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TRENCH AND SIMP
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ga.
EDITION, 10 f
GEO. B. LANDIS, Editor-in-Chief.
J. EDGAR PROBYN, Editor
Published gratis by THE HERALD
PUBLISHING CO., Augusta, Ga.
ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDZ /
VOL. I—Oct 10, 1917 NO. 1.
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NOTICE.
Thia edition of TRENCH AND
CAMP is limited to 10,000 copies. An
effort will be made to place one or
more copies in every tent.
If parties are desirous of other
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Where they will be gladly furnished
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As the edition is limited to 10,000
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PLAYING THE GAME
One day lasi week, two football teams
battled for supremacy on the drill grounds
of The Third Brigade. The war was hard
fought and ended with neither side scor
ing. During the playing and after the
game, the pigskin warriors and their regi
mental supporters gave abundant evidence
of the enthusiasm and spirit characteris
tic of red-blooded American men engaged
in athletic contests. The team spirit was
evidenced in every play.
With this issue of Trench and Camp,
the Twenty-eighth Division becomes the
Seventh. Officers and men who have
been associated together for many years
have come to the parting of the ways.
Regiments which have made names for
themselves in Pennsylvania’s military his
tory have been obliterated. Identity has
been lust. Ju the making of the Key
stone state’s splendid military machine
to conform to European standards, some
regiments have been disbanded and
merged with others. The Fourth. Sixth,
Eighth, Thirteenth and Eighteenth regi
ments are now but memories.
Now is the time when the great Amer
ican football spirit is needed. A regi
ment cannot be efficient without it. The
esprit de corps of the old organization
can be carried into the- new formations
and every soldier should do his utmost to
ward this end. Personal feeling, disap
pointment and resentment will be forgot
ten when it is realized that in this great
fight against autocracy, the individual
must make many sacrifices to defeat the
enemy.
Play the game! Willingly, obediently,
resolutely! Patriotism demands it.
When the line forms over there in
France, the American football spirit will
take us over the top and through the
German lines.
Forward! March!
“PROUD OF YOOOYS !”
At a Y. M. C. A. tent a few nights ago,
one of the Augusta ministers stopped in
his patriotic utterances and said:
•'We’re proud of you, boys! You're a
lot better than we expected!”
This is but one of hundreds of similar
expressions heard in the camp and
throughout the city. Os course, it is grat
ifying. There never lived a man who
didn’t like a little praise but the most
gratifying thing is that the Augusta peo
ple have discovered that Pennsylvanians
can be soldiers and gentlemen at the same
time. .
Our Southern friends should remember
that the same call of country, the same
-devotion to the flag, that has drawn forth
their finest young men, has moved the
patriots of the North. In the Pennsyl
vania division will be found the flower
of the state —young men of whom the
folks at*home are proud. Not all are
perfect. The number of saints in Penn
sylvania is proportionately no greater
than in Georgia, but the spirit of chivalry,
of sacrifice, of love for home and country,
of gentlemanly ideals—will be found per
meating every man who responded to nfeht
the kaiser.
And may be add that the spirit of
Southern hospitality so generously extend
ed to the soldiers pf Camp Hancock by
the kind people of Augusta is playing no
small part in preserving the ideals formed
at home.
AN APPRECTATrON
The Army Y. M, C. A. at Camp Han
cock is deeply appreciative of the many
courtesies received from the folks at
home. We wish to express our earnest
thanks to the newspapers of the state
for their generosity in keeping the men
informed of the news back home. The
many individuals and church societies
who have supplied us with magazines and
periodicals have done excellent service
for the boys from Pennsylvania. A num
ber of Victrola records have been re
ceived, for which hearty thanks is due.
Libraries have come to the rescue and
we have a limited supply of books cir
culating among the men. for which we
praise the donors. In this connection,
the churches and church societies of Au
gusta have done nobly and we are fully
mindful of their unselfish efforts.
TRENCH AND CAMP
ARMY “Y” DIRECTORS
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Corner Wheless and Wrightsboro Roads.
Camp Secretary—E. Tomlinson, Wilmerding, Pa.
Camp Religious Work Director—To be appointed.
Camp Educational Work Director—George R. Landis,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Camp Physical Director—George R. Fleming, Williams
port, Pa.
Camp Business Secretary—James A. Ralston, Wilmer
ding, Pa.
Camp French Instructor—l. L. Foster, State College,Pa.
Camp Business Assistant Harry P. Lunt, Wiliams
port, Pa.
Stenographer—F. W. Shriver, Omaha, Neb.
Motion Picture Operator—George Magarin, New York
City.
Assistant —Herbert N. Landis, Dayton, O.
Hospital Secretary—Paul H. Gaither, Greensburg, Pa.
RECENT ENTERTAINMENTS
Magennis Sisters.
As an itroduction tn the series of en
tertainments furnished by the War Work
Council, the 'Magennis Sisters of New
York City made a tour of the various
units in the camp and their services were
appreciated. The two sisters have charm
ing personalities, both singing contralto.
With the aid of piano and cello, a nicely
varied program was given. ‘‘The Rosary”
and "Ltrve’s Old Sweet Song” proved
great favorites. Miss Magennis, the
cellist, aroused the enthusiasm of the men
with some community singing war songs,
such as “Over There."
Orpehus Four.
The Orpheus Four of Los Angeles made
quite a hit with their concert work, the
voices of the men blending perfectly.
They furnished an example of genuine
quartet singing with a finish and deli
cacy that kept the soldiers interested to
the last moment. “It’s a Long, Long
Trail,” with a wartime parody stirred the
audience to prolonged applause. The
Orpheus Four have made some records
recently for the Pa the Gornpany and an
nouncement was made that all royalties
from the sale of these records will be
given to the War Work Council of the
Y. M. C. A.
Saxaphone Singing Band.
Probably the most enjoyable number
offered so far by the War Work Council
was the program given by the Saxaphone
Singing Band. This is arr*excellent or
ganization and the soldiers were enthu
siastic in their appreciation of the com
pany’s efforts. The first number, with
the sonorous instrumentation of the six
saxaphones, caught the fanqy of tire
crowd and every number was given a
hearty recall. The members of the com
pany have a dash in their work that
stamps them as entertainers of much ex
perience. Their instrumental work, part
singing, solos and comedy bits, were all
of high order. Readings varied the pro
gram and the impersonator aided in sus
taining the interest ’ of. the hundreds of
soldiers who gathered in and about the
tents.
10,000 MEN I N~y7~M cTa.
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
The following is the report of recre
ational activities as conducted by the
Army Y. M. C. A. physical directors for
the two weeks ending Oct. 7th:
Spec
„ , No. Men. tators.
Setting up exercises.. 23 3352 600
Baseball -71 1276 5800
Volley ball 183 2073 2075
Football 12 720 1800
Soccer 12 735 1350
Basket bail 32 414 655
Boxing . !> is 60
Quoits 27 114 ....
Playground baseball.. 1 12 ....
Recreation periods... 11 1750 ....
Totals 381 10364 11740
Talks 5 200 ....
Leagues—Baseball, 16 teams: volley
ball, 6 teams.
CLASSES IN FRENCH.
Irving L. Foster, Professor of Ro
mance Languages at State College,
Pennsylvania, has, in ponjunction with
the Educational Secretaries of the Y.
M. C. A., organized the following class
es in elementary French:
Among the officers of the engineers
of the Third, Fourth, Sixth and Eighth
Infantries of the First Cavalry, and of
the Motor Truck Engineers, have three
hundred and sixty men in sixteen
classes; and the Motor Truck Corps
have one hundred and twenty-five men
in three groups. Others are being or
ganized and the Y. M. C. A. is in great
need of men teachers of Erench will
ing to give two evenings a week to
classes of enlisted men. Any officer
or enlisted man willing to render this
important service will please notify
the secretary of any Y. M. C. A. build
ing.
The French booklet of the National
Security League is used at the begin
ning, and "First Aid in French” will
follow.
Learn to Speak French. Enroll at
nearest Y. M. C. A.
If you wish to familiarize yourself
with the French language before cross
ing the pond, leave your name, com
pany and regiment with the Y, M. C. A.
nearest to you. Classes will be formed
among the enlisted men all over the
camp. This work is being organized
by Prof. I. L. Foster, professor of ro
mance languages at Pennsylvania
State College. Several classes have
been started among the officers and
300 enlisted men in the First Engineers
have applied for the instruction. En
roll at once.
“COMMONG VOO PORTY VOO?”
They speak French in France. Will
you be prepared to reply? What will
you say when the French soldier—the
poilu—asks you “Commons voo porty
voo?” The Y. M. C. A. will help you.
ENGINEERS SHOW THE WAY.
The “Engineers got the jump on the
rest ofethc regiments in the eamp and
started in French among the officers,
which has the distinction of being the
first on the ground. In this, as in
other forms of attack, the engineer
prepares the way for the infantry.
There may be an explanation of this
to be found in the fact that Major An
drews is a French student of long
standing. It is useless to state that
the class is enthusiastic, and great
progress is expected. It is understood
that the chaplain will have the stu
dents observe “study hours.”
Company F, First Regiment Engin
eers furnished an entertaining pro
gram at St. James Church last Thurs
day night.
FATH-E# LALLOU HERE.
Father William J. Lallou, Camp
Chaplain for the Knights of Colum
bus, is in the camp and has been min
istering the spiritual needs of the
Catholic soldiers. The Knights of
Columbus building is rearing comple
tion and will prove a popular place
when ready.
DIS APPOINTMENT ATSPA RT AN -
BURG.
Four regiments of Nov. York troops
at Spartanburg—The 12th, 14th, 71st
and 74th—have been disbanded and
merged with other regiments and the
order for reorganization has given
great disappointment to the soldiers
from the EmpLs State.
TO A FRIEND IN OLD
PENNSYLVANIA.
Far away in the Southland,
In the land of cotton and pine,
Where the banjos ring and darkies
sing,
I'm thinking of a friend of mine.
You remember the day we parted,
In the state we love so true
And when the sun goes down in Dixie,
My thoughts go back to you.
Corp. George. F. Fiury, Co. D, Bth Inf.
PREPARING FOR
WINTER WEATHER.
Wooden floors are being laid in each
of the 8,000 tents of the division and
the sides are being boarded, giving the
homes of the soldiers a more comfort
able appearance and aiding material
ly n -keping the men warm these cold
nights. Many of the officers have in
stalled wooden floors and sides at their
own expense.
ROADS MAY BE PAVED.
Major G. B. Strickler and the county
commissioners have been conferring
over the proposition to pave thq Whe
less and Wrightsboro roads in Camp
Hancock, provided the government as
sumes 50 per cent, of the cost, which
will amount to $75,060. The county will
furnish the labor if the government
provides the materials.
POST OFFICE NEWS
FOR TRENCH AND CAMP.
Perishable or fragile matter should
be packed in strong containers (not
ordinary pasteboard boxes) as such
matter is subjected to rough handling
on railroads.
ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO
COMPANY AND REGIMENT.
Hundreds of letters, cards and pack
ages are either delayed or fail en
tirely in delivery on account of in
complete address. Write your home
folks to address your mail to your
company, regiment and particular
branch of the service.
MAILS.
Outgoing mails are closed at
the camp post office at 12, noon
and 11:30 p. m.. Two dispatches
daily, including Sunday.
Incoming mails are delivered to
orderlies 8:30 a. n-. and 5 p. m.,
daily, except Sunday.
Sunday only, 10 a. m. No win
dows are open on Sunday. Mails
are frequently delayed en route
which causes the delivery to be
very light at times.
THE GOOD TIME COMING.
“The electric griddle makes toast in
stantly; the fireless cooker”—
“1 know. A few more inventions and
we can get along without cooks.” —
Pittsburgh Post.
Oct. 10, 191®
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE SIGHT.
Some one asked me the other day,
“What is the most impressive thing
you have seen since you' have been at
Camp Hancock?” A number «f in
cidents came to mind. The always in
spiring sight at “Retreat” when a
regiment stand at "Attention.” the
band plays the "Star Spangled Ban
ner,” and Old Glory rests for the
night. A regimental service on a
Sunday morning, as the -men march
to "church,” singing with a volume
of sound and a heartiness that dis
penses with the need of a choir, and
give the chaplain a hearing that would
turn the average minister green with
envy. Or the Catholic mass, with its
throng of kneeling men. The order
and dispatch with which big tasks are
accomplished—these and other mat
ters on the regular program are all
of them impressive.
But on a certain Sunday, as the din
ing room of one of the Augusta ho
tels was filled with hungry people,
the sound ®f a military band drifted
in the open windows. It was no or
dinary .music, such as starts feet to
keeping time, but the slow, measured
beat of a funeral march. Instinctively
men stood up. Dinner was forgotten.
A gun carriage, bearing the coffin
wherein were the mortal remains of a
young soldier killed a couple of days
before, by an accident, not connected
with either bullets or shells, was pro
ceeding to the railroad station. The
American flag draped the coffin.
The street was lined with people.
Hundreds of men, soldiers and civili
ans, stood with hats off. Men and
officers of his company followed the
carriage. Only a private! A stranger
to nearly all in that great crowd. He
had died not on the firing line, "Some
where in France,” but here, in Camp
Hancock, before ever his preliminary
training was completed. But he died
for his country. The silent reverence
of the throng attested this. No hasty
burial, wrapped up in a blanket, in
lieu of a coffin, a little wooden cross
to mark his grave, such as has been
the fate—no, the glory, of many a
good fellow killed in the trenches, or
in "No Man’s Land.” But tor this ’
young American was shown that at
tention that all deserve who offer up
life for country. "Greater love hath
no man than this.” And that simple
funeral procession is the most impres
sive sight that I have seen at Camp
Hancock. w. V. B.
somethingYbouFfrance
(By I. L. Foster, Professor of Romance
Languages, State College, Pa., Army Y.
M. C. A. Secretary, Camp Hancock.)
It may be of interest to note “some
thing about France” for the benefit of
those who may soon be "somewhere in
France.” There should be in us Amer
icans enough of sympathy for our "only
ally” in the stormy days of the Revolu
tion to prompt us to learn a bit about
her before we accept her hospitality. It
is worth while to know what France is
and what she has stood for, as we stand,
by her side to make "the world safe for
democracy.”
France is situated in the northwestern
part of Europe and has a long and hon
orable history dating from the days of
Julius Caesar. She has now 207.054
square miles of area, having lost 3,367
square miles in 1870 through the surren
der of Alsace-Lorraine. The population
is about 40,000,000, or approximately 200
to a square mile. From this it will be
seen that France in area and population
is about live times as large as Pennsyl
vania. The shape of the country is prac
tically hexagonal with a frontier of 3,250
miles of which 1,760 miles is seacoast.
We find great variations in the topo
graphy of the country. It is rugged and
mountainous on the north, while along the
Riviera in the south the exact opposite
prevails. There are four great river sys
tems—the Loire, Seine, Garonne and
Rhone. It was along the Seine and its
tributaries, the Aisne, Marne, Oise and
Tonne, that the fiercest fighting has taken
place during the present war. Around
the Marne occurred the decisive conflict
which stopped the triumphant onward
march of the Germans to Paris and which
marked the beginning of the final over
throw of imperial Germany.
The climate is varied, as within the
boundaries of this nation can be found
all extremes of heat and cold. In gene
ral, however, the ocean currents affect
the temperature in such away as to mod
ify its severity greatly. For this reason
we find much dampness with the mild
temperature, except in the high moun
tain regions. In spite of the fact that
the number or rainy days is very large,
reaching 150 or 160 in some parts of the
country, the average rainfall is very low.
The fine mist that prevails is blinding
and penetrating, but apparently low in
moisture content. As is to be expected,
this excessive dampness intensifies the
cold, and heavy wraps are often neces
sary m order to keep the person dry and
thus warm. This is especially the case in
the northern section, where the ground
»s so ’afkely covered by bodies of water,
w ith all this the climate is fairly uniform
and not at all unpleasant the greater part
of the year.
The industries of France are largely
connected with agriculture. The raising
of cereals and small fruits furnishes oc
cupation for the larger number of the
inhabitants. The labors connected with
cattle-raising , and caring for the products
of the herd also employ many. In some
tfle & ra Pe with its
kindred industries is the principal ac-
Sn in manufac
ture of silk, wood and cotton goods are
found in many places. Owing to the
long seacoast, the fishery trade has as
sumed large proportions in seaport towns.
In the north, minerals abound, as that
region is rich in iron, coal, copper and
zinc. At present Germany controls the
IO P a ss cf this district and thereby
robs France of much-needed mineral sup
plies. France has a large commerce both*
in a coast trade and through ocean-going
vessels and her southern port. Marseilles
is regarded as one of the most compute
in the world, with a magnificent harJor
and full equipment to expedite the h ad
ling of merchandise.
Politically speaking, France is a re
public, but not a republic like the United
States. It is rather a happy combination
of the governments of England and our
country, as the president is aided in the
affairs of state by a ministry raihci than
a cabinet. This ministiy may be < I anged
by an adverse vote of the assembly and
a new one ushered in during a crisis
which will entirely change the complexion
of the policy of the nation. The presi
dent is elected for seven years and can
not succeed himself. The congress is
made up of a senate, partly appointed
and partly elected, and a chamber of
deputies selected by popular suffrage.