Published Under Auspices f K National War Work Council I Y.M.C.A. of the United States Vol. 1 mm l IN IMF HFRE r ? ||s Several Trains Bearing Pennsyl vanians From Camp Meade. About One Ttapwand Men Con stitute Ad twice Guard of Movement of 6,000 Soldiers. tThe first nattofcal army soldier (drafted mentf t'Af rived Thursda fit'-jy morning at Camp Greene, betwee ,5' : 860 and 1,000 arriving on severs ,;\.i . trains from Camp Meade, at Admira . jHS;> Md. These soldiers constituted th t-: advance guard of a reported move \ nient of, about 8,000 drafted men t <44 this camp for assignment to the va rious regular army regiments hen The arrival about a vreek ago of abon 1,000 regular army recruits' marke ';* the beginning of the expansion of th ; regular, army Units to the newly et tablished war strength. - The national army men arrlvln - yesterday are principally Pennsylvanl men. and formerly were members c v . artillery, infantry, engineers, an quartermaster corps units. They wer - '- assigned to units here the names c which were not given out 'There ar ? no engineers organizations at thl - camp, though it is known such troop will be needed to complete the organ ization of a division to be complete " ly formed here. Information regarding the arrive of the - remaining hundreds ordere - here was npt given.out Major" Gen . eral DIckman, camp commander, stal . . .. ed several days ago "that- 8,000 la th number of men expected here wlthi a short time. The population c : Camp Greene was increased yestci ? day to almost 26,000. Indications were plentiful at th - camp yesterday that training actlvt ties will greatly' increase after th weather moderates. The commandin officers'of the various regiments wer yeaieraay Beginning 10 snow cui?iu?i able Impatience over the necessity c continued suspension of outdoor train Ing. Since the arrival of Genera Dickman it Is apparent that a gen oral speeding up is spreading over th * camp. Though not stated officially, It ap - -pears definitely established that train ^ Ing In certain "phases has not bee pushed as rapidly aa it soon will b because of the knowledge that man hundreds of new men were soon to b added to the different organization! The arrival of these men having be gun, officers appear to be rapid! * mapping out plans for future tralnini though it was understood no specifi Instructions have been sent regiments . commanders by General Dlckmai - Several regimental commanders, yel terday reported they were workln on training schedules, the carryln out of which, however, will depen upon the weather. The almost unan lmous belief among the colonels wa that at least seven to ten days mor w^ll be lost befdre the snow has melt ed and the^mud which must folloi has' dried. In their new quarters, the newly ai rived national army soldiers in man Instances found things not to thel liking and the wish that they wer back at Camp Meade was often ex pressed. Coming from a nations army camp,, these men have bee sleeping in barracks instead of tent/ they said they had a plentiful suppl of everything, fine weather and wer among old acquaintances. At Cam Greene they found ?*ie enlisted me rustling wood and trudging. throug the snow and cold in the discharg ,, of their duties. At the Marylan camp they said the weather geqerall had been satisfactory. ' COMPANY D. 47TH INFANTRY. Sergeant George Stanton was ce_j tainly glad to hear that be did xu have to go to the new machine gu outflt. How happy the girl in Syrs cuse must.feel. ENGH' ?s Printed Weekly for the Y. ?f)e (Efjarlol Edition for CAMP GR' DECEMBER j COMEDIES OF ( e - ] After three attempts) "Gee! Tliei if I Tliey don't even understand their own I ; WAS SAD, SAD WEEK FOR CO. D, FORTY-SEVENTH j n Snow and Departure of Well-1 j ? Liked Comrades Cast Shad-| ow Over Company's Camp. j y BY SKRGT. GEORGE STANTON. f> It has been a sad, sad week for the j members of Company D of the 47th. , i. So great was the deluge of tears, that , - were shed by mournful members of ! g said company, it was found necesd ' sary to police up the snow off the j i- company street, wnen 11 was noisea 3 abroad that Sergeant Patrick R. Mac- ; ? Cabe, alias General Delivery, and his 'Z faithful valet. Corporal Walter Byem, better known as "Skeckels the < Human Pull Through" were to de~ part from our midst. The com' pany street looked the famous old i i "Rio Grande." These said two In- ' I dlvlduals are to be transferred to the : [\ .machine gun battalion. One other < n who will depart in the near future, < s Is no less a personage than our Ser y geant Howard Mozena. from way out ? In Iowa. He leaves for the Officers1 I n training camp the first of the year. ' n Howard is very musically inclined, h" During his spare moment* which e were very few "on account of his d popularity with the fair sex," Howy ard has cbmposed a very pretty parody on "The World Will be Jealous of Me." The title of this popular little ditty is "Oh yrhen I Get My Commission. Won't the Boys be Jealous t of Me?" . n Our veteran ranking duty sergeant, John Dewitto, and Corporal Bugs J Walters are attending "gas school." rnmmrnm , i? M. C. A. by Courtesy of it ?bsertor EENE Charlotte, N. C. 18, 1917 3AMP GREENE jc French ure an unintelligent sort, tangungc." John has gained much fame during his eight years military career, as an administer of hot gas. Great and terrific have been his gas attacks upon recruits in the past. Ho now expects to become proficient in the defensive against the "Boches." II Sergeant John's defensive method.1 against the "Bosches" prove only halt as effective as does his offensive against the recruits, we feel that he will react the pinnacle of success. First Class Private Eugene Canty, the "Canteen Kid," and Patricg Nlckie O'Ryan, both of East Boston fame, have been promoted to corporals. "Grandpa" Corporal Walsh, "the snake charmer" has been promoted to supply sergeant. We all feel sure that "Grandpa" will be a huge success In this undertaking. It Is a well known fact that when "Grandpa" wants anything from a shoestring to a lire grate, he always brings home the "bacon." Private Pinto, who while crossing the road near the camp about a week ago, backed up to a speeding auto and pushed, has fully recovered from the shock. He Is back with the company again and can be seen crawling around in his oldtime speedy manner. Corporal Walsh has been replaced In the hospital by Private Gallager, whom we miss very much. Our company "Are chief" Corporal Able Pierce, the piano player of Niagara Falls fame, broke all records last Sunday night when the ilarm was turned In. Able was certainly on the job. He was washed, iressed, and had his teeth polished, tiat on straight and even had his legjins laced in the record breaking time of thirty minutes. Able has the makings of a most able "Are chief." He- certainly has what it takes to make, speed. ARMY NEWS FOR ARMY MEN AND THEIR HOME FOLKS MuSl No. 11 | ui CftMP BJ1PTIST PASTCR |ffl icciirc rsnciiin i isman 1 Jffi idJULJ rniiLHLLL nuiiu wjj ' Rev. P. H. McDowell Refers to Boys Encamped Here ftjJJIj Highest in Morality. Farewell, Charlotte; cordial and O : clean; city of the fair and of the Jk Farewell, Camp Greene, with your I M mf highest morality and lowest mortality U 1'1 "" record. Your murk is on, your wmM 1' for the "Y" and the "Hut" life and JLB ! work In Camp Greene would have HJ^M I been hard. In you I have spoken to yj B B | those audiences of hungry men. hun- II nil j dreds and thousands. Never can I SJI U 'forget those seas of faces. In you I Bfya,B have done personal work and talked Ikfl Vn 1 Jesus Christ until the very tongue I ffUi was tired. Crowded and cordial I I "Huts," you hold and keep and con- U i serve our soldier-men, you save them fl| B .-V" by serving them. More power to the "Y" in every camp and on all our B/H No doubt the study walls will crowd H Jj| U close and narrow and small will seem the comidaries of a single parish. ftlU UTB Often will I itch to be off and out and * through the camp, ever new. ever tre- WPpMi mendous. Now to drop in and mess Wf wfflP with the men, and no "Y" man or HhkW religious worker ever left a mess hall nQH hungry; now to knock to raise the eTwKj ! filendly flap and an honest face-to- UVjl | face with frank, manly men; now to ; stroll along "officers' row" to find fine y l|Dn , j fellowship with these men who are y j Ju.it folks; to mess betimes with them v *8Mjn | and to find that the officers are often ^?\ XJ I "the forgotten men of the army," and , i then to churn with the "sky pilots," 11 to feel the heartbeats of true Chris . j Uan chaplains and to visit with these | j friends of every enlisted man the , | great base hospital and to put In an \wJflA afternoon where a word and a sitvle \\KrB ! and a prayer will count as nowhere \>|/M else on earth; last of all to close the * HyI day lost in a throng of men in one rt of the home hots of the army?it may L |l 1 be movies, it may be "stunts," it may T"l I iH: 1 be religious, but It is sure to be let- J /i tors, home, friendship and saving I , work of love. Back home I go. but i with sadness at going. Your brother man. If* I p. h. Mcdowell. i P i i Baptist Camp Pastor. Melrose, Mass. I I MACHINE^UN COMPANY |M 'I, FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY "Smoky" is putting out the hot ' cakes for the boys and believe me they > sure can scoff them up. Private sctoneau gets quite alarmed when he hears any kind of a call. f&JVMTI i One night they had a Are and h?heard the call. Witth a mighty yell {nS^JHj i he sprang from the bed but Just *Wv4nit^n then someone hit him with a nuniber ten shoe. ' "? Waf Bugler Splvey Is still working on i> in tit war plans. His new machine shoots 5,000 rounds a minute. Some gun. I I! I' HI " i The boys of the Machine Gun Com- I i li II -.j pany sure can sing when there Is something nice Tor dinner. Jack It. D Lively lost his voice crying for corn bread. ^ CAMP ATHLETIC OFFICER. I 1) Major O. E. Coie, of the First New I'll! I Hampshire infantry, has been appoint- II! i III 1 od athletic supervisor of all nth- arwewva letics In Camp Greene by General I.AA.l Dickman. camp commander. ' - . ..... .