Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-29
SOLDERING At SEWER.
James D. Grist Writes Interestingly OF
Life in the Training Camp.


Life in the Training Camp.
(Passed by the Censor)
Camp S"vier. Grcenvillc. January -
i"Hully Gee" some sunny south. eN
claimed a soldier from New York state
an inferno at the Base Hospital. a!
he and half crawled. half slid doWi
an icy hill this afternoon. 4 haru
sleety snow that fell last night ant
early this morning had again coVcre'
In" entire surroundings with a canon;
Of white as n substitute for that whici
had only recently been Transformed u
mud. Why this climate hasn't got
thing on New York" he continued IN
cynical, fussy tone: land they can
III. Sunny South" Then he shot OIL
a string OF adjective that would have
made any sailor look like a piker. an'
heartily endorsed every criticism h
made of the weather of my native stat'
and would have added n few more hat
he left anything unsaid.
Il got letter from my mother. h'
continued in his grouchy drawl. "ant
she told me that she was thinklnt
seriously OF coming south because 4
was so cold back home. ! didn't write
her not to come. All did was to 50
out in the snow the other morning. LAY
fiat down in il and have friend tak'
my photograph with his little kodak.
sent her the picture with the inscrip
ton. the Sunny South. Camp Sewer
GrCcnvillc. =. c. haven't heard from
her since | sent the picture but I'll be-
Il weeks chow she doesn't come"
Not since 1895 when several r"@i'
mcnts OF soldiers were campcd in Tho
vicinity of Greenvillc. has such a severe
weather condition prevailed. say IN,
oldest inhabitants I'm this parts. AND
the soldiers fuss "A little and cuss still
more and 20 right on with some Torn
OF training. Those OF the troops here
who were on the Mexican border last
year say that region is preferable Il
this. and yet OH second thought they
are not so sure about it: because IN,
sand storms that made life q burdcr
in Texas and New Mexico. are not en-
countcrcd here. But everything !:
agreed that it is becoming terribly
monotonOuS.
Everybody is supposed to have then
when they are kids-havc the mumps
| mean. ] have learned that they don't
Scores and scores Of men-more parti'
cularly draft men. are having Their
now. Where they started. nobod,
knows and the goat" can't be found
Lots OF fellows don't know they har,
them until they eat something SOU
for breakfast or dinner or supper anC
they have funny feeling in theil
throats No mater how hungry they
are and how hard they have beer
working. the food just naturally taste:
rotten" The fellow with the mumr'
sits at the table dabbling in his chow
kit and one of those i've lost my dog
expressions on his face.
What's the matter brother? thu
fellow next to him perhaps will inquire
II dunno" he says. this chow sortcl
sticks in my throat
Hum hum, your beans Sortcl
swollen around the gills: reckon yol
got 'em." said the first man with low
chucklc.
The next day or maybe the same day
the man who can't eat goes to the in
Urinary with his story and the doctor
gives him the once over.
"Mumps." he says laconically ant
one more soldier Is out OF luck. for Il
means n stay in the hospital where Il,
is given good attention until cured
But what red blooded. healthy, anxious
to-go-across soldier wants 10 stay II
a bloomin' hospital n week or two?
But that isn't all. Private "Mumps'
belongs to Squad No. 9 in GomE1
T"E," we will say. Two Of the fou
other men who have been occupyini
the tent with him have had the mump
while the other two have not. The!
may catch them and they may not BE
sides il wouldn't do to let the remain
ing men of the squad mingle with th'
balance of the company.
nrNAN NNsnf nj
10 the commander Of Co. sc" inform
ing him that Private "Mumps" ha!
'rm. and directing that the other mem
bcrs OF Squad No. of which he is {
member be placed in quarantine.
The top sergeant calls the corpora
Of Squad No. 3 into his tent:
private Mumps Is In the hospital.
he says. THE rest of YOU guys got Il
live in the woods (mcaning go int
quarantinc.) Get your men out, taxi
up your beds and walk"
The corporal says damn" under hi
breath. II is no pleasant task tearinl
down and putting up an army tent OF
Il slick. slcety. sloshy morning. Futher
more going into quarantine means NJ
going to Greenville, or even to IN
rcgimcntal post exchange. for a periot
OF twcnty-One days. And drilling ant
either work goes on IN the quarantih'
camp just the same.
But il is all In the life and within
thirty minutes or an hour at most
after the order TO move has been re
ccivcd. Squad No. is back In tn
quarantine camp at home once NOR
and because II is all in days sol
diering." not a member of the squat
holds grudGc against Private
"AIumps" for having 'em.
II YOU never saw n Sibley stow
which is the kind we use In our arm!