Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-24
NEWS OF CAMP SEWER
What Is Doing In the Little World
Of Soldiers
WORK, BUSINESS And ALSO PLEASURE
MANY Matters That Are Of Interest to
the Soldiers In the Camp But OF
Hardly Less Interest to the People
nuts ide

trurb,r Il. In the person oil froi.
,I.x.rdr,. D'\vrSn, who has recently
arrived at Camp Sewer to take the
rnsItiun Of director 0i the study oil
French among enlisted men. under TN"
ausrIc,s Of the Y. VI. 6. ~. Camp So
vi,r has IN her midst Il distinguished
Fr"n, hrman OF broad experience ana
great learning who has been siSnailN
honOr.d in his own country and wh"
will doubtless do great good here. B'-
sides h.ing "a great French scholar.
I.roi DAyrSne is an old newspaper
man 0f wid" experience. who knows
th,. game in all its phases. IL" WAS
formerly connected with tn" l'ariS
Radical" one of the most influential
new sIaprrs of the great French capi-
tai and later upon coming to America
was employed ON tn" chica%" Trihrn"
and the Chicago Courier.
Th" distinguished F'rCnchmhn has
Travelled "xt"nSll ely IN this country
and abroad and has l"Ctured in prac-
tic;tIly every large city in the United
States. He has been closely associa-
ted with IN" Alliance Francais" in
America, for which association hc has
lrcturcd in many New England towns.
Including Boston and Cambridge" For
some time past he has been engaged
as instructor in French at Camp De-
vens. Mass. and aS instructor in teen
nical French to ordnance officers sta
toned al the great arsenal at Camp
Dcvcns. In recognition of his splendid
services In America, the French gov
crnmcnt in 1910 bestowed upon lroi.
D'Av"Snc tn" honor of making him an
Officer d'Acadcminic.
Installation of "a wireless STATION
which has been engaging the att"n-
tiun of men of the 220th Field Signal
battalion for some tim" past, has been
completed. and Major Aiken, com
manding officer of the battalion. is
now receiving daily radio service
which includes the latest war news
and other happenings of general in
trrcSt. The radio news is being
mmcoGraphed and posted at division.
brigade and regimental headquarters.
The news service is also being fur
Eishcd the "Y'ss the X. of G. halls.
the Hostess House and other enter
tainmcnt Ccnt"rs throughout tn" camp.
Among tho many officers and enlisted
men now at Camp Sewer are scores and
scores of members OF the Masonic or
der, and the Masonic club recently
opened In the camp at Masonic hall,is
.bscoatns more popular with them
every day. The club rooms are open
daily from 6 u. M. until $50 p. m. and
the soldier members OF the great frat
crnity have come to find il a great
convenience and comfort
The 10Th Sanitary Train Is now
is progress or organization. Recently
$50 enlisted men have arrived in camp
from Fort Oglcthurpr, Ga. and the un-
drrStanding is that they will form tn"
nucleus of the new train now forming.
Several officers who will hc assigned
To In" Sanitary Train hay" recently
arrived from For, Riley. Kansas. aS
we'll aS several from other sections.
First Lieut.. j. =. AkchurSt Of Btlti-
more. is temporarily commanding the
new sanitary train.
lIraduuart"rS building of tn" Amer
lean Red Cross. which has been under
construction for several weeks past is
rapidIy nearing completion. Field
II h., B.l I'roSS 10
expecting To muv" in within the next
few daNs. The new building which is
"A large and COmmodious structure.
built especially for Red Cross work.
Is located just opposite division head
quarters.
Capt Roberts. for the past month in
command ur the Camp Sewer ordnance
department. has been transferred to
picatinny arsenal at Dover New Jcr-
scy. Though he was in this camp on
IL a short while. hr made many friends
among his brother officers and COM
mand,d Il the highest admiration of his
men. Prior Ia coming to Camp So
vier. Capt. Roberts was in charge of
the air production division Of the ord
nance department in Washington. His
home Is in Memphis. Tenn. Lieut..
Eppler. we'll known at Camp Sewer,
where Nv has been stationed for some
time past. has taken over the duties
uf the camp ordnance officer Hero.
Camp Sewer will have opportunity
TO sec some real big shows at the
Liberty theatre In camp during next
month Among those that have been
billed here are: Fair and Warmer"
The Naughty Wifc." Nothing hut
the Truth" Ills Bridal Night" and n
number Of others. II Is the policy of
the Liberty management to bring only
the hest offerings of the season to the
soldier theatre and ii those entertain
mcntS thus tar seen may hc taken as
a criterion. 1t will easily carry out it's
policy and will meet with the hearty
approval and patronage OF the soldier
lads.
Prominent among enlisted men OF
Camp Sewer. that is one that comes
Ia camp with quite reputation in his
line. is Private Patrick Timponi. Of
the 5Oth Infantry. He is II profession
nj boxer and back in his little old
home town Of New York. ne Is widely
known in the pugilistc world because
of his ability with the mitts. Pattie
is n bantam weight. just tipping the
scales at lis. hut Oh. boy. when he
gets in Il jah or n hook with one Of
those fists Of his. il seems 10 the re-
Cciving gentleman as though the lis
pounds is all in one place. He has
given several sparring exhibitions in
camp: but as Yet he hasn't been able
10 locate any lad at his weight who
is in his class for speed and general
knowledge of the boxing game, En-
thusiasts around camp are on the
lookout for some soldier lad in Tim
poni's class who wants to hook up
with him in a real contest for the