Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-03-08
TAZEWELL BOYS
AT MCCLELLAN
All the Young Men From This
Section at the Big Canton
ment Are Doing Well, and
Anxious to $50 Across"
Editorial Corespondence.)

sons, friends and relatives at Camp
Mcclellan will be interested in little
gossip" by the editor who visited
the wonderful camp last week. A
number of Tazewell boys are there
and the men of Co. d, End Virginia
regiment, who were here last sum-
mer, are also there. now members
of the 10th Infantry.
The Boys We Met.
Camp Mcclellan is six miles east
of the city of Admission in northern
Alabama. 1--WE, Mrs. L. and myself).
reached the city on Thursday at 1880
L.,aJr. There was nothing doing that
afternoon except to talk. The boy
hadn't seen his "ma" since going in
to camp last September, and they
each had many things to say, and l
slipped in remark when / got a
chance to do so, which was not often,
and after pleasant, restful night at
the Alabama Hotel we were pre-
pared to ego to it," us we say, that
is, to see the great camp. On Friday
afternoon we motored to the Camp
and saw such sights and scenes as we
had never seen before. But more of
this later.
The first thing was to hunt up the
boys, not an easy job. They were
scattered among thirty thousand of
troops, but we managed to see most
of them. We found Sergeant Ell
mer Watkins, so well remembered in
Tazewell. He is Supply, Sergeant for
Co. d, of the 10th Regiment, and his
tent is a sort of headquarters for lis
company. He sent word to the scat
tered boys and they came in to his
fpnt Iubirh ,ua rnoJo onr
headquarters. Besides Watkins there
was Corporal Albert Peery, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Ed. Peery. He
was one of the first to greet us, as
his tent was not far off. Albert was
suffering from a severe cold, but was
much better the next day. He is in
fine shape, has gained 20 pounds in
flesh and is as "hard as nails" He
asked about all the Tazewell folks,
and sent much love to all of his rela-
tives and acquaintances.
1t was a disappointment to miss
seeing Gardner, Sluss and Mcclure,
but they could not be found
Charley Stephenson, son of Lee
Stephenson, of this town, was found
on Sunday afternoon, and he was glad
to see us, of course. He was on detail
to keep the fires burning under the
incinerator, and was splitting wood
when we saw him. He is fine SOL
dier, they said, and certainly looked
it. He came in to the hotel on Sun
day night and spent several hours
with us.
Charley has two brothers and a
brother-in-law in the army. Their
names and locations were given in the
last issue of this paper. Stephenson
of this town has contributed his full
quota of bows and every mother son
of them enlisted, too. and are max
ing fine soldiers.
j. S. Horne, another Tazewell boy,
was on hand. He used to live with the
ley Totten, son of VIM. Totten, now
living on the farm of Allen Higgin-
bothnmg is fine soldier of the 116th,
as is also j. w. Baldwin, of Buchanan
county, and making good, the boys
said. There were other members of
the 116th, who came to shake hands,
among them Corporal Temple. Ser
geant Saffel, N. T. Cubbage, the
cook, Il made mistake and called
him "cabbage'O Sergeant Cummings.
Sergeant T. A. Hill and others. whose
names have slipped.
Glen Wynn, the red-headed son of
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Wynn, of this
town, was specially glad to see
Somebody from home" He is mem
ber of Company X, 10th and saw
service on the border, along with the
many other members of the 116th.
Glen is in fine shape and sent much
love to his folks. There was Sar~eant
Major Of the 116th and other fine
strong, standing up" boys whom it
was a delight to meet.
Headquarters Co. 111th Artillery.
In this "outfit" is Sergeant j. A.
Leslie, Jr., and as fine lot of Vir-
ginin boys as you can find. We spent
sometime in the boys tent. His moth
er looked over his bed and thought
she might improve things a little if
she had the chance. Here we met
some fine boys. Most of them were
associates in Richmond, where they
enlisted. Some of them college chums
---all of them, in this unit, were col
1ege or University graduates There
was Pollard, Sinnott, Williams, Jack
son, Rawson, all of them Sarpeants
in the Headquarters Co. of the 111th
Field Artillery and fine set they are
We had number of these boys to
dinner with us at the hotel on sew
eral occasions and we enjoyed them
and were glad that we could do lit
tie something towards breaking the
monotonv of camp life, even for O
short time. Not single one of these
men have had furloughs, and were de.
lighted with this visit of the par.
ents ofone of their number.
Anniston and the Camp.
Admission is a nice clean city Of
about $4,000 inhabitants, level rs 6
floor, quite railroad center, has two
fine hotels and number of smalle,
ones, fine stores, banks, and churches
I drifted of course into the Office Of
The Star, Anniston's leading paper
The editor was out of town, but tht
city editor was on hand, Mr.. Thorn
ason, young, handsome and up-to-dat'
He showed me many courtesies, fol
which I am grateful, and hope t.
have the pleasure of returning som,
good day. If I was inclined to b'
critical l would say something abou