Bq' I 4 I I J MfaMlUr Anpiat / ' T.H.C.A. ?f tfce United Statu i 1?* a 'It =?__ S urge mom commit gamp ^Contract Prifce Is $155,000 and Will Be Completed by First \ of the Year oh flowd Road. Sjjw? A camp UuiiiJry at tha contract I price of 1155,060 Is nbw well under, - construction itCtimp Greene and will ! be finished uiider;present plans beforej vUie first of Ihe year. The building I Is enormous r in proportions, being til x 162 feet With an additional wing I x 72 and .if located on the Dowd ?Ife r rppd near thfe Remount station. At iWeoent .the contractor, J. A. Jones, hg* most of Ihe frame work completed auif the building enclosed and by Nof 'i Vfcihber 20 he expects to have every>80 thing ready for the installation of the ifWMJh.nery. He is working a force of ^HM-jnen. ' IV ' Mapor Greene 1n oh&rge of camp . v construction, ho* charge of this work, Ibl This laVhdry will be one gt the best r* In the" department being capable of taking care df 'a^mp this size filled \ . to.'ltB'HniJC. One cloak room is made \ -to accommodiis'9M gtrlB./**fhe ma-: ; X chlnery whldh-Vill M installed will {jy.Spe of the vedf llhteflt-and Improved McEMtterns which Will K ve Camp Greene Accommodations' :wh ch are greatly needed to take care of the immense , amount of laundry of the camp. The floor will be of wooc laid on concrete and there is ample provision in the. ta?-<?ntlre bu.ldlng tof light and ventllaj Ml NSTflEt W BE STAGED BT SOLDIERS Welfare Organizations at Camp l?,\ Craene Practicing o:i Event to ^ Entertain Soldiers and Chars',. kjtte. - I Ppi; "One of the (h'vVopmcms ut Camp K^ Creeno during tne ij :a?^ ine and B&V scflre i j a full fieddged minstrel Hfer *Viw with fho fflmujj end men and B&. f .?TP j'j no Into'SocjtQr. Th b nrnslrcl hold early :.-: November and Hkh'' it:- .: :lag.*d managed and dirSctl I v *v-.? Taro organisations of ! C.i on:, coino >sed of tM% Y. M. v. i t of 1 and the Jewish Cv.cn w.-rk. Men from these orB&. J'an'rnt'nn organ zed for the workBp, iae out the p ans, electing ofllcers and r - p'ann for the general practice Bp': which mus: follow to make the- event g7.hn atti action woifh while. "The officers elccte * io piange the p big n??air are as follows: Chairman, Bf/;Jsne Gray; vice chairman. J. J. p McOrath; secretary, Jack Slverman;; Jgl-. publc'tv, J. JI. Bine. Jr.; director, I Hpt? Tf. O. Davrott: assistant director, A. J. HtX-'pa'nn, and musical director, John StAn'zo'a. ?j?r' The re'pwisibiiitv of producing the pVniloW fall* upon the director and In i J) rcctwi. Barrett, Quinn and StaniPttpv> zohi they havo a man who who has ?|7-'')iail *tho' experience of big musical Es??; Events and a director of note In the ?; least. The re3t of the personnel of j the m'nlrel is made up of experienced. from the camn nnd a first class' B&^how is promt-ed for November, first Kfijv'.Jn tbe Auditorium in Charlotte and then in the (1 fferent huta about the Byuamp whore it can be accommodated. . Artte* at Camiv-'Greene. E* jC^st we^k through laok of space Hsfe?~dra'win?sof Artist Florlo of Sixth p' cdmpany Fourth recruit was omitted ->pecr? in this issue. Private a pocket of clay camp with which he pfo-x Btt to take and mould into his "peace" provided he can tie Kla though time to work it out. VM cteo working on a title cover M. C. A. Association Men which Trench and Camp beBattifil wflt be used and will show his ' ability as an artist. ^.. f-.y j ,:'i? '-'^3i:'~*t^5t' ~'?ti .1 I ?l< Printed Weekly for the 1 l> ;*.' "' t ' .': " . , 3Kbe (ffi&aflu Edition for CAMP G OCTOBER a ' B 'S I1BIB ,a -1^1 ? M ';|H <n I > OFFICERS OF All IMAGINE THEY ARE JABBING THE HUNS Interesting to Watch Soldiers at Bayonet Practice jn Camp Greene. I Have you ever waicueu u vuiu|iau? of men at bayonet pratice and noted the terms used and the pep and ginger that tl.ey put Into the work? There Is a reason for It and the writer wondering Just why there was ao much expression In the drills 'asked one of the boys In the line and he gave the very quick reply that they were Just getting as near to fighting the Hun as is possible to imagine. Some of the termi used are: I "Carry on," "long point," "short ; point,", "slash" "Jab," "cut down." i "butt, stick," etc. / ! Now then you can imagine yourI pelf with a gun in had with real sharp ! bayonet fixed and an image in front of you supposedly the kaiser and hear j some of those terms' given ? What do I you think you would do under similar circumstances? Wouldn't you put pep | and ginger into the practice too just : the same as every boy does who goes over and belongs to the Infantry and among that class is the colored troops I who are members of the splendid 810 | Pioneer Infantry under command of Colonel Wm. A. Kont. | When they go into some movement there is lots of yelling along with the ! effort and that alone would scare a 1 aizAd flerman reeftnent to death I when coming face to face" with a bunch of Amorican fighters. The American soldiers is now trained to fight the Hun at close range and close contact while the Hun handles his gun Just the opposite with lots of ! swing and there is plenty of lost moI tion. If yott will note the boys at bayo! net practice, one can see that they tre so drilled as to not lose a jnngle motion or stroke and they are trained to make every lick count. Along this same line the boxing .'training which physical director Bergmann \p giving the men teaches them the rudiments jof -bayonet fighting, giving them all [the guarding and forward movements . that are required in going-into charge. It might be considered foolish to teach rthem such things by the outsider, but yon can watch the first recruits .and iyou will see that there Is not one in a m >1' . = r. M. C. A. by Courtesy of ^ ftc (tobmtoti REENE Charlotte, N. C. 23, 1918 RTTT.AVrF m M. 1th hands behind Is Lieutenant Hunt; -nam - ;?^"r:/ 1 hundred men who has not had prei vlous training, who knows how to properly balance his body to meet an i adversary In a bayonet charge. In 1 most positions taken, the Hun would knock the men over like a sack of (floor but with the drills and continue I {practice given, it will take a half doz-, ;en Huns to handle each American : soldier. ! That is what^bayonet practice, boxing and other training does for the boys in. khaki today and is having a telling effect upon the adversary, j . . ; 30 Q. M. C. OFFICERS COME ! HERE FROM CAMP JOHNSTON | Thirty "lieutenants arrived 8unday at Camp Greene from Camp Johnston I Jacksonville. Fla., being transferred I here to be connected with the quarI termaster's corps. Three who were | to come were held because of sick! ness and will arrive later. Those who . nra. nnv afoHnned at the camn are: First Lieutenants O. M. Salisbury. I A. H. Anadale. A. X. Schalt. H. E. | Speyer, Loverlng Moore. Wm. 8. Voor- J sanger; Second Lieutenants J. A. Anderson, J. J. Burns, L. M. Cahill, C. A. Deas, Jr., O. E. Englemet, B. H. Gray. S. B. Lovejoy, G. H. Maurice, J. - W. J. Riordan, H. iJ. Simmonds. P. Stowe. F. M. Whitfield. F. F. Hurley, B. F. Burnett, Arthur Card, C. E. Crockett, S. M. Edwards, H. L. Haller, C. M. Lamb, A. B. McCrum, A. . J. Rahm, W. H. Schwinger. H. M. Sinnott, J. E. Van^ Natter. A POET IN BASE HOSPITAL 122. In Base 122 You'U find them all loyal and true, From every nationality Here to fight for the land ef the free. There's Boosen, and Green, Working hard to be seen. And there's Irwin and Delaney, too. Made of Irish through and through. Then there's Farrari and Goldstine Mighty boys are those two, And Caliprasi from Italy we have quiet a few And not to forget we also have PoJftnd, Who's out for the kaiser's two hands. Without any imagination. We have here a combination ? Who are ready to see It tbrouglr. ' That's the spirit ' you'll find in Base I 112. PRIVATE JACK GREEN. I \ JV f mmmm mmm^m^^mt^m^^m^mmm^mmmmmmmmmmm ^ ffl I | ' * FOR . ARMY MEN STSC* ' THEIR HOME FOLKS ||/^1 ?>J am M/lfl no.11, pi :| ATHLETICS POPULAR AT fLjl | CAMP DESPITE THE "FLU" FlfffJ Big t, Push Ball Games Staged Last Week With Whole Rs^L njMMffl ment Engaged. Uffl . 'ji InHp:te of the recent "flu" epidemic athletics in Camp Greene have pros- ^VgL <1 pered during the past three weeks. I Thiafis probably due to an intensified program set up by the Y. M. C. A y MB I IP physical directors in the camp. On yiT)lT|[ . . suggeftion of the camp surgeon gen ral to poost all athletics which would BKpJyO give; the men the best exercise es- Mirjfjy and yet not further events which B brought great messes together the fol- H J lowing athletic games were staged n J "X ' with g.'eat success. Volley ball, a I / game which has suddenly become yx^ DODUlar with the soldiers and officers | 'vfo seems to be of the major interest. IfSfflllTV Quoits and basketball were a close BdulJAlJ] .'."../'afrffi second with baseball running in third tTfMTTF place* Push ball, a game which had been played wi'h keen interest before H } - V$| the epidemic look place, would un- IHvJjH questionably have ranked in first Vwfl ' J)$ji place were It hot for the "flu." This fit fflKafc game as played in the camp involves EJ |l a great many men at one time. As IH Kg c?n many as an enusa regiment could be accommodated ir a game and military B rT X x tactics are introc' j-ed in handling the K^ l A school for non-coins has been BA ? organized for th* of giving BkSrJ these men Instruction In ?? ? ??! MTWnfn ? formal games, and as soon as the epldemic Is lifted, a great man* u.u.i ... ? B(|IB learn games to take overseas. Classes BLM.B i in boxing instruction are being han- fipSpBt dlea by the camp physical director. While there are a g.eat many men IB luf 11 1 W taking the course, Ji hes been arranged at intervals where they would fit Br W Q3^^-awS| not come in personal contact with each other. On the whole athletics JfWI have prospered general!/ in Camp iHWw m Greene during Ia3t few weeks. VVIB One of the biggest push ball game-; jvflngRwj ever staged was the one he'd Thursday of last week when il whole regl- '"^i inent of colored troops from the 810th f?sJ/ pioneer infantry met on the sporting WJjgjs0 battlefield for the game of the sea- Ww ^>1 ^ *3618 on. Had It been r German army In ljl? ! combat with these colored troops, the ? * *3? flchtinc Riiirit enuld not have been i_.:i more fully developed and nt one time .'J Major Logan had to lecture the men PY to play fair, to compete as men and \ ' be square In their efforts to win. The r amATFi entire regiment was arranged in pla- /EJpGKj toons and each was calleil into *?t vice as needed and the tactics of the V?3i army u?ed in every respect. The oftl- . ? * -jj cers led their men, playing with them -^ci and fighting just as hard trying to ' j^jf help win. After 40 minutes of play vaQF||W| the game was called a draw ncithei pVI Li / \3 side being able to score. Trench and Camp had planned to f| vl use the names of the officers partici \ Vy^t! pating but lack of space will not per- \ MAJOR BACMEISTER Af T| NEW CAMP ADJUTANT ^Ad |1 Camp Creefie has a new ramp ad- Ml ' -v.r jutant in the coming of Maj. T. A. 11 Baumeister who succeeds Charles W. /I Munchbw. the latter Demg retained aa assistant to the adjutant. Major Raumeister comes to Camp Greene Kfidbai from Camp Sevier, 8. C.f and has seen 10 year! of active service with the United 8tates army In the Philippine islands in the constabulary serfice. He Is a graduate of the Uni- MHM|| pcrsity of Wisconsin, class of 1908 and Is 31 years of age. During his busy life he has made a trip around M' Major Baumeister is a very pleas- ] |j| |J|r^)*ig|^M ant officers and is making acquain- II B W^Jwl tanccs fast among njen of the camp His home is in Kewaunee, Wis. The retiring adjutant. Lieutenant I ill JJjl Muncho^also served three years in h the Philippines and was commissioned I l|tA ' a lieutenant in the regular amy and UJ came to Camp Greene a year ago II HI . witji the 41st division and has been I . Kjl connected with the headquarters staff JjipiJ/ almost alt , tttb time since arriving here. He also went to the front with his division and for over seven months saw service in France gonly return- eVll ing to America in July this year.

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