Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-31

n13H 20 train green troops in Michi-
gam tud I'm Massachusetts In the RIG
oIH NJ midwiuter.
This is not II sermon--it Ia q Ger
/ tain Amiuhle Lady. sitting In the
4 'ounctu ~ her car In front of the
/ excellent hotel at Charlotte, consult
I 'nE tho pages ~ her indispensable
/ friend, the stout Volume s, Blue
! houN This volume II the Baedeker
| ut southern touring. Its $4,000 miles
! of touring Information keep the mo-
. 'Hriat not merely IN touch with every
| foot OF southland trails, but tell him
Nherr garages, service stations, no
/ tells or tire shops are located.
The Amiablc Lady drops her lorg-
| non and dOns her amber colored gogs
giles, There are three OF the train
! ms camps each OF them devoted TO
the prrtecting OF tho former Nation
| ul Guard troops now brought into
The Regular army within an easy
| days rum she explains And be-
tore the sun goes down this lovely
! February day We shall have reached
an three OF them"
And, 80 saying, waves the starting
signal to the gentleman who conde-
ecrnds 10 "Chauff" for us, and we
are OFT. Up the streets OF Charlotte,
We pass the old mint and assay Of
Zee, and the new post office, turning
( Hhirply 20 the right where the traf-
Tie otuccr stands on the huge bronze
plate that marks the place OF the
rondingyof the Mecklenberg Declara-
/ ton, sJ'se time before Thomas JEFF
terson and others got up "a similar
Instrument at Philadelphia
The camp at Charlotte Is named
Green, after the distinguished red
headed Rhode Island general who,
lao years ago, spent his time chasing
our British cousins over a vast por.
tiun Of the CBrolinaA In very
little while, on our way from Char
lotle To Spnrtanburg, we shall pass
over Kings mountain, where Greene
fought and won one of his most dis
! tingulshed victories And by de-
llghtful coincidence we shall find
that the great camp--sheltering 30,-
600 guardsmen-- planned and
huiided by a direct descendant Of the
doughty Revolutionary fighter -
Major j. w. Greene, also OF Rhode
Island. Major Greene has reason to
be proud Of his handiwork, for n
modern army, camp IL an impressive
feature with ~fis miles Of neatly
paved streets, It's mess shBcks, can
teens or post exchanges, remount sta
tion ana base hospital,
Wednesday and Saturday after
moons and all day Sunday, too, eK-
Ccpt In the rare cases when he may
be detailed for special duty, the en-
listed man can Eo into town and taste
the delights 81 metropolitanism
Traditional North Carolina hospital
ity is not lacking at Charlotte The
good folk Of the old town have q
pleasant habit OF meeting the boys
In Khaki on their streets and carry
ing them home TO dinner
II IL but eighty miles from Char
lotto To Spnrtanburg and an excel
lent road for the entire distance. Al
Sfmrtdnhurg IL another camp
Wadsworth -- gaining considerable
distinction from the fact that II Is
made NJ entirely OF men who yes
terday formed tho Twenty.second.
the seventh, the Twenty and
the Sevcnty-first regiments OF the
New York National Guard.
Nowadays they have lost their an
Client designations, and 10 a large ex-
tent their old-time Identities. Yet
before the Twenty second engineers
went entirely out of existence II
bAlANFN till il llflHhI lhl W ilotli
In the main road into the camp; a
twisting. unspeakable side lane was
transformed Into a broad highway OF
gentle curves and easy grades
Thirty-four more miles---Spartin
burg is well behind and yet tho or
derly confusion Of another great
camp Is In evidence first the re-
mount station lining both highroad
and railroad. then tho base hospital
and finally the camp itself--S SEWER
situate In a deep grove or maRnifi-
cent fir and pine trees and housing
guardsmen from the two Carolinas
and from Tennessee And after
SEWER. which In nj Greenyille, and a
long pull over roads that vary from
fairly good to very bad, Atlanta At
lantA has genuine cRntOnmcnt--
Camp Gordon, whore soldiers for our
new National Army are being created
out ~ green material.
The Amlahle Lady has studied the
pngcs Of her beloved Blue Book.
Frnm II she has planned Aher route,
as carefully as the Thrifty master Of
any morchantman. We follow the
National highway to ROystDn and
leave II there To dip south through
which Is "A real seat Of learn
ing ana possesses, IN addition tO Tour
colleges. the only double ba relied |
cannon in the world. The roads that |
wends its way through the mountain |
foothills from Greenville to Atlanta |
~ dips south through Athens --
threads now again "A wooden high |
way bridge. There In no charm In |
equal to rumbllng through !
one of these ancient transporting |
wooden tunnels with the sunlig ght |
falling in latticed pattern upon its
floor
Atlanta rs one ~ the sixteen points /
selected ns Cantonment sites. Camp |
Gordon So eleven long miles out from |
the city. but many trolley cars go /
back and forth and Atlanta regards |
Camp Gordon as her own Was II |
not named after one OF her most dis
.inguished citlzcns2 Atlanta has
been to no end OF pains to look out
Tor the health and comfort Of the
boys" She has taken her big audi
saNed temple OF spring
ime grand opera--for all-day sun
lay concerts there, free TO any
mixing chamber with the auxiliary
Ncarer Of the khaki.
From Atlanta our path begins 10
urn backward -- north and east
again There are two cantonmenu
,uu ahead ~ us---Camp Mcclellan
~ Admission. Ala where former Ma