The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-03-17
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS.
Southern Military Camp League We'd
nesday, March 8.-ResOlutions
Adopted Looking to Enroll
ment in Various COun-
ties.
Columbia, S. c., March 8, 1916.

committee of the Southern Military
Camp League was held at the Jetfer-
son hotel, at 1 o'clock p. m., We'd
nesday, March Sth, 1916.
NJ. Edwin w. Robertson called the
meeting to order. The secretary was
directed to call the roll, and tna fol-
lowing members of the executive COM
.mittee responded to their names:
. A. X. Lorenz, Aiken county; w. II.
Manning, Berkeley county: j. H..
Marion, Chester county; W. .. Davis,
Clarendon county; w. G.. Sirr'nc,
Greenville county; Chas. ID. Jcnes,
Lancaster county; R. E. Babb, Lau-
rens county; J. NJ. Johnson, Marion
county; d. ID. McColl, Jr., Marlboro
county; Z. f. Wright, Newberry
county; E. B. Cantey, Jr., Richland
county; j. Frost Walker, Jr., Union
county; John T. Roddey, York county.
In addition to the committeeman
present, there were also present, by
special invitation, the following gen
tlemen:
Gov. Richard 1. Manning, Adjutant-
General w. w. Moore, Major ]. S.
Caldwell, Colonel o. X. LaRoque, Mr..
r. w. Holcombe, secretary Chamber
of Commerce, Col. John d. Frost, Mr..
Pierre Mazyck, Mr.. William Banks
of The Columbia Record, Mr.. Boozer
Crews of The Columbia Record, Mr..
w w. Ball of The Columbia State,
Mr.. w. +. Caldwell of News and
Courier; all of Columbia.
The following telegram was re-
ceived from Mr.. H. D. Calhoun, mem
ber from Barnwell county:
Greetings to the executive commit
tee. Important engagement prevents
my being with them."
The minutes of the last meeting
we're read and approved.
The chairman made brief talk, in
the course of which he reported the
progress made since the meeting held
on January 9th, last, for organiza-
ton. He stated that invitations had
been sent to all the counties in the
State, and that ir response thereto
gentlemen in 81 counties had accept
ed appointment to the executive COM
mittee.
He also presented to the meeting a
list of the names of 25 gentlemen who
had enrolled to attend the camp at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, most of the en-
rollments being from the counties of
Barnwell and Richland.
In the course of his remarks, the
general chairman emphasized the fact
that, while it was the hope of the
league to secure the establishment of
a training camp in South Carolina dur
ing the year 1917, there were two
things which would have to be done
before the authorities would seriously
consider such a proposal. The first
hrst essential is that we should give
evidence of our interest in the work
by sending good delegation. at least
100. from South Carolina to the camp
at Fort Oglethorpe, and the second,
that some point in South Carolina
should be unanimously agreed upon
for camp site to be recommended to
the army authorities.
Mr.. 4. F. Wright, of Newberry
county, offered the following resolu-
ton:
BE 1t Resolved that it is the sense
of this meeting that Columbia, South
Carolina, should be selected and rec
commended by che Southern Military
Camp League to General Wood as the
place at which a military training
camp should be situated in the event
that it is determined to establish one
in South Carolina"
This resolution was duly seconded
by Messrs. John T. Roddey, of York
county, and Mr.. w. G.. Shrine. oi
Greenville county, and adopted unani.
mously.
The chairman stated, as his wa,
the first meeting of the executive
committee, that the purpose of select
ing committeeman from each county
was primarily that the active work ot
the League should be conducted il
each county by the committeeman
AS the present work of the league
is to stimulate interest in militar,
training such as is contemplated il
these camps, and to secure enroll
ments for the camp at Fort Ogle
thorpe, he urged that each commit
teeman should begin actively and a
once upon this work. In response t,
this Mr.. W. G. Shrine, of Greenville
offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the executive con-
mitteemen begin at once to secure en-
rollments from their respective coun
ties. sending the same to the genera
chairman for forwarding to headquar
ters, and that reports be made to In,
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