Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-28
HOLDERS OF The Bag
Men Of Camp Sewer Who Serve to
the Last
ABOUT QUARTERMAsTER PERSONNEL
Not Much Excitement nor a Great Deal
Of Glory in Looking After Equipment
and Supplies; But Nevertheless the
Work Has to be Done.

Camp Sewer, January 25.-Cheer-
fully continuing to do their bit at
Camp Sewer although the war Is end
ed, even as they have done through
all the struggle. with never a chance
to get in the limelight and the honor
Of having gone over the top and at 'em
never coming to them, this article will
have to do with the men Of the Quart
ermaster Carps and other camp or
ganizations who have been in Camp
Sewer and Greenville longer than any
other soldiers. They are deserving of
praise for theirs, although devoid of
the glamour and glitter Of the battle
field has been and continues to be a
most important work, requiring intel
ligence of the highest sort and pa
tience and perseverance that 10 to be
found only in soldiers and all men
of the very highest type. They have
had In charge the great work Of pro-
viding for the welfare and comfort of
the soldiers of the various divisions
who have come to Camp Sewer to
train, and who after their period of
training have gone across to put the
fear of God and Democracy into the
Hun. Any thinking man, though, will
readily admit that the fellows who
were not permitted to go because they
had to provide for those who did, have
had just as great although not so
glorious a part in the victory Of the
Allies.
Talk to the average officer or enlist
ed man of the Quartermaster Corps
about the war and the part he played
and he will admit, "yes, stayed here
at home or rather in this camp. Some
body had to stay and because Of my
peculiar training in certain lines
it was decreed that I should stay.
had part guess; but to my way Of
thinking it was a poor part and I'll
never get over the fact that I didn't
get to go over and see the whole
show"
There Is not the slightest doubt but
what the great majority Of them and
there are more than thousand in all,
did want to go and made effort to go
at one time or another during the
past seventeen months. Many were dis
qualified because Of physical disabili-
ty; many who were fit were kept from
going over because their service could
be utilized to better advantage on this
side There Is nothing yellow about
the men Of the Quartermaster Corps
with the exception Of their hat cords.
Most of them, had they had their
choice would far prefer the line to the
work in which they are engaged. 1t
is easier. 1t does not carry such great
responsibility. It does not require
such painstaking. patient effort. But
somebody has to do the Q. M. work.
| 1t Is no easy matter to provide for
the clothes and feeding Of 10000 men
daily. It Is not the easiest job in the
world to look after the transportation
of those who are ordered away on a
moments notice. There are easier
tasks than taking care of thousands of
horses and mules and wagons and
other property of like nature that Is
absolutely essential to the conduct of
great military organization.
Many jobs are easier than that of
taking care of the cast off shoes and
clothes of these men, their bedding,
worn out military property of every
description which still has some finan-
cial value. The men Of the Q. NJ have
done all of this, have done the work
thoroughly and well.
But all this is by way Of explana-
ton of the necessity for a quarter
master corps at Camp Sewer and in
explanation of why 1t Is that hundreds
although they have been stationed
here for eighteen months or more
didn't get a chance to have hand to
hand engagements with Fritz. There
are several branches of this quarter
master corps and in every branch men
who have been here so long that they
almost feel like old residents OF the
city and section.
The commanding officer OF the
Quartermaster Corps for the past sew
en- months has been Major D. H. Cot
ter, who was tranferred this week to
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. Major
Cotter was of the regular army and
during the past quarter Of a century
had seen service in every branch OF
the military. He Is succeeded by Mai.