Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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jp(p:" " ' Established in 1891. FIRST CASUALTY LIST MADE PUBLIC FIRST CLASH BETWEEN AMERICANS AND GERMANS OCCURRED NOVEMBER 8. THREE AMERICANS KILLED Five Men Are Wounded and Twelve Takon Priaonera?No Oetaila as to How Americana Were Trapped by Teutona. Washington.?In the first clash berwocn American and German trbopK on the French front November 3, the Americans lost three men killed, five wounded and 12 taken prisoners. Further than the brief report from General Pershing and receipt of the casualty list nothing has come through to indicate Just how the small body of Americans occupying a sector of trench on the front lino were trapped by the Germans and the entire number disposed of. Belief hero is Mint the men were forced into their dugout by 'he intense barrage fire preceding the attack and trapped there by the German infantry. Those not killed were compelled to surrender or accept the alternative of being blbwn to nieces by hand grenades as the Germans had all the advantage. It Is likely, in the opinion of nrmy officers, that the men killed and wounded were those left outside the dugout as sentries when the majority sought protection from the barrage. This Is the general practice along the front by both sides. It is nntxihln (hot tl,., - L- J ... , ...... .... niiiuni'ia retimed the trench sooner than exnected. nnd that the lookouts were shot clown before they could summon their comrade* from the dugout. In that event he Germans undoubtedly covered the entrance to the shelter nnd the Americana could do Aught else but surrender as resistance would have meant slmnly throwing their lives away. The offlrlnl casualty list of the losses of American troops in France in their first clash with the Germans follows: Killed. Private Thomas F. Enrlght. sister Mrs Mary Irvin, Pittsburgh. Private James 11 Oresham. mother Mrs Alice Dndd. Kvnnsvllle. Ind. Private Merle D. Hnv. father Harvey D. Hay Glldden. Iowa. Wounded Private Joh nJ. Smith, brother F. I). Smith. Ludlngton. Mich. Prlvnte Charles J. Hopkins, brother James W. Hopkins. Staunton. Texas. Private Georee L. llox. father .las L. Pox. Altua. Okla Prlvnte Homer Givens. fnther William F Givens. Cloverdale. Ala. Private Charles Lorr. mother Mrs. Sarah Rcgnell, Lyons. Knn. Captured or Missing. Sorgennt Edgar M Hallvhurton. father George B. Halyburton, Stony Point. N. C. Corporal Nlcholn-i L. Mnlhall. mother Mrs. Tlrldret Mnlhall. Jersey City. Corporal Edwin H. Haines, mother Mrs. Elizabeth Haines, Woodward. Okla. Private Herchel Godfrey, father William C. Oherat. Chicago. Private Vernort M. Kendall, father Sam Kendall. Roll. Okla. Private William P. Grigsby. moth or iwrs. l#j7.zio GrlRshy, LouiRVlllfl. Private Frank E. McDoupal, father R. D. MoDouRal. Maryvllle, Mo Prlvnte Daniel H Gallagher, father No'l GnllnRhor. Bloeton. Aln. P-lvate John P. I.ester. father William Deafer. Tutwiler. Miss. Private Harry LauRhman, Ada R. LauRhmnn. Chicago. Private Dewpy D. Kern, mother Mm. Eva Tllton, Collins, Iowa. Private ? ? Keokon, cannot he identified. AU8TRO-GERMANS CROSS THE TAGLIAMENTO RIVER Forcing Way Across River Enemy it Proving Serious Menace. Tho Austro-German forces operat iik nr.niuai vuc iiniiuns aioim ttie Tai;Ham en to river from the region of the Carnlc Alps southward to the Arlatlc son are proving a serious menace. CONFERENCE CONSIDERS MORE DRASTIC STEPS New York.?Enforcement of more I matte mmunriu /* ??? ? iuiiiiui enemy aliens was planned at a conference here of representatives of the department of Justice, the United States secret service, and the police, called as a result of suspicious (Ires on the wa ter front and recent damage to government property and ships. Suggestions were made hat enemy aliens he moved from seaport tovrns to the interior. i MAXIMUM PRICES ON L STEEL ARE APPROVED I Washington.?Maximum prices on I cold rolled steel, pipe scrap, sheets. I wire and tin plate, agreed on hy the I war industries board and steel proI dueers. were approved by President I Wilson. 'Hie figures are based on those named in a recent arrangement I made hy the hoard with producers setB ting basic prices on steel and iron and B on the materials entering into their manufacture. The prices fixed will B apply to all transactions. f . Till? X xlrj f . BRIG. GEN. F. J. KERNAN. - . I 1 ' ^ Brig. Gen. Francis J. Keman is now ' assistant chief of staff. | t MEANS CHARGED WITH KILLING! i , j IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF | MRS. MAUDE A. KING ON AUGUST 29. j Affidavit Filed by Solicitor Asking Re- ; moval is Countered by Affidavit from Defendant?Attorney General Manning Begins Argument. Concord, N. C.?The Cabarrus coun- , ty grand jury announced that they had I found a true bill for murder against Gaston B. Means in connoctlon with the death of Mrs. Maude A. King, a weaJLhy Chicago lady, which occurred j | uimi uvru nu^iiiii fj. | j After presentment of the bill by ; f \ the grand jury. Moans was formally ,j arraigned in court and made his plea ( of not guilty. I < Solicitor Hayden Clement then, on r ; behalf of the state, presented to the t I court an affidavit, asking that the ! case be moved to an adjoining county j in this judicial district for trial. Counsel for the defense announced f themselves as ready, and E. T. Cansler presented an affidavit from Gas- ^ | ton R. Moans in reply to that of the solicitor. I li. T. Hartsell, counsel for the de- 1 fense, then presented affidavits from 15 representative men of Concord. )' saying that in their oplu'on a fair trial for the state eould be hnd here. | The men signing these affidavits were 1 the postmaster, merchants, manufac- ( turers salesmen, hank officials, county officers ami others. J. L. Crowell. of defendant's counsel. read affidavits from several oth?r offlrers and prominent persons of this plaee. Solicitor Clement presented afTida- | vtts from Detective William Jones , and Capt. William 'P. Jones, from the j 1 attorney general, and a certificate j from the clerk of superior rourt, show- ' ing that since April, 1014. three hills , j for murder had been presented in this \ county. In each of which cases the do'endants were acquitted. No other ] bills for murder had been presented during that time. j< At the conclusion of these. Attor- j ney General James S. Manning. for 1 Judge B. B. dine r% .inve thb case t the state, began argument before , moved to another county. He was > i followed by J. L. Growell, L. T. Hnrt- ' soil, Frank Armflold. Frank I Os- i borne and R. T. Canslor for the de- j fondant. < NEARLY ONE-HALF KAISER'S U-BOATS HAVE BEEN LOST London.?Between 40 and 50 per t ceat of the German submarines oper- j | attng in the North.Sea. the Arctic and j, , Atlantic sinco the beginning of the t j war have been sunk, said Sir Eric ? | Geiides, first lord of the admiralty, in | the Iicuse of commons. "We must lay plans for a long war," F ' continued Sir Eric. "I see no signs , of its being a short one." "During the last quarter the Ger- ; f mans lost as many sirnmarines as they ? lost In 1910," said Sir Eric. The output of merchant shipping in t the first nino months of th's year, he [t said, was 123 per cent higher than in ; the corresponding period last year, j < TIih admiralty had decided that four new shipbuilding yards would be nee- j essary. Sir Eric said he regretted it had not ; \ been found possible to arrive at a ba- \ sis for publication of British tonnage i c losses by submarine action without r giving information to the enemy. ' n The losses of merchantmen in Octo- i i ber, he said, were slightly worse than f in September. Enemy submarines ! t ware being sunk to an Increasing ex- \ v ten, but the Germans were building a them faster than hitherto. \ li DROP IN PRICES ON 1 CANNED VEGETABLES Washington.?An immediate drop in j prices on canned vefcotables was pre- r dieted by the food administration as s a result of the operation of the license I s system for wholesale dealers. Many ' v canned roo^s. It. was said. were t bought dealers at low prices last r\ spring and can be sold at less than s the pr?ieent market prices. Dealers II charging more thnn a reasonable profit a ire liable to forfeiture of their llconse t to do business. r For ? FORT MILL, S ALLIED ARMIES ARE! AIDING THEHS rROOPS OF ALLIES HAVE JOINED CADORNA'S MEN AGAINST THE ENEMY. UISTRO-GERMANS HELD BACK Reinforcements Arrive and Western Front Extends From North Sea to Adriatic?War Department's Weekly Review Is Issued. Washington.?England, France and i taly stand firmly united to oppose inv further advance of the enemy in he Italian sector, says the war de>artmerit's weekly review of military >perations. The statement suggests j hat the Teutons probably thought ! taly would be left to her fate, or that ! he allies would be unable to dispatch j he necessary forces in time, but de- I lares that England and France already have sent large reinforcements md the western front today stretches rom the North sea to the Adriatic. Only bare mention of the American roops in France is made by the dcmrtmcnt. In pointing out that the nomentous events In Italy must not 'lead us to forget that the principal uiltle front of the war remains" in -Vance and Flanders, the statement says, "here our forces are fighting." "Our attention during the past wees las heen centered on the gigantic itruggle now going on in the Friulian llain." says the review. "The Austro-German forces, breakng through the Italian defenses ilnng the upper reaches of the Isonro, lave erupted into the low landn, and arried forward a series of rapidly o-ordinated operations, which have esulted in the conquest of much ter Itory. "Trench warfare has. for the time , >eing. been abandoned. Great troop j nasscs are maneuvering in open | ountry. "Under the direction of Gonernl Oalorna. the Italian armies have withIrawn to the west bank of the Taglianento river. * "The momentous events in Italy ihould not lead us to forget that the ' irincipal battle fronts of the war re- | nains. as it has been since the bediming. the important sectors of the vestern front, in France and Flanlors "Here the overwhelming hulk of j memy strength is concentrated. Here : nir forces are fi?rhting. "Steadily the Franco-British forces ire pushing forward." BERLIN REPORTS FIRST CAPTURE OF AMERICANS _ ?7 __ _ i iierun, via i/onaon.?Tne cant ure or American soldiers by a Oerman re- | onnoitorintr party is announced by , ho war office. The statement says that on the Ithinc Mnrno canal as a result of a reconnoitorinj; thrust. North Ameri an *-oldiers were hroupht in. The portion of the official statenent making this announcement ends: "At th? Ithino-Mnrno canal, as the result of .a reconnoitorinR thrust. Vorth American soldiers were brought n as prisoners." 3ERMAN3 niSPLAV UNUSUAL ACTIVITY AGAINST AMERICAN8 WtiK tKn Amnelnao I- ^ fT .mi inn nnmi n n < - mv m r rnnrw ?Notwithstnnd'ng the rainv weather he 0?rman batteries disolnved more lotvltv thin normal on the na-t of the French line orruoied bv the Amerl an troops. Herman shells were disrf huted impartially among the renches the American batteries replyncr In the same fashion. The enemy Is lining both high exnloive nnd shrannel In sending oo-easlonl emlnders of the war toward the \meri-ans. Reports reaching hoadniarters. however, are that the borainrdment could In no sense he considered "lively" merely helng a demrture from the normal state of quiet- ' ide at night on that particular sector. J JALVATION ARMY HALL IS SCENE OF HOLOCAUST | Paterson, N. .1 Nineteen bodies vere taken from the ruins of the Salration Army rescue mission in this Ity which was destroyed by fire. Ten non were taken to hospitals with probtblv mortal inllirtoa ami manv nthaiu vere leas seriously hurt In leaning roni windows of the burning strueure. Identification of all the dead gill be impossible, the poller believe, ?s the records of the nstitution were ost In the fire. rHOSE NOT COMMISSIONED ARE SUBJECT TO CALL Washington.?Under plans completd by the war deoartment for dlspoition of the graduates of the second lerles of officers ' training camps, rhlcli close this month, every man of he 19 000 who Is recommended for commission either will be eommlsloned at once or placed on nn eligible 1st subject to call. The comm'sslons, s was the case with the graduates of he first camps, will be In the officers' eserve corps or the national army. 111 M "jr. "" H 11 I HI I I " v . - .. 1 ' T Ml . 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBE COL. E. M. HOUSE. I % ? A > rn A. : \ #v-; > m Nfrw Dhotonranh ftf r.nl P M i House, who is studying for the presi- | dent data and information gathered ; by diplomatic agents and others bear- . ing especially on steps it will be neccssary for this government to take j that it may be fortified with facts and i figures to deal with the trade war that is sure to follow a cessation of hostil>- i ties. 120.000 PRISONERS TAKEN i VAST AMOUNT OF ITALIAN TERRITORY TAKEN BY AUSTROGERMANS. Allies Rush Preparations to Come to Italv'l Aid. Ami?rira \A/aiv?? Pv port Restrictions in ^rder to Hurry Supplies. Virtually one thousand square miles of Italian territory have been overrun. more than 120,000 Italians have been made prisoners and in excess of 1,000 guns have been captured by the mies in their eight days' drive from German and Austro-Hungarian arthe Isonzo and Carnic Alps fronts of the Austro-ltallan war theater. From the east the enemy Invasion on the center of the battle front now is well within gun range of he Tagliamento river, where it has been pre- ! sumed that General Cadorna would turn and make a stand. The Italian j commander-in-chief, however, has not yet brought his troops about to fare ' the enemy, but is continuing his re- ! tr<?ut with the rear guards harassing the advance. Just where Cadaorna purposes to give battle has not become ! apparent. Neither Is It known how well the northern and southern flanks of his army are keeping pace with the retirement in the center. According to the latest Berlin official communication announcing the heavy losses of the Italians in men and guns, engagements successful for the Teutons have taken place on the Tagliamento plain while the Rome communication announces that there has been fighting on the hills of St. Paniele Del Frulli, along the Ledra canal, at points northwest of Udine and from four to five miles east of the Tagliamento. Meanwhile preparations to aid the Italians in the. hour of extremiyt are being rushed by all the allies. Jules fnmbon, general secretary of the French ministry of foreign affairs, in a statement has expressed the convicfirm thnt tho Itnllnna will K? /. stem the tide of tho invasion with the aid of the French and British troops sen to reinforce them. The American government is to waive all export re- | strictlons Tn favor of Italy. RELIEF FROM COAL SHORTAGE PROMISED Washington.- Immediate relief from the1 coal shortage in the east was j promised by the fuel administration, which will issue an order modifying the arrangement under which shipments to the northwest have been given preference over all other movements. Priority orders will be suspended in a number of mining districts, particularly in Pennsylvania, to release both bituminous and anthracite coal for munitions plants and domesltc consumers in the larger cities along he ! Alantlc seaboard. This, it is said, will assure an ample supply of fuel to the big steel-producing and shipbuilding plants. av iir?in:iii iosl or me coal mined In Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Kenlucky. Ohio and Indiana is going to lake ports for transhipment to the uorthwets and to Canada. This movement has been so great that tly ncrt!\west Is i~< a position to have the supply cut down. BRITISH MERCHANTMEN LOSSES SHOW DECREASE London?Fourteen British merchant. men over 1,600 tons were sunk by , mine or submarine in the last week. < according to the admiralty report. | Four vessels under 1,600 tons were , also sunk, but not fishing craft. ? The British losses of merchantmen ] for tho current week show a consul- , crable decrease as compared with the , previous week when 17 vessels over i 1.C00 tons and eight undeh that ton- i rage were sunk. LL T r? ? 101*7 IMT V, AVA f GERMAN TORPEDOES COST EIGHT LIVES VICE ADMIRAL SIMS REPORTS TO NAVY DEPARTMENT TORPEDOING OF TRANSPORT. TWO OF NAVAL GUARDS OEAD Casualty List Made Public Includes Two Enlisted Men and Four of Ship's Crew, Also a Third Naval Seaman Is Missing. Washington.?The torpedoing of the homeward bound arniv imimnnrt vin. land in the war zone resulted in the death of two members of the naval armed guard, two army enlisted men and four of the ship's civilian crew A third naval seaman is missing. Vice Admiral Sims' report of the casualties to the navy department today added no details to the announcement yesterday that the Finland had been torpedoed, but had been able fo roach a Kuropean port under her own steam. The casualty list as made public follows: Members of the naval gun crew: James \V. Henry, seaman', secondclass; dead. Next of kin. Rose Henry, 43 Reynolds street. Harrison. N. J. Newton It. Head, seaman; dead Next of kin, not given. Home address, Cleveland. Ga. Porter Hilton. seaman. secondclass; missing. Mother, Mrs. Lizzie Hilton. Toccoa, Ga. Army: Private Lester Hlcknv in. fantry; drowned. Father, Thomas Hlckey, 142 North Racine avenue. Chicago. 111. Charles H. Maxwell, colored, transport workers' battalion; drowned. Brother, Thomas E. Maxwell, Box 27S. Concord, N. C. Members of Finland's crow: M. Cardoza. fireman; drowned. No emergency address. J. Haneslo, barber; drowned. No emergency address. W. F. rhlllips, waiter; drowned. Brother. A. Phillips. Jacksou barracks, New Orlenrs. Jose Cuevas. mess boy; probably died from injuries. GERMAN TROOPS RETREAT FROM CHEMIN-DES-DAMES Full Extent of Retrograde Movement Not Yet Fully Known. The Germans have retreated from points along the historic Chemln-Des1 James sector on the Alsne front in France, where for several months the French troops of General Petain had been keeping "them sharply to task. Just where the retrograde movement took place and how far it exlends cannot vet he tnlrl nu n man official communication merely says that the Teutons, "unnoticed and undisturbed by the enemy," systematically withdrew their lines from the hilly front in this region. The entire line to the north of the Aisne where the Germans were last reported as facing the French is undulating in character from the Soissons sector eastward to the vicinity of Craonne; and therefore it is impossible, from the rather terse acknowledgment of withdrawal, to delimit the terrain which has been given up. Nevertheless it seems apparent that the Gerritans, tired of the terrible ordeal they had been forced to undergo for some time from the French artillery and violent infantry attacks, have decided to fall back upon Laon, capital of the department of the Aisne, which with its network of railways has been the quest of the French. FLOUR TRADING WITH EUROPE PROHIBITED New York.?The milling division of tho ITnltnfl ' - wi.ai.oo iuuu uuiiiimsiration announced here that effective imrpediately. all direct trading by American miller^. exporters and blenders of flour with European countries is prohibited. This business will be handled hereafter only by the food administration. WITHDRAW EXEMPTIONS GRANTED TO STRIKERS Houston. Tex.?Denouncing as "little short of criminal" a war-time strike in any industry needed for the. successful prosecution of hostilities and defining the oil industry as "the absolute heart of our navy," Dr. Sidney J. Smith, chairman of the southern district draft board, said he would immediately ask his own board to withdraw exemptions or discharges granted on industrial grounds to all registrants involved in the strike. nuMUtK OF TROOP TRAINS HAVE BEEN DOUBLED Geneva. Switzerland.?Swiss soldiers stationed on the Alpine heights on the frontire in the canton of Gri- . Bona report that since the Germans ' captured I Mine, the number of troop trains going in the direction of Trent has been doubled. The Swiss troops say Jhat when heavy -artillery trains are passing, the Germans make smoke curtains at exposed points to prevent the number of guns being ascertained by onlookers. TMES WHITMAN VISITS WADSWORTH New York Governor Spend* Day at Spartanburg With Soldiera?Sees Guard Review. Spartanburg.?Gov. Charles S. Whit man of New York wax met here by Gov. Richard I. Manning of South Carolina. The two governors and membors of their staffs visited Camp Wads worth, now the training ground of ttie Twenty-seventh Division of the linited States ariuy, formerly the National Guard of New York State, were entertained at luncheon by Brig. Gen, Charles L. Phillips, acting commander of the division, at headquarters at noon, inspected the camp during the 1 afternoon, calling upon all commanding officers, had dinner as the guests of the cty of Spartanburg at 7 o'clock, and were given a public reception and ball lasting from 9 o'clock until mid night. Friday a grand review of the Twenty-seventh Division, the tirst of a complete division, at modern war strenirtb i to he held In the country, was the big , feature of the day. The review was held at Camp Wadsworth beginning a, 10 o'clock and lasted until the after i noon. In the afternoon Governor Whitman \isited the Spartanburg County fair grounds and made a speech thereGovernor Whitman's train was three hours late, arriving here shortly after 10 o'clock. He was met at the station by Col. E. L. Ward, chief of staff; Col t'ornelius Vauderbilt of the One Hun dred and Second Engineers, and Capt. E. W. Moore, aide de camp to Major General O'Ryan. who has been assigned as Governor Whitman's aide during his visit together with citizens of Spartanburg. The headquarters troops under the command of Lieutenant Cameron escorted Governor Whitman to his hotel. In the governor's party were Mrs. Whitman. Mrs. George A. Pratt of New York, Maj. E. L. Hop pin, Maj. Howard E. Crawl and Comdr. Iyouis Joseplvthall. Warns Coal Dealers. A.naerson. ?ti. B. uossett. State fuel administrator, has issued the follow ing warning to the retail coal dealers of South Carolina: "Numerous complaints have been re reived by this office to the effect that certain dealers throughout the State are charging excessive prices for coal This office believes that the violators of the law, if any. are a small minor ity who have been tempted to take advantage of local conditions and of , the general scarcity of fuel in certain sections. All dealers are. therefore warned that all complaints of fhis na ture will be investigated and if Untruth of the charges can be establish ed. the facts will be turned over to the United States district attorney witti the suggestion that the violator of the law be promptly prosecuted." Violators may be punished by a fln< of not more than $5 000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. In this connection, the following telegram from the fuel administration at Washington to the State administrator in Anderson has been made public: "We have arranged with federal trade commission to have assigned to you held agent of commission with ex perlcnee in retail coal problems, ami j with fiiIt investigatory powers, who j will cooperate with you and rende: all possible assistance." 1'nmts State Fuel Board. Anderson.?II. II. Gossett, State fuel administrator, announced the appointment of seven members of tinState advisory board as follows: First District, Lelanri Moore*, wholesale paint and oil dealer. riia:??ston; See i ond District. John II. Cope, planter, merchant and oil mill owner. Bam j berg; Third District. H. II. Watkins. lawyer, Anderson; Fourth District, B K. Geer. cotton mill manufacturer. Greenville; Fifth District, L. A. Melklejohn, wholesale lumber dealer, Cheraw; Sixth District, to be announced; j Seventh Distrct, I. C. Strauss, lawyer, Sumter; from the State at large. Ivv ! M. Matildln. hanker, Columbia. Captain Watklns is named as chairman of | the hoard. Mr. Gossett states that city and county committees will be j appointed within the next day or so and appointments will be announced j from lime to time as they are made. | SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS Fire believed to have been caused by the explosion of an oil stove heater practically destroyed J. T.( Collins' beautiful home at Chester. Newberry is soon to have one of the finest jails in South Carolina, as It already has one of the finest court houses. A contract has been closed : with the W. (J. Sutherlin Company of Oreenwood for a Jail that Is to cost ' about $08,000. to be completed within 120 days after the lot Is cleared of the present Jail. The farmers of Chester county are planting the largest acreage in cover crops this fall that they have ever planted. Probably four tiroes the usual amount of wheat is being planted this fall. Lieut. Julius Wezel, recruiting offl cer at Camp Sevier, reports that 104 men were received into the service during the month of October. Of this lot. 50 were received at the recruiting office at the camp and 48 were sent in iroiu the recruiting offices throughout North Carolina, 8oulh Carolina aud Tennessee. ii^l f lz- . *158 Per YmuT ? urii/p nr Tiir Mirrv 1 news ur me seen FROM CAMP SEVIER ] INSTRUCTORS IN ART OF GRENADE THROWING HAVE ARRIVED FROM EUROPE. NEGRO SOLDIERS ARRIVE Alleged Deserter Arrested at Pickent ?Hospital and Ambulance Companies Organized. Greenville;?Three French officers and three non-commissioned officers arrived at Camp Sevier to aid In instructing American officers and men in the most modern methods of warfare. The number of French officers ui camp Sevier i3 thereby increased to eight. two having arrived some days ago. Two more Frenchmen are to come and ten British officers, five commissioned and Ave non-commissioned. Four classes a day will be instructed in grenade throwing by Lieutenant Murtel and Aspirant Douay, the two French officers who were the first to arrive. The classes will be made up of officers and non-commissioned officers and each will last about an hour and a half. Putting the lemon shaped grenades is more arduous work than baseball and !?0 minutes of it is more (ban enough for any save an exneri cnced grenadier. One class, made up of officers only, has been running for nearly a week. Separate Company G, Tennessee Infantry. a negro National Guard organization, has arrived at Camp Sevier and is encamped In part of the site recently occupied by the Fifty-flftli Depot Brigade. The company has been doing guard duty in Tennessee since being called to the colors. It has its full complement of officers, all negroes, and an enlisted strength of 10(1 men. At headquarters, officers said yesterday that to their knowledge no other negro organizations had been ordered here. John Sinkiewicz, alleged deserter from the army, has been turned over to the military authorities at Camp Sevier. The sheriff of Pickens county, where the prisoner had been apprehended. brought Sinkiewicz in. He was caught in the woods where he had been hiding, living on nuts and berries. Although he wore practi cally the full uniform of a private, which led to his arrest, Sinkiewicz ^.ciumcu in>- Hinj?-?ittnte 01 a wild mnn when he was brought before the authorities. His dress was tattered, his features covered with dirt, and his hair ami heard unshorn and unkempt. Nothing could be learned from the alleged deserter. When questioned he , pointed to his ears and shook his head. Indicating that he was deaf and dumb. His name was learned from a registration card which he carried on his person, and I lie board at that place and the adjutant general have been telegraphed regarding his identity and disposition In the meantime, he Is In safe keeping at the camp. Four three inch flelrl guns of the pattern of 190!> have been received and distributed two each to the One Hundred and Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiments of the Fifty-fifth Field Artillery Brigade. The One Hundred and Fifteenth, which is to be equipped with six inch howitzers, has as yet received no material. Schools for packers and for teamsters have been started at the remount station. They will run for three months each .as will that for horseshoers. which has been running for some days. About 4.000 animals have been received hv the station to date. Some of these have been Hunnliert tho division, which finally will have more than 8,000 animals, while the remainder are still at the station. A working party has begun clearing ranges on the site secured for a rifle range, between the camp and Paris Mountain, while llrig. (Jen G G. Oatley. commanding the artillery brigade, inspected the field artillery ranee site near Cleveland Mills. Ranges up to 1.000 yards will be cleared on the rifle range and u pto 7 500 yards on the artillery range. Trenches, roads and similar objects will be the tarkets for the fire of the big guns. Applications for war insurance are coming In very slowly at Camp Sevier, due, the authorities believe, to the fact that the insurance act has not been properly explained to the men. Officers have been instructed to famll iarlzo themselves with its provisions and to use every effort to got every man to take out at least norne Insuranco immediately. Houses for Use in France. Charleston.?Portable houses for use in France are now being manufactured by a large lumber concern at North Charleston, a government order for aviation quarters being filled at present with prospects for large orders for cantonment and other army structures very bright. The portable houses are manufactured rapidly In sections and whnn delivered are ready to he bolted together, a house of considerable size being put un hv four men In three hours. Inspectors ar? now passing on finished products ' I