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TRENCH AND CAMP
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ga.
EDITION,~II,OOO.
GEO. B. LANDFs’and J. EDGAR
PROBYN, Editors
Publshed with the co-operaton of THE
HERALD PUBLISHING CO,
Augusta, Ga.
ISSUED EVERYV iDNESDAY.
Vol. I—January 9, 1918.—N0. 14.
Applicatioi has been made for
TRENCH and CAMP for entry as I il
Matter of the Second Class ■ t the Au
-rsta, Ga., Postoffice.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Trench and Camp will be mailed to
• ny address in the United States
t the following rates:
Three months ..15c
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NOTICE.
This edition of Trench and Camp
is limited to 11,000 copies. An
effort will be made to place one or
more copies in every tent.
If parties are desirous of other
copies, application should be made
to the nearest Y. M. C. A. building,
where they will be gladly furnished
as long as they last.
As the edition is limited to 11,000
copies, please do not throw your
copy away, when you are through
with it. Pass it on to some other
fellow.
News items, personals, programs,
meetings, announcements, etc.,
from all the units in the camp will
be welcomed by Trench and Camp
and printed as far as space per
mits. These communications can
be left with secretaries at any of
the Y. M. C. A. buildings and will
be turned over to the editors. All
copy should be turned in as early
as possible. No copy can ba hand
led later than Monday noon, pre
ceding date of issue. Trench and
Camp will be issued every Wed
nesday by
CAMP HANCOCK ARMY
Y. M. C. A.
From the Office of The Augusta
Herald.
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE.
We believe that every soldier in Camp
fancock should make it his business to
'ill out an application for government in
surance. We believe that every man
should at once give the question serious
consideration and act promptly in the
matter.
The United States government, realiz
ng that, on account of the prohibitive
rates it had deprived men in the army and
tavy of the opportunity of obtaining in
surance, decided that the government’s
duty was to restore this loss. This they
proceeded to do in a very generous way,
but for a limited time only. On February
12th, 1918, 120 days after the War In
surance Act became a law, the opportun
ity offered to every officer and enlisted
man, in the service on October 15th, 1917,
to apply for insurance, lapses.
The United States government is giv
ng its soldiers the insurability which the
var took away from them. If they do
ot avail themselves of the privilege, it
> their own loss.
We believe that the soldiers of Camp
.lancock will not put off the decision
onger when they-realize how advantage
ous the insurance really is. They will
act at. once when they understand, as is
fully explained elsewhere in this issue,
that they have only until February 12th,
1917 to avail themselves of this remark
able opportunity of obtaining' protection
for themselves, their families and future
dependents.
THE NEW UNITED STATES.
War that wrings hearts and deso
lates homes brings into action lofty
qualities ot the human soul, fortitude,
effort, sacrifice, honor, love of coun
try, and it reveals to nations their
own undreamed-of strength and great
ness; in the intense concentration of
endeavor, their power is first made
known. The small Spanish War
twenty years ago brought the United
States into a new relation with the
powers of the world. Our entry into
this world war, which for us was the
chief event of the year just past, will
have a vastly greater influence in
shaping our national destiny.
The measure of a nation’s greatness
is not sought altogether in the reckon
ing of mathrial tilings. We Irave
found our national soul, we have
shown to ourselves that we have one,
which had been a matter of some
doubt, so diverse and heterogeneous
is our composition. At the call of the
president and of congress, the nation
responded by pledging all its resources
to the war that when victory comes,
as it is certain to come, will assure
our peace and security and deliver
civilization from the scourge that
threatened the freedom of peoples.
We have 1,000,000 men in military ser
vice. In the first Liberty Loan 4.000,-
000 Americans subscribed $3,000,000,000
of money for the support of the gov
ernment in the war, and in the second
Liberty Loan 9,500.000 Americans sub
scribed more than $4,500,000,000. These
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were the country’s responses to the call
to service with all its resources of
men and of wealth. There the soul of
the nation spoke with a mighty voice.
Our commercial future, our destiny,
the place we are to hold among
nations, these are pre-figured in the
unparalleled achievements and records
of the year. Products of the soil
to the value of $21,000,000,000, reflect
ing not alone enhanced prices, but
greater yields as well, bespeak the pos
sibilities of agriculture in a land that
must provide not only for 100,000,000 of
its own population, hut for the needs
of other countries. The total of $6,-
000.0C0.000 of our exports in 1917 sur
passed all foreign trade records. And
to enable our allies to, pay for this
immense volume of commodities, large
ly for war use, we have loaned to them
$4,000,000,000 in money. Much of our
great debt to Europe about the amount
of which there used to be so much
speculation, has. been actually dis
charged, the ba lane of it is now far
more than offset by these loans. We
are now not merely a creditor nation
but one of the uncertainties and em
barrassments as to the immense pro
ductivity we have developed concerns
the means by" which our foreign custo
mers may pay for the goods we shall
send to them in future years. The
terms, as becomes good merchandise
and great commercial nations, will nat
urally be made easy; the great fact
to be noted is that we shall be a far ,
more conspicuous figure in the world’s
markets than we had ever dreamed u£
in our most sanguine moments. ,
We used to chide our exporters and
the men of our chief industries, re
proach them with the pitiful figures
of our manufactured exports. We
were encouraged when the volume
reached <300.000,000. exultant when j
$500,000,000 was reached. . and not j
until the figures were $1,000,000,000 ;
could we feel that we were in a class )
with Great Britain and Germany. 1
Our exports of $0,000,000.00 last year
were largely of manufactured products,
to a. great extent war products, to be
sure, but the capital engaged in the
work, the factories that produced, the f
industrious hands that wrought, all j
these tilings will not be idle after the i
war’s end. for the world will have need |
of what we make and we shall have ,
need to work. ’ >
The extinction of our merchant ship- ,
ping lias been another subject of age
long reproach to ourselves. Out of ,
the war comes the revival of that ;
great interest. In Mr. McAdoo's es- j
timates of Federal disbursements for
the current fiscal year we find more
than $900,000,000 for the shipping
board, and for the next fiscal year just 1
under $900,000,000. The plans of the
board call for 10,000.000 tons of ships j .
and in addition to that we have taken i
for war use ninety German ships val- •
tied at $125,000,000 and fourteen Aus
trian vessels With a registry of 68,000 ,
tons. Our merchant ships will sail the ;
seas again as they did seventy years ’
ago; the flag of the union will be seen 1
In’ all of the world's seaports. The '
United States will be busy as never, t
before in productive industries, our
own commerce carriers will transport
our surplus commodities in a volume
much transcending ail the old-time
records. There will be rivalries, for
we shall be a shining mark, and old <
supremacies will resent' displacement.
But the game will be must be, played ,
under fair rules. The closer ties, the
new spirit born of the stress and as- •
sociations of war, will profoundly in
fluence national policies. It will be a ’
noble strife in which all the competi- ;
tors can engage with the liveliest zest
and be the better for it.
Nevertheless, as a nation great in
every sense .that has shown willing
ness to bear its share of the burden '
and do -its part in the great struggle :
for the common good and deliverance,
we shall have responsibilities to our- •
selves and to others of which we shall
take more serious note than in our
careless past. We have learned our
lesson, as have France and England,
and we had more need than they. We \
are not going to be a “military” na
tion, but at the end of the war we shall ,
have a powerful navy. We are going
to maintain it. add to it. We shall
have and maintain, we shall need to
have and maintain, an army that in the
old days would have distanced our con
ceptions of peace strength. Certain
ly, 500,000 men untier arms, perhaps
for a time nearer 1,000.000, will be
needed as a guarantee of order at
home, in our possessions, and for se
curity against foreign presumption in
any quarter. With such force it will
be our duty and our need to protect
ourselves to forestall aggression, there
by hastening the coming of that for
tunate day when through the creation
of a League of Nations to enforce
peace, or otherwise, it will be permiss
ible for us to think much about plow
shares and little of swords. —New York
Times. !
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FAhjpUS HYMN WRITER DIES. '
The author of the famous hymn. 1
“Nearer, My God. To Thee,” Mrs. Annie ,
Hawkes, died last week at* Bennington, ]
Vt.. aged 83.
Ho.w appropriate are the words in the ,
present troubled time;
“Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me: ,
Still all my song shall be.
Nearer, my God. to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!”
STATEMENT BY PRIVATE ATKINS. j
"Wot wos you before you joined the i
army?” i
" 'Appy!” <
STEP! PEP! REP!
“WATCH YOUR STEP!”
Pittsburgers are familiar with this
admonition. As an accident, preven
tive, it has saved much suffering and
some lives. It has further application,
however. Watch your step, your car
riage, your bearing, your health, your
elasticity, your reserve force. A strong
body, efficiently handled, is a power
ful weapon. Physical drill, seating up
exercises, recreative games, long hikes
—all conduce to this end. Thousands
of soldier boys are now learning this
lesson and will return home improved
in health, more capable of performing
their future tasks, and more likely to
to be successful in life because of ex
celltent physical foundation laid during
enlistment, in the army.
“WATCH YOUR PEP.”
“Pep" is the watchword of the 28th
Division for the year 1918. “Pep” is
that indefinable quality combining in
the individual physical strergth, men
tal alertness, devotion to an ideal and
unquenchable enthusiasm. The great
captains—leaders of invincible armies
—have had this characteristic in a
large degree, and have been able to
instil “pep” into their soldiers. But
in these days, the success of militarj'
operations frequently hinges on the in
itiation of the individual combatant.
In a crisis, he sees the important
course to pursue and—he acts prompt-
SHRAPNEL
More than a million pounds of Christ
mas <be.r-were sent to our soldiers in
France by parcel post by their friends
at home. This doe.'- not include Christ
mas parcels .'-ent by army transport
through limitary service at the port of
embarkation.
Five brothers of a North Carolina fam
ily are in the navy.
Mileko Vesnitch, head of the Serbian
mission to America ,lajd a wreath on the
tomb of Washington on Sunday—"the pa
triarch of liberty.”
Three hundred aid twenty-nine mtn
left Camp Whee er ■■ Leon Springs
Texas, to cm er ~ cers’ training
school.
The p- iberctiios s board eliminated
59D ’ amp Wheeler last week
as of a. thorough investiga-
tion.
Alsace-Lorraine must return to. France
That is one of the very definite aims c"
the allies.
‘'’ilson has erected a division
c c ure service for the pur-
i ishing enter iiument and
merest in the war.
The first contingent of Polish troops re
ef ci t< d in America for service with the
allies has landed safely in France. The
unit will lie a:lacked to the polish forces
now fighting on the western front. The
men were graduated from the Polish
training eamp art Niagara, N. Y.
O America!
The sons of Briti. r the uniform
of the king,
The sons of France, the republic’s uni
form ;
The sons of Russia, now the sons of
light.
Wear the uniform of Russia free.
In all the allied world
Where soldier-patriots are
Each wears the uniform of his dear land.
But. O America.
Your sons march down your avenue.
Embarking for strange shores.
To fight in other lands
For peoples other than their own.
With a look in their eyes no army ever
had before.
With a love in their hearts no army ever
felt before.
Wearing the uniform of world-democ
racy!
That is why 1 love you:
That is why I am ready to give my all
to you,
O my America!
ROSE PASTOR STOKES.
In Century.
A LOVE POEM.
(Ease Hospital Style.)
Press me closer, all mine own!
Warms my heart for thee alone,
Ever responsive thrills
Each caress my being fills.
Rest and peace tn vain I crave.
In ecstacy I live thy slave.
Dowered with hope, with promise blest,
Thou dost reign upon my breast,
Closer still, for I am thine,
Burns my heart for thou art mine.
Thou the message, 1 the wire,
I the furnace, thou the fire,
I the servant, thou the master.
Roaring, redhot, mustard plaster.
WAR-TIME APOLOGY.
A member of the A nevlcan Lafayette
Squadron had to make a precipitate des
cent, and was fortunate enough to come
down at a British aircrome behind the
lines. not, however, without mixing
things up a bit.
After rescuing himself from the tangle
of wires he limped slow.y up to a “brass
hat.”
“Are you the big noise of this joint?”
he asked.
“I am the commanding officer, if that
has anything to do with it,” was the re
ply.
•’Well.” said the American, “I just
looked in to tell you I have spread the
petrol tank on your grass plot!”
DISMISSED FROM ARMY.
Washington.—Dismissal from the ser
vice and imprisonment from one year was
the penalty imposed on Second Lieuten
ant Charles W. Ferguson. Q. M. C. N. A.,
Camp Gordon, Ga.. for stealing a SSO
overcoat from a fellow officer.
Jan. 9, 1918.
ly. The soldier with “pep" is a terror
to -lhe enemy. He is always on his
toes. He uses good judgment. He
faces great odds gladly. He inspires his
comrades. He accomplishes the results
he was ordered to secure. The 28th
Division, acting to a. man., under its
motto "PEP!” should become a prom
inent unit in the struggle
freedom.
“WATCH YOUR REP!”
This significant phrase, if rightly
understood, adds a crown to the oth
ers. Reputation is not character, but
usually character is the basis of rep
tation. Reputation helps or hinders a
man—even a soldier. A bad reputa
tion holds him in lower place, prevents
him from fully enjqying the compan
ionship of his comrades, gives friends
back home a poor opinion of him. For
reputation, good or bad, travels swiftly
by mouth, by mail, over wires or
through the air. A reputation for
Icwdness, for vile-story-telling, for
profanity, for swagger—is not neces
sary for military efficiency or for pro
motion. A reputation for capacity, for
veracity, for cheerfulness, for right
eousness, for initiative, for interest in
others, will be an asset in the army
and in civil life when the'war is over,
or even in the eternity beyond.
Mothers, frinds, sweethearts, offi
cers, the nation, God —all admonish us
to “Watch our Rep;”
FATHER O’SHEA
Father O’Shea was his regiment's pride.
Sturdy, fine sons of the emerald sod.
Like heroes they fought and dike children
they died
With their padre beside them to help
them to God.
Four times court-martialed for risking his
life
In No Man’s Land, seeking his lost
where they lay.
“They are my sons as the church is my
wife.
And 1 never will fail’them,” said Father
O’Shea.
T’ —e called for their turn in the
b'e drive.
■* padre went up with his boys to
. a town
Where host upon host passed-their last
night alive-
Ah, the few that came back where the
many went down!
lie bad looked in those simple young
hearts to the deep.
t nd shriven their souls for the per
ilous way.
’ - clean wheat for heaven the Berthas
will reap
*t the battle tomorrow,” said Father
■O’Shea.
But the blood will run hot when it. soon
may be cold.
And life's lure is stronger with death
just ahead.
There were women with eyes that werfe
shallow and bold
■ lhe quarter inclosed, where a narrow
gate led
T. Lhe Chambers a man need not visit by
stealth.
That stood opgn shameless to all who
could pay.
The authorities gave them a clean bill of
health.
But they never could get one from
Father O’Shea.
That night, every Irishman bound for that
gate
Stopped a.t salute —there was no room
to pass
The figure that sat there as steady as
fate
With a quizzical glitter of spectacle
glass.
He shut for a marker his thumb in the
book.
“It is me that you want, son?" he
glanced up to say. ■
They all turned abashed from the probe
of that look,
And back to his reading went Father
O'Shea.
The shadow of sleeplessness circled his
eyes
When at morning he heartened his lads
for the test,
But through a worse danger he’d guarded
his prize.
And is the tired body his heart was at
rest.
If I had a son where the red rivers
roil.
With every breath of my lips 1 would
pray,
God save him, God keep him in body and
soul—-
And send him a padre like Father
O’Shea!”
—AMELIA ,T. BURR.
In the Outlook.
SCHOOL "chTI'dREN
REMEMBER SOLDIERS.
Last Wednesday, the Army Y. M. C A.
received a large box addressed to the
editor of Trench and Camp and upon be
ing opened it was found to contain a
wide array of gifts for the soldiers at
Camp Hancock. There were oranges
galore, apples, tobacco, cigarettes, chok
ies, candy and one lone handkerchief.
The box was packed by the children of
the public schools of Juniata. Pa., and
the single handkerchief was the gift of
some child who wished to do his or her
part in bringing cheer to some soldier’s
heart. Miss Helen Hesser, supervisor
of music, conceived the idea of a school
box for the soldiers of Camp Hancock and
the various gifts were distributed among
the men in the quarantined section and
the patients in the base hospital.
HIS SOUL MARCHING ON.
Three great-grandsons of John Brown
of Ossowatomie are enlisted in the Amer
ican army in the present conflict.
“John Brown’s body lies a mouldering
in the grave.
His soul goes marching on.”
BESI MARK.
Snobley—l was shooting at Lord Boo
dle’s place last week.
Cobley—Did you hit it?
