Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
HERE AND THERE.

There is very strong probability
that Camp Greene, at Charlotte, will
be abandoned, and that the division
of troops there will be moved to
Camp Wadsworth near Spartanburg.
The reason for the transfer, if 1t is
| carried into effect, will be the heavy
| outlay and time required TO make
sanitary conditions what they ought
to be and the tremendous amount of
labor and expense that will be neces-
sary for improvement Of the roads.
The site of Camp Greene Is generally
| unsuitable In the estimation OF the
| war department.
Mr.. ]. b. Dickson Of Lockhart,
came up tn Yorkville Wednesday In
Ford. He came by way of Bullock s
| creek church, Sharon. the new road
| out by Claud Robinson's into the
| Pinckncy road and thence into town
| over the Chester road. He said that
all the roads had been recently drag
,ged. and were in good condition -<-
cept a little sof.
not stall anywhere. =
ed that the whole III his
way has been pickihs cotton all the
week and perhaps several hundred
bales, he had no idea how much, had
been gotten out. He told also of /,
negro who had taken some Of the
freshly picked and ginned dogtail cot
ton to Lockhart and had gotten over
80 cents a pound for 1t.
Coxswain w. T. Moore. like most
Americans, Is Il sincere admirer OF
the French, both as Il people and as
soldiers. He has been in various
French ports and he was wonderfully
impressed with the almost worship
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the Americans. The French think the
Americans are without doubt the
greatest people on earth. and to the
French every American Is something
like a demigod. But there Is nothing
servish about the French, Mr.. Moore
says, and the Americans do not think
OF them that way. On the contrary
the Americans recognize the French
as inferior 10 nobody from any stand
point. 81 just love to hear the French
men talk about the time when Won
Kluck was about to enter Paris"
said the young sailor. 1t looked as
il the army would not be able to keep
the Germans back. and Parisians
went out In droves. regardless Of age,
equipment or anything else. Some
went in taxi's, some In touring cars,
some in horse carts, and some on
foot-any old way to get there. Some
Of the men had uniforms, but the vast
majority Of them did not. They were
Just citizens Of all ages and descrip-
tions. some armed with rifles, some
with shOtguns. some with pistols,
some with pitchforks and some only
with clubs. Every man OF the thous-
ands and thousands had literally
sworn his life away. determined to
beat back the invader or be moved
down while trying. and the sentiment
was that II they did not beat back
the invader. they would be fortunate
to be moved down. 1t was thrilling,
indeed to hear those Frenchmen talk
Of the day before the battle Of the
Marne and Of the battle Of the Marine
itself. There was no braggadocia, as
we know how to braggadocio, and no
suggestion Of 1t. They Just impress
ed you with the idea that there was
only one thing that mattered. and that
was that the Germans must not take
Paris. AS to whether everybody died,
men, women and children, or the city
was destroyed and all that made no
difference-only the Germans must
not come any further" Discussing the
war further. young Moore says there
Is a strong feeling throughout the
whole American navy that sooner or
later there must be an attack on the
German coast strongholds-Helgo-
land, Zebrugge and. Kiel. Everybody
realizes that none OF these places can
be taken except at tremendous cost:
but the American sailors to a man
are willing to pay the price. AS to
whether such an assault will be made,
Of course the young sailor does not
know. and he does not say whether
or not he wants to be in II. He Is
too modest for that; but IL some
thing OF the kind does happen he will
not be on sick leave that day. GER
tainly not until after the battle.