The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-10
SOLDIERS TO GET
MONEY THIS WEEK
COL. BAKER HAS NO ORDERS, BUT
TELECRAMS SAY COIN
~ is READY.

Camp Swep Taylor, Jackson, Miss,
July 1O.-Although Col. Z. B. Baker,
chief quartermaster of the First Mis-
sissippi Regiment at Camp Swep Tay-
lor. has not yet received official no.
tice that the money for the payment
of the troops in camp here have been
placed at his disposal, kilograms re-
ceived late yesterday afternoon by
Lieut.. r. r. Pickering Indicate that
such has been done by the War De-
partment, and it is expected that the
proper orders will be sent to draw on
these funds soon.
The total amou.t of the acquisitions
to be made will reach $4,000, which
sum includes the pay of officers and
men and subsistence rations, trans
portaton and incidental expenses.
Owing to the inability to secure ade-
quate transportation facilities, large
part of the equipment which has been
arriving for the past week has not
yet been removed from the cars. Four
carloads of travel rations are housed
at the old freight depot and will be
loaded in cars and moved up to the
new depot today. Four more cars of
camp equipment remain in the yards
only partially emptied. These also
will be unloaded tomorrow on wagons
and carried to the camp.
In spite of early predictions that the
regiment would entrain the past week,
no orders have yet been received to
take this step. However, those in au-
thority at the camp state that the
Mississippi troops will most probably
leave for the border about the last of
this week, prediction which is borne
out by the fact that travelling rations
for ten days have been received.
The second series of typhoid vacci-
nations was not as successful as the
first. quite number of men COM
planning of fainting sickness after TAX
ing the Injection. AS the last inOcula-
ton was given in double dose, it is
feared the vaccine was too powerful
for some of the men, causing their
- 9. ms to swell and in some cases result
ing in fainting spells.
DR.. Parsons. of the Hospital Corps,
states that there are only eight cases
of sickness in the camp hospital, and
these are all from weakness arising
from the vaccine treatments. No ty-
phoid fever has appeared in the camp
The row of tents at the left side of
the camp entrance is scene of con-
slant and untiring activity. Behind
every flap some Woodworking officer
is always laboring over reports and
making out orders of the day. Off.
GERS quarters are the busiest section
of the camp. especially at this time,
as all are busy on the much belated
payrolls.
Camp life is dull business, say all
denizens of the ranks. who find it diff
ficult to pass away The hours of the
day far away from everybody and
everywhere"
Affairs at the camp are quiet now.
as no exercises of any kind can be
held owing to the muddy condition of
the field. AS soon as the ground dries
off, drilling will be resumed and there
will be more activity.
The rifles have been called in and |
stacked at the quartermasters office.
The new rifles, which have been on
hand for some time. will be given out |
today or tomorrow, at which time also |
all those who have not yet received |
them will be given new uniforms.