The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-07-26

men will be given their training rlgnt
here at home. In other words, If the
men are sent to the border they Will
go as first class soldiers, fit and ready
for any performance outlined by the
commanIer-in-chief.
It means hard work. It means tnat
the men will spend a very active sum-
mer, all the better for the hard work.
Word has ben passed around that the
hard work orders are soon to be issued.
There was talk of long hikes with
stors over night and many hours OF
hard drilling.
Mai. R. f. Watson's battalion OF the
First infantry gave dress parade on
the rifle range.
Rifle practice has begun on the
range which runs up to 1000 yards.
The entire engineer company, which
was recently mustered into the Fed
eran service was inoculated with anti
typhoid serum.
The companies from Orangeburg.
Tinmonsyille and Sumter went on a
five mile hike.
"Proper Military Channel"
Col. Blythes mail is filed Wild
useless letters in that many persons
write him daily seeking discharges
for enlisted men. Such. applications
must 90 through the proper military
channel which is not a letter TO tne
commanding officer OF the camp
"such applications for discharge can
only be granted on application OF the
enlisted man himself,S% said Colonel
Blythe. He must state the grouno
of the application which IS that ne
is a married man, having family de-
pendent on him for support ana 1na'
he has actually been supporting II, &C
companied by proof of these facts. As
commanding officer here l have nc
authority to grant discharges. The ap
plication must go through the proper
military channel which is to the com
manding general Of the department o.
the East, Governors Island, N. Y.
who has full and final authority.
The orders from the department o1
the East in regard to the discharge o.
heads of families are as follows:
Department commanders may IS
sue discharges from service to enhsE
ed men of the National Guard or or
ganized militia called into service o'
the United States who are serving
within their respective departments
provided applications for discharge
are made through military channels
to department commanders setting
forth that the applicant has one o.
more relatives who are dependent OF
him for support; the application x
be accompanied by adequate writer
evidence of real dependency
Exchange Of Property.
The work Of exchanging property o.
the state for federal equipment goe:
on and only six companies in the Sec
ond regiment are now using Soutf
Carolina property.
Today was pay day in the First reg
iment and many Of the men have
money that they can not spend 10
leave in this organization is PRACTICAL!
an unknown quantity with orders K
entrain expected daily. Most OF tn
money paid the men today will be sen
10 their families andein some case
the soldiers do not touch the funds
having it forwarded direcly to thei
families.
Tents for Engineers.
The engineer company has turne'
It's back on the dog tents which gaT
! way to the barn Friday night and TO
night the engineers have regula
! tents, vacated by the cavalry troo,
which has the new and improved typ
of shelter. Te.. ; and food mean notn
ing to the new company OF the Ma
! tional Guard for under the most ad
: verse circumstances the members o
the engineer corps did not complain
! The Border.
when are you going to the boz
der?" an officer was asked, and Ek
the private, he replied: Il don
know"
The officers are pleased with III
spirit of the men and The r.en a:
pleased with the courteo Is tIeatmHn
Of the officers and just one little wor'
f:cm the war department or rattle
tha department Of the EAST woul
raAc about 2,4Oo young S,u;n Care
lir:sns happy.
The Border ito tho average inhab
tant Of this military village mean
anywhere along the 1900 mDli'es
frontier. The men will be satisfle
with any point. They don't car
where they are ~oing. just 50 long a