Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-20
NEWS OF CAMP SEWER
Many Celebrities Are Drawn Into the
Army.
MANY EXPERTS IN DIFFERENT LINES
Collection of Athletes, Football Play
ers, Arsists. TeIesraphers. Ne"spa-
oer Workers, and Various Others
Who Have Made Good.

CORRESPONDENCE Of The Yorkviile Enquirer
C.,mu Sewer, Grccnvillc, :. e.. sep
,.uhcr H.--lSob MCWhOrtcr. VINO j
,,,u l,,. remembered, made an enviahl'
record as II football player win th'
University of Georgia eleven s"f'ra
,rals ago. is now in the inilitar! se'
yic,. and is stationed at Camp Sewer
u,. il a captain in the 5Oth Infantry
and his old pep and interest IN a'tie''
les and especially football. is stlil VIII
h,m. When Captain Bob WAS with th'
Georgia University. every lootbai
,.,,,n,. in the south was all their own
Many g:lIrrs did nc win almost single
handed because 1f his rcmafkap''
ability. For three years he was Sc
lrctrd is tackle on the all south"ri
ruutIaIl eleven and h" was regarded pH
many athletic experts as one 0i I'M
greatest football artists IN" country
ever produced. TIN I" are many lahi'
ous football players from all sections o'
,,,. rountry among the soldiers oI
t.nulp SEWER and Captain McWhortei
\
in picking out IN" best of them ana t'
assist i'm whipping into shape III TINS
Camp on" of the strongest football aS'
prcra,ions at any camp or cantonmch'
i'm the country.
Carey phclan. one OF the best known
lightweight boxers in the country. VINO
has a string OF victories over many
celebrated pugiliSts credited to him II
phiIod,;lphia, New York and other
cities where the great game IS III hiS'
favor. is now in the army ut Camp Sc
yicr. Besides putting out an hohes'
DAYS work daily for Uncle sam h" has
accented the position OF boxing In
struc,or ut the knights of Columbus
hall in camp and is dcSirous of giving
further service TO his country by teach
ing enlisted men all h" knows ahou'
handling his hands. Already mum
her OF men from various organizations
have pu' themselves under his lnstruc'
tion. Danny Whalcn. of boxing fam'
around the rings in Philadelphia towr
is also at Camp Sewer and has Slrer
quite Il lumbcr Of exhibition bouts ioi
IN. h.u, NJ of the soldier lads. Thcr,
are to h,' found in various organiza-
lions i'm camp, more especially In the
18th. 5Oth, S9th and 9Oth Infantry reg
imcnts many soldiers who built up biG
regulations in civil life 10y reason OF
their Clcvcrncss with the mitts.
II newspapers over the country
which are short OF telegraph operators
could only have the privilege OF visit
ing the 220th Signal Battalion now
forming at Camp Sewer. and take
their pick of such operators. they
would have no further worries along
that line. Among the signal men IT
camp now are quite number wh'
were formerly on the wires of the AS
soriatrd l'rcss and other great news
gathering organizations throughout INT
country. Though out and away IRON
the newspaper ticker for the duration
of the war ut least, these fellows are
1happv i'm giving the benefit OF then
,xp,ricncc and skill in the field of tel
cgraphy To their Uncle Samuel. oth-
or signal corps men are expected 10 ar
rive ut Camp SEWER within Il yer!
shur. while. They occupy the quarters
that were inhabited 10y other signal
CORPS outfits, now somewhere over
there. their area being near the caml
postoiticc.
II. d. Rankin. cartoonist and Illus
traitor, with quite II reputation. is now
nj C,mp SEWER. lie is II member OF
60. l.. 5Otl Infantry. Private Rankin
has been in the military service slnc,
last March He WIS formerly with IN,
Cleveland Plain-Dcalcr, the Chicago
News. the Chicago Inter Ocean. Phila-
drlphia Press and other newspapers
over the country. where he did car
toons and general illustrating. During
the uust few years hr has been Il mem
her OF the artists staff OF Cartoons
Magazine and the Red Book.
Announcement Is made OF the pro-
motion of three non commissioned OIL
hr.rs of the Base Hospital TO the grad,
OF second lieutenant. They are Hos
pital Sergeant Edward &. Kirk. Ser
rcant First Class Frank y. GauGhen
and Sergeant First Class George
Ilauthc. Lieut.. Kirk has been assign
cd To duty as adjutant of Base Hos
pital Unit No ll0: Lieut.. Mauthe vii
he adjutant of the Camp Hospital nj
Camp Houston. Va. and Lieut.. Gau'
CHEN has gone to Columbia TO report
for duty at Camp jackson.
L.. W. Thrush has been appointed
social Y. NJ {. \. secretary for Camp
Sewer. He succeeds II. Holmberg
who was recently transferred TO Nash
willie. Tenn. where he will he engag.
cd in ~" work at munitions plant
Mrs. Stanley Ryan and two children
have arrived in Grecnvillc from Ken.
tucky and expect 10 make their home
here in future. MIR. Ryan is the editor
of the Camp Sewer edition of Trench
and Camp. the soldier newspaper.
Sergeant Roswell Miller OF the Con
scrvation and Reclamation division n
Camp SEWER has been commissioner
second lieutenant In the quartermas
ter corps and ordered 10 report fol
duty nj Camp Dix. New Jersey. Lieut.
Miller's commission is reward To-
persistent and intelligent service in th'
military. Coming to Camp Sewer las
fall with a motor truck company, ant
adapting himself to military lif'
with characteristic energy and willing
ness to serve. his ability soon received
recognition and he went up the grade
Of the various non commissioned Off
cos quite rapidly. When conservation
and reclamation work was Inaugural
ted at Camp Sewer last January. h
was assigned TO that division and h
has since lahored steadily in watching
against waste and reclaiming all man
ncr OF military property that could b
put into further service. Because o
his genial personality. good fellowship
and general ability, he has made man