The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-10-31
INTENSIVE TRAINING
no START Ar SEWER
With Arrival OF Last Increment of Sc.
lectmen for Tlirtieth Division, In
struction In Modern Warfare will
Begin in Earnest.

Begin in Earnest.
Greenville, Oct. 2O.-Scarcely more
than three months of government oc-
cupation have transformed the govern
mcnt reservation of 1000 acres north
east Of Grcenvillc from forest and cul-
t1Vated land into scene Of activity
ana orderlincss. Where forests stood
there are now broad parade grounds:
where there were cultivated fields are
now rows on rows Of tents and mess
shacks.
FOR almost month the former Ma
tional Guard of Tennessee, North Car
olina and South Carolina has been en-
campcd here and tomorrow the last of
the se!ectmen, 10000 in number, which
ere to be sent to Camp Sewer will
have arrived. This movement will in
crease the strength Of the Thirtieth
Division TO about 24,5OO
With practically all the soldiers who
are to form this division In camp
training will begin on scale and with
an intensity which has not before been
attempted. Long hikes, work in the
trenches, attacking dummy Germans"
with the bayonet and other drill, to fit
the soldiers for trench warfare, will
be the order Of the day. Experts on
all phases of warfare will be sent to
the camps by the war department and
they will supervise the training to
some extent.
construction at Camp Scvicr was
practically finished some weeks ago
according TO the plans for the canton
mentS, as National Guard camps were
called, until that word received the
d!Sapproval Of the war department.
The mon arc housed in tents. being
provided wooden mess shacks and
kitchens, bath houses reading rooms,
etc, the principal Offices of course
being in wooden buildings. All the
tents arc lloorcd and officers tents al
so have wooden walls, and every tent
mas little stove, so winter will not
lind the soldiers unprcparcd
Other improvements which arc TO he
made for the soldiers comfort include
the boarding I'D Of the open spaces in
the walls Of the mess shacks and bath
houses and the installation of hot
water in the latter. These improve
mcnts, together with the extension OF
two moss shaclls, those Of tho head
quarters and supply cUN,,,1nios i'm cv-
cry regiment, made necessary w ,hc
increased size Of these ontiil.. under
the now tables OF REORGANIZATION, are
to be done by ~" 'rnS:ructing quar-
tcrmastcr and have been somewhat
delayed by the scarcity # lumber and
the failure Of the water heaters to ar
rive. The heaters arc to have a ca
oaci'y Of 300 gallons per hour.
Foundations arc now up for the last
Of several large warehouses which are
tcing built to accommodate the i'm
mcnsc quantity Of supplies required
at tho camp, while the three ammun,-
ton magazines being erected as par;
o. tho ordinances depot arc almost com
p!ttcd. The ordnance depot, like the
base hospital and rcmount depot, will
be a fixture here and will be used
by ali the succeeding divisions which
viii come when the Thirticth has gone
overseas. At the rcmount dcpot, which
strictly is not q part of the division at
all, but merely located near il for
convenience. there arc about 200
horses. the total capacity of the plant
being more than ten times this num-
bcr.
me largest series Of structures in
tho whole camp is the base hospital
which consists Of 40 buildings. cxclu-
sivc OF showers and latrincs. The
plant has a normal capacity OF about
800 patients, and this may be incrcas-
cd by 200 when necessary. The hos
pital Is complete unit in itself.
On a slight rise behind Paris sta
ton, tho highest SPOT in the camp, two
enormous tanks have been erected 10
form reservoir 10 be called into play
when the consumption Is heaviest
fhcy have been connected and ready
FOR use some time, insuring the camp
freedom from any interruption which
might occur in the main supply. The
water used at the camp is the samc as
mat used in the city, coming from
springs on Paris Mountain.
Among works not strictly military
may be mentioned the post exchanges,
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