The Springdale news., 1918-08-02
e.Mp PIKE NOTES
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1 ,o,,n Publicity Secretary s ,a ,o,'Ty Pike. Ark, July as.-i0U+ va Camp ars representatives ~ p'n r,mn ',I Pike than any other her. Iru, esme Icamp +hoDsand lbo men from Iowa aas came ns #TwelVe ll0tp '. +be first time that any s., oa Htheir selee'lfe airect, Last fall quite a Isent here e, d,5ss'' Iowa men came to Camp nnp 8numDer elou Camp Dodge, near .t;es pes
 piks from but tt the present , deisgaa,on hdma
 eams thf9nsn siTsady plans are under " way a,
 in "iaf Ll'',S interest nt in making the new,
 espssrsi esmsrs feel at home and in asssPs p;he
 in making their stay a' '
 za reai Ipheusand negroes are now nv Ten tants tnv here, eight men to a tent, m zing Tn @ 'en'. thousand of them are In the
 ssns stes tesf ast sast of the Belmont ball
 .en' snannd nds at the east edge Of the camp mp gfou".1 .he others are in the new sec
 wnlis .+ ' Fort Logan H. Root. The ne- aas slOa =, were moved into the tents to
 make n, room for the new white ss.hsr arl,sr maAs n,s ef 'dy the past ten days. A number af ats white yb casual companies are loea1, saah
 oi ?, Sa ;n the open stables on the south a .;de of the camp, where they are us ;us S,ss field stoves anc getting a taste of real army life. It is most pleasant
 '. .a.a this warm weather and will be z s;ne @ unless they have severe storm.
 I .bat ease some one is very liable
 W panton county, Arkansas, has eight "yr secretaries in Camp Pike, the largest number from any one county. ] Secretaries W 0. Burns, J. L. Mathis, .RI. Meigs, c. E. Aekland, Voiney Fenno and W. N. Gather are from Sloan Springs, and Secretaries |. T.. Mcspadden and Erwin Funk are from Rogers. At present there are some soventv secretaries in the Camp Pike Army Y M. C. 4. work, which in cluaes the force at Eberts Aviation Field at Lonoke and the general hos pital at Fort Logan H. Root. The physical equipment includes nineteen buildjngs, all manned with secretaries save the big "" auditorium The camp has full equipment of secre- taries now and the work is making splendid progress along every line. Poindexter Hill, Democratic noni- nee for the lower house of the Ark ansas general assembly from 1nde- pendence county, came to Camp Pike last week as a member of the last se- leetive draft quota from that county.
 Taking the leisure time of the sol= dier and transforming it into a mih- tary asset of the nation" is the real work of the Army Y NJ. C. A. said the Rev. A. J. Derbyshire in recent address at the camp. He has just re- turned from a six months stay with the French troops as a "Y" secretary and is very familiar with the work and its influence upon the troops of all the allied nations. General Persh- ing and every army officer who has
 been asked to express an opinion on
 the matter have repeatedly affirmed
 their belief that the Army Y. M. C. A.
 Is very important factor in the sue
 cess of the Allied troops and declare
 that its scope and the number of sec
 retares must be increased rather than
 curtailed at any point
 A number of the Army "Y" secre-
 taries were detailed last week to ac-
 company the troop t.ains from the
 nome t9"i.s to Camp Pile and they re-
 port sotae sery interesting lrcldents.