Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
SOLDIERS IN THE MAX NG
How Military Discipline Is Taught
at Sewer.
where The VATCHxORD IS WORK
Lesson in Regulation oress-hisher
Officials Go to Very Great Pains to
Teach Privates Just What to Do
and How to Do lt-how Joe Cud-
worth Learned His General Orders.

OfncialS 20 10 very STcdt rams 10
Teach Privates Just What to Do
and How to Do It-How Joe Cud-
worth Learned His General Orders.
Passed by the Censor.
corsspspasnes The YorkriIie Enquirer
Camp SEWER February 25-Soldiers
of the Thirtieth Division. hundreds
and doubtless thousands Of them, are
out thousands Of dollars because they
have various articles Of clothing ultra
| regulation, and which they are no
| longer allowed TO wear. | am stuck
to the extent Of $40 or more myself
| by reason of the purchase Of leather
leggins, wrap" leggins, a Stetson
| military broad brim hat. collars and
| trimmings of one kind and another
that am not permitted to wear any
longer. Some Of the fellows are stuck
| for sums ranging as high as 500.
know one sergeant who invested $50
in a serge suit and SIS in a pair Of
| leather leggins recently. Within two
days after his purchase an order was
published to the effect that this COM
mand must get into uniform" and that
sergeant was out s6S pronto. After
camp Sewer was established last
summer-in fact for two or three
months afterward, Il great many SOL
diers were unable to obtain equipment.
There was a shortage OF olive drab
uniforms and other articles and really
il was 4 problem to get uniforms OF
any kind. Then later Greenville fur
nishing stores laid in enormous stocks
of wrap leggins. leather leggins.
serge uniforms. hats and other articles
which looked ncater than the rcgula-
ton stun. Soldiers fell for them OF
course and because Of the shortage
and maybe for other reasons Il don't
know were allowed to wear anything
that looked a little like regulation uni
form. Thousands Of pairs OF these
wrap" leggins were bought by men of
this division at IS per pair: hundreds
| Of pairs Of leather leggins were pur-
chased at from $6 to SIS per pair and
hundreds Of other articles Of clothing
accordingly These articles looked
| much better and most soldiers (even
rookie .oldiers) want to make as good
an appearance as possible.
But now there is sufficient regula-
| ton issue for every man and every
man must wear regulation. Those
canvas leggins that lace up the side
| (rabbit hunters) the fellows call
them: don't look nearly so nice as
wraps or feathers: but they arc the
kind Uncle Sam has decided his SOL
diers must wear. Military Police on
duty around camp and over In the city
of Greenville. have received orders to
la.rrGs3 .spr. soldiers. WearirHs Other than
rabbit hunters" unless that soldier ha:
a written statement from his captaiT
. that he has been unable 10 obtain th'
regulation issue. The division Is obey
ing the order. Occasionally some
beau brummel'' buck private tries t'
get by with his non-issue stun; bu
most of them are sorry when they try
!, | IL. utIc pCCi ''N''S ~
not because the money put out OF
these articles is lost (because none!
is the very least Of the average sol
dier's troubles) but because the ole
IRA bbit hunters" don't look so we'll
Grecnville merchants. scores o
them, are grumbling however: because
they stand to loose hundreds Of dollar:
as result of the prohibitory order
Many Of them calculating that the
mon would always be allowed TO veal
anything they bought, laid In big sup
plies of goods ahead. When the ordel
recurring regulation issue came ou
their sales stopped while they had II
some instances large supplies on hant
which they can't even give away.
know one Greenville merchant who }:
stuck to the tune of couple OF thou
sand dollars and maybe more because
he figured too far ahead. And un'
derstand that there are many Of then
who are "out of luck" OF course non'
of us are worrying about that-no
, anymore than / am worrying abou
my $40, or the sergeant his $GS.
The general tells the brigadiel
; general, the brigadier tells the col
onel, the colonel tells the lieutenant
colonel, the lieutenant colonel tell:
| the major, the major tells the captain
the captain tells the lieutenant: ht
) tells the top sergeant; he tells the
corporal: he tells the first class pri'
vate and he tells the buck who does
the work himself because he hasn''
anybody to tell" Is an old saying ir
the army. Maybe it was that way
when Uncle Sans bullies were chasing
Filipinos or Mexicans but 1t isn't thai
way anymore. The general tells the
hrigadier; but he does good part OF
the work himself and 1t is so all dowr
the line in this war. The captain
sweats as much as the "buck", and
maybe a little more. Fact is there
are no "gentlemen's jobs in this army
that is going to France, and the
shippers" tslang for officers) gel
their hands soiled and their clothes
dirty the same as privates.
Before l got in this fracus | had
seen quite number Of soldiers-gen
erals, colonels. majors, captains and
privates in my experiences as a news
paper man, and to tell the truth
never came in contact with yer!
many who made any impression or
me for energy or pep or we'll, democ.
racy. But my experience with them
here Git hasn't been very much) has
changed my opinion. I saw colone
get down of his horse. go into @
trench where buck private was ly.
ing down trying to sight rifle cor
rectly; lie down on his stomach beside
that private in an inch Of mud. and
work with that buck a full thirty
minutes teaching him how to do II
And the buck lay there without shiv-
ering and twisting and declared after
ward that the guy with the buzzardi
-. lie ,ho,Idaro 10 c0lone1'a insiPnia