Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-25
HERE AND THERE

It was the 48th Infantry band from
Camp Jackson, that came to Yorkville
last Tuesday in connection with the
Victory Liberty loan campaign, instead
Of the United States marine band from
Paris Island. The infantry band is a
good one, but the marine bands are
generally reputed to be the best. UsN-
ally they are made up Of men who are
under long terms Of enlistment and
much care and talent are expended In
their training. Also they are generally
composed of a larger percentage Of
native Americans. There are but few
native Americans in the 48th Infantry
band as now constituted. Most Of the
members are Italians, two are Ger
mans, one Is an Austrian, another a
Tyrolean, and at least one is a Pole.
They all seem to be quite gentlemanly
young fellows however, and they are
enjoying their outing immensely. The
hotel was unable to accommodate all
Of the visitors Tuesday night, and the
overflow was taken care Of in private
homes, some with the help of Mr.. Sim
mons and some on their own account.
Hon. J. E. Mcdonald thinks that
there should be an organized effort to
collect and preserve the personal rec
ords and recollections Of the South
DOyS III lHe WOTlu Wal.
think" said Mr.. Mcdonald yesterday,
there should be an organization in
each county, and it should devote it.
self to securing written stories Of the
experiences Of each and every soldier,
whether he went across to France and
helped break the Hindenburg line or
only enrolled for classification by the
local board. All this may seem COM
monplace to this generation; but they
would not have seemed commonplace
three years ago, and they will not
seem commonplace ten years from
now. The time will come when the
personal stories of these boys, told
now, will be Of incalculable historic
value and of present practical value.
What do we know about our own ex-
periences in the American revolution
except for traditions written down
years after the war? hope, Of course,
that it will be long time before this
nation is called out to war again as II
was in 1917; but If it ever is so called
out the experiences Of our boys in this
war will, If they are written down and
preserved, be of tremendous value to
their sons and grandsons in the next
war. The perfections Of organizations
to look after the preparation and
preservation of personal records In
this war, furnishes the opportunity Tor
most valuable patriotic service"
Rev. Dean Grain was a camp pastor
at Sewer. When there came an order
that looked like nobody was to be rec
ognized in that capacity except the
Roman Catholics, he did not like 1t
much-he did not like 1t at all=but
stood ready to obey the law. He did
not fail, however, to tell the authori-
ties higher up. The tension in this re-
gard was relieved by the influenza cpl
demic. The sick and dying were too
numerous for the attention Of the Ro-
man Catholics, and Protestant boys set
up a demand for Protestant ministers,
that could not be resisted. Mr. Grain
and others were admitted to the hos
pitfalls and they did their full duty
there, without gas masks. But the
work that Mr.. Grain chose for himself
after it developed that he was at liber-
ty to choose, was neutrality-suspicious. to
the man. He became more especially
q stoskads pastor. He made tho dis