Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1917-11-08
NEWS OF THE. week
FROM CAMP SEWER
INSTRUCTORS IN ART OF GRE
MADE THROWING HAVE AR
RIVED FROM EUROPE.
NEGRO SOLDIERS ARRIVE
Alleged Oeserter 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
rare. The number OF French officers
at Camp Sewer is thereby increased
to eight, two having arrived some
days ago. Two more Frenchmen are
to come and ten British officers, five
commissioned 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 were the first to
arrive. The classes will be made up
or officers and non-commissioned offi-
GERS and each will last about an hour
ana half. Putting the lemon shaped
grenades is more arduous work than
baseball and 90 minutes of II is more
than enough for any save an expert
onced grenadier. One class, made I'D
or officers only, has been running for
nearly week.
fantry, negro National Guard organ
ization. has arrived at Camp Sewer
and is encamped in part OF the site
recently occupied by the Fifty-fifth
Depot 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
loo 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 Camp
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.
cally the full uniform OF private.
which led to his arrest, Sinkiewicz
presented the appearance of 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 and shook his head.
indicating that he was deaf and dumb
His name was learned from a 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-ffth 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 .as will that for horse.
shoers. which has been running for
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.
working party has begun clearin,
ranges on the site secured for rifle
range. between the camp and Paris
Mountain. while Brig. Gen G 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
the 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 that the insurance act has not
been properly explained to the men.
Officers have been instructed to famil.
iariZe themselves with it's provisions
and to use every effort to get eve.y
man to take out at least some insur.
ance Immediately.