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SEND THIS PAPER HOME CAMP HANCOCK ONE CENT POSTAGE HFDFW'IHW (P AMH) II II lilt wll I! ii <LJ—— — ■ — XL 1 B ii li IWV Ik IH PUBLISHED BY THE j! g feW WITH THli CO-OPERATION OF UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE gwUJ | THE AUGUSTA HERALD 130 NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL \V B|\ W J / AUGUSTA. GA. OF THE Y ’ M ’ C ’ A ‘ OF THE U ' omr tNtS l Jr~' —1 VOL. 1. Jwfw wIPIISB W- \ 'S •* ’ • \s st "j ■-■'•is ■■ IwE k ,- wW -'"•;- <J ' '..At..-. -. ' ty • ka ' iW ■ Wi - ■■ ' : WWy • 1 "' •■ ' . ■ ; a > ’ IRi 'WX’" ■ wWk. - . * ■ • ■ . —<: ■■ ’ • Hl - ■ - . A- ■■ ■■ ■■■- -- .. . .............rtj Write FATHER Today INTERFERING WITH COAL SHIPMENTS. Yet, rt Is hard to 8«< Leaves and Fur loughs, and as a rule there must be some thing radically wrong at home to take you there. Our chiefs know that Jo* rides to Pennsylvania not only Interrupt training, but crowd the trains unduly and stop the transportation of many tons of coal more needed In our home towns than we are. RUSSIA’S PLACE. If we are to fill Russia’s place In the war, It means greater effort and greater self-sacrifice for each man; it may be that our example will help Russia find hers. CRACK SHOTS. The best rifle shot In the world at one ASSOCIATION MEN “Right-of-Way Week” Subscription Campaign February 10th to 17, 1918 ASSOCIATION MEN is the official magazine of the North American Young Man'/ Christian Associations. During 1918, ASSOCIATION MEN will graphically tell, month by nfonth, the thrilling story of “ *Y’ and the war", reported by men of literary national standing who are on the ground. Mr. Vandercock, Associante Editor, recently sailed for France as special staff war correspondent. The monthly circulation has passed the 125,000-mark. It has been found necessary on account of the excessive manufacturing cost and the large size of the magazine, to increase the subscription rate to $1.50 per year. With the new size and its improvements, in every page, story, sketch and picture, the magazine is conceded to be cheaper than ever before. ASSOCIATION MEN is offered to all enlisted men during ‘‘Right-of-Way Week" at the special half-price club rate of 75c per year. Ask any Army and KaV WHY M NOT SENdT SUBSCRIPTION TO "ASSOCIATION MEN" TO FATHER AS A REMEMBRANCE DURING "FATSBR-AND-SON WEEK". FEBRUARY 10th-17th. REVERIES time could shoot no better than you can. Practice does not always make perfect, but the chances are It will make you a better man than the Boche opposite you, and save your life. SALUTING. The enlisted man certainly has the best of the officer under saluting regulations. Calculate how often an offeer in crossing the camp has to salute the men; how many times they outnumber him. ABSENTEES—BAYONET PRACTICE Your absence from the bayonet prac tice not only makes a little hole in the roll call, and some trouble for your of ficers, but your lack of this training in a few months may make a BIG hole In you —when you go up agalnts a six-foot Boche. FEBRUARY 13, 1918 CURRENT EVENTS Power For the President, L abor, the Army in France. By F. B. H EITKAMP "BLANKET POWER" is asked by President Wilson to enable him to most successively carry on the war. The “em powering bill” which has been Introduced by Senator Overman would give the President power completely to reorganize the executive department. To co-ordi nate various departments; to transfer duties now resting in one body to other branches of government; and to transfer appropriations already made to one de partment to another department where, in nls estimation, it is most needed —these things are included in the bill, which, if passed, will give to the President tre mendous power. The chance of its be coming law is, however, very small. AMERICAN LABOR~has pledged that it will eagerly devote its all to the support of the war, if treated with confidence and understanding by the government. This is a most encouraging bit of news, for the success of our armies in the field is dependent upon the support given them at home; the support at home is depend ent upon our industrial enterprises; and our iridustrial enterprises are dependent upon labor. It is absolutely essential that labor and capital maintain the best of relations; that machinery for the handling of controversies be kept in readi ness! that excessive profiteering be dis credited; and that a complete unity be at tained in the entire labor administration. IDENTTFICATION~TAGS, starting Feb. 28th, will no longer bear the name of the man, but contain his number only. The numbers will start at "one” and will con tinue indefinitely. Who will draw No. 13? ARTILLERY DUELS with our enemy have shown the effectiveness and skill of the American gunner. During the past week reports have come to us daily of activity along our front in which we have particularly successful. THE AMERICAN ARMY is located, in France, in the neighborhood of the Rhine-Marne Canal, near the Lorraine frontier, in front of Nancy and Lune ville. The recent artillery duels have taken place at Toul, fourteen miles west of Nancy and twenty-eight miles north- FATHER AND SON WEEK NEWTON D? BAKER Secretary of War The stress of international circum stances and the call upon all of us to defend whaV we have long held dear adds another to the reasons which has always existed for making a father and son week an occasion to w'hich every one might render co-operation and participation in ungrudging measure. 1.000 SOLDIERS HEAR JUDGE SPEER’S LECTURE ON ROBERT E. LEE Judge Emory Speer of the United States District Court kindly consented to lecture to the soldiers who frequent building No. 79, on the military career of General Robert E. Lee. A thousand Motor Me chanics and some infantrymen from sur rounding regiments crowded the building at an early hour. They warmed up by singing trench songs under the leadership of Captain Spencer. Jtfdge Speer in a scholarly address held for an hour the closest attention of this crowd of men gathered from every state of the Union. There were men whose fathers fought with Lee and against him durin ; the Civil W&t and this ex-Con federate soldier and ‘unparoled prisoner, lover of Lee as he is, found ready re sponses in the hearts of these men to his description of the soldierly ability hnd Christian character of General Lee. He spoke of General Lee’s an 'est-.-v. of the excellent mother who largely shaped his life, of his entrance at an early age into West Point, of his graduation. s,ec 4Mid>.-is- a .class, of .his cnick pro motion during the Mexican was and the natural selection of him by the Confed erate Congress as the commander in chief of the armies of the South. He referred to the credible showing of Lee at Gettys burg, to the numerous successful cam paigns, but gave most of his time to a more minutd description of the military campaigns of 1863 and ’65. Judge Speer spoke of the great pri vations of the South, of the lack of food and other supplies, and of the gradual weakening of man-power which made it impossible for General I,ee with all his strategy and knowledge of tactics to en dure under the pressure of the Union forces. He spoke with pride of the reunited country and of the armies composed of sons of brave Northern and Southern sol diers and left no doubt of his opinion that these brave sons of brave sires will be the prime factor in the determina tion of the present conflict. Judge Speer is to speak on Friday night at No. 78 on Abraham Lincoln. west of Luneville. This region has been a "quiet sector” ever since the second month of the war. Whether our forces have been placed there because it is thought that the sector will remain quiet, or whether they have been placed there to draw away fir from the other fronts, can not be said. If it were possible our men would gladly have taken their stand in Belgium, for that little country is very dear to the American heart; but that be ing impossible Lorraine has been the se lection. A two-ounce bread ration for patrons z of' hotels, dining cars, and restaurants has been ordered by the food administra tor. Not more than two ounces of wheat bread may be served to any one person at a meal. HEATLESS MONDAYS will be contin ued it has been decided as a result of a conference between Director-General Mc- Adoo and Fuel Administrator Garfield. The coal situation is becoming more acute daily due to the extreme weather con ditions existing in the northeastern states. THE WAR costs"~the United States $24,- 000,000 a day. THE LAST INCREMENT of the first d?aft will be called to camp on February 23rd. This will bring the national army to a total strength of 685,000 men. BLAME for the Halifax disaster has been fixed on Pilot Mackay and Cap tain Lamodeac of the ship Mont Blanc, the munitions ship which was destroyed by the collision with the Belgium relief ship Imo, in the Halifax harbor. A TUNNEL for "traffic under the Hud son River to connect the states of New York and New Jersey is under considera tion by these two states. Negotiations have begun between Governors Edge and Whitman as to the details of the plan. It is estimated that the cost will be twelve million dollars; the benefits derived would be infinite. At present there are tun nels at three places under the river, one set of tubes being used by the Pennsylva nia railroad and the others for interstate passenger service. I! I F i b i I® »! (j|l Ills Wlli w pwl tJ V Cl ¥ 1 1/ H 11 i ) i l li Ev > ilii Ji £X3O No. 19