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TRENCH AND CAMP
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ga.
EDITION, 12,000.
GEO. B. LANDIS 'and J. EDGAR
PROBYN, Editors.
Published gratis by THE HERALD
PUBLISHING CO., Augusta, Ga.
ISSUED EVERY V 2DNESDAY.
Vol I—Dec7sTl9l7.—No. 9.
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This edition of Trench and Camp
is limited to 12,000 copies. An
effort will be made to place one or
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If parties are desirous of other
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As the edition is limited to 12,000
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with it. Pass it on'to some other
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News items, personals, programs,
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD,
-Publishers of the Camp Hancock
Edition of Trench and Camp.
We are indebted to the Augusta
Chronicle for the clever cartoon by Cros
by in this issue, which is so character
istic in the Y. M. C. A. huts.
✓
WELCOME HOME!
Trench and Camp extends a cordial
welcome home to Major General
Charles M. Clement. _
More than six weeks have passed
sinee the good ship bore you safely
through the perils of the submarine
zone. .During that time, while you
have been studying war conditions
and methods of lighting, the work of
training the men at Camp Hancock
has gone on apace, and with excellent
results.
Your very presence gives confidence
to the 28,000 men whom you will lead
to victory “over there.” If you have
gone through the submarine zone twice
in perfect safety, it augurs well for
the crossing of the entire division. If
you can visit the trenches under shell
fire and come through unscathed -there
is every reason for each individual man
in the Twenty-eighth Division to come
through safely.
And so we greet you, glad you are
back to impart 'the benefit of your
observation and experience to the men
in your command. We have always
felt that the Pennsylvania’diytsion was
foremost in efficiency, and now we are
more confident than ever that not only
will our men enter the fray assured
of victory, but also that they will be
so well prepared to fight the Prussian
foe that the resultant casualties will be
as low as scientific and courageous
leadership can make them.
Welcome Home!
PRAISES CAMP.
In this issue, we print one-half of
the impressions of Camp Hancock by
Joseph H. Odell, special correspondent
of The Outlook, in which some com
plimentary things are said.
Mrs. Silas S. Neff, a woman promi
nent in the social and public life in
the City of Philadelphia writing on
this subject to the Public Ledger has
this to say:
“I was pleased to see in your paper
lately a statement regarding vice in the
different cantonments contradicted by
so notable a person as Bishop Rhine
lander. I have just returned from
Camp Hancock and can say of that
camp that I have never seen more or
derly, serious -minded, high-principled
young men than are assembled there.
■ As there are more than 30,000 of them
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I think one may safely judge of other
camps from this one. I have never
seen anywhere more manly behavior
whether on the street cars, in the town,
in hotels or in camp. Their gentle
manly manners and serious faces were
remarked by many like myself, who
were visiting some son or relative at
the camp.
“It seems as little as we can do to
give these sturdy sons who are offer
ing the supreme sacrifice for their
country, not only our love, sympathy
rnd encouragement, but their just
dues.”
This is high praise, men, but you de
serve every word of it. So say we all
of us! ,
Trench and Camp acknowledges the
receipt of several copies of a song, “In
France With Pershing.” composed by
Arthur H. McOwen, and dedicated to the
old First Regiment of Philadelphia, now
the 109:11 Infantry.
• * •
We commend to every soldier in Camp
Hancock the reading of the excellent ar
ticle in this issue by Rev. Dr. William
Milton Hess, on “Why We Are At War.”
Dr. Hess is thoroughly familiar with Ger
man psychology and philosophy, having
taught those subjects at Yale for several
years, and he has met personally the
leaders of Grman thought who from time
to time lectured “ht Yale. The article
is the result of many requests from sol
diers who have heard Dr. Hess in pub
lic utterances in the camp. It is con
cise," comprehensive and convincing.
We would respectfully refer to the late
lamented soul of William Shakespeare
the name of Byng. William said in his
writings many years pgo: “What’s in a
name?” No name in modern history is
quite so expressive as that of the British
general who surprised the Germans near
Cambrai. It’s up to the. United States
to go the British ond better by pro
ducing a Bang!
• • •
Except for the absence of those at
home, the celebration of Thanksgiving
at Camp Hancock was for many men
more elaborate than they would have
had at home. With regimental services;,
sports and entertainments at night all
over the camp, there was diversion for
all. And topping it all was the great
American Thanksgiving dinner, with tur
key, cranberries, sweet potatoes, corn,
mince pies, etc. Hundreds of men were
invited to private homes in and near
Augusta, and had it not been for the
morning inclemency, 1t would have been
a day fit for the gods. Not even the.
most chronic grumbler had a chance to
kick.
• • "«
French officers who have witnessed the
maneuvers and firing of the artillery
boys on the range have been astonished
at the dash ana daring of the men, no
less than their skill in marksmanship.
• • •
Byng! Bang! Biff!
• • •
All honor to the American engineers
in France, who when they were sur
prised in their railroad building near the
Cambrai front by the Germans, sought
cover in shell holes and securing rifles
fought alongside their British brethren
in-arms and helped stay the German ad
vance. Their coolness, courage and dis
cipline were praised in an official com
munication from the French government
♦ ♦ •
The young men who have given up
their lives to pneumonia at Camp Wheel
er arc as deserving of honor as any man
who .wears the uniform. They had to
fight a more insidious enemy than the
Prussians, with the chances against them
from the start. They have given their
lives for their country just as shicerely
as the men who die in the trenches.
» * »
Verdun has been repeated by the Itali
ans and it is a safe bet that the Ger
mans will realize again the dauntless
spirit exemplified by the French. “They
Shall Not Pass!” is the slogan of the al
lies on all the battlefronts.
SHRAPNEL
Great Britain has 900,000 pensioners
of war.
The age limit for recruits in the Marine
Corps has been reduced to 17 years.
The* countries at war with the Teuton
allies contain 75 per cent of the world’s
population.
It is predicted that within a month we
will all have to eat war bread made un
der a government formula.
The College of Forestry of Syracuse
University recommends the use of nuts
for food, during the stress of war.
Great Britain has been spending $7,-
000,000 a day in this country ,ince the
United States entered the war.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson says that the
death rate per annum in this war does
not exceed 5 per cent of the total num
ber engaged.
Society women of Sewickley, Pa., have
cancelled a concert-contract with Fritz
Kreisler because he is an Austrian offi
cer.
Sir, ‘Richard Cooper, in an address be
fore the British house of commons, de
clared that the German spy system in
Europe was more powerful than an armv
of 1,000.000 men.
It is estimated that the incendiary fires
of Germanic origin in this country since
America entered the war have caused
losses equivalent to the cost of providing
a year’s ratio.ns for 300,000 men.
A prominent German paper, complain
ing of the prohibitive prices charged to
farm workers, shows that socks costing
ten cents in peace times now cost $1
boots that cost $3 now cost S3O, and
women's aprons that formerly cost 30
cents now cost $3.
Curse the kaiser!
More than 10,000,000 pledged them
selves for food conservation. lowa
leads with 91 per cent of the homes in
that state holding food jrtedge cards.
CARRY ON
It’s easy to fight when everything’s right, *
And you’re mad with the thrill and the glory:
It’s easy to cheer when victory's near,
And you wallow in fields that are gory.
. It’s a different song when everything’s wrong,
When you’re feeling infernally mortal;
When it’s ten against one, and hope there is none,
Buck up, little soldier, and chortle:
Carry on! Carry on! Theie isn’t much punch in your blow.
You’re glaring and staring and hitting out blind;
You’re muddy and bloody, but never you mind,
Carry on! Carry on! You haven't the ghost of a show.
It’s looking like death, but while you’ve a breath,.
Carry on, my son! Carry on! \
And so in the strife of the battle of life
It’s easy to fight when you’re winning;
It’s easy to slave, and starve and be brave,
When the dawn of success is beginning.
But the man who can meet despair and defeat
With a cheer, there’s the man of God’s choosing;
The man who can fight to Heaven's own height
Is Die man who can fight when he’s losing.
Carry on! Carry on! Things never were looming so black;
But show that you haven’t a cowardly streak,
And though you’re unlucky you never are weak.
Carry on! Carry on! Brace up for another attack.
It’s looking like hell, but —you never can tell;
Carry on, old'man! Carry on!
There are some who drift out in the deserts of doul t
And some who in brutishness wallow;
There are others I Know, who in piety go,
i Because of a Heaven to follow.
But to labor with zest, and to give of your best.
For the sweetness and joy of the giving;
To help folks along with a hand and a song—•
Why, there’s the real sunshine of living.
Carry on! Carry on! Fight the good fight and t.ue-
Believe in your mission, greet life with a cheer;
There’s big work to do. and that’s why you are here.
Carry on! Carry on! Let the world be better for you;
And aj last when you die, let this be your cry:
Carry on, my soul! Carry on!
—Robert W. Service.
The Next Fall Os Jerusalem
An Editorial in The Augusta Chronicle
After the longest period of quietude
i i its turbulent history, the ancient city
< f Jerusalem is once more in the lime
-1 ght of history, and according to the lat
est dispatches it is now only a matter of
days before the British forces will take
possession of the city. For almost 800-
years the Crescent of the Moslem Empire
has floated over the ramparts of Jerusa
lem and the capture by the British will
again put it in possession of the Chris
tian people.
No other city now the center of in
terest in the great world-war compares
with it in the matter of historical lore.
It antedates all the great cities of the
world in its war records. No other city
or section, regardless of its experience,
has witnessed the travail of the world
with such dire results and bitter experi
ences as Jerusalem itself.
Even before Joshua led the Israelites
into Canaan, Jerusalem was regarded as
a military stronghold. The first record
of its participation in the great armed
struggles of man was when the Egyp
tians were forced to abandon jj to the
Jebusites, after which the Israelites came
i.i and captured the city from them.
From that time Jerusalem entered upon
its really prosperous career, but its most
notable progress began under the admin
istration of King David, who made it a
veritable fort; and with the accession of
King Solomon, art in the highest de
gree was developed under his administra
tion, making the city the center of ci
vilization. In addition to this Solomon
strengthened the forts and made the city
a greater and stronger military center.
After Solomon’e death, the rebellion led
by Jereboam proved successful in mov
ing the capital of Israel to Shechem, only
two tripes remaining faithful to Rehe
boam, King Solomon’s son; and taking
advantage of this fact Shiskak, King of
Egypt, sacked the city, pillaging King
Solomon’s Temple and taking most of the
treasures to the Kingdom of the Nile.
With an aroused wrath, the Judeans, .un
der the command of Amaziah, returned
to the aid of the city, retook it from
Egypt, and, in turn, Joshua of Israel
went up among the Judeans and captured
the city.
For three centuries there was a suc
cession of wars in which Jerusalem was
taken and' retaken a number of times,
suffering greatly and losing a part of its
glory, but all the time strengthening it
self from a military standpoint.
At this juncture the Assyrians at
tacked the city in a most determined way,
but this powerful nation failed in its ob
ject and the next great fall came when-
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, suc
ceeded in retaking it, destroying King
Solomon’s Temple and leveling the forts
For many centuries following this at
tack the city was veiled in darkness from
an historical standpoint, and its rehabili
tation was begun 445 years before the
Christian era by Nehemiah, who also un
dertook to complete the rebuilding of the
temple, which had been started at some
prior date?
After another century of peace had
been experienced, (hiring which time the
city was greatly developed, Alexander
the Gggat overran the surrounding coun
try. In order to escape destruction, the
gates of the city were thrown open to his
hosts, but he left the inhabitants in
peaceful possession.
Twelve years later, in 320 B. C., Ptol
emy I, of Egypt, took the city, destroying
njany of its fortifications and damaging
the second temple, after which, however
restoration was again started. Jerusa
lem was not destined to enjoy peace, and
it again fell victim to the invader. This
time. Antiochius Epiphanes, of the Asia
tic dynasty of Seleucid, ravaged the citv
more completely than at any time in its
history, iq the year 168 B. C. He then
proceeded to make it an important town
of a new type, constructing new fortifica
tions and putting a Greek garrison in
charge of the military administration of
the city. After a long period of subjec- i
tion of rebellion was started and Jeru
salem was wrested from its holders and .
L/ec. 5, 1917.
this time, by the Maccabees, who pro
ceeded with its development.
However, its progress was not long to
continue, for the city fell under an attack
from Pompey in 65 B. C., but the dy
nasty he represented soon passed away
- ■and Herod, with the aid of divisions of
the Roman army, captured the city and
began an elaborate city building plan de
signed to excel anything in the history of
the famous city. Fortification upon
fortification were constructed, and wall
after wall built to repel invaders, and
Herod’s place was one of the architec
tural achievements of the age.
The Roman procurators became jealousy
of the extensive improvements and
dered its discontinuance, with the
that the city declared its
and stoutly maintained it for
at which time Emperor Titus lyS
the city, in the year 70 A. D.
wonderful defenses Jerusalem held
many months, starvation and fierce fight- - '
ing finally overcoming it and the great
est contest of ages was at an end when
the Roman hosts took the city. The
best authorities agree that more than a
million lives were lost at the siege of
Jerusalem at this time.
For sixty years quiet reigned again,
when another stormy period began, and
the city fell to the revolutionists. But
another Roman army was sent to con
quer it and was successful. Emperor
Hadrian decided to rebuild the city, and
from 132 to 460 A. D., vast sums were
spent in restoring the ancient city and
building new additions—making it again
one of the greatest centers of the world.
In 614 the Persian army captured the
city after four months of siege and fan
peror Hefacius, only to again fall in 637
to the Mohammedans, who captured the
city after four months of siege and afn
atical fighting. They held the city until
1099, when it was taken by the Christian
Lader, Godfrey of Bouillon. But it was
again captured by the Mohammedans in
1187 and it has been virtually under their
rule since that time. *
Purely, no other city has such a record
of vicissitudes brought about by war as
that which has been made in Jerusalem.
Despite its Moslem rulers the city is com
posed largely of Christians and Jews, the
population of 75,000 being made up of
about 50,000 Jews, 15,000 Christians and
10,000 Moslems. The city has a floating
population of about 15,000 in addition to
this, owing to the fact that it is visited
by a vast number of people at all times.
The importance of Jerusalem, both in
ancient and modern times, makes its cap
ture —which is imminent—by the Allied
hosts a matter of interest throughout the
whole world, especially in view of the
fact that this ancient stronghold, for so
long a time the center of religious
thought, will again be governed by Chris
tian nations.
THE END OF A HOOVER DAY.
(Sung to the tune of “A Perfect Day.”)
I have come to the end of a meatless day,
And peacefully lying ip bed.
My thoughts revert in a musing way
To the food which today I’ve been fed.
When I think of the cheese, and the beans
and fish
And oysters I’ve had to eat,
I’ve no regrets for the “goold old days”
1 really didn’t miss the meat!
I have come to the end of a wheatless
day,
I have eaten no cookies or pie,
I have had no bread that was made with
wheat;
It was made out of corn or rye;
And I liked it so well, that when war is
past
„. Ar!d a glorious victory won,
1 . . H.. on ob sorving “wheatless” days
And 111 eat “corn pone” for fun!
—Oconto (Wis.) Enterprise.
Ignace Jan Paderewski, the world’s
greatest pianist, has organized a legion
o *'£ oles for war upon Germany. Already
6.000 men are in training at Niagara Fan -
fully equipped.