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TRENCH AND CAMP
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ga.
EDITION, 11,000.
GEQ. B. LANDIS,' Editor.
Publshed with the co-operaton of THE
HERALD PUBLISHING CO,
Augusta, Ga.
ISSUED LVERY~WEDNI-SDAY.
Vol. I.—Apri~3,~i9lß.— No. 26.
Entered as second-class matter, Feb.
I.3th, 1918, at the post office at Augusta,
Georgia, under the Act of March 3, 1379.
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CAMP HANCOCK ARMY Y. M. C. A.
From the Office of The Augusta Herald
THIRD BOND ISSUE FOR
LIBERTY NOW AT HAND
With the approach of the time to
begin the third Liberty Ix>an drive the
people of the United States, soldiers
as well as civilian population are
brought face to face with the tremen
dous money expense connected with
carrying on a great war. At the in
terest of four and a quarter per cent
non-convertible bonds will be issued
for the sum of billion dollars. The
right to apportion over-subscription is
reserved by the secretary of the treas
ury.
Throughout the country speakers will
present the facts of the new bond issue
and all banks will be receiving sta
tions for subscriptions. Many public
places will also be authorized to re
ceive subscriptions. The flirst two
were « ulck ly absorbed and no
difficulty is expected in rapidly dis
posing of this third issue. It affords
an excellent opportunity for patriotic
citizens at home to show their appre
ciation of the great task undertaken
by our country and for the soldiers to
show that they back up to the very end
the objective of the work in hand.
From the standpoint of investment
alone, aside from patriotic duty, no
better place for money could be found.
No investments would be worth any
thing if the Hui. were victorious. All
money put into the government treas
ury at this time goes to protect homes
now and in the future as well as all
other investmen Is of the rich and the
poor alike.
One of the outstanding features of
the other loans was the fact that a
large proportion of the bonds were
taken in small denominations by the
great mass of the people of small fi
nancial means, showing how solid the
country is united ; gainst the barbar
ious enemy. Every citizen must re
member now his sacred obligations.
An idle dollar is a stacker. It must
be Liberty Bonds now or th© bonds
of servitude later.
devilresignshTs job
The devil sat by a lake of fire on a
pile of sulphur kegs,
His head was bowed up i his breast
his tail between his legs;
A look of shame was qh his face, the
sparks dripped from his eyes,—
He had sent up his resignation to
throne up in the skies.
’Th down and out” the devil said —he
said It with a sob—
“ There are others that outclass me
and I want to quit the job,
Hell isn’t in it with the land that lies
along the Rhine,
I’m a has-been and a piker—and there
fore I resign-
One ammunition maker with his bloody
shot and shell knows more
About Damnation than all the imps of
hell,
Give my job to Kaiser William, the
author of this war;
He understands it better a million
times by far.
I hate to leave the old home, the spot
I love so well,
But I feel that I’m not up-to-date in
the art of running hell.
—Private Samuel C. Schoolmaster,
Co. C, H2th U. S. Infantry.
Freedom of speech should be preserved
if only for the service It performs in ex-
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TRENCH AND CAMP
AMERICA STRIPPED FOR THE FIGHT
Review of the First Year of the War For U. S.
The first year of America’s partici
pation in the World War is drawing
to a close. Always a peace-loving na
tion, the United States for two years
and a half endured galling treatment
by Germany in the hope of finding
some way of maintaining peace with
honor. Germany’s unlawful use of
submarines and continued killing of
innocent American citizens finally led
to decisive action.
President Wilson on April 2nd, 1917,
felt compelled to lay before the Con
gress the actions of Germany in the
immediate past, which, in connection
with the whole trend of the war,
seemed to indicate that the German
government was determinedly and
stubbornly following out a policy of
ruthlessness contrary to international
law. No treaty obligations seemed to
have any weight with the German
Emperor, and the solemn warnings
of America —the greatest neutral
country—were totally unheeded. The
remarkable address of President Wil
scn included the following para
graph :
“Right is more precious than peace,
and we shall fight for the things which
we have always carried nearest our
hearts —for democracy, for the tight
of those who submit to authority to
have a voice in their own govern
ments, for the rights and liberties of
small nations, for a universal domin
ion of right by such a concert of free
people as shall bring peace and safe
ty to all nations and make the world
itself at last free.”
The German Embassador Bernstorff
was dismissed, and war declared with
Germany, though not with Austria
and the other Central Powers, on April
6th, 1917. No preparation for war
had been made until this time, but the
machinery was immediately set in
motion. On May 18th, Congress pass
ed the Selective-Service Law, which
was promtly approved by the Presi
dent, and plans were made for the
selection and examination of those
most fit. A ship building board was
organized, manufacturers of various
munitions and supplies were listed to
experts in every phase of military
operations were gathered together,
with the most renowned inventors
from civilian life. A new engine was
designed for airplanes, and the con
struction of a large number of these
ships of the air begun. Within the
year seven billions of dollars have
been paid to the Government in two
Liberty Loans, and the third, equaling
that total, will be raised beginning
April 6th. Within that time twelve
billion dollars worth of insurance have
been taken by the soldiers of the
United States army under the new
law allowing each soldier to sub
scribe at small expense for not to ex
ceed $10,090. Dependency laws pro
vide for the immediate relatives of
soldiers, and compensation laws pro
vide for monthly payments in case of
accident or disability.
Shortly after the beginning of the
war orders were issued by the War
Department with regard to selling or
giving liquor to soldiers, and a pro
tected zone of miles around mili
tary camps was authorize with a view
of preventing commercialized vice and
the sale of liquors. The manufactur
of distilled liquor in the United States
was prohibited. Later the Congressj
passed a bill providing for an amend
ment to the Constitution prohibiting
the sale of any alcoholic beverage
within the United and its possessions,
providing this amendment was rati
fied according to constitutional pro
visions within six years.
Not only was the selective draft ac
cepted without any opposition, but the
people fell heartily in line with the re
strictions placed upon them by the
Food Administrator. Greater hard
ships were occasioned by the rulings
of the coal dictator, partly because of
coal shortage in cold weather, and
partly because of the difficulties in
ties in transportation. The Govern
ment’s control of the railroads was
put in the hands of the Secretary of
the Treasury, and the operation of the
railroads was made to serve military
necessities. Even the law for the con
servation of an extra hour of daylight
was put into force as easily as turn
ing the page of a book.
Enemy aliens were hardly disturbed
In their relations during the year,
though a few outspoken Pro-German-
Ists were incarcerated. The Govern
ment took over all enemy shipping in
American ports, and near the close of
the first year of the war undertook to
sell some types of enemy property,
even though owned individually.
To be sure there has been so.me crit
icism of the administration by Con
gress but investigations as to the pur
chase of supplies, the lack of mater
ials, the slowness in making prepara
tions. has usually resulted in a fairly
satisfactory showing for those in con
trol. Not all has been done which had
been hoped, but more than most ex
pected. Several Senators and Con
gressmen, such as Lafollette, of Wis
consin, and Hardwick, of Georgia,
have opposed legislation looking to
the successful conduct of the war, and
have lined up so frequently with the
Germans, that someone, has said,
"They will go to their graves Hun
wept, Hun-honored and Hun-sung."
The American soldiers in France, to
a number unknown, have given a good
account of themselves, not only in the
higher military councils, but in the
engineering feats, the organization of
transportation facilities, and in action
at the battle front. The three Ameri
cans first killed, Gresham, Enright
and Hay, were buried with high hon
or; and the willingness of Americans
to die for this worthy cause has great
greatly strengthened the morale of the
French and British armies. The most
serious loss of the year has been the
sinking of the Tuscania, on which
one hundred and forty-five Ameri
cans were lost
With thirty-two cantonments and
encampments, besides numerous
smaller military posts, a great army
is being quickly trained for active ser
vice. The spirit to fight prevails
among the soldiers; all are anxious
to get to the scene of actual warfare;
and, to have their part in the solution
of the great problems Involved in this
struggle. This feeling is intensified
at the close of the first year of the
war by the terrific drive of the Ger
man host on the Western front so
nobly sustained by the British with
the generous aid of French reinforce
ments.
The year closes with the offer of
General Pershing, chief In command
of the American troops, to us all of
the American soldiers in the front
lines if General Foch, in supreme com
mand, should deem it wise to do so.
America is stripped for the fight.
Her force is beginning to be felt. The
objective is a large one. It will de
mand supreme sacrifice. The words of
President Wilson are apropos:
To such a task we can dedicate our
lives, and our fortunes, everything
that we are and everything that we
have, with the pride of those who
know that the day has come when
America is privileged to spend her
blood and her might for tne principles
that gave her birth and happiness and
th® peace which she has treasured.
God helping her, she can do no oth
er.”
—G. B. L.
WANTED—INVENTIONS
Another Timely Article Relative
to the German Long Range
Gun.
In the last week’s Issue of “Trench
and Camp” the writer attempted to
m Ut th€> . value of great numbers
of mediocre minds thinking and acting
together for the development of means
to attain given objective. This was
apropos of the new German "mystery
ot Araeri can inventors to
defeat their purpose.
To impress upon you the importance
of THINKING TOGETHER, I am go!
ing to take the liberty of repeating the
two ideas the writer furnished this
journal, ancnt the new German weap
on. I do this solely so that the pos
sible vindication (given later), of these
ideas, will at least be clear to you.
The first-idea constituted a gun
firing a 9-inch shell. To be brief
each shell carried in itself two addi
tional powder charges, timed to go off
successively at the moment the shell
reached the highest point of its tra
jectory, the extra powder charges,
serving the purpose of continuing the
flight of the shell.
In the second idea the same 9-inch
shell was to be used, except that it
was to be somewhat lightened, to af
ford weight and space (inside the
shell), for the placing of a small, pow
erful motor, which would come into
play at the highest point of the tra
jectory, by blowing off the base of the
shell, with a light powder charge, thus
releasing the nibtor. The writer must
confess that due to lack of time, he
did not then go into details as to how
the propeller could come into play,
and, cansequently, will do so now. The
blades of the propeller could be laid
lengthwise with the shell and around
the outside of the motor. These blades
could be so arranged that they would
slide out easily with the blowing off.
of the base of the shell, automatically
lock and fall into correct position after
traveling their full distance. The
starting of the ? otor as you can read
ily see, would be subservient to the
blades being fully .ocked.
Quite naturally the friction produced
by the sliding of th. blades would have
to be considered, and in order to main
tain the integrity of the T. N. T„ which
I believe, has a point of explosion of
from 115 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, a
light asbestos packing could be placed
between the T. N. T„ and the propeller
blades. The reason for the T. N. T.
being at all near the motor, would be
for removing all traces of the mechan
ism at the final burst.
, The above, I believe, covers what I
stated in the previous article, or at
least covers all that the writer intend
ed at that time. The reader, there
fore, should now be able to appreciate
the following coincidence.
My original article on the “mystery
gun” was written Sunday, March 24th.
In the Philadelphia “North American”
of March 27th, appears a London dis
patch by the Associated Press, dated
March 26th, and with the following
caption, "Gun Is aWonder of War,
Asserts British General.” I will repeat
Continued on page five
Grin-Aids
Laugh front into line. March.
“Billings, the Bugler, has a new
tune,” remarked Lamson at mess the
other day, as he swallowed a full siz
ed fork of ‘slum’. "
"So? What tune is it,” inquired th©
inquisitive several.
“Platoon.”
The fellow who trusts to luck may
find himself “outa luck” when it comes
time to check up.
An incinerator by any other name
would probably produce as much
smoke and be fully as fragrant.
Therese asked her brother if th©
kitchen police ever arrested anybody.
He told her that there was nobody
around the mess-shack ever needed to
be arrested.
A real test for deafness: The com
mand, "Fall out.”
After all kicking is over about th©
new daylight bill, let us remember
that sunlight regulated almost en
tirely the lying down and the getting
up of our -ancestors.
Wrist watches may now be ex
changed for sun dials.
• • •
Sammy—How do you manage to get
on so well with the French girls when
you can’t speak the lingo?
Jackie—You’re dead slow. Can’t y©
kiss a girl without a dictionary?—*
Browning’s Magazine.
“The surgeon of the regiment was
both professional and military in the
order he gave the men when he want
ed to vaccinate them.”
"What was the order?”
" ‘Present arms’ ”. —Baltimore Amer
ican.
Col G is a fine commander,
but not a musician. He sent for the
chief musician of his regimental band
one day and delivered this scatching
criticism:
“I notice a lack of uniformity about
the band which must be regulated.
Yesterday morning they were on pa
rade and the largest man in the band
was playing a little bit of an instru
ment-flute or something of the kind
—and you had the big drum played by
a small man. That sort of thing
doesn’t look well, and must be attend
ed to. I want the small men to play
small instruments and the big men
the big instruments. And another
thing—l want the trombone players
to slide their instruments in and out
in unison. It annoys me to see them
all out of step with the hands.”—
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
First cullud porter—l guess ol’ Bill
Johnson done turn ’cificist.
Second cullud porter—Sho ’nough?
First cullud porter—Yep. He's gone
and bot hisself a safey razor.—
Judge.
C. C. G.
by a' b’ c.
Apologies to (K.C. B.)
In our MIDST
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We ar© GRANTED
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Tiie pleasure OF
Having C. C. G.
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It would APPEAR
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As though HIS
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Were the ADVERTISEMENT
For CASCARETS
But it is RATHER *
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The initials OF
An eminent GENTLEMAN
Who has VERY *
Kindly CONSCRIPTED
Funds to BE
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Used for THE
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Purpose of BUYING
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Baseball Material FOR
Uncle Sam’s SOLDIERS
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We thank MISTER
• • •
Clark Calvin GRIFFITH
•• • .
And hope THE
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Washington team WINS
The PENNANT.
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I thank YOU.
O~ - O
DATES ON V7HICH EVERY
AMERICAN CAN STRIKE
AT THE HUNS.
April 6—Beginning of third
Liberty Loan Drive.
May 20—Red Cross begins
campaign for another SIOO,OOO,
OCO.
June 20—Business men pay
excess profit tax.
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Now let the allies adopt that good old
American motto, in "In Union There Is
Strength.”
April 3.
