The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-12-06
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM CAMP SEVER
CONSTRUCTION OF TRENCHES IS
NOW UNDER WAY-MUtH
WORK FOR INFANTRY.
FOOD CONSERVED IN CAMP
Every Effort Made by Uncle Sans
Fighting Forces to Conserve Food
and Prevent Waste.

Camp Sewer, Grcenville. = Actual
construction Of trenches on O large
scale has begun at Camp Sewer UNI
der the direction OF Colonel Fergu.
son. commanding officer of the One
Hundred and Fifth Engineers, with
the advice of Che. Rousseau, French
expert on field Notifications, the first
battalion of the One Hundred and
Nineteenth Infantry taking part. The
next day the Second Battalion and
the next day the Third Battalion of
n same regiment participated, and
next day the First Battalion Of the
one Hundred and Eighteenth Infan.
try, n battalion a day being detail.
ed to this work for instruction pur.
poses. Further details will be an.
nounced from time to time.
The trenches arc being laid II in
an area set apart for this purpose
secured recently along with that for
the rifle range and large enough to
contain several miles Of trenches. For
the present instruction will be limited
to rifle companies, but headquarters
companies, machine gun companies
and battalions. sanitary units, and the
field signal battalion will be specially
detailed from time to time as the work
progresses, II the location of ma.
chine guns, n poHnder gun, and
Stokes howitzcr emplacements, OF
dressing stations. Of ammunition and
supply dumps and of observation sta.
tions, and the installation Of the sig.
nal system becomes desirable. The
trench digging machine, capable Of
ligging a trench four feet wide and IL
deep, will be used whenever 1t is not
desired to have the mar do a particu.
lar bit Of work for instruction pur.
poses.
In the effort to conserve in every
way possible the nations food sup.
ply, the army camps perhaps lead all
otHer institution or organizations. Con
slant inspections of the kitchens and
garbage cans are made by the medi
cal and sanitary authorities, and wher
these indicate wastefulness in tn,
preparation or handling Of food, tn,
fact is promptly called to the atten
ton of those concerned. AS an In
stance of what is being done, a mum
Der OF principles Of economy which
have proved useful in cutting down
the cost of operating the school for
bakers II cooks, at Camp Custer,
Mich, have been tabulated and pub.
lished throughout every division. The
keynote Of the attitude Of the army
toward food conservation Is struck in
the first line. "The ration is not suffi.
cient to feed the men and waste at
the same time" and the whole is OF
OF it is worth while.
More or less extensive changes In
the men, as we'll as regulations pre-.
scribing the proper insignia for or.
CARNATIONS which have been evolved
since the war began, are now in prep.
aration In the war department, &C.
cording to advance information and
are soon to be announced, supplapt.
ing those now In use. Perhaps the
most notable change Is that for the
first time the medallion worn on the
right side Of the collar will bear be.
side the letters U. g., the number of
h mans division or separate brigade,
regiment, battalion, train or battery.
Hot water heaters and reservoirs
have been distributed to all the com.
panies II are being rapidly installed,
h heaters have a capacit of 300
gallons each and the reservoirs hold
between 500 and 600 gallons apiece.
The bath houses Of each will
be equipped with a heater and rcser.
voir. Construction Of the ompany sta.
bles and regimental infrmaries is be.
ing pushed, these having been start.
ed in all outfits except the engineers
and the ammunition train.
Six small radio outfits, which NAV
be taken down and packed on the
backs OF mules, were received last
week by the radio of the
Field Signal Battalion and were tested
out at short distances about the camp
When firing begins on the artillery
range. about 20 miles distant. an Of.
fort will be made to maintain com.
munication with the range by means
OF these small sets. Beside these the
radio company is to be equipped with
a larger apparatus mounted on a mo.
tor truck, used for sending current
generated by the trucks motor. Va.
rious technical schools are in progress
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