Evening star., 1916-10-13
Gen. Henry A. Green Of the regular
army is the division commander.
Notes Of the Camp.

Notes Of the Camp.
There are four officers of the Sd
Regiment who are not strangers in
this part of the country, having been
camped on the ground now occupied
by Camp Wilson during the great man
euvers in 1911. They are Mai. Wal
ZACH A. McCathran, Capt. William r.
McCathran. Capt. John w oehman and
Capt. Alvin D. Hathaway. They were
members of the party of officers of
District National Guard units who
came to the camp for instruction pur-
became well acquainted with San An
tonic and now are frequently sought
out by their fellow officers for infor-
nation how to get to various points
in the city.
Chaplain Arthur l.. Smith has been
placed in charge of bic. Y. NJ. c. A.
building which is located just to the
south of the Sd Resime:'t camp. 1t
is one of the many y. NJ. &. A. build
ings that have been erected throughout
the reservation.
Chaplain Smith feels right at home
with his charge. for y. NJ. C. A. work
is nothing new to him lie has been
an army Y. NJ. c. A. worker for many
years. and is known by army men
throughout the country.
Private Johnson of Troop \ has been
a busy man ever since his organization
arrived here. AS soon as the mems
tents were up the exchange tent was
erected and he resumed business at the
same old stand" He has had a
flourishfnG trade in ice cream cones,
cakes. soft drinks and the like ever
since.
Top sergt Sam Ray of Troop A is
back at his old stamping ground
again. He formerly lived in San An
tonic. and has relatives here. AS soon
as the work of getting the troop set
tied in its new home is completed he
plans to keep his motor cycle busy
visiting his old haunts and renewing
acQuaintances.
This afternoon a large number of the
men of the Sd Regiment devoted their
spare time to washing up clothes. Those
who had worked on kitchen details on the
trip down here had uniforms that needed
washing badly. Their shirts were in the
same state and many were left with
out clothing to wear while the washing
and drying was i'll progress. The ma jor-
ity of them stood at the wash benches
in their underclothes. and even some of
these were minus certain necessary un-
dergarments. They remained in the Sc
clusion of their tents until clothing had
dried and could be donned again.
The men of Troop A had a hard job this
afternoon getting a picket line made and
erecting racks for their saddles. The
work was started when everything was
dry, but before it was completed there
a heavy shower and the dusty soil
was transformed into gumbo. Shoveling
was almost out of the question. The
men were fortunate in obtaining the use
of a plow and roadmaking machine in
nickel a
truck was used to haul them. With these
they were able to provide the necessary
drainage features in short time.
More than $50 worth of postage stamps
were sold by Chaplain Smith to men of
the Sd Regiment while en- route from
Washington to this place. Most of the
stamps were of the one-cent variety, for
the majority of the men confined their
writing to post cards
While in Memphis. Chaplain Smith
bought a large supply of post cards at
wholesale, which he turned over to the
men at cost. By doing so they were able
to obtain the most attractive cards at
a cost of one cent each.
Capt. (WaShburn, commanding Troop A,
has run across many of his old army
acquaintances since arriving here. In the
troops of the 18th Cavalry are many of
his old pals. Capt. Washburn served with
the regulars for nearly twenty years and
he knows hundreds of army men. Since
arriving here he has learned that some of