nb':' f | hbEsM Under Atupicei f [j Ltiohal War Work Council ' r vf m r a jil. ii-u-j IlKl SOI, BOOT I MDJII OF III Training Received in Camp and * "Over There" Will Make Citizens As Well as Soldiers. by the editor. .There will .be many significant re: rolta of all the preparation that the touMi States is now making to assist ' |j.the defeat of the European Hun UkAer the leadership of the kaiser. IBnienburg, Ludendorff and the other*. Not the least significant is the ggp^pable fact that Uncle Sam is lift-only making good soldiers but he Sftreparlng a future citizenry that any'country may well be proud of. i The Camp Greene observer has abundant proof of^ this fact ^as ^he 'pa?-are not only given Jlan equipment .that will enable them , Pto give a good account of themsaive.. on the day of battle, but they are given a training that will contribute to the development of the whole man. ? The main 'business of the United 8Utes to to befit the Hun. That is the diutstanding fact that is always kepi in mind. Nevertheless the devclop~ ment that is given the soldier is such . that after the war is over he will be -avtmich more useful citizen than he was when he entered the camp, for Instance, men who in their ordinary ; jfiiiIks of life were not accustomed to i taking the necessary amount of exi ?rclse are being given such a tiaminR i 4m will no doubt cause them to coni tinue It. Marty men are being taugh ! gairibs that they have never heard ol "before; thoy are acquiring a taste for athletics and a skill that will changf their whole point of view. Again there pa mftiiv men In the army who arc B teaming the very rudiments of educn R turn; they are being given a chance li ffw* they have never ha?J before, ii is true. too. that men a.re being given ; Irtoml ?nij ralWoua instruction by th? 1 Y. M. C. A., K. of C. and other like .* organizations that very often they |i have never gotten at home. : " Probably the most striking illustration of benefits derived by the soldier it W itt the matter of health. The military '* officials are not only interested in the ' sanitation of the camps, they are vitally Interested In the personul health of the men. This is especially seen in the care ahd treatment of venereal Th* following excerpt from I article by an observer in France Is.of the keenest interest: "General { Bradley, who has entire chago of all the medical force of the army in France under General Pershing, tele I graphed me the day berore 1 Jen $ FUis that the venereal rates or tn? J American arpiy In France week b> ! week since January up to the preseni i time averaged but one-third of one J per Cent This means that there. lt I only one man out of each three hundred who Is Incapacitated for servlct I by venereal disease. This Is lower than | can be found among any other group J of men In America or elsewhere. Thf I army Instead of debauching men .it vf cleaning them up, making a more J moral atmosphere and giving them 1 better opportunity for clean recrea-1 tlon than any other city or town in America." . , ;j What is true of these picked men ; 4n Pnmrj> is true to a great extent .4 lii the American camps. The war and t\navy departments and the mllitarj * commanders with the co-operation ol tne different welfare organieatlons, are building- up not only a mllitarj machine, but they are building up a d manhood that will carry the United J States and her allies to victory. II will be a manhood, too, that will dc a tremendous part In the rehabilitation v of the world after thta conflict. Soldiers and fighters are not^only being "^hteou*neM Vnd"achievement0 artel RMPi ENCH Printed Weekly for the Efte Gfoxtlt Edition; for CAMP APRIL A OOOO SPRING ? ! ' -SPRINi (Drawn especially for Ci i imiSF INTEREST FOR CM l S.oldiers Are M-Ooking Forvv; to Charlotte's Musical Ever of This Week. A large number of Camp Grei ( soldiers will avail themselves of L unusual opportunity for hearing ' best music afforded by the Chnrlc 1 Music Festival on Friday and Sat [ day of I his week. This is a conclus I that has been reached after many 1 pression have been heard. The f ; that there will be present a num of musicians of international repu ; tion, coupled with tl?e" clrcumstai ' that three of the Carpp Greene bai will participate in the program, I caused an unusual Interest In the f tival. The bands which will part, pate as one great band are those the Seventy-seventh, Sixteenth ? Thirteenth artillery regiment. Among the famous musicians * will take part in the programs a Lucien Mul-atore, who Is known i tionally atf."the only rival of Carus He will represent the republic France. Madame Francis Alda t represent Great Britain in the ente allies' group. She is a celebra artist of the Metropolitan in N York, and has created a sensat wherecver she has gone. Miss A1 Nielson, who will represent Ameri is so well known to Americans t it is unnecessary to say that ishe the prema donna soprana o'f Metropolitan Opera house. Lo Hasselmana, who was appointed the French high commission to c< duct the bands at Camp Greene, the leading conductor of Paris Op Cotplque. .The Entente Allies' Festival beg on Friday evening; Muratore sing at that time. In addltlon to t CO? Y. M. C. A. by Courtesy of jiie (Dbsertoei GREENE Charlotte, N. C. i 22, 1918 JUST 5 P EI n o ggipyg 4 G VAGARIES. imp Greene Trench and Camp.) feature the military bands of the Thirteenth. Sixteenth und^Seventy-seventh artillery regiments, wMch have been trained for the occasion by Conductor In Hasselmans. will play. Ohe hundred flr boy scouts of Charlotte, who luive al-o been traihed by Mr. Hasselmans. will sing the Marseilles. , On Saturday afternoon the Russian ird Symphony .orchestra will play. Two famous artists will sing. Miss Alice it Xlelsen, and Marion Green, baritone Saturday evening the military bands will play and. Madame Aids, of the New York Metropolitan, will sing. ene the * CHAPLAIN MARKLEY TALKS ur- AT Y. M. C. A. HUT 106 ion s JJi Miss Allison, of Charlotte, and ber - Mrs. Markeley Sang Solos Bence fore Soldier Crowd. !**" Chaplain Markley, of the Motor Mechanics regiment, discussed the -j subject, "The World's Greatest Rook?* ies," at Y. M. C. A. building 106. ina Camp Greene, last night. He used the incident surrounding David's de. feat pf Goliath as the background of re: his sermon and compared these incina* dents with the "modern Goliath," l0- Prussianism. What America needs today, he said, is "what David pos"111 sessed in his life: a knowledge of our ?te fOC8, a realization of our friendships ted and lastly, faith in God." ?W Miss Mary Allison, a popular vocalion 1st of Charlotte, sang beautifully two lice solos, "Face to Face" and "Hold lea, Thou My Hand.'' Mrs. Markley. who hat is' known at Camp Greone as Mrs. is "Chaplain," sang two solos also. "One the Sweetly Solemn Thought" and "We uls Wonder Why." by Men from all parts of the camp on- attended the service. Next Sunday. is Rev. George H. Allan, who has been era assistant religious director at Y. M. C. A. building 106, will preach. This Ins service is the last prior to his devlll parture for the north on a leave of isip ARMY NEWS . M | | * ^i^r rnn ARMY MEN ^ THEIR HOME FOLKS |J7|LN| No. 29 HyJ ' HARRIS HOUSE IDE ml * NEW HOSTESS HOUSE |jH General Cameron Gives Use of iUIhVjIj Officers' School as Temporary ES&W Recreational Place. fvB,4||| Itablished at the Harris house, on t!? BnWftWJA Tuckaseegc road near the Iterryhill BILIL house, now known as the camp head- KVj i [ fft quarters. Tliis action was taken ilic aCyiH j iween .Mrs. Catherine Vcdder, hostess D- \ < " house director of the south central Bf U I olliccrs of the Third division and an H j oltice building for the personnel ollijeers of that division, was donated to jlhe Y. \V. (.". A. through tlte courtesy commanding officer of the division. The building during the ptst few U [ Ijl |weeks has not served any impoitant IHMD [military purpose, it was understood, H Lfcpd without greal Inconvenience the 111 ToWTOinlrtt^ouraallow it to be-trted B) HTfralj as a temporary hostess housdT W H KM The house is now undergoing :t S'SJLjll . number of repairs which will make it H 'suitable for the purposewhich it will BwJJj I doubt become a popular meeting W j place for the olliccrs and men who Mj /W W n ' house which was recently burned bad | they will continue to make use of the jflf ) ; present house goes without saying. luflf ff *U The national board of the Young S"SnB3B i has decided to rebuild the hostess YMUfV&/1 house. Mrs. Yeddor. who canvassed HO^tlErj house should he rebuilt at an early ESjMBJVy - date and she has recommended to struclion "will lie under * way. The? Wk^\s tied as yet. It is believed, however. ft ' that the old location will not a sain be used, but the new house will be lo1 caled at a point where the largest ! number of soldiers will be served. Urllf?l The staff of the former hoste.-s I house will be widely scattered as a (result of the burning of the building jfjfjHoyap ?and the establishment of temporary uffK/r-f3j jfluarters. Mrs. Marie I'inkham. direc- vtWi ^tok^ Miss Rosamond Holmes, informs- /^w | \? Njon and emergency secretary; and 7 4" Miss Evelyn Green of the original \| v staff are the only ones who will re- V \ ti main in Charlotte. Mrs. N". (!. Con- ^ sales, official hostess, is now in New y M York. Mrs. Anna B. Turney. asso- \ efl elate hostess, has been called to An- A p jl gusta, Ga.. where she will be sis- J I bert. who wag business secretary for I T J the hostess house, has been secured BBSS 1 | N as emergency secretary for the Y. W . I/H C. A. hostess house at Camp Sevier COMPANY G. FIFTY-EIGHTH n-ww? U. S. INFANTRY. There was quite a lot of excitement UkSbf.mSi last Monday night at the smoke which was given in honor of Lieutenant Effert for the valuable services ten- B?Caaflft? dered white in command of Company ftf i jiii G. He was presented with a wrist 11 | l| watch by the men of the company in IB ' jl II token of the esteem they have for him. H I II "Sundy Crab" Thornton Is llrst sei - ill U II geant again. We hope he stays. n H If (Old Wilson got kicked out.) Ill fl H Old Sipes Is still "dog robbing" for || || R the lieutenants. fij || H| Sergeant Malleh learned to do II U IB "squads right" out at the rifle range fU | III Thursday. ' HI l>j>IDI . * Michael Evans was hitting nothing but bull'B eyes at the range. g jfc V 1 Sergeant Wall- is buffaloed by the ?fkl card sharp, Sergeant Reubcnstein.

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