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Nov. 14, 1917.
Fhaplain Wanted
To Cuss Water
’T was at an early hour on a recent
norning. Everyone knows that it was
hilly. Strange noises were heard
■manating from one of the bath
louses near a brigade headquarters.
5o strange and weird were these that
hey attracted the attention of passers-
"O-o-o L-o-o-o-ord e-e-e-; O-o-o-o
--;-e-eee,” went the sound. And they
were oft repeated .and with increasing
vehemence.
"Something’s happening in there,
sure,” exclaimed one of the by-stand
?rs to another. “O-o-o-o-o My-y-y-y
--e-e-e,” came from within.
“Let’s go see,” the two outsiders ex
claimed in unison. “Let’s,” said the
other.
A cautious approach was made. A
head peeked, around the door. And lo;
it was the chaplain taking a shower.
He -was enveloped in the spray from
the aherhead shower and he was shak
ing so that he splashed water in every
direction.
“Lawd a mercy, let me get out of
this,” he cried, and forhwith came out.
“Oh, excuse me,” he said, as he caught
sight of the two wondering invest
igators. “I didn’t know there was any
one present.”
“We just came to investigate.
Thought someone was getting mur
dered,” he was told. “Is there any
thing we can do for you ?”
"Yes, there is, since you have men
tioned it,” was the ready response,
“just run outside and cuss cold water
for me. I can’t express myself as I
would like to." —Camp Shelby Trench
and Camp.
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COMRADES JEER HIM
Captain Notices Incident and
Promotes Soldier. Comrades
Punished.
Does it pay to pray in the army?
There are seven lads, at least, at Camp
Meade who think it does now.
There is a certain little fellow in
camp who dropped to his knees every
night before he got under the covers to
“square himself” with God before he
passed into slumberland. And in the
morning, when reveille was sounded,
he swung over the side of his cot,
landed on his knees, and thanked the
Great Maker again for his country and
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asked Him to guide his footsteps dur
ing the day.
Comrades Hoot Him.
•Strange as it might seem, this little
fellow, George Eckhardt of Baltimore,
was the object of criticism and “hoots”
from seven of his comrades who had
cots near his in one of the barracks.
It was the same story every night and
the same story every morning for a
while.
“Where do you get that stuff?”
“Ask Him to get you exempted.”
“Cut it out.”
These were some of the many things
jeeringly shouted at the little fellow
every night and every morning. He
only smiled, and, instead of being dis
couraged as one might expect, the lit
tle fellow added a prayer for those
who mocked his faith in God.
Captain Watches and Listens.
The captain of the company heard
of the affair and he made it has busi
ness to watch and listen. For three
nights he observed the same condi
tion of ridicule in which the little
fellow was placed. On the third night
he broke in upon them.
The seven were told a thing or two,
deprived of all liberty for thirty days,
and given extra duty as punishment.
Turning to the little fellow on his
knees, the captain said:
“I shall recommend, Private Eck
hardt that you be made first sergeant
of this company,” and he walked from
the barracks.
The regimental commander approved
the recommendation and the little fel
low is now' the “topper.”
27,500,000 Against
10,600,000 Foe
At least 38,000,000 men are bearing
arms in the war —27,500,000 on the side
of the world allies and 10,000,000 on
the side of the central powers, accord
ing to latest war department compila
tions from published reports in various
countries. These figures do not in
clude naval personnel strength, which
would raise the total several millions.
Against Germany’s 7,000,000, Aus
tria's 3,000,000, Turkey’s 300,000, and
Bulgaria’s 300,0, are arrayed the fol
lowing armed forces:
Russia, 9,000,000: France, 6,000,000;
Great Britain, 5,000.0(10; Japan, 300,000;
United States more than 1,000,000;
China, 541,000; Rumania, 320,000; Ser
bia, 300,000; Belgium, 300,000; Greece,
.300,000; Portugal, 200,000; Montene
gro, 40,000; Siam, 36,000; Cuba, 11,000,
and Liberia, 400. San Marino and
Panama also have small forces under
arms.
“Makes Soldiers
Feel Comfortable”
Editor Philadelphia Bulletin:
A period of nine days has been des
ignated from November 11 to 19, in
clusive, in which the American Y. M.
C. A. is planning to raise $35,000,000.
The Y. M. C. A. is bound to get it,
unless American generosity takes a
step backward, which is impossible.
Wherever the American uniform is dis
cernable, the olive grey uniforms of
the Y. M. C. A. are beside it doing their
bit. They are found on the eastern
front as well as in France, and it will
not be long before the American forces
will make it possible for them to es
tablish their buildings on the eastern
side of the Rhine. Helping them
financially will make this possible.
Surely if our boys in the army and
navy and these Y. M. C. A. secretaries
have sacrificed all of the comforts of
home to respond to our country’s call,
then at least the people in civilian life
could help by contributing to the Y. M.
C. A. War Work Council which is do
ing its best to make the boys comfort
able and to make them feel at home
during their leisure hours.
Boost the plan.
Give your financial support and suc
cess is inevitable.
LOUIS GEIBEL.
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., Nov.
8, 1917.
PLATOdiTomCERS"
TO_SELECT MEN
Applications for Officers’
Training Camps Should Be
Made Before Dec. Ist.
Officers’ Training Schools are to be held
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in various centers, beginning with Jan
uary 5, 1918, and an order from Wash
ington urges enlisted men, if they so de
sire, to make application to their im
mediate commanding officers before De
cember first.
The plan in brief is as follows:
Each platoon commander will, not later
than November 24th. select a group of his
men who may possibly qualify for the Of
ficers’ Training Schools. Perhaps one
fifth of his men will be thus selected. The
qualifications to be considered in making
the choice are, commanding presence,
strong voice, loyalty, capacity for leader
ship, and a high degree of intelligence.
Next, not later than December 22nd, the
company or battery commander taking
into account his own knowledge of the
men and their educational and occupa
tional history, as his records show, will
select, not to exceed 10 per cent, of the
men in his unit, to be passed on to the
general of the division for his final se
lection of approximately one and seven
tenths per cent, of the men of the divi
sion.
Therefore, any enlisted man desiring
to take the training at the Officers’ Train
ing Schools should apply at once to his
platoon commander in order to be assured
of consideration.
I LOVED YOU B~TTER
THAN YOU KNEW.
Our hands have clasped the last time ever,
Perhaps we’ll never meet again;
I loved you as 1 could no other—
This parting fills my heart with pain.
You ask, and freely I forgive you;
The happy past I can’t forget,
And though I wander on in sorrow,
I hope that you’ll be happy yet.
As through this weary world I wander,
My thoughts alone shall be of you;
In memory I shall see you ever— ~
■ I loved you better than you knew.
Perhaps when J am gone forever
You’ll sometimes sit and think of me,
And wonder if I’m dead or living;
Perhaps I’ll think the same of thee.
And when your friends have all departed—
The friends you thought were tried ana
true,
Remember one you left heart-broken,
Who loved you better than you knew.
—T. ,T. McCullough, Ist Co., 108th M. G, B.
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