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PUBLISHED BY THE
ARMY Y.M.C.A.
WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF
The Greenville Daily News
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL
Y.M.C.A. OF THE UNITED STATES

Vol. 1. GREENVILLE, S. C., APRIL 20, 1918. No. 28
[column 1]
BAKER'S MESSAGE
TO PERSHING'S MEN

Secretary of War Pleased With
Men in France—To Speed
Up Transportation

PRESS ON, SECRETARY
BAKER TELLS SOLDIERS

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, April 18.—General
Pershing today made public the fol-
lowing letter, dated France, April 7,
sent by Secretary of War Baker to
the officers and men of the Ameri-
can expeditionary forces:

"After a thorough inspection of
the American expeditionary forces, I
am returning to the United States
with fresh enthusiasm to speed up
the transportation of the remainder
of the great army of which you are
the vanguard. What I have seen
here gives comfortable assurances
that plans for the effectiveness of
our fighting forces and for the com-
fort and welfare of our men have
been broadly made and vigorously
executed.

"Our schools and system of in-
struction are adding to the general
soldier training the specialized
knowledge which developed among
our French and British associates
during the four years of heroic ac-
tion which they have displayed from
the beginning of the war.

"Fortunately, the relations be-
tween our soldiers and those of the
British and Frence are uniformly
cordial and happy, and the welcome
of the civil population of France has
been met by our soldiers with chival-
rous appreciation in return.

"We are building a great army to
vindicate a great cause and the spirit
which you are showing: the courage,
the resourcefulness and the zeal for
the performance of duty, both as
soldiers and as men, is not only
promising of military success, but is
worthy of the traditions of America
and of the allied armies with which
we are associated. Press on.
(Signed) "NEWTON BAKER."

The following statement was add-
ed by "Order of General Pershing:"
"In adding his own appreciation to
the splendid spirit of our army, the
commander-in-chief wishes to im-
press upon the officers and men of
all ranks a keen sense of the serious
obligation which rests upon them
while at the same time giving fresh
assurance of his complete confidence
in their loyalty, their courage and
their sincere devotion to duty."

May Keep Men At
Fort Sill Camp

From instructions net the south-
eastern department by the war de-
partment it is evident that the men
from Camp Sevier who are now at-
tending the officer's training camp at
Fort Sill, Okla., will remain at the
Oklahoma camp for some time and
will be commissioned when they are
needed. The instructions say that
plans of the disposition of the men
have been changed and that in the
place of the men going back to their
respective organizations with their
former rank, and awaiting their call
for service, they will be called as
needed.

Allotments and allowances to sol-
diers' and sailors' dependents paid by
the Government in February amount-
ed to $19,976,543.

[column 2]
From the King to the Presidnet

The British Embassy,
Washington, D. C.

Message from King George V to President Wilson, April 5,
1918.
On the occasion of the anniversary of the momentous de-
cision of the United States to enter this war for guarding
of international right and justice I desire to convey to you,
Mr. President, and through you to the American people the
friendly greetings of the entire British Nation.

At this critical hour when our enemies are sparing no sac-
rifice and counting no cost to the achievement of victory,
the French and British troops stand united as never before
in their heroic resistance to these endeavors. They are bouy-
ed up with the thought that the great democracy of the
West in the same spirit and with the same objects as their
own is putting forth every effort to throw its supreme force
into the struggle which will once for all decide destinies of
free nations of the earth.

The deeds of Americans on land and sea have already in-
dicated to the enemy that his hope is vain. Every day that
passes as American troops pour in ever increasing numbers
into France diminishes the chances of his success.

The American people may rest assured that the British
Empire now tried by nearly four years of war will cheerful-
ly make yet further sacrifices. he thought that the United
States under your leadership are with us heart and soul em-
boldens us in the determination with God's help finally to de-
stroy the designs of the enemy and to reestablish on earth
the rule of right and justice.
GEORGE, R. I.

THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY.

Message from the President to King George V:
The White House,
Washington, April 6, 1918

Permit me to express the warm gratification with which
your generous message has been received and to assure you
that it is with the greatest satisfaction that the people of
the United States find themselves side by side in this final
war for free self-government with such steadfast and in-
domitable associate. Permit me also to assure Your Majes-
ty that we shall continue to do everything possible to put the
whole force of the United States into this great struggle.
WOODROW WILSON.

WHY I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Winner of Firse Prize in Trench and Camp Contest.

BECAUSE, The Doctrines of Democracy as proclaimed by our
militaristic country in the world.
BECAUSE, I typify the greatest soldiery springing from the least
Forefathers and handed down to their posterity and
who's fundamental principles go to make up a universal
freedom, are attacked by absolutism and autocracy;
hence, those high instincts that go to make me a good
citizen of these United States forbid my doing other
than don the uniform that for one hundred and forty-
one years has symbolized freedom, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness.
BECAUSE, When I clothe myself in the military vestments of
this Great Republic, I do so with the knowledge that
for nearly a century and a half that uniform has rep-
resented all that could proclaim it the symbol of a
Christian free and God fearing people; a people who
have never waged a war of religion or for gain or con-
quest, tho in many cases opportuned to do so. Nor
have they allowed such aggression on or near their
boundaries.
I am proud I am an American Soldier because, well
—because I am an AMERICAN.
Robert N. Maxey,
1st Sergeant, 105th Train. M. P.

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FOURTH OFFICERS'
CAMP SOON OPENS

May Fifteenth is Date Set For
Opening of Training Camps
At Cantonments

ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AS
TO WHO ARE ELIGIBLE

WASHINGTON, April 17. —The
fourth officers' training camps will
open May 15th, at various divisional
camps snd cantonments, Secretary
Baker today announced.

The secretary said that two per
cent of the enlisted personnel of the
divisions and detached units of the
regular army, national guard and na-
tional army, excepting the coast ar-
tillery hd the various staff corps will
be designated to attend the schools.
This procedure, he said, will operate
through regular army channels.

In addition there will be admitted
all graduating members of the senior div-
isions, reserve officers training corps
units who have completed the course
prescribed for the reserve officers
training corps and all members of
the advance course senior divisions,
of the corps, who by May 15 have
completed one year of the advanced
course, and who have had 300 hours
of military instruction since January
1, 1917, under supervision of an army
officer.

In addition a number of men who
have had a year's military training
under army officers, at any time dur-
ing the past ten years, in educational
institutions, recognized by the war
department, will be admitted. All ap-
plications must be filed by May 1.

The several educational institutions
recognized by the government, the
secretary said, have been assigned
quotas and they shortly will be ad-
vised as to the method of selecting
candidates.

All N. G. Officers May
Get Longevity Pay

WASHINGTON, April 17.—The
War Department approved a Senate
bill proposing to extend longevity pay
allowances to National Guard officers
brought into service other than by
draft. Officers of the latter class now
receive the allowances.

"Y" Tents In All Of
Detention Quarters

When the tired and hungray draft
ed men arrive at Camp Sevier and
are assigned to the detention quar-
ters pending the development of pos-
sible cases of communicable dis
aases they are afforded the same
Y. M. C. A. advantages in these
quarters that they are in the regular
camp. In each of the three present
detention quarters there is a "Y"
tent and a secretary to look after the
men. A fourth will be established
this morning. This is one of the
most appreciated services that the
"Y" at Sevier renders.

A new concrete magazine for stor-
ing ammunition is about completed at
the artillery range at Cleveland Mill
and will take care of the supply at
present. Reports of messengers re-
turned from the range indicate that
the battalions of the 115th on duty
there this week are having an excit-
ing time and incidentally making ex-
cellent records.