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I I J/-/! /in feS iff t rfJ-T i 1 ‘ HOLY COMMUNION AT FIELD HOSPITAL Episcopal Men Will Receive Confirmation from Bishop. Should Register With Meehan Holy Communion was served to seven teen men last Sunday morning in the underground field hospital by Ren Mr. Groton, volunteer civilian chaplain -es the Episcopal courfth, and it meant a t \t ot devotion and personal sacrifice, for with the mercury hovering at 20 above, it war bitterly cold in the sandy chambers wher< the field hospital does its work. Twenty-seven officers and privates re ceived Holy Communion in Y. M. C. a Building No, 77, the sacrament being ad , ministered by Chaplain Houghton of the 103rd Engineers. Rev. Mr. Groton will celebrate Holy Communion in Y. M. C. A. Building No. 76 next Sunday morning for all who wish to partake. Bishop Frederick F. Reese of the Epis capaj diocese of Georgia will confirm the men at Camp Hancock who desire th* site du.-, ng his visitation to Augusta Decempt ’ 23rd. It is expected that > number of men affiliated with the Episeo pal church will avail themselves of this opportunity before going across. All confirmed members of the Episcopa’ church, should’register with Mr. Meehan Brotherhood Camp' Secretary, Y. M. C. A. Building No. 77. BAGNELL VISITS GAMP HANCOCK Harrisburg Clergyman Making! Tour of Camps, Active inl Anti-Saloon League Work, Dr. Robert Bagnell, the well known publicist and pastor of Grace Methodist church, Harrisburg, Pa., began a week's work in Camp Hancock on last Friday evening. He will vis.t all the building’s of "he Young Men’s Christian Association and besides will speak for several chap lains. Dr. Bagnell is making a tour of the camps at .he request of the War Coun cil. He lias already spoken to the Na val Reserves at Newport, R. I.: to the immense cantonment al Camp Upton Yaphank, N. Y.; to lhe men at Camp Dii Wrightstown, N. J., and to the Pennsyl vania men at Camp Lee, Petersburg Va., also a national army cantonment He speaks most highly of the advanced stage of training, of the completeness o the construction work at the camp, al most a hundred per cent complete, and of the efficiency of the Y. M. C. a. a: Yaphank. Dr. Bagnell was for a nuipßer of yfean president of the New York Slate Anti . Saloon League and editor of the American issue. Under the auspices of the Young Men's and Young Women’s Christian As sociation, he has been engaged during the summer for many years in Christian work among the colleges. He was the successor of Dr. J. Parkes Cadman ai the Metropolitan Temple, New York City, and later preached in one of the largest churches in Brooklyn, going from there to Park Avenue, Philadelphia. Dr. Bag nell’s present church, Grace Methodist Harrisburg, is the largest in that confer , ence. In addition to the evangelistic mes sages htch Dr. Bagnell brought, he has given several lectures on the causes-and issues of the present World War. Brave Captain Saves Division A staff captain i§ mentioned in the orders of the day issued by the gen eral commanding a certain British di vision on the Cambrai front, as fol lows: “By his heroic conduct he saved the whole brigade, if not the division.” This little note hides the story of the remarkable bravery displayed by this captain under the stimulus of hatred aroused by the crippling of his baby girl by a German ah' raid on England. During the attack near Marcoing, on November 30th, single-handed and armed on4v with a heavy stick, he at tacked and killed or dispersed a group of Germans who were in possession of an ammunition dump near his head quarters south of Marcoing. He then killed a. small and, heterogenous force and pushed on to Les Rue Vertes, where a desperate hand-to-hand fight ing he effectually cleared the place of Germans. He himself, armed with two revolvers, shot down eight German ma chine gunners and held the position until relief arrived. Other thrilling incidents are told of, British command ers of desperate situations going -per sonally among the men in the front lines to cheer them. In one instance a colonel, already blinded, was led among his men by an orderly. ACCOM MOD ATES THE BOYS. “The National War Work Council have established a Field Y. M. C. A. through out the camp- These are onen at all times for the accommodation of the boys. Equipment consists of musical nients such as piano, victrola, etc., all the most popular magazines and daily papers, also a library consisting of instructive and Sth Regimental Band. PRAISES TRENCH AND CAMP. Private Walter Anderson, Co. E. 112th Infantry, says of Trench and Camp: "I am a very enthusiastic reader of ♦ vour excellent ‘paper and always look forward to Wednesday when they are de livered to us. It is very good. When I am through reading my copy 1 always send it home to the folks. They find it v—-v Interesting.” Page 16 TRENCH AND CAMP Y. M. C. A. BUILDINGS IN CAMP ACCOMMODATED 196,000 LAST MONTH Below we give a statistical report of the activities of the Army Y. M. C. A. at Camp Hancock for the month of No vember, which will be found of obsorbing interest if studied carefully. Those who contributed of their means to sustain the work of the Army Y. M. C. A. will be de lighted with the stupendous work done in the aggregate. Byway of explanation, it should be stated that in comparing the results at the various buildingc, allowance must be made for the number of troops served by each particular building. For instance, Buildings No. 75 and No. 76 serves more units than any other buildings in camp, while Building No. 79 nerves least of all because of certain peculiar conditions connected with the work at the end of the Building Attendance Lectures Number of Attendance ..., Educational Classes Number of Attendance ... Number of Books Circulated Educational Clubs Participating in Physical Sports Spectators Religious meetings Attendance • Bible Classes Attendance Bibles Given .... I’ersinal Interviews Decisions War Roll Entertainments Attendance •• Movies Attendance Letters Money Orders 108TH ARTILLERY HAS ANNIVERSARY First National Guard Unit in Pennsylvania is 77 Years Old, Glorious Record of Achievement. Entertainment and Dinner Dance. Returning frofti the artillery range, where they had spent several days in practice firing, the officers and enlisted men of the 108th Field Artillery cele brated the seventy-seventh anniversary of the founding of the regiment last night with an entertainment in Y. M. C. A. Building No. 75 for the enlisted and a dinner dance at the Country Club for the officers. So important is this event in the his tory of .the regiment that a special trip was made from the range back to camp, that the emn might enter heartily into the celebration and joy and enthusiasm reigned supreme among the members of the regiment last night. The dinner at the Country Club was a delightful affair and was followed by a dance, to which the officers’ wives and their women friends were invited. At lhe Y. M. C. A.. Chaplain Robert J. McFotridge gave an interesting talk on the history of the regiment and a num ber of entertaining features were pre sented. The hut was attractively dec orated with flags and foliage and a large electric sign was suspended over the stage, bearing the inscription in glowing numerals; “1840-1917.” It was a delightful event and many of the regi ment learned for the first time the gio-' rious history of the command, which be gan its career as’ an infantry unit and did- valiant service for the country. Miss Abernathy was one of the entertainers and her piano playing made a decided hit with the men, who crowded into every available bit of space. The Quaker City string band, a regimental organiza , tion, also contributed to the pleasure of the occasion. History of Regiment. The regiment was organized in 1840 in the infantry corps of the national guard and offered its services in the Mexican war soon after, but was not ac cepted. In the Civil war, the regiment was known successively as the 90th, 119th and 197th Pennsylvania Volunteers and lost more men in killed and wounded than were enlisted originally. Besides the tremendous casualties, the regiment supplied to th Utton foreces more than 1 I.VOO commissioned officers. F.illcwirg the Mexican and Civil wars, in which the regiment volunteered its servlet s, came the Spanish-American war and Mexican border trouble and the tra tVtioi .- of the past were upheld glorious ly on each occasion. In the Civil war, the regiment lost half its personnel in .‘ingle engagements on two occasions. It is reported that it gave more Medal of Honor men and. officers of superior com mand that any other regiment in the sehvice. When the Philippine insurrec tion occurred, the regiment volunteered its service. In the recent border service, the regi ment had the honor of serving the long est tour of duty of any of the Penn sylvania regirfients. It is the only regi ment in the Pennsylvania National Guard amt one of very few in the regular serv ice entitled to fly battle streamers. Be s:de‘ being ths first National Guard uajt in Fennsylva~*« it also enjoys the dis tinction of he x the father of the Na tional Guard of ■ --.ifornia. for several of its members emigrating •to the Golden Wrightsboro road, and Building No. 80 is a tent and limited in capacity. During the month of November, the amazing total of almost 200.000 men fre quented the buildings for various purposes and these figures are considered conserv ative estimates by the secretaries record ing them. ■ There were 4,055 men present at the lectures, while 4,765 attended the educational classes. There were 11,370 books circulated during the month and 27,000 participated in sports under the di rection of the Y. M. C. A. physical direct ors. Religious meetings had the advantage of sports, with a total attendance of 27,- 772. In addition, there were 533 men in Bible classes, and a word of explanation is necessary here, as with the educational classes. Because of the reorganization plans, the many hikes, the artillery range Bldg. Bldg. Bldg. I 75 76 77 ...62,000 44,060 25,950 179 16 7 3,478 1,863 1,739 1... 44 239 215 8 13 10 56,580 29,832 21.896 State started a militia company—the first one in the state. It is among the six eldest regiments in the country, reg u.ar or National Guard. The privilege of flying battle streamers was given by special act of congress, the regiment hav ing participated in fifty-six engage ment". At present, the 108th Field Artillery is al war strength and when called into service “over there” will prove one of the most efficient units in the American army. "Always there when the country calls," is the motto of the regiment. The regiment was transferred to the ar tillery and designated the Second Penn sylvania Field Artillery on October 23, 1916, and changed to the 108th Field Ar t.’iery on September 22, 1917. Last year the regiment celebrated its anniversary at El Paso. The staff officers of the regiment are: Colonel Halimton D. Turner. Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas J. Ross, Major John H. Hall, Major William March, Major E. St. John-Greble, Major-Surgeon Norman D. Smith, Chaplain Robert .1. McFetridge and Regimental-Adjutant George Stew art. SOLDIER CAMOUFLAGES ASKING FURLOUGH Major General Clement Desires as Many Men to Return Home as Possible. One of the most interesting cases of camouflage that has come to the at tention of the officers of the Twenty eighth division is reported from one of the units. The desire to make a trip home is responsible for the attempt to imitate the French in their ability to conceal lhe truth. Just before Thanksgiving, a soldier asked his commanding officer for a furlough, offering a telegram show ing that liis grandmother was dead. In order to prove the sincerity of the soldier, a wire was sent to the' home of the young man, asking if the grand mother was dead. The message came back quickly: “Yes, she has been dead twenty years.” Major General Clement has given to all regimental commanders the privil ege of granting furloughs for the holi day season and hopes that the method of selection will be so equitable -that each soldier will have a fair show. Not all soldiers desiring furloughs can secure them, therefore there will be some disappointment, but soldiers soon learn the truth of the old Pennsylvania adage: “What can't be cured, must be en dured.” PICTURE FOR GEO. K. BISHOFF. There is a photograph of a beauti ful young woman and some kodak pic tures at the Y. M. C. A. Administration Building, addressed to George K. Bishoff, from 2519 Merwyn Avenue. Pittsburg. The package was sent to the 18lh Infantry and returned by the postoffice to the Y. M. C. A., in the hope that Trench and Camp might find Mr. Bishoff, Where are you, (leorge? Dec. 12, 1917. practice and other conflicting matters, such as cold weather and lack of suitable meeting places, it has been a difficult problem holding the classes together. Nearly 1,000 Bibles weer given out, there were 869 personal interviews, 96 de cisions and 251 men signed the war roil, indicating an acceptance of Christ. At the entertainments, there were 12,- 249, while the movies drew the record crowd of 38,650, proving the popularity of this phase of entertainment. The films are giving the highest satisfaction and the crowded buildings attest the success of this form of work for the soldiers. The letter writ ing facilities ottered by the Y M. C~ A. resulted in 158,754 letters being sent home to friends and relatives, and $27,128 was saved in the form of express money' orders, sold over the counter by the secretaries. The month's activities ia detail are as follows: Bldg. Bldg. Bldg. Total. 78 79 80 26,000 28,550 8,634 196,107 3 2 4 20 1,000 700 405 4,055 29 16 247 381 361 4,735 1,527 1,238 1,525 11,370 2 \ 2 6,049 9,637 44 27.090 5,295 535 50 10,230 13 11 ‘ 15 91 2,650 4,200 1,357 27,772 12 6 1 29 199 85' H 53 j 81 54 253 916 94 67 204 ' 269 16 5-1 95 2 . 251 . «- 5 77 36 i.3<>o 2.650 809 12,219 J 1 9 1 53 8.&00 5,350- 120 38,650 19,820 ”0,435 10,211 158,754 1,426.96 5,822.13 1,149.98 27,128.33 WHY WE HAVE MEATLESS DAYS ■ We are observing meatless Tuesdays and Fridays because there is a world shortage of 115,000,000 animals and the only way' to help meet this deficiency' is through eating less. One of the first things that each citi zen should keep in mind Is that not only has the world herd'been depleted but the United States today has a shortage of 7,000,000 animals as compared with seventeen years ago. Our ainWf- need food —animal food as well as wheat. They need beef and they need the fats that are produced from pork. If we are to help supply our boys in the trenches and camps and the na tions aiding us in the war and if we are to feed ourselves, every ounce of meat and fat must be carefully conserved. It has been estimated that if the Unit ed States generally' observed two meat less days each week there would be a Saving of 4,400,000 pounds annually. Y. M. C. A. TRANSFERS RED TRIANGLE TENT By' a recent arrangement with the War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A., the Red Triangle tent on the postoffice road, near the Engineers, has been transferred to the Fosdlck Commission and lias been operated and controlled by the commis sion for the past few days. This arrangement gives the Fosdiclc- Commission two large tents in Camp Hancock for the presentation of theatri cal and lyceum attractions. In the Red Triangle tent, the Y. M. C. A. presentea a nunibeP of high class features, the “Mikado Opera Company” being the most pretentious. In the Fosdick tent, a program of ly ceum and vaudeville numbers has been given and will be continued under gov ernment auspices. There is some talk of moving the Red Triangle tent to the artillery brigade, but we are unable to state definitely what disposition will be made of it. Greatest Peril In Our History “The United States faces the greatest peril in its history'—Germany”—Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo stated Monday. “Because of the remoteness of the war in point of miles the peril is not less ened," he said. "Civilization is at staki aad if civilization loses, the nation loses.” The remarks were made before a gath ering of government employes wno wit nessed the swearing in of James Wilmeth and Paul Meyers as chief of the bureau of engraving and treasury chief clerk, re spectively, ’ O DELL ATAT LANIT A. “The secretary of- the Young Men’s Hebrew Association spoke generously of the splend d manner in which the Young Men’s Chris’ian Association placed all the facil t'es of its buildings at his disposa' At that point the secretary of the Knights of Columbus sprang to his feet and added h’s testimony to the fine spirit of tn*' Young Men’s Christian Association, for sending the completion of his building. I he had the free use of Otl or any of the I Ymmg Men’s <’hr'st>an Association build ; ings for the Ktiights of Columbus activi ties among the Catholic soldiers.”—From I in article in The Outlook by Joseph H. • Ode”