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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. '■■■■■"—— The Augusta Herald Delivered to Your Company Street At Camp Hancock. Afternoons and Sundays, 60c a Month. Phone Your Order to 2036 Augusta. Notify Herald Wagons. Write a Post Card and say, Send Me The Augusta Herald Daily Sunday Evening Morning 51™ @ 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 erica has been spared these horrors I t'"* 4 ""* t cztzz? tT"T7 [ pEsSFy \ <? y33S/ ySßy__ iwi ip ii iwi mi ininriii mr'i'i SOLDIERS! YOU APPRECIATE GOOD FOOD, PROPERLY PREPARED, DON’T YOU ? AND THE BEST PART OF IT IS— It Is Reasonably Priced! You Serve Yourself Direct From Our Sanitary Steam Tables—We Put the Money That We Would Ordinarily Pay to Waiters into *QUALITY, and You Are Doubly Benefitted. Accommodation For Two Hundred. NO CROWDING. NO WAITING. LIPOT’S CAFETERIA 851 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA, GA. ’ J ' ' ' ■" ' ' • - - - .ny **l j MESS SERGE«TS s ! ATTENTION! | FOR FISH AND OYSTERS CALL ON THE I BIG WHOLESALE HOUSE mT—nifinrirMMß t FRESH ARRIVALS DAILY NORFOLK OYSTERS. PHONE OR CALL AUGUSTA FISH CO. ' 1115 Fenwick Street. Phone 2666. DRINK At Counters and please God, we shall keep them from our shores. We, at least, among 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 est of Christmases, and my wish goes beyond the camp to the kindly people of Augusta and nearby towns who have done so much to make the Red Cross efficient and helpful. WILLIAM C. DENNY. Page 11 ss zzslz 1 pl s H i j t ' i I ~w~ I I I- I I . , j ■ • I 1 O i |~Z~ZZj j