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Newspaper Page Text(GM ■gWuJ | yj g \Sni% v \i ’ vta V 1 I * t TRENCH AND CAMP CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ga. editionTii.ooo. W. J. Aiken,' Editor. Publshed with the co-operaton of THE HERALD PUBLISHING CO, Augusta, Ga. ISSUED LVERY WEDNESDAY. Vol. I—June Entered as second-class matter, Feb. 13th. 1918, at the post office at Augusta, Georgia, under the Act of March 3, 1873. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Trench and Camp will be mailed to any address in the United States it the following rates: Three months 25c Six monthssoc notice. This edition of Trench and Camp is limited to 11.000 copies. An effort will be made to place one or more copies in every tent. If parties are desirous of other copies, application should be made to the nearest Y. M. C. A. building, where they will be gladly furnished as long as they last. As the edition is limited to 11,000 copies, please do not throw your copy away, when you are through with it. Pass it on to some other fellow. News items, personals, programs, meetings, announcements, etc., from all the units in the camp will be welcomed by Trench and Camp and printed as far as space per mits. These communications can be left with secretaries at any of the Y. M. C. A. buildings and wi be turned over to the editors. All copy should be turned in as early as possible. No copy can be hand led later than Monday noon, pre ceding date of issue. Trench and Camp will be issued every Wed nesday by CAMP HANCOCK ARMY Y. M. C. A. From the Office of The Augusta Herald The Melting Pot If you want to see demorcacy In the working, visit a cantonment. Here you see the very practical side of our nation. And that practical side is this: that in a demorcacy we are equal shareholders. Tho country’s prosper ity is our prosperity; its danger is our danger. And as we share its prosper ity, so must we share its evil times and be willing to defend it against their repetition. America will have millions of better citizens because of this war. For at these cantonments, as nowhere else, a great amalgamation is taking place. In these nineteen encampments scat tered over the country we have set up our melting pot, and the fire that burns under it is the ardor of patriot ism. And these men represent all walks of life, every kind of work and pro fession. Every race and creed walk side by side, and dream of the day when peace will come once more, in the land o’ the free a.id the home of tho brave. In no country in the world has such a universal and democratic movement taken place and no country in the world can boast of its melting pot doing its work so well. FOCH CONGRATULATES MARCH ON PROMOTION New Chief of Staff Assures Commander in Chief of Allied Armies of His Support. The war department authorizes publi cation of the following cable correspond ence between General Foch. commander in chief of the Allied armies, and Gen. Payton C. March, chief of staff of the United States army: General Foch’s Message. Cablegram from General Foch to Gene ral March: "I hear with deep satisfaction your promotion to the rank of general. "I associate myself to the just pride which you must feel in evoking the names of your glorious predecessors, Grant and Sheridan. "I convey to you my sincere congratu lations and I am happy to see you as sume permanently the huge task of chief of staff of the United States army, which you were already performing in so bril liant away.” General March's Reply. Cablegam from General March to Gene ral Foch: "Your message of congratulation upon my promotion to the grade of General, Chief of Staff, United States Army, was personally conveyed to me by General Vignal, French military attache. I ap preciate deeply your most kindly greet ings, and, in expressing my sincere thanks, avail myself of the opportunity to assure you of every assistance and constant support, which may lie in my power, to aid you in the furtherance and successful accomplishment of your great task. •'MARCH," “General, Chief of Staff.” Page 4 TRENCH AND CAMP HEALTH RECORD MADE BY HANCOCK HAS NEVER BEEN EQUALLED IN THIS COUNTRY o— ; oo —— o Health records show that Hancock has proven the healthiest camp in tho United States, the sick rate per thousand having been less for more consecutive weeks than in any camp in the country. The work of Lieut.-Col. Wm. J. Crookston, division surgeon, and Major Gregg A. Dillinger, sanitary inspector, produced the best of results, and this combined with Hancock’s natural advantages, made this camp, even in the worst of weather, almost entirely free of the diseases that ravaged some other camps. The work accomplished by Colonel Crookston and Major Dillinger is being carried forward by Lieut-Col. William M. Small, the present camp surgeon, who is an experienced medical officer. Measures looking to the improvement of health conditions have already been adopted by the new surgeon, and these promise to produce splendid results. p _ oo q Military News In the World At Large The activities of the past week on the western front have been on that section near Chateau-Thierry. Here American Marines were able to successfully fight back the Germans and force them to retreat some two miles. The advance for Faris at this point has been a failure and the latter part of the week has seen a new of fensive started between Montdidier and Noyon over a front of about twenty miles. This attack had been anticipated by the allied commanders who after the failure of the attack to gain ground after the first few days between Soissons and Rheims felt that the new atta* k would come around Noyon. The Germans through superior num bers of men and with a marked reck lessness as to their use have succeed ed in penetrating the lines on the new sector some six miles. The fight ing is of the most furious since the outbreak of the war. The French are holding their ground until compelled to give way due to the superior num bers. Reinforcements are being rush ed to that sector daily. The Austrians are continuing to bring up large forces of men in the Italian theatres while artillery and raiding activity increases in intensi ty. The Macedonian theater has seen increased activity during the past week but no important developments have taken place. The submarine raider which is still with us in the Atlantic has added more ships this past week, bringing the total to eighteen ships sunk since May 25th. Our navy has sent out many patrols in the endeavor to run the U-boat down and numerous re- HE LEADS AMERICA’S FIGHT ON U-BOATS (SFw B - - ’WK IL ADMW HSiNSON Admiral William S. Benson, chief of naval operations of the United States navy, is the man who is directing the fight of America's navy and air forces against the German submarines operating off the Atlantic coast. SOLDIERS’ MAIL SUBSCRIPTION BLANK Enclosed please findfor 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. ports of her capture have come in but thus far the efforts in that direction have not been particularly success ful. BHimiLS FOB ALLIES AID Asks for Expedition to Repel the Germans. Cadet Party De clares Brest-Litovsk Treaty Never Recognized. Washington.—An appeal to the United States and the allies to send an expeditionary force to repel the German invaders, forwarded by the central committee of the cadet party in Russia, was transmitted to the state department today by the Russian embassy. It is asked that the expe dition, if sent, be put under inter national control to guarantee the rights of Russia. Never Recognized Treaty. Washington.—Declaring it has never recognized the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty perpetrated ' v the Bolsheviki, the Cadet party of Russia has passed resolutions appealing to the Allies for aid. The Russian embassy today made public cable dispatches disclosing the cadet action, which declared that in formation in America that Allied as sistance is not wanted, is false. Kerensky’s Right Hand Man. Washington.—With the arrival at Seattle today of former Russian vice- Premier Konovaloff, Kerensky’s right hand man, Russian officials here pre dicted a speedy decision as to Allied plans for combatting Germany's East ern conquests. Konoaloff was one of three ill-fated ministers falling into Bolsheviki hands after Kerensky's downfall. The other two were assassinated but he was im prisoned until a serious illness caused his release. He then fled to China. NEW YORKERS SHOW FINE SPIRIT IN FIRST GAME Companies just out of quarantine have found the way to Y 79. The men are very enthusiastic for real sports and demonstrated their ability to per form in their first game. Game be tween 19th and 20th Recruiting com panies resulted in the defeat of the 20th company, 11 t 4. ORDNANCE 2ND REGT. DEFEATS SUPPLY SCHOOL BY SCORE OF 7 TO 5 A real live snappy game, played Saturday, resulted in the defeat of the Ordnance Supply School. This game put the Ordnance team in trim to play The Semi Professional of Augusta on this Wednesday. CURRENT EVENTS —By- Frederick B. Heitkamp EIGHT BILLION dollars will be raised by direct taxation if the recom mendations of Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo are followed out by Con gress in its legislation. In all Secre tary McAdoo has asked that Congress provide for twenty four billion dollars toward the expense of the war and this eight billion will come directly from the nation’s resources. Congress will remain in session all summer or until this legislation is passed. AN ORDER to the effect that our men must have more extensive train ing in open warfare has come to the men in camp on this side of the water. While the trench warfare is highly important the open fighting is play a great part in the war and hereafter stress will be laid, upon that branch of fighting. It is said that the Americans have proved themselves to be the greatest open fighters of the war. FOLLOWING the warning that has come to us In the form of the raiding submarines on our Atlantic coast, Congress is planning to provide six teen million dollars for coast defense. All along the Atlantic coast precau tions are being taken against any at tacks. The city of New York has adopted a system of lighting which puts the city in practical darkness. Aviators have been flying over the city nightly mapping out the lighting system and determining the safest plan for the city to follow in case of an air raid. A definite signal system lias been decided upon and drills are held by the school children. All of this brings the war closer to us al though there is a great expanse of water spearating us from the French front. OUR MERCHANT MARINE in the past five months has seen an increase of 629 vessels. The greater part of these ships have been built especially for cargo carrying purposes. We are now second to Great Britain in the size of the fleet. It is planned that by 1910 we shall have the greatest fleet of any nation, the number of tons planned is twenty-five million. That will give Us the greatest mer chant fleet in the history of the world. ALREADY WARNING is being given out with regard to the coming win ter’s coal supply. It is very difficult for the south to secure anthracite coal, due to the transportation facili ties. It is urged that all lay in their coal as soon as possible so that later on the more urgent calls may be an swered. The south will have to rely largely upon soft coal as it did last winter. TWO THOUSAND more men will be called to the cclors in the draft army about June 24th. That will make the total number of men called well over a million and a half and will increase our army to over two million men. “We’re going over” just as fast as we possibly can! THE CASUALTY LIST for the United States since the beginning of the conflict amounts to over seven thousand. That seems like a goodly number of men but when we read that the British casualties for the past week have been over thirty thousand we realize that as yet we have not been in any great fighting. Even now, though, we are having the war Brought very close to us, and the shock of the first death, of an old friend or a rel ative, makes us more serious and heightens our determination to do our duty with all the power that is in us. CLASS A 1 of the draft does not contain a sufficient number of men. For that reason Provost Marshal Crowder has issued an order that all of the draft boards of the country must reclassify their men. Special atention will be given to those men who have recently been married and who on that account have been placed in a deferred class. LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICES FOR SOLDIERS. Sunday morning at 8:30 o'clock there will be a Lutheran preparatory and Com munion service with brief sermon by the camp pastor, Rev. Alvin E. Ben, at Y. M. C. A. Building No. 78, on Pennsyl vania avenue, to which all Lutheran men In camp and any others who desire to join in the worship are very cordially invited. , . The camp pastor will also preach at Holy Trinity Lutheran church, 557 Greene street, at 11:15 a. m. This church will have no evening service. At St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, 548 Walker street ,a special open-air service for soldiers will be held at 8:30 p. m. with sermon by Pastor J. D. Mauney, who will also preach at 11:15 a. m. The attention of the new men in camp is called to the "home-like Soldiers So cial Rooms maintained by the National Luther Commission for Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Welfare in rooms 214, 215 and 216 of the Herald building, opposite the Confederate Monument in Augusta. All men in uniform, regardless of their reli gious faith, will meet with a cordial wel come to enjoy all of the privileges af forded here. Come and "make youf*' self at home.” JUNE 12.