com
mander Suarez, heading the Peruvian
Hussars that decided their victory
over the Spaniards (August 6, 1824).
The climax in the long struggle for
independence was reached at Aya
cucho on December 8, 1824, when the
liberating army under the leader
ship of Marshal Antonio Jose de Su
cre, another shining light in the his
tory of the Americas, won a decisive
victory over the Spanish forces. The
victory of Ayacucho, fought in the
fastnesses of the Andes mountains,
definitely broke the power of Spain
in America, and not only assured the
independence of Peru hut freedom
for all the Spanish colonies in South
America.
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Summary Of Uniform Annual Budget Estimate
Of Martin County, North Carolina
*
For The Fiscal Year Beginning July 1. 1943, And Ending June 30, 1944.
Published in Compliance uith Requirement of the “County Fiscal Control Act”—Sec. 7, Cli. 116. P. I,.. 1927
FUND
COLUMN 1
*3
cr
£
B
*>12 O'
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3 S
BO
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County General Fund.$ 60,232.00
Poor Fund. 7,519.00
Special Purposes Pool—-rr. 13,079.16
Health Fund. 7,765.00
County Debt Serviee Fund. 53,361.69
SOCIAL SECURITY:
Old Age Assistance Fund. 7,095.00
Aid Dependent Children Fund_ 3,402.00
Administration . . 3.790.00
NINE MONTHS SCHOOL TERM:
Current Expense Fund. 45,540.00
Capital Outlay Fund. 9,550.00
Debt Service Fund. 38,050.00
TOTALS ..15250,183.85
COLUMN 2
n
B £
B
£© ►
^ d x
J«
Vi ©
UH
$55,140.00
2,100.00
1.019.00
1.250.00
2,581.00
25,750.00
COLUMN 3
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a
£22
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8 'S
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$ 5,092.00
5.419.00
7.765.00
52,111.69
7.095.00
3.402.00
1.209.00
19.790.00
9.550.00
39,050.00
COLUMN 4
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wS'Ih
$ 300.00
324.00
772.00
470.00
3,125.00
425.00
204.00
75,00
989.50
477.50
1,902.50
C OLUMN 5
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CO
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8
5.392.00
5.743.00
13,632.16
8.235.00
55.236.69
7.520.00
3.606.00
1.284.00
20.779.50
10.027.50
39.952.50
COLUMN «
x,
C
£
0
fij
01
32
u
$14,300,000
14,300.000
14.300.000
14.300.000
14,300,000
14.300.000
14.300.000
14.300.000
14.300.000
14,300,000
14,300,000
COLUMN 7
31
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d a
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.1 B
tS °
w
.0375
.0400
COLUMN 8
o to
as
X
d
H
.0575
.3875
.0525
.0250
.0100
.1450
.0700
.2800
.0800
,0175
.1000
.0600
.4100
.0525
.0250
.0100
.1225
.0575
.3350
$87,840.00 $ 162,34385 $9,064.50 $171,408.35 $14,300,000 1.2000 1 3000
INDEBTEDNESS OF COUNTY: 6-30-42
General County Bonds_ $484,000
County School Bonds_ 176,000
State Loans to Schools_ 50,550
TOTALS- $719,550
Added During Yr.
None
None
None
None
Reduced During Yr.
$26,000
49,000
12,600
$87,600
Total 6-30-43
$458,000
127,000
46,950
$651,950
I hereby certify the foregoing to he a true statement of the
budget estimates for the various funds and activities of Martin Coun
ty for the fiscal year ending June 30, 194-4, as tentatively approved
by the Board of Commissioners of Martin County, July 8, 1943.
This July 12, 1943.
J. SAM GETSINGER, County Accountant