Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-18

auirer from Camp SEWER. Il came through
yesterday morning after . hold-ap Of about
two days At top. bottom and on each page
there 10 . rubber stamp bearing this legend :
'3oth Division. L. 8 A. Passed January is.
1918" Signed By w. B. Bowdoin. Capt.
Infantry. o. r. c." and underneath. the
word Censor" There are no changes or
Camp SEWER. lireenyille. :. g..
January l6.-Wind and rain and sleet
and snow ~ the contrary notwith-
standing. the training Of national
guardsmen and drafted men goes on.
and remarkable progress rs being
made when all difficulties under which
the authorities have been laborlng are
taken into consideration. Consider
ably more time during the past two
weeks has been devoted 10 efforts TO
protect against the raragcs OF the
weather than 10 training for the fray
with the Germans in the future In
fact almost the single thought uf both
officers and men has been 10 devise
ways and means whereby they might
keep warm by day and by night II
has been managed. Nobody has suf-
fered for minute. although every
officer and every enlisted man has
been subjected 10 more or less m
convenience and discomfort. IL Is
the hope and belief Of al now that the
worst Of the winter Is over ana within
a few days If there rs a moderation,
training Will hr resumed with renew
I'd energy That is. the men will 20
on the drill fields again and turn out
of their tents where they have been
instructed in the theoretical side ni
the profession. II Will be great To
get out on the held again when one
can march and strttch and exercise
without danger uf slipping and fall
ing on the ice. When one gets cut
of the habit of squad right" for
awhile he becomes real lonesome and
begins to pine for il again. Really
soldering" grows on a man just like
any other habit does. Understand.
none Of the drafted men are in loN"
with it--not II all: but We don't de-
test II half so much AZ We did three
months ago. And those in authority
say. that We compare quite faNorahly
with the regulars" and the national
guard" considering the length "f
time We have been I'm the army
There is nothing complimentary IN
the remark. II Is fact. and both rcgu-
lars and national Guardsmen are gem
erous enough TO acknowledge II.
When the drafted men first went
into service back In September. there
was soon disclosed as between them
and the national guardsmen. an ILL
concealed lack OF respect. not To
say contempt. The same feeling held
between the guardsmcn and the reru-
lars. II never did come TO the point
where there was trouble between the
two. Occasionally one would hear a
national guardsman twit Il drafted
man with the remark that oh, yes.
you wouldn't volunteer SO they made
you come" Usually the drafted man
would come back with: Yes. and the
only reason YOU volunteered was that
you didn't have a job outside the
army and you knew blamed well that
they were going To draft you If you
didn't volunteer" Then the nation
al guardsman would shake his fist at
the drafted man: and the latter would
clench his and Il black eye and q
busted" nose would be the result.
But that kind of thing didn't last long
at Camp Sewer and now you couldn't
tell one class from the other and both
are beginning TO feel that they have
always been in the service together
y fist fight or a quarrel OF any des-
cription between enlisted men now
Is very unusual. The regulars will
not tolerate il and then again the
men themselves, even the lightest
and most devilish among them. have
come TO Il realization Of the factt hat
they are here for a purpose, n serious
purpose. and there Is no time for scrap
ping among themselves. Those who
don't feel that way. are soon made to.
! remember 4 little incident that
tc
soldier In n certain OUTFIT in this di-
vision named-oh, well, we will say Ed
McCoo!. because that pame-vill do as
well as any other. Ed lives in
Tennessee and he's as proud Of it as
are the other thousands Of Tenncs-
seeans in training in South Carolina.
He lives In the foothills and he holds
a reputation back there of being about
the best man physically in his whole
section OF country. Accompanied by
his record from back home. he came
to Camp Sewer with company of
Tennessee volunteers and he was
cock of the walk for several weeks
Though only buck private" he
would flatly refuse TO assist in doing
the chores around his tent. and ne
did everything possible to make il
miserable for his tent mates. The
another buck to Ed.
have forgotten just how II all
came about: but one morning n
month or six weeks ago. Ed was aw-
fully ugly. He slapped his corporal
in the face and knocked his other
tent mates about shamefully. and
then, having tired Of the role OF "dady-
rab' in his tent. walked out in the
company street with line OF talk to
the effect that he was a sure enough
helion when they got him started and
any man what didn't like his looks.
why to speak out"
In tent next to Eds there hunks
n little runt OF fellow. who halls
from Washington county. y. &. He
had heard all the rumpus and he had
been listening to Ed for several days
beside. II was getting on his nerves,
he said afterward. He walked up to
the big fellow and "biff." before
could write it. Ed was lying fiat on
his back in the street with the runt
on top of him beating a tattoo on both
of his eyes with his fists. II so sur
prised the big fellow that there was
no fight In him and In pair of min
utcs the bout was of. Eds face
reminded me Of the Hamburger steak
they sell over in Paris in some of
those joints ! wrote about once.
The little North Carolnian shook
himself and went back into his tent
without saying word TO anybody.
Ed shriveled up In a knot like
York county 'possum. and went into
his tent. Several men OF the company
had witnessed the bout and OF course
the news spread everywhere. The
why Of il came also. Charges Of dis
respect to a commissioned officer
were preferred against Edward and
the next day he was sentenced to serve
ten days in the jug (regimental
guardhouse) and to forfeit ten days
That settled Ed. He did his
time and came back to the company
street thereafter. Now he will eat
out Of any bucks hand. He has
started out to be q real good soldier
and is making fine progress 4 big
debate was staged in my tent last
evening. The query was: What made
Ed McCool grow: was II the beating
Peepsight gave him or that ten in
the jug?" The majority was that
Peepsight was the real cause Of Eds
regeneration.
With the exception Of a few minor
articles perhaps. practically every
soldier in this division now has his