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PROHIBITION WINS
IN HIIIKF 000 in 140
Ill &IUUUL LUL IU l?>U
GREAT DEMONSTRATION GREET.
ED ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
HOUSE VOTE.
B| WEBB WAS LEADER IN FIGHT
Resolution Adopted Is Identical With
That Passed Last August Except
That It Gives 8?ven Years Instead
of 8lx to Ratify.
Washington.?Nation-wide prohibition
won in the house and only the adjustment
of slight difference in resolutions
between the house and senate
now stands in the way of submitting
to state legislatures an amendment to
the federal constitution forbidding the
manufacture, sale or importation of intoxicating
liquor for beverage pur
poses In the United States or its territories.
The vote in the house, taken after
a day of debate before crowded galleries,
was 282 to 128, with the parties
dividing almost evenly. The margin
for prohibition was eight votes more
than the two-thirds vote.
Both wets and drys had been predicting
victory all day. and It was not
until the last few names had been
called that the anti-prohibition forces i
conceded their defeat. When Speaker |
Clark announced the result, the victors
were Joined by the galleries in such a
demonstration as is rarely permitted
in the house. Former Secretary Bryan,
an interested spectator nearly all
day, appeared on the floor and Joined
in receiving congratulations with Representative
Webb, of North Caroftia,
who had led the fight.
The resolution adopted by the house I
is identical with that passed by the
senate last August, except that it gives
the states seven yearB Instead of six
in which to ratify the amendment.
The Presidents' approval is not required
and the state legislatures may
act as soon as they please after Vice
President Marshall and Speaker Clark
k- have signed the resolution.
Following is the resolution as adopted:
"Resolved, by the senate and house
uk representatives that the following
amendment to the constitution be.
and hereby Is, proposed to the states,
to become valid as a pait of the constitution
when ratified by the legislatures
of the several states as provided
by the constitution:
"Article?Section 1. After one year
from the ratification of this article ths
manufactur. sale or transportation
of intoxicating liquors within, the importation
thereof Into, or the exportation
thereof from the United States
and all territory subiect to the jurisdiction
thereof for beverage purposes
Is hereby prohibited.
"Section 2 The. Congress and the
several states shall l.ave concurrent
power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation.
"Section 3.* This article shall be Inoperative
unless It shall have been ratified
as an amendment to the condtitnHnn
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several states, as provided in the con- 1
stitutlon. within seven years from tho 1
date of the submission hereof to tho
t states by the Congress."
GOETHAL8 MAY RETURN
TO DUTY WITH ARMY.
Has Been Offered Post of Quartermaster
General.
Washington.?In explanation of the
new war council he has created. Secretary
Baker said it was ntiT in any
way a result of congressional inquiry
into operations of the war department,
nor wns it related in nny way to the
Interallied war conference at Paris. }
The secretary was not inclined to
discuss in detail the purposes of the
new council, but he snid it wns to
deal with larger problems of war
. nrenaratlons nnd dt?i n<i? ??#-?..-? ? '
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the functions of the general staff. L
Questions of supply and equipment
rather than military operations probably
will be within the Jurisdiction of A
the new body.
The council Is composed of the secretary.
the assistant secretary, the K
chief of staff, the provost marshal Ren- a
oral, the quartormaster general and
the chiefs of artillery nnd ordnance. sl
Major General Goethals has been of- w
fered the post of quartermaster gen- lr
eral to succeed Major General Sharp*.
a.id it is understood that Brigadier j w
unnorai jonn n. Harrett has been se- |
lected to succeed Malor Oeneral Wear?r
as chief of artillery. So far as *
is known, no successor hus been
chosen for Major Oeneral Crosier, ^
chief of ordnance, who was recently fi
nominated for another term.
HERBERT HOOVER WON'T A
CAN THE COMING YF.AR
Washington.?Offclals of the Vlrfinis
Canners* ?xchangc. summoned
to explain certain papers found In 8
their files by Investigators for the 01
federal trade commission In the oou 11
of the inquiry Into charges of f jof" ^
speculation made by the food admiu
lstratlon, agreed to withdraw all 'ei "
ten and papers which might be con 11
y>-. strned us suggestions for prlee-flxiuv 1
and to tefrain in tie future from al 1
actlritles tending to such an effect.
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; Commander of Engineers
1 Who Fouoht at Camhral .
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Col. C. II. McKlnstry. who commnods
th? New York engineer* In Franco,
tnnny of whom participated In the
Camhrnl hnttle, fighting elde hjr stile
with the advancing British. Some of
the Amerlcnns were caught when the
Germans llnnkeil. They escaped hjr lying
In shell holes, and when the Itrltlsh
ilrove hack the enemy they horroweil
rltle* nn<l fotighl valiantly. They were
highly commended hy the British commanding
general.
LACK OF GUNS IN CAMPS
ADMITS THAT TROOPS HAD BEEN
SUPPLIED WITH FRENCH MACHINE
GUN8.
Responsibility Rests on Secretary Baker.
Training of New Army Will
Not Be Seriously Retarded on Account
of Equipment.
Washington.?Leaders of the senate
military committee subjected Major
General Crozier, chief of ordnance, to
three hours of sharp cross-examination,
seeking explanation of delays in
providing the war army with weapons.
At the executive session they will]
press questions which the general ob-1
lected to answering In the open hearing.
Throughout the examinations General
Crozier insisted that there had
been and would be no delay in equipping
soldiers sent abroad. He admitted
that because of a shortage of machine
guns tho American troops in
Prance were supplied with weapons (
if French make, and that there was (
\ lack of both machine guns and rifles <
in the training cantonments, but de- i
clared that the training of troops |
would not be seriously retarded. i
Responsibility for the machine gun |
situation was placed by the general
jquarely upon Secretary Baker, who,
le said, had taken a personal Interest
n the matter and ordered an investigation
which resulted in the adoption
In June of a new gun known as the
Browning type. This statement came
when Chairman Chamberlain said he
was not satisfied with the explanation
hat the delay had been caused by investigation.
"Neither am I satisfied," responded
he witness, "but I am not personally
esponsible." Nearly every member
if the committee Joined in the exam- |
nation and questions were fired across I
he table as rapidly as the general 1
'ould answer.
Chairman Chamberlain took exeepions
to the conclusions drawn from
Jeneral Crozier's testimony that contress,
by falling to make prompt aplropriations.
and labor troubles, were
argely responsible for the delay. Geniral
Crozler said he had not intended j
lucii nu interpretation, and that milionn
of dollars appropriated had not
>een expended. 1
INITEO STATES GUARD
IS NAME SELECTED ?
uxlliary Force of Troops Will Num- 1
ber 25,000. t
Washington.?The United States 1
uard will be the name of the 25,000
uxlliary foree of troops, authorized
y the war department, to supplement
late and other forces now guarding
ar supplies, war industries and dolg
police duty essential to the conuet
of the war. including patrol of
ater fronts.
Forty battalions will be organized
> relieve regular troops, national
uard or other purely military units of
lis guard duty.
President Wilson has signed the orer
for organization of the force and
irther orders were going out from
le war department.
RE NOT EXPECTED TO ,
RESIST TAX IMPOSITION
Louisville. Ky.?Collection by the
late of Kentucky, without a contest.
? approximately $2,000,000 in inher- 1
ance taxes on the estate of the late 1
[rs. Robert Worth Bingham was in- 1
icated by announcement that an in- y
sntory of the entite estate would be 1
led with the state taxing authorities. 1
he announcement was made by offi- <
irs of a Louiseville trust company, <
imlnistrators of the estate with will t
For
FORT MILL
MEANS IT GOILTr
IS VERDICT OF JURY
TRIAL AT CONCORD LASTED
THREE WEEKS AND ATTRACTED
NATION-WIDE INTEREST.
6.B. MEANS AGAIN FREE MAN
Judge Cllne'e Order Prevents Any
Demonstration Taking Place?Means
Spends Day at Father's Home and
Visiting Boyhood 8cenes.
Concord. N._ C.?Gaston B. Means,
acquitted of the charge of the murder
of Mrs. Maude A. King, for which he
had been on trial the last three weeks,
spent Sunday a free man with his family
at the home of his father, and going
about the streets of Concord, his boyhood
home, receiving the greetings and
congratulations of friends. "Not guilty"
was the verdict rendered by the
Jury Sunday morning at 10:22 o'clock
before Judge CHne, members of counsel.
the defendant, his wife and father
and other relatives, and a considerable
number of spectators who had gathered
in the Cabarrus county court-room.
The jury, having had the case over
night, sent a message by Sheriff Caldwell
to Judge Cllne at the hotel at 9:20
o'clock asking him to come to the
courthouse. The judge was eating his
breakfast, which he finished, proceeding
to the courthouse at 10 o'clock. To
the crowd that had gathered, Judge
Cllne stated that he did not know
whether or not a verdict had been
reached, but in the event that such
was the case, regardless of its nature
there must not be any demonstration
upon its announcement. He instructed
SherlfT Caldwell to arrest any person
violating this instruction.-He gave
positive instruction also that the Jurymen
should not be approached after
the verdict was announced before the
jury was dismissed. Judge Cline's Instructions
evidently were effective, for
there was absolutely no demonstration.
. Many Congratulations.
All was quiet and orderly unti. after
court had adjourned sine die at the
judge's order. Then counsel and
friends crowded about Means to congratulate
him, he put his arm about
Mrs. Means and the two, with other
relatives and friends proceeded from
the courtroom. On the way to the
rear door. Mrs. Means encountered a
sister of the defendant and the two fell
Into each other's arms and wept.
When the jury fllud into the courtroom.
Judge Cline stated that in his
charge Snturday afternoon he had inadvertently
referred to the time of
the shooting as "evening," and asked
the Jurymen whether or not they had
interpreted his use of this word as an
expression of opinion on his part as |
to the fact of the time that Mrs. King
was shot. The Jurymen, all In accord,
stated that they had not. Clerk of
the Court Stonstreet then asked the
rormal question as to whether a verrlict
had been reached, and Foreman
J. Frank Goodman answered In the
nfTlrmatfve. Asked by Clerk Stonestreet
whether they found the defend
ant. who hod been asked to stan 1
and raise his right hand, guilty or not
guilty of the crime charged.
"Not guilty," said Foreman Goodman.
Defendant Released.
Judge Frank Osborne, of counsel for
the defense, then asked Solicitor Cle- ]
ment If he had any further charge |
arnlnst the defendant and the solicitor
answered "I have not." Judge Osborne
then asked that the defendaht
he released from custody, and Judge
Hllno said:
"The defendant Is released."
WAR MISSION IS HOME
FROM ITS EUROPEAN TRIP
New York.?What the American
mission was sent to accomplish In th i
nter-allicd war conference in Paris
'has been successfully and satlsfacorlly
done." was the message brought
o the Air'erican people by Col. K. M.
louse, hesd of the mission, who reurnerl
to the United State with four of
lis colleagues.
HOT STATEMENT Y MR.
HOOVER AGAINST SPBRECKEL8
Washington. ? Charges made by
HBaus Sprekels, president of the Fed- !
aral Sugar Refining Company, before '
a senate investigating committee that !
Ihe food adm'nistrption is responsible
for a sugar shortage drew from Food
Administrator Hoover a vigorous at- 1
tack on Mr. Spreckels. An open intimation
is made by Mr. Hoover that I
Mr. Spreckles' testimony was inspir- |
r?d by the fact that the food administration
cut profits In sugar.
SERMANS USED WIRELESS
ON SHIP AS BAND PLAYED
Honoolulu.?While the ship's band
iras playing lively tunes to drown out
ill tell-tale sounds, the wireless apparatus
of the German cruiser, Qeier,
while Interned in this harbor, relayed
nessages between German agents in
:he United States and Japan in furtherance
of a plot to smbrull the two
countries in war. according to an article
printed In The Star Bulletin here.
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James I.. Wllmeth of Tennessee nnd
Arkansas, who has been appointed director
of the bureau of engraving and
printing. Uncle Sam's big money factory,
Is one of the few men who huve
advanced to an Important government
position tiirrniirh |hg rnntr. of .
uient clerks. He entered the government
service 20 years ugo, assorting
money orders for $00 n month.
STRONG OFFENSIVE IN WEST
AID8 ITALIANS IN HOLDING POSITIONS.?REGAIN
SOME LOST
TERRITORY.
General Altenby Occupies Jerusalem.
Bolshevikl Forces Reported to Have
Attained Heavy Losses in Fightng
With Cossacks.
The Germans, following their heavy
artillery preparations of recent days',
have attempted to driv? a wedge Into
the British line west of Cambrai, but
although they used numerically superior
forces, their effort brought them
only a minor gain.
The attack, launched between
Bullecourt and Queant, was similar to
that adopted by Crown Prince Rtfpprecht's
troops when they pierced
General Byng's front southwest* of
Cambrai nearly two weeks ago and
caused a retirement of the British on
the salient General Byng previously
had driven toward Cambrai. The
British held tenaciously to their
ground, except at one point, where
the enemy penetrated a front lino
position.
As in their previous attempt to
wreck the Cambrai salient, the Germans
lost heavily, the British mowing
them down with machine gun
and rifle fire in the fighting, which
lasted from dawn until 1 o'clock in
the afternoon.
Notwithstanding their failure, the
Germans are keoping up an intensive
bombardment of British and French
positions all along the western front
and dally are receiving additional reinforcements
in men and guns from
the eastern theater.
Snow is falling heavily in the
mountains along the northern Italian
front, and optimism prevails among
the Italians that this will oM
| definitely in holding the Austro-Ger- 1
I mans back from the Italian plain.
| Amid the first flurries of the storm on
| Tuesday the enemy resumed his atj
tack among the hills and was re-!1
warded by the capture of several po- j 1
sitions. Later, however, the Italians J
in a counter attack regained their lost ;
terrain, after which the artillery duels :
were resumed, but with less strength j
than had previously beon shown.
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The Cossacks, under General Kale- !
dines, and the Bolshevik! forces are "(
reported to have met in nt least two
lights, with the counter-revolutionists
the victors in both. The engagements
occurred at Mohellv and at Tama- .
novka. and the Bolshevik! losses are
declared to have been heavy.
General Allenby, commander of the <
British forces In Palestine, has en- j
tered Jerusalem and taken over con. j
trol of the Holy City.- The populace
-reeted the British commander cor- {
dially. In a proclamation, he told ,
the inhabitants that all sacred build- |
Ings and holy places would be protect- ,
ed and maintained. Meanwhile, tho '
British army continues Its successful (
operations in Pa'estine. having canturod
several additional qpositions
from the Turks. -
CONGRESSMAN FIRED , 1
CANNON AT AUSTRIANS.
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Italian Army, Headquarters In
Northern Italy.?The first American
shot against Austria was fired by Representative
Tinkham, of Boston, on
the lower Piave when Air. Tinkham
policed a string firing a large 149 millmeter
gun sending a shell hurtlllng
across the Plava to the Austrian positions
at Confo. A huge cloud of hlack
smoke marked the place where the
shell burst. j
LL T
tER 20, 1917
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ALLIESlRE MAKING
A STEADY ADVANCE
NEARINQ GOAL DE8PITE 80ME
UNTOWARD CIRCUMSTANCE^
8AY8 LLOYD GEORGE.
DARKEST HOUR IS JUST NOW
Because Russia Has Quit and Gone
Into Revolution and America is Just
Coming In.?Every Passing Hour is
Brighter.
London.?That steady progress towards
the desired goal is being made
by the allies, despite some untoward
occurrences, is the Arm conviction of
Premier Lloyd George, <ie declared.
It la because of this fact, the premier
said, that he would regard peace
overtures to Prussia at the moment
when her military spirit was drunk
with boastfulness as a betrayal of the
trust of himself and his colleages. The
premier's words were:
"It 1b because I am firmly convinced
that despite some untoward events,
despite discouraging appearances we
are making steady progress toward the
goal that I would regard peace over
tures to Prussia at the very moment
the Prussian military spirit is drunk
with boastfulness as a betrayal of the
great trust with which ray colleagues
and myself have been charged."
If Russia persists in her present
policy, the premier pointed out. the
withdrawal by the enemy from the
cast of a third of his troops must release
hundreds of thousands of men
and masses if material to attack
Great Britain, France and Intaly.
America Is In.
"If the Russian democracy has decided
to abandon the struggle against
military autocracy the American democracy
is taking it up." j
Germany's victories were emblazoned
to the world, the premier said,
but her troubles did not apepur in i
bulletins. Something was known of
them however. The deadly grip of the |
British navy was having its effect and (
the valor of the troops was making
an impression which would tell in the
end. He said those who during the
past fortnight were organizing a nervous
breakdown in the nation were
the same as those who recently were
organizing an hysterical shout over
the Flanders victories.
Mr. Lloyd George said he was glad
to understand that Lord Landsowne's
recent letter had been misunderstood
and that Lord Lansdowne was in
sympathy with President Wilson.
"I also," the premier declared,
"agree with President Wilson and do
not desire to force a controversy
where none exists.
"??11 inu uuuuil lU WHICH ins
ma nwho thinks ther eisahalafw-y
man who thinks there Is a half-way
house between victory and defeat,"
the premier admonished. "?here are
the men- who think you can end the
war now by some sort of what they
call peace?by setting up a league of
nations. That is the right policy after
victory; without victory it would be
a farce."
Premier Lloyd George, who was
speaking at the dinner at the Grey's
Inn Benchers, said:
Is Darkest Hour.
"If this Is the worst moment, it Is
hAPAIiaa Pneola It a a 1
..uuu.u iiu.1 otcjuicu UUL ana
America -is only preparing to come
In. Every hour that passes will see the
gap formed by the retirement of the !
Russians' filled by the valiant sons
of the great Republic. Germany !
knows It and Austria knows it. hence
the desperate efforts that they are ;
making to force the issue before
America 1b ready.
WAR RESOLUTION IS
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED
Havana.?The senate unanimously
adopted a resolution declaring that a
*tate of war between Cuba and Austria-Hungary
exists. The resolution
was the same as that passed by the
louse.
TWO LIGHTLESS NIGHT
FOR EVERY WEEK ORDERED
Slty White Ways and Advertising
Signs Must be Darkened Sunday
and Thursday Nights.
Washington?Two "lightless nights"
i week were ordered by the fuel adninistration.
Next Sunday night will I
le the first and thereafter Sunday ar.d ;
Thursday of every week will see the
dty white ways and advertising signs
larkenrd only necessary street lights I
ised and only such lights as the law
on 111 POO In nfflona ? *
, ... uu.vua aiiu SIUII'H UUl open
YO TEUTONS WERE
ABOARD THE IMO
Halifax.?There were no Germans
>r Austrians aboard the Imo when It
'ollided with the Mont Blanc, Alex B.
Sjorssen, second officer of the Itno,
estiflcd at session of the government
nquiry into the explosion. So far as
?o knew the captain and pilot were
>oth on the bridge of the ship until
ifter the collision. He had noticed
10 change in the Imo's course prior
o the collision. Twenty minutes
>1*n?rd before the explosion occurred.
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ORDERS LI6HTLESS NIGHTS
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B. B. GomcU, State Fuel Administrator,
Urge* Further Economy In
Use of Fuel.
Anderson.?B. B. Gossett, state fuel
administrator, is advised by the ua- |
tional fuel association of the revoca- I
tlon of the order issued some time ago 1
regulating the burning of white ways, |
street lights, etc. A new order is Issued
by the national association and
reads as tollows:
"Effective December 15 all signs of
every kind. Including merchants signs,
theater signs, also display lighting of
buildings and elsewhere, hotel signs
anad advertisig signs are discontinued
order is that on Thursday and Sunday
nights of each week. On the same
nights stores not open for business
roust not show inside lights more than
are necessary for safety and municipalities
with cluster lights or extra
bright lighting for white ways effect
must reduce on Thursday and Sun- |
day nights to only so much lighting
as is necessary for safety. The nights
will be called lightless nights. I.<ocal
newspapers are asked to urge households
to observe these nights with as
few lights in homes as nn??ihio
Pleaafe understand the spirit of the
order is that on Thursda and Sunday j
nights there should be no more out- j
door lighting than is absolutely neees- I
sary for safety of streets, passages
and dangerous spots, and that the ;
state administrator Ih charged by the
national fuel administration with giving
full effect to this order, using full
authority granted you by the fuel ad- j
mlnistrator to enforce same if there
are individual violators."
Returns From U-Dsat Wreck.
Aiken.?Arthur L. Lowe, a young
man from Graniteville, this county, j
who enlisted in the navy about ten
months ago. is home for a few days j
on leave of absence and has a thrilling
! story to relate. Lowe was aboard the j
IJ. S. Antilles, a member of the crew, !
when that vessel was torpedoed by a
I German submarine in the war zone
on October 17. When the Antilles j
went down 70 men lost their lives. |
Only four of these were sailors, how- I
ever, the remainder being soldiers returning
from France.
Lowe is the first Aiken county man ,
to know the experience of being submarined.
He is little more thun a boy
and was one of the first to join the
navy from this section when the call
was issued for recruits. It was like
a miracle that he escaped, yet he re- !
lates the story of his terrible experience
with an unconcern that is very
moifest. He had made three trips to
France and was returning to America
aboard the Antilles when the vessel
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??uo wi puuucu cuny in tne morning
of October 17. ,
Aid for Weak Schools.
Columbia.?The State superintendent
of education paid all legal applications
for term extension aid to weak
schools. The amount disbursed was
142,478. Payment was made to 490
districts in 39 counties.
This appropriation is designed to
lengthen the school term in any district
unable to run five months?on its
regular funds, provided such district
first levies a two-mill special school
tax. Regular school funds embrace
four items; district collections from
poll tax, district collections from dog
tax, apportionment to any district from
the constitutional three mill county
tax and the cash balance on hand from 1
all sources July 1, 1917, the beginning
of the scholastic year 1917-18. The
total of these four items must be di- I
vidod by the total expenditure for one J
month in order to show whether the
session can be maintained for five
mnnllio /\n ?i - T ?
Ww..%..a wii i cf,uiui ituum. in ev?ry
district the board of trustees also has
the amount collected from the local
taxes. Districts qualifying for State
aid thus supplement their regular | i
funds both by their local taxes and
by ihe amount received from the
State.
The law limits the payment of State
aid to any district to the sum equal
to the proceeds ftf the local levy but
no district may receive more than $100 }
from the State. In not a few distric ts (
the local tax of two mills produces
less than $2f?, hence In such districts
the amount of State aid is limited to a ,
pittance. I
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS.
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The Rev. J. L. Oatcs. pastor of the
York Associate Reformed Presbyte- j
rian Church, has declined a call re- t
eently tendered him bv the A. It. P. 1
Church of Columbia. Mr. Oates is one
of the most popular pastors in York
and people of all denominations Join- j
ed in urging him to stay there. j '
Charles A. Bowman of the postoffice '
force at Newberry slipped on the ice , '
on the sidewalk here and broke his <
left arm near the shoulder. I I
Furman University has closed on
account of measles. One case had (
been isolated and physicians thought (
the situation was in every way satis- t
factory until ten more cases devel- 1
oped.
The Mills Manufacturing Company. \
Greenville, which closed down tempo- I
rarily a short while one day for rea t
sons assigned to the coal shortage,
has resumed operation. The manage- i
ment announced that no time was lost c
in output of cotton goods. No mills 1
in this state have shut down, it was 1
authoritatively stated j f
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
FROM GAMP SEVIER
QRANTLAND RICE. THE FAMOUS
8PORT WRITER. NOW FIELD
ARTILLERYMAN.
REPORT ON. GAMP HEALTH
Soldiers Well Prepared to Withstand
The Extreme Cold of the Past
Few Days.
Camp Sevier. Greenville.?Qrantland
litre, the world famous sport writer,
is now a private in the One Hundred
and Fifteenth Field Artillery (Tennessee)
at Camp Sevier. Mr. Rice is a
native of Tennessee and it was in
Nashville that he first broke into the
newspaper game. "Naturally," he
said to a newspaper representative, "I
wanted to be with the boys of my native
state." Mr. Rice underwent final
physical examination at the base hospital.
He has not yet been assigned
to his particular battery in the One
Hundred and Fifteent hField Artillery.
Mr. Rice did not say whether he
would continue his sports writing.
"I'll be very busy training for the
trenches, he said. "However, I just
% mi v icu j CTV nuui i will uo UUltr ill uu.
Howbeit. as folks UBod to sing out to
me when I was marring their happiness
as a reporter, 'nothing for publi?atlon."'
Replacement of the six mess shacks
r,f the One Hundred and Nineteenth
Ivfantry which were destroyed by fire
early Saturday morning has been commenced.
The mess halls of Oompanies
A, R. C. and D, that of the headquarters
and that of the supply company,
were totally burned, together with all
utensils and provisions stored in that
of Company D, where the fire originated
and the hall of the regimental infirmary
was partially destroyed. Defective
electrical wiring is believed to
have been the cause of the fire. The
One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry
was formerly the Second North Carolina
and is commanded by Co. J. Van
B. Motts.
The report of disease conditions in
the army for the week ending Saturday,
December 1, issued one week later,
shows that at that time, ten days
ngo, conditions here had improved to
such an extent that on many tables
the name of the camp did not uppear,
the rate here being lens than the normal
average. On the one table of comparative
rates in which the name of
Camp Sevier does appear, that of the
proportion temporarily incapacitated
by disease, it stood last in, eighth
place. The number of cases of measles
decreased more than 50 per cent, during
the week ending December 1, and
pnumonia also sowed a decided falling
off. The release of the One Hundred
and Seventeenth Infantry, still
quarantined because of measles, is
daily expected.
Five men from the field signal battalion
have been recommended to attend
the signal officers' training camp
at Little Silver, N. J. Those who successfully
complete the course will be
placed on a list from which men will
bo commissioned as vacancies occur.
The signal officers' training camps
are conducted along similar lines to
those for the infantry, cavalry and
field artillery. In past camp men especially
qualified through technical
raining and highly recommended were
admitted directly from civil life, but
to the camp about to start only recommended
enlisted men will be admitted,
as in the camp for infantry and
artillery officers which is to be opened
at Camp Sevier January 5.
The Liberty programs, given at the
army camps under the Joint auspices
of the Y. M. C. A. and the Fosdick
commission, opened at Camp Sevier
with a company of singers. The tent
a ?/???<< ii iirai tn*: t nui|j oi me I' lriyNinth
Brigade. This week u second
tent will be up. Attractions will bo
Kiven every night In each, an attraction,
remaining, however for the entire
week. Among others, it is hoped that
Arthur Guy Bmpey, author of "Over
the Top." may be secured to lecture
here.
More than half of the 27,000 men
composing the Thirtieth Division have
taken out war insurance, but the slogan
of the authorities is "every man
Insured." and it looks as If the next
two weeks will see their goal close at
hand. Motor Truck Company No. 3, of
the One Hundred and Fifth Supply
Train, holds tre record to date with 89
policies from 81 men. two having two
>ach. while the One Hundred nnd Fifth
Trench Mortar Mattery is 100 per cent
Insured and Company B, One Hundred
md Nineteenth Infantry, reports 225
policies from 228 men.
-rne quarantine of the One HunIred
and Seventeenth Infantry, form
?rly the Third Tennegee, National
Juard, was lifted with the exception
>f five companies. which are atlll lsoated.
The dally report showed no deaths
vlthin the past 24 hours for the first
Imp since the measles epidemic
>roke out.
During the past week only seven
leaths have occurred. Seven cases
>f measles have been In isolation*
>ut no deaths have been reported.
The decrease in the rate of sickness
or the past week was 50 per con*