ORDERS PROVIDE
RECRUITING PLACE
NEED NEARLY 2,000 MEN FOR NA
TIONAL GUARD-MAY DELAY
MOVEMENT.
NEWS FROM CAMP MOORE
Interesting Happenings About Pal
metto Soldiers Who Are in Camp at
Styx, the Mobilization Point for
the South Carolina Ndtional Guard.
Camp Moore, Styx.-It is not beiev
-ed that the First and Second regi
ments, National Guard of South Caro
lina, will be moved to the Mexican bor
der un-til every company has been re
cruited to full war strength-150 men
and officers. It is pointed -out 'tliat
the regiments will not be needed for
nany months and that the men might
as well be trained at Styx as at a con.
centration camp in Texas.
General orders for the recruiting
campaign in South Carolina were re
oelved at the camp. A study of the
needs of the regiments shows that
over 1,800 men will be required be
fore the companies are up to war
etrength. Considering the number of
men to be thrown out on physical ex
amination it is evident .that more
than 2,800 recruits will have to be
secured by the details that are soon
to open etation's in Greenville, Spwr
'anburg, Oolumbia and Florence.
The different units of the National
Guard need the following number of
men: First regiment, 876; Second
regiment, 87; Troop A, cavalry, 10;
engineer company, 94, and field hos
pital, 15.
Officers Assigned.
The following coast artillery officers
were assigned to their stations: Spar
,tanburg, Capt. J. M. Wallace of Spar
tanburg and First Lieut. J. Herz
Brown; Greenville, Capt. Henry C.
Moore of Gaffne-y and First Lieut. Guy
B. Foster of Greenville; . Florence,
First Lieut. W. E. Bell of Gaffney and
Second Lieut. W. W. Names of Jones
ville.
Rifle range continues on the range
and the men are making some ri'ght
good scores. They are shooting fro
the 100 yard line.
To El Paso?
A Washingtori dispatch to the Phil.
adelphia Record of several days agc
would Indicate that the South Carolina
troops will 'be sent evenitually to the
El Paso district. The dispatch con,
Eains no announcement as to .the dis.
position of .the Georgia and North Car.
olina troops.
Members of the engineer company
were busy repairing the big pump,
A new blacksmith 'shop is being ereat
ed for the First regiment. .
Col. E. M. Blythe of the First regl
ment, camp commander, has announc
4r1 the 'personnel of the military exam
ining board for his regimenit. A simi.
Jar board will be appointed by Cal.
Springs. The boards will examine into
the general fitness of men seeking
commissions and will make recoin
mandations to the regimental com
manders. The examination will be
partly oral and partly written. There
are several second lieutenancies to
be filled in the First regiment. After
ward first 'lieutenancies will be filled.
Following are the officers appointed
to the military examining board 'by
Cal. Bllythe: Lieut. Col. P. K. Mc
Gully, Maj. E. C. von Tresckow, Capt.
R. C. H{eyward. Capt. G. Hayward Ma
lion, Jr., and First LUeut. S. C. Chand
ler.
Banking for Se'cond.
A banking system has been estab
lished by Col. Sipringe for tlhe men of
the Second regiment. The company
commanders have been designated as
y bankers to handle the funds of the
men. The firsrt 'pay day of 'the Second
regiment will be celelbrate'd in royal
style wi'thin the next several days and
the bankaing system was established
for the convenience of the men. .
Adobes for Tent Floors.
One of the first tasks of the Carolina
soldiers on reaching .the bordei-pro
'vided they ever do 'that-will be to
make adobe bricks of clay with a
- straw binder, wherewith to floor their
tents.
Recruiting stations have been open.
- Sd at Greenville, Spartan'burg and
Florence. One wHi soon be opened
in Columbia. Over 1,800 men are need
ed to fill up the companies. It is
believed In camp that an order for
removal 'to the border 'would boosi
recruiting..
r ' "Wonderful," said Col. Blytde, dis
enssing 'te health of the men. Thc
camp site is ideal and every prOcBau
tioun is being taken by the two conm
manding officers to insure 'the health
of the men.
President Wilson has assured Gov
Manning that he wiHl confer immedi
* antely wi'th Secretary Baker concernini
the request of the governor for somE
intimation as -to the intentiiope of thE
war department In ree~peot of -the
South Carolina units in the Nation~a
Guard of the Unitted States, Evrr
officer and ervery enlisted man i
- 'eentonments at Styk, near Columbia
d'waits wbth keen Intereat Washing
ton further response to the gover
nor's request .for information, "Any
tas defn~it% of whatever imptn
-will be gr'eteell and rdlieving," eate~
ene officer,
New Packs Are Useful,
"Pappoose sacks," <the soldiers de
risively call the, new gIpping packs,
which take the place of the familiar
blaiket roll for service. afield. The
canvas container holds toilet. articles,
mess kit, poncho and spare clothing.
Attachments carry the blankets and
'the bayonet, also an entrenching tool,
either a shovel or a pick-mattock.
When a charge is ordered a strap may
be pulled and the blanket dropped to
the ground. The container filled
weighs about 80 pounds.
Uncle $am Wants Hayne.
First Uieut. James A. Hayne, secre
tary of the state board of health and
temporarily attached to the medical
staff at Camp Moore, has been offered
a place in tihe medical corps of the
United States army in the foreign ser
vice. ie has received several tele
grams urging that lie asccept the com
mission, but has refused. He has seen
service in the west and in the canal
zone.
Goes Up for Regular Army.
Second Lieut. James T. Moore, ma
chine gun company, Second regiment.
left for Washington, having secured
a leave of absence. - He will abtend a
milltaty 'training school and on Aug.
21 will take an examination for second
lieutenant in the United States army.
He was graduated from -the Citadel
last June. He is a son of W. W. Moore,
adjutant general.
Men of the Second regiment ser
naded Col. H. B. Springs with a "bot
tle band" under the leadership of Joe
Doyle.
Leapfrog is a favorite pastime in
the late afternoon. The Y. M. C. A.
tent 1l proving a great convenience
to the men. It Is here that the boys
write letters black home.
Life at Camp Moore is moving along
smoothly and the men are hoping for
the day when the border order ar
rives.
A 'big news item in camp was the
killing of an aflligator, seven feet long,
in Congaree Creek near the pumping
station. The members of the Second
regiment machine gun company have
been using a bathing pool near by.
Three Meals a Day.
"Good soup - I mean vegetable
3oup," commented the guest.
"Good hash," added the visitor,
"and Bermuda onions."
"Yes," said the captain, also the
host, "and I might add the men are
being just as well fed."
"They got more than you did to
niglt," ch-imed in the orderly.
"And by 'the way," continued the
host, "you don't see any starving mer
ait Styx. I give you my word the aver
age man he're is fed better than a4
home. Why, this morning I had a
piece of beefsteak that was fit for v
king. No better in Columbia. Nov
we certainly alppreciate the initeres
Qf the good women of the state It
sending 'the delicacies to camp, bu
I must say thpot the soldiers are beinE
well fed."
The guest was delighted with the
mifltary supper and promised to re
turn for another meal.
"Yes," mused a private, after the
guest had left the officers' mess, "a
few phonograph records, some maga
zines and county papers would be
just as highly appreciated as rich
food."
The Second battalion, First infan
tr-y, Maj. T. B. Spratt commanding
gave a dress parade on the rifle range,
Companies from Spartanburg, Rock
Hill and Union and,the machine gun
company from Anderson part'i cipated,
The men were given much applause
as they filed pass the large number of
visitors anq soldiers from other com
panies.
The machine gun company partiod
pated in targot practice on 'the rifle
range, some good scores being re
corded.
Word is expeoted from Washington
any day concerning the request of
Gov. Manning that some statement be
made as to when the troops will be
moved. The letter of the governor
was addressed to the president atld
the secretary of war.
An effort wvill be made to recruit the
'two South Carolina regiments 'in the
National Guard of the United States
up .to 'full wvar strength-150 men to
the company--in 'the opinion of W. W.
Moore, adjurtant general. Recruiting
officess will be opened at an early date
ait Greenville, Spartanburg, Columbia
and Florence. Officers and men from
'the coast artaillery will be detailed for
service at these stations. The liset of
officers flor each statiion has not yet
been announced.
No definite dates have been fixed
for the annual eampment of 'the
coast artillery, according to' W. W.
Moore, adjutan't general. The maititer
of fixing the dates is being handled
by the war department. The coast
artillery companies are located at
Greenville, Spartanburg, Greenwood,
Gaffnoy and Jonesville.
"Life at Camp Moore is agreeing
with the men," said an officer. "Just
look at the ruddy faces. The sa'iow
look of the men from the offices and
mills has disappeared."
Capt. Manning Returns.
Capt. W. M. Manning of the Char
leston i,,ght Dragoons has returned to
Camp Moore, afster being sick in Co.
lumbia for several days.
Soldier Undergoes Operation.
IThe first major operation by the
Camp Moore surgeons since 'they wiere
mustered Into federal service was per.
formed at the Baptist- hospital. Perry
IF. Wilson, a -priva'te of Company M,
Second regiment, being the patient.
Hie had appendicitis. Private Wi4son
is resting well and lise chances for a
Upeedy recovery are good, lHe is tflu~
I on of Mrs. A. L. Witson af Naasda.
ROUTE TO NORTH 18 OPEP
Watson Guides Maroo'ned Autoists ti
Safety-Gives interesting Data on
Highways Used.
Columbia.-Many .parties travelni
by auto, some from Florida, some fron
Georgia and many from the Pee Dei
section of this state, who have bcei
marooned in oolubrba for the great
or portion of the week, were mad<
happy when positive advices reachie
the department of agriculture, com
merce and industries simultaneous3
from Gastonia, York and Chester ar<
a connection had been estwblished be
tween Charlotte and Gastonia.
Commissioner Watson having gath
ered many of the marooned cars by
previous arrangement, left the city pi
loting the. procession northward ovel
.the Monticello road., He piloted th
party as far as Winnsboro, which cit3
was reached in good time without ac
elden-t over a good, dry road.
The department issued the follow
Ing statement as to the emergenci
route that must be used perhaps foi
some time by those going north ast
to the Pee Dee section:
"Coun'ty Supervisor . C. We'
wires from Camden in ygard to thi
matter of reestablishing highway con
nection there 'Nothing has been done
Will arrange for crossing as soon a
possible.'
"Ferry crossing of the Catawba al
Belmont, between Gasbonia, N. C., an(
Charlotte, N. C., was established Jul)
21st, letting motor driven vehiclei
across. Hard work is being done tc
get the ferry between Chester and
Lancaster in operation, but the exaco
tim it will be in action can not ye1
be stated. It will be several day!
at least. Parties for the north ane
for the Pee Dee section points can
however, use the Gastonia-Charlotit
ferry, going from Columbia via Ches
ter, York and Gastonia to Charlotte
and thence northward and by Lancas
ter to a connection with the Washing
ton-Atlanta highway North, and agair
by Lancaster, Chesterfield and Che
raw or by Lancaster and Camden t(
all points in the Pee Dee.
"An effort has been made to go
Sumter and Richland .to see the grea
value to all sections of the state fron
the reopening of the old Garner's fer
ry, which would save the people o
the entire Pee Dee section many mile
of travel, but so far this effort ha
borne no fruit."
Three Drowned at Camden.
Oamden.-Three men lost their live
in .the Wateree river here when,
lighter on which they were &ttemptin
to cross the stream capsized. Thed
names are T. J. Fletcher, white, fori
man, of Garnetit, S. C.; Alonzo Pai
nosh and Joe Williams, colored, place
of residence unknown. The men wei
working on the Seaboard trestle. A
three swam for some distance an
.gave out. One of the piers at thi
point causes the stream to form
dangerous and swift whirlpool and i
was in this current the tragedy o4
curred. AM of the men were stranger
here, forming a part of a large crea
-working night and day to put th
trestle in shape for traffic. The rive
is slowly rising again.
Postpone Junior Order Meeting.
Lancaster.--The time for the hold
ing of the annual meeting of th<
Junior Order of American Mechanic
in Greenwood has boon postpone<
from Augnst 1 to September 7. Thi
decision was reached by State Couri
sellor Roach Stewart of Lancaster
in view of the condition of rai'roat
transportation at 'this time, which I
is though will be ma'terially improved
by September 7, tfhe new date fixed to
ifhe meeting in Greenwood.
Bridge Carries Girt to Death.
Ware Shoals.--Miss Nova Dallas, 2
years of age, a .graduate of Due Wes
Female College, died from injuries re
ceived when a bridge over Salud<
river near here chapsed, 'throwin'
iter and four friends 25 feet again's
tihe rocks below.
Damage Not So Great.
Conway.-While the crops wera
hard hit in Horry county by the trop:
cal hurricane which swept this sec
'tion, the damage to property at Myrtle
Beach is not as great as was at firs
reported. The properity damage l
alight. The cottages on the stran<
are now occu-pied and traveling mei
and guests are ,stopping at the 'hoto
as though nothing had happened.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS
T. J. Mitchell of Green, Route 2
was appointed magistrate of High
land township. Greenville county, t<
succeed F. L. Ballenger, resigned.
Crop prospects, as a rule, havy
never been brighter in Lexingta:
county .than right now, and farmeri
are smiling. Old plantings of corn
are the best byer seen, and the late
plantings are looking exceedingly wel
More corn will be raised in this con
ty 'this year than ever before knowi
in the history of the county.
Skottowe B. Fishburne, M. D., cit:
health officer for Columbi', has go~n
to New York City to study the intan
tile paralysis epidemic.
"It is strange," said a veteran rail
way employe at Spartanburg, "hov
the wooden treaties stoo4 tflhe fioo
waters. The steel bridges wont out
but the wooden sections were let
standing."
Records ia the clerk's office of thi
United States distriot court for th<
western district of South Carolin<
slhows a tremendous improy enept 1:
business conditons.
MAJOR HINES, CENSI
Ma. John L. Hines, censor with Iers
but finds time to get a little exercise. H
seen taking a ride around the camp.
ARMY AVIATORS
MUST STUDY LONG
French Give Men Most Thorough
Training Before License
is issued
TARGET PRACTICE IMPORTANT
t Science Is Now So Highly Specialized
That a Series of Schools Is Nec
essary-Course Takes About
Five Months.
3 Larls.-There was a time when an
aviator was expected to become anl air
lighter In much the same way as a boy i
is taught to swim by being thrown
ELinto deep water and expected to strike
a out to save himself from drowning. So
the pilot had a quick firer placed on
r his aeroplane and was turned loose in
. to the air with the expectation that lie
would get as near as he could to an
enemy avion (an avion is a military
e aeroplane) and shoot him down before
1 being shot down himself.
d The training that army pilots now
A undergo lasts some flye months, and
a the many Americans who have taken it
t or are taking it will, if they survive
' the war, form a valuable asset to the
American nation If "preparedness" is
V carried out to the extent of forming
aviation corps, as, it needs hardly to
r be added, it evidently should he.
Schools Becoming Specialized.
It was soon found necessary to spe
viallze aviation schols andl devote
-each to some particulr work. Four or
a live are solely for learners, where they
a begin, as on "penguins," rollers which
I do not rise into the air, on which they
a run in straight lines for half a mile.
As soon as they can run with the tail
. f tihe machine in the air thiey pass to
a three-cylinder Bleriot, which leaves
t the ground, rising about a coup~le of
r
M!SS SYDNEY BURLESON
. hsi e htgrpofMs
yde 4ulsn agtro h ot
'nse eea.
3r. u eo ad is yne
Thiyes anIs ie hi atm
nake informal Visits, entertain, and 1
ire entertained informally, and still I
iave time to do much of their own I
I owing, constructing dainty summer ai
iresses and Often even making their t
>Wn htats. I
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iing's forces in Mexico, is a busy man,
e has a very good mount and daily is
ards. On this machine pupils learn
o leave the ground, to control their
notors, regulate the gas, etc., and then
)ass to a six-cylinder Blerlot, which
'an rise 12 to 20 yards, on which they
)ractice landing. Landing is the most
lifficult part -of the work, so that it is
luring this stage that most "wood is
>roken," as Freneh fliers say of smash
ng machines.
A 45-horsepower Blerlot, which
nounts to between 150 and 800 feet,
hen enables the learner to make "vi
'ages" (turns) to the right and left and
race out figure-eights and circles.
.e is then promoted to a 50-horse
power Bleriot (600 to 900 feet alti
:tide), when lie learns to shut off his
notor at the highest point and descend
to 400 feet and then to restart the
notor. It- also learns to make a quar
ter spiral, a half spiral and full spiral
with his motor shut off.
Ile fs then ready. for his official tests
for his license, ie has to make an
oificial spiral with a barogrgph at
tached to his back to record his descent
from 1,500 feet. The barograph will
show a straight line for a perfect
spiral, but an irregular one for a bad.
ly made descent. lie then takes F
voyage machine, 00 horsepower, or
which lie makes two trips, 0 milei
and 90 miles. Then on an 80-horse
power voyage machine he makes a tri
angular flight of 150 miles, durin
which he has to land once to take oi
a new supply of gasoline. An 80-horse
power or parasol machine is used foi
two height tests above 0,000 feet, witi
a barograph to register the altitude.
Having successfully negotiated thes
tests, lie is awarded his "brevet," or
pilot's license, if he has put in at least
25 hours actual flying during his train.
Ing.
"Finishing Off" Schools Also.
T1he ne'wly leensedi pilot Is then sent
to the lnishing off school at Pau. He
[ins now said good-hy to slow machines
lad will start to perfect his skill in
land~ing, iprob~ably on a three-cylinder
aloriane, as the Morane has the sae
kdnd of landing fltments as the Nleu
port anmd it is miuch cheaper ini case of
'smashing wood." lie is promoted to
six-cylinder and ten-cylinder Mor-an es
until lhe has made ten 19erfect landings.
[le then mounts a 23-meter (75-foot
41pread) Nieuport as a passenger with -a
inonitor, who shows him what a Nieu
port can doa. Then lhe tackles this
Nieuport alone and when lhe has nilde
20 perfect landlings on it lhe is allowed
to miount a 60-foot Nieuport, a smaller
b~ut more powerful machine. On this
lhe niakes spirals and a test altitude
ilight of 0,000 feet.
At this school ait the present time
tire about eighty gradluates, almost all
)1ilcers5, a few nioncommiiissionedl ofileers
i11nd a few Americans, who are treatedl
b~y the armJy oflicials as if they were
afiicers, whlatever rank they may13 have,
even if they are merely- privates.
Th'le pi lot w~ho has siullicienit apitudle
Ilien passes to the "ecole deC combiat,"
r fightIng school. Others lire sent in
to hombarliding work or signaling. But
those 'fit to fly scout mac~lhinmes or
'avlons do chiasse" (for hunting dIown
the enemy) take the further course.
Here on fast Nieuports puplls learni
to maneuver in escaidrille formation.
To b~ecome ai perfect Nieuiport fiier
hi aiviaitor hats to mailster matny ma11
uhines, chietfly to acquire the art of
landing ait a1 speedl of from 30 to 50
nuiles an hor.' ie wIll traini with 25
iorsepower-, 4l5-horsepowmer, 60-hor-se
powver and1( 80 hiorsepowmer illeriot mion
)llpies, theni with Moranes anmd then
w~ith Nieuports of decrevaslng size un
tIIlihe reachles flhe celebrated "Baby
Nieuort," only3 :39 feet spread, wvith
erhaps a tl0-hiorsepower engine.
BRITISH WORKERS PROSPEFI
loai Miners, Woollen Operatives and
Engineers Gets Raise In
Wages.
Lond1(on. -- Employment throughout
lhe Unrited Kingdom continues at ai
er-y high level in all indlustries di
actly affected by the war, says the
Ioardl of Trade Labor Gazette. Dur
ig May 870,000 w'orkpeople receivedl
iereased wvages amouting to. ?31,000
d ek, conal miners, woollen opera
yes and engineers being chiefly af
acted.
GIVES PART
LEG TO ANOt
Heroic French Soldier Cai
Helps Maimed Fellow.
Hero.
EACH WOUNDED IN TIE
Surgeons Are Watching a Remarkable
Operation in Great Hospital in
Paris--Bound Like Siamese
Twins.
Paris.-One of the most remarkable"
surgical operations on record is now
being performed' at the Grand Palais,
the massive building usually used for
the annual Salon, but now transformed
Into a vast hospital. Here two sol
diers lie side by side, bound together
like Siamese twins, while a large por
tion of the leg of one of them is be
Ing slowly transferred into the leg of
the other one.
Noted surgeons gather about, watch
ing the slow progress, which they re
gard as marvelous both from a our
gical standpoint and from the sent!.
mental, one soldier calmly giving day
by day part of his body to a fellow
hero.
Lie on Operating Table.
The two men lie on their backs on a
large operating table. They lie in op
posite directions, the head of one near
the feet of the other, like the figures
on playing cards. They are among the
most seriously wounded of the more
youthful soldiers-one is twenty-six
and the other twenty-three years old.
The younger, Rousselot, was wound.
ed in the leg at the battle of Mor
hange in the early days of tI\e war.
He was taken a prisoner to Germany,
where the surgeons say he did not re
ceive intelligent attention. Brought
back here last September, It was ne
cessary to perform a second operation
to lengthen his leg 14 centimeters
(about five and a half Inches). But
after the extension was peformed,
there was still a lack of bony matter
between the two portions of the bro
kon femur. --.
SGrgeons Get an idea. ,
The other soldier, Tillette, an artil
lery man, was seriously wounded in
the leg two months ago In the desper.
ate fight over Fort Dounumont. In a
fleld operation his leg was amputated
above the knee. Later it was found
that a second operation was necessary
in order to shorten the leg by some
centimeters.
It wits at this point that the sur.
geons concluded that the one who need.
ed the shortened leg could give ulp
this portion to the soldier who needed
the longer leg. Now, after some weeks,
the two soldiers lie there on their
hacks, the right thigh of Rousselot
against t() left thigh of Tillette, bound
together with the same surgical ban.
dages so as to prevent the slightest
shifting of the operated parts, until
the phenomenon of transferring one
leg to the other is accomplished.
MEXICO'S REPRESENTATIVE
su ~&o Arredondo,(14 the ambassadlor
designate of Meico) to the United
S~tamtes, is not as familiar a figure in
Watshington as' his promincle in re
centt news stories wvould indicate. Fre
quently, instead of presenting dipio
mahitic! notes to Secretary Lansing, he
sends themi by messenger to a clerk in
tihe state department. lie is a hard2
worker, and1( spen1ds most of his time
within the embassy.
Find Mummified Cat.
Merrill, W~Is.-i'iumbhers tear~ out
a partition in a residence have found
the desiccated body of a cat. .The
mnumnmy had probably been there for
years. The cat is supposed to have
gone into the aperture after a mouse
and become entangled so it could not
get out.