Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
RECLAMATION IN CAMPS
Soldiers Being Taught to Save
Everything.
CLOSE ATTENTION TO ECONOMICS.
Where Garbage Was Once Abundant.
Now There is little-Considering
the Feeding Of Hogs in Camp
Ever the Old Paper is Gathered Up
,aI Co'J - IuoLnoep

IN"I'rEpHA'HSt 4ht lah''
Camp Sewer. May l4.-'Eond IL
power. Power will win The war"
The above Is one OF numerous ,slo-
gans that have been printed and pla~
cardcd all over Camp Sewer rs 4
further aid and influence in impress
ing upon soldiers here the importance
! OF food conservation. Six months ago
there was considerable waste OF food
here aS there was NJ other camps over
the country. Three months later II
was considerably less. since about
that time conservation of supplies br-
gan in earnest. Now there is scarce
| ~ any. and in fact there Is no more
waste at n company mess hall whrr"
meals for 80 msn are cooked three
,imrs; daily. than there is in the kitch-
"ns Of u large hotel az restaurant,
The slogan Of the clean plate is hring
put into practice so thoroughly that
really III" water pans placed on in
Generators after each meal are not
necessary because there is nothing
left in the aluminium mess kits Ia
wash ont. Civilian farmers living in
| the vicinity OF Camp SEWER who
since the establishment of this camp
have been hauling garbage from the
/ various mess halls each week Ia feed
| their hogs, say that the amount Of
/ garbage that is now Ia hr had. is
/ hardly sufficient to Justify their COM
| ing. In order that II may got full
benefit from the slight amuunt that is
now available. officials here are sc-
riously considering the idea OF ship
ping 1000 hogs here 10 eat up the ne
ccssary waste.
This work of conservation and re-
| Clamation is being extended Ia in
| clIid' not only food hut every other
"rticlr of value. Tho government iS
ven collecting IN" daily papers that
| he soldiers buy. carefully baling
| them up and selling them Ia paper
| manufacturers. The bone that is LEFT
when u hungry company Ol sOldh ~
hay" picked of all the meat is moi
| thrown into the garbag" can: hut Is
placed in the sun To dry and then
| shipped To some fertilizer plant. Bones
| ar" worth about S23 u ton {. q. h.. and
old Man Sam after all his critics say.
| is u pretty good business man. There
alr in this camp now awaiting re-
| pair at the camp shoe shop. some
> 900 pairs OF shoes which soldiers
| must wear again and then again when
i the tlrst -releired anla -has ~taGn-aat-
Thousands Of o. d. shirts and trous-
crs and coats and other articles OF
wearing apparel are being repaired
right in this camp for reissue. There
was u tim" when q soldier who dcs;r-
rd now pair Of shoes i'm return for
hose that might have h,rn only
slightly worn. could get the new ar
iclc without any trou'!r--jISt n lit
II" talk and II wink at the supply ser
sc;int and the thing was done. But
| now he must show why and where
| fore he desires new goods AMI as like
| ly as not will cXchnng" for an Article
| that has been rcpar"d and In" OIigi-
nal owner of which ~ somewhere in
| France or on the way, anyhow. ]
managed to swap q pair of shoes that
had been with mo for seven months,
| for n pair that had been slightly
worn, a few days ago and ! consider
| I'd myself quite lucky nj being able
to swing the deal. The pair | swap
ped wrr" thos" No. Sl-2's that
/ wrut" about last fall as having been
issued TO me at Camp Jackson. as
some of thos" who have kept up with
my articles will rcm"mbcr. ! wear
size 61-2 and / have Schcm,d NOR"
than once how 10 get rid OF thoS"
shoes that were too big for m". Th"
supply sergeant who exchanged them
| for me said | deserved another pair
hrcausc Of "fair wear and tear" Of
the big ciGhts. They w"r" torn all
| right. | was very glad h" was busy
that day and had more soldiers shoes
to examine. Still. In" unwrttcn law
of the army IL that anything yom can
get by with is all o. Is"
| Speaking OF conservation AMI rccla
nation work here. tn" avcraGc person
would not think that tho dw:i's Of -
number Of soldiers here has included
cotton picking: hut such il the case"
Last spring before hardly anybody
had any idea that before another cot
ton planting time came round. on" Of
| the largest military camps In IN"
south would he established at Camp
SEWER. II goodly portion OF the reser-
vation here was planted in cotton by
its then owners. Even so late as last
] fall and during tho winter several
horse farm which was in cotton was
not needed for military purposes ami
the cotton. thereon was allowed to
mature. Quite n number Of soldiers
| (priSoncrs MOSTLY were put to work
picking II during the fall and winter
The sale OF cotton and seed amounted
to around $4,000. Although littl"
thing. this incident is illustrativ" Of
the fact that economy is being prar-
| ticcd at Sevicr and the study OF
economies liz being stressed as much
i dS lfl'll Ol IDillIS S"H
masks and the numerous other wcap-
ons of destruction being used in this
great struggle.
| In the mess hall. the "Y." the office.
the picture show. everywhere about
camp these placards meet the soldiers
gaze:
Eat to live: don't live to cat"
Serve by saving"
Conservation means victory. Waste
spells defeat"
Don't waste It."
/ "Shut of tho lights"
This food means victory. We're in
to win-Don't waste IT,"
Serve doubly by saving"
Work like Helen B. Happy"
Jas. d. Grist.
i Farmers in the midlands OF west
ireland, according to a Central News