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TRENCH AND CAMP
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ga,
EDITION, 11,000.
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MANILA BAY, MAY 1, 1898
Twenty years ago, May Ist, in the
early morning, Admiral George Dewey,
in command of the American Asiatic
squadron, gave the now famous order,
“You may fire when you're ready,
Gridley.”
And the Battle of Manila Bay was
on. Perhaps the term "battle” is ex
travagant as the Spanish ships were
entirely destroyed with no loss of men
on the American si ips.
Just as when the skillful surgeon,
after years of training, carefully
chooses his instruments, makes all
necessary preparation and in a few mo
ments successfully concludes a com
plicated operation. The American ships
were groomed for the fight, decks
scrubbed, guns polished, sailors alert,
officers calm. The destruction of the
Spanish ships was a partial response to
the slogan of that war, “Remember
the Maine."
It was said thnt the admiral of the
German fleet then lying in the Manila
Bay was itching for a chance to get
into the scrap but was restrained by
Dewey’s vigorous threat. The Ger
man admiral contented himself by
prophesying that Germany would be at
war with the United States inside of
twenty years .which has proved him to
be a better prophet than fighter.
It is unfortunate that the navy in
the present war has had no opportu
nity to exoell the record of Admiral
Dewey at Manila Bay.
German Savagery
Tbe Public Ledger in an appeal to
the people of Philadelphia to speed their
buying of Liberty Bonds, thus throws
down a barrage of fiery invectives against
the Teuton savage:
"There is nothing these Germans won’t
do. They poison not only gas, but wklls
and children's sweetmeats. They spike
toddling babies on their bayonets and
carry them in triumph through a con
quered village. They repeatedly assault
a wife in the presence of her pinioned
husband. They use young girls for the
convenience of a regiment. Such girls,
insane with fright, are now cowering in
Paris hospitals. They dishonored wo
men in daylight in the public squares of
Belgium. They mutilate boys by cut
ting off their hands so they can never
bear aims against. Imperial Germany.
They screen their advancing troops
with women and ’Children. They inflict
filthy and loathsome cruelties upon the
wounded prisoners wlto fall into their
hands. They crucified a Canadkui
against a barn door.
But what is the use of writing down
again the awful records.
"They are neither man nor man!
‘"They are neither brute nor human!
'"They are GHOULS!”
Grandmothers* Day
And why not grandmothers’ day?
Grandmothers all over America are puffed
with pride because of the leyalty of their
grandsons to the Stars and Stripes.
Brave deeds of grandsons bring a glow
of satisfaction to pale cheeks. The pro
motion of any soldier Is not a surprise to
a grandmother, who always calmly re
marks "I told you so.” So, grandsons, let
us not forget grandmothers on Mothers’
Day.
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MOTHERS 9 DAY
So many tender, loving words have
been written or spoken about mothers.
There Is such a depth of feeling in the
human sou! towards those who watched
over us in our infancy and followed our
doings through ah later years that it is
unnecessary for us to sing peans in their
praise. The tenderness of a mother’s
early care, the thoroughness with which
she followed us through the training and
education of youth, the positive, unshaken
faith that we will make good, the prayers
she whispers into God’s ear for our safety
and our salvation has steadied and
strengthened us and made us more ef
ficient.
But on Mother’s Day, 118, we think of
mother differently than ever before. In
many cases, mothers have bade good
bye to their soldier sons, either at home
or at the train, with a spirit that makes
the man believe that it is the mothers
“who do the biggest giving when theit
sons-go to war ”
And many a soldier has been enheart
ended by remembering that he has a
mother who holds her head up. Hun
dreds of thousands of mothers over our
land display a service flag, proud of the
fact that they were able to give to their
-country a loyal son. In the midst of all
the heartache, a mother rejoices that she
has been able to give to the world a
man.
On this mother’s day, these sons look
back on the actions of the year and re
joice in what they have done for mother.
Many of them have found it necessary to
rake allotments in order t ohelp her. A
half million .have taken out insurance foi
her protection. Suely, they do not for
get her.
But far more than money to a moth
er’s heart is communion, understanding,
expressed love and devotion.
For the man in the army, his only
means of keeping in touch with the home,
continuing the understanding of the past
or increasing the immeasurable supply
of love, is by means of the written word.
The millibns of letters which leave every
camp of the United States each month,
attest the interest of the soldier in the
home folks, and, we believe, especially
in mothers.
Some of us have been deprived of
mothers. They have gone on before us
but their influence lives on, it never dies.
From time to time, Trench and Camp
has published poems written by soldiers
touching that tender eord which binds all
good men to good mothers. That this
Is not an unusual state of affairs is re
flected in the following poem written by
Mr. Charles J, Gingrich, of Harrisburg,
Pa., during the Spanish-American war
and printed in the Atlanta Constitution,
in 1898:
"A little woman, no longer young,
With halting steps and faltering tongue.
Thin hair with streaks of grey among
That’s Mother! »
“Hands onoe dimpled, soft and white.
Now lean and brown and shriveled quite,
\V ith battles of life she’s h&d to fight.
That’s Mother!
“Yet she is the star of hearth and home,
In pride or shame to her we come.
For none can sympathize—not one.
Like Mother.
“If ever I enter the heavenly sphere.
My mother's prayer will have helped me
there.
And I know I shall say, as I say it here:
Where’s Mother?"
Mother! Sacred name! Outraged by
countless Huns and Turks—-Mothers
killed in unfortified English towns and
French churches. Mothers drowned
without warning in neutral ships, con
trary to all international law. Mothers
outraged in Belgium. Mothers com
pelled to witness horrible atrocities to
husbands, sons and daughters. Mothers
driven like slaves to labor for the in
vaders who despoiled their home and
desolated their native land. Is it any
wonder that millions of America’s sons
swear by all the sweet memories of
childhood and of home—sanctified by
mother sacrifices—that they will not
abandon the present struggle until the
world is made safe for mothers?
—G. B. L.
COMPARING MOTHERS
In the trenches the boys com
pare the merits of their mothers.
It 1s a wonderful thing, that spirit
of mother-love which surrounds us,
blesses us and leads us to higher
things. "We gather together in the
trench and we talk of mother—
mother—mother. The lad whose
mother cried and Tainted when he
left quietly drops out. He never
shows hts letters from home be
cause it is possible she writes him
laments and moanings. But those
of us who have a home courage of
which we talk—how we boast!
Mother ie a mighty factor tn the
winning of this war.”—Private
Peat.
GOOD
MOTHERS
—By—
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
I think God has with stars impeareld
The words: “Good Mothers of the
World.”
But that has not made scant supply
Os stars remaining in the sky;
For what the Maker means by “good”
Is not that Word as understood
By men and women who, today.
Walk in tradition’s ruts and say
"Good mother” of some selfish soul
Who for her children wants the whole
Ot all earth's blessings, with no care
How other mothers’ children fare.
She lions seize the lion’s share
For their own cuts; but that same
.bent
Os impulse was not God’s intent
For mothers of the human race.
Man should mount upward to his place
Close to immortals. Steep the climb—
Needing each moment of the time
To earth alloted. This the work
The rare good mother does not shirk—
Leading the young, outstretching
mind
To thoughts of kinship for its kind,
Showing the way to larger joys
By sharing of the childish toys,
And stamping on the waxlike brain
This truth: All mankind is a chain—
Each life a link or great or small,
United portions of the All;
And he who harms a living thing
Harm to the whole vast world must
bring.
Good Mothers rouse in each young
soul
Its latent power of self-control.
The builder—Mind—receives from her
Timbers for lofty character.
And from the soil up to the skies,
She helps the structure spread and
rise.
I think God has with stars impearled
The words: “Good Mothers of the
World.”
But that has not made scant supply
Os stars remaining in the sky.
Mirandy on Mothers
“We war cuttenly is give us mothers
a boost, an’ when I goes 'bout wid my
service flag wid a star on hit pinned
on my brvrst, you better believe dat I
casts a discontemptuous look at dem
women whut ain’t got nothin’ but a
dag license to hang on deirs.
“Yessum, I guess dere ain’t nobody
else in de worl' dat's des as proud an'
humble, an’ as sad an’ glad, as we
mothers is now, for hit’s done been
proned into us dat we’s de real saviors
of our country, an’ dat of we.d been
stackers, dere wouldn't have been no
body to stand between us an’ de
enemy. Yassum, behind de man wid
de gun dere was de mothers behind de
perambulator fust.”
"Hit's a miracle dat’s done took
place. My boy, whut's always been,
cranky ’bout his eats, an’ kicked <1 •
roof off of de water warn’t hot enough-;
for his bath, has done riz up at de call
of duty an’ gone without one word to
de cold, an’ de dirt, an’ de mud of de
trenches, an’ to look death in de eye an’
not be afraid —an’ so have de boys of
thousands an’ thousands of other
mothers, an’ dat’s whut’s put a crown
an’ a glory on motherhood.
"Hit's made ail of us mothers feel
dat when we brought a boy into de
wort’ lak dat, we’s done a big thing,
something so big an’ gran’ dat hit
makes all de odder things dat women
has done des look lak thu’ty cents in
counterfeit money.
"Yassum, dat's de way hit is wid me,
an’ dat’s why I’s havin’ to put my hat
on wid a shoe-horn dese days, becaze
my head's so swelled up wid pride an’
vain glory. An’ dat's de way wid all
of us mothers. I bet we’s do most
surpriderest lot of folks dat ever lived,
now we done found de kind of stuff
dat was in dem little boys we’ve been
tryin’ to lambast into de straight art*
narrow way for twenty yeahs an’ mo.”
"Yassum, dts war sot ten ly haa taken
us mothers out of de hack row whar
we set, po’ an’ humble, and’ neglected,
an' set us up in de Amen corner whar
ev’body’s givin* us do glad hand. An*
dat's why we’s gwine to have dis gran*
■celebration of Mother's Day dis yeah.”
—Dorothy Dix in Good Housekeeping
for May,
tTmy mother
By S. DONALD COX.
Rifleman, 205 C. I— R., London
Rlflo Brigade.
If I should fall, grieve not that
one so weak
And poor as I,
Should die.
Nay! though thy heart should
break
Think only this: that when at dusk
they speak
Os sons and brothers of another
one,
Then thou canst say—"l too had
a son;
He died tor England’s sake!”
Cm EVENTS
—By—
Frederick B. Heitkamp
MO3T ENCOURAGING have been the
events of the past week. Thp Liberty
Loan campaign proved to be a success in
every way. The total number of sub
scribers was much greater than any pre
vious loan and the amount was far over
subscribed. Last week it seemed as if we
would not reach the desrred goal, but last
minute drives found that the nation was
willing to respond generously. The Pres
ident started a "match the President"
campaign by buyong one more bond in one
of the theaters. Immediately people all
over the country “matched” the President
and by buying small denomination bonds
helped materially to make our third bond
Issue a marked success.
A BIG INCREASE in the size of and
appropriations for the army has been rec
ommended by Acting Chief of .Staff
March, General Crowder, and Secretary of
War Baker. They wish to have Blanket
power given to the President to increase
the army to any size desired. They have
asked Congress for twenty billion dollars’
appropriation to carry on the war during
the coming year. Two million men must
be sent over to the front as soon as pos
sible, and double that number must be
trained and be made ready for the earl
iest possible action.
AIRCRAFT production in the United
States has been most discouraging. Last
week John D. Ryan was placed in charge
of the construction program and it is
hoped that he will obtain the long de
sired results. Congress has been asked to
give another billion dollars for this de
partment in addition to the six hundred
and forty million dollars already appro
priated. That ought to secure for us a
formidable air fleet.
INVESTIGATION of the methods used
under the old aircraft board is now under
way as a result of charges made to the
President asserting huge graft in the en
tire management. The President has au
thorized a thorough investigation by the
Department of Justice to ascertain if
there is. any truth in the charges, and IT
so to see that a repetition of such prac
tices shall not be allowed to hamper
again our war program.
DRAFT LAW has been upheld by
the Supreme Court. In every great law
that js passed some case will invariably
find its way to the Supreme Court for a
final decision. This judgment makes it
plain that the United States has the right
to draft men into the service of the na
tion and to use them in this country or in
any other where the United States is
forced to fight.
SHIP PRODUCTION is speeding up.
During the week of May sth, sixteen ships
were launched from the yards along the
Atlantic coast. Some of them were built
in record time. It is fine to know that
labor is co-operating so splendidly with
ther essential branches of the service and
that we are not being hampered in our
ship construction by strikes and lockouts.
HOLLAND AND GERMANY have come
to an understandng with regard to the
dispute concerning the transportation of
graved over the railroads of Holland. It
has been decided that a certain amount of
the gravel may be sent over the lines if
It is used for non-military purposes. This
Germany has pledged herslf to do and it
is understood that all such material is to
be used for the building and malntain
ance of roads in Belgium.
CASUALTY LISTS again will be pub
lished with the names and addresses of
the men. It had been thought thnt by
publishing the addresses certain valuable
information would be disclosed to the en
iemy; but the later deision has been that
the uncertainty and the anxiety caused
the home folks by not publishing the ad
dresses counteracted what knowledge of
a military nature that in this manner
might be disclosed.
Sinking of Lusitania
The nation did not pane a moment
yesterday to reflect that three years
ago 115 American citizens perished
when the ruthless hand of Kaiserism
torpedoed the passenger vessel Lus
itatnia. The nation paused not, al
though here and there patriotic rallies
reminded us of the occasion, for
America as a nation will not pause now
until savagery which prompted sinking
of the Lusitania and scores of similar
outrages against humanity, has been
cleared forever from the earth.
BERLIN ADVERTISEMENT
EXTOLS “HUNGER CURE”
Amsterdam, May 7.—" To bear
hunger without at the same time
suffering from headache or other
indisposition is very difficult for
most people," reads the opening
sentence of a significant Advertise
ment inserted in Sunday’s Taeg
lische Rundschau of Berlin, by a
Berlin chemical firm, praising a
newly invented drug which, "though
not forming a substitute for the
minimum daily sustenance, is an
exceHant preparation for stilling
premature hunger and enables one
to hold out until the next meal
time."
A MOTHER’S POWER
Mother—no one but a mother
Knows what the word really
means,
She plays the part of sacrifice
In life's fast changing scenes;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Rules this world of toil and strife,
But she gains that power by giving
up
The dearest things in life.
May &
