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ORDNANCE MEN
NOW IN CAMP
Come From Many "Sections
Varied Personnel of Experts in
Trades and Professions. All
Trades Required. Champion
Big Time Boosters.
By W. H. HENDRIX.
Company T. Ordnance Training
Camp.
Thousands of ordnance men, hailing
from camps scattered from the Middle
West to the Eastern coast, are pouring
into Camp Hancock, filling up the
area vacated by the Motor Mechanics
and transforming the maroon-and
white district into a vast assemblage
of red-and-black hat cords. The first
delegation to reach Camp Hancock
hailed from Camp Dodge, lowa, and
arrived five weeks ago. Since then,
additional increments have come in
from Southern camps, and the num
ber of companies from Camp Jackson,
South Carolina, are the latest arrivals.
Camp Hancock is, according to the
belief of seasoned officers, ideally sit
uated for the final training period for
these men. The larger portion of the
enlisted ordnance corps are men from
the extreme Northern and Eastern
parts of the country, and it is thought
that the adaptation to altogether new
climatic conditions will be of material
advantage. With the advantage of the
Southern weather, it is thought that
the finishing training will be accom
plished much more quickly here than
in any of the other camps from which
men are being brought to Hancock.
No other branch of military service,
according to authoritative announce
ments, embraces a more varied per
sonnel than the ordnance. In “the
army behind the army,’’ as the branch
is officially designated, there is the
“wagon builder and candlestick-mak
er," and the men in every instance are
specialists in some one particular
branch of work, or are professional
men in a given line. While this fact
makes the organization of complete
companies more complicated and slow,
it results in the building of an organ
ization which has a striking, individ
ual personality—an organization of
men thoroughly capable of doing their
bit.
Together with the regular military
training which will be given at Camp
Hancock, the various training schools
will also be given consideration. It
is reported that a motor training
school will be established for the post
graduate training of men in that line.
Exprts in other lines will also be given
additional training where it is need
ed to bring the personnel up to the
highest efficiency attainable.
In the struggle ‘ over there,” the ord
nance will be called upon to maintain
and distribute munitions and mechan
ical equipment and supplies, and to
keep in perfect repair all the mechan
ical contrivances used in the prosecu
tion of war. For this huge task men
of every trade and I ranch of achieve
ment are required. According to au
thoritative statements, the ordnance
corps now stationed at Camp Hancock
embraces in its personnel practically
all the men of every 1 .id that will be
needed by this department for some
time to come. ■
Compiled statistics regarding the
ordnance corps would read about like
this: Fully forty per cent are college
men; at least 15 per cent are men who
are either under tr over military age;
all have attained a degree of profic
iency in their trade or profession; all,
except a small number who werw
transferred from other departments,
are men who enlisted through the re
cruiting stations. Aside f rom„ being
thoroughly earnest, hard-working men
of war, they are also the champion
big-time organization of the army, as
this will evidence. At Camp Dodge,
lowa, the Ordnance Carnival consist
ing of shows made up of their own
talent was voted the biggest offering
on the midway; and recently at Camp
Jackson, the glee club and other vau
deville offerings was declared by Sec
retary Baker, “the most cominendable
entertaining feature” he had seen at
any camp in the country.
On almost any company street which
the incoming ordnance boys have just
occupied may be seen expert mechan
ics, regaled in the conventional blue
denim suits otherwise known as the
“official ordnance uniform,” indus
triously wrestling with Georgia sand
banks, professional men who at home
wore Prince Alberts and dress canes
“slicking up” the sidewalks, while
’round the kitchen door a group of ac
countants and former bankers play an
air from Mendelssohn on pots and
pans. This much byway of introduc
tion.
Boys, page the City of Augusta! It
. is wanted by the ordnance corps—on»
of the bulliest gangs of good fellows
W’ho ever came to any camp, and who
are earnestly anxious to make their
■ stay in Georgia'a pleasant memory -to
themselves and the civilians among
whom they will walk for the present.
Page 16
TRENCH AND CAMP
TWO HANCOCK SOLDIERS
SENT UP FIVE YEARS
ON A. W. 0. L. CHARGE
Privates John J. Monoghan
and James McDermott Get
Heavy Sentence For Absent
ing Themselves From Camp
Without Leave.
(By Wm. Owens, Staff Correspondent of
Augusta Herald.)
Men of the Keystone Division who
have frequently absented themselves
without leave from Camp Hancock, re
gardin such an act in the light of a lark,
were given a' severe jolt yesterday when
it was announced from division head
quarters that Private John J. Monoghan
and James McDermott,, of Company D.
110th Infantry, have been convicted of
absenfing themselves without leave and
each sentenced to five years at hard la
bor in the United States barracks at
Fort Leavenwortji, Kans.
The sentence of the general courtmar
tial provides that Monoghan and McDer
mott shall be dishonorably discharged
from the service, forfeit all pay and al
lowances due or to become due. and be
confined at hard labor for five years. In
approving the sentence the commanding
general suspends that part of the find
ings which dishonorably discharges the
defendants until their release from con
finement.
The sentence imposed upon Monoghan
and McDermott for absenting themselves
without leave is unprecedented in this
country, so far as the division authorities
here are informed. The division com
mander makes the following remarks in
the order approving the sentence im
posed :
The sentence is responsive to the
admitted need for drastic action to
stop the too frequent absences with
out leave. It Is desired that the com
mission of this offense, which is high
ly destructive of discipline and doubly
pernicious because done deliberately,
shall be attended with exemplary
punishment. Tl,e sentence is ap
proved and will be duly executed, but
the execution of that portion thereof
adjudging dishonorable discharge is
suspended until the soldier’s release
from confinement. The United States
disciplinary- barracks. Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas, Is designated as the
place of confinement.
It is charged that Monoghan and Mc-
Dermott left camp on the morning of
January 26th. They were apprehended
in Augusta on February 28th. Whether or
not they left this city is not known.
SOLDIER DRAMA
• IN NEW YORK
Actors From 27 th Division
Produce Musical Comedy in
the Metropolis.
With the 28th Division in possession of
a real company of talented actors, who
are now preparing to put on the boards
some excellent dramatic productions, it
will be interesting to them to learn that
a number of members of the 27th Division
in training at Spartanburg, journeyed to
New York last week to take part in the
staging of an immense musical comedy at
the Lexington Avenue Theater. The
soldier actors were under the command
of Captain Frauchot, aide to Major Gen
eral O’Ryan and Lieut. W. A. Halloran,
Jr., director and producer of the show.
The comedy which is called: “You
Know Me, Al,” was written, words and
music, by men of the division, played,
staged, and managed by them. The
cast which numbers forty-five contains
fourteen female characters played by
men. All the players are professional
actors who are serving in -the 27th Di
vision. The proceeds of the perform
ance will aid iivbuying a portable thea
ter for use in France.
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SOLDIERS’ MAIL
SUBSCRIPTION BLANK
Enclosed please findtor months
subscription to Trench and Camp. The mailing address is as follows:
Name
Street and No
Town or City
State ....
Place change or stamps with this blank in envelope and seal. Ad
dress: Trench & Camp, Y. M. C. A. Headquarters, Camp Hancock, and
deliver to the desk in any recreational center.
Mail Rates to Soldiers—3 months, 25c; 6 months, 50c; 1 year, SI.OO.
ARMY AND NAVY CLUB
OF NEW YORK EXTENDS
USE TO OFFICERS
The Army and Navy Club of the
City of New York announced that
through the courtesy of the Republi
can Club, where they have' their tem
porary quarters pending the building
of a new club house, officers in the
United States service passing through
New York City, or who are making a
short stay in New York, will be en
titled to the privileges of the club at
54 West 40th Street.
Guest cards will be issued to such
officers on application in person at
the club house. Officers may arrange
to have mail addressed care the Army
and Navy Club, New York, or may
isave forwarding address- The priv
ileges of the club, except in the matter
of supplies and rooms, are extended
free of charge, and coupon books for
use in purchasing supplies and rent
ing rooms can be obtained at the of
fice of the club for cash. On leaving,
any unused coupons may be cashed at
face value at the desk.
The privileges of the club are ex
tended for one week and may be ex
tended an additional week upon appli
cation. At the end of two weeks $5
per month will be charged.
In case an overflow occurs, every
effort will be made to secure, in the
vicinity of the club house, sleeping ac
commodations at reasonable prices.
Both the chairma of the house com
mittee of the Army and Navy Club,
Captain Russell Raynor, and Mr.
L. Guenther, chairman of the house
committee of the Republican Club, ex
tend visiting officers a cordial invita
tion to make themselves personally
acquainted with them, in that they
may contribute to their comfort dur
ing their stay at the club house.
MAJ. W. TYSON ROMAINE,
Secretary.
THIRD LIBERTY BOND
SALES RAPID THROUGH
THE ENTIRE NATION
Many Sections Pass Quotas
Honor Flag Eagerly Sought.
April 21st Designated “Lib
erty Loan Sunday’’ By Sec
retary McAdoo. -
Spirited buying of Liberty bonds, par
ticularly in rural sections and smaller
communities is generally reported to the
treasury department, but no official fig
ures on actual sales are available.
interest in the competition for the right
to fly the honor flag, which is obtained
by all communities reaching or passing
their quotas, appears to be growing.
Many cities which already have won the
right to fly the flag telegraphed that they
were striving for the added honor of hav
ing extra stars placed in the fields of
their flags. Every time a community
equals its quota in oversubscriptions it
will be awarded an extra for its
flag.
Many Claims to First Honors.
The question of what city was the first
in the United States to earn the right to
fly the flag still is unsettled. More than
150 cities have filed claims, saying they
sold their quotas by shortly after nine
o'clock on Saturday, the opening day of
the loan. In order that there may be no
mistake in making the award telegrams
have been sent to all Federal Reserve dis
trict banks asking them to forword state
ments showing what time they were no
tified that certain cities in their districts
filed their claims.
Reports that the Liberty loan honor
flag s being commercialized In various
communities today caused a telegram to
be sent to the manufacturers calling at
tention to the fact that it is registered
and can not be sold commercially.
“Liberty Loan Sunday,” April 21.
April 21st has been made as Liberty
loan Sunday by Secretary McAdoo in a
letter he sent to 114,000 preachers. He
asked them to preach sermons urging
support of the Liberty loan.
enemieFwithTn
An Old Rhyme Revised to Show
How Some People Help the
Hun.
Jack Spratt grew sleek and fat.
Selling equipment to array officers at
fabulous prices (J 3.00 shoes for $12.00
a pair, $12.50 overcoats for $90.00, and
other things at equally reasonable
rates), if you get what we mean:
Ills wife was quite as keen—
She rented rooms to army officers at
anywhere from ten to fifteen dollars
a week, and sometimes seventeen:
And so, betwixt the two of them.
They did their little bit for the Kaiser,
and nearly licked the army platter
clean.—Life.
COLONEL M. B. FINNEY .
RETURNS TO CAMP
Commander of Twenty-eighth Division
Headquarters Train and Military Polico
Returns from Texas Training Camp.
Col. Maurice B. Finney, commander of
the 28th Division Headquarters Train and
Military Police has returned to Camp
Hancock from Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
where he has been during the last two
months in attendance nt the officers’
training school, namely, Col. William S.
McKee. 107th Field Artillery, of Pitts
burg, and Col. Hamilton D. Turner, 108th
Field Artillery, of Philadelphia.
RABBI F. K. HIRSCH
AT THE LB. W. W. HALL
'On Sunday evening Rabbi F. K. Hirsch
of Athens, Ga., delivered a splendid ad
dress on the subject of patriotism at the
hall of the Jewish Welfare Board on
Broad street. The hall was filled to ca
pacity by a mixed audience of soldiers and
civilians, and Rabbi Hirsch’s remarks
were well fitted to the occasion. The
remarkable feature of the address was the
propriety of the remarks. AU know that
it is extremely difficult for one to ad
dress a mixed audience, but Rabbi Hirsch
fitted the bill to perfection. The orches
tra of the 112th Infantry furnished the
music, which was heartily appreciated by
all.
The executive board of the Jewish
Welfare Board intends to bring to Au
gusta other men of Rabbi Hirsch’s calibre
to address the members jn the near fu
ture. tl likewise plans to provide enter
tainment for the men of Camp Hancock
on every evening of thef 'week. This pro
gram becomes effeceive on next Saturday
night.
RED CROSS READY TO
RECEIVE ARTICLES TROOPS
CANNOT TAKE ALONG
Arrangements have been completed by
Mr. William C. Denny, Field Director of
the American Red Cross in Camp Han
cock. to take care of all articles which
any soldiers desire to turn over to him
when they leave the camp. Many arti
cles are now in the possession of the
men which they will not be able to take
along with them, but which may be of
considerable value in the work of the
Red Cross. It is requested that these
articles be not wasted or destroyed. Build
ing 1346 in the old Depot Brigade has
been designated as a receiving station’.
The recommendation as to preserving
such articles has come down from head
quarters in the form of the following
memorandum:
HEADQUARTRS 28TH DIVISION, ,
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
April 9th, 1918.
Memorandum No. 3.
To All Commanding Officers:
1. When troops leave this camp it is
presumed there will be a considerable
amount of personal property, such a wash
basins, oil stoves, etc,, which cannot be
taken, but which have some value. It
is recommended that these articles be
turned over to Mr. William C. Denny.
Field Director of the Rea Cross, who will
later dispose of them, the proceeds to be
devoted to the Red Cross. Building 1346
in the old Depot Brigade area has been
set aside as a building to receive these
articles. Organization commanders are
requested to send these articles from time
to time to this buildiag and turn them
over to the man who will be in charge.
By command Major General Muir:
EDW. L. KING,
Colonel, General Staff.
, Chief of Staff.
Official: i
DAVID J. DAVIS,
Lieut.-Col. Adjutant. {
REO CROSS PROVIDES ’
FOR FAMILY OF
STRAYSHELL VICTIM
Nine Children in Family De
pendent Now Upon Brave
Mother. Soldiers Shingle
House.
The American Red Cross has been in
strumental in securing temporary relief
for the family of the farmer killed a
short time ago by a stray artillery shot.
This man had a fifty-acre farm,*with
several mules, some hogs arid a small
house in excellent condition except for
the roof, and not a cent of debt. How
ever, no money had been laid up, even
for funeral expenses, and there was no
provision for the future. Nine children
were found in the family ranging in
ages from seventeen years to a baby of
seven months.
A large supply of staple groceries and
foodstuffs have been supplied to the fam
ily by the Red Cross. The Junior Red
Cross of Augusta, working through the
public schools under the direction of the
superintendent, Mr. Lawton B. Evans,
have undertaken to be responsible for the
clothing of the children. Arrangements
have been made whereby sevral solders
will re-roof the house with shl- gles
which were on hand for this purpose.
Even in the midst of her great loss, and
the burden of the great responsibility
thus suddenly thrust upon her. the wife
and mother exhibits a high degree of
Christian fortitude and bravely faces the
future.
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PARIS SCHOOL CHILDREN
DEFY BIG GUN SHELLS. |
Schools Reopen With Only 8 Per '
Cent. Decrease In Attendance.
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Paris. April 16.—The attendance at the
Paris schools, which were reopened yes
terday after the Easter holidays, was only
8 per cent, below the normal, in spite
of the menace of bombardment from the
German long-range gun.
Spacious shelters have been chosen in
the vicinity of most of the schools, to
which the children will be transferred 1'
circumstances make such action neo'
sary.
April 17.
