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J National Wm Work Council ^ I YJM&rf At IMteJ State Vol. 1 MACOMB TAKES CAMP COMMAND ' X X Colonel Arrives From Camp Travis, Succeeding Col. Kent. m <.Has Long and Brilliant Army Career?Greatly Interested ; in Future of This Post. Co). Augustus C. Macomb, late commander of a cavalry regiment at , 'dunp Travis, arrived here Sunday *>i add assumed command of- Camp Greene, Succeeding Col.' William A. .Kent, temporary commander followvfci the death of Col. L. W. V. Kenthe home of Mrs. Kennon, whom he) ? h?en,n a Iahbr noplnd nf time. I Even/though he has been far re-> I moved from Camp Qreene, Colonel *, Macomb had heard of It, and some of his statements* Indicated he expected j to find here a large body of regular army soldiers. When the last reports of this camp had reacbed him. It ) contained more than two divisions of , the regular army, and the colonel did J : not know what'chahges had occurred during the recent months. - At this Jfj , Camp at*present is a number of thoh3 sands of men, many of whom are neji groe.s, who with few exceptions have been drafted during recent months. That statement, however, does not apply to the. personnel of either the base hospital or the quartermaster depot. _ Colonel Macomo received a representative of Trench And Camp at the '/ Belwyn. and after the formalizes he at once assumed the ofirepgive. It began to appear without delay that Colonel Macomb granted the interview to interview and not to be interviewed. The hlstoi^y of the camp, and the present relatfenn between the -Camp and the people of' Charlotte, entertainment and recreational opportunities and various other kindred matters were aiscussea ui length. THfe' new camp commander expressed his pleasure in positive statements when informed that *no events had ocourred in months Indicating any but the most pleasant and . satisfactory relations between the camp and city. After some details of the situation at the camp last winter had been told him. at his request, Colonel .Macomb, without elaboration, said there are home, indications that Camp Greene in the future may. play a more important part than now. One report "Vfhlch he had heard during the day, that the Y. W. C. A. national organization is contemplating erecting two "more hostess, houses at this camp, aroused his interest. He did not ad! mlt having official confirmation'of the V* Colonel Macomb is 64 years of age ;and has a record of 42 years' service in the army. Unlike most army of.flcers. Colonel Macomb was graduated from the naval academy at Annapolis, but soon aftemards was transferred to the army. He Is interesting in. conversation* quiet spoken, and ap-i parcntly a man of great determlna-1 Mnn and .executive ability. He has j three sons in the service, two In the army find one in the navy. Across his 5 breast he wears a service bar bearing: live campaign ribbons. He participated In the Crow Indian campaign, in 1878 and in -1879 he fought against the Cheyenne and Ute Indians'who were f>in uprisings. during the SpanishAmerican war he served in Portb Rico, was in the. Philippines from 1901 to 1903, and in 1918 he. followed (Jeneral Pershing on the expedition *ifnto Mexico. Colonel Macomb , was a member of the military court which tried the \ negro troops engaged in the famous ^jkHouston riots, when 11 of the prin ENCH 1 i:< 'Printed Weekly for the Y. .1 - ' fltyxrbx Edition for CAMP GI I???SEPTEMBEI 3 l. ? * fl H - -* ? *? tences of ii number ?f othera were commuted to life imprisonment by President Wilson. Colonel Macomb is a member, of the Episcopal church. The father of Colonel Macomb was Col. John Macomb. United States army engineers. The new camp commander is a direct descendant of John Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and on the paternal side is a descendant of a high TJffloer of the American army of-the revolutionary war. MEANING OF SOME OF THOSE ABBREVIATIONS Read the List Jand Learn More v About Initials That Are Used by the Army,, v v T ttfAftl. T.Annk r<an.n fair. ' ing its cue from a tender rookie who J thought thpt the initials "O. D." stood for "Over Dere," printed a list of military abbreviations, with the suggestion* that all new men in 'camp glance them over and see if they could tell what the letters stand for. The promise was made that this week the list, with their interpretation, what the letters mean, would be printed, and this is now* presented beiow Of course this is only a fragmentary list, a small bit of the total list of military"abbreviations. More might easily be made up. If rookies think it wilt help them and .raaki request for a second list, to be printed ns \vas this first one, undoubted:y the editpr of Trench and Camp would be delighted to take the matter up with the military authorities and compile with their assistance a more complete list than the qne given herewith. Here is the list and the meaning of the aDDreviauons: C. G.?Commanding general. C. O.?Commanding officer. G. H.^-Guard house. O. D.?Officer of the day. C. G.?42nd)?Corporal of the guard. O. D. (2d)?tOuyo drab. A. W.'fl*?Absent without leave. M. .R. C.?Medical reserve corps. M. G. ?Machine gun battalion. F. S. B.?Field s/gnal battalion. O, T. C.?Officers' training-canlp. C. O. T. C.?Central officers' training camp. N. C. O.?Noncommissioned officer. D. B<?Depot brigade. D. B. (2d)?-Development battalion. 8. R. C.?Signal reserve corps. B. H.?^Base hospital. B. JH. (2d)?Boiler house. D, Jt. C.?Dental reserve corps. Qm. C.?Quartermaster corps. H. F. A.?Heavy field artillery. C. A. C.?Artillery corps. V. R. C.? Veterinary reserve corps. ?Camp Kearney, Trench and Camp. MM >j = M. C. A. by Courtesy of Be t\ tEENE Charlotte, N. C. I 25, 1918 BATTRLION OE FORTY- ' FIRST life AT GAMP; Major Wilcox Is in Command and | Is an Old Eleventh Cavalry Officer. The nrtvofee guard of* the Fortyfirst battalion U. S. G. arrived in Camp Creene Saturday to take the place of the 122rid which .also left on that-day for an , embarkation camp. A number of.the officers have been here for a week or more getting lined up and Saturday 146 men and officers arrived to prepare the way for several hundfed that are to come this j week. They "have been located at Camp Lee and are a flife set of fellows. having had plenty of training and arc here for the finishing touches. They will have to go some to keep up with the 122nd but it is understood that they have lots of unit spirit and several good stunts are expected from them before long. They, too, Mice the reafc of the boys, want tg keep Majorwtlcox, who is in command of the battalion, is an old army offl-' ccf and Is considered one of Uncle Barn's best. He was one of the famous Rough Riders that followed Teddy and has been in service since 1898 anff" comes from Blsbee, Ariz. Other staff officers are: Co. A?Lieut. Thos Shaw. Wm. M. Westmoreland, Second Lieut. Melvil CaudQl. " Co. B?Capt Wm. C. Massey, Lieut. Thos. Bond, Second Lieut. Geo. H. Keen. ?? , Co. C?Capt. Thos. A. Peevey,' Lieut BenJ.- S. Patrick, Lieut. Mills! Evans. v Co. _D?Capt. Thos. T. Nottingham. Second Lieut. Wm. P. Schrenkle. First Lieut. Alex L. Brodle is adjutant to Major Wilcox and First Lieut, j Martin F. Ford is supply and person-1 pel officer. Lieut. Thomas Shaw is a former ] member of the Eleventh cavalry from i Fort Oglethorpe. One interesting feature is that Lieut. Mills Evans is the former editor of The Birmingham News and a fine fellow. in talking with Lieutenant Shaw the writer found out that as first' sergants In Troops F and G. Eleventh cavalry, during the Cuban pacification, his commanding officer called especial attention to an unusual and extraordinary marching feat, record of which appears in general orders. In a few words these men and horses broke all records, marching a distance of 110 miles hi 29 hours. No other troop has made the trip 'in less time. The march was made in the tropics and in the history flies of the American army the order says that it doubts that if such a /eat has ever been performed with such results. The records show that the time covered the halts and after inspection an examination showed that the men and horsea came through without a single injury, hot even a dbre back. Credit for the record is given to the troop commanders, officers and men, their efficient handling and the spirit that animated them. There was no enemy to draw them on and proves what the American army and horse can do when pfoperiy appealed to, instructed and led. Out of the 81 enlisted men who made the march, 34 had less than one year's service. This *hew battalion is welcome to Camp Greene and its officers and men will find this a lively place for them until they get ready to "carry on." HON. BREVARD NIXON ENTERS "Y" WORK , Hon. Brevard Nixon, ,one of the! most prominent attorneys of Charlotte and Mecklenburg county, has) enlisted in the Y. C. A. work and started his duties at Camp Greene Monday. With eight ortier secretaries he returned from Blue Ridge Saturday night where they took the 90urse of ten days and all have been assigned to Camp Greene in different departments. -"T" ?n' ARMY" NEWS ^ i ' f FOR ARMY MEN SiBi THEIR HOME FOLKS ||J/|M No. 4$ /jj^*l SECOND HOSTESS ilf j HOUSE ORDERED gjl Fine Structure to Be Built at (' tvjl Liberty Park. jUDJu ' Prospect of Increased Number of hjJJvM Soldiers at Camp Greene ; Influences Y. W. C. A. I I 9 Deflpite iilan.s were adopied ye^terday at Camp Greene by the V W. llfc/vylB C. A. officials, fhe Y. M. C. V. oin- MJfTjwjJ cials and Colonel A. Macomb, qliU lUiBj the camp commander, whereby a fTTT ITtfJ new hostess house to cost J28.000 will bo erected at .Liberty purk. The BUB U plans were finally adopted, after a B southeastern department of the K|Jm Young Women's Christian association DJ AIM and upon whose recommendation the new hostess house is soon to become | B a reality. Mrs. Vedder went over the (H ground carefuly with Mr<. Plrnle. ||rB?B jW who has charge of the hostess house B U|l B of Camp Greene, and J. T. Munfcum, I(hII|| camp general secretary for Y. M. UW. ll/l ffl fll C. Aw and thp new camp commander. KpSp**JU The new structure will be erected B B B|| just across the street from the present quarters of the Red Cross, and it will be 100 by 100 feet. The present quar- .to ff ^ fJJ ters will be moved this week into the itf 'y'Tfrrax first mess shack above the Red Cross headquarters, where they will have Tjf Wm W temporary quarters fixed up for the MjiBf. hostess house, and which will suffice Im nh&Si until the fine new building is com- nrBy3F/ pleted. At present the hostess is the F-jTW V Harris house on the Tuckaeeege road. | near the ehtrance to the camp, and / * It is so much out of the way that the immediate need of a new building and IB MJ' location was apparent to nil inter- ysM/\ _ ested. The new home will be a twoi story structure and one of the finest I of its kind in the south. W/ y'rB Last March the hostess house of T \ the camp burned down and the lack [ jJWVl of activity at the camp did not call I r^e?. I for much attention from that-source. I/|'{hLAffik but now, since life has been resumed and there appears to be something ^r'Wr big in store for the camp, these new improvements ^are considered necesIt also was understood that another Vivl I t hostess house will be located near Y. ( w J ^ M. C. A. building No. 104, which is I 1" more of a central location in the Y \V ' camp, but for the present the main IW XTyk hostess house is all that will be con- ^ I ^ s. sidered. V \ J Much credit for this new improve- 1 Vj ment should be given Mrs. Pirnie and Ffl Mr. Mangum, who have realized the I need of a place where the boys coultf I call and feel a little home atmosphere I and where relatives and friends of j soldiers could meet. It will be located ij right at the entrance of Liberty park at th? end of Camp No. 4 car line BC5w-AM and on the branch road leading to the = city, the base hospital and the center of Camp Greene. ^ STEBBINS QUITS CHURCH \j rna C A \U A D XkiriDl/ IV W T m. V> n. unn T?vnr\ Rev. R. C. Stebbins has resigned as H Mil I pastor of the Methodist Protestant |J church and will leave within a few || jlJI days for Blue Ridge, N. C., where he In I will attend the officers' training III fin i< school for Y. M. C. A. war workers. jfl (jU Mr. Stebbins has been pastor of the First Methodist Protestant church less If |[| H than two years but during that time the membership has grown from 84 to Hj ftl jJ 105. He was also scoutmaster of || nlh>|]| Troop 13, Boy Scouts. Rev. Robert |?i si ii-Ti Turner Page, of South Carolina, will l.y*y | : take charge of the church until the next Methodist Protestant conference | in November, when a regular pastor will be assigned to the charge.
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