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Oct. 24, 1917.
WAR COST OF KILLING ONE MAN EQUALS COST OF ONE AIR
PLANE.
.. According to Klegin, it takes $15,000 worth of barrage fire to
kill one man; and it costs $17,000 to build a war plane, one of which
is equal to almost a regiment on the ground. Each aeroplane can.
carry 800 pounds of explosive.
"The aeroplane,” he states, “is undoubtedly the most effective
war weapon. Remember this when Georges Carpentier comes to
town.”
The money raised through the exhibition bouts which Georges
Carpentier plans to give in the U. S. during 1918 will be handled by
a committee which must prove satisfactory to the French govern
ment. The funds collected will be spent in America for American
made war planes which will be sent to the Allied front as rapidly as
they can be turned out.
Dds YOU WANT A ROOM FOR
YOUR WIFE?
Trench and Camp will be glad to
start a classified column for the
benefit of the officers and enlisted
men who desire rooms or board for
their wives or families.
Some men have had considerable
difficulty finding places reasonable in
price, and if Trench and Camp can
be of any assistance, we are at your
service. Here is a suggested ad:
WANTED: OFFICER WISHES ROOM
and board for wife in private fam
ily. Address Lieut. John Doe, 500th
Infant-y. Camp Hancock.
WANTED: ENLISTED MAN DE
sires room for three people for
limited time; rates must be reason
able. Address Private Henry Smith,
15th Field Artillery, Camp Hancock.
If you lose something or wish to
get in touch with a friend whom you
know to be in the camp, but do not
know what command he is in, the
following may be of service:
WANTED: SERGT. HENRY DOE,
Co. C, 155th Infantry, desires to
meet Private William Jones, whose
home is in Scranton.
MAY GET EARLY SERVICE.
(Scranton Republican).
Lieut. Charles V- Underwood, in
charge of Liberty Loan subscriptions
in the regiment, announced that the
total subscriptions to the second issue
amounted to approximately thirty-one
thousand dollars.
Pennsylvania soldiers will probably
be the first of the national guard di-,
visions to be sent across the water
according to information that leaks out
from division headquarters. This be
lief is based on the fact that with the
exception of the Rainbow Division, now
in camp on- Long Island, the men of
the-28th division are farther along with
the work of training than any other
militia outfit in the service.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, of
Pennsylvania, is soon to visit the boys
from his state. Bis coming, the an-
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TRENCH AND CAMP
ticipated arrival, of seven French of
ficers to instruct the men in the mod
ern methods of killing the hated Huns
and the probable beginning of artil
lery and rifle firing has stirred the
boys of the 28th division with a zeal
of becoming proficient fighters and
demons of death. The governor’s visit
is scheduled for the last of October or
the first of November. A review cf
the troops is one of the big events
planned for him.
Aside from th® unfortunate mishaps
in the reorganization the division has
gone steadily performing its part in
the war department’s training schedule.
It is now on its fifth week and has
started from the Very foundation. It
has gradually assimilated many of the
modern methods of warfare and is ac
quiring both skill and organization
every day. The Twenty-eighth, with
the exception of the Rainbow division,
which started its schedule much earl
ier, is the farthest ahead of any train
ing camp in the country.
tedd'FToses an eye.
It has just become known that Colonel
Theodore Rocsevelt, who is finishing a
fornight’s training at a rest camp near
Stamford, Conn., is minus one eye. Here
is his statement:
“I don’t think many persons knew
this,” he said, “but the fact is I was
having a lively bout one day in the White
House gymnasium. with husky captain of
artillery when he crossed me with a hard
right swing and landed on my left eye.
The punch broke some of the Jdood ves
sels of the eye and I haven’t seen from
it since.”
JOKE FACTORY
theTluffer.
Gen. Goethals said in Washington not
long ago:
“The new German chancellor’s demand
for a peace of victory Is bluff, pure bluff.
It reminds me of a Panama canal dig
ger—only the digger’s bluff was more
amusing.
“This digger! who called himself the
Mississippi Whale, claimed to be the
champion long-distance swimmer of the
Canal zone. His claim was disputed by
the Georgia Submarine, and finally a
match was arranged between the two
men.
“The Submarine turned up at the ap
pointed time and place in the usual
swimming trunks and goggles, but the
Whale turned up with a large oil-stove
strapped on his back, while in water
proof packets around his neck there were
arranged bread and bacon, sugar and
coffee, flour, lard and other eatables.
“The Mississippi Whale with his equip
ment of provision looked in astonishment
at the empty-handed Georgia Subma
rine.
“ ‘Whar’s yo’ vittles?’ he demanded.
“ ‘Vittles? What I want vittles so,?” the
Submarine stammered.
“ ‘Say,’ said the Whale, ‘don’t you ask
me fo’ nothin’ on the way ovah. Mah
fust stop is San Francisco, an’ mah sec
ond stop’s Japan.’ ” —Washington Star.
“On the train the other day a private
sat with his tunic unbuttoned, for the
temperature was high. A sergeant strode
up to him and said:
“ ‘Button up the tunic! Did you never
hear of by-law 217. subsection D? I’m
Sergt. Jabez Winterbottom!’
“A gentleman in the seat behind
tapped the sergeant sternly on the
shoulder.
“ ‘How dare you issue orders with a
pipe in your mouth?’ he asked. ‘Go
home and read paragraph 174, section M,
part 9. I am Maj. Eustace Carroll.’
“Here a gentleman with a drooping
white mustache interposed from the
other side of the aisle:
“ ‘lf Major Carroll,’ he said coldly,
‘will consult by-law 31 of section K, he
will learn that to reprimand a sergeant
in the presence of a private .is an of
fense net light to be overlooked.’ ”
SOME DEFENSE.
A had borrowed a kettle from B and
upon returning it was sued by B because
it had a large hole which rendered it un
serviceable. His defense was this:
“In the first place, I never borrowed
any kettle from B; secondly, the kettle
had a hole in it when I borrowed it;
thirdly, the kettle was iri perfect condi
tion when I returned it.”
no Tapprehension.
“So Crimson Gulch has gone for prohi
bition.”
“That’s what it has,” replied Broncho
Bob.
"Isn’t it going to drive some of the
old topers to desperation?”
“Not a chance. • What’s the good of
desperation if there ain’t no drink for it
to drive you to?” —Exchange.
THeTeFFECT.
One clubman was telling another of his
experience with a book written by still
another member. “Do you know,” said
the first member, “that I picked up his
book last night and that I never budged
out of my chair until 4 o’clock this morn
in/;!” “Heavens!” exclaimed the second
m/ mber. “Was it that interesting?” "No,
bi t I didn’t wake until that hour.”—The
Lamb.
SUGGESTIONS WANTED.
Have you a suggestion as to how
Trench and Camp might be im
proved? Is there any feature you
would like to see established? It is
the hope of the publishers to make
Trench and Camp of interest to every
man in Camp Hancock. What can
we do for you?
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Dessert
Grape Nut Pudding Vanilla Sauce
Coffee Tea Milk
Ice Tea
SPECIAL
Norfolk Oysters on Half Shell, J dozen,
25c; one dozen, 50c.
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