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1 p. m.—Motion
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Chaplain Keith;
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p. m., popular
Dr. Wishart.
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( ng day with the
pn of additional
I the former site
|tnore men under
I Ballard assist
|to a temporary
I building have
ttnent lately and
we expect to be able to report before
many weeks that the erection of a build
ing is in progrss.
On Tuesday night the secretary detailed
the news of the week to about three
dozen men.
The band concert this week was given
by the band of the 108th Field Artillery
Our thanks are extended.
About a hundred men gave an enthus
iastic greeting to their fellow Pennsyl
vanian, Dr. Hayes of Johnstown. In ad
dition to his address he gave us a new
stanza to “America,” which, he said, is
being sung in Pennsylvania. In response
to his request the men sang the new
verse for him.
We have been favored with delightful
Sunday weather recently and last Sun
day was no exception. A feature of the
regimental service was the presence of a
number of residents of the surrounding
community who have no church advant
ages elsewhere.
In the afternoon a large number of men
went out on passes to enjoy a change
from their usual surroundings. In the
evening quite a number were attracted to
the church “across the hili’.” Notwith
standing this our evening service was held
though with a considerably reduced at
tendance.
whaFtcF write
TO YOUR BOY
“ ‘Have you written to mother?' is the
most productive sign posted in the
Young Men’s Christian Association huts
today, but I would like to see added to
it the three words; ‘With a Smile?’ says
Lieut. Jean Alcide Picard, J3th French
Infantry, disabled after 28 months .of
service in the trenches.
If the boys in training -write cheerful
letters home, they will receive, in turn
from the home-folks, letters which will
gladden their hearts here and after the
journey overseas, even In the front line
trenches. _
Letters Hold the Front Line Trenches
“Tell the women of America to write
letters to their men at the front,—and
then, more letters. It’s home letters that
hold the frontline trenches.”
This is the message brought back to
America by Captain H. H. Pearson, the
first Canadian to go to France after war
was declared, and the first to see service
with Kitchener’s army. Later he was
wounded when a bomb struck the Young
Men’s Christian Association headquarters
at Belgian Poperinghe, of which he was
in charge. He has seen hundreds of men
go over the top, and a lesser number
come back again. He has been over the
top and come back again. Both from
experience and observation he knows
what it is that puts heart into soldiers
when they stand near the edge of No
Man’s Land, with the shells bursting
around them.
“Write to them!” he urges. “If you
have a relative or friend at the front
write to him, and do it often. Letters
from strangers don’t count, of course, but
the others—no one can say how much
they matter. Why do you suppose that
the Young Men’s Christian Association
spends thousands of dollars every month
for paper and ink? It isn’t so much be
cause we are thinking of the home-folk;
they must look out for themselves in
time of war. We want those letters
written so that the mothers and the
sisters and the wives and the sweet
hearts back home may answer them as
soon as possible. It’s the answers wc
are interested in, because we know how
those letters in the >, familiar hand'Writ
inc- are "oing to help win the battle.
What kind of letters should the home
folk write to the.soldier at the front.
Literary quality jsn t the . tbe
needful in them of’touwt
best of them all , ar ® “accounts of
full of little homely • reet an(l
the new neighbors acr .. . ed to say
of the words the baby Earned of
and of how J ’V'"'X.- n(r S t o look more like
his clothes, aad g ® ttl "^ d h e just grows
his daddy each day,-and iMe bp
up to be half so g°° ‘ lle e rs that are
all right,, Th ® B / b J t h e -soldier before he
oftenest i e-rc< < commonplace let-
goes over the top. ]a day happenings
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are in keeping for him letters ought
Certain other types fr * nt
never to be sent
One is that whose closely written
thoughtless women whose an(l
nares are blurred witn nei .
.’taken up with her ownsorrow in hj av ing
limits
tian Association secretaries in! I ) ra ' l ®®
tells of a promising young chap vvh
pearance <01! iS-gS
“You see,” the young soldier tola tne
Young Men’s Christian Association man
“I go? a letter from my mother and she
was so worried about my going wrong
over here and so sure that I had tn
herited alcoholic tendencies from my
father, that I got d ® s P®\ at ®’\?t I’
went on a spree to forget ad al ??’iLjJ‘
Harold R. Peat, “Private Peat, writes
in the current issue of the American
Magazine to the mothers in America
“Send vour boy off with a smile It
will make you a comrade to him and a»-
examnle as well. He will say to himself.
“ 'Well, well, if mother could buck up
and meet her trouble with a smile,
jruess I can too.’ .
“And when you write to him—am
write often—don’t send him sorry let
ters. Don’t moan and tell all the black
things you think about. Make him fee
that you are in the fight with him; that
you are proud and happy about him.
he thinks you understand, he Will be
proud and happy himself. -
“Oh, those letters that come to the
trenches! You don’t know, • you can t
know what they mean to us. No mat
ter what we are doing, everything stops
when the sergeant comes around with
the mail. Maybe he hands you a parcel
That’s fine—but it can wait. It’s a let
ter you want! Words that you can
Imagine you hear your mother saying
For—believe me. it’s mother, that counts
first with the boys in the trenches.”
WITH BIG PROGRAM?
BUILDING 231 OPENS;
GEN. PRICE SPEAKS
After narrowly escaping fire when the
nearby mess shack burned, Y. M..C. A.
Building No. 231, located on Artillery
Avenue, between 109th and 103rd Ammu
nition Train, was formally opened for use
Sunday night.
Music was furnished by the band of the
103rd and the program turned out to be
the farewell appearance of this organ
ization before their departure for Spar
tanburg. The progra-i of the evening
was in the hands of Col. Olin F. Harvey
of the 109th F. A., Col. Harvey, “adopt
ing” the building as the headquarters
for his regiment at the very start. He
however expressed a willingness to share
it with any other units in this section of
camp. The dedicatory prayer was given
by Dr. T. A. Wiggington, Camp Religious
Work Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. “The
53rd Brigade and the Y. M. C. A,” was the
subject of Brigadier General Price and
the general contrasted present army con
ditions in relation to v«ee with the past
conditions. His references to the war
were given the closest attention as he
urged the men to apply themselves to
the tasks before them in the remaining
davs in camp. Chaplain Bassler of the
103rd Ammunition Train represented that
regiment and expressed his appreciation
of the opening of the new buildifig.
“The Knights of Columbus and the Y.
M. C. A.,” was the subject used by Sec
retary Allen of the nearby K. of C. Build
ing. Cordial relations were assured by
the speaker. Chaplain James M. Farr was
certain that the opening of the new build
ing in spite of the fire was positive as
surance of a decisive victory over the
devil. His subject was “Why the 109th
Welcomes the New Building.” Corporal
Worfertz of the 103rd spoke on “The Un
listed Man and the Y,” telling of the ser
vice rendered the men bv this organiza
tion.
The staff of the new building were
briefly introduced to the men—H. S.
“Dad”’ Mclntyre, A. O. Germain, W. J.
Aiken and Dr. William Russell Owen, who
made what Chaplain Farr described as
the greatest moral appeal he ever Heard —
four coon stories. Building Secretary
Olin C. Eckley expressed the gratification
of 'the staff at being permitted to serve
the “red chord” men of Camp Hancock.
The desire of the workers was to serve
in the best way possible the interests of
the men in the nearby units. The pro
gram closed with benediction by Dr.
Owen. , .
The building is the latest plan for an
Army Y, M. C. A. hut and offers to the
men aside from the customary auditorium
and writing tables, a correspondence room
which may be used while programs are
being given in the main room. This room
is immediately to the rear of the office
as is the new feature of the building—the
Officers’ Club. This room is abou 25x30
BEAUTIFUL MILITARY MARRIAGE
One of the most beautiful events in Au
gusta since the arrival of the U. S. R.
was the marriage of Miss Mary MacMillan
Nixon of Pittsburg, Pa., to Mr. Layman
“Walter Wallgreen of Pittsburg, Pa.,
which was solemnized at the hospitable
Brittingham home on upper Broad street
on last Thursday evening at mine-thirty
o’clock. The ceremony was impressively
performed by the Reverend Chaplain Pe
ters of Battery B, 107th Field Artillery,
being the very first marriage of a mem
ber of the battery by the popular and
well beloved chaplain since his enlist
ment in the service.
The large and spacious drawing rooms
of one of Augusta’s most elegant and at
tractive homes were beautifully decorat
ed in the national colors, which were
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feet in size will offer s-.eial opportunities
to nearby commissioned officers and af
ford a meeting place for numerous tech
nical instruction groups. Its location in
this building will be watched with consid
erable interest as it marks a new de
velopment in the plan of Red Triangle
buildings. The living quarters of the as
sociation staff are on the second floor.
BUGLE CALLSFOR SOLDIERS
This card was posted in an army Y. M.
C. A. building in Camp Pike. Arkansas:
REVEILLE —Awake, thou that sleepest.
and arise from the dead, and Christ shall
give thee light.—Ephesians 5:14.
ROLL CALL —I have called thee by thy
name; thou art. mine.—lsaiah 43:1.
ATTENTION—Look unto Me. and be ye
saved.—lsaiah 45:22.
QUICK MARCH —I press toward the
mark for. the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus.—Phil. 3:15.
HALT —-Stand still, and see the salva
tion of the Lord.—Exodus 14:13.
STAND AT EASE—I will give you rest.
—Matt. 11:28.
WHEN ON GUARD—Watch ye and
pray, lest ye enter into temptation.—■
Mark 14:38.
WHEN IN CAMP—The angel of the
Lord encampeth round about them that
fear Him, and delivereth them. —Psalm
34:7.
WHEN FIGHTING—Fight the good
fight of fiath, hold on eternal life. —1
Timothy 6:12.
WHEN WOUNDED—They that wait
upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
—lsaiah 40:31.
WHEN A PRISONER—Fear thou not;
for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for
I am thv God. —Isaiah 41:10.
IN THE HOUR OF DEATH—Let not
your heart be troubled, ye believe in God,
believe also in Me —John 14:1.
THE LAST POST—I heard a voice
from heaven, Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord —that they may rest from
their labors.—Revelation 14:13.
IN THE GRAND REVIEW—WeII done,
thou good and faithful servant ♦ » « enter
thou into the joy of thy Lord.—Matthew,
25:21.
INFORMATION WANTED.
Anyone knowing of the whereabouts of
James Lavelle, of Brooklyn, N. Y., will
be conferring a great favor by sending
this information to Corporal Andrew L.
K. of C. No. 2 Largest Fat Man
W • B Ft life ®
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At Knights of Columbus Building No.
2 in Artillery section, the first enter
tainment of the week in this building was
“HAPPY JA<
the largest fat man in the world. “Hap
py Jack” was born in Sydney Australia,
is 34 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches in height
and weighs 739 pounds. He measures 103
inches around the waist and has to be
transported around the country in a bag
gage car.
K. of C. Building No. 2 is rapidly be-
March 6.
draped effectively over the wide doors,
forming a background for large potted
palms and vases full of rare blossoms of
the Sunny Southland. Many shaded
lights added to the beauty of the scene.
A string band of Battery B’s talented
performers furnished most inspiring mu
sic, rendering Chopin’s wedding march
as the bridal party entered.
After receiving congratulations the
bride and groom were seated at an im
mense round table in the beautifully dec
orated dining room and delicious refresh
ments were served. The table was cov
ered with a great silk flag over which
was a dainty cover of nret lace. In the
center was a great cake which bore the
insignia of the battery in the colors of
khaki and white. This was a surprise
gift from the battery kitchen,
Murry, 109th Infantry, O. T. C.. Camp
Hancock This young man was former
ly a n ember of the 12th New York In
fantry, but after returning from the bor
der got a dependency discharge and
sr.'ntly afterward disappeared. His moth
er and sister are prostrated with grief
and hope to hear of him.
LOST AND FOUND.
Corporal Andrew L. Mury, Company G,
109th Infantry, 3rd O. T. C. has lost one
shoe marked “A. L. M.” He has a shoe
marked “E. Jenks.” These were ex
changed at the cobbler's.
Lost: Anyone finding rifle No. 482077
should return same to top sergeant, Co.
B, 109th Inf.
ONLY A VOLUNTEER
Why didn’t you wait to be drafted?
The answer is simple enough;
You don’t need a brass hand to lead you,
You’re made of the right kind of stuff.
Your banquet will come when it is over,
That’s when you will want to be
cheered.
Then you know you deserve it,
Because you are a Volunteer.
Don't get discouraged so quickly,
You’re on the right track, a hunch;
That out. of the millions of soldiers*
Uncle Sam likes you best of the bunch.
You don’t complain of your duties,
Os hardships you have not a fear;
You lick up your meals with a relish.
Because you are a Volunteer.
You weren’t drawn in by a number,
. As though you were nothing at all;
And you didn’t go around with a frown
on.
Afraid that your country would call.
You didn’t buy every paper,
And scan the draft column with fear-
You marched right along with your head
up,
Because you were a Volunteer.
What if the draft Willies
Do get a little more praise
Praise won’t get the old kaiser;
It’s real men we need these days.
Just keep your eyes on Berlin, boys,
Never mind the brass band and the
cheers;
The glory will go to the Heroes,
And they will be VOLUNTEERS.
JEAN KYNOCH.
held last evening. A class vaude
ville program was rendered. Among
the numbers was a special attraction in
IK” ECKERT,
coming popular with the boys and is
thronged every evening where Secretary
Allen and his assistant, Mr. Cleary, work
“until Taps” in looking after their com
fort and entertainment. Tuesday even
ing next, March 12th, a minstrel show
will be the offering and a jolly outfit will
occupy the stage for an hour and a half.
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