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Nov. 21, 191 V.
FROM WILLIAM BOYO, Y. M. 0, A. SECRETARY
IN THE HOLY LA ND '
ou would have smiled to see your
humble son leading a miniature caravan
oi three beasts and three natives going
to the wells- for H.O. If you had seen
us coming down Broadway, no doubt it
would have seemed fumjier yet, but, of
cour'-e, out here it is nothing, as you
may see literally thousands passing all
day long. We go to the wells, the camels
are made to kneel down by a series of
hissing sounds made by the boys, and the
fantasies are. then filled by means of
small Iffcnd pumps and we are then ready
to proceed homeward with our precious
liquid.
Didn’t go to .church this A. M., as the
nearest church is probably some hundred
miles away, that is, to our rear; we don’t
know what is in front of us yet. How
ever, I did the next best thing. They say
that cleanliness is next to godliness.”
Failing the one. I pursued the other with
great energy. 1 not only washed the
man but the wherewithal the man Je
clothed. The process is very simple. You
take a basin of water and a little soap,
go anywhere you like, in front of the Y.
M. canteen, outside your dugout, strip
off your shirt, shorts and sox, all that
style requires out here, and set to. Hun
dreds may pass by while you are pro
ceeding with this very necessary per
formance without so'mtjch as noticing
you, because they all do it in about the
same way. In fact, I was stopped once
while applying the lather vigorously to
wait on a chap at the canteen. When he
had gone I “carried on” as before. When
most of the outer layer is removed, you
then dry youi'self and rub off another
layer or two with the towel. This hav
ing been completed, you put your few
clothes in the same basin you have just
finished your own bath in. and scrub away
at them for a while. It would be a waste
of precious water to use fresh, so this
otherwise uncanny idea of unclean water
must be dispensed with. After your
clothes have been hung up to dry, you
may perhaps have, a shave in the same
water, and when this is completed you
generally throw it away. Os course, the
more finicky would shave first and then
wash and launder, but you can suit your
self as to' the order you pursue.
Os course, all the Work is along the
Palestine front. You may or may not
know what part of Palestine wc are in,
but to give you a faint idea will say that
we are now in the same fields of wild
grass through which Sampson chased the
wild foxes some 4,000 years ago. We are
not, however, as yet in the city whose
gates Samson removed and carried on his
back some twenty miles across the sand,
depositing them in another city, to the
great glee and amusement of the inhabit
ants thereof. Nor have I seen the bar
ber shop in which Samson had his bait
cut, through the smiles and taunts of that
fair Palestinian damsel who disgraced
and forced him to do the work of a cow
or a camel, the grinding of corn for many
a long day. I have been trying to find
the above mentioned barber shop, for I
am badly in need of a haircut, not having
had one for a month. But 1 have search
ed the desert paths for many a day with
out success. Although my strength is
not increasing with the added hair. 1
would be glad to hate it removed for
comfort’s, sake.
Perhaps the best Y. M. dugout at any
front is one of those which I am now
looking after, erected during the admin
istration of my predecessor about 200
yards behind the trenches. This is a dou
ble roomed affair, built entirely under
ground and lined with a double wall of
sand bags. One of the rooms is a can
teen, one side of which has an open win
dow in its through which the various ar
ticles of consumption are passed to the
purchasers, who come down a long slop-
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TRENCH AND CAMP
ing passageway in front. When served
they pass u>i another similar passage and
out into daylight again. The roof is lined
with steel sheeting and then covered with
a layer of sand bags, making the whole
fairly safe. The either is a reading and
writing room, entered from the afore
mentioned passage at the side of the can
teen. The whole place was built for us
by the Royal Engineers and is a model of
workmanship. Our other canteens are
mere holes in the ground with a tarpaulin
top, but they serve the purpose intended
admirably well.
Perhaps the ones in the trenches, or
those who go over the parapet, are the
only ones who come closer to danger than
ourselves. Bits of shrapnel fall almost
daily on one or the.other of our dugouts
and several times pieces have sizzed bv as
I was out on field work. Stray bullets
singing by are of everyday occurrence.
However, all of ns have been spared so
Mess
Sergeants
If you would be popu
lar with your troop, get
them
Kenny’s High
Grade Coffee
and
Kenny’s Che-on
Tea.
C.D. Kenny Co.
976 Broad St. Phone 601.
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BOLYARD’S
BARBER
SHOP
221 Bth St.
A modern shop
with 12 experi
enced Barbers
and efficient ser
vice.
Located on Jack
son street, below
Genesta Hotel.
No advance in
prices.
Open until 9 ev
ery evening and
until 11:30 on
Saturdays.
Expert Manicur
ing.
You would en
joy being worked
on here.
far with one exception.
I wrote you of Bill Sunt several times
He went to the hospital with dysentery,
and I took up his work while he'was laid
up. He kept getting worse and worse.
One of the secretaries rode up on his
horse yesterday to tell me he had “passed
on. ’ Bill lived in East Liverpool, Ohio,
was a Rhodes scholar from Kenyon Uni
versity and had been away from horn
three years, one and a half of which was
spent in Y. M. work in Egypt.
artilleryTaW hits
The chief amusement at the artillery
range, where the 108th has been for the
-past week, was surfacing a new or an old
solution to the time-worn question,
“Where do we go from here, boys?”
“We are going to Phillie,” certified in
formation.
“We are going to a coast town, pre
paraj.ory to sailing for France—absolute
ly no question about it.”
“Nothing doing! Inside information
buy a copy of
HISTORIC AUGUSTA
Read it. Keep, it for reference, and send a copy
to your friend. Price 25c.
„ A. W. DELLQUEST BOOK CO., Publishers.
Leonard Building. 213-215 Seventh St. Augusta, Ga.
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Ycu Can Make Your Tent More Comfortable
If You Cover The Floor With
Siu sky’s Rubber Roofing
It will add warmth to the tent, keep out the dampness,
cold winds and insects. It will be more than a carpet to
your floor. The cost is small—the comfort great. $1.25
per roll of 108 square feet, including nails for applying,
delivered at the camp. Call Phone 100 and we will de
liver it to you.
David Slusky & Son
1009 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA.
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Camp Hancock Soldiers
ATTENTION!!
We beg to announce that we are prepared to take
care of your wants in anything electrical. We are es
pecially featuring, for your approval, the following
things:
TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENTS, FLASH
LIGHTS, BATTERIES AND MANY OTHER
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
We are an independent firm, sell closer than many
other places of the same kind, and can therefore offer
you much better prices.
NEW HOME ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING
COMPANY
857 Vs Broad St. Augusta, Ga. Phene 1000.
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says Camp Hancock all winter.”
■'Border work—saw communication to
that effect over officer’s shoulder.”
“As soon as we qualify.” (Percentages
shot up 20 points ten minutes after this
report.)
Every night, aiuny camp fires were
found among the batteries, with lots of
singing and string music. The band was
on the job, too, at headquarters, but oh.
you sub-conscious strain, ’ Where Do We
Go From Here, Boys?”
Postlude.
It is said with authority that while
Sergeant Dixon was sitting on the target
taking motion pictures of the bursting
shells, the colored man who drove his
car was behind a tree praying with
shells bursting all around.
A Soldier's Philosophy.
There is only one thing to do and that
is to make the best of it, as Mike said
when he fell overboard 1.000 miles from
shore and was being attacked by sharks.
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