Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ORDERS PROVIDE RECRUITING PLACE NEED NEARLY 2,000 MEN FOR NA TIONAL GUARD-MAY DELAY MOVEMENT. NEWS FROM CAMP MOORE Interesting Happenings About Pal metto Soldiers Who Are in Camp at Styx, the Mobilization Point for the South Carolina Ndtional Guard. Camp Moore, Styx.-It is not beiev -ed that the First and Second regi ments, National Guard of South Caro lina, will be moved to the Mexican bor der un-til every company has been re cruited to full war strength-150 men and officers. It is pointed -out 'tliat the regiments will not be needed for nany months and that the men might as well be trained at Styx as at a con. centration camp in Texas. General orders for the recruiting campaign in South Carolina were re oelved at the camp. A study of the needs of the regiments shows that over 1,800 men will be required be fore the companies are up to war etrength. Considering the number of men to be thrown out on physical ex amination it is evident .that more than 2,800 recruits will have to be secured by the details that are soon to open etation's in Greenville, Spwr 'anburg, Oolumbia and Florence. The different units of the National Guard need the following number of men: First regiment, 876; Second regiment, 87; Troop A, cavalry, 10; engineer company, 94, and field hos pital, 15. Officers Assigned. The following coast artillery officers were assigned to their stations: Spar ,tanburg, Capt. J. M. Wallace of Spar tanburg and First Lieut. J. Herz Brown; Greenville, Capt. Henry C. Moore of Gaffne-y and First Lieut. Guy B. Foster of Greenville; . Florence, First Lieut. W. E. Bell of Gaffney and Second Lieut. W. W. Names of Jones ville. Rifle range continues on the range and the men are making some ri'ght good scores. They are shooting fro the 100 yard line. To El Paso? A Washingtori dispatch to the Phil. adelphia Record of several days agc would Indicate that the South Carolina troops will 'be sent evenitually to the El Paso district. The dispatch con, Eains no announcement as to .the dis. position of .the Georgia and North Car. olina troops. Members of the engineer company were busy repairing the big pump, A new blacksmith 'shop is being ereat ed for the First regiment. . Col. E. M. Blythe of the First regl ment, camp commander, has announc 4r1 the 'personnel of the military exam ining board for his regimenit. A simi. Jar board will be appointed by Cal. Springs. The boards will examine into the general fitness of men seeking commissions and will make recoin mandations to the regimental com manders. The examination will be partly oral and partly written. There are several second lieutenancies to be filled in the First regiment. After ward first 'lieutenancies will be filled. Following are the officers appointed to the military examining board 'by Cal. Bllythe: Lieut. Col. P. K. Mc Gully, Maj. E. C. von Tresckow, Capt. R. C. H{eyward. Capt. G. Hayward Ma lion, Jr., and First LUeut. S. C. Chand ler. Banking for Se'cond. A banking system has been estab lished by Col. Sipringe for tlhe men of the Second regiment. The company commanders have been designated as y bankers to handle the funds of the men. The firsrt 'pay day of 'the Second regiment will be celelbrate'd in royal style wi'thin the next several days and the bankaing system was established for the convenience of the men. . Adobes for Tent Floors. One of the first tasks of the Carolina soldiers on reaching .the bordei-pro 'vided they ever do 'that-will be to make adobe bricks of clay with a - straw binder, wherewith to floor their tents. Recruiting stations have been open. - Sd at Greenville, Spartan'burg and Florence. One wHi soon be opened in Columbia. Over 1,800 men are need ed to fill up the companies. It is believed In camp that an order for removal 'to the border 'would boosi recruiting.. r ' "Wonderful," said Col. Blytde, dis enssing 'te health of the men. Thc camp site is ideal and every prOcBau tioun is being taken by the two conm manding officers to insure 'the health of the men. President Wilson has assured Gov Manning that he wiHl confer immedi * antely wi'th Secretary Baker concernini the request of the governor for somE intimation as -to the intentiiope of thE war department In ree~peot of -the South Carolina units in the Nation~a Guard of the Unitted States, Evrr officer and ervery enlisted man i - 'eentonments at Styk, near Columbia d'waits wbth keen Intereat Washing ton further response to the gover nor's request .for information, "Any tas defn~it% of whatever imptn -will be gr'eteell and rdlieving," eate~ ene officer, New Packs Are Useful, "Pappoose sacks," <the soldiers de risively call the, new gIpping packs, which take the place of the familiar blaiket roll for service. afield. The canvas container holds toilet. articles, mess kit, poncho and spare clothing. Attachments carry the blankets and 'the bayonet, also an entrenching tool, either a shovel or a pick-mattock. When a charge is ordered a strap may be pulled and the blanket dropped to the ground. The container filled weighs about 80 pounds. Uncle $am Wants Hayne. First Uieut. James A. Hayne, secre tary of the state board of health and temporarily attached to the medical staff at Camp Moore, has been offered a place in tihe medical corps of the United States army in the foreign ser vice. ie has received several tele grams urging that lie asccept the com mission, but has refused. He has seen service in the west and in the canal zone. Goes Up for Regular Army. Second Lieut. James T. Moore, ma chine gun company, Second regiment. left for Washington, having secured a leave of absence. - He will abtend a milltaty 'training school and on Aug. 21 will take an examination for second lieutenant in the United States army. He was graduated from -the Citadel last June. He is a son of W. W. Moore, adjutant general. Men of the Second regiment ser naded Col. H. B. Springs with a "bot tle band" under the leadership of Joe Doyle. Leapfrog is a favorite pastime in the late afternoon. The Y. M. C. A. tent 1l proving a great convenience to the men. It Is here that the boys write letters black home. Life at Camp Moore is moving along smoothly and the men are hoping for the day when the border order ar rives. A 'big news item in camp was the killing of an aflligator, seven feet long, in Congaree Creek near the pumping station. The members of the Second regiment machine gun company have been using a bathing pool near by. Three Meals a Day. "Good soup - I mean vegetable 3oup," commented the guest. "Good hash," added the visitor, "and Bermuda onions." "Yes," said the captain, also the host, "and I might add the men are being just as well fed." "They got more than you did to niglt," ch-imed in the orderly. "And by 'the way," continued the host, "you don't see any starving mer ait Styx. I give you my word the aver age man he're is fed better than a4 home. Why, this morning I had a piece of beefsteak that was fit for v king. No better in Columbia. Nov we certainly alppreciate the initeres Qf the good women of the state It sending 'the delicacies to camp, bu I must say thpot the soldiers are beinE well fed." The guest was delighted with the mifltary supper and promised to re turn for another meal. "Yes," mused a private, after the guest had left the officers' mess, "a few phonograph records, some maga zines and county papers would be just as highly appreciated as rich food." The Second battalion, First infan tr-y, Maj. T. B. Spratt commanding gave a dress parade on the rifle range, Companies from Spartanburg, Rock Hill and Union and,the machine gun company from Anderson part'i cipated, The men were given much applause as they filed pass the large number of visitors anq soldiers from other com panies. The machine gun company partiod pated in targot practice on 'the rifle range, some good scores being re corded. Word is expeoted from Washington any day concerning the request of Gov. Manning that some statement be made as to when the troops will be moved. The letter of the governor was addressed to the president atld the secretary of war. An effort wvill be made to recruit the 'two South Carolina regiments 'in the National Guard of the United States up .to 'full wvar strength-150 men to the company--in 'the opinion of W. W. Moore, adjurtant general. Recruiting officess will be opened at an early date ait Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia and Florence. Officers and men from 'the coast artaillery will be detailed for service at these stations. The liset of officers flor each statiion has not yet been announced. No definite dates have been fixed for the annual eampment of 'the coast artillery, according to' W. W. Moore, adjutan't general. The maititer of fixing the dates is being handled by the war department. The coast artillery companies are located at Greenville, Spartanburg, Greenwood, Gaffnoy and Jonesville. "Life at Camp Moore is agreeing with the men," said an officer. "Just look at the ruddy faces. The sa'iow look of the men from the offices and mills has disappeared." Capt. Manning Returns. Capt. W. M. Manning of the Char leston i,,ght Dragoons has returned to Camp Moore, afster being sick in Co. lumbia for several days. Soldier Undergoes Operation. IThe first major operation by the Camp Moore surgeons since 'they wiere mustered Into federal service was per. formed at the Baptist- hospital. Perry IF. Wilson, a -priva'te of Company M, Second regiment, being the patient. Hie had appendicitis. Private Wi4son is resting well and lise chances for a Upeedy recovery are good, lHe is tflu~ I on of Mrs. A. L. Witson af Naasda. ROUTE TO NORTH 18 OPEP Watson Guides Maroo'ned Autoists ti Safety-Gives interesting Data on Highways Used. Columbia.-Many .parties travelni by auto, some from Florida, some fron Georgia and many from the Pee Dei section of this state, who have bcei marooned in oolubrba for the great or portion of the week, were mad< happy when positive advices reachie the department of agriculture, com merce and industries simultaneous3 from Gastonia, York and Chester ar< a connection had been estwblished be tween Charlotte and Gastonia. Commissioner Watson having gath ered many of the marooned cars by previous arrangement, left the city pi loting the. procession northward ovel .the Monticello road., He piloted th party as far as Winnsboro, which cit3 was reached in good time without ac elden-t over a good, dry road. The department issued the follow Ing statement as to the emergenci route that must be used perhaps foi some time by those going north ast to the Pee Dee section: "Coun'ty Supervisor . C. We' wires from Camden in ygard to thi matter of reestablishing highway con nection there 'Nothing has been done Will arrange for crossing as soon a possible.' "Ferry crossing of the Catawba al Belmont, between Gasbonia, N. C., an( Charlotte, N. C., was established Jul) 21st, letting motor driven vehiclei across. Hard work is being done tc get the ferry between Chester and Lancaster in operation, but the exaco tim it will be in action can not ye1 be stated. It will be several day! at least. Parties for the north ane for the Pee Dee section points can however, use the Gastonia-Charlotit ferry, going from Columbia via Ches ter, York and Gastonia to Charlotte and thence northward and by Lancas ter to a connection with the Washing ton-Atlanta highway North, and agair by Lancaster, Chesterfield and Che raw or by Lancaster and Camden t( all points in the Pee Dee. "An effort has been made to go Sumter and Richland .to see the grea value to all sections of the state fron the reopening of the old Garner's fer ry, which would save the people o the entire Pee Dee section many mile of travel, but so far this effort ha borne no fruit." Three Drowned at Camden. Oamden.-Three men lost their live in .the Wateree river here when, lighter on which they were &ttemptin to cross the stream capsized. Thed names are T. J. Fletcher, white, fori man, of Garnetit, S. C.; Alonzo Pai nosh and Joe Williams, colored, place of residence unknown. The men wei working on the Seaboard trestle. A three swam for some distance an .gave out. One of the piers at thi point causes the stream to form dangerous and swift whirlpool and i was in this current the tragedy o4 curred. AM of the men were stranger here, forming a part of a large crea -working night and day to put th trestle in shape for traffic. The rive is slowly rising again. Postpone Junior Order Meeting. Lancaster.--The time for the hold ing of the annual meeting of th< Junior Order of American Mechanic in Greenwood has boon postpone< from Augnst 1 to September 7. Thi decision was reached by State Couri sellor Roach Stewart of Lancaster in view of the condition of rai'roat transportation at 'this time, which I is though will be ma'terially improved by September 7, tfhe new date fixed to ifhe meeting in Greenwood. Bridge Carries Girt to Death. Ware Shoals.--Miss Nova Dallas, 2 years of age, a .graduate of Due Wes Female College, died from injuries re ceived when a bridge over Salud< river near here chapsed, 'throwin' iter and four friends 25 feet again's tihe rocks below. Damage Not So Great. Conway.-While the crops wera hard hit in Horry county by the trop: cal hurricane which swept this sec 'tion, the damage to property at Myrtle Beach is not as great as was at firs reported. The properity damage l alight. The cottages on the stran< are now occu-pied and traveling mei and guests are ,stopping at the 'hoto as though nothing had happened. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS T. J. Mitchell of Green, Route 2 was appointed magistrate of High land township. Greenville county, t< succeed F. L. Ballenger, resigned. Crop prospects, as a rule, havy never been brighter in Lexingta: county .than right now, and farmeri are smiling. Old plantings of corn are the best byer seen, and the late plantings are looking exceedingly wel More corn will be raised in this con ty 'this year than ever before knowi in the history of the county. Skottowe B. Fishburne, M. D., cit: health officer for Columbi', has go~n to New York City to study the intan tile paralysis epidemic. "It is strange," said a veteran rail way employe at Spartanburg, "hov the wooden treaties stoo4 tflhe fioo waters. The steel bridges wont out but the wooden sections were let standing." Records ia the clerk's office of thi United States distriot court for th< western district of South Carolin< slhows a tremendous improy enept 1: business conditons. MAJOR HINES, CENSI Ma. John L. Hines, censor with Iers but finds time to get a little exercise. H seen taking a ride around the camp. ARMY AVIATORS MUST STUDY LONG French Give Men Most Thorough Training Before License is issued TARGET PRACTICE IMPORTANT t Science Is Now So Highly Specialized That a Series of Schools Is Nec essary-Course Takes About Five Months. 3 Larls.-There was a time when an aviator was expected to become anl air lighter In much the same way as a boy i is taught to swim by being thrown ELinto deep water and expected to strike a out to save himself from drowning. So the pilot had a quick firer placed on r his aeroplane and was turned loose in . to the air with the expectation that lie would get as near as he could to an enemy avion (an avion is a military e aeroplane) and shoot him down before 1 being shot down himself. d The training that army pilots now A undergo lasts some flye months, and a the many Americans who have taken it t or are taking it will, if they survive ' the war, form a valuable asset to the American nation If "preparedness" is V carried out to the extent of forming aviation corps, as, it needs hardly to r be added, it evidently should he. Schools Becoming Specialized. It was soon found necessary to spe viallze aviation schols andl devote -each to some particulr work. Four or a live are solely for learners, where they a begin, as on "penguins," rollers which I do not rise into the air, on which they a run in straight lines for half a mile. As soon as they can run with the tail . f tihe machine in the air thiey pass to a three-cylinder Bleriot, which leaves t the ground, rising about a coup~le of r M!SS SYDNEY BURLESON . hsi e htgrpofMs yde 4ulsn agtro h ot 'nse eea. 3r. u eo ad is yne Thiyes anIs ie hi atm nake informal Visits, entertain, and 1 ire entertained informally, and still I iave time to do much of their own I I owing, constructing dainty summer ai iresses and Often even making their t >Wn htats. I )R, TAKES A JUMP . . .. .. .. .l i . .... ..... iing's forces in Mexico, is a busy man, e has a very good mount and daily is ards. On this machine pupils learn o leave the ground, to control their notors, regulate the gas, etc., and then )ass to a six-cylinder Blerlot, which 'an rise 12 to 20 yards, on which they )ractice landing. Landing is the most lifficult part -of the work, so that it is luring this stage that most "wood is >roken," as Freneh fliers say of smash ng machines. A 45-horsepower Blerlot, which nounts to between 150 and 800 feet, hen enables the learner to make "vi 'ages" (turns) to the right and left and race out figure-eights and circles. .e is then promoted to a 50-horse power Bleriot (600 to 900 feet alti :tide), when lie learns to shut off his notor at the highest point and descend to 400 feet and then to restart the notor. It- also learns to make a quar ter spiral, a half spiral and full spiral with his motor shut off. Ile fs then ready. for his official tests for his license, ie has to make an oificial spiral with a barogrgph at tached to his back to record his descent from 1,500 feet. The barograph will show a straight line for a perfect spiral, but an irregular one for a bad. ly made descent. lie then takes F voyage machine, 00 horsepower, or which lie makes two trips, 0 milei and 90 miles. Then on an 80-horse power voyage machine he makes a tri angular flight of 150 miles, durin which he has to land once to take oi a new supply of gasoline. An 80-horse power or parasol machine is used foi two height tests above 0,000 feet, witi a barograph to register the altitude. Having successfully negotiated thes tests, lie is awarded his "brevet," or pilot's license, if he has put in at least 25 hours actual flying during his train. Ing. "Finishing Off" Schools Also. T1he ne'wly leensedi pilot Is then sent to the lnishing off school at Pau. He [ins now said good-hy to slow machines lad will start to perfect his skill in land~ing, iprob~ably on a three-cylinder aloriane, as the Morane has the sae kdnd of landing fltments as the Nleu port anmd it is miuch cheaper ini case of 'smashing wood." lie is promoted to six-cylinder and ten-cylinder Mor-an es until lhe has made ten 19erfect landings. [le then mounts a 23-meter (75-foot 41pread) Nieuport as a passenger with -a inonitor, who shows him what a Nieu port can doa. Then lhe tackles this Nieuport alone and when lhe has nilde 20 perfect landlings on it lhe is allowed to miount a 60-foot Nieuport, a smaller b~ut more powerful machine. On this lhe niakes spirals and a test altitude ilight of 0,000 feet. At this school ait the present time tire about eighty gradluates, almost all )1ilcers5, a few nioncommiiissionedl ofileers i11nd a few Americans, who are treatedl b~y the armJy oflicials as if they were afiicers, whlatever rank they may13 have, even if they are merely- privates. Th'le pi lot w~ho has siullicienit apitudle Ilien passes to the "ecole deC combiat," r fightIng school. Others lire sent in to hombarliding work or signaling. But those 'fit to fly scout mac~lhinmes or 'avlons do chiasse" (for hunting dIown the enemy) take the further course. Here on fast Nieuports puplls learni to maneuver in escaidrille formation. To b~ecome ai perfect Nieuiport fiier hi aiviaitor hats to mailster matny ma11 uhines, chietfly to acquire the art of landing ait a1 speedl of from 30 to 50 nuiles an hor.' ie wIll traini with 25 iorsepower-, 4l5-horsepowmer, 60-hor-se powver and1( 80 hiorsepowmer illeriot mion )llpies, theni with Moranes anmd then w~ith Nieuports of decrevaslng size un tIIlihe reachles flhe celebrated "Baby Nieuort," only3 :39 feet spread, wvith erhaps a tl0-hiorsepower engine. BRITISH WORKERS PROSPEFI loai Miners, Woollen Operatives and Engineers Gets Raise In Wages. Lond1(on. -- Employment throughout lhe Unrited Kingdom continues at ai er-y high level in all indlustries di actly affected by the war, says the Ioardl of Trade Labor Gazette. Dur ig May 870,000 w'orkpeople receivedl iereased wvages amouting to. ?31,000 d ek, conal miners, woollen opera yes and engineers being chiefly af acted. GIVES PART LEG TO ANOt Heroic French Soldier Cai Helps Maimed Fellow. Hero. EACH WOUNDED IN TIE Surgeons Are Watching a Remarkable Operation in Great Hospital in Paris--Bound Like Siamese Twins. Paris.-One of the most remarkable" surgical operations on record is now being performed' at the Grand Palais, the massive building usually used for the annual Salon, but now transformed Into a vast hospital. Here two sol diers lie side by side, bound together like Siamese twins, while a large por tion of the leg of one of them is be Ing slowly transferred into the leg of the other one. Noted surgeons gather about, watch ing the slow progress, which they re gard as marvelous both from a our gical standpoint and from the sent!. mental, one soldier calmly giving day by day part of his body to a fellow hero. Lie on Operating Table. The two men lie on their backs on a large operating table. They lie in op posite directions, the head of one near the feet of the other, like the figures on playing cards. They are among the most seriously wounded of the more youthful soldiers-one is twenty-six and the other twenty-three years old. The younger, Rousselot, was wound. ed in the leg at the battle of Mor hange in the early days of tI\e war. He was taken a prisoner to Germany, where the surgeons say he did not re ceive intelligent attention. Brought back here last September, It was ne cessary to perform a second operation to lengthen his leg 14 centimeters (about five and a half Inches). But after the extension was peformed, there was still a lack of bony matter between the two portions of the bro kon femur. --. SGrgeons Get an idea. , The other soldier, Tillette, an artil lery man, was seriously wounded in the leg two months ago In the desper. ate fight over Fort Dounumont. In a fleld operation his leg was amputated above the knee. Later it was found that a second operation was necessary in order to shorten the leg by some centimeters. It wits at this point that the sur. geons concluded that the one who need. ed the shortened leg could give ulp this portion to the soldier who needed the longer leg. Now, after some weeks, the two soldiers lie there on their hacks, the right thigh of Rousselot against t() left thigh of Tillette, bound together with the same surgical ban. dages so as to prevent the slightest shifting of the operated parts, until the phenomenon of transferring one leg to the other is accomplished. MEXICO'S REPRESENTATIVE su ~&o Arredondo,(14 the ambassadlor designate of Meico) to the United S~tamtes, is not as familiar a figure in Watshington as' his promincle in re centt news stories wvould indicate. Fre quently, instead of presenting dipio mahitic! notes to Secretary Lansing, he sends themi by messenger to a clerk in tihe state department. lie is a hard2 worker, and1( spen1ds most of his time within the embassy. Find Mummified Cat. Merrill, W~Is.-i'iumbhers tear~ out a partition in a residence have found the desiccated body of a cat. .The mnumnmy had probably been there for years. The cat is supposed to have gone into the aperture after a mouse and become entangled so it could not get out.