The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 10, 1918, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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CHANGE FROM SHIPS TO aaiivkip MWftnn A.
.. camp is QUICKLY MADE SOUTHEASTERN SI
% . ^ VL Thirty-SK Thousand American Sol- tf|A|0 AT DflVAl 1
diors Debark at French Forts 111 111] ft | |\U T AL I
in Twelve Hours. i
American Port, Western France. IN LONDON Y.
, Sept. ! .?Look lines of khaki-clad
men Just debarked from American
v ? transports and now on the way to *5^"mmm
their first camp packed the streets ;i
from curb to curb and stretched ''".y'vi
away for miles. It was four miles %' V* - * "
up the hill most of the way?
through city, suburbs, and country
lane.-., from the to
jt'eat reception outside
one the v
v - '? 9
f? for population ^
from
in the morning until the af
liuuit 1,11*5 1115 1 I1
'thousands j
, this steady B (!
36.000 on American Je
J transports, making ^
tmrkatlon from /hip to camp ^1-7'
"With Majy X. the engineer offl- iBEBK^!vV^
cer of thpranip, we skirted along- ! ?i 1 . ? ' ?*"*
eide tips moving stream, from the King George and Queen Mai
landing to the camp, and had an | aaade and alao sampled theua. No
opportunity of soring each stage in tah,.? ,h. d^lc.OT.
the hugo movement up to tl.o timo; >r? ,aoo^t,r w|Ul f,T.rlu> ;
the tired marchers pitched their
. .. , , moat aeecn ihey were viewing the
shelter tents 011 the soaked grounds
and crawled Inside to sleep. Stir-; ? thia la the food 00 which th^ ,
r ring as it was to see these men come King Ooorge raUeed the beat
to swell the million men in the! 4on Hut?he didnt turn *
American ranks, yet there was a DOW> putUn# M M(ra ^ th,
grimness and eravness to the scene ? . _ __ _
.. . tm six T. M. C. A oak <v bakers
suggesting the stern reality of war.
\ ,, . aerTlng 6.124 imtiica soldiers ai
A steady downpour swept across
the ranks and the men were drip- days rush on 'hi* pet edible,
ping as they trudged through the thought. He induced the puncak
rain-soaked mud. They were at also to demonstrate with the bat
route step, without the regularity of The Idea went big. "specially as tl
parading troops, and each man car- appropriate maple syrup both for
4 ried, beside his rifle, all his belong- _
ings on his back. 70 pounds of tent, A Tennessee boy made . big
*\|j^ .^WnT^'clotHing. shoes and all the trod" ,nto th* ^ wh<,r* th
^ v- miscellaneous equipment of a sol- They tell m? the king Is her
" 1 dier .headed for the front. Their want to ahake bands with the hoa
? i last camp was in the well-equipped
>. ' - cantonments in the United States.! "n? ?ftT* Twnneeae
where they slept on rots and had a aa to the ttatw In America from whi
Bemblanee of modern comfort. Now '
. they were on the war-swept soil of |"LnIjM|J& JU| I k|
France and had seen the last of, UEsUllul' lYlMIl
f cots and comforts. It was their first
glimpse of real war conditions, and '
J -f '.nvAno i\*h a cava i to fthnapful olmta X^alnyWd C&MS fTOtt ChAtfl
" '4, wuv " UU ou; o It 10 vuv^i iui ouuv.3
? I1I3 eyes to the grimness of war. ^ ) Th? IWv. D?iU?4 R. K
r "There are more troops arriving,") vorfcw, b*a beea
mJ'y\, Bald the major as he led the way,! pi did *oo<mn aad br
** V "than the total strength of thai * Owuiian altaok ta Fraao*. H? I
United States army a short time fH*n th? trout i "I (u?m mo ono
ago." And with such an influx we
have to provide a very elastic camp. |
capable of immediate expansion >st room fo1 two W"* down; a
from 1,000 up to 100,000 men." Iif ,he ?,ound ,s soaked as it is i
The major was well qualified toj niKht. the rubber poncho keeps o
? j exnlain the mR?ra!t?de of the Wu.k.isom? '<f the ; ,,nd "
for he had been chief constucting tm" and i,()I1 nl youtii must
)>, * engineer of the New York subway! ' r,'stC
v?* system, hail planned and built a good This waa ono typical camp
. # part of the system, and had made ,h(- hundreds lining tiie roads l
the population figures on which siib- ?>iles in this vast reception can
way construction was based. field kitch. n and water carts we
^ ^"To get an idea of the camp." he' Reeling up to all the camps as t
?ald, "compare it with Central park.',ints Wt'nt UP- filtered water
We have 2.r,00 acres here, Central ,,ro??ht in hogsheads and each co
' park has 8oo acre. Why, the <>n. J has Its apportioned lot of hoj
tire area of New York eltv on Man-!hea,la- LaU'r on ,h,'rP wiU l,?
hattan island is only ll.uoo acres. :sl'h-ndid system of water mains f
..... . .. . , . , the whole camp Hut here are t
V" "On both sides ot the road, for
vA ., , 1 men and a water system is not i
mile atter mile as we sped along in .... .
stalled in a (lay. So instead
an army car. a city ot tents was ris- ... . .... ,
. ? ? , , ... , . waiting for 12-inch mains, the p
ing and there was the hum and bus- ... . . , .
,. , mitive hogshead is filling the gr
tie of camp act vltv on a vast scale. .. .
?... , bach man carries his emergen
This morning all the ground had
, n . , , .. , ration for three days. Some
been stuble-field from the newly cat 1 . ., . ,, . . ,
, . . r> , them were nibbling it before clim
wheat and barley. Hut now every ,
C e . . . , . , ' mg into their pup tents, hut m?
a\ail;?hle foot was being laid off bv , ,
> ?.? ; i . ' of them waited for the smoking fie
the army engineers, working with . . ,
. , , , , , Kiirnen to get into action with i
tripods and instruments like a partv , ,
, , . cooks, serving out hot coffee and h
of surveyors Tented streets and , .
, , soup and meat. The item of fee
avenues, headquarteis tents, mess ,
...... ? , . , , . , ing an army with precision is in
kitchen and hospital tents, and vast ,
, , .. , , self a gigantic task,
parks for supplies and artillery and
* horses, were rising in the tielrls and served 1.800,000 meals la
_ , ^ spreading for 4 0 square miles over rnon'*1- said Major J. "or 600.tr
- this huge enclosure army rations of three meals to tl
"We irever take a field of grow-,':,tion''
Ing grain," said the major, "hut as! A|U* besides all the feeding at
? fast as the grain is cut we take over'j watering and sanitation there is tl
I ?. the fields, and with harvest time well immense "paper work" of such i
, ? . advanced tfcia entire farming section organization. There are 128 se
t "will soon be turned Into an Ameri-'orate organizations In the .16,0i
can camp.*' men Just arrived. Each of the 11
. . In one of the fields where we stop- most ho sorted out and brought t
v?r ped to see the men, two battalions of \ Kether, and every individual soldi
800 men each fuat marph?<i in of the 16.000 must ho hlont ifl.rl ai
* were preparing to pitch their tents, accounted for. so as to guard again
r / The great stretch of ploughed 'esses. and then each organlzath
> IfrouYjd, just cleared of grain, was nm' man have his detail to one
ZJL ""rain-slaked, and the storm had set the sectors of the fighting fror
In for the night. The men stood This "paper work," as it Is called,
ready, each with a half of a shelter prodigious, and like everything ml
tent, to drive the stakes and lash It ,ary It must he done with ahsolu
Against the elements, and then crawl precision. And the paper wo
In. It seemed an endless wait for rails for paper, which is very hard
All the formalities of laying out the
camp with engineering exactness,! "When headquarters called for
JCI nil ui nun nnn mnniiini I ft llic iiiiiy ill Ill?! rump HIP Olllfir (lay
smooth running of such a large con-!?ald the major, "they got It all rigt
corn, on the only paper which could
At last the stakes wore driven and found, which was brown wrappl
soon the great field was dotted with paper. But it was a good map, ai
thousands of little khaki mounds, the wrapping paper map of the h
about as high as a man's waist., call- American camp will go Into the s
?d "pup tents" by the soldiers prob- chives."
ably because they look like d*?g taps sounded every mart
houses. Under the tent there I* lW3"fli,J)00 was under canvas, ?
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THE LANCASTER NBflATS, LANCAfl'
HER PLEASES ll'Mlx
fY PANCAKE FEAST ~;-r
Kress at our churi
MO A TAPI C III IT Uev- K(l ThomP80'
. U. A. tAuLt llU I The church ha? be
j and up to date tl
i additions.
k I. Mrs. Mary Tho
^ relatives in this c
iu?ve returned to
Hnomok alter a vist
1 linsott.
Misses Klien at
scent a few days
*h??Ir sister. Mrs.
on. is home on ;
spent a few days
Miss .initio Sliute.
Mrs. Hugh Tavl
sr.ent Satn day a
Camp Creek.
home Saturdav al
ry .aw how American eorn^cakee were ,h<> wepk hcpc wj)
t only that, but they saw how America* Mrs Krnest M
Hare you aee royalty emerging from their shnw. is spending
kaiertoaa break feet delight. It would air friends and relati
Marine, and B.ll.aa ae though wandering
grow eo hueky. 1>|ltrh wil
part of tho recant panoaka tread at Lag The Hague, Se
m peraonally. Vreryona elee la daiag tl daily announced I
Mr appetite# by manipulating tha ftppeai minister in Iterlln
_M a ai mm. i*f 1 t nrnf nut vI
mm M uii Twf? 01 prwMWiuo MW
>d sallora with poachee lith.lnt? Hho merclleHH acti
. , . . . . I submarine In shelll
wtiia a hot aeoretery kad a happy ?
1 ?*r off Krotnmeni(
? Don da not only to bak. their own. bat ? jn ^
tor and turner for their hungry buddlee. ki,u>(, J|n(| tQ (,em|
!ie "V" ratalta two maa'a eta a cak? with
sixpence. Neod Worn
hit with King Oonrae whoa the latter San Juan, Porto
* royalty waa assembled A call has boon i
. . J thousand womon I
e, remarked the Tennoeeooaa, "and I
i form a police worn;
,d of this beautiful country." fo aJ(| jn corrGt.t|ng
o boy a hearty handshake and Inquired moral conditions"
Ich he came. oxis< not ??>y s
t where.
GASSED AT FRONT
lers (or FINE
>aa Thierry Front wtth ?ericaa Foro? ?????
ennedy. Jr., formerly of larainah, da, 1 [ |
rlren honorary meet lea for hariag die- ^ *
apery when gaaeed in a "T" hat derla* |
dow recovering an* has written haok X
* to pay ths prioe If Dacossary."
????? T
nd though every man had been afloat. X
:<i It was the record accomplishment in J
ut landing, for while one body of nr- *<?.
la- rivals had been large, 42.Odd, the
do landing had taken the best part of ?*?
two days, whereas this huge trans0f
for was in the daylight hours of the X
or first day. X
,p "And right on top of it." said the *<J>*
no general, "one ship is arriving with
h<? 12.ddft more men, and then another ^
is flotilla of transports and then an- w m
lX It is
Thus the gigantic influx of armed X
a men goes on steadily and unceasing- J rpi
or '>' "n record time, with little or no 1 OC 8?t^
p,. confusion, each man and organiza- >
in. tion being cared for and accounted
0f for as they move forward to the #X^ CflUTryUl
rj_ front, and all of the huge enterprise
,p of docking, landing, transporting ^ . l*
Cv and camping, with all their Infinite to Q1SCC
cf details, created out of practically
j,. nothing within the last ten months ?* f 1
st ^ ^ . > fee' I
+ ISUPORD. f
ot + + ++ + + + + V
(j | Mrs. M. C. fames, of Hamlet. N
j ? , ll.l^ I I'l III llftl 11111111' I >11111 il ween S
visit to Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Carnes, ?
of Iiwight Mr fapers fames no- J
istI eompanied her home where he has y
J accepted a position on the railroad. * ?
M'ss Florence Knight, of Trades-'<5* all
ville, has returned home from a wll *ll
lfl two-week's visit to .Miss Klonnie
( arlies. w?r>v q
tn Miss Annie Edwards, of Bladen- 1 "
dSk
fP-|horo. N (V. who has been visiting ^
Miss Maude fames, of Dwight, re- V l#?/*f"#?rl <
; turned home Saturday morning. ICvlvU c
?" | Miss Ola Stacks and Miss Maude A
er, fames, of Dwight. will spend the ? If C*
">d J winter with Mr and Mrs. I... O. Oar-' jT 1"^
land. T
an | 4 ... ?
?f. COAL XVII.I BK DKIJVKltFD W6 8X?
>t | TO ItlltMINOtl.XM BY TRICKS
Is, Birmingham. Sept. 9.?Motor ^
H- truck transportation of coal from JT
mines In this district direct to con
rK sinners* in Birmingham will be Into
j auKMrated within the next fit) days. V
I according to announcement made ??
a here by officials of the Birmingham |
j civic association. The movement!
it, i will be inaugurated to prevent a re- ^
be petition of sufferings from lack of| H
ng coal which occurred In Birmingham V
nd Inst winter and has the Indorsement H
?lg of (he Jefferson county fuel admin-|&
ir- latration as well as the county board A
of revenue and city commission, jL
of which are co-op ^ untf&r-l J-. . .. M ^
tHr * -
HSR. S. C. .
to""": millions of soldiers
swarmy.m.c.a.hut:
ik is now- in pro- _____
ch. carried on by Annual Report of Southeastern D<
n, of Arkansas. partment Reveals 38,866,980 Boy a
en greatly revived | In Camps Crowded Buildings
here has been 381
| (Ily L*. Porter Moore.)
mpson is visiting Atlanta. Qa.. August 25.- An attem
ommunity. ance of nearly twenty times the po
iuren, of Sumter, ulation of Atlanta swarmed happil
nglaw, of Lesslie. in Y. M C. A. huts in the sev?
their respective states of the Southeastern ramps du
t to Mrs. S. K. A. i11k 'he fiscal year July 1, 1917, to Ju!
1. 1918. according to the annual r
ul Ottle MnhalTey port Just Issued her*.
last week with In other words, soldiers In the 8out!
Amos Adams. eastern cantonments to the numbi
e, of Camp Jack- of 38,866.980 men wrote letters in tl
i furlough. "A"' army and navy huts. read liter
?r. or Tabernacle. ,ure <h,'rc *n<l Joined In the religioi
last week with ?erv,pri< and entertainments held I
th< lied Triangle buildings which dt
, , , military reservations in Georgia, A1
or am i.iuffitits Tennessee, the Carolinas, Mi
ml Sunday with gjjmjppi Rnd Florida.
It Is easy to imagine the mountali
ite Is visiting in of stationery the Y. M C. A. provide
In the cmups of the Southeast whe
km on and daugh- " h? stated that soldiers wrots 31
lcaster, returned 6S9.0O2 letters in the "Y" huts Tt
ter having spent | _T?r4d*? mad* ?
, .. I wunn <*i money oruert l<
h relatives. j .. 0 .. . .
the Holdierti. moet of the amount ?
oManus, of Ker-Ila|f ?#n( hom<| to relat,TM.
a few days with 1 _ . .. . . _ . .
i educational Work Faaturod
vos here
The "Y~ aiao proridod 4.00ft Mao
i tlonal lectures with a eoldler attorn
1 Protest. 1 anco ot 1,201,243. The educations
at 9.- It is offl- clBMe* of T?r,ou- k,md? M?ra?ata
. ' 04,813 and the attendance waa 071
lhat the Dutch! 04C Books circulated hy tho T. 1
has been instruct- j ^ A numbored 784,710 and educations
gorously against J oluba formed among tho moo wei
on" of a G<m man j 640. Physical activities whan figure
ng a Dutch (raw- In statistics amounted to an amaaln
>. north Holland. n????unt. It la estimated 8,083,360 pa
h fishermen were ! tlcipated in the various phyilcal a
ind compensation tlvltiea such as baseball, track and fiel
meets, baseball, etc.
' Tha spectators. tho majority of thai
en Police. soldiers, at these phyaical actlvitle
Rico, Sept. 9. j are eatlmatod for tha year at 6,046
9tO
ssueu ror several j
In Porto Rico to Th* r~ume of ?ctlvitl?
hows that 3.464.451 persona attends
an s reserve corns . ? ,, , . ....
1 16,468 religious uaeetings under ' Y
the decided im- Ru>l)lc#- ln the Southeast. that J1.2J
which are said to Hible classes were formed among th
an Juan but else- soldiery with attendances ranging i
395,341, that X33.2S3 Scripture# wet
? distributed, that "T" workers had 181
I j 533 personal Christian interviews wit
CIS II <NI(l(|||]ir? ; (oldiers, that the boys made 48.96
PRINTING Christian decisions and that Tl.dJ
1 4 * | slgjied the c?h*lov* if** rolL
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our earnest desire to save o
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bring will am^ly repay you (
g packages. War conserva
rntinue the delivery and cred
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low our duty to save our cus
10 Per Ce
pnrchases amounting \to On
You have a chance to bti)
.tock in town. We will tjiak
ountry Produce for the nefct
selling out our stock.
Vure hood otc
mnett-Tei
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1918.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
ABOUT PRICE OF COTTON
5 ?
' So Declares President Wilson iti
^ Hcply to Protest l>y Willium
J. Harris.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 9.?There is
j- no occasion for alarm over the agl
t>- tation to fix cotton prices, accord- ^
inn to a telegram made public here
,B by William J. Harris, from President
r- iy
Wilson. The message was in reply
?. to one Mr. Harris sent earlier in tho
day calling the President's attention
to the apprehension of many persons
over the situation, and protestR.
ing in the interest of the farmers
is against such a movement.
In ! The President's message follows: '
it "No cause for concern about the
a* price of cotton. The plan is merely'.
' lor an impartial inquiry to ascer-,'
(ain whether agreement would be\ 4
is \
j serviceable in stabilizing trunsac- \
,u tions" l
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