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lne ARK was launched in June, 1984, in the City of Lexington, hy.,

for the inspiration, instruction, and entertainment of the clients
of the Lexington Transient Bureau, of which Captain Albert C. Wolfe

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Lin'Wolfe drove his Buick up the slopes of the ridge over
a rocky road until he came to the top. A fairly level spot met his
glance — just about room for twenty squad tents to be laid out in
Company formation. It was the beginning of the new Transient Camp
from Lexington, forty one miles away, and this was the Blue Licks
Battle Ground, historic because of the men who had fought and died
here in the last battle of the Revolution, between the redskins and
the pioneers. Their last camp had been made on this very spot, and
the dead lie in a common grave only a few'yards away down the slope.

The place was still practically a wilderness, covered with
underbrush and rocks. An immense amount of labor would be necessary
to make this place into a camp, but it was an ideal spot. Plenty of
shade trees, no mud, good water down at the Museum, far enough away
from the road to be secluded, and plenty of outdoor work cleaning up
the underbrush and making driveways through the park. Better still,
this project was of definite value to the community. Blue Licks is a
State Park of great historic interest, and the work to be done will
be worth thousands of dollars to the State.

The ten and a half truck worked overtime, with James Burton at
the wheel, bringing up supplies and men. Twenty men had to be detailed
to clean up and police the amphitheatre grounds for the annual cele—
bration of the Blue Lick Battle and the two hundredth anniversary of
the birth of Daniel Boone. This left only about twenty—five men to
put up the tents, build latrines, build a cookhouse, floor the tents,
build tables and benches, and do the thousand and one things that must
be done to make a wilderness habitable for the men.

The Captain has a way with him. he's a regular army captain, 399th
Infantry, U.S.A., and he doesn't argue about trifles, and when he says
a thing he means it. He's the kind of guy who Would lead in going over
the top, and has that quality belonging to all leaders — when he appoints
a man to a job, that man usually makes good. He‘s Divisional Director
for this outfit, and when a fellOW'leaves here it's only because of his
wandering feet — not dissatisfaction with the bureau. We’re explaining
this for the benefit of the new men - to the rest of us it's old stuff.
it's the reason so much work was done in such a short time and with only
a limited number 0L men.

Many of the men had seen service in the army, and to them the camp
routine was no novelty. George Bennett and We ter Camp were busy Eran
early morn to dark wiih hammer and saw. Ogden Sheppard, the camp cook
and steward, baked pies and fixed up wonderful meals over a camp even
made out of rocks and a piece of sheet iron until the cookhouse could be
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Everybody Worked like Trojans — only a week to go and Five thou—
sand visitors would be here to listen to the speeches and visit the
Battle Grounds, and incidentally, take a look see at the c up and the
boys who were going to beautify the park. No time to dally, ENC OVUTY‘
thing moved like clock work. John Mohun was storekecper, and James
Sharpe vas camp clerk, and what with the constant arrival of new sup—
plies and men they were kept busy. There's no cases of swelled heads
and transient chests out here. Everybody pulls together.

Lots of Fun too. The Licking River is only a couple of hundred
yards away with a fine bathing beach. Baseball bats and boxing cloves
provide entertainment in plenty, and there's a recreation tent with
cards, games, and dozens of magazines. Vb are short of lanterns, but
a good light can be obtained from a wick stuck in a bottle of kerosene,
and when James Clark blows taps on the bugle, it means a nirht of sound
refreshing sleep. To many of the men, this camp life is a revelation
after being in the stuffy atmosphere of the Center in Lexington - and
is fo the food, there's no comparison. It's real cooking, and plenty
of it for eve‘ybody, no stinting here. This place feeds better than the
Center and there's a reason — you can eat like hell out here in the
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Tot much time for military ceremonies. We salute the flag when
passing headquarters tent, and we stand fonnation for meals and roll
call, and we mend our way in single file to the cookhousc where the
eFTicient kitchen staff dish out the meals in cafeteria style. we eat
in mgss tents — there’s white uniformed mess attendants to keep things
clean, and the foremen and specialists have their own tent. They corre—
spond to Noncoms in the regular army, and everybody receives the same
food. The outfit is more like a family than a group of transients from
all over the country - and that‘s because of the wa, things are handled

around here.

A week has gone by since the day the Captain drove up the hill.
Let's see what has been accomplished. Eighteen squad tents are erected,
the headquarters and supply tents are floored and braced vith sheltes
built. A five holer latrine has been built in Chic Sales best style,
with nails to lift the lids ~ said nails having a playful tendency to
scrape the backs of the unwary, a delicate touch of Georre Bennett's
own devising! A cookhousc now stands in all it's glory, T th a real cook
stove and shelves and everythin'. Acres and acres of needs have been out,
and hundreds of yards of driveways have been cleared of loose stones.

”70 have settled down to a steady routine, not bad For a week's work with
only forty ¢ivo n:n or so — and re mustn't forget the hospital tent with
James Clark in attendance, his bottles and lotions and cots in neat
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And n w comes the great day — the celebrating of the Battle of Blue
Licks which took place one hundred and fifty two years age between the
pioneer Kentuckians and a force of Indians led by Canadian officers.

From all accounts it was a bloody battle. The dead lie in a common grave
covered with rocks to keep the wolves away. This ground carries history
with every yard. Daniel Boone made salt at the Blue Licks just a short
distance from camp and was captured by the Indians there. His son lsreal
was killed in the Blue Licks battle, and a museum on the grounds is filled

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spec imens oi mastoden teeth and tusks dig up not far rem

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Early on the morning e? the 19th the v1 isi:ers be,s n to arrive.
"Lny of thCn \.ere descendants of the early pion rs he took part i
the battle. Spe: ches were made frmn the rustic :randsta d in the amphi-
theatre, and a band played chatucky melodies at intervals to give the
speakers a chance to res; up. Be listened wit the rest of the boys
while Governor Ruby Laffeen of the State of Kentucky lauded the ex-
ploits e? the bygone heroes, and Mrs. Emua Guy Cromvoll mare speeches
laudinv the efforts of the boys in the camp, and other avoek(;r s lauded
uweryeody el so.

It s a great :1ay all round, and just shout everybody on the
greu ds visited Hhe ecmp.Er11r1dy was discover1d sitting on his cot
With a peculiar cxpr es sien on his jaco - he said he knows net'just how
oak feels in a side sh aw' The trouble was - he was dazzled by the
ay of eauteous Kentucky belle swho passed and repassed his tent -
preea sly wonderi ng what a captive artist thinks about! And many of the
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In between times the Captain roe.e around on a beautiful horse
leaned From the Blue Lick Stock Fa‘_s down the read, keeping his eye
on things in Lenoral. These Kentuckians are hospitable people, there
”ill be no friction in this Vicinity. The Blue Lick Hotel has Seturc1ay
night de nces too, and sem: e“ the boys have alres dy found themselves
partners Ler the defilily :relic. This camp has all t.o things necessary
to mare a successful camp — and it won’t be Captain Wolfe's fault if
things don't go right.

The S‘n was setting as the exercises cnne to a close. Slowly the
visitors tur 11d hemerard as the melancholy strains of ”My Old Kentucky
. ' :lrift ed softly and sad1_y across the scrne - to be follefivd by the
1:1j11 note 01 ”Dixie” ind rebel yells, and closi it- the old and
merry tune of "Turhcy in tie Straw» . It as a g1 t do 1y For the Kentuck—
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it ,;s quite a short story and occupied me all iho :oy across town. Damn
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off the track. What's all this got to do With tolling s vour roni nqmo?"
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or Lou1s¢illo, or Ziluo Links Camp, or Camp Ell (horn, or Camp Pikunoki, I
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o noxt time I wont ho mvos all there, dressed up in his armv unif‘orm

uni loo king; swoll with boots and spurs on and ove-rvt11in'. "7kllo, Bill, "

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around for CWnilc ind so ving my money, and oorninm bookkcooing. He‘s a
”root juy :or Wanting us follows to stick around, motto ho tots a com-
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c1 1 rg-d. ”That‘s Fine,” so 11d the Captain, ”do you wan to go back now?”
Sur I‘livo said, Yt1c.:s for tho buggy ride.” And so here we are back in

And W11“ do mned to Blondie Whilc you more , no?" no asked with

some interest. "Oh she's still sitting on a bench in the park, with
oloyd Well; :bis t WO,q ho 1HSW0rcd, Hbut I've got my eye on a brune tro
noW. We’re going in ior t1eso civic and social affairs in a big way1.s
soon as I got my raisc to take care of the economic ospoct of taings. I
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In 1955, 261 transient centers, and 65 transient work camps were
established, for which the Federal Government allotted $3,775,555.00.

In December, 1955, 228,000 persons were given service; 156,000 of
these persons were white males, 207 Indians, 1,153 Mexicans, 9,965
negrees, and 60,000 in family units.

In March, 1934, 138,245 cases were closed for the following reasons:
5,950 assimilated locally, 684 secured permanent care, 5,746 sent to
canis, 5,786 transferred to legal residence, 1,175 transported to rela—
tives, 2,482 secured work, 9,249 left because of definite plans they
had made, and 53 died.

102,000 refused the plan or left the camps of their own accord. The
officials cited that "this is definitely a weakness in our program and
shows that some place along the line we need to strengthen it.”

Recommendations adopted ask for a continuation of the work as long
as conditions warrant it; medical and hospitalization care, congregate
shelters to be maintained for those who need supervision, and single men
to be domiciled in furnished rooms and boarding houses.

A protest was also voiced against the attitude in many communities to
regard the shelter as a depository for unwanted labor where men can be
cared for cheaply, kept from competing for jobs, or of placing such
shelters remote from cities conveniently out of sight of citizens, and
where the clients have no opportunity to make normal contacts and improve
their conditions by their efforts.

All of the above was athered from ”Transient Comment”, of Holine, Ill.
under the date of August 11th, 1934.

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No doubt the full report on the conference carried much more in the
may of facts and figures, but there‘s enough there to show which way the
wind is blowing. he must give full credit to the fearless manner in which
the problem has been tackled, and the recommendations made above show
that the conference is on the right track.

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The Transient Bureaus were established to help Transients out of one
hell of a mess; wandering around the country, broke, disheartened, hungry,
desperate, and nothing in sight but plenty more of the same thing. While
the bureaus are run primarily for the benefit of transients everything
will be all 0.K., but the minute they are run for the benefit of the
people who run the bureaus - then that will be the time to shut them down
ind try something else. Everything seems to be under controll

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mrrtgoomonts to stirt out the folloviug morning Wish Win and mike a
trip my there. To about tho 1“e ing at the American Club, driniinh rum
punches ind tolking over old times i: the Island of Black Mufiio. Jnrly
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fiftor e pleosmoo nine mile driuri through the country re come to
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the elinoinfl storts,” W3 said. Soon T0 were attracted by the ruins of
r?“ hcflouse castle. "Sof, What's this?" we inquired. "Oh, hlt’: King
yriutoyWe's old S‘fire‘ pal“ 6,” said Bill, "it's knotn $3 the Palace
Souei. Over there on your right is on old mission built yours ago,

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rick to recli v by u yell fron Bill. "Say, come on you folloxs, let's
"at ulie r sz W fore it gets hot.” 80 taking a last lingeriufi look we
follow;d Bil 1 up the trail.

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iid it,“ fruutod ova o: the pr" or. ”01, Christophe had a Way with him,"
1x; f .3 7.11. ”I’ve 11*}:er that 31.0 “would >th (1 hundred men to C 11'1""? Hg" one
”1' 11d 1“ they coullr't 01 W13 it We- would shoot ten r” thgp +RQW it
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”Are they any good?" we asked Bill. "Sure," he said, "try one." We did,
and found them delicious. We collected a number and continued on our
way. After climbing for what seemed ages, but which prOVOd to be only
about three hours, we rounded a sharp curve, and there right before us
was an immense building of stone, with old guns peeping out of the
walls. We were met at the entrance by a grinning Gendarme.

”Come," he said, "I will show you around." We followed him through
a large wooden door and up a flight of stairs into the guest room. Here
we were asked to sign the visitors book, a book containing the names of
many famous people. As we passed out of the guest room we were amazed
at the largoness of a vast courtyard; it was fully five hundred feet long
and three hundred feet wide, while on all sides were the towering walls
of stone. ThGSC walls are several feet thick and were built of stone
taken right out of the mountain.

As we passed around the walls we noticed that there were massive
cannon every few feet. Many of these guns had the initials of Napoleon
on them. There were many old rifles of the flintlock type, as well as
a few pistols. After we had completed our round of the guns, our guide
said he would take us up on the walls, but warned us not to go too close
to the edge as it was a long drop. After one look, we told him not to
worry. As we passed along the walls we noticed a trench out in the center
which was used to collect rain water for the fort's supply of water.

As we came to a narrow place we were told that it was here that
Christophe marched a company of soldiers over the cliff, to show that he
had discipline in his arm . To use the Gendarme's own words, Christophe
just said, ”Forward March" and over the side they went. Bill took a peep
and said, ”Well, I'm glad I wasn't in his army." "Come,” said the Gendarme,
”I'll Show you here.” We were then taken down to the old prison on the
first floor. 8 we stmnbled through the darkness with only the flickering
light of a flash light to guide us, we could almost hear the cries and
groans of the prisoners who died in these very chambers. All along the
walls more fastenwd chains with leg and an? bands, and here the prisoners
of war, and Ciristonhe's enemies were shackled up and left to die.

"Let's get out of here,” said Bill, "it‘s too gruesome.H We climbed
up some old wooden stairs to the sunlight, and then to the ponder vaults.
There was an irversc in?! ity of powder and shot stored axay in the vaults,
it vnuld have been ineessible to capture the fort when it was first
built. Hf seer": a: a :qacs of defense it is new absolutaly worthless,

a no uflwnt I” a "lack man's power! It is hard to believe that a
peer bled? sla"a a :1 T;SO to such great heights of power and glory as

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California is Combining many of the smaller corps into units
of 400 or more men, and establishing them as vocational training
schools. Tlo men will be instructed in various mechanical trades
and other subjects, such as drafting, aeronautics, and other
kindred subjects. Instructors for these schools and shops will be
drawn from the transient group, and also from unemployed educational
Morkcrs, according to the Nomad of San Francisco, Cal.

They have a community savings bank at the Montgomery Trznsient
Camp it Blacksburg, ”a., according to The Mountaineer. This savings
plan is taken advantage of by a large number of men. The plan is
not compulsory, but money deposited must stay in the ank for at

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They had a meeting of the staff at Albuquerque, New Mexico, to
discuss their problems and eliminate friction, according to the
Weekly Gossipcr. The results of the meeting will drastically change
the relationship between the sse Work Depirtment and the client -
to the client's advantage it is said.

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The Trsnsicnt Times of Shreveport reports that efforts are being

Aide to place qualified young men from the transient centers into
colleges and universities of Louisiana free of tuition costs, the
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y in Line of San Jose, Cal. The shows 3 e composed largely of
outside talent from local people, as well as sets from bureau in-
mates. we think this would be a great ides if it could be universal-
ly adopted - the townsfolk would get a better slant on what a Tren-

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