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SAND SHOTS FROM
112TH REGIMENT
Regimental Drill Great Spec
tacle. Heavy Downpour Does
Not Spoil Movies.
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Spectacular to an interesting degree,
the first regimental drill conducted by the
112th Regiment on Saturday morning
proved a great success. It was con
ducted under the personal direction of
Colonel George C. Rickards and for two
hours the entire regiment, in company
formation, was maneuvered, not only
over the regular drill field north of the
Wrightsboro road, but the one to the
south as well. When the companies
wgre deployed into line, the units formed
a Solid barrier from Pennsylvania avenue
to the field hospital—presenting a won
derful spectacle and one that was af
forded for the first time since the regi
ment came South.
Friday evening two-thirds of the regi
ment attended a moving picture exhibi
tion, “The Nations at War,” being films
taken by Count de Bouche while he was
traveling in the belligerent countries as
a represenattive of the South American
newspaper I’Argentina. Though every
one of the many scenes in the war-rid
den countries was interesting, the night
photograph of a Zeppelin attack on Ron
don, the opening battle of anti-aircraft
guns and the plunge of the 'monster to
earth, like a spent rocket', furnished the
real thrill.
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Every unit was mustered for pay on
Friday, Nov. ,30th, and the fellows, with
pocketbooks long since are hop
ing that this week will find them replen
ished. Allotments, Liberty Bonds and
insurance are cutting heavily into the
S3O income and economy is becoming the
watchword through necessity. -
Major Benjamin R. Williams of the
• judge advocate’s reserve corps, formerly
in command of Company L, received word
at noon Friday that hadi been ap
pointed assistant judge advocate at Spar
tanburg, S. C., the training'eamp of the
New York national guard troops, and left
for there on Sunday, carrying with him
the best wishes of all officers and men
of tne 112th Regiment. It was hard to
say good-bye to a man who was so gene
rally liked and who was so able a com
pany commander
Captain John J. Bretz, formerly of the
old Bth Regiment, .is now in command of
Company L. His tent was erected a few
days ago, and he is as much on the job
as if he hadibeen here for more than a
month.
Speaking to one of the companies at
the gas mask lecture on Friday, the cap
tain, acting as instructor, warned the
men against picture-taking in camp.
"You men know that you are forbidden
to take pictures of any government prop
erty, and hereafter any films developed
down town which contain such pictures
will be sent immediately to Division
Headquarters and the amateur photo
grapher will be up for court martial.”
That shows that the war business is be
ginning to hit Camp Hancock.
The splendid health of Camp Hancock
and especially that of the boys in the
112th Regiment, continues to be a topic
for gratification among the offiers of this
outfit.
“Where do we go from here?” may well
be the popular refrain among the 112th
fellows now, with the announcement that
the Rainbow Division is "over there” and
other national guard units are to fol
low just as soon a stransportation is
available. Speculation on the date of
departure, however, is out of the ques
tion now and won’t be permitted at ab
even when facts are available, if indeed
they ever are.
. Roast turkey, mashed potatoes or
sweets, plenty of stuffing, cranberry
sauce, celery, mince pie, coffee, olives,
and in some cases ide cream and fruit
cake—that was the splendid menu pro
vided by each and every company of the
112th Regiment for its soldier boys on
Thanksgiving Day—a feast fit for the
trimmest fighting man, and one that sur
passed in many respects the Thanksgiv
ing feast that some fellows would have
had at-home were they in civilian life.
“We wouldn’t have had turkey this year,
you can bet,” remarked one private,
"especially at the price they were ask
ing for birds back home.”
Thanksgiving produced the oddest type
of weather any holiday could offer —
rain, sunshine, warmth and cold, and the
same thing all aver again..
Lieut. John F. Graff, Jr., popular first
lieutenant of Company K, has been ap
pointed new judge aduncate of the 56th
Brigade, succeeding Major Benjamin R.
Williams, of Butler, recently promoted
to the judge advocate’s division of the
reserve corps. Lieutenant Graff. who is
at the head of the athletic affairs for
the fellows in the 112th Regiment, is now
busy receiving the congratulations of of
ficers and men alike.
The mail orderlies had a rough dav of
it on Thanksgiving, handling more than
120 sacks of second class matter. There
were three solidly packed express cars
which pulled into the Augusta station
shortly before 1 o’clock that afternoon,
and it took fourteen of the big army
trucks to haul that load to the camp
postoffice. The mail o rderlies got on the
job early in the morning and it was
after 7 before thev were through. The
force for the 112th Regiment includes:
Sergeant Clvde Davis of Erie Corporais
Warren Brakeman and Chester Small oi
Oil City, and Cornoral Ralph Boyersmitb
of Meadeville. They deserve a great
deal of credit for the systematic way in
which they are handling the 'mall.
A splendid regimental parade, one of
the finest of /•ecent weeks, was held on
the drill field late Wednesday afternoon.
It seemed altogether fitting and proper
that such a review should be conducted
, just before Thanksgiving. l lt was late
in starting and for that reason the last
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TRENCH AND CAMP
Trench and Camp Offers Prizes of
$5. $3 and $1 for Article,
“Why We Ate At War”
Trench and Camp wishes to find out what reasons
the soldiers at Camp Hancock have for the United States
entering the world war. If you want to express your
ideas and pick up a little coin to help buy that Christmas
present, here’s your chance.
'French and Camp offers three prizes for the first
three best articles of not more than 300 words each, on
the subject:
“WHY WS ARE AT WAR.”
Why ’are we at war? What are we preparing for?
Why did you fellows enlist? What are you going to do
when you get “over there?” These questions may stim
ulate your thinking apparatus.
Remember, the articles must not be more than 300
words and Only enlisted men are eligible to compete for
the prizes. Write on one side of the paper only. If
you can have it typewritten, so much the better for the
editor and judges.
ARTICLES MUST BE IN THE HANDS OF THE
EDITOR OF TRENCH AND CAMP NOT LATER THAN
DECEMBER 12th. The winners will be announced in
the issue of December 19th.
“Speak now or forever hold your peace!” Do not
put it. off! Get a sheet of Y. M. C. A. paper right away
and go after it. The judges will be announced next
week. Here are the prizes:
FIRST PRIZE—SS.OO IN CASH.
SECOND PRIZE—S3.OO IN CASH.
THIRD PRIZE—SI.OO IN CASH.
In addition to the winning articles, as many others
will be published as space will permit.
Send or address articles to Editor Trench and Camp,
Administration Building, Army Y. M. C. A., Camp Han
cock.
companies, as they passed Colonel Rick
ards and his staff, were almost swallowed
up in the dust and the darkness. Lines
were straight and showed a noticeable
improvement over the platoon lines of
th ve or four weeks ago.
"People back home: send your Christ
mas packages early.” That is the cry
that is going up, as the 112th Regiment’s
mail grows heavier and heavier every
day, and the fellows are having a pretty
rough time of it keeping it caught up.
There was a football game nearly every
minute on Thanksgiving, and perhaps the
most interesting of the many that were
played was the last one In the after
noon, etween B of the 112 th and H of the
llltln ending in a tie, 0-0.
The new buildings constituting the cor
ral, the new fences surrounding them
and improvement of conditions along,
shower bath row certainly have made the
northern edge of the 112th’s camp an ar
tractive place. The Supply Company’s
men and those o nspeciai detail are still
building roads, and more are being con
structed in that vicinity.
WARBLJNGS FROM
AMBULANCE CO. NO. 3
The boys are wondering why "Happy
Cy Demto” has stopped writing for the
Intelligencio.
They say the boys have changed a
great deal here. It certainly must be
true, for Private Doll sent a photograph
of himself to his wife-to-be and she
wrote back asking who the gentleman
was on the photo.
Private Parker is very proud of his
hair. It is now two inches long,.
Turner and Schaffner have two fine
looking girls in Augusta, but what about
the girls back in Pennsylvania. Schaff
ner still sihgs the praises, however, of
his northern beauty.
~~ NOTICE
Shall We Have a Princeton
Alumni Association?
All Princeton Alumni and undergrad
uates are invited to an informal meet
*?. e held in Y - M - c - A - Building
No <7, Saturday evening, December 15th,
1917, at 7:30 p. m.
There are many “Sons of Old Nassau”
in Camp Hancock. Let us get together
ana became acquainted renewing the
spirit of old Princeton. At this meeting
we will consider plans for forming an
organization if it seems practical. Gome
on fellows, show some pep, and keep
Saturday evening, December 15th open,
BAKER AT CAMP JACKSON.
Secretary of War Baker visited
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., a few
days ago.
TOTAL ENLISTED MEN.
The total enlistments with accept
ances in the army since April 1, 1917
have been 260,479. The navy had a
total of 151,688 enlisted men on Nov.
26th.
110TH PLANNING—]
FOR CHRISTMAS
Will Have Regimental Christ
mas Tree. Singing of Carols
and Presents for Men.
Relatives and friends of the One Hun
dred and Tenth Infantry in Pennsylvania
are co-operating to make the Christmas
celebration of the One Hundred and
Tenth a great and glorious success. In
each town from which the regiment is
recruited, organizations are being formed
to assist the Christmas celebration by
cash contributions, so that each man in
the regiment' may be remembered uni
formly. . ~
In a letter to Mrs. W. C. Montgomery,
chairman of the Home Presents Commit
tee of Augusta, Ga„ Chaplain Schall, of
the One Hundred and Tenth, explains
how the regiment expects to celebrate the
great holiday:
"My Dear Mrs. Montgomery,:
" Yo '}£ inquiry concerning the plans for
the Christmas entertainment for the
members of the One Hundred and Tenth
Infantry and the things necessary to pro
mote those plans successfully received. I
am glad to infor myou of my desires and
will greatly appreciate any assistance you
are able to enlist in carrying them into
execution.
In general my plan is to promote a
Christmas entertainment which will help
to convince the soldiers of the fact that
they are not forgotten by the friends at
home and insure a jcelebration that will
make the season a happy one for them.
The details are as follows: A regimental
Chnstmas tree located at a central point
within the camp, a Christmas ceremony
with the siging of carols and other fea
tures of an inspiring character, and a
distribution of gifts a.t which each man of
the regiment is to -be made the recipient
of a present from the friends back at the
home station.
“I have seen the list of presents pro
posed by you and assure you that the
articles named will be most acceptable.
"Wishing you every success in your ef
to en '* st the co-operation of friends
at home, and assuring you that those ef
forts will be greatly appreciated, I am,
“Very sincerely yours,
"CHARLES SCHALL,
Nov.'2o, 1917.”
Captain and Chaplain, 110th Inf.,
* Camp Hancock. Augusta. Ga.,
The example of the One Hundred and
Tenth Infantry will surely be followed by
other regiments and it looks as though
Christmas at Casnp Hancock will be a
royal affair.
A wild bull almost got Wilttam J.
Bryan a few days ago in Arizona. Wil
liam beat the bull 16 to 1 in racing for
a sheltering mosquite tree. He was
unhurt but lost part of his suit in his
flight. The censor will not permit us
to state what part of his suit is miss
ing.
Dec. 5, 1917.
SPECIAL CAR FOR
. THANKSGIVING GIFTS
109th Infantry Receives 1,000
Packages from Philadelphia.
Chaplain Futcher in Demand
for Weddings.
After the customary pleasure and hap
piness of Thanksgiving, the regiment has
once more settled down to the work nec
essary to carry on the intensive training
which is essential before going into serv
ice on foreign soil.
Chaplain Futcher seems to be gaining
popularity in marriage and baptism cere
monies. He performed the marriage
ceremony of Joseph J. Shedaker of Com
pany C, and Miss Mamie Koscharek of
hiladelphia, at the regimental service on
Sunday morning, Nov. 18, and of Bugler
James T. League, Company D, and Miss
Lenora A. Renting of Philadelphia were
married in the Chaplain’s tent on Thurs
day, Nov. 22.
Baptizes Child.
On Stfhday, Nov. 25, the Chaplain bap
tized William Taylor Gammons, the in
fant son of Sergt. William T. and Mrs.
Margaret P. Gammons. Sergt. Gammons
is a member of Company E, of this regi
ment. The platform on this occasion was
beautifully decorated in the crimson, gold
and brown tints of autumn oak leaves.
Y. M. C. A. Minister Baptizes.
The men of the regiment greatly en
joyed hearing teh address on “The Rights
of the Child,” given by Rev. William B.
Berg, pastor of the Second Congrega
tional Church of Philadelphia. Rev. Berg
also baptised Joy Dorothy Van Horn
Mueller, the infant son of Corporal Ray
mond W. dnd Mrs. Ida B. Mueller. Cor
poral Mueller is a member of Headquart
ers Company and Mrs. Mueller is a mem
ber of Rev. Berg’s congregation in Phila
delphia.
Thanksgiving Service.
A very elaborate program was pre
pared for Thanksgiving Day service, but
on account of the storm it was postponed
until the following Sunday (Dec. 2nd). It
included the reading of President Wil
son’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, a sim
ilar proclamation issued by Brig. Gen.
Stillwell; address. “America and the
War,” by Capt. C. P. Futcher, chaplain,
also patriotic hymns and music by the
band.
Special Car for Packages.
zThe personnel service bureau of the
home defense committee of Philadelphia
provided a special car to carry the
Thanksgiving packages to men of Phila
delphia from their friends. The work was
carried out under teh direction of Mrs. M.
L. Woodruff, who is a great friend of
Philadelphia soldiers. She was one of the
main factors in the raising of the "Sol
diers Leisure Hour Fund.” The car was
consigned to Capt. Futcher. It contained
about 1.000 packages, each of which was
delivered to the man presenting a card , r
bearing the package number on it.
-the
lar armv ration when- they sat down % ear ;
W nksgiving dinner. The tables ‘
most of t(, o were set up beautr tt
tifully. It was a pleasing sight to 100 “ A
upon them, but it was much more pleas
ing to sit down and "dig in.”
AMBULANCECOIO. 2
ENJOYS FINE DINNER
Wedding Ceremony Followed
by Entertainment. Entire
'Company Out for Marriage.
There Are two times in a year that
every man looks forward to with great
interest. These two occasions are
Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas din
ner. Our Thanksgiving dinner was one
that could not be passed by and have
nothing said regarding it. Anyone who
who will scan the following menu will
certainly agree that it is very tempting.
Turkey Turkey Filling Cranberry Sauce
Corn Peas Dressing
Turnips
Nuts Figs Grapes
Apples Raisins Oranges
Mince and Apple Pie.
We had as guests Sergeants Kelly and
Robinson, of the British army.
The climax to the day came with the
announcement that Corporal Nelson Smith
and Miss Clara Mary Gillis were to be
married Saturday evening. The marriage
ceremony was performed in our mess
hail Saturday evening at 7:30, Rev. Gro
ton, of Augusta, officiating. The bride
was given away in marriage by her
father. Private First Class Lewis W.
Eldridge, a close friend of the groom,
acted as best man. The hall was artistic
ally decorated with pine tops, cones and
bunting. Refreshments were served af
ter the ceremony. The tables were dec
orated -with white roses.
An entertainment was after
wards by the men. Sergeant First Class
Bopp and Sergeant Dawson sang in their
usual pleasing manner. Privates Drago’s
orchestra played several selections! A
feature of the entertainment were ' the
Polish, Italian and- Scotch songs given
by Niczoorski, Drago and Skene, in their
order.
' Among the invited guests were Colonel
Turner and wife, major Smith and wife
Captain McGinnis and wife, Lieut. Rpss
and wife, Lieut. Gerhart and wife,
Lieut. Lynch. Lieut. Webster and wife.
Sergeant First Class McGinnis and wife.
Corporal Seifert, Sergeant Cripps, Pri
vate First Class Eldridge, Mr. and Mrs.
R. P. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. D. Gillis, Mrs.
Partridge, Mr. and Mrs. Skinner, Mr. Rae
and daughter. The entire company at
tended the wedding.
Sunday afternoon our soccer team de
feated the crack team of the One Hun
dred and Tenth Infantry, score 4-0. The
Rugby team defeated Ambulance Co. No.
3, score 6-0.
Mayor-elect Hylan, of New York City
announces he will bar all $7 banquets
in the interest of food conservation.