The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 8

8 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24 1917 pie Gobbel drum Kdwin Kneburg eld cor- Leon sctra- net Sterling Stoudemire violin VunCanon piccolo Ben Sharpe a young son of Jl Sharpe of Llnwood Davidson county lost a foot by a slight wound from a pitchfork several weeks ago Tho Injury grew worse until it became necessary to amputate the member and the lad Is now getting well GENERAL IEETSER IS Make First Amateur Circus Great Success The lirst amateur circus pulled off at Camp Greene in which soldiers Along Unique Lines to Be Pioneer Infantry Unit Col Michael Ilealy who commands the First New Hampshire in fantry arrived with his regiment at selected for their entertaining ability Charlotte early Thursday morning from among the 23000 at the camp and went Into camp about noon was a rip-roaring success and 1200 up 'jarjgy vj i Cuticura Soap is Easy Shaving for Sensitive Skins Th New Up-to-date Cnticurn Method 12 zz you kindly glvo me the meaning of the word as applied to the submarine warfare of which we hoar so asks a correspondent The word means primarily "Having no pity" and Is an Anglo-Saxon word so far as I am able to trace it It is derived from the transitive verb which means to sorrow The noun is which means sorrow grief pity I have spent some time on thiB word and so far as I am able to trace it there is no root for it in any of the dead languages nor in the French The early form of the verb was and means the same thing to cause to grieve The intransitive form of the verb means "to be The adjective form of the word Is "rude" which means primarily SPECIALIZ1NG FIGHTERS Proficiency in Sports Promotes Military Efficiency A Men Shoulder Training Tasks Co-ordinating the same movements a soldier uses In his military training with the woik on the athletic field Is the object today of the physical directors of the army A Tills will tend toward military efficiency and at the same time allow the soldier his regular amount of recreation unconsciously VIMII Divided Time Yesterday Familiarizing Himself With Details and Receiving Callers Brigadier General Leroy ytweet-eer commander of the Fifty-first depot brigade of the Twenty-sixth division yesterday morning formally as-mnied command of Camp Greene suc- enlisted men Friday night paid the tax to see their companions A number of officers and their wives numbering about 100 were guests and occupied seats on the stage at one end of the big Chautauqua tent in which the circus was held Starting like a real circus with an overture by the hand of the Thirty- Colonel Ilealy Is one of the most remarkable national guard officers in the service having been a soldier for 25 years and yet retaining the vigor almost of youth The New Hampshire regiment conus to Charlotte from Westfield Mass where its camp was known us Camp Bartlett It has the distinction of tiring the first army Crank her up iid let her go You hack spark plug Ilunka Tin The paint is not so good And no doubt find the hood Will rattle like a boiler shop'en route The sure to boil And perhaps she's oil Then sometimes the horn declines to toot But when the night is black And there's wounded to take back And they hardly give you time to take a smoke mighty good to feel When sitting at the wheel She'll be running when the bigger Cars are broke After all the wars are past And we're taken home at last To our reward of which the preucher sings When these ukele sharps Will he strumming golden harps And the aviators all have regular wings When the kaiser Is In hell With the furnace drawing well Paying for his million different kinds of sin If they're running short of coal Show me how to reach the hole And I'll cast a few loads down With Ilunka Tin Yes Tin Tin Tin You exasperating puzzle Ilunka Tin I've abused you ant! I've flayed vou But by the man who made you You are better than a big ear Ilunka Tin tho Saxons baseball game in which he was the only player He was followed by toliee A physical directors re-1 tyillcel as the imperial Giants in pa-organization rniiel par work They were Directors Oonclio Williams and Taylor "Ilunkft A young Indy stenographer friend of mine sends me tho following poem clipped from some other publication I think it should show to headquarters Not only' did the arrival of the depot brigade increase the work but the cause fur the gieatest'nnd exercise combining these increase was beginning of the task I elements are planned for the of accomplishing organization of di-1 program visions of regular army troops nt this! The ai my A directors are camp Colonel Jones had been experts In handling recreative games' about the duties ramp commander about two weeks land they woik in co-opeiation withl Do it the duties Jle yesterday i esumed command of the the regimental athletic directors at Seventh the camp: It is customary in camps During the day General Swcetzer for the commanding officer to issue divided his time between familial iz- an order to have athletic officers meet knowledge of the French language and previous experience as police Ilie regiment has already started rebuild to war strength and the will be upon the lines of a pioneer Infantry regiment Lit- Young Famson the strong man whose name was not known to the I Kipling" manager of the show entertained his while with feats of strength and then You may talk about your veltures came Horner Anderson of tho ma- When sitting round the quar-chine gun company of the Thirtieth tors infantry lulled ns "Roudlnl the But when it comes to getting wounded 1 he new addition to the troops at Handcuff King" Anderson has long in Camp Greene went to work with great service on the vaudeville stage As i Take a little tip from me vigor tills morning and were warmly Marcellinl and Splnters in bee act Let those heavy motors he Conserve Dn Christmas Presents Send Your Friends Individual Christmas Cards We have finest stock ever brought South Your name embossed on special design Queen City Printing Co 14-16 Fourth St Charlotte Irig himself with details of matter requiring attention and receiving visitors including a large number of officers of the eleven regular army regiments at the camp who called to formally pay their respects to the new commanding officer In accordance with military custom the Sixty-first Pin your faith to that old to consider the question of divisional athletic competition and It is here the A physical directors are uble to assist Organized athletic games are then planned rather than the scattered contests in the various sports The organized program comminds and enlists the interest of man in the camp which under a ruling of the war department is required in the army More than 10000 men use the A athletic equipment each day at Camp Greene complimented for the speed and cele- jcorpoial Taylor of brity with which they lewt the trains nnj Loivden and got into camp The members of this regiment are all old stagers at the soldiering game having spent nine months on the border last year a time longer than any other troops passed there In the course of that time they established the army record for peacetime "hiking" traveling more than 42 miles over roads which of laughter Edward Company A Fourth Famous Jillson slack convinced the mnn can do anj thing Corporal Wilson Sixty-first had an as strong when lie rubber man building will lie similarly equipped These improvements were ordered at the instance of a petition by the Com- 1 munity club composed of Hickory! ladies FIRST MILITARY DANCE OF COMPANY TUESDAY nucm ins of WEST Clin 10 MEET Borah Butler and Britt Among Those Expected at Hickory Conference Tuesday Pendleton of infantry as the wire artist almost spectators that a and in his way Company A of the argument equally as Hugo Igo Indian went through some real stunts as a contortionist Equally ns good hut somewhat different was the remarkable kicking exhibition by Hilo Jack renowned high kicker alias Corporal Page of the Forty-seventh Physical Director Gourlic as "Professor" Roberto Gourlino neapolitan exponnent of Indian club swinging d'splayed his prowess followed by Richards of the Forty-seventh's band ns Herman Mars in some "marvelous feats in slack Frank Smith of the Army A SPENCER ORCHESTRA ORGANIZED THIS WEEK Special to The Observer Spencer Nov 23 The Spencer Boys' orchestra is the name of a new organization effected here this week The officers include for president Edwin Kneburg vieo president James of The machine gun company of the Sixtieth infantry will hold its lirst military dance for the purpose of in-t reusing their company funds Tuesday evening at the auditorium at 8 3 The Sixtieth infantry military hand will play which is coming Headquarters of Camp Greene ves-lapidly to the front ns one of the'terday admitted it is expected th- best military bands of this station one or more major generals might he The machine gun company claims sent to this camp at a date net re to be one of organizations grates army a tior 'both as letic in ia izi optionally good boxers It has the dis- two dnvs ago it becomes steadilv more i "ith the genial hospitality of the peo llx llvove riotifi nor aUiII baffie description in something like 22 hours The sanitary and health COMMANDERS EXPECTED record of the New Hampshire regiment is said to have been surprising i i the regular army physicians who lieved at first that all tho cases sickness in the regiment were not being reported It was found ultimately i the Special to Tho Observer Hickory Nov 23 A meeting Scofield secretary-treasurer Sterling orj i Stoudemire press leporter Marshall republican leaders of he nd I To be eligible for menler-espeoially the congressional districts Khip ln the ciub a foy must have one 81 Mil AJs trnnsrer non-profltnbl goods into cash They'll sell 'moil anything lor yon experience on violin 'cello flute piccolo clarinet or bass violin The charter members include: Tein- tinction of holding four titles Hr- apparent geant Muskopf formerly Hie light- for Camp Greene than might have 'v a rmfjs the Berkshire Iilllu rF v1auiiiilil ntln It that the future holds more i chilly! been expected It is not publish The officers which immediately after and Corporal Taylor the clown as comprising the western portion will trainer and animal made good their be held in Hickory at the Hub the- getavviiv in their humorous stunt ater next Tuesday The meeting is Trained Elephant Dolli-' said to be preliminary to tho launeh-ver Marcellini made a i ing of an active aggressive campaign in a laughing song which brought 'for their nominees in the next eloo-dovvn the house tion The hand of the Thirty-eighth went' The list of those who are expected on a at the close the whole to attend the meeting here includes outfit plaving at the start and man 1 the names of Senator Horah Marion after man gradually dropping out un-! Butler John Morehead til the drum major was the only i Britt Augustus Price Brown low member at work and his baton was 1 Jackson Chas A Jonas Chas i the only in use This Greene Tom Settle Newell and exactly a well played stive- many other more or less prominent only a few weeks ago permitted yet however to details of which Is in prospect feeling of tension among was apparent it became known that one would be organized of the 'r experience and in the ranks will here has subsided duo to be found young enlisted men from additional orders having the best of the families of New broader scope obviating land that some of these units he split up In' the CROSS-COUNTRY RUN FOR SOUVENIRS FOR SOLDIERS weight champion boxer of the United States army and Conk Potts who held the welterweight championship of the Hawaiian islands their company commander Lieutenant lUrend holds the undefeated featherweight and bnn-tomweight championship of the service Also five legimental hall plovers with an ex-army star First Sergeant James Pierce who played with the All-Army team in 1901-2 and 3 The record made by this team in the years mentioned has never been repeated by any other army team It has an exeeptionally good company football team who represented the regiment in several football games division regulars receipt of Eng-nlso a far the likelihood again would working out of the latest orders it The Art Shop I Van Ness 23 North Try on Street SOLDIERS TURKEY DAY Men in Regulation Army Uniform to Cover Three-Mile Course Over Camp Roads Co tion but it attracted attention because of the queer sound A Newman as a free-lance clown contributed his share to the evening's hilarity The circus was under general direction of Physical Director Robert Gourlic of A Building No 107 Ho was assisted by officers soldiers other A men ln work appears that little extra work will he required of any officers at camp with the headquarters staff working out the details involving principally on'v existing units as such As com- although light they put up a scrappy pared with previous days the head-game It has four members of the 'quarters staff yesterday was almost regimental athletic track team which I buried in work with activity speeded finished third in the track meet atup overnight Gettysburg Pa The boxers of this organization willl rrvnrn urnc ta give an exhibition at the Redpath i SOLDIERS WEDDED HERE TO tent show which is worth while going SWEETHEARTS FROM AFAR On Thanksgiving the company will! have an open house for visitors in) Two w'edding ceremonies In which I over the camp service roads to the the evening they will have a little men in the army were the grooms I postnfflce building where a large dance in their recreation ioin for the took place at the parsonage of St I crowd will vvitnc-s the finish Soldiers at Cdinp Greene are train ing for the thiee-mile cross country lun to be held next Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) Tho race will! start at the army A pital will continue in a southeily rection over the Tuokaseege road and party workers On the evening preceding the meet- ing on Tuesday an informal social1 gathering will take place at Hotel Hu (Try Street work in Hickory is progress- ing nicely and Tenth avenue between i the First National bank and Federal! street Is now engaging the attention i of the eontraetoi8 who are doing the work This street is being paved with asphalt and widened considerably I taking in some of the park space on 1 Fnion square When completed this will add considerable to and Improve the appearance of the business sec- tion of the town Steel fire escapes have been ordered by the city council to be erected at I the north school building and as soon as they are put in there the south preparatory 1 hos-1 di-j and GUP The Place for Gifts Novelties Etc Kodak Finishing and Films LIKE CUV FEELS FI Kodaks members of the regiment and friends Lutheran church with Rev On Wednesday November 20 the John Crigler officiating company volley ball team defeated the Miss Emma Gene Young of Syra-Headquarters company Sixtieth In- cuse and Lieutenant Arthur A number of the men are in training for this event and each evening now secs quite a number of innneis and trainers out on the road getting fantry on the A court to 'Brennan of the Thirty-eighth infan-1 in condition Wood Supply of Soldiers So Low Men Are Sent Into Woods to Cut Many Cords the score of 15-8 and 15-0 in the trv at Camp Greene w-cre married first series of the games in the reci- Friday morning at 1 1 mental league to see who are thej Miss Lilia Cawood of Big Stone champions of the regiment This Gap Va and Private Martin Dengler title is coveted by the machine gun of the Fifty-eighth infantry were The contestants will run in regulation army shoes and uniform Each of the first five men will receive prizes and the regiment having the largest number of men to finish will receive a team prize married Thursday evening company Instant delivery on every item of regulation best there Uniforms The soldiers at the camp are beginning to share with the people of Charlotte the inconvenience and an-j noyance of a fuel shortage While the' wood supply of the soldiers is un-' satisfactory in quantity the situation 1 not et had become of such nature as to occasion any alarm Every ef-! fort is being made bv the quurtermas-1 ter depot to hasten the arrival of many carloads of wood hut in the meantime it became yesterday for several hundred soldiers to go into! the interior of the camp and cut many1 cords of wood to meet immediate' needs I Tills situation has been increasingly' unsatisfactory for several days Since the interior of the camp has been ra- ther thoroughly cleaned of fallen1 trees and dead wood and lie woods greatly thinned to overcome possible i milieu 1th ful dampness the men are' forced to cut more trees and the num-j tier they probably will he permitted I to cut in order not to too greatly de- I crease the number of trees is rcla- tivelv small With the supplies on 'hand and available but uncut no ex- perieiire more unpleasant than en-' 'erifoteed curtailment of consumption is likely for several days Bv thati time it is expected shipments of wood sullicienl to at least temporarily' re-1 liove the shoitnge will have arrived I In the face of this predicament i I the soldics yesterday experienced the I lowpst temperatures since their arrival1 here Some idea of the quantity of wood I consumed each day nt Ihe enmp may I he gained from the following descrlp-' tion of uses: In each tent is small I stove furnishing heat for eight men land these stoves burn a lot of fuel The kitchen fuel Is wood and there is about 180 kitchens in us-c each rooking food for an average of about 100 soldiers and at cafh kitchen is an Incinerator in which large quan- titv of wood Is burned daily in evapor-l i atlng dish-water and consuming kitch- I cn and mess hnll refuse Accurate figures of the quantity of fuel re-1 quired dailv for this camp In which! almost 23000 soldiers are now quartered could not be obtained though the answer to this Inquiry was "sev-' ernl cat loads" Built for Service All wool Uniforms $3500 to $4500 All wool Serge Uniforms $3750 to $6000 All wool Whipcord Uniforms $5000 Overcoats and Rain Coats All Wool for Overcoats Raincoat and $35 to $60 Combination Overcoats Trunks Built for service Regulation Army Trunks $10 Largest stock of Military Equipment in the Carolinas I BRIDE AND CROOM MET FIRST TIME AT ALTAR Miss Mildied Lester of Saginaw' I Mich and Sergeant Frank 'Williams of New York in an infantry regiment nt Camp Greene were married last night hy Rev Moore pastor of Trinity Methodist church at 8:30 o'clock at the A bulld-i ing I The bride and groom never before had seen each other though their parents were Intimate friends before the families wore separated by re- moving their home to another city Meeting through correspondence lie couple continued them writing a long time ami recently' they decided to he man led Miss Iester the bride came to Gliai lotte ns her (lance could not obtain a furlough During the time that Ills leglmept remains here the couidc probiH- will make their home in ChuloUu The Tate-Brown Company Tailoring Department on the Second Floor.