The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15
NEWS Or THE WEEK
FROM CAMP SEWER
INSTRUCTORS IN ART or GRE.
MADE THROWING HAVE AR.
RIVED FROM EUROPE.
NEGRO SOLDIERS ARRIVE
Alleged Deserter Arrested at Pickens
Hospital and Ambulance Com.
panies Organized.

Greenville.-Three French officers
and three non-commissioned officers
arrived at Camp Sewer to aid in in.
structing American officers and men
IN the most modern methods Of war.
lare. The number OF French officers
at Camp Sewer is thereby increased
to eight, two having arrived some
days Ago.. Two more Frenchmen are
10 come and ten British officers, five
commissioner and FIVE non.commis-
stoned.
-Four classes a day will be instruct.
ed In grenade throwing by Lieutenant
Martel and Aspirant Douay, the two
French officers who we're the first to
arrive. The classes will be made ND
or officers and non-commissioned Off
GERS and each will last about an hour
and a half. Putting the lemon shaped
grenades is more arduous work than
baseban and 80 minutes of it is more
than enough for any save all expert.
enced grenadier. One class, made up
or officers only, has been running for
nearly q week.
Separate Company G, Tennessee In.
fantry, a negro National Guard organ.
i%zation, has arrived at Camp Sewer
and is encamped in part Of the site
recently occupied by the Fifty-ffth
Depo Brigade. The company has
been doing guard duty in Tennessee
since being called to the colors. 1t
has Its full complement of officers. all
negroes, and an enlisted strength Of
LUG men. At headquarters, officers
said yesterday that to their knowledge
no other negro organizations had been
ordered here.
John Sinkiewicz, alleged deserter
from the army, has been turned over
to the military authorities at CamD
Sewer. The sheriff Of Pickens county.
where the prisoner had been appre.
hended, brought Sinkiewicz in. He
was caught in the woods where he
had been hiding, living on nuts and
berries. Although he wore practi-
caily the full uniform of a private,
which led to his arrest. Sinkiewicz
presented the appearance Of a wild
man when he was brought before the
authorities. His dress was tattered,
his features covered with dirt, and his
hair and beard unshorn and unkempt.
Nothing could be learned from the
alleged deserter. When questioned he
pointed to his ears II shook his head,
indicating that he was deaf and dumb.
His name was learned from q regis
tration card which he carried on his
person. and the board at that place
and the adjutant general have been
telegraphed regarding his identity and
disposition In the meantime, he is in
safe keeping at the camp.
-Four three inch field guns Of the
pattern Of 1905 have been received
and distributed two each to the One
Hundred and Thirteenth and One Hun.
dred and Fourteenth Regiments Of the
Fifty-fifth Field Artillery Brigade.
The One Hundred and Fifteenth,
which Is to be equipped with six inch
howitzers, has as yet received no ma
terial.
Schools for packers and for team.
sters have been started at the remount
station. They will run for three
months each las will that for horse.
"illS idS uccn running Tor
some days. About 1000 animals have
been received by the station to date.
Some OF these have been supplied the
division, which finally will have more
than 5000 animals, while the remain
der are still at the station.
A working party has begun clearing
ranges on the site ccure for n rifle
range, between the camp and Paris
Mountain, while Brig. Cen e. G. Cat.
ley, commanding the artillery brigade,
inspected the field artillery rance site
near Cleveland Mills. Ranges up to
1000 yards will be cleared on tho
rifle range and u pto $500 yards on
tho artillery range Trenches, roads
and similar objects will be the tarkets
for the fire Of the big guns.
Applications for war insurance are
coming in very slowly at Camp Sewer,
due, the authorities believe, to the
fact thai the insurance act has not
been properly explained to tho men
Officers have been instructed to famil.
iarize themselves with its provisions
and to use every effort to get every
man to take out at least some insur-
ance Immediately.