The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 03, 1917, Image 2
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Washington, July 'Jit. -lu ? letter? to(
Senator Wwkn, <?f m,i .. tin , ii , out
door trulnliJK In th? early winter 1m
department's reason for choosing the
South an the training ground for the
National (iuard, This letter*w*H In re
KjKuise to an Inquiry from .Senator
Weeks.
Mr. Haker pointed out that the In
ability to get so indent tonnage for
Hi? traiiH|N?rt of 4trooi?* abroad be
fore winter seta In made It necessary
to Heiid the National Ouard to a oil-1
mat? where they might have out-of
d(K>r training In the early winter
months. Hefore the winter end*, ho
*nid, ho expected that all #he Nation j
al (iuard would be on the way to
France. The letter follow* :
"It la,intended to send the National
Hoard or such mills thereof as arc
properly equipped aiid trained to Join
the American- ex|>edltionary forces In
Franco, twfore the additional forced
aiitliorled by the selective draft aet
now called the national army, can
be sent. When the plan* for mobilis
ing those two forces were drawn, It
was not known how soon the National
army could be assembled under the
draft. The National Hoard having al
ready In Us possession aome equip
ment. and having, after several months'
service on the border, received a cer
tain measure of fronting, it was be
lieved that that fore? could be more
promptly dlsjwtchod to France than
the National Anuy wtileli at the time
tile plans wore approved bad not been
authorised by , Congress.
"Plans for the dispatch of our forc
es to France depend not only on their
tiaining and equipment but also upon
the Availability of sufficient tonnage
for transportation. Mad It been pox
slide to procure before winter trans
portation to France for the National
Huard of all States in the North, it Is
quite possible that my advisors would
have recommended that the National
Huanl be placed in cantonments? In
th*1 North, liad such a plan been pro
posed ami given out and tonnage
born sufficient the approach of whi
te* would have found the National
<Juiyd In a climate where out-of-door
training would have licen Impractica
ble.
ll would then have nceu neces
sary, after considerable expenditure
for the construction of cantonments,
fo transport them to the South, build
oew cantonments and possibly return
them to a Northern harbor for em
barkation. Hence it was decided fi?
construct cantonment Shelter for the
National HuaWl In the South.
"After sites lnid been selected for
many of (Im? divisions of the National
('"aril and for the National army, it
was reported to the officer in charge
.of cantonment eonstrticrlou that due
fo the price of material flic sum of
"'one,* appropriated for cantonment
'?onstruetion would he sufficient for
only about half the number (.'{l'i of
canloiiinent< planned. It was also re
ported that the construction of half
fhe number of cantonments could be
completed by Sept. f. HUT. |Mif not
by .July. Hi,, month in which it had
been planned to .-all the National
('Hard into military service. This
month was selected because due to
the lark of clothing and other equip
ment. j| was believed impracticable
to eomplete the equipment of the reg
ular army with all its increments, be
fore July, and it was not desirable
to call the National Huard before ii
was possible to supply the ncessarv
"pilpmont.
"Uecausc of the impracticability of
constructing thirty-two cantonments
with the funds appropriated it was de
cided. as the National (iuard had then
in its possession a certain amount of
'outage. and the war department
could reasonably ho|>e to supply the
necessary eompletcinent by the end of
July, to place fhe National (iuard
under canvas in order that their
training might not be longer delayed,
and to eoullne the cantonment eon
st ruction to the alto* selected 111 va*.
rloua divisional a'"*'"'4 ^>r "'?? NaUoual
a riuy.
"You correctly assume that It hop
ed to aeud the National Guard to
Framv within a reasonable time, but
It Im manifestly Impracticable, with
tin' limited tonnage available, to trans
port all the National Guard of the
Northern States t<? Km we before cold
weather, even If tlie <lls|?atch of the
dlvlnion of the regular army be poet"
lamed for that purpooe.
"If the National Guard of the New
Kngland dlvlaion should lai camped
In New Knglaud considerable expendi
ture win i?e necessary ut the site se
lected. <>n the approach of cold
weather It will lie neceaaary to traha
|M?rt them to the South and to s|amd
an ?M|iial amount on the construction
of a camp there. In the sites which
have been selected, trailing of the
National Guard may be continued
throuKhout the winter. During the
winter, If not lw?fore, It Im IioinmI that
sufficient tonnage will la* available for
the (Mxpatcli of most of the' National
(lua.nl to France, namely, thoae di
visions properly equipped and train
ed for Her vice in war.
"I can assure you that every utep
taken by the war department for the
organisation and training of all our
military force* lias lw>en prompted
solely by the desire to further the
prosecution of the war in such a man
ner as to effect the la'st result*. It
Ik ini]K>ssihle to foreaee what difficul
ties may arlae In the future, but the
present plana t?f the war department
are ho framed an to provide for the
training of each lwrtton of the army
as soon as the equipment can be fur
nished, and to dispatch each portion
of the army to France as soon an It
4m trained nml cqut-ppcrt^iTirf toming#
l>ee<>ine available."
Death at St. Clwrles.
Mr. William Hrearley died at his
home near St. Charles Friday after
noon, rfter a long illness. lie wax
about (Ml years old and had lived prac
tically all his life In the Mt. Zion
neighborhood. Ilo is survived by one
brother, Mr. A. A. Hrearley, and one
sister. Miss Lizzie Hrearley. The fu
neral services were held at Mt, Zion
ehurch at 11 o'clock today.-^Suniter
Item.
Forty Cent Cotton.
Savannah. July ?The first bale
of 1017 cotton received on this market
was sold at auction for forty cents.
The bale was donated to the Red
Cross. The second bale arriving was
al$?o donated to the Red Cross.
Watch the Court-Planter.
Washington. July 'JS.?Courtplaster
said to have been distributed by tier- .
man sympathizers, have been found on i
chemical analysis by the Department
? ?f .lustice to contain tetanus gertns. |
Attorney General (Gregory today warn- ,
ed-lbe public to use only court-plaster.I
fruin reliable sources.
Suftleient to Paralyze.
Kansas (.'it y. July ~s.?Chemical
test of cnnrt-plaster circulated in
rural communities t?f Kansas by in-'
terant peddlers show that at leagt one
brand of the plaster contained tetanus 1
laiccili. Fred 1?. Koherlson, 1 *nit??<1
States District Attorney for Kansas, J
announced today.
Mr. Robertson savif tests upon,
(iniuea plus and other animals showed
tetanus -bacellt in sufficient quantities
to paralyze a human, but the bacterio
logists were doubtful whether there
were enough to cause death.
II. K. Drew, general manager and
vice president of the Santee Mills of
(Orangeburg, was struck ami instantly
killed by lightning in his home Fri
day afternoon. Mr. Drew was in his
bath room taking a bath when the
fatal stroke came. He was a native
of Blackstoiie, Mass., but had become
a prominent and influential citizen of
Orangeburg.
The Human Factors
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the trained operator, and 'the party who
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The calling party should give the cor
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ing directly into the transmitter, and
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THK 014IKHT WOMAN
Mkuom Tlable THomm l*ad Near Maii
iO??k Aft** life el lIUMn
Manning, J*ny 27.?A notable lit
atauce of longevity warf brought to ?
clone last Saturday afternoon when
old Maunta Tl*bb? Thomas al?out
a utile Mini a half from Manning. Ac
cording to the tM'Nt obtainable records
and tradition, she waa born In what
La now Clarendon Couuty in the Jack'*
ci.rk settlement, near where the town
of Suuimerton la located, In the year
I7W, Which would m??<> her at the
time of her death awout 127 >eara
old. She waa i'..mi in nlavery, tirst
Itelonglng In John Ttioutaa, and later
to H. A. Walker, father of tb,? lute
Hen \V"fllker uj? thla towu. At the doa#
of the War Itetween thti Section*
wUoih emaiictpatlpu itccame establish
ed, her last owner was 1 Jeft'y Kharne, ?
near where Sliver 1h Uow located. She'
11 ved there until about Ave yearn ago i
when she waa brought to Manning to ,
live with her granflsondn-law. She;
waa married at an early ago and not
withstanding the trout>Up brought
ul>out by having different ownera her
only huslmnd waa Jeff Thomas or Jeff
Hcthunc. To theni ten children wern
horn, all living to be old meu and
women. Her oldest (laughter, Caroline
(?amble, la now living near Manning,
being over years old. The latter
is the mother of 12 children,, the
youngest one now livmg, being about
10 years old/ hike her mother, Caro
line (iaiuhle has been married only
once. Tlable Thouiaa lived to aee her j
great-great-grandchildren. Her mind
was bright up to the day of her death, >
though she had been paralyzed for.
about nine months. It la remarkable |
that ahe was able to visit her grand- ;
children and great grandchildren dur !
.lug--last. -year-,--walking more than two ?
miles alone to be with them, She was ;
well liked by all, both white and
black. She served till over this en- !
lire country, Sumter as well as Clar
endon, as a midwife, hence ahe had a
home wherever she wanted to atop, for i
all knew her and from what can he I
learned she was a woman of excellent
Christian character. Those who knew
her Intimately say it was a pleasure
to converse with her about the many
changes she had witnessed In Olaren
don County, from a wilderness almost
belonging to the wild animals to a
Held of beauty dotted with beautiful
homes. She remembered when there.
were few public roads, only bypaths
lending from one section to another.
Thus has passed away perhaps the
last link in this section connecting tin1
INth with the 20th century.
I'NCLK SAM'S BI? JOB
Supplying An Army of One Million
Fighter*.
Washington. I). .Tnly 26.?Buy
ing the things an army must have, get
ting them to the training camps and
later on. putting them across the sea
will he the biggest feat -of merchan
dising I'nele Sam ever attempted..
Consumption of food, clothing, bed
ding. hardware and other necessities
l?y an army of 1.000.000 Is roughly cal
culated to ho three times as great as
for the same number of men in peace
ful occupations.
Aside from arms and ammnnijion,
."Mil di erent articles must he supplied
to equip an army. The government
i< rapidly completing the purchase of
enough items to supply 43.<hmi officers,
1.018.270 enlisted men and 036 civilians
for a year.
Manufacturing and transporting this
mountain of goods will be felt in ev
ery business channel. It means pros
perity, but also higher prices. Kvery
thing men use in ordinary life,, ex
cept extreme luxuries, will be drawn
upon. Women are affected by the
use of raw material for army needs,
otherwise devoted to their demands.
Following is part ol The army's de
mand. for a year:
Garbage cans, 44,011: whistles with
chain, 120,011 : saddlers' wax. 28,036
pounds; soap, 18,600,15.'I ponn's; soup
kettles, *0,001 : small field desks, 27,
126: hats. 2.201,100; extra shoe laces,
10.182.7(H); nose hags for horses, 72,
240; brooms, 54.720; white wash
brushes. 27,706; blacksmith shops, 344;
camp chairs, 8.532; tooth brushes, 8,
054,818; face towels, 3,054.818: com
plete company barber #hops. i<),624;
tent stoves, 108,348.
Attempt to Wreck Train.
Another unsuccessful attempt was
made to wreck a Southern train on
the Marion & Kin^yiHe division last
Saturday afternoon and only Provi
dence and good fortune prevented its
success. The attempt was made near
the 36 mile post close to Camden and
No. 1>7 was the intended victim. The
would-be wrecker placed two pieces
of timl>er on the rails, one on each
rail, on a curve. The train was run
ning at a high speed when the engi
neer saw the obstruction ahead. He
applied the emergency brake; but the
timbers on the rail were high enough
to he picked up by the pilot ? of the
engine, and were knocked out of the
way. Had the pilot failed to pick
up the obstruction a bad wreck would
have l?een certain. Between the state
farm and Boyklns, someone fired a rifle
or pistol bullet through a window of
the first-class car, barely missing a pas
senger.?Yorkvllle Enquirer.
General Harrison Gray Otis, noted
editor of the i/os Angeles Times, died
in Los Angeles Monday. General Otis
was a foe to union labor and had
the Times building blown up at one
time, resulting in the death of many
of his printers.
The Sheriff of Dorchester county
has seized n trunk containing 20 gal
lons of Imiozc. The trunk was check
ed from some j>olnt la Florida to
Charleston.
WHAT WK OWE THK FRENCH.
Knu?ce Helped Aptterku In Dtyn Thitf
frM Mrtt'H Smb.
What Ih our dvbjt to France?
Lot us glance back to thorn* dark
, i.i \ - of 177H. that tried men's souls.
Koine think that the Declaration of In
tloiH'iitlciKv t'stxl'llchcd our Independ
ent*. forgetting the year which fol
lowed, when our pottering cause made
oven Washington desfmir. ? >
l'rior to a declaration. France had
sent over it million dollars to aid uh,
and in October, 177#, our three com
missioners were went to France to
plead for uk, HenJamlu Franklin's
negotiations soon tirougbt forth frulf,
and It was agreed that France should
furnish us two million lyres a" year;
and three ships laden with military
stores were dispatcher to assist us.
Then, ? though the government of
France was not prepared to send us
troops, volunteers were not waiting,
who cast their lot In with the eauae of
liberty. La Fayette, though hut nine
teen years of age, bought and fitted
out a vessel, sailing in April, 1777.
From this time on, numerous Individ
ual* in France contributed large ^uuut^
of money, among them the hcautlfuL
Ouchess of Orleans, *vfto gave to John
Paul Jones at one time $47,000 to fit
out the "Hon lJomme Richard," donat
ing it, she said, "in the great cause of
which he was the ablest and bravest
champion on the sea."
The arrival of La Fayette at a mo
ment of grave perplexity for Washing
ton. brought cheer and Inspiration.
Washington welcomed almost as a son
the modest French, who said, "I am
here to learn and not to teach," and
who, during the next two years Ten
derer such brilliant military service,
returning to France In 1771) to secure
for us tlie"help lie saw that we must
have. lie urged the Immediate send
ing of 12,000 troops, and of the nec
essary fleet, and in April 1780, he re
turned to America, announcing the suc
cess of his mission. -
This flood news came in times of
deepest gloom when even the valiant
spirit of Washington was almost van
quished. The army was freezing,
starving, and without money or
clothes. The soldiers, without shoe,
left bloody footprints behind them as
they marched. The finances were in
a most deplorable condition and pa
per currency was truly "not worth a I
Continental." - Indian-corn sold in!
Boston for $150 a bushel: butter for
$12 a pound; a battel of flour cost
$1,575. and Samuel Adams paid $2,000 j
for a suit of clothes: It took ten pa- i
per dollars to make a ccnt. And
Washington declared "a wagon load j
of money was needed to buy a wagon i
load of food." If was then that the i
irlorious tidings came. Franco would
send men and ships of sold. There
was Indeed rejoicing when In July
seven shtps-of-tlie-line and' three
frigates arrived at Newport bringing
0.0(H) men under Count Rocliambeau.
with news of reinforcements to come.
And so flu* year of 17.S0, which had i
witnessed the annihilation of two
armies, the bankruptcy of congress,
the spread of treason and mutiny,
brought a urent hope from France.
And the annnunevment of the French
alliance placed us before all Europe
ns an acknowledged independent na
tion.
Daily the ?U>!>t to Franco increased
as the end of flic conflict approach
ed. At Yorktown. Lafayette with
only ".im>0 troops skillfully maneuver
ed lib* inferior force until Cornwallis.
who hart rnnip out to "Crush the hoy"
thought it wise to retreat to his base
of oiterations hy the sea. where pres
ently "the hoy" hold him at hay.
Meanwhile, with keen expectancy
Washington waited for news of the
arrival of the French fleet command
ed hy rte Gra*se?28 shlps-of-tho-llne.
fl frigates carrying 1,700 guns, anrt
20.000 men. And when the glorious
news that they had come gladdened
the heart of Washington, lie, with
2,000 Continentals, accompanied hy
Rochamlieau with 4.000 Frenchmen.
l?egan a march, the destination of
which was known to only these two
commanders. On August 31. the.
great French squadron was on the
scene, having gained a 'decisive vic
tory over Admiral Graves, and taken
full possession of the Virginia waters,
with 000 men killed or wounded in
the engagement.
And, now, while the French held
the sea. 3,000 of the troops were
sent ashore under the Marquis Saint
Simon, which - hy reinforcing Lafay
ette, enabled kin* to take his stand
across the peninsular at Williamsburg
thus cutting off Cornwallis from pos
sible retreat. So for six days the
French held Cornwallis, until the
arrival of Washington and 'Jtocham
beau with the additional 4,000 French
men. It was a victory for France
as well as for America, when on Oc
tober 19th, the enemy surrendered.
It was a day of hafcpy omen, not
only for the United States and for
France, but for Great Britain as well,
for it meant the fall of the corrupt
and shameless government of George
III, and the birth of a new England,
that of William III, Walpole, Pitt,
Chatham and Gladstone. And wben
years after, Lafayette said to Na
poleon that "the American Revolu
tion was the greatest event in the
hUtory of the world. Tie realised that
a decisive battle for freedom had then
been won.
Could we compute the interest upon
the money which France bestowed,
it would immeasurably exceed our
po^er* of calculation. And- if we es
timate the debt In men, we hare the
statement of the Prince de .Toinvllle.
that "France in the war of the Revo
lution lost 35,000 men and 25 shipa
of-the-llne," a loss not all on this
side of the water bat all resulting
from the American alliance.
The debt ?<? France !? more than
we i'du ever iwy fcecauae It la tfce
price of our great national i-xlatence,
but we can do mir he#t to pay at leant
a fraction of tl?*? debt which mMile us
free.
Al 1'aUer, noted priae lighter, la
dead, and lila father, Henry Palaer, In
to face a charge of uiaiuilaugrter for
the ?laylng of hta non. The youuger
raiser wax defending hla mother from
an attack by the father at their home
at Fornix FuIIh, MIiiii.
Fred I* Whlttemure, a youug rvv*,
tbo W?h tiuH returns to bU
Mulllu*. t). C., after having
niHiiy foreign UiuIh. {{? ^
ih???wi*j ? valuable int u^i
aiul ban Inien cloaely <jut__
KukUhIi and American naval
tie* about some of the war tin*"
of the ?ea?.
A large lot of contraband u
wa* i?oure<l out aiam tlio rourt 1^
green at bvxtngtnu Monday moniii
by Sheriff Sim J. Miller. ?
~We have moved our sales room to building former
ly used by Kershaw Motor Co., and will be glad to hav,
you come to us there.
We are prepared to do your work and take cart
of your storage battery for you.
Al?o a full line of accessories Can give you firtt
class service in all lines of the automobile trade.
Dealers of Dodffes and Jeffery car.. Come in and
see our stock when in town.
CAMDEN MOTOR ?.
Phone 42
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