Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-12
SEWER AS IT. IS NOW
Once 'Teemlng With Military ActlVl.
H Now Deserted.


! foffuef S0idteF FdssUt9 f'"SSS"
the Train Tells of the Things He
Saw and Recalls Some of the Incl
dents that Have Left impressions
Upon His Memory.
BY Jas. d, Grist.
/ took look at Camp Sewer day
or two ago. 1t wasn't much OF
look. That is from the standpoint OF
time taken in the looking. Just gave
II the once-over from a Pullman car
coming and going into Greenville, ]
saw it all though in the few minutes
time the train, required to get out oil
its bounds. Having fought battle
there of fifteen months duration. dur
ing which period not, only the vast
battlefield but the surrounding country
was secuted and reconnoitered by me
many times, was well prepared to
take 1t in at glance.
The old place looks bleak and dreary
and lonesome and sad like. The, few
soldiers who are still there in the
Base Hospital which has been con-
yerted into a convalescent. home for
so,d,er. who almost got bumped off on
the other side by gas and one thing
and another and the few civilian
Guards most of them former soldiers,
essa r,,ard Tho o,,artermaster ware
honsos and other sections, say 1t is
lonesome for fair. In fact, one can
hear the whang doodles whang not
e .s..o,,nS or a nass,ne stranger
@ -, - ,c,,r,o.,tv What n
-, on,v sc.nt seven or
s,ss. onth. 4aeo. q, major general
,,.,,h . 5sg nr' yonId not have attract
"a Nj, the attention or half the
salutes that we're coming to, him.
Passed the spot where my old out
fit of the Thirtieth Division used 10
hang out. Looked over the piece OF
ground where the captains tent
"Brainstorm Bain.p and a darned good
officer he was too. stood. thought of
the many nights / had spent in that
tent with old "Brainstorm" helping him
frame some excuse TO the colonel OF
the 119th Infantry as to why the
company kitchen wasn' clean or why
Private Bill Smithers hadn't shaved
some morning when n tho, Old ipBoy''
came around on an Inspected tour.
Private Bill Smfthers i'll idpst q Shave
that morning because Private Bin ;was
too blamed lazy and sioachy and
slovenly to do so. The Kitchen wasn't
clean because the mess sergeant and
the cooks were not on their Job. Never
do to tell the "Old Boy that though
Not IL the captain were to hold. his
Job. OF course didn't care rap
about mine. ,F- '',.V
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