The Little River news., 1918-11-02
CAMP PIKE NEWS LETTER

been OUCdlucu ny ClIc Sdhp T Sl oOAoi Officer, Captain Rohn, for the purpose of holding the election in the camp on Saturday, November 2nd. Every sol dier who is qualified elector in his state can cast his vote, this rule ap- plying both to enlisted men and offic- CTS. and the particular systems auth orized by the laws of the various states will be observed, so as to render the ballot absolutely secret. Already the secretaries of state of New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and one or two other states have sent their ballot boxes and Arkansas and Louisiana boxes will probably arrive next week. The largest vote in the camp will pro- ba olv be cast hy Iowa soldiers, proyi- ded they have not left.
 Both Officers and men of Camr Pike are proud of the showing made by the camp in the sale of Liberty Loan bonds. The total amount of sales dur ing the voluntary drive was 87,7OO, which is believed to be the record for any camp in the country. Of this amount, the replacement regiments, in which there are many Arkansas ana Louisiana boys, subscribed to more than s45O,OOO. The depot brigade sub scription in which many Arkansas boys participated also amounted to about $225,OO0.
 Visitors from all sections of Arkan- sas, Oklahoma and adjoining states have been arriving at Camp Pike lately because of letters that the boys expect soon to start Over There. Hundreds of such persons were looked after by the Y. M c. A. information bureau during the week, the largest rush be- ing Sunday when wives and sweet hearts, mothers, cousins, brothers. fathers, and just plain friends made ! up the crowds. Half a dozen Tin Liz zies were kept busy taking the near relatives of soldiers upto their bar racks, in cases where regulations pre- vented their coming to the camp en- trance. The usual stone wall gather ings were held, and in spite of the fact that a sentry walked between the sol diers and their lady-loves there were many interesting episodes.
 Preparatory to the launching of the War Activities Drive in Arkansas and other states, the Y. M. G. A., Knights of Columbus and other war workers are arranging for numbers of well qualified speakers to tour the state. Four more Y secretaries were requisi- toned by State Chairman Riblenack
 last Thursday, in addition to the eight
 already provided by Camp Pike, and although the Army Y here is working shorthanded three men were provided. They are J. c. Campbell, religious
 work secretary at the Tent Area and
 the man who is given credit for the
 great success' of the Y information bu-
 ream during the quarantine; Neeley A.
 Coxsey, building secretary at 35, and N. s. Gather of Y 39.
 Very little goes to waste at Camp Pike. Even the tin cans are being saw ed for government uses. After they are emptied of vegetables, soups, pre- serves or jams, all are carefully wash ed out with hot water and mashed down for baling purposes. Thousands of pounds of this% valuable tinplate scrap is thus salvaged from the refuse for Army uses.
 Signal Honors were bestowed on 6 Arkansas educators last week when S;hey were notified by the National War Work Council of the Y. M. c. A. of 'their selection for an important ser vice to the Italian government The men chosen were Rev. Wm. Bertram l Al at Camp Pike; President Dickens of Ouchita College and A l. Barber of Conway. Mr. Hubbell entered the Y work two mcnths ago enlisting for for, eign service. He obtained leave of absence from Hendricks College at Conway, were he was the business manager, in order to serve the Y and the leave was extended to permit his acceptance of the Italian service. The work assigned is building up the mor- ale of the Italian armies, and defeat ing the aims of German spies and other agents in the spread of Teuton- ically inspired pesce propaganda. The secretaries were chosen by the Y at the request of the Italian government which feels itself greatly indebted to the Y and other war work activities for the rebuilding of morale during the past year of recovery from Ger nh1