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SIIIPENCH . ; ZZX THE AUGUSTA HERALD ™ Y.M.C.A. of the United States Edition for CAMP HANCOCK Augusta, Ga. THEIR HOME FOLKS Vol. 1. 1,000 DRAFT MEH ARRIVE AT CAMP Will Be Trained For Artillery, Engineers and Machine Gun Battalion. Assigned Tem porarily to Third, Sixth, Eighth and Thirteenth In fantry Regiments. At 11:15 yesterday morning, the first section of the special trains bearing the I,ooo,draft men from Camp Meade pulled into the union station and during the afternoon the remaining sections arrived. These men have been assigned to the Third, Sixth, Eighth and Thir teenth nfantry regiments, where they will be given a thorough course of traininig for some time. Subsequently, the drafted men will be transferred to the artillery, en gineers and machine gun battalions, in order to bring these units up to full war strength. Only the men who are fit in every respect will be transferred. This is the first increment of drafted men to arrive at Camp Hancock. No definite announcement can be made as to the arrival of additional increments. $200,000 SUBSCRIBED Camp Hancock Soldiers In vesting Pay in 4 Per Cent. Liberty Loan Bonds. Under the direction of Captain Churchman of the Division Headquar ters staff, and Lieutenant Frank of the Eighteenth Infantry, the Liberty Loan Campaign in Camp Hancock is making commendable progress and it is al ready assured that Camp Hancock will not be one whit behind the other cam pg and cantonments in this patriotic in vestment. Liberty Loan bonds are an excellent Investment for the soldiers and hun dreds of them are just beginning to realize it. One company alone has sub scribed SIO,OOO and others are nearing the mark. Few investment opportuni ties are offered at 4 per cent on such gilt-edged security as the United States government presents. At this writing, the total taken at Camp Hancock is more than $200,000. manOeOeserting Brigadier-General Price is authority for the statement that a number of men have deserted. . A batch of nine men who were absent without leave was brought to the camp yesterday, having been apprehended in a nearby town. These men will face a general courtmartial and will be deemed guilty of deserting unless they can prove their innocence. Many soldiers fail to realize the severe penalty attached to desertion in war time and it is certain that those found guilty will be dealt with in no uncertain measure. SOLDIERS CLUBS AND READING ROOMS 1— Augusta Herald Reading Room, Lamar Building, Eighth and Broad streets. 2 Knights of Columbus Club Rooms, 912 Broad street. 2 —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. C —Salvation Army. 1283 Broad street. 7Y. M. C. A. Building, corner Greene and Ninth streets. 8— First Christian Church, Seventh and Greene streets. 9 St. John’s Methodist Church, Greene street, between Seventh and Eighth streets. io—Masonic Club Rooms, Broad street, between Sixth and Seventh streets. OCTOBER, 17, 1917 REORGANIZATION Several Regiments Retain Identity But Men Transferred to Other Commands. In the reorganization of the 28th Di vision, several regiments have been merged and the necessary transfers of men and equipment began yesterday and will be completed today, according to a statement made by General Price. Here is the rearrangement: The old 10th Infantry will move to the quarters formerly occupied by the 3d Infantry. The Third Infantry will occupy the site” formerly occupied by the Fourth Infantry. The Fourth Infantry will be divided into three Machine Gun Battalions and will be assigned to the quarters form erly occupied by the 10th. The 13th Infantry remains intact, but most of the officers and men are trans ferred to the First Infantry. The Sth Infantry will retain its iden tity but most of the men are trans ferred to the 16th Infantry. The 6th Infanthy also retains its identity but most of the officers and men are transferred to the 18th In fantry. a corporaTviews” INTENSIVE DRILLING Ever so often “the Powers That Be,” in their infinite wisdom, decree some thing that must be carried out. At camp Hancock these same powers have de creed r. program of so-called “inten sive training.” To the civilian these two words mean spending life in camp and getting some pleasant exercise to make one strong and fit for service; but if you want to know what It means to the sol dier, ask any one of the 30,000 in the camp —but he’ll take a couple of hours to tell it. Work, as you probably have read, starts in the early morn in the army. The men go to it with a will and vim that is re markable and a boastful manner is evi dent when they tell of what they will do when they set the pace in a drill or short hike. The first hour usually puts a damper on the ardor and vim of all. The first “rest” is called when all men think minutes are hours, but some of the sturdier Sammies scorn to rest, pre ferring to stand in the middle of the pa rade ground and gossip. The drill is re sumed, and the pace begins to fag. The sun adds a number of calories, or candle power. or whatever it is that makes the sun bite through a flannel shirt and re duce the wearer to a pulp. Another short rest is given the men. This time ninety-nine and a half per, cent of them take advantage of it. This halt is marked by the speed with which everyone hastens to fling himself down to rest the now weary limbs. The water level in some of the men’s canteens (many men take their canteens along to drill) is also appreciably lowered, while sun dry feet begin to spread until they threat en to burst the shoes within which they are encased. At the command to “Fall In!” to re sume the drill, backs and knees are found to have stiffened, shoulders to have be come sore and feet to have grown ten der and sore, all during ten minutes. The pace now is much slower. At the next rest the officers are surrounded by be seeching groups, who limp ostentatiously orate wildly of shoe, galls and blisters and demand leave to fall out of Ibje and be excused from further drill that morning. The few lucky ones so favored limp out of ranks followed by the gibes of the rest who envy them immensely. It now grows harder to step forward. Every step gives the marcher a feeling that somebody is trying to hold his feet back and the sun sends new battalions into the charge; indeed, some fagged drillers swear they can see two suns dancing in the heavens. The noon halt affords a brief respite, but the afternoon is a re petition of the morning, intensified. C. FRED RITTER. Corporal, Supply Co. 4th Pa. Inf. Parade of Pennsylvanians Thrills Augusta Citizens Splendid Welcome Accorded Officers and Men of 23th Division —Great Demonstration at Flag Raising—Address by Major-General Duvall—Reception and Dance for Officers. Brigadier-General O’Neill Heads Parade. COLONEL RICHARDS INTEREST IN MEN With the first trench work since the soldier boys hit Southern sands on September 10th, the stage was being set Friday and Saturday for weeks of work in assaults and bomb attacks. A start was made on the trenches near our Y. M. C. A. building shortly after 1 o’clock and by nightfall good progress had been made. The fellows who are getting hardened to the work are look ing forward to this vigorous part of the program with intense interest. Band Leader Roy Miller today feels just a little bit prouder than ever of his splendid corps of musicians com posing the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment Band, since the triumph of Sunday -CUt-October 7. The pro gram the band presented at the Grand Theater, together with the selections by John Surra, Chester Miller. Miss Myrtis Tinsley and Miss Fannie Sewell was one of surpassing excellence. Originally planned to last a little more than an hour, successive encores drew it into An enjoyable entertainment that lastd from 4 to 6 o'clock. B and K companies both have well organized football teams and either one or the other had a game scheduled on Wednesday or Sunday of each week. K Company defeated K of the One Hundrd and Tenth on Sunday-, 41 to 0, and whipped B Company 7 to 0 on Wednesday afternoon. Every com pany in the outfit will soon have an eleven in the field. The boys of the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment have a warm spot for their commanding officer, Colonel Rickards* During the recent heavy storm which flooded a number of tents and did some slight damage to com pany streets, he made a tour of the camp with an old lantern to see that every soldier lad was made comfort able. Few officers would have been as thoukhtful, but it only goes toward proving what he told one unit before leaving home: “I expect to safeguard the interests of the boys in my regi ment as carefully as if each were my own son.” MASONS ORGANIZE LODGE AT SEA With the members wearing life pre servers and aprons at the same time, a lodge of Master Masons were organ ized on the steamship Sax'onia in the danger zone of the Atlantic a few weeks ago. The members came from many states and some were from Eng land and France. It was the most unique lodge ever organized in that respect. The ritual was conducted as smoothly as if in a Masonic Temple at home. The ceremony occurred August 19, and the lodge is known as Saxonla Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A. M. There has been some talk of erect ing a Masonic building in all camps and cantonments and the Masons at Camp Hancock would be delighted to have one erected. A goodly percentage of officers and enlisted men belong to the order and the members would be glad to avail themselves of a meeting place in the camp. SAVE THE PAPER! Soldiers at Camp Hancock are requested by the Y. M. C. A. to write on both sides of the station ery and to return to the counter all unused sheets. Waste not, want not! Last Friday afternoon, the citzens of Augusta and surrounding communities were given a military display such as it probably never witnessed in its his tory, when about 3,000 troops from the 28th Division at Camp Hancock, representing all arms of the service, paraded in the business district and passed in review before Major Gen eral William P. Duvall, commanding the Department of the Southeast, and Brigadier Generals Price, Logan, O’Neill and Stillwell, of Camp Han cock. Itwas part of the official welcome of the citizens of Augusta to the troops at Camp Hancock and also served as an incident in the flag-raising at Bar rett Plaza, where the review occurred. It was a great day for Augustans and the soldiers from Pennsylvania thrilled the patriots of the south by their mil itary bearing and martial display. “Lawd a massy," said one Georgian, near the writer, “if that am only 3,000 soldiers at Camp Hancock, whot would the whole division look like? Ah de clare it’s a wonderful sight.” As the artillery passed, the same man ob served: “Ma, dem fellahs could wipe Augusta off the map in no time with dem guns.” Order of Parade. Following was the order of the pa which swung down the south side of Broad street in platoon formation and crossing at Fifth street, marched down Telfair street to Barrett Plaza, where the reviewing stand was located: Company No. 1, Military Police, Capt. J. Clyde Milleer, commanding. Brig. Gen. C. T. O’Neill and staff. Fourth Infantry Band. Battalion of Engineers, Maj. James H. M. Andrews, commanding, consist ing of Companies A, B, and D, of the First Pennsylvania Engineers. Company B, Signal Corps, Capt. Thomas C. Rose, commanding. Thirteenth Infantry Band. Battalion of Infantry, Maj. George B. Corbin, commanding, consisting of Companies A and F, of the Fourth; Company Dr, of the Eighth and Com pany D, of the Thirteenth. Sanitary detachment, Maj. S. H. Heller, commanding. Machine gun battalion, consisting of one company each, from the Fourth, Eighth and Thirteenth regiments. Col. H. L. Turner, senior regimental commandeer of the artillery brigade, and staff. 108th Artillery Band, mounted. Battalion from 108th Field Artillery, Maj. Ewin St. John Greble, command ing, consisting of Batteries D, E, and F. War strength battery from 107th Field Artillery, Capt. S. A. Whittaker, commanding. 109th Artillery Band, mounted. Battalion from 109th Field Artillery, Maj. William J. Ravert, commanding, consisting of Batteries A, B, and C. Field kitchen. Eighth Infantry Band. Squadron of cavalry, Maj. J. F. Moore, commanding consisting of Troop H and Troop I, of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry. Profuse Decorations. Marching under a continuous suc cession of banners and bunting, stretching clear across Broad street, the troops presented an imposing and picturesque appearance. Applause was frequent along the line. The solid ranks of infantry, with rifles aslant toward the sky; the dashing cavalrymen, with chin straps down and sabres drawn, and the dare-devil artillerymen with arms folded, mounted on gun carriages and horses —all evcited the imagina tion of the spectators and gave thrill after thrill. One enthusiast exclaimed, he saw the 4.7 guns passing: “Man, 1f the kaiser only could see these Penn sylvania boys, he'd quit right now.” The Flag-Raising. Immediately after the parade, the (Continued on page five) iff JH W HA W •A. nn 1 I I e I 333 No. 2