Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-29
THOUGHTS turn TO PEACE
Soldiers Of Training Camps Ready
for Rome
Things OF INTEREST At SEWER
Some of the Gossip That Is Going the
Rounds-Two Recently Arrived Air
planes Furnish Diversion - Some
Will Be Home By Christmas.

Some of the Gossip That Is Going the
Rounds-Two Recently Arrived Air
planes Furnish Diversion - Some
Will Be Home BY Christmas.
Camp Sewer. November 25.-"Ovel
There" and all the other popular wal
songs have taken second place. There's
q new one In the air and the boys moi
only sing it: but they talk 1t constantly
and think 1t even more than they talk
il. The chorus is, Il Want to &C
Home" Everybody, officers and all
whistle it and hum it and groan il and
live H. And the rumors-"latrine
'ope." the fellows call 'em. regarding
the time when the men at Camp Sc
vier are to be mustered out of the SER
vice. continue to grow in number.
All indications point TO the fact that
there will be a great many lads who
ill have the pleasure Of eating their
christmas dinner at home. Most OF
8 though. IL the dope is correct, will
t our Christmas dinner right here In
amp Sewer. II will taste pretty
'ood. though. It did last year.
Several hundred men Of this camp
ave been discharged during the past
week or ten days. Most of them are
from the Development regiments and
were given discharges on S. c. d. GER
tificates which. being interpreted for
the benefit of the civilian reader.
means Surgeons certificate Of disabili-
ty. Most Of these fellows have been in
camp for many months. though they
have been able to do very little train
ing because Of their respective physi-
cal conditions. Most Of them were once
members Of infantry regiments. One
Of the principal duties Of infantrymen
IN training is to listen for the shrill
whistle of the sergeant's whistle and
when that blast is heard. to fall out"
for whatever formation is at hand. If
there Is a registered letter for some
body in the company or the captain
wants a certain man or anything else
is wanted, (that Is just little over
drawn) that shrill blast goes and the
company falls out, no matter whether
the men are engaged In washing their
cars, or toasting their shins or win
ming or losing in q big crap game. or
what. One should readily understand
then. from this introduction. that
sergcant's whistle is as thoroughly
hated as is the bugler at 5.45 a. m.
I was talking to one Of these S. c.
d. men today who had just been given
his discharge or course he was tick
led to death. He talked Of his months
of army service which had come to
close and he talked of his future pros
poets. It all looked very bright to him,
atthohxhs b. MAS. more than thirtk
years old-that age when things don't
look as bright as they do to the young
ster of 90 or "a.
II am going back to my wife and
two kids in Rowan county North Car
olina," he said to me. II am going to
work like the very deuce and ! am go
ing to give that wife and those kids
every comfort that l possibly can.
Any toy that those chaps want and
which money can buy | am going to
give to 'em. I have been away from
them for a year and half now and |
feel like have got to introduce myself
and make friends with the three OF
them all over again because OF my
long absence. The boy Is 'our years
old. The girl Is six. But take 1t from
me. II either one Of them ever asks for
n toy whistle they are shore going to
get one good licking. Believe me their
daddy knows all about whistles. D
a whistle!"
The personnel OF Camp Sewer as
at present constituted, includes several
negroes. There are several
hundred South Carolina negroes among
them and In all probability a few from
York county, although I haven't seen
any I know. Some Of them are be-
ing employed as a camp guard. White
soldiers don't like to do guard duty.
or all their tasks 1t Is the most de-
spised. But not so with the negroes.
According to their idea 1t Is great 10
parade n post. gun in hand and au-
thority to stop anybody from the gen.
eral down should the party in question
do anything contrary to the special or
general orders Of these sentinels.
These negro soldiers have been doing
guard duty for some time now and
they serve as acceptably as the whites.
Apropos Of the negro guard5men,
this story is being told:
A certain colonel and his wife start
I'd across n guard line near this 'olo-
nel's quarters not so very long ago.
The coloners wife carried small
,oodlc dog in her arms. 1t was pretty
ate. probably II o'clock or l1.So and
n drizzling rain was falling. A great
big negro Of q richer hue than the ace
OF SPADES in a fifty cent deck, was on
that post. AS the party approached
he brought his Enfield to the position
of port arms and called out:
Halt, who am dere?"
.The colonel; his wife and little dog
Fido on their way to quarters" was
the reply.
Advance colonel and be recogniz-
cd" the colored sentry returned.
"Wife Yo' all jest stand dere at parade
rest while sees II dis here is de COL
onel Fido, you mark time"
A couple of aeroplanes were sent
to Camp Sewer from Camp Jackson
few days ago and since their arrival
here have been making. a couple OF
flights daily. They are used IN connec-
ton with the liason school being con-
Quoted by a number Of French ana
other Allied officers in camp. the aVl-
ators drove their planes from Camp
Jackson to Camp Sewer making the
trip of more than 125 miles In very
short time. They are the first flying
machines to appear In this camp since
its establishment and they have proved
unite a novelty to many Of these fel-
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