September 29 "The President, riding with the Governor, General Griswold, General Persons and Captain McCrea, passed most of thd 31st Division, which had lined each side of the roadway for a distance of 13 ½ miles. There are 33,500 men at Camp Shelby just now, the expected total being 79,000. Recruits are coming in at the rate of 400 a day." |