Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1917 — Camp Shelby Notes. [ARTICLE]

Camp Shelby Notes.

Camp Shelby, Oct. 3, 1917. We arrived here Sunday morning about five- hours ahead of schedule time. Camp Shelby is about twenty miles from Hattiesburg. There was absolutely nothing'here but pine trees and clay when we arrived, but things look somewhat different now. Cook shacks and mess halls have been built and trees are being removed, and good roads are under construction. It looks like it will be a permanent camp. All of Kentucky and part of the West Virginia troops are here, and all of Indiana excepting the Second regiment. Immediately after arriving here the schism started. We were transferred into-what-is known as the Depot Brigade, the official address of which is 12th Co., Tr. Bn., 151st Inf., 63d Depot Brigade, Camp Shelby, Miss. The real purpose of such company is to drill new soldiers for the 151st infantry, but before we werfe transferred there were forty of Co. M put into Battery C. That is made up of the old Co. C, National Guard, and others, so you see Co. M is split up. Some of the home boys will stay together but not many of them. • Every company is building streets and parade grounds. ■ We have not started on any regular drill schedule yet, out will probably start next week. It is warm here in the day time, but gets considerably cooler at night. We need lots of cover. —We are*located about three m lies from the railroad. Someone has named this “Lonely Ridge.” I be- ; lieye it is a> good name, for often times you must use your imagination to think you are still in the U. S. We are in the heart of a pine wood country. The boys are learning to say, “Where youall going,” and other southern expressions.