The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-07-25
GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR At
CAMP JACKSON MAKING
GOOD ROADS.
SHEET PAVEMENT TO CAMP
Balloon Ascensions Take Place Daily
and Some High Levels Have
Been Reached.
Camp Jackson.


that work would commence on tho
Gamers Ferry road on next Monday
and that the highway would be paved
as speedily as possible. The state
highway commission has selected n
sheet pavement for the driveway and
the street railway company will use
vitrifled brick between the car tracks
The road engineers will begin work
at the lower end Of the route, and the
street railway workers will commence
operations at the city limits.
The report Of the organizations OF
the Second Brigade, Field Artillery
Replacement Depot. Camp Jackson,
for the month ending June 80, 1918.
shows we'll organized brigade, says
the official report The organizations
leading In the individual regiments
run about even as to cleanliness Of
barracks. kitchens and garbage cans
and In police and neatness Of area,
stables and gun sheds.
Camp Jackson's 100 prisoners Of war
are now doing their bit to make the
camp roads the best in the State.
These prisoners were sent to Camp
Jackson from the war prison barracks
at Fort Mcpherson, Ga, and semi.
official dispatches stated that they
were to be used for farm duty. There
is no farm attached to the camp at
present.
The balloon company stationed at
Camp Jackson is now making daily
ascensions In the observation "sau.
sage and it has been carrying pas.
sengers ever since last Sunday. The
first passenger carrying flight was
made early Sunday morning following
the successful sand bag tryouts Sat
urday afternoon but the balloon was
allowed 10 ascend only few hundred
feet and was brought down after only
short fight. No flights were made
Monday.
Camp Wadsworth.
Three new regiments OF Pioneer In
fantry, to be known as the Sixtieth
Sixty-first and Sixtysecond regiments
are to be organized at Camp Wads
worth, according to information given
out today by Brig. Gen. Guy C. Carle
ton. commanding officer Of the provis.
ional depot for corps and army troops.
number Of officers were assigned to
each regiment and others will
be assigned later. Most of those al
ready assigned are former National
Guard officers, who have been without
assignement since the National Guard
organizations were readjusted
Camp Sewer.
Walter I. Franklin Of Proctor, N. c..
q member of the supply company Of
the 324th Infantry, S1st Division, at
Camp Sewer, was instantly killed by
a stroke Of lightning while driving q
team of mules along a road less than
mile from camp. Franklin's clothes
and shoes were torn off his BODY but
comradc who was sitting by him
escaped unharmed.
Recruited to practically full war
strength by the recent arrival of up.
wards Of 5000 men from Camp Jack
sonfl the S1st Division Is now being
rapidly rounded into form for service
in the battle lines, through period OF
intensive military training which Is
calling for many hours Of hard work
-Four more companies Of the 17th
united states Infantry have arrived
mere and have Joined the two compa-
MES and reglmental headquarters
which arrived some weeks ago The
l7th is not part Of the 81st Division,
and there is much speculation as to
the reasons for which it was sent to
this camp. 1t is thought in some
quarters that the regiment Is to be
the nucleus for new division or other
training organization.