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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 6, 1918. No. 26
2,000 Drafted Men
From Camp Taylor
Are At Camp Sevier
No selectmen arrived yesterday at
Camp Sevier. During the recent
movement, more than 2,000 have arrived,
all of them coming from Camp
Taylor, Louisville, KY., and being
from Kentucky, Indiana, or Illinois.
They were attached 500 each to the
119th infantry and the 115th field
artillery, and approximately 1,000 to
the 120th infantry. Other shipments
of a size sufficient to complete the
filling of the division will probably
arrive within the next few days.
Colonel McBride
To Address Officers
Lieut. Col. R.B. McBride, the division
chief of staff, will address the
officers of the divisional trains Monday
night at Y.M.C.A. Unit No. 82,
at Paris, on the duties of trains in
warfare. Colonel McBride has just
returned from France, where he saw
modern warfare as it actually exists,
and his address is being looked forward
to by the officers of the trains
with the keenest interest.
Expect Regimental
Officers Sunday
The regular colonels and lieutenant
colonels of the four infantry regiments
of the 30th division, who have
been attending courses of instruction
at Camp Stanley, Leon Springs, Tex.,
for the past several weeks, are all

expected to return within the next
few days. They should all be here
by Sunday.
BIG TIME OVER
AT BASE HOSPITAL
The Base Hospital Minstrel is the
last joy that stirred the clientele of
Greenville and Camp Sevier into a
a melee of patriotic indulgence. Many
a conscience-stricken and over-denialed
self found real pleasure in
the soldier-wrought entertainment
and felt no sense of wrongdoing whatever,
for the benefit was to the Red
Cross. Moreover, to the most sated
of theatergoers the program was one
of interest.
The minstrel was first presented by
Capt. Jack Halton at the Hippodrome,
Paris, Camp Sevier, nearly a
month ago, where it will be remembered,
it made quite a hit and to
the many who failed to see it on that
occasion the second knock of the misjudged
Lady Opportunity came a
pleasant surprise. With very few exceptions,
the program was unchanged.
Outside of the antics of the lively
end men and Captain Halton himself,
there were the usual solos, two of the
most popular were “Never, Never”
and “The Dixie Volunteers.”
The ollo was exceptional. The
trios of violin, cello and piano by
Messrs. Muse and Tratwick and Miss
Bryant being most enjoyable. The
songs of Mr. Larraway and Mr. Coulson
deserve special mention and likewise
the famous string orchestra six.
The program closed with the national
anthem.
Last Sunday afternoon in the patients’
mess hall an innovation was
made which it is hoped will be found
practical to continue. The convalescent,
nurses, officers and corps men
who were not on duty or in quarantine
and likewise disposed to attend,
were given a rare treat. Dr. D. D.
Daniels somehow made everybody
present laugh a little and his subject
was even as plain as the “Measure
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APPOINTED TO COMMAND THE ALLIED ARMIES

GENERAL FOCH
General Foch, Chief of Staff of the French army and commander of the
forces that buried the Germans back from the Marne, has been appointed
generalissimo of all the allied armies in France, including the American
forces. Hereafter all the forces opposing the Germans on the western front
will be unified under the supreme command of General Foch. French and
American authorities and their delegates to the War Council have urged this
step strongly.
SERVE DOUBLY BY SAVING
(Sergt. Roswell Miller)
Although a Division Memorandum
has been out for sometime past directing
that waste paper and bones
be saved and turned into the Reclamation
Department at Warehouse,
No. 6, a general compliance
with same has not been had. It is
true that both paper and bones have
been coming into the warehouse, but
in indifferent quantities. The men, as
regards the waste paper, and mess
sergeants, as regards bones, must
realize these articles are of
REAL VALUE to the Government,
and ver salable at the present time.
Waste paper will bring anywhere
from $8.00 to $10.00 per ton and
bones from $1.00 to $1.50 per hundred.
Of course these can be handled
profitably only by reason of the
large quantity that may be had from
a camp of Sevier’s size. It is therefore
obviously of the greatest importance
that each mess sergeant,
each individual and ever organization
in camp does their full share towards
the gathering and saving
these articles. A half hearted compliance
in this regard would be
ruinous to the very neat profits that
might otherwise be derived.
Waste paper receptacle have been
placed on every company street.
USE THEM! DON’T BURN YOUR
PAPER. But use them for paper and
for nothing else. The Reclamation
Department has neither the man
nor the time to rescue bottles, cans,
rope, dirt, etc., from the paper

baler. Wet paper should never be
thrown in these receptacles for in
such condition it is an increased risk
as a fire menace. Many sacks when
opened have been found to contain
dirt in about the same proportion as
paper. Needles to say, this makes
the handling very difficult as well as
most unpleasant, and it is urged that
the men will hereafter take a little
more pride in the condition of their
waste paper.
Mess Sergeants could do considerably
more than they are doing in regard
to the saving and turning in of
bones, and still be able to show improvement.
These men must wake up
to the situation. Conservation is NOT
merely a passing fancy but a BUSINESS
PROPOSITION. These days a
mess Sergeant’s duty is but half done
after he has fed his men; he must
see that absolutely NO EDIBLE
FOOD IS WASTED, and that such
articles as bones, tin cans, etc.; be
SAVED and disposed of as directed
by the Reclamation Department.
Some are doing just this and doing
it fully and well, some have thrown
up their hands at the thought of a
little extra work and deliberately
“laid down” on the Government in
this regard, while still others have
blissfully ignored everything and
anything pertaining to CONSERVATION.
Now men, this article is written
neither because we like to complain
or criticize nor because the writer
enjoys writing, but simply and solely
with the hope that it may help
you to a better understanding of the
situation and consequently be productive
of better results.
114th Field Artillery
Makes Best Record At
The Artillery Range
The best record made so far at
the artillery range, it is understood,
was rung up by a battery of the
first battalion of the 114th field artillery
under command of Maj. Roy
V. Myers. The battalion returned to
camp last Saturday and the record

was made the last day it spent
on the range. The result was an average
of 40 per cent hits at 3,875
yards on the 18-inch trench. Of one
salvo, three shells hit the trench and
one burst on the parapet. The record
is to be forwarded to Washington.
Gen. Faison Passes
The Physical Test
Brig. Gen. S. L. Faison, commander
of the 60th infantry brigade and acting
commander of the 30th division,
has successfully passed his physical
examination, it has been learned at
Camp Sevier, and is expected to return
from Washington Sunday.
AFTER SPEEDERS
ON CAMP ROAD
A rigid campaign against exceeding
the State speed limit of 25 miles an
hour on the roads to camp will be
commenced at once by the military
authorities of Camp Sevier. A number
of military police mounted on
motorcycles will be sent to patrol the
roads and halt the speeders, while
stations will be located along them
at intervals to take the numbers of
those who are out to hit the high
spots only. Not only must the law
in regard to speed be observed, but
at night all vehicles will be required
to show two lights in front and a red
light behind.
Drivers of government vehicles
which violate the regulations will be
dealt with through disciplinary measures,
while the names of civilians
disregarding the law will be turned
over to the civil authorities for action.
Further to safeguard traffic
between the camp and Greenville, it
is possible that as soon as the North
street road is placed in good condition
again a one-way system will be
put in force, one road being reserved
for outbound vehicles and the other
for incoming traffic. The authorities
earnestly request the co-operation of
the public in their efforts to safeguard
life and property.
BIG BALL GAME

N.Y. Americans
Vs. Boston Braves
Capt. Bender Division Athletic Director,
announces to the soldiers that
the New York American baseball
team will play the Boston Braves at
Riverside ball park in Greenville today.
Both teams have good records
and no doubt it will be an interesting
game. The game will be for the benefit
of the Camp Athletic fund.