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Oct. 10, 1917. Sidelights of the Big Bunch of Pennsylvania Boys GENERAL ORDER ONJkTHLETICS Brigadier General Price gave out in a general order the situation in the division relating to the athletic activ ities of the men ami officers in the command. The order follows: 1. Mr. Walter Camp, Jr., the repre sentative in Camp Hancock of the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities is appointed division athletic director. _ 2. Mr. George Fleming, representing in Camp Hancock the recreational ac tivities of the Y. M. C. A., is appoint ed association division athletic di rector. 3. The several athletic ’directors of the Y. M, C. A. and Knights of Colum bus at Camp Hancock are appointed assistant athletic directors. 4. For the purpose of encouraging participation in organized athletics and arranging for inter-organization cham pionships in conjunction with the sev eral athletic directors, the following appointments will be made by com manding generals of brigades: one of ficer, to be brigade athletic officer. By commanding officers of regiments, di visional troops, attached organizations and departmental detachments: one officer, to be the athletic officer of his organization. Battalion inspector-instructors and, company commanders are ex-officio athletic officers for their respective units, and will urge and encourage the men of their commands to participate in some form of organized athletics. The foregoing appointments will be communicated to he division athletic director of these headquarters. 5. Non-commissioned officers ap pointed under General Order No. 19, for special instruction in bayonet fighting, will assist in carrying out the athletic program outlined below. 6. Formal games: Schedules will be arranged for inter-company cham pionships in all the principal sports, these games to take place on such af ternoons as are not given over to mil itary duties. 7. Informal games: During the daily physical training periods some informal games, practice for formal and instruction in athletic events will be provided, and the staking of in formal and extemporaneous competiti fions will be encouraged. 8. Athletic training for officers: A class will be organized for the pur pose of teaching those games in which balance agility and aggressiveness are particularly emphasized: such training will be given as is especially adapted to making men confident and aggress ive in personal combat and bayonet fighting. Division Adjutant. By command of Brigadier General Price. David J. Davis, Lieutenant Colonel, PO7TH~FIELDTa¥tTILERY Each of the outfits making up the 107th Field Artillery, formerly the First Field, has now a representative football eleven in the field and weekly games between the different organizations claims much attention, and together with the prepara tions, the greater part of the weeks is aken up by the sport. Battery “B” “poked” out for their contest Saturday afternoon in complete uniform, the necessary money coming Krom a battery fund donated by a ■ 'ittsburg lady whose husband was form erly connetced with that unit. F Flans are now on foot for a battery [/football league, the winning eleven re [ceiving a trophy. ' Miss Dorothy O’Reilly, daughter of Miss Lillian Russell, actress, who taught members of Batteries "B," “E,” and “F” French at the Pittsburg barracks is com ing to Camp Hancock to continue in struction. The men whose good for tunee it has been to study under Miss O’Reilley are delighted. After daily retreat when mess is over, it is a popular diversion to evoke the evening muses by song. There is music and alleged music. Some amuse themselves by singing. Each man believes that he was meant to be a tenor singer. Seriously though, there is singing tal ent throughout the regiment. Someone who has the ability to lead and manage should garner all the talented singers and entertainers together and arrange for ta musical show or minstrel. 1 It is believed that Band Master Harry {Signor and his corps of musicians would •gladly enter the thing with the proper (spirit. I Solemn and impressive were the last /sad rites pronounced over the remains Jof one John Barleycorn, the obsequies ■taking place Friday evening, members ■of battery “F” making up the funeral ■party. The cortege, garbed in full [length slickers of the conventional black, '(moved slowly, yet eloquently, through Rhe streets, the weird chants of the ac- Icompanying musicians lending a truly pouching if eerie aspect to the occasion. : Both sides of the battery streets were ained with former friends or acquaint ances of the deceased, who stood with bared, bowed heads, immobile as the procession passed. The casket, con taining the remains, was bedecked with empty vials in denomination from half pint to quart, a single tallow candle light ing the bier, the pale, flickering glow but intesifying the grimness of the occasion. Members of the sect of Bacchus f - ’t tj at their privileges and yearly being narrowed and confined. It is the belief of many that a one-time popular idol will automatically drop from the association of the masses. TRENCH AND CAMP CHAPLAINS MEET Y. M. C. A. MEN The chaplains at Camp Hancock, rep resentatives of the Y. M. C. A., together with ministers of Augusta, recently lunched together at the Gencsta. A de lightful love feast was enjoyed. Chaplain Charles Scholl of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry presided and in his opening remarks emphasized the need of co-operation. Those who delivered ad dresses were: Walter Camp, Jr., repre senting the Fosdick Commission: Rev. Howard T. Cree, First Christian church; Rev. John S. Jenkins, St. John’s Meth • odist church; Rev. Father William J. Lallou, Knights of Columbus; Edward Tomlinson, Camp Secretary Y. M. C. A.; Rev. William Berg, Y. M. C. A.: George B. Landis, Y. M. C. A.; George R. Flem ing, Y, M. C. A.; Rev. R. P. Zebley, Cam den. N. J. At the conclusion of the speech-making a resolution was adopted that the head of each organization represented, act as an advisory committee to aid the chap lains in their work at the camp. A M BUL A NCE COR PS. The chief topic of interest is the baseball league. There are four teams, one representing each ambulance com pany. Games are played on Satur day and Sunday. Usually a double header is played in Wednesday after noon. At present the number four team is in the lead with a percentage of 1,000. The standing: No. 1 500 No- 2 000 No. 3 500 Sergeant Kleine of the 108th Artil lery, with the assistance of a detail from each ambulance company, is in stalling the lights for the ambulance train. This will be greatly appre ciated by the men .although they are only allowed to be lighted until 9:15 p. m. Sergeant Doering, the crack electrician of Ambulance Company No. 2, is assisting with th? work. We were well represented at the vau deville enetrtainment given on the night of the 3rd, at the artillery Y. M. C. A. Private Drago’s orchestra ren dered several selectoins. Private Mea rig and Bugler Gerhart and Sergeant James rendered solos that were well received. Privates Murphy and Dembo gave a sketch in true comedian style. Major Hartung, of the Ambulance Train, is being visited by his wife and two children. Bathing in Ambulance Company No. 1, is getting to be a serious question, as hey have a goat who seems to be fond of their brand of soap. P ROGRAhTTN *A UGU ST A. Wednesday October 10: Prayer meeting services at all churches. First Christian Church —Social meeting for soldiers, 7:30 p. m. Dance for Officers —Given by Sol diers’ Relief Association at the Arm ory, 8:30 p. m. Script dance, fifty cents. Friday, October 12: % First Presbyterian Church —C. E. Society, followed by social meeting. Band Concert —Confederate Monu ment on Broad street? Saturday, October 13: St. John’s Methodist Church —Social meeting for soldiers, 7:30 p. m. First Baptist Church—Social meet ing for soldiers, 7:30 p. m. Woodlawn Methodist Church —En- tertainment at Woodlawn school grounds from 6 to 9 p. m. St. James’ Methodist. Church —So- cial for soldiers, 8 p. m. Dance for Enlisted Men—Given by the Catholic Woman’s Club at. the Armory, 8:30 p. in. Script dance, fifty cents. United Commercial Travelers—Ral ly day, U. C. T. Hall on the corner of Eighth and Ellis streets. Special Notes: Sigma Nu Fraternity: Mr. C. J. Steward, Sigma Nu, 646 Broad street, will be glad to meet all members of Sigma Nu. Phone 336. Community Singing: All soldiers who enjoy singing are urged to attend th© community con certs held in the Grand Theater on Sunday afternoons. a u g u st a~y7 mTcTa . CO-OPERATING. One of the most valuable agencies in co-operating with the Army Y. M. C. A. at Camp Hancock, has been the Au gusta Y. M. C. A., Walter Hunter, general secretary. Coincident with the arrival of the troops at Camp Hancock the Augusta association inaugurated a campaign for $15,000 for the purpose of improv ing the building and enlarging the equipment, particularly the shower bath facilities. The campaign was very successful and a result eight een new shower baths are in use. To enjoy a hot shower bath or a swim in the pool, a soldier needs noth ing more than his uniform. A small charge of five cents is made for towel and soap. That is all. The reading room, writing materials, piano and Victrola are at the service of the sol diers. Thousands of men from Pennsyl vania have been accommodated by the association. The building is located at Greene and Ninth streets. HON. LESLIE M. SHAW. Mr. Shaw, Spanish war governor of lowa and for five years secretary of the treasury under Theodore Roosevelt, gave two lectures in Y. M. C. A. tents on “The New Civilization.” In spite of a. fierce storm, the attendance was good, and the soldiers acquired much valuable inform ation. 13TH INFANTRY. Arrangements are being made by several prominent members of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry to put on an extensive entertainment in .conjuction with a band concert before the reor ganization separates the different com panies. Jim Flick of headquarters company appears to be the leading spirit and is being ably assisted by Sergeant McManus, Company C, who is linig up his quartet for the pro gram. Sergeant Roy Jones will ren der solos and will be an array of talent such as the division had seldom seen. Several boxing bouts and some wrestling will be included and Private Munn, of Company C, will do some fancy dancing and contortion work. An unofficial census of the regiment shows that there are seventy sets of brothers in tire organization. Company I, of Bloomsburg, holds the record with 14 sets, while Company F, s low with but one set. Company E has a record of its own. It has four boys from the one family, namely Leland Degroat, Maalen. Milo and Guy Degroat. Sev f er.al companies have three brothers en licted or commissioned. ; The census also shows that the , average age of the enlisted men is about 23 years and that over two-thirds of the men named their mothers as beneficiaries and as those to be noti fied in case of emergency. The band certainly got away with a bunch of eats at the Eagles blow-out in Augusta. Nearly every member won something in the door prizes and all of them happened to get eats. They had everything from sacks of flour to sweet potatoes and pineapple and there was some feed when they put the articles together. BOY OF 14ENLISTED INARMY DISCHARGED AT CAMP HANCOCK. A boy of 14 years falsified his age to the recruiting officers. Being a strapping big fellow and in prime physical condition, he was passed af ter examination and enlisted under an assumed name. After two months of soldiering, he grew tired of soldier life. He wrote to his mother who appealed to the Army Y. M. C. A, at Camp Hancock. A clear statement of the case, back ed by evidence, procured his discharge by the proper authorities. SO L DIE RS 7 READING ROOMS. 1— Augusta Herald Reading Room, Lamar Building, Eighth and Broad streets. 2 Knights of Columbus Club Rooms, 942 Broad street. 3 First Presbyterian Church, corner Seventh and Telfair streets. 4 First Baptist Church, 409 Eighth street. 5 Jewish Lodge Rooms, over King's Drug Store, Thirteenth and Broad streets. 6 Salvation Army, 183 Broad street. 7 First Christian Church, Seventh and Greene street, between Sev enth and Eighth street.s 9—St. John’s Methodist Church, Greene street, between Seventh and Eighth streets. 10—Masonic Club Rooms, Broad street, between Sixth and Eeventh streets. FAMOUS SURGEON VISITS CAMP. Captain W. Wayne Babcock, of Camp Jackson, and Lieut. Fred H. Bloomhardt, of Camp Jackson, both serving in the medical corps, were visitors to Camp Hancock recently. Capt. Babcock is one of the country’s leading surgeons and is famous for his researches in spinal anesthesia. Both gentlemen were greatly pleased with Camp Hancock. SOLDIERS GET SNAKES. Even though in a prohibition state, some soldiers have been seeing snakes near Camp Hancock. Charles Ko vitch, of Company B, Eighth Infantry, and Irving Keeny, of Company A, Eighth Infantry, exhibited two hand some specimens of the reptile creation at Y. M. C. A. building No. 79 recently. Kovitch had a black snake and Keeny, a bull snake. The bull defeated the black snake in a vicious fight and “His Bullship” trimmed a bulldog in an encounter. The snakes were caught alive in a cotton field near the Fourth Infantry. ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH MARCHING SONG. When Col. Brown of the One Hun dred and Ninth presented the regiment with the mounted eagle referred to elsewhere, the occasion was marked by the singing of a marching son, writ ten especially for the regiment (the First, of Philadelphia), by Charles W. Alexander, of the Quaker City. It Is sung tothe tune of “Onward Christian Soldiers.” Here it is: Forward, Woodrow Wilson. Forward, Woodrow Wilson, Parleys are no use — Wallop! Wallop! Wallop! Let the eagles loose! Let there be no halting— there be no truce — Wallop! Wallop! Wallop! Let the eagles loose! THRIFT IN CAMP HANCOCK. The receipts from sale of money orders at the Augusta postoffice during August were $19,000; during September (hey in creased to $112,000, almost sixfold. This is attributed almost wholly to the econo mies of the Pennsylvania soldier boys. The Y. M. C. A. buildings in camp are doing a rushing business in express money orders just after pay day. ENPOYABLE SING-SONGS. The Sunday afternoon community singing, under Mr. Tebbs’ direcUon has proved a great success and { Anding room is at a premium. The Chronicle said of his leading: "Professor Tebbs and his cheerful philosophy made a distinctive hit. Professor Tebbs is a splendid leader; fully in sympathy with his audience, and brings out their full co-operation in the singing.” Throughout the camp Mr. Tebbs has conducted these enjoyable sing-songs and they have been unusually succss ful with the soldiers. BAND CONCE RTsTn^AUG USTA. . The bands of the Seventh Division are co-operating with the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee and every Tuesday and Friday one of the regimental bands will give a concert at the Con federate monument. The concerts be gin at 7:30 and end at 8.45. Programs have been given by the Fourth, Eight eenth and Eighth bands and the bal ance of the October schedule is as follows: October 12, Thirteenth Infantry. October 16, Sixth Infantry. October 19, First Field Artillery. October 23, Second Field Artillery. October 26, Third Field Artillery. October 30, Tenth Infantry. APPRECIATE AUGLJSTA - ENTERTAINERS. Under the auspices of the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee groups of enter tainers from Augusta have visited the camp for the past three weeks and have given delightful programmes In the Y. M. C. A. tents. Mrs. Brenner, Mrs. J. P. Mulherin, Mrs. Battey, Mrs. Brand and Mrs. Eve are the patroness es and the programs given have scored great successes among the soldiers. RECEPTION TO OFFICERS. To celebrate Flag-Raising Day on Friday, October 12th, the Board of Commerce of Augusta has invited all officers at Camp Hancock to attend a reception and dance at the armory and great preparations are being made. It is expected that 1,000 officers will be present. A buffet supper will be served. NE WT R U CKCO MPAN Y. Truck Company No. 332 is being formed at Camp Hancock, with Capt. P. W. Greene .in charge. Captain Greene is stationed at Truck Company No. 21, near Wheless station, and will be pleased to receive applications for fifty young men. BAN OMANIATGR A NITEVILLE. After inspecting the big cotton mill at Graniteville, the band of the 108th Field Artillery were given a feast in Hickman Hall, the social center, and then treated the townfolk to a delight ful concert. Special Attraction! For Camp Hancock Soldiers Only! Red Triangle Program The Mikado MMBMHamMHMnwKK sßOMtaKmoDmaßMHamKiaD Gilbert & Sullivan's Tuneful Japanese Opera. Operatic Soloists Chorus of 25. esaNHMauMNMavm In the Big Chautauqua Tent Between Camp Postoffice and Wrightsboro Road. Admission . . . 25c Auspices Army Y.M.C.A. T onight and Thursday 1000 SEATS Page 7