Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-23
Soldier LIFE At SEWER
Correspondent Writes About aallefs
That Appeal To His Interest,"
The MERITS OF The new enfield
Proficiency With the Bayonet-men
Who Fight Help to Finance the
Fishtins-captain, Who would a
Sermon Preach, Dismisses the Mat.
ter With a Declaration the Truth Of
Which None Can Dispute.
PASSED by the Censoro

| ScfNlOn FTcdC1, Iisi"seS
ter With a Declaration the Truth Of
! Which None Can Dispute.
PASSED by the Censoro
Camp Sewer, April l5-The Enfield
the rifle used by the Americans In the
trenches over there as well as the
| other Allies, has been distributed to
infantry regiments at Camp Sewer.
and the soldiers here have about
mastered the mechanical intricacies Of
| the new pieces. The Enfield Is an Eng
lish rifle, considered by ordnance ex-
perts the greatest battle rifle known. 1t
is longer than the Springfield which
| the troops here have been using, by
some three inches and 1t weighs about
Il pourI more. 1t is stronger gun
| and all round is better adapted Tor the
grim work ut hand. Distribution of
| these rifles is an evidence OF the fact
that some of these days many or the
boys who have been working day In
and day out to get into training Will
have the opportunity to put that train
ing into practice over there.
New bayonets have been issued
along with the new rifles and like the
rifles they are a decided Improvement
over there. English and French Of
iiccrs and commissioned ofhcers
in their daily lectures to classes of
soldiers drawn from all organizations
here, lay great stress on the import
ancc of the bayonet in the. hghting
over there. The soldier in the trenches
they say, who is not an expert at par
rying and thrusting with the bayonet
is simply out Of luck. The new payon-
cts are longer than the bayonets
that were attached to the Springfield
rifles and are also as sharp as any
knife or stilleto. Soldiers Of the "Old
Hickory Division" are expected to do
great work with the new knives and
there Is no doubt that they Will Day
after day of hard practice has caused
the majority of them to become won
derfully efficient. and most Of kpe fel-
lows simply refuse to believe thl Fritz
can have much If anything orf them
when il comes to fighting with o bay
| onct.
4 devilish soldier who was discus
sing bayonet fighting the other day
suggested that probably Uncle Sam
would equip his colored soldiers with
razors instead OF bayonets since their
handling would come more natural.
We Of the 3Oth can't state as 2 fact
that this will be the case, Sd be we
haxe no negro soldiers here.
The work of eliminating TIP ply
sically and mentally misfit which has
caused the medical end Of the DIVISION
TO worry and made them tear their
hair during the past several months
has about been completed. There are
now i'm the division comparatively few
men who are not as near to physical
perfcction as Il soldier IL expected TO
be, and the requirements for soldier
preston. Although there will OF
course he some Of it to do, not much
time will be available at the front to
be devoted to men who complain each
morning of the headache or toe ache
or this ailment or that. Therefore the
elimination of the invalids on this
side.
During the first Liberty Loan cam
paign soldiers bought hundreds OF
thousands of dollars worth OF the
bonds. In the second campaign the
aggregate for the military ran up into
the millions. Soldiers were allowed
TO purchase bonds and pay for them
in monthly installments. For In
stance: Private Jack Rutledge desires
to purchase one Liberty Loan BOND.
The sum of IS per month for nine
months and $4.75 for one month IL
deducted from his pay each month In
order to pay for the bond. During the
second campaign there were thousands
of soldiers drawing thirty dollars
month who invested as much as nalf
their pay in bonds and there were
others who went into it even deeper.
IL the civilian population buys bonds
during this third campaign In any
thing like the proportion that the en-
listed men are going to buy. the loan
will be oversubscribed by hundreds OF
millions. Verify soldiers are willing
and more than willing to put every
thing that they are and have into this
fight against the Huns.
Believing and with good reason. TOO,
that their stay at Camp Sewer Is not
going to be so long as 1t has been,
soldiers here are beseiging their COM
manding officers with requests for fur-
loughs and passes home for few days
and scores and scores Of them are
leaving every day for a visit to the
homefolks. In most instances nVe
day stay is allowed. 1t is a homesick
soldier who returns to camp on the
sixth day. though 1t doesn't take more
than a day or two for the most OF
them to get over 1t and back into the
hum drum and hurley hurley OF 1t all.
With so much work to do and such
diversified and all the while interesting
work, one could not cherish pangs OF
homesickness long.
The taboo has virtually been placed
on the discharge of drafted men be-
cause Of dependent relatives. BY q
recept order no draftad man is now