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to lead the expedition. They started up 

 the Missouri in the spring of 1804, fol- 

 lowing that river to its source, and then 

 struck down the Columbia River to the 

 Pacific. They returned by the same gen- 

 eral route, exploring many adjacent val- 

 leys on the way. Captain Lewis was 

 afterward appointed Governor of the 

 Territory of Louisiana. 



THE NATIONAL GUARD CAMPS 

 CAMP GREENE 



Camp Greene, training ground for the 

 National Guard of the New England 

 States, lies partly within the city limits 

 of Charlotte, N. C. The elevation here 

 is about 720 feet, with an average tem- 

 perature of 6o°. The record high tem- 

 perature is 102 , and — 5 is the mer- 

 cury's lowest mark. 



Charlotte is on the Piedmont and North- 

 ern, the Southern, the Norfolk Southern, 

 and the Seaboard Air Line railroads. It 

 is situated in the gold-mining region of 

 the State, has many cotton mills, clothing 

 and other manufactories. Electric power 

 is cheap here. The population is about 

 35,000. 



Charlotte was settled about 1750, and 

 became a county seat just before the war 

 for independence. The Mecklenburg 

 Declaration of Independence, which is 

 held to have anticipated the Jeffersonian 

 document, was signed here in May, 1775- 



Camp Greene is named for a New Eng- 

 land hero of the American Revolution — 

 Nathanael Greene, of Rhode Island. He 

 was trained as a Quaker, but was one of 

 the first to take part in military prepara- 

 tions of the Colonies. 



So extraordinary were the conditions 

 under which the American Army was 

 organized, that Nathanael Greene went 

 under fire for the first time as a major 

 general. His most noteworthy service to 

 the American cause was rendered after 

 he took command of the Army of the 

 South, in October, 1780. There he gained 

 his ends more often by retreats and losing 

 battles than by victory, and won a medal 

 of honor from Congress, a tribute from 

 his Commander-in-Chief to the "peculiar 

 abilities of General Greene," and the ac- 

 knowledgment by his distinguished op- 



ponent, Cornwallis, that he was "as dan- 

 gerous as Washington — vigilant, enter- 

 prising, and full of resource." 



CAMP WADSWORTH 



The former National Guardsmen of 

 the Empire State are being trained at 

 Camp Wadsworth, about six miles south- 

 west of Spartanburg, S. C. One extrem- 

 ity of the site lies at Fair Forest, a station 

 on the line of the Southern Railway to 

 Atlanta, and the national highway, which 

 passes through Spartanburg, runs close 

 to the camp. This region has an average 

 annual temperature of 61 °, with — 4 as 

 the average lowest temperature and 104 

 as the average highest. The elevation is 

 about 875 feet. This location averages 

 less sunshine than any other camp site, 

 with 164 days clear or partly cloudy each 

 year. It is the center of a cotton manu- 

 facturing district. About ten miles away 

 is Cowpens, one of the important battle- 

 fields of the Revolution. 



In October, 19 17, Camp Wadsworth 

 was the largest of the National Guard 

 cities. Its population was more than one 

 and a half times as large as Spartanburg, 

 and Charleston was the only city in the 

 State which housed more inhabitants. 



Camp Wadsworth is named for J. S. 

 Wadsworth, a New Yorker and a gallant 

 soldier of the Civil War. From March 

 to December, 1862, he was military gov- 

 ernor of Washington, D. C, and was de- 

 feated during the same year in the cam- 

 paign for governor of New York. He 

 played a conspicuous part in the battles 

 of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and 

 Gettysburg. On May 6, 1864, while lead- 

 ing a division in the battle of the Wilder- 

 ness, he received a mortal wound and 

 died two days later. He was brevetted a 

 major general of volunteers for heroism 

 in this battle. 



CAMP SEVIER 



The federalized National Guardsmen 

 from Tennessee, North Carolina, and 

 South Carolina are being trained at one of 

 the most delightful camps in the South. 

 The maneuver grounds and the site of 

 Camp Sevier occupy about 2,000 acres 

 where were, until recently, dense woods 

 of oak and pine and fields of corn and 



