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Nov. 7,1917.
WITH THE Y. M. C. A. AT CAMP HANCOCK
ENGLISH TEACHERS
WANTEDBYY.M.C.A.
Many Drafted Men Do Not
Speak or Understand Our
Language. Demand For
French at Building No. 75
Great. Checker Tournament.
BUILDING NO. 75.
(Serving Artillery Brigade. Ammuni
tion Train, Ambulance Corps, Field
Hospital, Motor Truck Companies and
Field Bakery).
Building Secretary—R. A. Spahr,
Sewickley, Pa,
Religious Work Director—A. B. Cur
ry. Jr., New York City.
Physical Work Director —F. W.
Prechtel. Lancaster, Pa.
Educational Work Director—J. A.
Brodhead, Cincinnati, O.
Assistant Secretary—-Harry P. Lunt,
Williamsport, Pa.
Assistant Secretary—-Harry E Bicks
ler, Missouri.
French.
. Demand for French is so great and
the number of available teachers so
few that it is impossible to provide for
.individual requests for French lessons.
Self help booklets can be provided to
■individuals. Otherwise, requests for
instruction can only be ronstdered
when coming from groups of twenty*
five men or more.
Movie Orchestra.
The rattling good comedy of Lew
Fields in Old Dutch on Friday night
was made doubly enjoyable by the ex
cellent music provided by an orchestra,
from the Ambulance Corps, composed
of Alphonse Durago, pianist; Vincent
Special,' guitar; John Sullaraay. bajt
jorine, arid Charles Phipps, first viol
lin.
Checkers.
AH men interested in a checker tour
nament are asked to give their names
and locations in camp 'to Secretary
Brodheah. or Sergeant Gardner of Bat-
E, 108th Field Artillery.- First
meeting of all interested to be held on
■Wednesday evening of this week at 8
o’clock.
Volunteers.
Volunteer teachers in English are
requested for the incoming draftees
who do not speak .or understand- or
dinary English. ■> material
and direction's fur teaching will be fur
nished.
Volunteer reporters are wanted for
Trench and Camp to furnish poetry,
write-ups and camp happenings of all
kinds. Leave at building.
Program for the Week.
Wednesday, 7:30 —Open night.
Thursday, 7:3o—Religious service.
Friday, 7: 30—Movies.
Saturday, 7:30 —Open night.
Sunday—Regimental services. 0:30
t. m., 108th F. A., Chaplain McFet
ridge at Y. M. C. A. No. 75. 107th F.
A.. Chaplain Peters; at lO.'.th F. A.,
Chaplain Farr; at Ammunition Train,
by Y. M. C. A.: at Motor Supply Train
and at Base Hospital, at 10 a. m., by
Y. M. C. A. 7:30 p. m., evening devo
tional services at Y. M. C. A. building.
Monday, 7:30 —Augusta cnetrtainers.
Tuesday, 7:30 —Movies.
Wednesday—Open night.
“They Take Care of
Us” Says Boy to
Father
Camp Hancock.
Dem Father:
Ju«t a word to let you know what
the Y. M. C. A. people are doing for
us. Every Monday and Thursday we
have novies, and the other evenings
we have talks or doings of some kind,
so that during our spare minutes, we
have only to turn to the Y. M. C. A.
and they take care of us —which is
mighty fine of them. Kindest regards
to all.
HOWARD M. TTANYEN,
Medical Department, 109 Infantry.
CAMP RELIGIOUS
WORK SECRETARY HERE
Rev. Thomas A. Wigginion. D.D., pas
tor of Broadway Presbyterian church,
Nashville. Tenn., arrived at Camp Han
cock yesterday, to assume the duties of
Camp'Religious Work Secretary with the
Army V. M. <’. A. Dr. Wigginton
has a three months’ leave of absence
fro mhis congregation and may serve for
a longer period. For the past nine years
fie has been pastor of the leading church
at Nashville and prior to his pastorate
there, was for eleven years pastor of the
lending Presbvterian church in Evansville.
Ind Dr. Wigginton is well qualified for
h's important work and will personally su
pervise the organization,, of Bible classes
and religious meetings throughput the
eamu co-operating with the religious
work secretaries already In the field. He
is prrntlv pleased with Camp Hancock.
Tn addition to his ministerial duties, he
is also instructor in the Biblical depart
ment of Vanderbilt University and asso
ciate ndUor of the Presbyterian Advance,
published at Nashville.
TRENCH AND CAMP'
ADMINISTRATION STAFF
Camp Secret.ry—E. Tomlinson.
Camp Religious Work Director—T. A. Willington.
Camp Educational Director—George B. Landin.
Associate Div. Athletic Director—Geo. R. Fleming.
Director of French Instruction- -Prof. I. L. Foster.
Camp Business Secretary—R. P. Zebiey.
Camp Musical Work Director—A. L. Tebbs.
Publicity Managei—J. Edgar Probyn.
Camp Stenographer—Frank W. Shriver.
Camp Motion Picture Expert—George Magarian.
Camp Property Man —P. A. McArthur.
OFFICERS AND MEN
STUDYING FRENCH
Y. M. C. A. Organizes Classes
in 56th Brigade. Sergt. Hum
bert Will Assist Prof. Foster.
Tableaux Please Men.
BUILDING NO. 76.
Serving the 56th Brigade, including
tilth and 112th regiments, and 107th,
108th and 109th Machine Gun Bat
talions.
Building Secretary—W. C. Timmons,
New York City.
Physical Director—B. C. Currie,
Punxsutawney, Pa.
Educational Secretary—O. K. Arm
strong, Springfield, Me.
Religious Work Secretary—ll. S.
Adams, Dayton, O.
Business " Secretary—E. Mcßride,
Nashville, Tenn.
All of the entertainments and relig
ious meetings of the past week have
been welt attended and thoroughly en
joyed. A record-breaking crowd pack
ed th ebuilding Wednesday night, and
were enetrtained by the Augusta enter
tainers under the leadership of Mrs.
Brand.
The program consisted of tableaux,
accompanied by musical selections. The
tableaux which represented “The Qua
ker Maids," accompanied by the song.
“There’s a. Quaker Girl in Quakei -
Town,” was the favorite of the even
ing, and was cheered again and again.
As one boy expressed it, “That’s Our
Song.”
The moving pictures were of especial
merit, and were thoroughly enjoyed.
The educational work has accom
plished the organization of French
Classes throughout the entire brigade,
both • for the ofifeers and the enlisted
men. The officers of the 111th regi
ment meet every Tuesday evening at 7
o'clock. The officers of the 112th reg
iment meet every Wednesday evening
at 8 o’clock.
Th enlisted men of both regiments
will meet Thursday evening at 7, in
their respective mess halls of Company
C. If the classes are so large as to
demand dividing, they will be divided
into classes representing the respective
battalions.
The t ffic -rs will be instructed by
Professor Foster, who is a very pro
ficient linguist and especially fitted to
teach French. He will bo assisted by
Sergeant Humbert, Company L, of the
112th.
Building No. 76 was unusually for
tunate in receiving a large consignment
of. books for circulation during the
week.’ They are the property of Com
pany B, 112th (of Meadville) but are
placed in the care of the Y. M. C. A.
for distribution. Lieut. Col. Gamble,
of Meadville, was the means of securing
this fine collection of books.
Secretary Adams, in charge of the
religious work, will preach at the Sun
day evening services in Building No.
76 next Sunday.
Program.
Monday, 7:30 —Lecture by Mr. Law
ton B. Evans.
Tuesday, 7:30 —Moving pictures and
sing song.
Wednesday, 7: 30 —Stunts night.
Thursday, 7:30 —Regular weekly re
ligious meeting. F. W. • Backenmeyer
and quartet.
Friday, 7:30 —Moving pictures and
sing song.
Saturday, 7:30 —Open house.
Sunday, 10 a. m. —112th regimental
service. Chaplain Bassler in charge.
3 p. m., Sunday school; 7:30 p. m., re
ligious meeting. Secretary Adams in
charge.
CLEVER PARODY SUNG
BY A LITTLE GIRL
When two of the pathfinders of the Y.
M. C- A. were touring middle Georgia,
a few days ago, their itinerary took them
to Dearing, where they were entertained
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Printup. Be
fore leaving, the little granddaughter.
Miss Sarah Printup, sang the following
parody on “Tipperary:”
It’s a hard thing to whip the Kaiser
It’s a hard thing to do;
It's a hard thing to whip the Kaiser,
And the Allies know it, too;
So good-bye, little Italy,
France and Russia, too;
No other nation can whip the Kaiser
But the Red, White and Blue.
These words were sung by the pathfind
ers at a public meeting in the Washing
ton Court House and made a big hit.
AUGUSTA TALENT
PLEASES SOLDIERS
Visitors From Augusta Find.
Attraction at Building No. 77.
Soldiers Do Stunts. Rev.
Berg Returns From Trip.
BUILDING NO. 77.
Building Secretary—R. C. Dobson.
St. Louis, Mo.
Religious Secretary—William Berg,
Philadelphia, Pa-
Physical Director—E. 11. Landis,
Dayton, Ohio.
Educational Secretary—G. P. War
field, Rockville, Md.
Assistant Secretary—W. E. Griffin,
Augusta, Ga.
One of the most gratifying incidents
of the pats week has been the large
number of visitors from Augusta who
have attended our program. On Mon
day night Miss Margaret Battle and
Miss Carolyn Brown entertained with
songs while they were accompanied by
Misses Helen and Marion Battle on the
piano and guitar. A large number of
our local friends Were in the audience
and remained for the movies. On Tues
day night a group ot these same friends
returned to see the boys perform.
Wednesday night Mrs. Eve brought
out a fine lot of entertainers and Au
gustans who made the evening very
pleasant. Mrs. George F. Lamback has
accepted the position of building moth
er and will head a committee of ladies
looking after the home touches in our
domicile.
On Tuesday night, many interesting
stunts w«re pulled off by the boys.
Kinder and Becker, No. 2, Military Po
lice, gave several vocal selections;
while Columbo Agostinni and two oth
< er Company D boys of the old Eighth
(Infantry, entertained with Italian opera
•sings. All present joined in singing
I popular songs led by Mr. Tebbs.
I Mr. E. G. Miller from “back home,”
j talked on “religion for a soldier” to a
good sized crowd, Wednesday night.
I After a good ringing song service on
I Sunday night Mr. Dobson spoke for a
few minutes on the first Psalm.
Our stove is now ready and we know
that heat will bring more happiness.
I Many improvements to our home are
I now under way; even our best friends
won't know us soon.
Mr. Berg comes back on Wednesday
from a two weeks’ trip in a Ford. He’ll
certainly appreciate our new quar
ters.
Company C, Engineers, has as a re
cent member Mr. Pile, formerly a music
teacher of note in Pottsville.
We are now receiving a large num
ber of current magazines on our ta
bles. Corne and Jpok them over.
Schedule of activities for week be
ginning November 7th:
Wednesday, 7:3o—Song service.
Thursday, 7:3o—Movies.
Friday, 6:4a—Lecture on French
with Cortina records in “Y.”
Saturday—“ Postal Writing Night to
Friends.”
Sunday, 7:3o—Song service.
Monday—Movies.
Tuesday, 7:3o—Stunt night.
110th Soldiers
Lose toY. M. C. A.
As a preliminary to the 1917 basket
ball season, the Augusta Y. M. C. A.
defeated a team representing the One
Hundred and Tenth Infantry at the
Augusta Y. M. C. A. last Friday night.
The soldier lads put up a game bat
tle but were outclassed by the speed
and weight of their opponents. Can
non made two field goals for the sol
diers, the score ending 43 to 7.
Following was the line-up:
Y. M. C. A. Soldiers.
Claussen (19.) Tobler
flight Forward.
Hester (6) Cannon (4)
1.-est Forward.
Bredenberg (18) Seymour (3)
Center.
White Kelly
Right Guard.
Sibley, Rhodes Zerbe
Left Guard.
Referee; Warren Moran.
Additional copies of this issue
of Trench and Camp may be
had at any Y. M. C. A. building.
MINSTREL SHOW
FRIDAY NIGHT
Men of Company C, 109th,
Will Give Glassy Performance
—Third Regiment Band As
sisting Programs. Bible Class
Increasing.
BUILDING NO. 79.
(Serving the 109th, 3rd and 13th Regi
ments.)
Building Secretary—William Milton
Religious Secretary—A. B. Currv Jr
Educational Secretary—J. Edgar Pro
byn.
Physical Secretary—George R. Tyson.
Assistant Secretary—Frank R. Hean.
Assistant Secretary—Luther D. Miller.
Assistant Secretary—Hubert N. Dukes.
Another week has gone by and 4,500
men have passed in and out of the build
ing, which is now virtually completed.
Night after night the building has been
filled with men and it is a certainty that
if the old Fourth or Third Regiments
were still intact, the secretarial force
would be swamped. The building would
be inadequate.
A careful estimate places the number
of letters written during the past .week
at 2.000.
Educational Secretary Probyn returned
from his pathfinding tour of Middle Geor
gia on Saturday morning, but his running
mate. Religious Director Curry, is still on
the job, lining up the Western Georgia
people for the sum of $500,000, to be raised
next week.
Probyn spoke in the churches at Dearing
on Sunday, telling the story of the Red
Triangle.
A number of drafted men are quartered
in the infirmary formerly belonging to the
fourth, and a number of the men are
musically inclined. They formed an or
chestra which did excellent service at
the movies Thursday night.
Several alumni of Girard College met
m the building on Friday night for the
purpose of forming a camp association.
Another meeting is planned for the near
future.
The Sunday afternoon Bible class was
conducted by Rev. Luther D. Miller, of
Greensburg, and it is gratifying to know
the attendance is increasing. Under the
direction of Rev. Miller, it is hoped to
establish classes in English for foreign
ers.
This Friday night a fine treat is in /
store. The boys of Co. C,To9th Infantry
have planned a minstrel show, which will
be given in our building. Twenty men
form the aggregation, of which Herman
Faber, formerly one of Philadelphia’s
leading violinists, is musical director. The
boys promise a show as good as Dock
stader’s or Field’s. No admission is to
be charged.
On Sunday night the religious service
was attended by 500 men. Rev. Miller
read the scripture lesson, following a song
service, led by Probyn. and Dr. Hess gave
a forceful talk on “Prophets of Righte
ousness.” The members of the old Third
Regiment Band, led by Antonio del Cam
po, played several selections. The men
oaP.E wit . h great s » irit such songs as
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder”
and “Brighten the Corner.”
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Brad
shaw, of Dearing, were visitors to the
budding on Sunday night and stayed for
the service.
This Week's Program.
Wednesday—Song service.
Thursday—Movies, assisted by Third
Regiment Band.
Friday—Minstrel show by company of
twenty from Co. C, 109th Infantry.
Saturday—Sing-song, led by T e bbs and
amateur stunts.
Sunday—Bible class at 2:30. Song serv
ice at 7:30.
Monday—Movies.
Tuesday—Augusta entertainers.
Through the courtesy of Bandmaster
Brinton, the Third Regiment Band will
play at the building from 7 until 7:30 ev
ery evening except Wednesday and Sat
urday. This service is appreciated great
ly by all.
AMERICAN Y. M. C. A. HUT
IN LONDON POPULAR
British Colonials Like Ragtime,
Boston Baked Beans and
United States Slang
London.—Ragtime music, Boston baked
beans and plain everyday United States
slang have made the new American
Young Men’s Christian Association hut
one of the most popular places in London.
Although it has been open only about six
weeks, there has ben an average of about
1,800 visitors a day.
Canadians, Australians and New Zea
landers apparently prefer the American
hut to their own. Owing to the compara
tively small number of American soldiers
and sailors in London thus far, the hut
has been patronized largely by the former.
The American Ambassador, Walter Hines
Page, and Mrs. Page, are said to have
been responsible for the introduction of
American cooking at the hut, and the
result has been electrifying. Several
wealthy American women resident in
London, have contributed many phono
graph records of popular American music,
and there is an atmosphere about the
place which is distinctly American.
American soldiers and sailors who still
find it difficult to acquaint themselves
with English money have recently been
hoarding “ciackers” (pennies) and ex*
changing them for silver coin at the hut.
It is said that its much as £2O in pennies
have been charged in a day.
Additional copies of this issue
of Trench and Camp may be
had at any Y, M. C. A. building.
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