Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-04

TN HE gates of Camp Gordon, the war
city, will be thrown open Wednes-
day to the men of the new nation
al army.
The shoe repairer Will cast aside MS
apron and don the uniform of khaki; the
Young bank clerk will come from out OF
the cage and no longer hear the whine
of spinning coins; the farmer will swap
his plow for a gun, the blacksmith Will
trade his awhile for a bayonet, and the
plumber, the lawyer, the stone cutter
and the student will fall into line and
take up their residence at the monster
cantonment, theirteen miles from At
lanta. a tiny distance from the good
city of Chamblee, and within sight OF
the rounded top of Stone Mountain. =
1t will be from Camp Gordon that the
young Americans will be sent to Eu-
rope as flaming examples of American
courage and to uphold the fighting ira
ditions of the United States.
Camp Gordon will be ready for the
troops Wednesday. The young officers
have reached the place, explored it, lik-
ed it, and are being instructed, and by
the end of this present week the enlist
ed men will have some idea of what
General Swift Uncle Sam and their
country are expecting of them.
1t is estimated that 10 per cent Of
the first 1000 will reach the camp on
Wednesday, and 20 per cent on Sep
TENDER s and 20 per cent September 8.
while the remaining 10 per cent will ar
rive on September 10.
ASSIGNMENTS OF MEN.
According to the official announce
ment from headquarters the enlisted
men received in the initial per cent
will be assigned approximately as fol-
lows:
Three Hundred and Nineteenth Ma
chine Gun Battalion, Sc men,
Three Hundred and Twentieth Ma
chine Gun Battalion. 40 men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-first Ma
chine Gun Battalion, 40 men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-fifth In
fantry 2SS men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-sixth In
fantry, 2SS men.
Three Hundred and Twenty seventh
Infantry 2SS men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-eighth In
fantry, 2os men.
Three Hundred and Nineteenth Ar
tillery, 156 men.
Tires Hundred and Twentieth Artil-
iery, 112 men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-first Ar
tillery, 112 men.
Three Hundred and Seventh Engi-
neers, 12S men.
Train Headquarters, "a men,
Changes will be made this week in
the quarters of the officers, who have
been occupying barracks erected for the
selected men, but even the early changes
this week will not be permanent. Tenn
porary assignment of buildings is made
foc occupancy which will begin Tues
day, and will be as follows:
Division headquarters and One Hun
dred and Sixty-third Infantry to all
buildings in blocks Y and Y, except
o
the medical, organization and construc-
ton departments; One Hundred and
Fifty-seventh Artillery Brigade to block
Il; One Hundred and SIXty-fourth In
fantry Brigade to blocks and c; Three
Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry Ma
chine Gun Battalion to buildings l, 6,
7, IL and 80, block D; Three Hundred
and Seventh Engineers to buildings J-3
and ks: Three Hundred and Seven
teenth Signal Battalion to buildings 3.
4. 9, 10 and 49, block d, and officers
of the Depot Brigade and Quartermaster
Corps to buildings 2, 8, and IL,
block y.
Major ]. Norman Pease. construction
quartermaster, says the buildings will be
ready for the troops when they arrive
this week.
Early in the week General Swift will
move his headquarters from the build
tiers will be roomy, spacious and in ev-
cry way suited for the headquarters of
the general and his staff.
A number of the officers, including
General Swift. are now staying at down.
town hotels, but will move to the camp
! at an early date. leaving their families in
the city.
Besides being a great walker, General
Swift is singer, and greatly approves
of songs in a soldiers camp. His SOL
diers in Mexico were singers and so
will be the men who are trained at Camp
Gordon. There is nothing more inspirs
ing, believes General Swift, than a COL
umn of men singing as they tramp
through a wilderness or over a dusty
road. So Camp Gordon will learn songs,
and sing them. And that, if nothing else,
should be encouraging to the young mu-
sicians and composers who are in the
national army.
WORK JUST BEGINS.
The young officers who have been
sent to Camp Gordon from the training
camp quickly learned that their work
did not end when they graduated from
the school at the army post. To tell
the truth. it just began. During the
present week the officers will go
through physical drill and practical drill
and there will be lectures for officers on
company administration, drawing of sup
plies, management of company mess,
camp sanitation, etc.
Those officers who are not assigned to