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j His Arrival to Mark Beginning of
New, Important Activities.
Review of Week at Camp Shows
Little of Importance but Much
of Interest Occurred.
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II Receipt Saturday night of official
[' . news that Major General Joseph E.
iji Dlckman, commander of Camp Cusr-/
ter cantonment* had been transferred
i, . to Camp Greene, aroused the keen In|^;
i^eeeet of army officers at this camp,
Jgg(mw^|g^ea8ed to see in this move
ginning of new and highly imI
ever, t6 obtain deilnfte information as
U to the timeof arrival of the general
Who will becojhe the new camp com
mandcr, though it Is known he soon
V ' wtU be here. .
S", ' - Upon arrival, Major General Dlck.
:. man will succeed Brigadier General
v.? Leroy R. Sweetser, commander of the
Pifty-flrst depot brigade, of the Twen
; ty-Blxth division, as camp corhman
' der. It Is not no'w known that any
.of the plans for the reorganization of,
' the regular infantry regiments Into
' larger tactical units will in any way
Involve the New England guardsmen
In the depot brigade. on tne oiner
hand, it la emphatically stated that |
Mt; these orders for organizing brigades
and divisions will not include the
guar<Umen.
It is expected that a number of
important developments will become
v " known soon after the arrival of Gen'
oral Dickman. Including the announcement
of promotions. The belief seems
, widespread at the camp that possibly
as many as three of the colonels com :
manding regular regiments there will i
be . made brigadier generals, though,
none seems willing to hazard a guess 1
- as to who will be selected for promotion.
About 20 new brigadiers will'
be made, it is understood, to command
brigades now being organized through
MlMM country.
The past week at Camp Greene was
without Important events other than
the arrival of about 3,400 New England
guardsmen composing the depot
brigade of the Twenty-sixth division.
These troops include about 500 col?r?d
soldiers. A number of interest
Ipg activities were in progress, however.
Most of the soldiers now are giving
great deal of their attention to the
numerous interesting events sched/,
uled for Thanksgiving Day, when they
will have a full holiday and a great
; dinner, for which the government
furnishes each man a pound of drawn ]
turkey.
One of the big religious events of i
Thanksgiving- Day will be the solemn
field mass said at 10 o'clock by Fath.
er Stevenson, Catholic chaplain of the [
_ * camp, and a sermon by Rt. Rev. Leo
M Haid, O. S. B., D. D., Catholic bishop
>f North Carolina. Other Catholic!
chaplains at the camp will participate
h.-; ta this meeting, which will be held
on the field In the rear of the Knights j
; - Of Columbus building. This meeting
is to be held in accordance with the
wishes of President Wilson, expressed |
ill his Thanksgiving Day proclamation, i
|&Mlich will be read. The band of the j
. Thirty-eighth infantry and a choir of;
"20 boys from Belmont ,Abbey, nfar I
^Charlotte, will furnish the insti-umental
and vocal music.
' Brigadier General Sweetser, commander
of the depot brigade, assumed |
command of the camp last * riday, |
succeeding Colonel Frank B. Jones. >
commander of the Seventh Infantry,:
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military dance Tuesday evening, November
27, at the city auditorium.
The regimental band will furnish the
music.
Soldiers at the camp are training
for a three-mile cross country run
over camp roads Thanksgiving Day,
for prizes offered the five first men
to finish.
During the week, the camp experienced
the anoyance of a fuel shortage.
This, however, has not yet become
severe, though hundreds of soldiers
were forced to full trees within
the camp reservation to obtain necessary
wood.
The orders for the organization of
a number of the regular regiments
into Infantry brigades, received early
| in the week, were being carried out.
It was established, however, that only
a very few of the men will be transferred
to newly created organizations
during this process. Reports apparently
weil founded but lacking official
confirmation were to the effect
that about 20,000 recruits needed to
111 these 11 regiments to war strength
were soon to arrive here were heard
throughout the camp.
Training of the regulars to be spe!
cialists in the numerous details of
| trench warfare, started about two
weeks ago, was continued during last
week and will be in progress for
! some weeks yet Bayonet practice,
grenade throwing and certain other
work ordered is being done under direction
of the French officers.
: One of the most important events
of the week from a health standpoint
was the placing of the Thirty-ninth
asid Fiftieth infantry regiments under
quarantine against diphtheria. It
was reported that 11 cases have developed,
but "almost a week after the
quarantine was declared no deaths
had been reported and the patients'
condition was reported to be satisfactory.
At the close of the week, the pop
ulation of the camp, officers and men,
was approximately 22,500, including
about 3,400 New England guardsmen.
Early last week. Assistant Surgeon
General Rucker visited Camp Greene
and Inspected the sanitary conditions
of the camp and of the sone surrounding
the camp. He made recommendations
Involving considerable
-work on the part of the officials of
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EIGHTH MASSACHUSETTS
PLANNING BIG DINNER
Elaborate Menu for Thanksgiving
Spread for Officers Bubbles
With Dry Humor.
An elaborate menu for the Thanksgiving
Day dinner of the officers of
the Eighth Massachusetts infantry
has been prepared and has been given
to the printers, it was learned yesterday.
In addition to calling for a big
variety of delicious foods, the menu
is remarkable for the dry humor.
Several songs, poems and epigrams,
all of a patriotic nature, are included.
The menu writer went to the length
to compile a brief code or laws providing
punishment for any criticism
of the menu, food, manner of preparation,
and covering numerous other
contingencies.
The wine list covers an entire leal
of the menu. Colonel Perry, com-,
manding. said, and, perhaps as an
afterthought, explained that page
would be unmarked. Hurried inspection
of the printer's copy of the menu
showed coffee will be the strongest
beverage available.
The menu says the afternoon should
be devoted to sleep.
MAINE ARTILLERYMEN
HAVE "A FRIEND INDEED"
Several hundred dollars has been ,
given to the First Maine heavy held
artillery regiment by Mrs. Hugh
Chisholm. wife of a New York and
Portland. Maine, millionaire, with
which to buy all "good things for a
Thanksgiving dinner for the enlisted
men which the government does not
provide. As the only "extra" furnished
by the quartermaster corps for this,
feast, it is necessary that all the
"trimmings" be bought from the regular
ration allowance unlcis other |
funds for the purpose are are available.
As a result of her generosity,
every artilleryman In the regiment I
will have at least one fine cigar to j
smoke while his mind reverts to the j
pleasures of the dinner.
ARMY NEWS ^ ^
X FOR ARMY MEN
THEIR HOME FOLKS KflllSJ
MEMBERS H
ARRIVE AT CflMP M
Depot Brigade of Twenty-sixth SNry^l / j
Division to Winter at Charlotte. \ j|K,
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General Sweetser Commands
Brigade, Which Has Total
Strength of About 3,400. rf' '
Though New England guardsmen '
were the first troops assigned to Camp X YA
Greene, the first organizations from
that section did not arrive unUl almost (V^oll
four months later, when, early last
week, units of the depot brigade of the ^IITq^
twenty-sixth division, commanded by 11 "
Brigadier General Sweetser, came
from Can\p Bartlett. -Westfleld, Mass. IB
i This brigade, called the fifty-first
depot brigade, comes here for training IrV
faWW0IbyeXtPin8l0n 0t totrUkB' th" M flk
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| of the camp upon his arrival, as the
ranking officer, succeeding Colonel
Jones, of the Seventh regiment of reg- flf VI -
ular infantry. am
The first unit of New Englander* to AAV.
: arrive was the First Maine heavy field JWi
artillery, about 700 officers and men. SjMH i
i commanded by Colonel Ballentlne.
making camp Monday. This regiment I I |
! was organized in nineteen days by the HUH
| colonel, who paid the expenses of or- ,
ganlzation. It first was intended to or- Ifdflf
ganizc it as a "Roosevelt" regiment. flpH
! but when Colonel Roosevelt's plan fell IJrTTj U
i through the regiment was mustered -ju! M H
[ in as Maine guardsmen. u J ?, S
Following the artillery Tuesday IfcHLJttJr
! came the famoi^s Eighth Massachusetts
infantry, commanaed by Colonel
Perry. This regiment has a strength of
; about 450 officers and men. and its
I move here was the sixth since called
into federal srvice.
I Wednesday the two signal corps
I units from Connecticut and New
; Hampshire, with n total strength of ?
about 300 officers and men arrived V
; "palace" as compared with Camp ?
| Bartlett. That day the Sixth Mnssa- J
chusetts infantry, commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Damon also made iT^i
camp here. This regiment has a
strength of about 300 officers and YdrwN
Thursday three infantry regiments, VyMW
of the depot brigade, having a total VW#y
strength of about 1,200 olilecrs and . v
men arrived. They were the Fiftieth A W
Massachusetts infantry, the third t" Jo 11
come from that state, commanded by M IJR;
Colonel W. W. Stover, the first New ^ /I
Hampshire infantry, commanded by
Colonel M. J. Healey.and the first
Connecticut infantry, commanded by
Colonel Goodman. The Individual IJn I
strength of these regiments, officers
and men, respectively is 400. 500 and II I
The last units of the depot brigade L j?
to arrive were the first separate com, IJ E3
panles from Massachusetts and Con- H
necticut, composed of colored Soldiers
These organizations nave not yet undertaken
an ambitious training sohetl- IIW |W
ule. Immediately after arrival. pf-.^TV |
though, the men began to take an a< tive
Interest In the work of the Y. M. ^
C A.. K. of C.. and other organizji
t'n?*o iffordlng amusement and r?<t
BfUjSl
CLASSY FEATHERWEIGHTS \\ BWim
AT CAMP ARE MATCHED \\
Two of the classiest featherweight MM Ifill HH
pugilists at Camp Greene have agreed
i to meet in a mieeri-ruunu iu^ui .... , ,,
| the night of December 8 at Y. M. C. Ittl n Uf
A. building No. 107, said an announcoi
ment yesterday. These knights of I j I Ql
the padded areana are Frankie Nur- III M M
din, of Company G, Sivty-flret infantry,
and Faber, of Company I. Fifty- || I II Rj
eighth infantry. The main bout will IIH fl H ^
be prececded by a six-round prelim- I] II H R
' inary and a ten-round semi-final. The
principals for these affrays have not
been definitely selected. Tmmamhrl
Ladies are invited, "ft was mid.
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