Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-29
ATHLETICS STRONG
At ANN|STON CAMP
Spike" Webb, Physical Director
Showing the Men How to
Earn Black Eyes.

Camp Mcclellan. Admission, Ala, Jan.
29.-Dr. George Lang, president OF the
alabama Presbyterian College, and one
of the best known platform lecturers IN
the State, will leave Thursday for Whining
ton. Delaware, to take part in great drive
for funds under the auspices OF the Pos
dick commission.
DIR. Lang Is president of the Anniston
Rotary Club. and he will carry into the
northern campaign a spirit OF enthusiasm
which has already accomplished much tor
the henefit Of the men in khaki
The II2th Heavy Field Artillery here
boasts corporal whose name Is blizzard
and while the corporal himself has been
adopted by Judge and Mrs. John ii.
Wilson. Of Oxford, this part OF DIXIE
seems to have adopted the full meaning
conveyed in the ccrporal's name by hand
ing out to the soldiers of the luc and gray
division the hardest winter weather
witnessed in Alatama in a score Of years
Now the lllth Field Artillery comes
forward with a sergeant whose name Is
Money. and the diStlnctICI g which arc
being drawn around these two men IN the
different organizatlCrS IS likely to start q
contest II has tcc suggested that the
10th should come {, rward with soldier
whose name Is aS near politics as Il Is
possiI le TO he in the army and il such ?
scl1ier is fourd an can explain tie
recent movement of the lelaware CONT
gen he will tie titled to the htlt
ATHLETICS Boou.
Athletics Of all kinds are on q boom at
the cantonmcnt Spike" Webb, the
versatile athlete who has handled
more athletic moets than any other man
in the division, has adopted ten funda-
mental punches which are beiLg ground
into the 1mes OF the blue and gray sol
diers, and it Is an inspiring sight 10 witness
the mixlIps between companies in which
these principles Of ghting are taught,
Spike" Nebb's favorite motto Is HIT
the line hard and don't foul, and this
motto is rapidly developing the right KIND
of ghtirg spirit, Webb and the GERS Of
the division are training the men with the
idea that a soldier who won't ght with
bis SITS won't ght with bayonet and the
men of this division are rapidly showing
their instructors that they will ght with
the gloves and ght like the dickens.
One enlisted man in one OF the Jersey
regiments recently showed up with
black eve One OF his comrades asked who
gave il to him. His answer was: Nobody
get it.
F. B. Camp. the Kipling of the army,
and who Is the author OF American Sol
dier Ballads has arrived at the canton
ment and has already located many OF ms
former acquaintances who are with the
Blue and Gray
A great marathon race which Is likely
to be made feature of the athletic events
scheduled for the near future is 10 be run
the full distance OF six miles between
Admission and Camp Mcclellan by ct
least I've thousand men of the goth DlvI-
sion, and already preparations are being
made for holding this event. As prellm-
inarv to the training therefor Spike
Webb, the athletic director al the canton
ment, has arranged a cross country run OF
three miles for the men Of the different
units and many men are already getting
ready TO enter the training classes.
This is insurance week throughout the
army. and the drive for insuring the
lives of every man in the Blue and Gray
division is in full sway here Lieut..
George S. Stewart, Jr, division insurance
officer. has distributed blanks for the use
of every man In the division. For an
average expenditure Of 65 cents month
per thousand the officers and enlisted
men can carry policy of $4,000, and
this rate will prevail even after the war
as long as the premiums are paid. In
case Of total disability the insured can
draw during the balance Of his life the
nice sum Of S57. 80 a month.
One Of the best features Of the war risk
insurance bill is that third parties can
carry $4,000 policies on the lives of the
officers and men, and the drive for cover
ing the life of every man IN this division
Will be carried on until the 18th Of Feb
ruary. The secretary OF war has issued
an order that every officer and enlisted
man must take out q policy or give his
reasons in writing for failure TO do so.