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B CBMSE!9BBa3£3 In fl ' V 'IPkP v Ci \X> \V' 4 v v*’ V ■ V i*} • ■g, I IQi i SAND SHOTS FROM 112TH REGIMENT Franklin Man Supervises Vote of Regiment. Band Concert on Sunday Splendid Success. Frank E. Lcmcke, of Franklin, Pa., ar rived in camp on Sunday afternoon and immediately set the wheels in motion for taking the soldier vote of the entire 112th Regiment on Tuesday. He acknowledged that the task of counting the ballots was going to be a difficult one, in view of the fact that every soldiers had to write in the name of the candidates for whom he is voting. The Franklin man, whn is mechanical superintendent of the Even ing News Printing Company, js delighted with Camp Hancock, and only regrets that his visit among the boys is to be so short. His report must be in Harris burg within ten days after the election. Another of those splendid Sunday aft ernoon band concerts, for which the 112th Regimental Band is fast becoming noted, drew a large crowd to Pennsylvania ave nue, within the proximity of regimental headquarters, between 3 and 4 o’clock last Sunday. Scores of Augustans were present and liberally applauded the band buys for their fine rendition of she eight or nine numbers on the program. At Colonel Rickards' suggestion, clerks in the office prepared typewritten programs for the visitors, a courtesy that was greatly appreciated. John Surra, noted vocalist of the headquarters company, scored another successful hit, with “Good- Bye Broadway, Hello France.” There were plenty of ball games on the 112th Regiment’s drill field throughout Sunday. Immediately following church ‘ ervices, Company A defeated company C at. football 40 to 0, and this in the after noon followed up this gridiron victory with a baseball triumph from the same organization, defeating C 9 to 1. The < raekerjack football teams of Companies B and I) played a tie game, not a score being made on either side. It is esti mated that at least GOO persons, many of them from Augusta, saw this, whirlwind battle. The Kittanning boys are glad that Lieutenant Carl Tinstman, whose shoul der was hurt in a football scrimmage sev eral weeks ago, is once more able to be bark at duty arid is no longer confined to the base hospital. Owing to the fact that the regimental orders prohibit the use of the conical squad tent stoves until an adequate sup ply of fuel is available, a number of the company squads have purchased oil stoves for their tents, and they are doing fine work in heating the tents these frosty mornings. Fewer than a dozen men fell out on the longest hike the boys of the 112th Regi ment have yet participated in—the long march south from the regimental camp site last Thursday. The entire distance was 16.2 miles, and the boys stood up under the test in great fashion. A num ber of companies proudly announced the next day that none of their men fell out, hut there were few organizations where the boys didn’t feel the effects of the long hike and complained of stiff limbs or sore feet for the next 24 hours. But they knew it was all in the game, and took it good-naturedly Now they are ready for another long hike whenever the word is passed. Saturday of this week marks the. end of the second month of camp life, and brings home closer than ever to the boys the knowledge that they are in a game that means business from the very start. The assignment of men to the bomb school at Division Headquarters only em phasizes that no time is to be long in training the boys at Camp Hancock in the most modern methods of trench warfare. Those who have been assigned to the bombing school, conducted under the di rection of Captain Carl Uller, 337th In fantry. French Army, are: First Battalion —lst Lieut. Gus I. *%nies. Company B; Ist Lt. Clifford R. .Tourdet, Company A; Sgt. Leroy Uetersen, Company C: Sgt. H. F. Eshbaugh, Company D. Second Bat talion—Lt, H. R. McCluskey, Company E; Lt. John V. Mahoney, Company H; Sgt. Eugene Emery. Company F: Sgt. Burekeil, Company G. Third Battalion— —lst Lieut. Gus I. Knies. Company B; cent Welch, Company M; Sgt. Charles E. Kryder, Company K, and Sgt. M. AV. For ster, Company L. Even with the increase in the price of postage from two cents to three, ef fective last Friday, the mail orderlies at headquarters reported there has been no let-up in the great volume of mail, out going and incoming. “Girls will keep on writing love letters just the same.” said one fellow, while another added: “And so will we follows, you can bet.” The fellows in the 56th Brigade are of the belief they have one of the nicest Y. M. C. A. buildings in camp, since No 76 has been completed, given a coat of green paint, adorned with white trim mings and curtains placed in the win dows. Certainly it could hardly be more home-like than it is at the present time. Every night the attendance is over th? 500 mark, and during the Sunday serv ices the building is packed. Last Sunday morning it is estimated that more than 700 soldier boys packed the building to hear Chaplain Willis Hall deliver his Sun day sermon. Added features were: A beautiful solo by Mrs. Charles Rowe, for merly Miss Rheta Rodgers, of Oil City, and wife of the Top Sergeant of the Headquarters Company; a violin solo by Major Olmes, of Oil City, who used to have an orchestra of his own back in the days now gone, and a solo by Private Caldwell, a feature that was" certainly worthwhile. “Over the top, and at ’em.” That’s the regular program practically every day, for several hours least, at the 112th camp. The boys, with bayonets gripped securely, rush down the slope, leap into the trench es, take a stab on the prone dummies, leap out, take a fresh rush and then stab away at the dummies on the gallows, which have been considerably dobbed up by would-be artists. Many of these bear the names of "Villa,” “Kaiser” and other Page 2 SIDELIGHTS ON BOYS FROM PENNSYLVANIA TRENCH AND CAMP “Imperial dignitaries” that the boys in haki haeve been after at one time or an other. The installation of hot water heaters in the bath houses is about the most wel come piece of news any soldier boy can desire, and the hope goes up that they’ll be in operation before this week is out. The arrival of sidewalls, front walls and boad floors for the tents, as well as green shades for each squad light, are among the thoughtful improvements that Uncle Sam slipped into the hands of the 112th Regiment boys during the past week. No moving picture show ever played to more appreciative spectators than that which is given weekly at Y. M. C. A. building 76. There were so many sol dier boys present. last Friday evening that all of them could not get in the build ing. The clerks at Regimental Headquarters as well as those of each of the companies, have just passed through the busiest week since the southland was reached. This was due to the signing and making out of pay-rolls, the transfer of 84 draft ees from the old 13th regiment and the designation of 165 men and their transfer to the 109th Machine Gun Battalion. 70 PER CENTTSIDIERS BUY LIBERTY BONDS Camp Hancock Subscribes for $1,490,550. Interesting Facts. Camp Hancock soldiers subscribed for $1,450,550 worth of Liberty Loan bonds, which was $52.04 per capita. The total amount throughout the entire country, taken by officers, enlisted men and per manent employes, was $89,000,000. An average per capita of $76.86 for.the en tire army, and an average for the sub scribers of $113.25. Seventy per cent of the entire army subscribed for the bond. The per capita amount taken by national army camps was $58.72, while that of the National Guard camps was $59.18. We give below the total amount sub scribed by each camp, and the per capita value of the bond taken by each soldier in these camps: A mount Per Subscribed. Capita. Camp Cody ...$2,300,000 SIIO.BB Camp Meade 1,697,800 89.39 Camp Custer 1.389,750 81.80 Camp Kearney 1,256,550 80.44 Camp Greene 1,359,000 71.12 Camp Tavlor 1,732,850 64.69 Camp Grant 1,900,200 64.46 Camp Lee 1,783,250 63.95 Camp Wadsworth .... 1,861.850 63.83 Camp McArthur 1,842,700 62.97 Camp Sherman 1.500.000 62.49 Camp Upton 1,781,850 62.25 Camp Shelby 1,349,500 61.73 Camp Devens 1,865,800 60.31 Camp Dix 1,231,400 . 59.75 Camp Funston 1,809.650 ■ 57.74 Camp Pike 1,208,850 57.22 Camp Dodge 1.310,000 56.42 Camp Doniphen 1,310.400. 55.94 Camp Serier 1,382,950 52.37 Camp Hancock 1,490,550 52.04 Camp Bowie 1,151,000 51.55 Camp Beauregard .... 794.950 50.10 Camp Travis 1,469.600 49.24 Camp Jackson 672,900 46.71 Camp McClellan 1,068,800 44.97 Camp Logan 964,8’00 43.28 Camp Gordon 718,400 42.38 Camp Lewis 1,248,600 32.50 Camp Wheeler 617,200 32.50 $3,750,000YE! NG “raised TO MAINTAIN MORALE War Camp Community Recrea tion Fund Will Benefit Sol diers When They Go to Towns. A nation-wide campaign is on this week for the raising of $3,750,000 by the. War Camp Community Service, the money to be spent in the cities at camps and can tonments, to provide recreational facili ties and clean amusement, as well as to preserve the morale of the troops. President Wilson, Secretaries Baker and Daniels endorse the campaign and the following statement has been issued rela tive to the work to be undertaken: “In the first place,” says the state ment, "the proper community reception of the American soldier and sailor will make them more efficient fighting men. "Stronger national spirit will be de veloped in the men because of the feeling that American people, having taken them into their homes, hearts, having enter tained them, are expecting nothing less than the best feom them. "The communities around the training camps and the communities from which the men have come and to which they will return after the war, will be the gainers by War Camp Communitv Serv ice, which will help to keep the men clean in body, mind and spirit, substituting all ■sorts of good club, home and social en tertainment to take the place of harm ful influences to many of the men might fall prey. “To carry on this extensive work at all army, navy and marine camps and posts throunghout tire United States there is neeted a fund of $3,750,000. The leisure hour activities of the men when they remain in camp is well taken care of by the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Colomhus and other organizations. But the men leave, camp whenever they get opport un-. ity ‘to go to town,’ for the monotony of camp life soon grows wearisome, and they need a change; if they did not get it they would soon grow stale. The work of the War Camp Community Service is to look out for the welfare of the men when they are outside camp, to see that they have clean clubs and plenty of other good places to go; and when they return to camp instead of being made, unfit for sei vice, they are keener in spirit and more desirous of serving Am erica because of the way in which they have been received by the American peo ple.” HALLOWE’EN AT FIELD BAKERY Hallowe’en was celebrated by mem bers of this organization just as If they were at home. The party was a huge success in every way. There were many visitors and soldiers present who, outside of the show', moving pic tures and eats, were greatly impressed by the Bohemian favors which were hand-painted by four bakers, formerly inhabitants of .Greenwich village. Out side of the regular routine of Hal lowe’en paintings, the .subjects of the “oils” were centered around a big nose, a moustache, a whistle, and an imaginary officer —christened Lieut. Hook. There were also many lettered sayings in old English script, such as “Odervise,” “Plow' de Vissel” and oth ers too numerous to mention. There is soon to be a military funeral at Camp Hancock. Baker Claire Cryt zer has announced his intention to commit matrimony. Capt. Mueller will present him with a wedding cake drap ed in black crepe. The peroxide twins have been at it again. Limie and Lemons had better look to their laurels. A tragedy was barely averted a cou ple of days ago. Big Chief Minehaha challenged one of the pale faces to a duel to be fought w'ith tomahawks and bow's and arrows, but after consider able coaxing he consented to ..battle w’ith mud-pies. A certain general of the Twenty eighth Division recently stated that he would like to see the eyes of the men black and blue. Looking at this as an order and not wishing to disappoint the general, Private Moffo has done the desired act and now looks upon himself as a martyr. “Good Luck, Boys, Give Them Hell!” American Troops Display Great Spirit in Going to the Front Line Trenches News dispatches, from American headquarters in France-state that the spirit of the men entering,the front line trenches in France is splendid. The men go along singing and return singing, w’hen they are a sufficient dis tance from the trenches. “Good luck, boys. Give them hell if they start anything.” “Thanks! We’ll do it. Tell them to have a good hot fire going at village when we get back.” It was a low-toned conversation be tween in and out going American bat talions taking lessons in trench war fare by actual experience. This is the spirit of the American soldiers as they go to and from the firing lines to battle with the Bodies. The first battalions, having complet ed the given period of training in ac tual battle, moved silently out of the trendies on a certain moonlight night. The raturn march was over frozen ground and was marked only by the sudden encountering of other Ameri can battalions en route to the trendies and distinguishable the French only by the shape of their li?**<.23. There were few other exchanges. The returning ones were tired and muddy, but thoroughly happy. libertYloan “bonds IN CAMP HANCOCK We have referred elsewhere to the large amount of money subscribed in the various national army and national guard camps for the second Liberty loan. It will be of interest to our readers to know the value of the bonds purchased by each unit at Camp Han cock. The official lists follows: 109th 1nfantry..5145,450.00 110th Infantry 160,400.00 111th Infantry 258.800.00 112th Infantry .. .. 112,300.00 4th Infantry and Machine Gun Battalion .. 75,750.00 3rd Infantry 44,300.00 13th Infantry 27,800.00 Sth Infantry 86,750.00 107th Field Artillery 65,750.00 108th Field Artillery 76,650.00 109th Field Artillery 118,050.00 Ist Cavalry 74,160.00 103rd Engineers 28,000.00 103rd Sanitary Train 39,550.00 103rd Ammunition Train .. . 34,650.00 103rd Signal Battalion .. ~ 28,450.00 103rd Supply Train 16.000.00 Military Police_ 8,200.00 103rd Field Bakery 4,600.00 ■headquarters Troops .. .. 4.400.00 53rd Depot Brigade 24,350.00 In addition to these the headquarters of .the 53rd field artillery brigade, sub scribed $2,600, and headquarters of the 55 th Brigade subscribed $5,500. BOMBINGIxPERYi HERE Captain Carl W. Ullern, of the 337th French Infantry, who wears the Legion of Honor, the French War Cross, the Serbian War Cross and the Croix de GueF re, has arrived in Camp Hancock and has already begun classes in bombing. Cap tain Ullern speaks English fluently and his knowledge of trench warfare will be of great value in the training of the Penn sylvania troops. Nov. 7, 191/. STITCHES FROM AMBULANCE CORPS On October 31st, the One Hundred and Eleventh Ambulance Company held a very enjoyable and home-like Hal low'e’en party. The mess hall was artistically decorated with pumpkins, autumn oak branches and pines. The stage was set off by a large American flag as a background. Lieutenant Compton acted as toastmaster. Pump kin pie, cider, apples, grapes, and nuts were served. The evening w>as spent in informal talks, recitations, read ings, music, comedy skits and jigs. The company’s tw’o comedians, Mur phy and Dembo, as usual, made a big hit. The entire company was present and were honored by the presence of officers of the battalion, and some of their wives. We are glad to report that all units supplied with Army Y. M. C. A. ath letic equipment, in charge of the ath letic officers, are making full use iof the equipment, at off times. Many games of playground baseball, quoits, and volley ball are being played in company streets. Medicine balls are very popular with- the officers. If you want your football field or company streets rolled, put in a request at the administration building of the Army Y. M. C. A. for one of the rollers. One weighs five tons and the other 800 pounds. Tell us which you want. We are indebted to the ladies of the Williamsport Chapter of the Red Cross for six comfort kits which were distributed to members of the Army Y. M. C. A. force who plan for work in France. Needless to say, these kits are very much appreciated, containing as they do, post cards, letter paper, en velopes, safety pins, tooth brush and paste, trench mirror, sewing material, laces, etc. Y. mcTaZin PRISON CAMPS Ambassador Gerard Describes Work Done Among Prisoners Near Berlin. . In his recent book, “My Four Years in Germany,” Ambassador Janies AV. Gerard tells of the work of the Y.‘ M. C- A. in Ger man prisoner of war camps: : As I have said in a previous chapter, I was ridiculed in the American newspa pers because 1 had suggested, in answer to a cable of the League of Mercy, that some work should be done for the pris oners of war. I do not know whether the great work undertaken by Dr. John R. Mott and his associates was suggested by my answer or not—that does not matter. But this work, undertaken by the American Y. M. C. A., certainly mattered a great deal to the prisoners of war in Europe. Doctor Mott, after serving on the Mexican Commis sion, has gone to Russia as a member of the commission to that country. The Y. M. C. A- organization, headed bv Dr. Mott, who was most ably assist ed by the Rev. Archibald C. Harte, took up this work, which was financed, I have been told, by Mrs. Medill McCormick, of Chicago, Cleveland H. Dodge, John D. Rockefeller and others. Mr. Harte ob tained permission from the German au thorities for the erection of- meeting halls and for work in German camps. When he had obtained this authorization from Germany he went to Russia, where lie was able to got a similar authorization. At first, jn Russia, as I have heard, the prisoners of war were allowed great lib erty and lived unguarded in Siberian vil lages, where they obtained milk, bread, butter, eggs and honey a tvery reason able rates. As the war went on they were more and more confined to barracks, and there their situation was sad indeed. In the winter season it is dark at 3 in the afternoon and remains dark until 10 the following morning Os course, 1 did not see the Russian prison camps. The work carried on there was similar to that carried on in the German ramus by Mr. Harte and his band of devoted as sistants. I was particularly interested in this work, because I hoped that the aid given to the German prisoners of war in Rus sia would help to do away with the great hate and prejudice against - Americans in Gernjany. So I did all I could not only to forward Mr. Harte’s work, but to sug gest and organize the sending of the ex pedition of nurses and doctors, whirl) I have already described, to the Russian camps. Os course. Mr. Harte, in this work did not attempt to cover all the prison camps in Germany. He did much to help the mental and physical conditions of the prisoners in Ruhleben. the English civilian camp, near Berlin. The American Y. M. C. A. built a great hall, where religious exercises were held, plays and lectures given, and where prisoners had a good place to read and write in during the day. A library was established in this building. The work carried on b ythc Y M. C. A. may be briefly described as coming under the following heads: Religious activities, educational activities, work shops and gardens, physical exercises and outdoor sports, diet kitchens for con valescents, libraries and music, includ ing orchestras, choruses and the like. Commands M. G. Battalions Major Robert W. Vail, of the old 13th Infantry, has been transferred to the command of the 108th Machine Gun Bat talion. and Major John W. Fees, of the old Third Infantry, will command the 109th Machine Gun Battalion. Both bat talions were formerly part of the old» Fourth Infantry. Additional copies of this issue of Trench and Camp may be had at any Y. M. C. A. building.