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Dec. 19,1917.
WITH THE Y. M. C. A. AT CAMP HANCOCK
FIVE FRENCH
CLASSES STARTED
Building 76 Provided Fine Pro
gram During Week. Secretary
Spahr Home on Visit.
BUILDING No. 75.
(Serving 107th and 108th Field Ar
tillery, Ambulance Corps, Field Hos
pital, Motor Truck Companies and the
Field Bakery.)
Building Secretary—R. A. Spahr,
Sewickley, Pa.
Religious Work Director —A. B. Cur
ry. Jr., New York City.
Physical Work Director —F. W.
Pretchel, Lancaster, Pa.
Educational Work Director —J. A.
Brodhead, Cincinnati,.O.
Assistant Secretary-—Harry P. Lunt,
Williamsport, Pa.
Assistant Secretary—Harry E. Bicks
ler, Missouri-
Cold weather, a cold building, but a
full program for No. 75 during the
week just closed. Somehow we have
become resigned to the cooling, affec
tionate atmosphere of the Sunny South.
The cold snap found both 107th Field
Artillery and 108th Field Artillery out
on artillery firing range. The 108th
came back to tamp in time for their
great anniversary program on Tues
day night in the building as per write
up in last week's issue. The 107th,
however, got a few days more on the
range with rain, ice and cold.
Dr. Bagnell, of Harrisburg, Pa., gave
a stirring patriotic lecture on Monday
night on the “Meaning of the War.”
His presentation was very extraordi
nary in every way and he received a
great deal of applause.
The government movies on the
“Training of a Soldier” were shown in
the building on Wednesday night to
108th Artillery men in two sections,
and to’the Ammunition Train in a body
on Friday evening.
Thursday the Field Hospital Com
panies, accompanied by theii’ band,
heard Mrs. Henry C. Tinker, of New
York City, speak on “Red Cross Work
in France.”
We regret to announce the loss of
our genial building secretary, R. A.
Spahr, who returns for an indefinite
period to his home association at Se
wickley, Pa. He expects to get back
into army work later.
The past week saw the setting up of
a number of new French classes at
Base Hospital, Field Artillery and Am
munition Train, five classes in all, with
an enrollment of 105, sixty of whom
are officers.
Harry L. Vincent, the new assistant
secretary, is from New York state, near
the Canadian border. Mr. Vincent is a
prominent business man in Chaumont,
named for a Frenchman many years
ago. Mr. Vincent was in training for
several weeks at the Officers’ Training
Camp, Fort Niagara, but in the physi
cal examination, it was found that he
was overweight several pounds, as may
be seen by his rotund appearance. He
was determined to “do his bit” in some
way and so we find him at Building 75
and on the job every minute.
In W. T. F. Hill, the new building
secretary, we have an experienced man
who has seen service on the Mexican
border. Mr. Hill is general secretary
of one of the Pittsburg branches of the
Y'. M. C. A. and is a hustler. He has
been identified with association work
for several years and the secretarial
force at Building 75 is well equipped
to meet the needs of th? men.
Program for Week.
Wednesday, 7 p. m.—Reserved for ad
dress to corporals of Artillery Brigade.
Thursday, 7:30 —Religious service.
Friday, 7:3o—Motion pictures.
Saturday—Open night.
Sunday, 9:30 a. m.—Union regimental
services, conducted at Y. M. C. A. by
Bishop Reese, of Georgia. 7:30 p. tn. —Song
service.
Monday, 7:30 —Christmas eve entertain
ment, Chaplain McFetridge in charge.
Tuesday, 7:30 p .in. —Christmas celebra
tion.
Wednesday—Open.
COLD SNAP PUTS CRIMP
IN 76 ACTIVITIES
Preparing Fine Christmas Pro
gram. Holy Communion Ad
ministered in Building.
BUILDING NO. 76.
Serving the 56th Brigade, including the
111th and 112th regiments of infantry.
Building Secretary—J. Campbell Bran
don, Butler, Pa.
Religious Work Secretary—H. L. Adams,
Dayton, O.
Educational Director —F. A. Smith,
Woonsocket, R. I.
Physical Director —Thomas S. Hughes,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Assistant Secretary—G. W. Veach,
Lexington, Ky.
Assistant Secretary—Euclid Mcßride,
Nashville, Tenn.
The cold snap of the past week sort of
put a crimp on some of the activities at
Building 76. The building felt more like
the North Pole than the Sunny South.
However, a fairly heavy program was car-
TRENCH AND CAMP
ADMINISTRATION STAFF
Camp Secretary E. Tomlinson, Wilmerding, Pa.
Camp Religious Work Director T. A. Wigginton, Nashville, Tenn.
Camp Educational Director George B. Landis, Harrisburg, Pa.
Associate Division Athletic Director Geo. R. Fleming, Williamsport, Pa.
Camp Business Secretary R. P. Zebley, Philadelphia, Pa.
Camp Musical Work Director a. L. Tebbs, Dayton, O.
Camp Publicity Director J. Edgar Probyn, Altoona, Pa.
Camp Accountant E. L. Butler, Greenville, S. C.
Camp Stenographer Frank W. Shriver, Omaha, Neb.
Camp Stenographer L. B. Atterbury, Jackson, Tenn.
Camp Motion Picture Expert George Magarian, New York City.
Camp Property Man P. A. McArthur, Augusta, Ga.
Tied out. On Monday and Wednesday
nights the Teacher Training Bible Class
was held with a fair attendance. Tues
day and Friday nights our usual moving
picture program held the boards.
Friday night program was enlivened
the sing song conducted by Mr. leoos.
At the mid-week religious meeting, held
on Wednesday night, the boys all gath
ered around the big stove and listened to
a stirring message by Dr. Sawtelle.
A most excellent program was rendered
on Thursday night by the Eighth Regi
ment Band under the able leadership o.
David M. Clarke. In addition to the con
cert, two vaudeville numbers by members
of the band added to the enjoyment of
all. These were given by Corporal Adams,
who rendered several character soitgs in
a pleasing manner, and Sergeant Cohen
and Corporal Adams, who presented a
very clever humorous sketch.
The amateur night scheduled for Sat
urday night was cancelled as there were
not enough entries. This will be held,
however, in the near future, when things
warm up a bit.
The Bible school and regimental service
on Sunday morning were both well at
tended and Chaplain Hall gave a gripping
talk. On Sunday night Dr. Wiggington,
camp religious secretary, gave a mighty
finn address.
Rev. Mr. Groton, administered the rite
of Holy Communion to the members of
the Episcopal church at 8 o’clock Sunday
morning.
It is easy to see that the Christmas
Spirit is prevalent among the men of the
111th and 112th Regiments by the num
ber of parcel post packages that are be
ing sent out from this building every
day. ft is hoped that the home folks win
remember the boys as much as they are
remembering them.
The Christmas service at. this building
will be held on Christmas eve and all the
secretaries are now at work planning
a program which will do justice to th<
occasion. Full announcement of the ser
vice will be placed on the bulletin board.
Thursday and Saturdf.' nights will be
open this week to give tne men who have
not written home their Christmas letters
a chance to do so.
The secretaries of Building 76 are al
ways open for interviews and they wouie
consider it a privilege to confer w’th any
man at any time regarding problems
which he may have.
Program.
Wednesday—Religious meeting.
Thursday—Entertainment Night.
Fridav —-Motion Pictures.
Saturday—Home Nght.
Sunday—Religious services; addfess at
7:30 by Dr. D. W. Daniel, president ot
Clemson College.
Mollday—Debating Club.
Tuesday—Motion Pictures.
MAIL PILES OP AS
Over 2,000 Pieces in One Day
at Building 77. Men of the
Unit Again Remembered By
Their Godmother.
BUILDING No. 7.’.
(Serving Engineers, Signal Corps, Mil
itary Police, Headquarters Com
pany and Machine Gun Battalion)..
Building and Religious Secretary—
R. C. Dobson, S.t. Louis, Mo.
Religious 'Work Director —F. E.
Henry.
Educational Secretary—Charles A.
Lineback, Carthage, Ind.
Business Secretary—W. E. Griffin,
Augusta, Ga.
Physical Director M. Colby,
Marietta, O.
Assistant Secretary —11. L. Vincent.
That adminition “Don’t forget to
write home,” doesn’t seem to be" needed
in Building 77 as the holiday season
approaches. If there is a cousin, aunt,
grandmother, sister (or somebody else’s
sister) or any other relative or friend
that hasn’t Leen written to within the
last fe» days, the secretaries of the
building would like to know where
they are. On Sunday over 2.900 pieces
of mail were turned in by the men and
they are still going strong. In the
words of the man who made Battle
Creek famous: “There’s a reason.”
The building was again visited by its
official godmother, Mrs. H. S. Tinker,
of New York City, on Friday evening.
In a simple, yet graphic manner, she
told the story of some of the experi
ences of her daughter who has been a
nurse along the front “somewhere in
France” and is now in Italy. The men
showed the deepest interest in the nar
rative and were very vigorous in their
applause. Miss Baldwin, of Canada,
again sang several numbers in her
usual ver;- pleasing style, and she was
unanimously selected by the men to be
their godsister. Through the generos
ity of Mrs. Tinker the audience was
served with refreshments, consisting of
ginger ale, grape juice, excellent jelly
roll and candy.
Dr. Sawtelle, of Scranton, Pa., gave
a very fine address to the men on last
Tuesday evening. The speaker “had a
way with him” that completely won his
audience and many have bec.i heard to
say that it was ope of the finest ad
dresses that they have ever listened to.
Dr. Bagflell, of Harrisburg, delivered
a lecture on "The Meaning of the War”
on Wednesday evening and was well
received by a good-sized audience.
During the past week there have been
large arrivals of men from various
northern camps. They are now quar
tered in the location formerly occupied
by the Eighth and 'Thirteenth regi
ments. Owing to the fact that they
are under quarantine, this building has
only been able to serve them by send
ing them writing material, reading
matter, games, etc.
Preparations for Christmas week are
well under way and every effort will
be made to make Building 77 one of the
cheeriest and cosiest places in camp
.during the holiday season. A full pro
gram of events for the week is now
being arranged and the co-operation
of men is earnestly solicited.
The activities for this week have
been somewhat curtailed in order to
give the men an opportunity to do
their necessary writing and mailing of
packages.
Program for the Week.
Wednesday, 7:3o—Religious meeting
for the week. Address by Rev. D. W.
Daniels.
Thursday, 7:30 —Movies, “Somewhere
in Georgia.”
Friday—Open house.
Saturday—Open house.
Sunday—Communion service, 8 a. m.
Regimental service for Engineers, 9 a.
m., for Headquarters, Signal Corps and
Military Police at 10 o’clock.
2:30 p. m.—Bible class for all.
7:30 p. m. —Song service.
CORPOBWES
Y. M. C, A. ACTIVITIES
Soldier from Ohio Endorses
Work at Camp Hancock.
“Great Help to Beys.”
Lewis W. Spear, a corporal in Company
F, 111th Infantry, in training at Camp
Hancock, Augusta, Ga., writes to The
News-Herald of Conneaut, 0., an inter
esting letter of his camp life. He speaks
most emphatically of the excellent work
done for the soldiers by the army Y. M.
C. A. The letter is given below:
Augusta, Ga.. Oct. 29, 1917.
The Conneaut News-Herald,
Conneaut, Ohio.
I am writing a short letter this evening
which I hope you will put in your paper
so that the people back home wiil know
something that is going on in Camp Han
cock. There are about. 30,600 Pennsyl
vania troops here. All you see is sol
diers.
We are drilling almost night and day,
digging trenches, throwing hand gren
ades, making bayonet charges’ on dum
mies, jumping trenches and wire entan
glements with fixed bayonets, drilling in
close order and taking long hikes, ev
erything to prepare us for the battlefields
of France.
We are to start on a hike Thursday
at 1 o’clock p. m. and hike until mid
night. It is a real nice country down
here; it is real warm, except that some
times at night it gets pretty cool. The
soil here is very sandy. It can rain ever
so hard and in 30 minutes it is all gone.
We don’t know what mud is here.
The Y. M. C. A. is a great help to the
boys. They have a nice building where
the bovs can go and write h ,me. They
give them all the stationery they want
free of charge. They have entertain
ments of all kinds, such as moving pic
tures, music, religious services and ev
erything to help the soldier to live a
clean upright, life.
If there are any of our friends back
home who want to help make their sol
dier boys comfortable and help him to live
a clean life, let them give them a few
of their stray dollars to the Y. M. C. A
I can’t say enough for the work that
the Y. M. C. A. is doing for the soldier.
Corp. Lew s W. Speer.
Co. F, 111th Inf., Camp Hancock,
Program For
Building No, 78
Monday, Dec. 17, 7:00 —Current Events
Talk (12 minutes).
Tuesday. Dec. 18. 7:30 —Band Concert:
“Fddie” Calhoun’s First. Cavalry Banc.
Wednesday, Dec. 19—Volunteers wanted
to get greens for decoration of building
for Xmas wee.k. Will meet at building
at 1:30 p. m. Movies at 7:15.
Thursday, Deo, 20—Write that letter
home to Mother?- She is waiting for a
good, cheery Christmas message.
Friday, Dec. 21—Mid-week service, with
practice on Christmas carols. Dr. Daniels
will lecture.
Saturday. Dec. 22 —Moving Pictures.
Sunday. Dec. 23—Bible Classes at 10:15;
i Evening Service at 7:10.
DR. PRICE ADDRESSES
LARGE AUDIENCE
Secretary Lineback Makes Hit
With Character Impersona
tions. Cold Interferes Serious
ly-
BUILDING NO. 79.
(Serving 109th Infantry.)
Building Secretary, C. H. Harring
ton, N. J.
Religious Director—Dr. Orlo J. Price,
Lansing, Mich.
Educational—Luther D. Miller, Greens
burg. Pa.
Physical—E. B. Peterman, Youngstown
Ohio,
Assistant— Frank R. Hean, Harrisburg,
Pa.
Assistant— Hubert N. Dukes, Sanders
ville, Ga.
Activities at Building 79 havj been
hampered greatly the past week by the
continued cold weather. It has been
impossible to heat the building ade
quately, but despite the discomfort, the
men have crowded in to write and send
their Christmas packages.
The mail the past week has been un
usually heavy and it is an assured fact
that many wives, sweethearts and
mothers will be gladdened when they
open the boxes on Christmas morning.
Secretary Dukes has been assigned
to the artillery range for a few days
and left Monday, to assist the men of
Building 75, who are in charge of this
activity.
On Monday night, the government
movies were attended by more than
3,000 men. It was necessary to show
the pictui ?s four times in order to ac
commodate the regiment. Following
the government show, the regular
weekly film was giver and pleased a
crowded house.
Educational Secretary Lineback, of
Building 77, made a big hit on Tues
day night before several hundred men.
I with his excellent character imperson
ations. Mr. Lineback is easily one of
the cleverest men in Camp Hancock in
this line and is a great acquisition to
the secretarial force.
Dr. Orlo J. Price, the new religious
director, jave the address at the week
ly service Wednesday night and his
powerful message carried deep convic
tion to the several hundred men pres
ent. Dr. Price is pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Lansing, Mich, and
«is a graduate of the University of Chi
cago and the University of Leipsic. He
has ti :en hold of the religious activi
ties at 79 with great vigor and great
results are anticipated.
Thursday night, the usual movie pro
gram was presented and Friday night
was open night.'’ Mr. Tebbs was on
hand Saturday night and even though
the air was frosty, a number of the
pion enjoyed the sing-song.
If all is well, the men will be enter
tained on Friday night by the Misses
Rowland, of Augusta, and their friends.
No program can be announced this
week b ;ause of the unusual conditions
prevailing.
JACK FROST TOO
MUCH FOR TENT 80
Work on Building Will Be
Started Immediately. Tent
Being Moved.
TENT NO. 80:
Serving 109th Field Artillery, 103rd
Ammunition Train, Trench Mortar
Battery and Base Hospital.
Building Secretary—M. F. Haus
mann, Erie, Pa.
Physical Director —F. D. Sherwood,
Nausau, Wis.
Assistant Secretary—A. O. Germain,
New York City.
Assistant Secretary—W. H. Mcln
tyre, Greensburg, Pa.
The weather of the past week has
been so cold and the old tent so cov
ered with ice that we have had no ser
vices or entertainments but have de
voted our entire time to visiting the
boys in their tents and at the base
hospital.
A number of interesting interviews
were held and several decisions to lead
a better life were made.
Now that our new building is a
thing of the very near future, we are
ready to endure any hardships to has
ten that time.
, As the new hut will be built where
the tent is now situated, we will prob
ably move our tent and living shack
across the street until the new quar
ters are ready.
We have no definite program for
the coming week as the tent is without
heat, but we are always ready to wel
come any ot our boys and usually have
a shack full every night.
BRONX BOOZER sentenced not to go
within twenty feet of a saloon., and to
write court once a' week in handwriting
not wabbly. ,'
Copy for nexf week’s Trench
and Camp must be in by Sat
urday afternoon. Get biisy 1
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