Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-01


when ne speaks of the bloody Turk
the Bulgarans and the Huns. his eyes
snap fire, he clenches his fist and his
whole frame shakes.
| "Ah, know the bloody Huns" ht
says. Il know well their allies. the
Turks and the Bulgarians. Ask me
not the number OF MANNED men l saw
| in the Balkan war. Ask me not the
humber of women and little children
IL saw massacrcd and violated by
those murdcrers. l saw in that war
things that / shall never forget
| had impressed upon my mind scenes
that will never be erased. The Ger
mans are not better than the Turks
land the Bulgarians-all allies. all the
same stripe. They are not soldiers and
sportsmen-just murdercrs.
| Parftokics has two wounds in his
right leg He was in at the start III
the Balkan struggle. 1t was not long
before he received his first wound and
for Il while he was laid out. But not
for good. AS soon us he recovered he
was in the line again and fought al
most 10 the end. Il second wound in the
same leg preventing his seeing the fin
ish.
| He is a veteran. all right and he
knows we'll the fighting game as it Is
Ibcing carried on over there. why
was n corporal in the Balkan struggle
| in the army of Greece" he says. Il
will yet be corporal in the army OF
this, the greatest Of countries and my
adopted home. You see.'
| Private Parftokies first came to the
United States some time before the
Balkan troubles. He was going good
in the confectionery and fruit business,
When the trouble .sca1pe though.
f0feS5 I'd her men MONS and ne
with some 100000 odd other Greeks
went back He saw it through and
then came back to the United States,
going into the same old business. Then
this country was plunged into the
world conflict and he was one of the
first to respond. Il fight under the
American flag" he says, because it is
now my flag. Besides my Greece she
fight on the same side. I'm glad to
flight"
| Before coming into the army of the
| United States. the young Greek, like
most of his countrymcn, was thrifty
land accumulated compensation In
his business. He bought $3.50 worth of
fourth Liberty bonds and paid cash for
them, something that very few soldiers
lcomparatively speaking were able to.
do. Besides that, he bought $500
worth of an earlier issue likewise pay
ing cash.
! His one hope is that he will be al
lowed to so over and into the trenches
with his fellow Americans. Il hope
they let me-" he says. 81 am good
soldier. | was corporal once"
| Camp Sevier soldiers are interested
in the announcement from Washing
ton that all soldiers in training in the
camps and cantonmcnts throughout
the United States will receive their pay
within five days or less after the first
of each month. Through the efforts of
Brigadicr General II. NJ. Lord. head OF
the financial department of the quar-
Itcrmastcr corps. the time for paying
off soldiers has been so materially de-
creased that in some instances pay
mcnt can be made on the first Of the
month. Soldiers in the American EX-
peditionary Forces are also being paid
promptly. though the monthly payroll
over there is something like $4,000
900 for every million officers and men,
I'VE have had n lot of experiences
since landing on this side: army life is
very different from that in America y
So writes Sergt. Charles p. Adams. Co
H. 324 Infantry, now overseas. to his
friend. Private Marvin Hagy of Camp
SEWER. Sergt. Adams, who was for
merly stationed at Camp Sewer, went
across with the S1st division. "You
will hear all about it when we come
back" Scrgt. Adams writes. "Natu-
rally there are now great many
things about which We arc NOT allowed
to write However,. 7 can say there
are lots Of good looking girls over
here. Rut I can't do very much with
them as can't speak n whole lot OF
this language. All can do Is to make
signs. Tho trip going over was nice
] made il without losing n meal. We
have had lot of experiences since
l?ndng on this side. Army life is
Very different from that in America
| Major \. +. Combs has succeeded
Major s. r. Akin as commanding of.
ficer Of the 32Oth Field Signal hat
TALON. The new commandirc officer
of the signal battalion is already q
veteran Of the world war, having re-
Gently returned to the states and tC
Camp Sewer after service with tho
American cXpeditionary forces on the
western front. In view of his expert
ence in the actual fighting, Major
Combs is quite familiar with the fincl
technical points OF signal work. havins
been connected With the signal corps
of tho English and French armies over
There. as we'll as the American forces
lCaptains Jenkins and Lutz. who have
also recently returned to this countr!
LATTER much service in Europc have