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f National War Work Council
I 'V Y.M.C.A. of the United States
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II Vol. 1
mi TREE
CHRISTMAS EVE
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Mayor McNinch Will Appoint
I Committees During Week.
Desires That Needy Families ot
Soldiers in Service Be
Taken Care Of.
. "The Hoover Christmas Tree" will
be a feature of the Christmas holidays
and will be a celebration ol
Christmas eve. No complete plain
have been worked out as* yot, dUI
-> the tree will be held for the benefit
of the needy families of CharlotU
. soldiers now In tha field and for tht
poor of the city generally. Mayoi
McNinch will appoint a ' commlttei
within the next few days to arrang?
a musical program.
The-big feature of the Chrbrtmai
tree. Mayor McNinch said last night
will be that people will bring theii
v.'-- gifts to the tree Instead of coming tc
the tree to receive them. He meant
hv that that those In more fortunat?
circumstances will be asked to com<
and bring gifts of flour, meal, grits
frlce and fruits^ together with comt
" fortable clothing, to be In turn giver
to the needy poor of the city.
? A committee will be appointed tc
__ - . locate needy families and anothei
committee, which Mayor McNincl
jJ termed the '."Company of Joy Bring
j ers," will be appointed to carry th?
parcels out to those in need. He ha!
i Issued a call for volunteers to thb
" ^company and stated that he wouk
r - - appreciate calls over telephone 01
otherwise, notifying him of a desir?
to assist in this matter.
The definite place for?the holdinf
HgLv of tho municipal exercises has nol
been arranged as yet, but will b<
within the coming week and an
. nouncements will follow. Mayor Mc
Nlnch will appoint and call togethei
jg hlb- several committees within a daj
j''- or two-when full plans for the affaii
[i ' will be made.
The holding of a municipal Christmas
tree is In line with the practice
in vogue In other large cities, wher
i, ..; those who can afford plenty, share t
nart of their substance with the lesi
fortunate of their community. Lasi
; year the tree was placed on the court
house lawn and there was a big celebration;
this year another Interesting
program will' be gone through witt
- and there will be the addition o:
presents of a substantial nature foi
Hi th* poor of the city.
Mayor McNloch hopes to make t
"basket" affair of the celebratlor
hoping that the citizens will bring
baskets of foodstuffs and clothing
It will be the duty of the committee
appointed for that purpose, to ge'
v the addresses of those who are to re
. ceive the gifts and the "Joy Bring
? ers" to distribute them on Christmai
- day or soon afterwards as possible
' - Charlotte citizens have always con
tributed largely of their funds foi
worthy causes and there is scan
1 doubt but that many a poor familj
i - will be given cause to be glad thai
Christmas is observed with the spirii
ot giving. '
Nothing has ever been done in t
public way as yet to ascertain the
I status of the families of soldiers whc
have volunteered from Charlotte lr
1 one brapch of the service or other
K There are many faratlies here whc
f have members in the army or nivj
who are amply able to take care-'oi
i themselves, but it is known that mdnj
-' poor boys have also offered their der
[v vices to their country and some o:
r. them may have left thciir families ir
needy conditions. It is Bucn ramiuei
I that Mayor McNinch would get ir
touch with and get a list of, so tha
In case of necessity in the future
*. should It ever arise, public appeab
' may be made, to the end that suet
i families may not suffer because o!
ywniting the sacrifice to their coun
The hoys away from home are be
iny amply taken care of in the Christ
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DECEMBER
COMEDIES'OF C
"Say, Elmer, wot d'yu want Santy C
"Huh, wot I want most of all Is a goo
mas boxes being sent from here. The C
government takes care of them so w
far as food, clothes 'and medical at- sc
tentlon is concerned and the boxes a'
will merely be Christmas cheer. The
visiting soldiers in Camp Greene will cl
also be given a Christmas celebration a:
and there is no doubt but that the h
"Hoover Christmas Tree" on Christmas
eve will produce enough food- u
stuffs to take care of. for a time, of h
the needy families of the city. g
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NEWS NOTES AND HUMOR 5
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Athletics and Transfers Attract p
Attention of Company Claim- f<
ing Dearth of News. o
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There isn't very much news running 3
around in the company these days,
but what there is is garnered here be- n
low. ?- ci
The company baseball team is in
what you might call first-class order
(when it isn't otherwise), and chal- e]
lenges any other company in the regi- t(
ment For recommendation, look to ,j
headquarters company and other hope- .
. I ful companies who have gone down in
> defeat at the hands of our valiant
r'nlne. Of course, we aren't for such *
11 players as "Lizzie" Steele.
r j The boys of Company D, who have gi
- i been transferred to the machine gun p;
11 company, oro considerably "hot" up. b;
I They like not the idea of assisting a ai
j docile mule along with a dismounted | p
II machine gun on his back. The boysltl
11 are rather scary 01 approacning saiu | si
' mules' heels. Darky Brletwetoter says o:
j he. to going to teach hto long-eared |?
i JaCkass the semaphore so he won't: C
( have to approach said end of said Si
1: jackass. We suggest that "Briet" I f?
learn the semaphore himself first. 1?
Kid Cordl, the "BronU Twister," |lr
- claims to be able to outsing the &mous B
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M. C. A. by Courtesy of
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EENE Charlotte, N. C.
11, 1917
JAMP GREENE '
laua t' give yu?"
d stiff poke at the kaiser's jaw!"
aruso. To hear him practicing lately
ould bring tears to your eyes. It's
> sad to see a young life so thrown
way.
"Lizzie" Steele, our energetic me- (
hanic, says that work gives a man
n appetite. We asked "Lizzie" what
e means. .
"Doc" Franklin is with us again, as
sual. We are certinly reminded of ,
is presence by the philosophical lan- '
uage he uses. Webster invented a
ictionary. We suggest that you inon*
n niinprh rtictiori&rv. iTou have
le goods, "Doc." ,
Forrest Lyman, our eminent farmer,
om Hawkins Corners, has been demnstrating
that Uncle Sam is a good
rovider. It is no uncommon sight to
Lyman running up for "thirds and
jurths." There is only one thing
rnt prevents him from going up eight
r nine times?the "chow" doesn't last
rnt long. Well, Lyman Is good for
00 pounds anyway.
"Kid" Bowen has been telling us i
iat he comes from the city of Con- i
ecUcut With no insult to Connecti- i
at, we ask him who allowed him in ;
Corak is thinking of showing Gen- i
ral Pershing how to conduct the ofjnsive
in France. We always did ,
link Corak had talent. He says so
Imaolf
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SSUES BASEBALL CHALLENGE, i
On a previous date the baseball I
ame between L company and K com- I
any the outcome of the game of
all to be played was in doubt. But
3 some of the prophets of L com- '
any haA predicted it was a sure i
ling for their company. K company <
tys their defeat was due to the loss <
f men in their regular line-up. The
:ore being 13-4 favor L company,
assel behind the plate and Sergeant
utton on the mound made L company
sel confident of the game. Chal nges
are in for all. Teams wlshig
a game "inquire of Sergeant
atos. .
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ARMY NEWS
f FOR ARMY MEN H&Jjj
THEIR HOME FOLKS TOi W,
No. 10 M
[RDOPS FORMED H
NTO NEW UNITS M -i
rhree Machine Gun Battalions
Assigned to "Overflow" Camp. ||^
Four Infantry Regiments Give
Men to Compose Brigade and p>vS(f|
Division "Suicide Squads.'' ^fjmy
The first tangible result of the mjlljr
work of organizing the regular ariny
rpops Into brigade and division units
iajiie yesterday when about l!,000 men iiy/KNJ*
'rom the Fourth, Seventh. Thirtieth MljlrlJ
uid Thirty-eighth infantry regiments i]i 11,11 Tfw
were moved to u newly established I ( ' I
camp near tlie- Berryhlll house at I I
-amp Greene, and formed into the jn HbJH
3evonth, Eighth and Ninth machine j? B/jjFyj
{un battalions. H
When announcing the organization H I
jf these units, camp headquarters did MJ?&SlM
not make ]>ub)ic the identity of the - || JH
brigades and division to which these U H ffll
battalions will he assiKiicd, nor was 9JTI IV
it definitely stated that each of these
Is not a divisional machine gun batThese
additional gaps made in the
regiments of Infantry will be tilled I
by recruits, the first Increments of '.
which have begun to arrive here. ? m Jm/U
All /lay Thursday these men toiled I jKm U
hard in preparing their new camp. H-W JUf H
though only one battalion Intended to . fl Ji u
deep there lost night. The others t&JKjfiJy
returned to their quarters in the rcgi- fWHSfTHB
incnts from which tiiey were drawn.
rhe greater part of the work of mak
ing camp was accomplished, though
construction of the field kitchens'
foundations and certain other Important
work remains to be completod
today. Tents were pitched and
hundreds of men were busily engaged 0%
with pick and shi-vel digging drain ^ Wgvi
ditches and making company streets. \
The camp is located on a field SSlS.
which was in cultivation when construct
Ion of the camp began, and conseauently.Is
soft. Wet by the recent
rains, the ground .still was sticky.
reddish mud. This soon will be packed \Wlfli~~
ilmost as hard as a brick by the tramp V \f|WJ| t
of many soldiers. The drainage is \\\?Mi
fairly good, though the lay of the *"
ground is such that an extensive |l RN
system of ditches will be necessary 1 ?1
to prevent drainage from the bat- ? II
talion on the highest location flood- J jl UP"
Ing the camps of the units lower down A M
the slope.
A squad of negro workmen had
prepared a trench fer the water sup- ll i I ;
ply lines, which, however, were nof
connected. Another squad of work- II I
men were engaged in digging a large II Ifr
trench for a main which will sup- II
ply other proposed camps on the II
-r.o.1 xnnn?rHnir Dcfwd and Tuska- |?1 ggj
seegee roads, between the stream and IHH BKjj *
the Berryhill house. For the pica- jjtfJ
ent at least, these battalions will not _
have side-walls and floors for their ]
tents, as are provided for all other
units In camp.
This is the first overflow camp prepared
at Camp Greene, which now Is H9^93|
taxed beyond its capacity to accommodate
troops. Additional camps lla^<8wBB
for five or six auxiliary organizations ^
expected to be sent here without EaKSMAJ
great delay are needed. These units ....
n slenal corps battalion, san- ||||| |(|j| ||[j|
Itary train, and a truck company. It IIII II id
was understood. This situation, how- Ull II I
ever, Is not so much the result of
the arrival during the past few days fill I I
of more troops as to the formation RR I
of new organizations from units al- ill I
ready at this camp. MD H
ATTENTION", NICOLA SERIANNA | fl ^
Antonio Manaeso, Company F. Thirtieth
infantry. Camp Greene, requests
that Nicola Serianna, at Camp Greene,
company and regiment unknown.
ploare write hlr.r-ut above address.
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