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RED CROSS PRtVltEGED
TO 'TRADE WITH ENEMY'
Bta P???.nmnnl DormiL
| UGimaii uvtci mucin iv ivi ?:
DelA^ery of Supplies to Americans
Held Captive.
The latest privilege that has been
\V- granted the American Red Cross Is
i that of "trading with the enemyJ' by
jfe the war trade board, according to information
received from Washington
recently by Colonel William Lawson
Use*, Peel, manager of the southern di(I
vision.
) '?, - The privilege of sending letters, food
Jr" and money to American prisoners of
IV: > war in Germany has been granted exKs?.,:dusivoly
to the Red Cross by the
<|HBjte4&4|rH>an government.
J Germany demands a return for this
Tlil.s, in a sense, constitutes "tAdi
lng with the enemy." Thus it was
J V . necessary to get the sanction of the
y 'fry.war trade board for the undertaking.
' 1'"' This has jbst been secured and the
' ~ license issued. It gives the American
I Red Cross a blanket authorization for
? communication with prisoners of war
iwkv over the entire world?enemy, allied
?nd neutral.
11%!: Recently a naturalized Austrian
II '-v- came to the Red Cross, begging/It to
]|)E? . gep word to his son held prisoner in
far-off Siberia by_ the Russians. He
11?^ - - sent supplies and a. letter, the spirit
of which is as follows:
I ? "Do not let the Russians involve
^5'-.-.; you in any exchange of prisoners, fqr
?E:'. then you will have to go back to AusK?
tria or perhaps to Germany and be
'r- forced to fight Americans. Don't let
them* do that if you can help it; but
?&'. stay where you are and we will send
jpj you supplies until you can cqme to
jj#*' - America.".
'] The American Red Cross is at work
,7? - all the time gathering data about the
a{?7 American dead, wounded and missing
on this side of No Man's Land?and
l|?.': . about the prisoners on the other. The
war department undertakes to send
U to the nearest of kin only the bara
R fact that an American soldier has
been killed, wounded, missing or
-taken prisoner. The Red Cross, on ,
I gjLs.:. application, supplements this by ob|
Spi'i'taining details and data. It thus perI
p- "forms a service of inestimable value
I Urs re'at'ves at homdv.
n Likewise any "enenfy alien" In the
fl United States can get a message of
B EfcS' "eassarance to a relative in the 1cen- .
II tral empires through the Red Cross |
fL. ' If tho message is*lealttmate. In recon- I
|K\ nltion of this work, the German government
grants the Red Cross similar
' privileges regardipg American prlsoners*of
war in Germany, the nature of
..Jgfcr which cannot be revealed at this j
ISTtime.
Jf The American Red Cross has been ;
3 endeavoring to supply sweaters to all j
M&, men In the training camps who have
not ulready received them from' home
tfflpu or through friends. The distribution
is nearly completed at the camps in ,
|j?.' the southern division, and any man
who has not already received a*sweatJ&A
er and needs one should take the mat- ;
UBSi ter up at once with his company commander.
who in turn should apply to
the field director of the Red Cross to i
supply the deficiency. I
[*,. SEVENTH MOUNTED SECTION.
The mounted orderlies of the Sev- ,
LLV: enth Infantry was a jolly good bunch i
. until they had to stand reveille,
jfe?*-;. "Hook Miller" is proud of the fact
}{&. that he is from Ireland. "Hurrah
|M? for Hook!" Ask Finkelstein how he
3yy^ike?.hi8 new job"? Young Smith i
' tried to ride "Steamboat" but after :
/2?2<ilndinK himself on the ground three
times in rapid succession he . decided 1
' that he was no "Bronco Buster." 1
IjfiaBr/vc !'Frenchy" has been riding "Steam- !
v , boat" and he looks like a Jaw riding <
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FEBRUAR
LtU I Unto bULUItKb UN
EVENTS LEADING TO WAR
Secretary of N, C. Historical
Commission Discusses Growth
of German Nation and Its Arrtbitions.
Oreat Interest was-shown last week
in the lecture on "The Growth of
Germany and of German Ambitions,"
which was given to large audiences
In all of the acUvity holdings at Camp
Greene. This is the second of the lectures
which have been glv^n by R. p.
W. Connor, secretary of the North
Carolina historical commission, in the
series on "The Story Behind the War:
What It is All About."
The series was planned by Dr.
Jameson, of the national board of
historical service and will be given in
several of the large camps arid cantonments.
Behliyl the lectures is the
purpose to acquaint the men in training
with the fundamental issues at
aa follows:
A?The Warring Countries and
Their Geography.
B?The Growth of Germany and of
German Ambitions.
C?4The French Republic and What
It Stands For. ,
D?The British Empire and What
It Stands For.
E?How the War Came About and
How It Developed.
F?The American Democracy and
the War.
Dr. Connor has given lectures A and
B with -pronounced success. Mr. W.
W. Pierson, Instructor in history at th$
University of North Carolina, will deliver
C and D during the next two
weeks. Dr. J. G. deR. Hamilton, of
the University of North Carolina, will
conclude the series vyith lectures E
and F following Mr Pier-son. The
large attendance ut the lectures indicate
the general interest and realization
of the opportunity on the pa^t
of the soldiers. ^
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NOTES ITIOM BASE HOSLTTAL Y.
On Sunday evening. February 17.
the religious service was made especially
helpful by a most inspiring women
delivered by Mr. Manguni, Y. M.
C. A. camp w>clal secretary.
On Monday evening Dr. Beatty of
New York, one of the religious speakers,
went through the various camps
by the Y. M. C. A., gave us both an
instructive and entertaining address
on "Character Building."
At the regular mid-week service,
the Rev. H. O. Nash. Episcopal camp
rector, impressed ail present by his
Worry."
For forty minutes before the movies
Thursday evening. Dr. C. . C.
Mitchell thrilled a large audience with
his famous lecture on "Uncle Sam's
Soil and Soul." Without a doubt he
is one of the strongest speakers that
has yet been sent to Camp Greene
by the War Work Council of the Y.
M. C. A.
The Base Hospital Y. M. C. A. was
very sorry to lose as one of its workers
Norman B. Knowlton, of Mai\gor.
Maine, who has lately enlisted in the
56th Regiment Pioneer Infantry, formerly
the First Maine Heavy Artillery.
Secretary John K. Williams, formerly
of ?Y" No. 105. has recently
been transferred to the Base Hospital
Y. M. C. A. Mr. Williams has already
proven himself to be a very!
efficient worker both in the building
ind In the Hospital Wards.
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TO PORTRESS MONROE.
Chaplain Hall, of the 50th Infanfry.
received orders last week to report
February- 26th to Fortress Monroe^
Va., where he will attend thirty-day
training camp for chaplains who have
recently come into the service. He I
left Monday. Before, receiving his J
jommlssion Chaplain Hall was a Lu- i
theran minister. . 1
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f. M. C. A. by Courtesy of
Me ?bs
REENE Charlotte, N. C.
Y 25, 1918
AMERICAN ARMY OVER
90 PER CENT INSURER
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Camp Greene Is Second Among
Camps in Amount of
Insurance Bought.
I Washington. I'eb. 25.?Secretary I
! McAdoo announced today that on the
i basis of official reports received on
February 18 the Amei4can army is at
least 90 per cent insured.
"No camp has yet reported less than
92 per cent of its personnel insured.
Bight camps, out of thirty-two are 99
per cent insured..
It is now certain that the goal of
"one million men Insured by February
12" was attained. The total
amount of insurance actually on the
books of the bureau of war risk insurance
is now 18,879,104,000. This rep- i
resents 1,082,099 applications actually.
on file. The average amount apAmerican
expeditionary forces'were
not available. The amount of insurance,
however, written in the American
expeditionary force is known to
be substantial. Most of the over-seas
service are at least 90 per cent insured.
Camp Logan, Texas, leads in the
amount of insurance written with
$216,000,000 as a total. Camp Greene
is second witn u iuiui 01 vi\ ?.? ??
Twenty-four camps out of thirty-two
are insured for more than $200,000.
000; twenty-one for more than $225,000,000;
twelve for more than $250.000,000;
Ave for more than $290,000,000;
and two (Camp Logan and.
Greene) for more than $300,000,000.
Camp Dodge. Iowa, leads in the percentage
of personnel Insured with 99
92-100 per cent.
It will be remembered that the insurance
driv^ was launched on January
14. This has been, undoubtedly,
the most successful life insurance drive
lever conducted. The total amount of
government Insurance in force Is more
Jaan three times as much as the total
Ordinary life insurance In force with ,
any life insurance company in the
world. . ,
The succer/ of the drive has been
determined, in a large part, by the
hearty co-operation rendered by army
and navy officers, enlisted personnel.
the press, the omcere ana agemn ui
life insurance companies and fraternal
beneficiary associations, councils
of national defense, the Y. M. C. A.,
women's organizations,, and other federal,
state and local agencies.
It is very gratifying indeed to learn
that Camp Greene stands second in
the amount of insurance written. The
last official reports show that Camp
Greene is less than $3,000 behind
Camp Logan which is at present leading
the camps in America. ' The success
of the drive here has been determined,
to a great extent, by the
efficient work of Captain I'ond. the
camp insurance officer, and the officers
working personally with the men
of their respective units. The showing
is an excellent one. and It is4
hoped that before April 12 Camp
Greene will be leading. -
BASEBALL IN FEBRUARY.
The firstjrame of baseball on record
In this vicinity, took place last Sundayafternoon
on the parade grounds of
the Thirtieth infantry, when the Second
battalion officers took into camp
the First battalion officers, to tfce tune
of 5 to 2. The- game was featured by
the playing of Guillet, Klngery and
Clark. Klngery and Guillet feautred
at bat. Ward In centerfleld. executed
a double somersault in attempting to
catch a fly, a stunt that would have
done credit to a professional acrobat.
Y 105 has organized a ball team and
is looking for talent. Get In touch
mitK Phvulcnl Director Bereman.
A 'soccer football team has been I
organized in the Thirtieth and a chal J
lenge is issued to any team in. camp..
Addrecs Lieutenant Scarr. I
n ~ .1
army news (fjj 1)1 %
f for army men
their home folks
No. 21 m
Tnnnnc mini imp
inuuro hillmd jijj
TO FIGHT HID N[ || |
Reilly Aroused Soldiers to ||
Heights ot Patriotic Fervor. I
! Brought Crowd to Feet, Wildly j, J
I Cheering, America V^ould
Assume Any Burden. ?j 1 j-jl
| "/lie hundreds of soldiers which jB 11 I |n
| jammed the Knights of Columbus ANJ l 11
j building at Camp Greene last night WlVX I Mm
were aroused to patriotic enthusiasm [WVJlH
probably never before witnessed at a J/iOH
gathering in this section when Kor- . -'Vo
| mer Congressman Thomas L. Kellly, BtfJuijijB' .-r
, of Merlden, Conn., declared that "your
| Jwj" ?n"
j ranks of the nations lighting the Teu- EWVS
I Speaking under the auspices of the
fourth degree. Knights of Columbus. H nlr'8
.Congressman Kelliy told the soldiers
j 36 great camps of the I'nitod States
ing address by other speakers. The IffT&irs j|.|
; occasion was the anniversary of the B B VI] B
I birth of George Washington. The II HI ] R
speaker said "no more appropriate IB w| PI ffl
ja day could be selected than this to KSStiSvO#
recall to each soldier, and civilian as BR I ff||
well, his duty to his nation, sinbe this U VlfflD"
| is the birthday of the Father of His ' B fl jjB fl
j Closing his address. Congressman Htto
Keilly brought the throng of soldiers B
to their feet, cheering wildly in the 1J m~3tS~
enthusiasm aroused by his peroration. WMWT&j
"Our cause, being a just and holy sjj
great and final and everlasting vie- vlilffti '''
torv for our Rag. When that victory Jjf///
ivlff come, we know not. We only yTMA
know that tne war will go on until 11
I mat ena aoes come. Ifr rf ^
"We know that if there should he f "y
which Is now struggling s? nobly and
so faithfully to defend the shrines
and the homes of Italy front the invading
Hun should, perchance, he fyflilMf
forced to retreat again and Italy
should be eliminated front the war.
side the trl-color of France, the flag
that came to our rescue in our hour vtfVl
of need, and beside the barred cross 1L
"If the fates should decree that the \i ?T J
tri-color which has floated during
three awful years over eVrdun and V \ r |
the valiant French army which has \ fl
defended it, should at last he furled. v t V
then our flaB will take its place beside 4 V- fin
the barred cross of England and we w/ |
will fight on. And if, which God for- I
bid, the flag of England should be J
wlrtidrawn from the fight, then your J
flag and my flag will fight on, if it WPB I
fights alone." J
An elaborate musical program was
prepared for the occasion by Secre- * 1
tary T. P. Gavin, Jn charge of the
K. of C. building, who leaves today to .
enter the army. A concert was ren- I
dered by the band of the Seventy-sev- rl?rfiigfll
enth field artillery, followed by vocal
selections by Privat^ MacArmee. of
the Fourteenth machine gun battalion.
and the quartet of the First Army bfi 1 jiiii 1...
headquarters regiment (formerly the IN . Uijl |[|R
First New Hampshire infantry.) ||||] ||||| |]||j
The building was appropriately dec- |U| || j ||jj
orated. Over the stage, was a great I [ |j I III
likeness of George Washington, oh- I I [I 111
talned for this occasion through tjn- I { II I IP
kindness of Mrs. Cameron Morrison, of 11 II Br
SOLDI KItS ARE INVITED.
The soldiers' clul? rooms ol tne Sec- III I ' Dfl
ond Presbyterian church will be open 11 I . , HI
this week again and a reception with
refreshments tendered on Saturday ^
night. "
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