The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-14
OFFICERS. STUDY
PROBLEMS OF WAR
ALL MEN WORKING HARD BUT
The OFFICERS HAVE LEAST
9t REST.
NEWS FROM BORDER CAMP

~ weekly Letter, Prepared Especially
FOR Our Readers, From the South
Carolina Guardsmen Encamped at
Fort Bliss, Texas.
In Camp with the South Carolina
Brigade, in the Eel Paso Patrol District,
& The officers of the First regiment
are working out theoretical war prob
iems and the three hour and half
lesson every afternoon under Capt.
Brabson, nspector-instructor is fol.
lowed by an actual visit to the ground
oyer which the troops would pass in
case Of actual warfare.
FOR the purpose of the proposition
1t Is assumed that the officers Of the
FIRST comprise battalion which Is
protecting the waterworks Which sup
PLY El Paso with water and the reser-
voir where the water Is stored. New
Mexico and Texas are supposed to be
at war. The officers Of the First rep.
resentlng the Texans are known as
the Brown army and the theoretical
force Of New Mexico Is known as the
White army. The New Mexicans are
supposed to have thrown forward one
company near Mount Franklin, which
oVerlooks the South Carolina camp,
and the enemy Is working around to
attack the reservoir. A mythical
milkman reports having seen three
scouts or the enemy who fled towards
She reservoir. Tho Brown army is
working out the problem Of driving
the White company out of the noun
which is supposed to be the object
Of their incursion.
This Is just one Of the many les
sons which the officers are studying.
While all of the men here work hard
the work Of the officers, of course.
Is the heaviest and there is very lit
tie rest for them. They are enjoying
tho eperience and are making use
OF every occasion to become more
proficient.
Four new second lieutenants have
been commissioned In the First regi-
ment and assigned to companies.
They came up from the ranks and
won their commissions through com
petitive examinations which were open
to all the enlisted men, it being the
policy Of Col. Blythe and Col. Springs
to hold out to the enlisted men this
chance OF advancing If they show
themselves proficient The new leu
tenants are: Robert l.. Meares, SER
geant in Company A, the Butler
Guards OF Greenville, and graduate
Of the Citadel, assigned to Company
B. the Palmetto Rinemen of Ander-
son; Claude G. Hammond, supply SER
geant in the headquarters company
graduate Of the Citadel, assigned to
Company I Of Cheraw; Francis J.
Beatty, first sergeant Of Company A,
the Butler Guards of Greenville, as
signed to Company X, commanded by
Capt. Henderson Of Anderson; Philip
G. Clayton, first sergeant Of machine
gun company of Anderson, assigned
TO the same company as second lieu
tenant. He is graduate Of st.
Johns. Annapolis.
Good at Baseball.
Tho Hampton Guards Of Spartan.
burg have beaten teams from the
tPennsylvanians seven times and they
can't find an aggregation among the
men from the keystone State which
can In any way compete with the men
from the City OF Success on the dia-
mond. The latest game they played
was with a team from Company G of
tho Sixth Pennsylvania, winning from
them, to 4. The keystone men only
got two hits off Wood, the Spartan
burg pitcher, while the spartans con-
Inected with the Pennsylvania twirler
: for nine safehes. The following men
OF the Spartanburg company COM
posed the team: Camp, S.; Wood, D.;
Fleming, 3D.; Stanton, c.; Rogers, 1b.:
Robinson. Of; Hall, IT,; Snyder, rf.;
Reeves, 2b. The Pennsylvania team
was made up Of: Phillips, S.; Pryle,
2b; Gibbes, 1b.; e. Lilly, cf. Keeth,
3D.; McCoinman, RI Campbell, IT,;
Likens, 1b.; A. Lr.ey,'c.
!. The mach1r gun companies of the
two regtr ,nts will report in q few
de- 70 the regular officer in charge
1'of the instruction school in the use Of
the Lewis machine gun with which
they are to be equipped and the enlist
cd mon will be taught all about the
gun. The officers and non-commis.
stoned officers have already had sew.
'eral lessons and are familiar with the
gun now. The enlisted mon will next
be made acquainted with all its parts
The men are keenly interested in the
gun and look forward eagerly to the
Instruction lessons.
Lieut.. James T. Moore of the ma.
chine gun company Of the Second
has been given a commission in the
regular service with the marine corns
according to telegram received by
Col Springs. This vacancy Will be