The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 06, 1917, Image 2
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HARD WOHK AND INTENSIVE IN.
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for ComanisMion* In Nut
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by Practical Expert
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ihe Casanv
I to The Dairy Item.
Officers* Training Camp. Font
Osjlethorpe, Qa . Juno 2 ?This has
rthc hardest week the candidates
commUalone In the offlcers' re
aerve corps have had yet. This Is said
even when the fact Is taken Into con
tkm that Wednesday?Decora
^ Day?was observed ss a holl
<i*# and besides attending; memorial
sar?lues, there was nothlnf else in ihe
duty to be performed. This In?
dicates? an a measure what was done
on other days of the week, end
that the rain fell on three mornings
and stopped drill for a while, but
a hen the companies went out, they
a than made up for lost time.
Today Is Saturday?another week
rolled around and. while It has
haen only three wecke since we gr
rrrsc' hare on a Monday morning, it
av?sms as If It has been ss msny years
that we havu been hers. What we
have her* Is very different from what
any of us, except s fsw who went to
Plattsburg, have ever lad before.
The werk hi the camp?that cf
men to become army officers,
as. tu the opinion of the writer, pro
with wonderful rapidity. Of
there are a few dullards In
every company who handicap the oth?
ers to a very great extent and pre?
vent their proceeding with the rapid
sty they would otherwise attain, but
the rate Is fast enough as It Is and
the dull ones will be weeded out as
tau werk proceeds. The weeding out
aisiesa has been going on all the
Urns, but will be mors rapid here
The drill the peat week has been
from 7 to 11.JO a. m and from 1 SO to
I p. i* When after bayonet exercise.
Or rag exerciser. Close order drill and
extended order, ending with a charge
af half a mile over rough field is over,
a fellow feels Ike rest and la quite
ready for dinner.
Friday la "march day." This week
the *!ke was for ago hours with full
parks. After our return at 9.30. we
went out for a hard drill until the
sain pet an end to it at 11.R0. In th<?
afternoon the drill was doubly stren?
uous, ss none of the companies had
shown up In the competitive drill of
the morning, ss the company com
maaders wanted them to. Saturday Is
an easy day. Inspection and drill to
it and a holiday from then on to 10
p. m Sundav night, unless the poor
ur fortunate has gotten in bad and has
to do extra duty on Saturday after
neon
The work In our camp has all
been practically completed. Some sew?
er lines have yet io be completed. In
digging the ditches much blasting haa
to be done. At first the men found
tbaes sudden explosions very dlscon
eerung. but now they do not mind
them at all. Oood training for the
future battle front. The work on the
army cantonment ahout half a mile
away from here Is proceeding with ex
amortflnary rapidity. It already has
almost as many buildings as our camp.
Thirty thousand men?three divisions
?are to ba housed there when secur?
ed by the conscription meaaurea.
Probably the officers will come here
from other officers' training camps
aii't the officera appointed from this
camp will be aent to other parts of
the country. That seems to be the
system the army has decided on for
training men.
Wednesday, Decoration Day. waa
observed. Brief, but sppropriate ad?
dresses were ms.de by chaplains of the
regular army It was an imposing
sight to see the two regiments of reg
alarm. Infantry, one of cavalry, and
our regiment of candidate officers
drawn op la a square a ?out the speak
ere etand. The reaulara have excel
lent bands for each regiment. We
had to use their banda.
Wedneaday night the Y. M. C. A
a big roomy one-story shuck, the only
painted building In the camp, was
dedicated and given over to *"ol. Klo
eum. our commending officer, for the
men In camp. Several nhort talks
wars made, the army men emphasizing
the Importance of the T. M. C. A. to
the sovvlca. If one loked Into the
building at any time and noted how
the men make uae of Its writing tables,
(stationery la provided free) and other
convenlenrrs, he would know that the
T. VI C A. wss really a verv much
appreciated branch of the service, as
one of the army officers stated In his
reenarka. The building Is used by the
men at all Mine* they have the op?
portunity to and I do not believe IhU
Viet rota hs* ntopped five minutes dur ?
ing the day between 6 a. m and 10
p. m. eines the' building was opened
Resides the building, the assoctaMon Is'
to have services?religious?and give
moving pictures, besides other com?
forts and amusements?thus keeping
the men from becoming homesick,
wMch one of the regular army officers
saya causes most of the desertions in
the army.
I^ast night D. Kelman, a chaplain in
the British army, Just returned from
Flanders, made an address about the'
life of "Tommy" in the trenchea,
and he brought the trench life In
France pretty near home to us. He
was embued with hit subject and en?
thused his audience so that he could
hardly proceed for the applause at
times, and once or twice the great
crowd rose to their feet with shouts
and cheers. Next week Lieut. Bow?
man, the Hedpath Chautauu.ua man,
is to address us.
It may be of Interest to many read
era of The Item to know the person?
nel of the Sumter contingent In the
training camp. Men of several occu?
pations tond professions are represent?
ed. Home of them are holding offices,
but most of them are high privates.
T. D. Ravenel la the only one who
has thus far secured his commission.
He stood the examination early In
April or tho luttcr part of March. Tho
men are divided up among fourteen
of the companies, the engineers hav?
ing no representative from Bumter,
although Gerald L>. Ryan, formerly
of Wedgetteld, is in the company.
The following men from Bumter and
vicinity, or well known at Bumter,
are registered in the camp, in the fol?
lowing companies.
J. P. Brunson. (10); L. C. Bryan,
(10); H. P. E. Bultman, (12); Joe S
Chandler, 4); W. Norman Chandler,
(6); Jack H. Forbes, (15); James C.
Hood, Wendell M. Levi, (3); Geo. D.
Levy, (J); Bernard Manning, (2); W.
L. McCutchen. (9); DeSassure p.
Moore, (3); Joe Morris, (14); R. O.
Purdy, . \, (15); W. H. Purdy, (4);
T. D. Ravenel, (4); Irvine M. Rich?
ardson, (10); Earle Rowland, (5); L?.
I. Strauss, (5); W. B. Stuckey. (13);
Ed. E. Wright, (ll); I. M. Belser, (2);
Columbia; B. W. Dabbs, Jr., (14);
Mayesvllle; J. M. Edens, (9), Dalzell;
T. Carltale Herbert, (6); Greenwood;
J. A. James, Jr., '7), Summerton; H.
C. Jennings,'(10), 3ishopvillc; E. t>.
McCoy, (10), St. Charles; J. M.
Weeks (11), Pincwood; W. N. Wells,
(14), St Charles: Wade H. Willlford,
(6), Hartsvllle; R. E. Wilson (12),
St. Chailos. This make; twenty-thr" ?
from Bumter county loft here. Those
who came from Bumter but left for
various reason were, Messrs. H. l>.
Bppa, Hen. 1). Hodges, William M
Winn, Bddle Bird and i>. A. Wrenn,
the latter two having been sent here
as members of company L., N. Q, B.
C, by Col. Springs upon recommenda?
tion of Capt. U. T. BfOWn. The Sum
tor men in camp all regretted the de?
parture this week of Ben. Hodges,
who will he much missed in future?
more than would any other man in
the Sumtcr contingent.
Besides the men mentioned there
are four from Manning, Messrs. In?
gram Wilson, Charles Wells, H. T.
! Ellerbe, and Henry Curtis.
Sumtcr still has left a good con?
tingent and at present all of the men
are getting on well, although it is now
impossible to say how many of them
will remain the three months out with
the more active elimination being put
into effect through drills and physical
examinations. The former will be put
into active operation next week and
the physical examinations are now in
process. As stated all are doing good
work at present and bid fair to be?
come excellent commissioned officers.
Death <?r Miss Tallon.
Lynchburg, June 1.?Miss Margaret
Tallon died at the home of her broth?
er, William A. Tallon, near Lynch
burg Thursday evening about 7
o'clock after an illness of several
weeks. ||In Tallon had been in poor
health for several years and her death
was not unexpected. She was 72
years of age. She is survived by four
brothers: W. A. Tallon of Lynch
burflj, J. T. Tallon of St. Charles, J.
IJ. Tallon of Bishopville and J. S. Tal?
lon of Columbia. The funeral and in?
terment services were held Friday af?
ternoon at 4 o'clock at Wells Meth?
odist church, of which Miss Tallon
had been a member since childhood.
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of a few years.
To live independently your full life, live on
less than your income during your earning pe
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A Car in Which
the Usual
What are your mental procsses In
making up your mind motorwlac?
What channels do your thoughts take
In seeking to determine which mo?
tor cat la to be your motor car?
isn't it Just barely possible that you
allow this or that record established
by a single car teat to over-In?
fluence you? ??
Isn't it a fact that your hopes of what
your car will do are often colored
by what thla or that car, "tuned to
the minute." haa done In a "stunt"
test?
Surely a safer, fairer way to estimate
motor values Is on the averoge per?
formance of thousands of cars of
each make.
Then?and then only?can you feel
certain that the car you settle on
will live up to your hopes.
By all this we do not mean to imply
that there is no value In single car
tests. We ourselves from time to
time have acquainted you with re?
markable feats performed by Saxon
"Six."
Once It was when Saxon "Six" won
a noted hill climb In the East
agalnat many far higher priced cars.
Once It was when Saxon "Six" de?
feated by fifteen minutes over a
500-mlle course a train which la the
pride of the West.
Once it was when Saxon "Six" thrice
vanquished costlier rivals in speed,
acceleration and in hlll-climblng at
the San Diego Exposition.
But we merely cited the*3 notable
events as Instances where Saxon
"Sixes" had gone higher than their
price class and yet triumphed.
And although you might safely form
your decision in favor of Saxon
i
"Six" on the basis of these feats?
for they were accomplished In each
case by stock model cars?still wo
would prefer thut you concentrate
:?our consideration on the averages
of all Saxon "Sixes."
/.s* yourself in what other car of
like power and size 23 to 24 mllea
per gallon of gasoline wouldn't be
unusual?
Yet recently 20G stock model Saxon
"Sixes" in a 300- mile non-stop run
proved their average to be 23.5
miles per gallon.
In what other car wouldn't accelera?
tion fromsstanding start to 50 miles
per hour in less than 30 seconds be
a remarkable feat? Yet this is tho
average acceleration for Saxon
"Six."
The latest figures show that so far
the average cost of repair parts for
all Saxon "Sixes" in use during the
past two years is $8.50 per car.
Wouldn't that he an unusual endur?
ance record for a single car careful?
ly driven and cared for? Yet it is
the average mind you on thousands
and thousands of Saxon "Sixes."
I
So it goes throughout Saxoin "Six." In
every phase of performance you'll
find that Its average would be note?
worthy and unusual If established
by another.
Saxon "Six"
A Big Touring Car for Five People
It is true, too, In regard to Its speed
Its power, its quietness of operation,
kitd its smoothness of power-flow.
You know how desirable is a con?
tinuous power-flow. You know
how disastrous is a power-flow with
intervals between Impulses. For
that Involves vibration and vibration
spells shortened life to a motor.
Only recently in a test a certain well
known car of less than six cylinders
showed 1512.72 power impulses per
minute at a speed of 20 miles per
hour.
Under the same conditions Saxon
"Six" showed 2993.925 Impulses per
minute at equal speed.
Simply told there is the story?Saxon
"Six" developed nearly 98 per cent,
more impulses per minue at that
speed.
Consequently each impulse was far
less severe on all moving parte at
any given time, vibration was re?
duced to a minimum, and nearly
absolute continuity of power-flow
was obtained.
In terms of acceleration it means that
this car of fewer cylinders will pick?
up fron, a stand 22 per cent, slower
than Saxon "Sfx."
And it means, further, that as com?
pared to this less cylinder motor.
Saxon "Six" will develop far greater
pulling power with no noticeable
difference in smoothness.
Savon "Six" is $865; "Six" Sedan.
$1250; "Four" Roadster, $495; f. o.
b. Detroit. Canadian prices: "Six"
Touring Car. $1175; "Six" Sedan.
$1675; "Four" Roadster. $665.
Price of special export models, "Six"
$915; "Four." $495, f. o. b. De?
troit.
CAROLINA SAXON COMPANY
HOLMES SIMONS, Treas. & Gen. Mgr.
1218 Hampton Avenue Phone 647 Columbia. S. C.
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