Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1917 — How to Go to Camp Ia Shelby By Auto. [ARTICLE]

How to Go to Camp Ia Shelby By Auto.

Many inquiries come to soldiers at Camp Shelby, near Hattiesburg, Miss., regarding the best automobile highway route from Indiana and Kentucky to Camp Shelby. Some facts in connection with this matter might be of general interest. Hattiesburg is on the Jackson Highway extending from Chicago to Rensselaer, Remington, Lafayette, Frankfort, Lebanon, Indianapolis, Columbus and Seymour, Ind.; Louisville, Columbus and Hogansville, Buffalo, Glasgow and Scottsville, Ky.; Gallatin, Nashville, Franklin, Columbia and Lawrenceburg, Tenn.; Florence, Ala.; and Hattiesburg, Miss. At Hattiesburg the Continnial Highway from Mmephis to Gulfport, via Jackson, crosses the Jackson Highway. ' From here autoists can proceed to New Orleans with ease over the Jackson Highway or go to coast points, 70 miles distant on the Centennial Highway. At Gulfport, boating, bathing and fishing is enjoyed at all times of the year. Many automobile parties are now being formed among friends and relatives of the soldiers, and a veritable stream qf cars is expected along the Jackson Highway at an early date. Already a number of cars have come over the route and all report enjoyable £rips.