The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-10-18
Visit to Camp Greene at
Charlotte

thoroughly inspecting" Camp Greene
where some twenty thousand west
ern soldiers are now encamped and
where twenty thousand more are
expected soon.
The trip going and returning was
made in good time, allowing four
hours in Charlotte. arriving home at
s o'clock.
Leaving Salisbury in the morning
on our way 10 Charlotte we passed
scores of soldiers in autos all along
the way and the streets of Charlotte
were thoroughly alive with them. :
Camp Greene is about two miles
from the Queen City and situated in
a very desirable place. AS you en-
ter the grounds from the east side
YOU travel about one mile with
army tents and houses to your left
until you come to the street leading
into the main thoroughfare of Camp
Greene. Then for three or more
miles west or rather in a circle runs
the road back to Charlotte, covered
with army houses, etc On both
sides of the road as far as the eye
can see are stationed the tents,
kitchens and cooking pits.
There are Y. M. C. A., Red Cross
and fraternal buildings, hospitals, 10
door recreation rooms and other es
sential buildings to make up an ideal
temporary city. ~
The men were engaged in all kin Is
of pastimeS Sunday. A baseball
game was in progress, others were
fixing up home" horseback and au
tomobile riding, taking pictures,
shaving and cutting hair, etc. The
big co k pits were burning up the
scraps and grease left from the din
her meal. Nothing is allowed to lay
O. er anu as burning is the most san
i.ary method of getting rid Of the
refuse, a fire is kept constantly 60
i9g for this purpose.
Every thing is clean at the camp,
10 waste OF litter Of any kind is al.
low ed and the ground is as clean as.
it is possible to keep it.
The tents are boarded up from
the ground TO a height ef4about. .fVas,
feet and a cloth tent stretched over
the wooden circle. This makes it
snug and warm in cold weather and
keeps out the dampness. The eating
rooms are all Of WOod
Many of the soldiers observe the
Sabbath by attending church while
others carry cut the life in the west
where most anything goes or Sun-
day as well as on other days. This of
course means anything within rea-
son and not against the law.
While there Sunday we were for
tunate to run across kinsmen from
the State of Idaho and soldiers from
Pazette, the home town of an uncle,
who knew him quite well. We asked
one fellow if he knew ForneY Sta
mey, after learning where he was
from and he replied, you bet l do,
| attended dance at his house the
night before / left The soldiers
seemed we'll pleased with the GEN
eral surroundings and the climate
which they said was much like
Idaho.
1t is worth the time to make a
visit to Camp Greene and look in
upon army life-it will do any one
good just to see what it looks like
to have so many thousands OF SOL
diers together and how Uncle Sam
takes care of them.
On our return trip we came upon
a bad auto Wre>k where two cars
had come together, head on. Be-
tween Salisbury and Lexington a
fellow tried to run between our car
and another car from the opposite
direction with the result that a
wreck occurred. The speed demon
was behind us at the time and mar
roWly missed our car. Strange to say
no one was hurt in either car but
we would have had very little pity
Tor the crazy autoist had he sus
tanned injuries, for it was a toollsh
thing to do. The other accident
happened in pretty much the same
way and the gentleman from Abe
marie had his car badly torn up. lie
was not to blame.
Besides the editors wife, MIR. and
Mrs. W. L. Smith accompanied us
on the trip of nearly 200 miles alto
gether. 1t was our longest trip IN
day and were pretty thoroughly
worn out when we reached home.
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