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Dec. 24, 1917.
MAJOR FUQUA’S MESSAGE
TO MEN OF THE DIVISION
Christmas Day, 1317.
To the ?,len of Camp Hancock:—•
On this clay we commemorate the
birth of a Man who died in order that
others might live. A Man who suf
fered to atone for the misdoings of
others. We, as members of the Twen
ty-eighth Division, will soon be called
upon to face grave dangers and un
dergo many hardships. It is certainly
not out of place for us on this day to
stop for a moment to consider if we
are doing everything in our power to
carry on the work of redemption, from
tyranny, oppression and wickedness,
which was begun on this day nineteen
hundred ye’ars ago.
Resolve that you will strengthen
The Right Kind of Christmas
Giving—This Year
BY COLONEL MILLARD BROWN.
Some time ago this quotation came to
my notice: “Better to work for victory
than to talk about it.”
We hear a lot of talk, both by soldiers
and civilians, as to what we will do when
we once start. Most of us do not realize
that we have already started —that we
started last April. Unless, every day and
hour, we are working to train and perfect
ourselves we are only talking and not
working for victory. The biggest bragger
is generally the soldier who is the last
to respond to a command, tries to “skin”
out of his duties, goes absent without
leave or is careless about military
courtesy. It. canot be impressed on us
too strongly that in every action we are
making victory or defeat.
It is just as important that those at
home should be working with the single
Christmas Plea For Enlisted
Men At Hospital
BY MAJOR ROY C. HCFLEBOWER.
The Christmas season is at hand. With
it comes the attendant greetings custom
ary to the occasion, and this year, when
the nation is plunged into the whirling
maelstrom of war. which has engulfed al
most the entire civilized world, a grate
ful public is offering its tribute to the
men engaged in the performance of mil
itary duty. By various means, the mil
itary and naval forces of the country will
be honored and made to realize that
theirs is a noble sacrifice.
Many inquiries have been received from
an appreciative public as to what can be
done to provide comfort and entertain
ment for the sick in the base hospital,
and to me come rumors of preparations
being made to entertain the members of
the combatant forces at Camp Hancock.
_ Few seem to give a thought to the en
listed men of the Medical Department on
duty at the base hospital. The honors and
recognition of merit bestowed so lavishly
upon members of. the armed forces are
seldom granted to members of the-Medical
Department, and often the great service
CHRISTMAS
(By Capt. Alexander Stone, M. R. C.)
This is the Christmas season. It
should be a season tilled with joy. The
first Christmas Day worked a change
in the affairs of men. A new King
was born whose rule was to revolu
tionize the actions of one man toward
another. Love and democracy joinev
hands on the day Mary gave birth to a
babe who was to be called Jesus.
Jesus of Nazareth is with all men, no
matter where they are or what they
may be doing. soldiers whose
lives are coming to a close on some
battlefield on foreign soil, feel His pres
ence apd know that He is with them.
The Man of Nazareth taught men
how to love. He is teaching men os
different faiths today in the trenches
that democracy is possible; that men
who are men and who fight a gooa
fight are entitled to respect and love
even though those fighting alongside
of them may not believe as they do.
The sky is overcast. War with its
alarms fills the heart of the world with
woe. Men are being killed by the
thousand. Their death is making for
a regeneration of the nations engaged,
and for all peoples of the earth. Ex
cept that you are purged and cleaned
you may not be reborn.
When the day comes that man may
say, “Peace is declared,” new ideas a ■
to how he shall be ruled will assert
themselves. For out of the womb of
war will be born a new freedom which
will have been blood bought.
Christmas Day is a birthday. Men
the world over should bow before the
shrine of that greatest of all mothers
Mary the Mother of Christ. To be ;•
sincere follower of Christ meant that
the man following him is doing his ui
most to help his fellow man. The sol
dier who carries Christ’s messages in
his heart, never has difficulties to com
bat that appear insurmountable to oth
ers.
The present war can be won only
by men who see the vision of a better
day that wilt come when autocracies
are'replaced by a democracy that will
have as its motto the words the angels
sang on the first Christmas Morn,
“Peace on earth. Good will to Men.”
TRENCH and camp
yourselves against the temptations
which weaken the mind and body, and
that you will give your best mental
and physical energies to the task of
destroying that ruthless organized gov
ernment now an acknowledged outlaw
among the nations of the earth. Ex
amine yourselves thoroughly for ways
to improve yourselves so that the
country for which you are ready to
give all may receive the best which
you are capable of giving.
Be guided by that Great Man who.
like you, was willing to give up his life
for the betterment of his fellowmen.
STEPHEN O. FUQUA,
Major, General Staff,
Assistant Chief of Staff.
purpose of waning the war. The other
day two men in a trolley in a big city
started to talk in loud tones about the
war for the benefit of the other pas
sengers. A lady in the seat in front- of
them, who was knitting turned and gazed
at them. It had no impression and finally
she turned and remarked: “If you two
selfish men thought of anything
the world but your own personal comfort,
you woud be doing something to help win
the war instead of bragging so much.”
They got o ffthe car at the next corner.
That woman was working night and day
in her sphere to help win the war —she
personally knew many better men were
making'sacrifices and not talking about it.
Perhaps that is what is wrong with us—
we are too selfish —and we are not willing
to give and give to the end.
MILLARD D. BROWN,
Colonel 109th Infantry.
which they render is almost forgotten. The
enjoyed by members of the combatant or
ganizations are unknown to the enlisted
men of this hospital. The Sabbath,
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other fes
tive and sacred occasons bring to them
no respite from their daily routine, but
rather increase their labors in order
that the sick may be made mbre happy
and comfortable.
Hence, my message at this Christmas
season is a plea that Ihe great public,
which is doing so much to improve the
general situaton for soldiers, will, at this
joyous season, give a thought to the
men who labor unceasingly from dawn
until nightfall, day in and day out, to
alleviate the sufferings of the combat
ant forces.
May the enlisted personnel of this hos
pital find on Christmas day that they have
not been forgotten, but that their efforts
are crowned by more than the knowledge
of duty well done.
ROY C. HEFLEBOWER,
Major Medical Ccfrps, U. S. Army,
Commanding
Base Hospital, Camp Hancock,
Augusta, Ga, Dec. 20, 1917.
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Message From Red Cross Director
By WILLIAM. C. DENNY.
(field Director American Red Cross.)
Once again the glad Christmas sea
son is with us.
This is the happiest season of the
year and even though the grim wat
god stalks about seeking whom he may
devour, the spirit of Christmas will not
be denied.
There are times when it is difficult
to simulate merriment; when calamity,
rapine, murder and bloodshed are rife
in the land, but our own beloved Am
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the nations of the world, can keep the
spirit of Christmas alive. Let us do it.
I wish all the officers and men of
the Twenty-eighth Division the merri
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beyond the camp to the kindly people
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WILLIAM C. DENNY.
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