The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-08
RECENT PARADE OF ARTILLERY
GREATLY ENJOYED BY SEW.
ERAL THOUSAND.
GERMAN PRISONERS At WORK
Forty-five Acres Of Land Has Been
Condemned; Wanted for Use
as Aviation Field.
Camp Jackson.


The Camp Jackson ice plant has
been practically completed and will
be ready to begin work manufactur.
Ing ice in the next two or three days.
1t is now being run as cold storage
plant and the cold storage rooms have
already been put to use. 1t only re.
mains for the plant to be operated at
It's full capacity to supply the camp
with 20 to rs tons Of ice every day.
Thsi will supply only about one-third
Of the camps demands
An audience Of several thousand
soldiers and civilians witnessed the
largest single parade OF artillerymen
ever staged at Camp Jackson when
the 156th Field Artillery Brigade was
reviewed by Brig. Gen. Francis H.
French, commander OF Camp Jackson
and Gov Richard I. Manning.
The officers OF the aeronautical unit
at Camp Jackson have received noti
fication Of the fact that the govern
ment has been forced to condemn As
acres Of land on the Gamers Ferry
Road. This land is needed for the
aviation field which has been under
construction for several weeks The
government authorities attempted to
buy the land several weeks ago. but
the owner refused to sell.
Camp Sewer.
Washfngton.-Whe Congressman
Nichols was asked to ascertain
whether the war department intended
to discontinue Camp Sewer in Green.
vile, Mr.. Nichols at once took the
matter up with the department and
was Informed that there was no idea
or dlscontlnuing the camp, but that
on the other hand the department ex-
pected to enlarge and improve 1t.
Attired in the regulation white
apron and cap worn by Uncle Sans
army cooks. millionaire's son has
been serving in the modest role Of
army cook for the 322nd Ambulance
Company, 3o6th Sanitary Train, S1st
Division. Of this camp, for a little
more than year. He is Harry Lord
F, son Of G. H. Lord, one Of the propri
etors Of Lord & Taylor's departm ent
store In New York.
Heavy sentences for desertiOn from
the army have been imposed upon two
members of the S1st Division, accord
to announcement Of final disposition
OF cases recently heard before court.
martial here. Private Willie Virble
! Gentry, company G. 321st Infantry
who was apprehended near Liberty,
was sentenced to five years imprison.
ment Private Andy A. Johnson,
company G, 323rd Infantry, also
charged with desertion, who was ap.
pretended near Smithville, Tenn, was
likewise sentenced to five years i'm.
prisonment
linotype typesetting machine is
the latest acquisition Of the Camp
Sewer printing office. Nine expert
printers now in the army are engaged
in running the camp print shop. which
presses ALI the official forms for
army work at the camp are printed in
the office
Camp Wadsworth.
Private John McNally. company H.
56th Pioneer infantry, died at the base
hospital at Camp Wadsworth after
drinking poison. The affair was an
accident. McNally and another sol.
dier were cleaning up the premises of
a mess shack when they found bot
tie branded as n popular soft drink
McNally drank half the contents OF
the bottle and passed it to his com.
panion, who took but little OF the
fluid. Shortly thereafter the men be-
came violently Ill and few minutes
after they were admitted to the hos.
pital McNaliy died. The stomach
pump was used on the other soldier
and he will recover.