Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-19
every NAN At HIS TOOLS
Never Beiefe Vas var Like This
One.
PROFESSIONAL. MEN and MECHANICS.
Al Are Needed to Perfect the Great
War Machine, the Professional Men,
the Mechanics and the Artisans, no
Les, than the Man With the Gun.
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Correspondence The Yorkville Enquirer.
Camp Sewer. July l3.-Ncv"r was
a war like this To carry 1t To sue
ccssful conclusion az the Sammies ar"
going TO do, II Is necessary tha'
their millions include men skilled III
every known profession under the sum-
The American army today inciuues
doctors. lawyers. preachers. pho'o-
graphers, printers. plumbers, ar'iS's'
formcrs-men of every known profess
sion and trade. The American army
IL a world within itself because ever!
trade and industry in progress on 'he
outside Is being carried on IN It,
Hundreds and thousands OF soldiers III
IN. National army will never nave
chance to take "a shot at Fritz WIN al
Enfield. All their time Will nave pee"
taken up at their respective TRACES "H
lawyers and photographers anu
plumbers and other professions apo'e
enumerated. This most modern OF
yyors ia being conducted In the most
modern way with all the most modern
conveniences and comforts.
The veteran OF the War between '''e
Sections even yet sits 10y the tohac-
co-amhcrol colorcd stove In the co'
nrr grocery store and talks "'ou'
t,honc.llorsville and Petersburg anu
yickslurg and other battles. lie re-
Iut.s how ne slept on the grouh"
nights and rammcd horseshoe siuSS
I'm his muskct when lead balls were
ont. II Is the rarcst thing III '"''
world that one OF these old vets tells
you that he wasn't engaged at 'I''ui-
c,lIorsyillc or Petersburg or Nlcks-
,,,,r, with n riff. and horseshoe slug
hullcts: hut spent his time IN meh"-
ing wagons or doing advertising 'o'
tb. cause or mcnding clothes or sohS-
thing like that. In fact. during 'N''
,,;ru war there wasn't much OF that
kind OF thing done.
Yet. I'm today's war Il large hummer
OF men who wear the khaki, aye
thousands of them, are dong 'hfS'
things, Twenty years hence or thirtS
wars hence when the veterans OF the
fight of today will sit around 'h'
steam pipes In the corner grocery
store (thcrc will bc no common Stoves
anywhere by that timc) thousands VIII
tell that they didn't hurl bombs or
slash with bayonets or shove cart
ridges into big guns They served pS
disbing ont bacon and eggs. by handl-
ing IN. mail, by repairing motorcycles
and automobiles. by raising fresh veg
etables for their fellow soldiers ana
all of that. And they will be given
lust as much credit for their service
as they who went over the top
hundred times. putting the tear
God and respect for human right INTO
IN, minions OF "Kultur" every time
they went. In a modern war conduct
ed in n modern manner. II was ne
ccssary that they serve outside the
muddy, brackish bitches. Incidentally
he IL said. thousands OF these men IN
non -comhatant places will bc disap-
nointod Mt missing the thrill ana ex-
citemcnt, the dash and picturesque
ness of IL all. Nevertheless, theS
serve.
All of this Is by way of introduc-
tion to a story about the training OF
automobile mechanics and electricians
and workers and blacksmiths which Is
going on at the United States Me-
chanical school over at Clemson COL
l,cc. Having a brother in that school
and n letter from him q few days ago
TINT ne might not he there as long as
n. has been. | obtained permission this
week to visit him and give him the
"oncc over" as soldiers say. perhaps
the last for quite while. There u
always much of interest for n VISITOR
10 Clemson college to soe. The pres
once OF these National soldiers there
and the work that they are doing or
rather the work which they are learn
ing, Is OF very peculiar interest.
Some 200 young drafted men from
every county in South Carolina were
sent to Clemson in April. to enter
this government mechanical school
under the tutelage of the able me-
chanical professors OF Clemson COL
legc. Men who had some experience
as carpenters, electricians. auto re-
pair and blacksmiths were selected
for the school. Included among those
sent were some who owned garages
of their own, others who owned car
penter and woodworking shops. 9TH
ers who had shod many a horse and
fitted many a wagon tire. and others
who had worked with electricity for
wears. Thus these drafted men were
not rockies. and this fact has helped
the college professors much In train
ing them for the work which they may
soon be doing.
Soon after the arrival Of these men
OF various trades they were sepa-
rated into four sections-woodwork-
ers. auto repair. blacksmiths and cleo
tricians They were placed In charge
OF the respective professors OF the COL
lege who teach these trades to Glenn
son students each year. The wood
workers invited people OF Clemson and
the countryside who had woodwork
to do. to let them do 1t for experience.
There was no charge. Workers In the
other departments did likewise. Glenn
son college bought eight automobiles
to he used by the automobile me-
chanics to assemble and dissemble.
Pretty nearly everybody In the lower
section Of Greenville and in Oconee
counties who had an automobile or
Ford that once had run, brought 1t to
the soldier automobile mechanics at
Clemson. to put in shape again. AT
one time during the period OF training
% automobiles were standing at the
mechanical auto repair shop for the
soldiers to work on. They haven't yet
struck a mechanical proposition that
they couldn't solve or that the pro-
fessor in charge couldn't show them