Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-02-21
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INDtx|NG OF men BEGINS

Shooting Lieut.. Tripp Of Easley, S.
c., and Warned mot Be So Con-
ident the Next Time"
In ar exhibition boxing match, the
proceeds of which were divided be-
tween the athletic associations OF this
camp and Camp Wadsworth, Frank
Moran. runner-up for the heavyweight
championship. and now boxing instruc-
tor at Wadsworth punished Sergeant
Jones. l05th Engineer. the local cham
pion. so severely that he was forced
to retire after only two of the sched-
uled ten rounds. Several good pre-
hminaries, however, gave the crowds
its moneys worth. Three thousand or
more soldiers gathered to witness the
famous pugilist in action. and the con-
sensus OF opinion after it was over
that Jones was a brvae man merely
to enter the ring with him.
Corporal Earl b. Huitt. Company b,
1O5th Military Police. a native OF
Maiden. y. c.. has been acquitted OF
the shooting OF Lieut.. Charlton NJ.
Tripp, Medical Corps, of Easley, 8.
c., on December 23 last 1t appears
that Corporal Huitt attempted to halt
Lieut.. Tripp who was driving a car,
and that when the officer misunder-
stood him and went on Huitt drew his
pistol and fired at tire of the ma
chine. His bullet went wild and
struck Lieut.. Tripp in the shoulder. in
ficting a wound ~incapa citated
him for a short time Corporal Huitt
has been returned to duty. with a warn
ing not to be 90 confident of his mark
manship in the future.
Reports that the camp here might
be abandoned along with that at Char
lotte have been discountenanced since
the arrival of consulting engineer in
the constructing division OF the Quar-
termaster Corps to locate sites for ad-
ditional buildings which will probably
be authorized here. Beside that. con-
struction authorized only within the
past three weeks will total in cost
easily quarter OF a million dollars
These facts, the opinion OF the engi-
neer. who declared that the site was
excellent, the camp we'll laid of, and
the entire plans good, and other things
tVii NdlllD oeN!tT VIII Ne
n permanent training centre
Attention to conservation in the
30th division has resulted in getting
along on two-thirds the bread allow
ance, and this merely by cutting out
waste and not by limiting the amount
which anyone may have. The division
is allowed about 10000 pounds OF
bread a day. EhereaS il Is getting
along on about 10000 2-pound loaves
daily. All risen bread is supplied by
bakery company, a regular army Or
ganization.
The indexing OK every man in the
division according to his industrial ex-
perience and technical abilities has
just beer completed. Every single man
was called up and interviewed. each
interview requiring ten minutes or
more. and the facts thus learned noted
on an individual card. These cards
have now been filed according to an
elaborate system by which II is posi-
BILE to run down the line and pick out
at a glance all men of any particular
occuDatio \ consolidated summary
as also been prepared. showing the
organization in the division as we'll as
the totals by trades. The whole gi-
gantic task was done by Capt William
II. Kyle. OF Memphis, division person
rel officer assisted by six second
lieutenants who specialize In such
work. The system should be of the
most immense value in selecting men
for any future drafts.
a non-commissioned officer of the
medical department has arrived to in
atruct specially enlisted men in meth
DDS Of carrying on a campaign OF edu-
cation among the soldiers on the sub
ject of venereal diseases The cam
The compulsory education scheme
for all iliiterates has just been ex-
tended to the lit hand 18th infan-5
tries. some 700 men from which are
now attending reading and writing
classes four hours a week. Such in
struction was put into effect about
three weeks ago in the Goth Brigade.
composed of North Carolina troops,
almost 1000 OF whom are going to
school to the teachers provided by the
7. NJ e. A.. which is given charge of
the lessons. or found by association
secretaries among the soldiers them
selves. Teachers are excused from
all other military duty.
Books especially written by Associa-
tion workers are used in these classes.
loyalty and patriotism, the principles
of military discipline and obedience
being inculcated whenever possible.
Lectures on American HISTORY and
the causes OF the United States pres
ence in the war have also been pre-.
pared to be read to the classes by the
instructors
The "Y" at the 59th Infantry Rri-
gade has again been opened. after hay-
Ing been closed for some time on
account of case of meningitis which
deve!oped there.