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JEWISH BOARD FOR
WELFARE WORK
On Monday night, February 25th, the
Jewish Board for Welfare Work gave
a well received entertainment in celebra
tion of the Jewish Feast of Purim. The
entertainment took place in Y. M. C. A.
Building No. 78, and was very well at
tended in spite of the fact that the 55th
Brigade- was out on a three-day hike.
This is only the first of a series of en
tertainments which the board hopes to fill
In in the various Y. M. C. A. and K. of
C. buildings in the camp.
On Tuesday night, February 26th, a Pu
rim ball was given by the Augusta
Branch of the Board at the Armory in
town. It was well attended—about a
hundred and fifty men being present. Re
freshments were served throughout the
evening.
Religious services will be held here
after in Y. M. C. A. Building No 77 in
stead of at No. 78, as the former building
is located more nearly in the center of
the camp. There was a slight Increase in
attendance last Friday night; but the
number of those present was far too
small. Men are urged to attend in greater
numbers. Services begin at < o clock;
but no't be afraid to come in if you are
a little bit late. “Better late than never
Is an old saying that still applies.
The Sunday morning Bible class met
for the first time in the tent of Cap
tain Futcher, the chaplain of the 109th
Infantry regiment. There were only a
handful present; but every man of them
enjoyed the chaplain’s short, heart-to
heart talk and the service. Everybody
who attended promised to bring himself
and another man next Sunday morning.
Get the spirit and come along. The class
meets every Sunday morning at Captain
Futcher’s tent on Pennsylvania avenue,
near the 109th Infantry barracks at 10
o'clock sharp.
East week's “Trench and Camp,” as
well as the Company Bulletin Boards,
showed an appeal for tatent of any kind
in order that the board, through Mr.
Landman. its field representative at
Camp Hancock, might provide enter
tainments for the men. There are any
number of Jewish men in the camp who
are good musicians, comedians, singer ( s,
dancers, and other entertainers. There is
no reason why they should not offer
their services in this way and thereby
give the fellows a good time, as well as
help further the aims and purposes of the
board. Think it over. Then hand in
your names and your specialties.
A new supply of the stationery of the
board has just been received, and "will
be on hand for you in the various Y. M.
C. A. and K. of C. buildings. Don’t for
get to ask for it when you do your let
ter writing. Use it all the time!
You are again cordially invited to dron
into the Club rooms of the Board at 85.1
Broad street, whenever you are Intown.
On Wednesday afternoon anfckevenlng,
March 13th, the Augusta Branch of the
Board wi'd give an outing for the Jewish
men at. the Bake View Club. Definite
nlans have not been completed as yet.
But whatever plans have been made point
to an afternoon and evening full of fun.
The purpose of this announcement is to
warn the men to brush un on the general
orders, and get their O. D.’s so that they
can get their passes and join in the
good time. Don’t forget the date—Wed
nesday, March 13th—and try to arrange
things so as to bo there. Also watch
next, week's notice for complete an
nouncement as to arrangements for the
biff time.
THE WHITE IN OUR FLAG
(By Rev. George Craig Stewart, D. D.)
There is a. menace to the white in
that flag which we avoid speaking of
and yet it must be faced. White
means purity. It means clean bodies,
clean minds, clean morals. It means,
above all, honor to womanhood. Yet,
during the first eighteen months of
Eurpean war England had more men
incapacitated for service by venereal
disease, contracted in mobilization
camps, than by all the fighting at the
front. Our own mobilization camps
along the Mexican border were ringed
round by dives unspeakable. Whole
companies—yes, almost whole regi
ments —took inoculation for diseases
I shall not name." Do you know what
that means? It means the transform
ation of gallant boys and men into
walking pestilences, into pitiful lepers,
many of whom will carry through life
the terror of their sins and even
transmit to further generations the
seeds of blindness and insanity. Do
1 startle you when I tell you plainly
that it is estimated that among the
soldiers in Europe there are today
700,000 syphilics? And your boy
or mine is going to hazard his life for
his country. Must he also lose his
soul? The nation has listened to the
appeals we sent in last ■winter. Pro
tected zones have been instituted. Ii
Is to the credit of the United States,
that the governmen has done this
and it is to the great credit of the Y.
M. C. A., and the chaplains of the ar
my and navy, that every effort-is being
made "to stimulate and strengthen our
boys against temptation; but, when all
is said and done, it is up to the boy
himself, up to the father and mother
who gave him clean birth, up to the
principles of conduct that were drilled
into him in youth, up to the standards
of character which were exemplified
by his father and mother and comrades
at home.
We pray for them that they may be
clean and that means that WE must
be clean. We honor the flag. It is
only as white as you and I are pure
and white. I would propose a new
hymn modeled on God Save the King:
“God save our boys and men.
Send them safe home again;
God save our men!
Make them victorious,
Clean, strong and glorious. ■
Flag floating over us, p’WKjy
Strengthen our men!” 83EE.’..
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TRENCH AND CAMP
THE PRICE HE PAID
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
(Personal Permission Given).
I said I would have my fling,
And do what a young man may:
And I ’didn’t believe a thing
That the parsons have to say.
I didn’t believe in a God
That gives us blood like fire,
Then flings into hell because
We answer the call of desire.
And I said: “Religion is rot,
And the laws of the world are nil;
For the bad man is he who is caught
And’ cannot foot his bill.
And there is no place called hell;
And heaven is only a truth,.
When a man has his way with a maid,
In the fresh keen hour of youth.
“And money can buy us grace,
If it rings on the plate of the church:
And money can neatly erase,
Each sign of a sinful smirch.”
For I saw everywhere,
Hotfooting the road of vice;
And women and preachers smiled on
them
As long as they paid the price.
So I had my joy of life:
I went the pace of the town;
And then I took me a wife,
An started to settle down.
I had gold enough and to spare
For all of the simple joys
That belong with a house and a home
And a brood of girls and boys.
ADVICE 3,000 YEARS OLD
UNHEEDED BY SOME
Say unto wisdom, “Thou art my sister,”
And call understanding thy kinswoman:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman.
A young man void of understanding
Passing through the street near her corner
Went the way to her house
In the twilight, in the evening of the day.
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield
With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
He goeth after her straightaway,
As an ox goeth to the slaughter
Or as one in fetters to the correction of the foot;
As a bird hasteth to the snare.
Till an arrow strike through his liver;
And he knoweth not* that it is for his life.
Now- therefore, my sons, hearken unto me.
And attend to the words of my mouth.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways;
Go not astray In her paths.
For she hath cast down many wounded;
Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
Iler house is the way to Sheol.
Going down to the chambers of death.
■ SOLDIERS ENTERTAIN
AT STAPLETON
The good people of Stapleton, Ga„ were
highly entertained by the excellent pro
gram offered by soldiers from Camp
•Hancock on last Tuesday evening.
The program was opened by an over
ture by Corporal Wilkinson of the Mili
tary Police. This was followed by a re
vUe of the popular songs by the entire
company. Local talent- in Stapleton then
staged a mock wedding which was very
amusing. Private M. A. Kinder of the
Military Police and Private R. B. McCor
mick of the Signal Corps then pleased
the audience with two with two popular
song selections. This was followed by a
piano solo by N. E. Becker of the Mili
tary Police, and a comedy number by
Mountcastle of the same company. R. B.
McCormick then sang a tenor solo in his
usual pleasing style, followed by a violin
solo by Frank Garrigus. A chorus of pop
ular songs was the next feature, followed
by a monologue by Theodore Huber of
the Military Police, a solo by Kinder with
the Star-Spangled Banner, completed the
program.
The entertainment was given at the
Woman’s Organization of Stapleton for
the purpose of helping to lift the debt on
the new . school auditorium. Over one
hundred dollars was cleared.
There is probably as much talent among
the Military Police as in any other organ
ization in the Twenty-eighth Division, but
owing to their somewhat strenuous du
ties, they do not often get an opportunity
to give it a showing.
THAT NEWSY PAPER
When Trench and Camp comes to our
house,
It makes me think of you
And then I get to wonderin’
And gee! I wish I knew
If you all think of us down there,
As we all think of you.
But you’re so powerful busy
Couldn’t expect you to.
When Trench and Camp comes to our
house,
I read it all clear through
Alookin’ for a line or so
A tellin’ about you,
And then I get to wishin’
Jes lots of things for you
’Cause you’re so far away down ther
And got so much to do.
When Trench and Camp comes to our
house,
I always think of you
And pray the good Lord help you
strong,
And well and happy too
And do you, too, remember
You’ve friends steadfast and true,
’Tho you’re so far away down there
And got so much to do.
—Martha Lemade, Williamsport, Pa.
I married a girl With health
And virtue and spotless fame.
I gave In exchange my wealth
And a proud old family name.
Grown sated and sick of sin!
My deal with the devil was all cleaned
up.
And the last bill handed in.
She was going to bring me a child,
And when in labor she cried,
With love and fear I was wild —
But now I wish she had died,
For the son she bore me was blind
And crippled and weak and sore!
And his mother was left a wreck.
It was so she settled my score.
I said I must have my fling,'
And they knew the path I would go;
Yet; no one told me a thing
Os what I needed to know.
Folks talk too much of a soul
From heavenly joys debarred —
And not enough of the babea- -unborn,
By the sins of their fathers scarred.
SAFEGUARDING SOLDIERS
BY THE SECRETARY WAR
In the training camps already estab
lished or soon to be established large
bodies of men, selected primarily from the
youth of the country, will be gathered to
gether for a period of intensive discipline
and training. The greater proportion of
this force probably will be made up of
young men who have not yet become ac
customed to contact with either the sa
loon or the prostitute, and who will be at
that plastic and generous period of life
when their service to their country
should be surrounded by safeguards
against temptations to which they are not
accustomed.
Our responsibility in this matter is not
open to question. We cannot allow these
young men, most of whom will have been
drafted to service, to be surrounded by
a vicious and demoralizing environment,
nor can we leave anything undone which
will protect them from unhealthy influ
ences and crude forms of temptation.
Not only have we an inescapable respons
ibility in this matter to the families and
communities from which these young men
are selected, but, from the standpoint of
our duty and our determination to create
an efficient army, we are bound, as a mil
itary necessity, to do everything in our
power to promote the health and conserve
the vitality of the men in the training
camp.
I am determined tba« our new training
camps, as well as the surrounding zones
within an effective radius, shall not be
places of temptation and peril. The
amendments to the army bill recently
passed, a copy of which I enclose here
with (Sections 12 and 13), give the War
Department more authority in this mat
ter than we previously possessed. On the
other hand we are not going to be able to
obtain the conditions necessary to the
health and vitality, of our soldiers, with
out the full co-operation or the local au
thorities in the cities and towns near
v’H’.-'h our camps are located, or through
which our soldiers will be passing in tran
sA ,v> outer points.
As I say, the War Department intends
to do its full part in these matters, but we
expect the co-operation and support of the
local communities. If the desired end
cannot otherwise be achieved, I propose
to move the camps from those neighbor
hoods in which clean conditions cannot
be secured.
(Signed) NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary of War
• and
Chairman of the Council of National
Defense.
TRENCH AND CAMP
UNIVERSALLY READ
Oh, yes. Camp Hancock Trench and
Camp goes to the American soldiers in
France as well as to China and England.
A letter from Clarence Crux, of Wil
merding to Mr. Tomlinson says he re
ceives Trench and Camp weekly and
finds it extremely interesting to an
American engineer four thousand miles
from home.
HIKE OF 56TH BRIGADE
Thursday morning at nine-fifty the
Fifty-sixth Brigade fell in line under,
heaVy marching c’-der for a hike to the!
rifle range. The rout taken was via
Wheless over the Milledgeville road. With?
the 112th Regiment were Secretaries'*
Adams, Hughes and Veech of Y. M. €!. A.|
76. Secretaries Smedley and Keller front
Y. M. C. A. 232 were with the 111th Reg
iment.
The hike to the place of encampment’
was without any special excitement. Theij
men remained in good spirits all the ways
and the word all along the line was “Pick!
it up and don’t drop out.” At one point|
when “Fall out” was given, the men'
showed good skill as scouts by finding a
soft drink stand and persuaded the owner
to upen up and exchange his wares fori
their money which seemed to please all*
parties concerned.
When the camp was reached tents were
quickly pitched and mess served. Then
everybody made a quick path to the lake
where a good old swim brought back to
view the picture painted on childhood's
art gallery and written of by the Hoosier
poet “The Old Swimin’ Hole.”
Thursday night the men were given a
little training under darkness in trench
digging and scouting, after which they re
tired to camp and gathered around for a
band concert. After the concert the
camp fires were lighted and tent candles
soon began to sparkle forth like < stars.
Then the boys in khaki sang and made
the camp sound like the old vets tells us
about. Taps was sounded at ten-fifteen
as usual but quiet was restored some time
after.
Friday morning after mess, tents were
taken down and packs ready by eight
o’clock for another day’s hiking. At
eight-thirty march was begun and every
body with his gun and pack on, includ
ing Secretary Veech, who marched with
the Headquarters Company, started out’
for somewhere in Georgia, where a stop
would be made for dlm-.er. After seven
miles’ hiking at twelve-fifteen, “fall out"
was given for mess. We were at Friend
ship School house and church. After
mess two miles more were covered. Then
the command “halt,’ ’was given. “Pioneer
troop get picks and vuots from supply
wagon. Signal squad, A Co., B Co., for
ward march." Off they went to the woods
to fight a. forest fire. Here it was that
Secretaries Adams and Hughes qualified
for their branch of army service and
have been recommended by the officers in
charge as Bush Beaters in the fire brig
ade.
Captain Miller of Company B had
charge of the fire and it was what we call
a forest fire about two and a half miles
long and the blaze 30 feet high In some
places. If the officers and men show the
fighting spirit against the Germans that
they did against the fire (and they will),
there will be no Germans. While we were
fighting the fire the rest of the regi
ment returned to the artillery range. At
6:05 p. m., the fire was under control
and we were ordered to fall in. Lieut.
Smith with his trousers partly torn off
him and the rest of us so black you could
hardly tell our color, doubled time
back (what I call double time), 3*6 miles
distant.
That night Secretary Tebbs came out
and led the sing song and concert which
was followed by a boxing and wrestling
act. The next morning many were awak
ened in the early hours of the morning
by the quarreling of the '’mule skinners"
and the "iodine dobbers.” After mess
no -tents were to be removed until the
command was given at 8:30 a. m. We left
for our return trip at 9;05 a. m. The
band leading and Headquarters Company
close behind. The band was playing,
“When I Dream About the Moonlight on
the Wabash.” At 9:30 a. m. the band
played “Good-bye Broadway. Hello
France.” Uart of the trip back was to
the scene of whistling bullets as we were
brought through the rifle range. The re
turning march was made with but one
stop. At 10 a. m., after hiking 3 1-4
miles we fell out to the right of the road
for a five-minute rest. Then we hiked it
back to camp with the band playing
“Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old
Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile.” The
hike was carried out under fine military
order. The brigade passed in review be
fore the commanding officer nn the drill
field of Camp Hancock at 11:30. Thus
ended the hike of the Fifty-sixth Brigade.
GERMAN JOURNALS TELL
TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA
New York. —German newspapers have
informed their readers that New York
city, for its protection, has girded itself
with a barbed wire fence 625 miles in
length. The Germans also have been
told that fifty thousand soldiers are
guarding the port of New York, that rig
orous measures have been taken in Chi
cago and elsewhere and that Hoboken
is deserted. Under the caption "Amer
ican War Fever,” the. Cologne Gazette
of Jan. 16, a copy of which has been
received in this city, publishes the fol
lowing dispatch under an Amsterdam
date:
“It is reported from New York that a
barbed wire fence of over 1,000 kilo
meters in length has been drawn around
the docks and piers of New York. This
gigantic fence encircles the whole of New
York and also the adjoining cities of
Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City. No
one is allowed to pass through this fence
without permission, especially no enemy
alien.
Immediately Shot.
“Fifty thousand soldiers have been de
tailed to guard the port terminals. Any
person found loitering in the vicinity
of the barbed wire fence is Immediately
shot. All Germans who either reside or
work within the barbed wire zone must
vacate the district immediately.
“In Chicago some 23,000 Germans have
been forced to move out of the harbor
district. These rigorous regulations have
caused great excitement among the busi
ness men of the entire country because
they are compelled to do without their
German employes if their places are near
the docks. A delegation of master butch
ers have vainly pleaded for an allevia
tion of these regulations.
“The Germans, who in Hoboken had
built up a colony resembling a little
piece of Germany, have all been forced
to leave and that port, which already
had suffered heavily from the war, is now
absolutely deserted."
Seven billion tin cans will be require
ed as containers for food for the Army
and Navy this year. And when the?
are empty we will tie one to every
Hua! —Baltimore American.
March
