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SEND THIS PAPER HOME HANCOCK ( ONE CENT POSTAGE H TRENffI<BMP fe,W ’ .ty/ Ml WITH THE CO OPERATION OF UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SQf ~ [THE AUGUSTA HERALD tlO NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL Hr Wt 1 AUGUSTA. GA. OF THE Y M ’ C ’ A ’ OF THE U ' S ’ VOL. 1. HANCOCK TO BE VAST TRAINING SCHOOL Thousands of Officers to Be Stationed Here Ordnance Training School, Machine Gun and Automatic Rifle School. Modeled After Fort Sill. Camp Hancock is destined to be come one of the greatest training cen ters in the country. Between 50,000 and 60,000 soldiers will be trained in schools that are to be established here. The following schools will shortly be in operation with full quotas of students: Officers’ Training School, Ordnance Training School, Machine Gun School, and Automatic Rifle School. By far the most important school will be the Officers’ Training School. It will not be. to train men for officers’ commissions, but to give commissioned officers the finishing touches which will enable them to do special duty. The school will be in the nature of the Officers' Training School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where nuinbers of Camp Hancock .officer;* have been train ed during the past several months. The Camp Hancock school, so far as can be learned, will special ize in machine gun and automatic in struction. Just how many officers will be sent here for instruction is not known, but it is understood that practicallj' all junior officers in camps and posts east of the Mississippi will be sent here for a finishing course. Junior officers include secund lieutenants, first lieu tenants and captains. Already the of ficers have begun to arrive, and will continue to do so for an indefinite per iod. They are occupying unused sec tions of the camp. Ordnance men, for the Ordnance Training School, are also arriving daily. Fully 8,000 are already en camped at Camp Hancock, represent ing camps in many sections of the country, princially Camp Meade, Camp Downs and Camp Jackson. When the ordinance training camp gets into full swing fully 30,000 ord nance troops are expected to be en camped here. Already the black and red hat cord is becoming prominent among the cords which predominate among the Twenty-eighth Division, namely: The blue of the infantry, the red of the artillery, and the red and white of the engineers. The men at the ordnance training camp are to be trained in the latest and most up to date ordnance which is being supplied or is to be supplied to the American forces. An example of this is seen in the arrival of several of the new Browning Automatic rifles. The rifle, which is me fastest in the world, is a recent invention, and is ex pected to do much toward making the world safe for democracy. The use of these rifles will also be a part of the special training which the Officers’ Training School-will undertake. SIGNS WOMAN SPY BILL Washington, D.“ C.—President Wilson has signed the bill extending provisions of the espionage act to women and requir ing registration of women enemy aliens. ” iibertylay ON APRIL 26TH Washington, D. C.—‘Liberty Day”— Friday. April 26—will be observed throughout the land under a presidential proclamation. On that occasion, patri otic demonstrations will occur in every community and by that time, it is hoped the third Liberty Loan will have swelled to well beyond the $2,000,000,000 mark. The president’s, proclamation calls upon the nation to “assemble in their respec tive communities” and liberally pledge anew their financial support to “sustain the nation’s cause." “Let the nation’s response express in unmistakable terms the determination of America to fight for peace, the perma nent peace of justice,'’ it added. - > -s. ! **• *.; • VRL~ Wj? /' i .■Z'l. k'A'% <•%. , *■ Z'G WG A A G. ’’Ki ! f , ~ - 4' *■ 'x ijz’z/W ■> : % v I f > Vz f V 1 < • WOw BTG. G-EN. WILLIAM WtTGEL. BRIG. GEN. WEIGEL COMMANDS HANCOCK Commander During Absence of Major General Muir. Has Had Long Military Career. Brigadier-General William Weigel, commander of the Fifty-Sixth Infantry Brigadier, yesterday assumed command of the Twenty-Eighth Division. He is in command of the division during the ab sence of Major-General Charles H. Muir who is away on official business. General Weigel is only a recent ar rival at Catnp Hancock, having come here about a month ago from Camp Devins, Ayer, Mass. He was detailed to Camp Hancock from that place and was assigned to the command of the Fifty- Sixth Infantry Brigade, which is made up of the 111th Infantry, of Pittsburg, and the H2th Infantry, with headquar ters in Oil City. As he is a Regular Army officer, he assumed the command of the division over Brigadier-General Wiiiiam G. Price, Jr., commander of the Fifty-Third Ar tillery who was temporarily in command during the absence of Major General Charles M. Clement. General Muirs predecessor. General Weigel and General Price are the only remaining gen erals at Camp Hancick, inasmuch as no commander has been named.for the Fifty- Fifth Infantry Brigade. This is not the first occasion on which General Weigel has been in command of an army division. He was prior to his coming to, Camp Hancock in command of the division at Camp Devins for a period of three months during which time the divisional commander was in France During the period in which General Weigel is at division headquarters. Col. George C. Rickards, commander of the 112th Infantry, will be in command o f the Fifthy-Sixth Infantry Brigade, of which his regiment is a part. Colonel Rickards is the ranking colonel of the brigade, and has only recently returned to Camp Hancock from his home in Oil City, where he went on leave of absence following the completion of a three months’ course at |he officers' training APRIL 24, 1918. To Boost Third Liberty Loan Drive Southern Memorial Day Parade Will Symbolize Union of the States in Great Fight For Democracy One of the biggest Memorial Day celebrations ever staged in Augusta will be that of Friday when the troops at Camp Hancock, primarily Pennsyl vanians composing the Twenty-eighth Division of the United States Army, will parade through the streets of Au gusta as an escort to the veterans of the Confederacy, and at the same time to stimulate interest in the Third Liberty Loan Campaign which is now being waged with full vigor. Thousands of soldiers will parade, the exact number is not known Just at present, as final plans have not been made. It is certain, however, that the entire Twenty-eighth Division will not take part. The units which are certain to ap pear in the parade, according to an nouncements made yesterday from di vision headquarters are: The Fifty- Third Artillery Brigade; the 103rd Engineers, the 103rd Field Signal Bat talion, the 103rd Military Police, and otoher units. It is possible that the horsees from the remount station will take part, although as yet the step has not been determined upon. These horses are carefully picked, and rep resent. one of the prettiest collections of horseflesh ever assembled, Should HISTONE MEN WILL MJBCH WITH OK OF CONFEOEBICI ’HAVERSACK THEATER WILL PUT ON SHOW .Vaudeville Olio and Min- streletta Planned Portable Theater to Furnish Amusement Free to Soldiers. First Show to Raise Funds for Needed Equipment. According to Lieut. E. L. Rafferty of the 111th Infantry, who has charge of the Haversack Theater, when chief of j staff, Col. Edward L. King, and Col. | Fuqua came to inspect Col. King’s com ' ment was. “Well, why don’t you put on a ! show?” Inasmuch as the portable or haversack theater has been constructed , for overseas use and the company of actors is not yet fully organized for put ting on a performance, the suggestion took Lieut. Rafferty a little by surprise, : but not to be outdone the lieutenant, who is thoroughly experienced in stage mat ters, has determined that a show must , bo staged to demonstrate the use of the portable equipment. Col. King’s comment, carried with it the suggestion that the first performance be given for raising funds necessary to pur chase needed wardrobe and makeup ma terial. The idea of this theater is to fur nish clean amusement free of cost to the I men over-seas, and after the first show, ' no charge will be made for performances. 4,The charge to be made in the first slvow i will be a nominal one and all proceds i will be used for equipment. Owing to the strenuous military de- I mands, the soldier actors have not a great deal of time to devote to this enterprise, but every spare moment they have is be ing industriously applied to rehearsals, and something good is promised. The per formance will be in the nature of a vau deville bill, beginning with an olio of dif ferent acts, and finishing with an after piece by the entire caste. This closing piece will be a. minstreletta with Gilbert and Sullivanesque musical effects. Every one taking part in this performance will ibe a talented actor who has had proses . sional stage experience, so that when the ‘ show is announced the army public can I know for a fact that a real first class I performance will greet them on the boards. Watch the date. BUILDING 232. The men of the Keystone Division (Continued on page i -ol they take part in the parade it will be their first public appearance. It has not been definitely decided as yet whether General Weigel, division commander, will have charge of the division troops or whether the duty will devolve upon Brigadier General William G. Price, Jr., commander of the Artillery Brigade. The announcement that the Camp Hancock troops will take part in the parade has been received with acclaim by the Confederate Veterans of Au gusta, for marching beside the sons of the men they fought against on the battlefields of Manassas and Gettys burg, will clearly symbolize the union of the states in the fight for world democracy. Primarily in commemoration of Memorial Dav. the parade will also Incorporate a boost for the Third Lib erty Loan. London.—The flow of recruits from the mil Ing district of Wales to Cardiff is so great that in an effort to relieve the con gestion at the receiving depot a general appeal has been made for persons to as sist the recruiting officers. President Callaghan of the Cardiff chamber of com merce at the coal and shipping exchange there recently called for volunteers to assist in the work. He said the recruit ing officers were virtually “snow under” and were working all day and until late at night without being able to deal with all the men who had come forward. ARMY TANK CORPS Washington, D. C. —Organization of the national army tank corps was ordered accelerated by thewar department. An nouncement was made of the appoint ment of 167 set-ond lieutenants for the cotm, IQ l?4ltiig: Irom.-FMt OgUithdrpg, Oik ' I I JLtfffl IE pl ' ■mZ Jftij *■ II \ * A jI/Ti Bii l l I I i> I H lli I No. 29