The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
Letter From Camp Jackson

county soldiers and has thrown bou-
Preacher HiotD. will try to give you
a few more news notes that I have
picked up.
Believe | failed to mention that I
met Brstow Christopher when first
came to camp. He is in the office at
the Base Hospital. Another Pickens
county boy, B. F. Hendrix, whose home
is in Pumpkintown, is doing ward work
at the Base Hospital. met him on
the street in Columbia and he looked so
well l hardly knew him. Corporal
Frank Rogers, of Easley, is another
fine soldier from Pickens county. He
is in the 318th Field Artillery, Bat
terry B.
Last Sunday l rode up to the Depot
Brigade and located four men who came
down in the last draft from Pickens.
They were Ed Lollis, Perry Barton and
Trayloe from Liberty, and T. j. Patton
from above Pumpkintown. So far
their opinion of war seems to be some
thing like Sherman's But they did
not have their uniforms and they will
feel more comfortable when they do.
The army is no place for pink striped
shirts and starched collars. We soon
forget these things when we become
accustomed to wearing the regulation
army clothes and we think of becoming
soldiers and walloping the kaiser
Sergt Eugene Elrod, who came down
from Easley last fall and has been in
machine gun battalion, is now mess
sergeant and will feed food to the men
of his country instead of bullets to the
Huns.
A grent number of letters from peo-
pie on the farm are being received
asking that their sons be given a fur
Tough to help make crop. But this
would delay the war program, Some
of the letters contain such as this:
Please let Bennie come home as
soon as you can. His father is very
poorly and has pair of young mules
to break. | am anxious about him and
worried almost to DEATH
The der-hearted officer in charge
'SPiSo. bSdi "AddiH. IL III very
unfortunate but thousads of families in
the country are in the same condition.
But when we can spare any of the boys
to go home Bennie will be among the
first to co.
This good woman also wrote that if
it was not convenient to let him off
that it would be all right. That's the
spirit. Some people don't seem to
realize that big struggle is on and we
have got to lick hell out of Germany
Now | had better close this letter
here. But would like to tell the folk
that Collie Seaborn has been the star
baseball player at Carolina this season
as well as the best liked student at that
institution. He has prepared cork
ing" good speech and won with it over
five other men the distinction Of repre-
senting Carolina at the State Oratorical
Association held in Greenwood April
18th. This would be good speech for
some patriotic or public place in Pick
ems this summer. Collie was last Sat
urday night elected president Of the
Clarisophic Society.
Now if, who ever the kind reader Of
The Sentinel is, will visit Columbia and
come out to Camp Jackson, will be
glad to show him some of the interest
ing features of the camp; or if any one
else from Pickens county who visits
Columbia will call me at telephone No.
81. Camp Jackson, ! will give you any
information that can about the camp.
Was glad to see in last weeks paper
that Pickens people are rallying so 10y
ally for patriotic causes buying Lib
erty Bonds, Saving Stamps, making
bandages, etc. We are proud of the
folks back home that stand behind the
government and army. We are glad
we have you to fight for and we must
all follow our leaders and victory will
be ours.
Very sincerely,
H. w. HIoTT,
Quartermaster Dept, 3D. Camp
Jackson
+. S.-Snce wrote about the Pick
ems boys | learned that Ed Lollis and
Trayloe have received discharges Bar
ton is working at the Base Hospital
Ford McJunkin of the Pleasant Grove
section, Hal Willard, former Pickens
county boy, and = = Hughes of Dacus-