Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-29
Young Men Who We're Distinguished
In Civil Life.
DISCARD PEACEFUL PURSUITS FOR GUNS
Chaplains Are Close to Men and OFF,
cers-Football Man Wants a Game
Noted Amateur Artist-Gettins
Into Winter Clothes Again.


cent war department order that chap
lains should discard all insignia OF
rank and wear instead simply the
cross. OF course they will retain their
rank. Outward manifestations OF rank
have been shown in order to show the
non -combatant character of chaplains
and to make enlisted men at the same
time feel that the line Of demarcation
that must exist between officers and
enlisted men, as far as military disci-
pline Is concerned. does not hold in
their relations with the chaplain.
There never has been such barrier ex-
isting between chaplains and men. for
IL has been the desire OF the govern
ment that soldiers should always feel
free to 20 10 tell their troubles to the
ministers Of their respective organiza-
tions. That is why the chaplain Is IN
an organization. He Is councillor, as
IL were. between officers and men. He
can meet both on the same level and
often acts as mediator between the
two. Speaking Of the chaplains peins
non -combatants does not mean that
they are opposed TO work. Those at
Camp Sewer no doubt would like to
give Kaiser Bill personal drubbing'
il only the laws of international war
fare would permit. Aside from this,
the chaplains are chosen with the
greatest deliberation as TO their ability
and fitness to lead and to serve men.
Therefore this branch OF the service Is
composed Of men Of sterling worth and
lofty ideals.
Bill Laval, Y NJ. G. A. athletic direc-
tor OF Camp Sewer, is anxious that the
quarantine against the fiue be raised
SO that he can get down to business
athletically. Here half the football
season Is gone." says Coach Laval
and Camp Sewer as yet has hardly
done Il thing in that line. We have
got some of the finest material In the
country-fellows who in the days be-
fore the war were football stars III
Yale, Princeton, Georgia, Nandy and
"A score of other big colleges. They
are raring to get back into the old
game here, and 1t has just been Sc
ries of hard luck that has held Us
back. We are going to get out some
crack teams yet. even il we have to
inaugurate special season. Coach
Laval has the pep and is an old timer
in athletics OF all forms. He has done
Il great work at Sewer in promoting
athletics and if he has half u chance
will do much more.
Not having knack or taste or what
ever you want to call 1t, for writing,
Corporal A. ]. Herman before coming
into the military service. developed a
habit of recording his observations and
impressions in drawing and he Is keep
ing the habit up since he has been In
the army game. Before becoming q
soldier, Corporal Herman was In the
advertising business for the firm OF
Proctor & Gamble. He travelled all
over the country, and In order to occu-
py his mind while travelling he began
drawing what he saw out of the car
windows. The hobby for drawing
grew and today he is one Of the best
amateurs I'm the country. He says he
is an amateur; but his work would put
many professional to shame. The
corporal Is a member of the 220th
Field Signal battalion. His work as an
artist has been the subject Of much IA
vorable comment on the part Of SOL
diers Of Camp SEWER. His home is in
Chicago.
Sergeant Isaac f. Brooks. Of the In
telligence section, ll9th Infantry,
Thirtieth Division. who was recently
returned to the States with a number
OF other officers and non-commission-
ed officers for duty in training camps
us instructors, has been attached to
Headquarters company OF the S9th In
fantry at Camp Sewer.
Introducing Private Lou Obstfeld,
champion traveller of Camp Sewer. He
is bare youngster, who before he got
into the army game was travelling
salesman. His territory included the
principal cities Of the United States.
Canada, New Foundland, Hawaiian Is
lands, Mexico and Cuba. 1t used to
take him just fifteen months to cover
his territory. Lou is quite anxious now
to be assigned a new territory. leading
toward Germany way. He has cou-
pie Of brothers who are in the service,
one wearing the khaki and the other
the navy blue. Lou is at present put
ting II out for his Uncle Samuel as a
sign painter and handy man;
but the wanderlust is strong within
him and he Is simply raring to get
over and at 'em. His home port Is
New York.
o. d. woolen uniforms are now be-
ing issued to soldiers Of the Twentieth
Division in training at Camp Sewer.
The work Of equipping the men OF the
camp and the division with their win
ter clothing was begun this week and
ISSUE 10 QuitS "ClSolhSb thS
chilly blasts off Paris mountain and
the rest OF the Blue Ridge range in
the vicinity Of Sewer. smack Of win
ter. Hundreds of men have appeared
in camp this week in their winter garb
and within the next few days, practi-
cally the entire camp will be clothed in
the heavy winter goods.
You'll find lads who are adopts in
every art among this cosmopolitan
population OF Camp Sewer. Artists,
writer's, famous athletes, lawyers, rail-
road men. bankers. actors, salesmen-
every art is we'll represented in the
Twentieth Division. Sergeant Ahearn.
one Of the greatest billiard players who
ever came out Of Chicago. q city fam
Gus for its billiard artists, is now SOL
dier here. He wants to get in touch
with any and all the three cushion bill
lard players. None Of 'em are barred
and his mates will back Ahearn to the
limit. The billiard expert Is now a COM
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