am git , r-j? ) I PnWbM Under Ampicer f National W? Work Council ^ T.M.C.A. Wtk.U?tedSt?t?? if Vol. 1 imssssr WIS IN JMCK MEET I' & ; Victory Meet Staged ,at Fair |\ Grounds on Fourth Proves of 0; ' , Much Interest. - Proving that the word which desig|v>' ' > i nates then* unit is applicable only to t ' ' ?ho tmlnrfl nf.thnlr military duties and I In no way characterizes their athW?y. _\ letic ability; the camouflage squadron \ of the Fifth aviation regiment fcron first hono^i in the Victory" track meet yesterday morning at the fair grounds, making 27 points out of a |S? possible 100. . The "Victory" meet was i'avored by beautiful weather.' Owing to existing condition? at camp, the number of participants was not as large as had been hoped for, but the amount of inj&ir*' terest shown and the quality of the Kfe-v track work done was declared very gratifyng to those who had the meet Hra-V in charge. This meet, which was iden} . tical with those held in all of the military camps and cantonments in tha " United States, was promoted by the : . army Y. M. C. A. at Camp Greene, the ' moving spirit-being Secretary A. B. Bergman, camp physical director for the army "Y." The athletic officers of the camp- co-operated with the "Y," as did Mr. Clarence F. Foster, camp athletic director. !? '* The officials for the meet were as follows: Colonel L. M. Kennon, camp commander, honorary referee; Capt.*' tain Cottrell, reefree; Lieut. Fern& ' andez, starter; Dr. J. O. Grogan. honorary judge; C. F. Foster, .Lieutenant Willis and Lieutenant Cole, judges; A. E. Bergman, inspector; Harry Herzfeld, clerk of the course; Lieutenant Kearns, Grausnick, Abernethy and Oliver, assistant clerks; Fauls, Stevens and Merz, time-keepers; Foster and Partrick, scorers; Sgi* Major Stone and Lieutenant Willis, vT4 - judges of the semaphore signalling; Major Stone, Lieutenant Cole and A. E. Bergman, judges of the litter&}?V. bearers' race. The list of the events and dinners is as follows: $&* . 50-yard dash; time 6 1-5 seconds. I First, R. VV. Kindel, Fourth Motor Me- | chanics regiment; second, A. Fisher, Tenth casual company; third, W. J. Waldron, Fifty-third squadron, Fourth J*#-' provisional regiment; fourth, A. Metz, Sixty-second truck company. $h-'f 100 yard dash; time 12 seconds. First, R. W. Kindel, Fourth Motor Mechanics regiment; second, E. Winegarner, Twelfth casual company; third, Wm. F. Otto, cooks and' bakers company; fourth, Cr A. Talbert, Fifty-third squadron, Fourth provisional- regiment 220 yard dash; time 28 seconds. First, W. H. Calcutt, Sixty-first camouflage squadron; second, H. W. Mcg??T"' Homey, Sixty-first camouflage squadron; third, D. G. Williams, First com. pany, Fourth Motor Mechanics regiment; fourth, F. Belluomini, Seventh company, Fourth Motor Mechanics regiment. One-half mile race, 2 minutes, 34 1-5 seconds. First, Joseph Hig& ; gins, lelutenant, sixth squadron, First regiment; second, D. G. Williams, First company, Fourtn Motor Mechanics regiment; third, L. Kamas, camouflage squadron. Fifth Provision;/ ? a I regiment; fourth, aeorge Rusness, j /.' camouflage squadron, Fifth Provisioft al regiment. One mile race; time 5 minutes, 64 1-2 seconds. First, Joseph Higglns, ;jrlieutenant, Sixth squadron, First provisional regiment; secopd, CyAldrich, Sixty-flrtt camouflage squadron; third, .. If; Carter, cooks and bakers school; . ./fourth, J. Rico, quartermaster depart>-/ .." - ? ment, base hospital. fegfe1.'?< "Running broad jump; distance, 16 /"feat,6 inches. First, R. Wheeler, quarV ' vtermast^r corps, base hospital; second, l V-.. IflyV F. Hoodfiheck, Fifty-first squadron. /?urth provisional regiment; third, J. T*. 8*eck, Ftfty.-ntigt^aquad nan, Fourth mm - k Printed Weekly for the Y. tht (?IjarIo i / '" Edition for CAMP G1 JULY NOTED ATHLETE IN Lieut. Joseph Higgins, who is i stationed at Camp Greene, was per part in the Victory track meet, wh the afternoon of July Fourth by the prior to his enlistment in the arm a number of excellent records in Ions New England championship for th 54.3 seconds. He is one of the m Greene officers. first squadron. Fourth provisional regiment; second, C. F. Hoodcheck, Fifty-first squadron. Fourth provisional regiment; second, F. V. Belluominl, Seventh company. Fourth Motor Mechanics regiment; third, C. I. yheeler quartermaster corps, base hospital; W. J. Baullah, Fifteenth C9mpany, Fourth Motor Mechanics regiment; fourth, G McKenzie, Fifty-third squadron Fourth provisional regiment. Semaphore signalling; time, 2 minutes, *45 1-5 seconds. First, Merz, Hamuay. manua \ Jfe: &?; ? M HL^c ?l h 81 M HV Ha I iJ B i< H d I c H l_m I <1 I 1 a 0 n fl C 1 v f in officer in one of the aero squadrons 0 haps the moat noted athlete whp took ^ ich was staged at the fair grounds on ( army Y. M. C. A. Lieut. Higjrlns Just ^ y was a collegiate track man. making ^ distance running. He holds the ^ e half-mile, his time being 1 minute ost popular and efficient of the Camp * a e successful one. Those participating in q the events wore their O. D. trousers ^ anrt army shorn, which of ? , course hadnicapped them to an appro- q ciable extent. Among those who took ' part in the meet was Lieutenant Jo- r . seph Higgins, of one of the aviation v i regiments, who took first place in the a . half mile and mile. Lieutenant Hig- t i gins is a famous athlete, having par- p ticipated in many of the national in- ^a ter-collegiate "meets in the United "J States. - ti ^ c PRESIDENT FELICITATES ]i GEN. DIAZ ON SUCCESS a OF ITALIAN ARMIES r i The following message was sent t through the department of state to t General Diaz, in command of the f . Italian armies: a i Please accept my warm congrat- n i ulations on the splendid successes a of the armies under your com- v mand. The whole spirit of Amer- I ica acclaims the achievement and I feels that a very great blow has ti beep struck for "the liberties not f only of Italy but of the world. I - - . WOODROW WILSON. t ? une-26..-I918. i ARMY NEWS I |IJ |J FOR ARMY MEN AND ?? THEIR HOME FOLKS No. 40 ]|/j| I [CI. MMU RETURNS 111 FROM TRIP III STATE jgjl J nthusiastic Over What He Saw. Dr. Grogan Attends Atlanta \ Conference. \ Secretary J. T. Mangum of the army\ I * . M. C. A., was at Camp flreene for a \ 1 \ *jjjfl tort while on Saturday. Since the \ rat of May Mr. Mangum has been 'm I IP lfl jing recruiting work for the army fiTrmfflB if" in this Htat-i, co-operating with r. C. M. Norfleet, who is state re- vN \sJ\m uiting secretary. During this time r. Mangum lias made over 100 adiesses in the principal cities of North L^ff DM arolina. and with the assistance of (D r. Norfleet has organized 32 recruit ffl jmmittees in as many places. In , m tese addresses Mr. Mangum iia.-? not \ >nfined~ himself to the subject of \\1 /Am my Y. M. C. A. work, hut did splen- llvV |M Id service for the lted Cross drive UyfoHM ' ad war savings stamps campaign. In j/A jWjB recent conversation with The Trench fll II11} iM ad Camp man he grew enthusiastic TTTTTTTfJ ? he told of the enthusiasm and de- Utfl ;rmination of the people of tills slate bin > further every agency that is work- U ig lor the success of the allies. He i (lie fact that the XSners have such I lagniflcent crops, especially In east Several Camp flreene "Y" score- W^Bgwi iries were loaned to Vamp Jackson A IN le pa.st week, an S. O. S. call for men U W-MJi avlng been Kent out from the camp I ?cretary. Sonic of these men will Murn to this camp within a few days. IT 'hile others will perhaps stay at H R wj] (U[ / '* * amp Jackson. Those who left were nf Mf lessrs. J. W. Rupp. Andrew Neuinan. BP Itfl W M i. O. Smithdeul. J. W. Hayes, Jr. O. I^SpjsJV Myers. L. I,. iiargraves. ||? II || Several of the Camp Clreene relig- |g jJU It B . >us work secretaries returned on Frl- || | H ay of the past week from a 10 days' ^1B gw onfereime at I'.luc Ridge. The group rftUNDH ras headed by Secretary \Y T 'hompson. Jr.. who is religious work O W Irector of the camp. While away Mr. Bfyjf B. 'hompson made a brief visit to IjoiHwi Cnoxville. Tenn.. where he is pastor f the First Presbyterian <'hur< h. lyWyy Dr. J. O. Urogan returned the past I frglJn / reek from a visit to Atlanta, where jp Jvr/y. ic took part In a great and enshusi- f stic gathering of the prominent men yw Mi' f the soutii. The purpose of this ysBA teeting was the arrangement of the nanciai campaign which the Y M. I '. A. is to stage this fall. Dr. John t. Aloit ana mm, uiuih. rere anionK those who were present ^ ^ or addresses. Several of Charlotte's \rYfl itizens were present at the meeting /kr rfjifol Rev. K. R. Welch has Joined the ^rl/wll orce of the army Y. M. O. A. at Camp I rreene. and has been assigned for I uty at the base hospital. Mr. Welch jMWHryzol i a prominent Methodist minister. aving been for a number of years a ywj I^j residing elder. He came here front | V? ] he pastorate of a Methodist church t the University of Oklahoma. V \u I Mr. B. R. Padgett, a constructing \ til ngineer of Atlanta. Ga., arrived at V " # I .'amp Greene the past week, where he y Gf DOk up his duties as superintendent V t f f construction for the Army Y. M. 4 r- Tl Dr. J. O. Grogan, camp general sec- HI etary of the army "Y," leaves this if reek for Blue Ridge, where he will JM ttend a conference of camp secre- JM iries. He will probably be accomanied by Mrs. Green and Mr Grogan . nd Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Partrick, ? iiirr. They will go through the coun ry in a machine. um Following: the policy of the Y. M. Kflr A., that i?, the rendering: of the MUffl irgest possible service to the soldiers, number of the "Y" secretaries have ecently accompanied departing units o the port of embarkation. On these |f|) JfHi Ifif roop trains the soldiers have been H |la urnished with magaines and other HI I I IIII rticles that they needed by the "Y" rt / J In aan, who made it is business to look II ||| fl|ff fter the comfort of the men. This II jul /ork has been greatly aided by the A. n fjlj Jul *. A., which, through the efforts of If Jill Jlf| librarians Good rich and Johnston N In Bl 'V iijS las supplied a large number-of books or use by the soldiers. Secretary- C. I 11 jjU' JP A. Oliver, who has had this troop II rain work in charge, thinks that this ' ?' 9 one of the. most satisfactory pieces I.Sa T| i >f serride which the "Y" renders.