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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- SEND— THE AUGUSTA HERALD With all the news of the Camp and the city’s happen ings, back to the home folks in Pennsylvania. 60 CENTS A MONTH. Sign and Mail the Coupon. THE AUGUSTA HERALD AUGUSTA, GA. Send The Augusta Herald months, for which I enclose (at the rate of 60 cents a month) to the following address: Name Street and No i City and State Kindly notify party that the paper is being sent with the compliments of the under signed. Name Co. and Regt Camp Hancock. 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. I 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. ma— —rwiimniMii mil i 111 ia 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. ■ •*'. 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. 4 4 4 MUSIC. DANCING. | 4 DINE and DANCE * T AT THE 4 4 SUBWAY . —— $ P L ACE OF EATS * * 4 HOMELIKE REFINED UNIQUE 4 • i Special Dinner Parties Catered J to. French Pastry. * 958 Broad Street I 4 4 4 \id: it it id kit it it it it it it it it it it it it kit it id: 'k A***AAA*A*aß 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. Page 15 I 1 MJ » fWf |- ; J® - I fill fe! lUul 0’ Prlpl jT us I 9 ’ mo 1 ‘ Em