Chapter 3
June 7, 1918
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Doughboys & Camp Greene Mecklenburg County, NC 1917-1918
Chapter 2
May 27, 1918
At 7:30 a. m. the "Melita" starts on its trip "over there" to carry several thousand more soldiers to the aid of the allies. As the transport steams slowly out of Hoboken it passes the Statue of Liberty, and though we are all supposed to be below deck several of us fellows slip up and take a last look.
Chapter 1
May 18, 1918 Having been in intensive training for eight months, we (the 105th Engineers) receive orders to proceed to the port of embarkation.
Introduction
The following stories are from the diary of a soldier named Willard Newton. He served with the Hornets' Nest Riflemen and the 105th Engineers of North Carolina during World War I.
Chapter 5
"Camp Greene is a typical example of a camp that has been given splendid service by a patriotic city." - THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER November 11, 1918
Chapter 4
"They died like flies out there." - KENNETH WHITSETT speaking of the men at Camp Greene during the flu epidemic.
Chapter 3
The Bugler. When the morning's gray and the fog is thick The bugler turns his nasty trick. First call, he blows on his piece of junk, As you tumble drowsily out of your bunk.
Chapter 2
"We built a building an hour!" - KENNETH WHITSETT
Chapter 1
"If Charlotte does lose (the camp) we will have turned Washington upside down in the fight!" - A CHARLOTTE DELEGATE
Title Page and Dedication
Echo of the Bugle Call: Charlotte's Role in World War I