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JUNE 12.
HERE AND THERE WITH
CO. F SUPPLY SCHOOL
When “A. W. O. L.” fear not. Com
pany F has another fullfledged barrister
in its midst ready to defend any and al!
persons. Sergeant Roth is back from
Columbus where he went recently to take
his bar examination. The black-haired
one is now fully qualified to appear in a
legal capacity before any and all court
martials which may convene.
Wrestling Notes—lt is reported that
Sentinel Ketterer has challenged a cer
tain officer of the day to finish an im
promptu wrestling exhibition interrupted
on Post No 1 a few nights ago by the
timely arrival of the “Corporal” of the
Guard.
If yousre too big or too small in the
army you're distinctly out of luck. Pri
vate Wrightsman, a dainty young thing
standing six feet three in his army socks
and weighing about ’steen hundred
pounds, has been swapping pants for two
weeks in the futile hope of getting a fit.
In the mean time the lucky stiff gets out
of drill because his .civilian trousers spoil
the general khaki tone of the supply
school’s crack company. (We don't have
to prove it bays—we admit it.)
Habit is mighty strong. Herb Rachrach
let a pan slip out of his hand the other
night and as it shot through the air he
shouffed in stentorian tone. “F O R E.”
You can’t keep these golfers down!
tie” Loftus was caught the other day try
ing to “Hole out” in the burning Pit- the
other day with a rake for mashie and con
densed milk can in place of the gutta per
cha pellet. Cutie is quite a golf fiend—
as welt as a “rising” young man (for
years Loftus was connected with the
Fleischman Yeast Company.)
Privates Mattoon, Martin and Lowe
nearly passed out from laughing the other
night when they saw geranium plants on
sale in Avgusta at one dollar per pot.
Out in “dear old California" from whence
said worthies hail, geraniums grow wild
and are considered in the same light as
weeds by some people.
A skid chain salesman could make a
good profit from this company. By the
time fifty pairs of feet have executed
“about face” on the dirt headquarters’
floor, after receiving a pass from Lieu
tenant Spencer, the subsequent men are
distinctly out of luck. Ask Krisling.
Acting Corporal Kellogg is missing the
failing rumors these days and is a bit
down in the mouth as a result Whiie
“Fort Sheridan" was in the air the. young
man was quite cheerful. Reason—SHE
lives there.
Private Hatch, a chubby young person
from the Golden State, is worried be
cause army life Is failing to reduce his
embennoint. “I’m gaining,” he walls
“And if the front porch gets any larger
what I’ll do when they command right
dress?” It’s a ; problem, Hatch.
It must run in the family, boys. Pri
vate Paul Kirpatrick of “F.” owner of
a cute little blonde misplaced upner lip.
met Private George Kirpatrick of Com
pany C the other night. Lo and be
hold. George,was likewise there with tho
hirsute decoration. Two nights later Paul
ran into another Kirkpatrick in the Third
Provisional and said gent was similarly
equipped. It’s funny they don't inocu
late you against such things.
PRIVATE B. C. KRESLTNG,
Prov'l Comnany F.,
Supply School.
REMARKS FROM
ORDNANCE CO. 2
Our idea of the height of courtesy and
politeness is to say: "Good morning,
Sergeant. I'm glad to see you." when
Chief Duty Sergeant Colby sticks his head
in your tent.
One of the Second wrote to his mother
that he had not been detailed to serve in
the kitchen police. She wrote back:
“Don’t be to hard on the boys. Remem
ber you were a private once yourself."
The Second may not grade very high
on the Psychology exam, but we are
there on grading the street.
There is considerable discussion and
diversity of opinion as to which is the
tvash and which the rinse water.
Now I lay me down to sleep
I’m tired —my slumber will be deep.
If I don’t wage up I should kick —
Someone else will use my pick.
Heard at the bath house:
Marquard—Going over will be a great
experience. Nothing broadens a man so
much as travel.
Sloan —That’s right. Nothing brings
out all that's in a man so much as ocean
travel.
Some negroes were busy doing scaven
ger work on and cleaning up the dumps
last week- This scab labor should be
strenuously objected to by the privates
of the Ordnance Department.
The Ordnance soldier, it seems,
The most methodical of men.
He gets detail, then sleeps, awakes
And then he gets detail again.
Right off Duty Sergeant Colby’s bat:
"Pick 'em up."
“Bend those backs.”
"Haul that freight."
“Show signs of life.”
“You can’t get away with murder
around here.”
“Wheel it.”
Anxious private to Top Sergeant Jami
son, after the phychology exam.—“ls Gi
rard the name of a college or a cigar.”
And then, just as the “Fighting Sec
ond” moved out of camp to move back
into exactly the same camp it had moved
from a week before, one private was
moved to give this yell:
“One, two. three four,
What the hell’s the Ordnance for."
Well, anyhow, we got the camp cleaned
up fine for the negro regiments they say
are going to move into it.
By EDWIN H. PENISTEN.
TRENCH AND CAMP
100 MORE SHOTS IN UNITED STATES
BELT THAN IS CARRIED BY GERMANS
Advantage American Infantry
man Has Over Hun Pointed
Out by Ordnance Chief
The War Department authorizes the
following statement from the Acting Chief
of Ordnance:
The American infantryman in Franco
carries 100 more rounds of rifle ammu
nition on his person than does the Ger
man soldier.
The American carries 220 rounds and
carries it with ease in the 10 pockets of
his light canvas web belt and his two
bandoleers. The German soldier has only
120 rounds and 30 of the 120. are awk
wardly carried in his knapsack, a weak
feature, since he must lose valuable time
in securing it at a critical moment.
American Web Belts Superior.
American web belts are immeasurably
superior to the German leather bando
leers. They are not affected by prolonged
rains, nor torrid weather. They are ser
viceable and efficient in any tempera
ture.
The manufacture of web ammunition
belts is one of the most intricate opera
tions in the textile field. United States!
army belts are made almost entirely of
' ■. waterproof and will stand I
Captains of Two Ships Sunk By U-Boat
Giva Their Experiences With Enemy
Secretary Daniels has issued the fol
lowing summary of the statements of
the captains of schooner Edna, and
steamship Hattie Dunn, as furnished
to tire Navy Department by the com
mandant of the third naval district:
Capt. Gillmor, of the Edna, stated
that it was about 2 p. m. when he
heard firing to the westtward, first
three guns and about 15 minutes later
four guns. He thought it might lie the
guns of a fort on shore and went 'below,
but soon heard a gun that seemed
quite close.
“I then ran up on deck,” he said, “and
the man at the wheel said that a mine
had burst. I could see a splash on the
water, but saw no submarine About
that time a shell burst about 50 feet off,
and I then sightci the submarine about
3 miles away. I ran up signal flags and
tthe submarine floated the naval en
sign. A crew of men shoved off from
the submarine in a boat taken from
the four-masted schooner 1- ppaug,
which was blown up before we were.
They came alongside wit a first lieu
tenant, an extra master, who is case a
prize is taken takes charge of same.
First they took up the hatches and ad
vised us to leave the ship in 10 min
utes. The comma..der was about 35
years of age, fine looking, moustache
and goatee; has been on these boats
ever since the war began. He took all
p. pers. We were ordered to leave the
ship immediately."
Taken to Submarine.
In reply to questions, Capt, Gillmor
said that he and the six men of his
crew were placed n a small boat and
taken to the submarine. The crew of
the Hattie Dunn was also on the sub
marine, being aboard it for eight days,
from the 25th of May to June 2. The
submarine was about 225 to 250 feet
long, Capt. Gillmor said, and carried
two G inch guns. “She had been cruis
ing around about three or four days
SIXTH COMPANY NEWS
Second Lieutenant G. C- Harding, of the
Company 8, has been assigned to the
Sixth Machine Gun Company. His home
Is in Rochester, N. Y.
Plans for the minstrel show are pro
gressing exceptionally well. We have se
cured some fine talent, and the forecast is
excellent. Rehearsals will start this week.
Sam Wollman, the clever boxer, is
open to any man who qan make weight.
He is ready to box at any time. On oc
count of the rain, he did not box Thurs
day night. We all hope to see him In the
ring this week.
We are waiting for our baseball outfit
and soon expect to g oback on the dia
mond.
A MESSAGE TO HER BOY
Twenty-two years ago today
There came in our home a brilliant ray
Which caused us all to be happy and gay
Even up to the present day.
For not once had that little boy
Brought us any sorrow, but always joy
Because he was always demure and coy
And never did his mother annoy.
That little boy is now a man
And show me a better one if you can
For he proved himself not to be a sham
When he volunteered for Uncle Sam.
And his mother is proud as she can be
To know that her soldier wants to crass
the sea
Doing his bit to set the world free
And that will be fine for both you and me.
For the Hun must be downed at any cost
Or the reputation of Uncle Sam lost
Not only here but over the seas
Must the Red. White and Blue be unfurled
to the breeze.
MOTHER.
Mailed to Private Robert E. Malick,
First Co., Fifth Battalion, Ordinance
Training Camp. Camp Hancock, Ga.
By his Mother.
almost any amount of moisture and will
not shrink or stretch.
The British equipment is of web. Few
realize that this is one reason why. with
i inferior numbers, they have, time and
again, beaten off the enemy. This was
demonstrated in the early days of the
war, particularly in tho retreat from
Mons. The large number of cartridges
carried by the British soldier, coupled
with the cheap cotton supplementary
bandoleer system of renewing his supply
of ammunition, has served to counter
balance the enormous superiority of Ger
man troops in point of numbers on many
occasions.
Weight is 12 Pounds.
Tho exact weight of the 220 rounds car
ried by the American soldier in France
is 12 pounds. With the Springfield rifle
23 aimed shots can be fired per minute.
Firing from the hip (magazine fire with
out aim) 40 shots can be fired per min
ute. Tho new United States model 1917
(modified Enfield) does even better.
Firing point blank into German waves
as our troops have, done near Amiens,
pumping 12 shots a minute, which any
average shot can do when aiming at a
large mark, an infantryman's ammuni
tion is exhausted in 18 minutes. Assum
ing that the rapidity of fire of the Ameri
can rifle, which it is not. the American
infantryman, because of his web equip
ment, is better by 8 minutes and by 1.00
I rounds than tho Gorman infantryman.
before getting us," lie said. “She in
tended to stay out about two months,
and ad supplies on board to last about
three months." He learned that she
came from Zeebrugge, and from tags
on cushions, mats, etc., learned that it
was the U-151. There were 7G men in
the crew. The submarine was about 3
years old.
Thought Boat Was American.
Capt. Charles E. Holbrook, of the
Hattie Dunn, stated that on Saturday,
May 25, at 10:10 a. m., when 15 to 20
miles off Winter Quarter Lightship, he
heard a cannon.
“I looked and saw a boat, but thought
it was American," he said. "It. fired
once. I started my ship full speed to
westward. It fired at me again, came
alongside, and the commander asked if
I wanted him to kill me. I told him I
thought he was an American boat. He
told me to give him the papers and get
some foodstuff. He told me to get in
to his boat, but I was anxious to get
ashore, so I got into one of my own
boats. He alted me, as he did not want
me to get ashore. They put a man in
my boat so I would come back to the
submarine.”
Aborad U-Boat Eight Days.
Capt. Holbrook said he was aboard
the submarine from the 25th of May to
June 2. He said te U-boat was about
200 feet long. He wasn't sure of her
number, but heard some one say it was
the U-151. Ho also heard that it had
been out for six weeks, but te officers
would not say when they came to this
coast.
The officers gave him several letters
to mail. Asked what ships were sunk
that he knew of. Holbrook said they
were the Hattie Dunn, Hauppaug, Ed
na Third, Wlnneconnie, and Isabel Wil
ey. He said he saw no other submarines
while he was aboard, but did hear her
signaling either to another submarine
or to a shore station.
REMOUNT DEPOT NOTES
Wanted-furnished rooms with adequate
facilities to accommodate two married
couples It is desired that the rooms be
as near camp as possible to get them in
order that that Sergeants Hill and Bell
will not have to spend too much of their
time on the road going to and from then
wives.
After a brief furlough spent at his
home Mr. Brewer is hack with us again
and on the job with as much pep as ever.
Orders were received a few days ago
relieving Captain Nicholas Biddle and di
recting him to the Remount Depot, Spar
tanburg, S. C., as commanding officer.
Captain Biddle has been at this post since
September, acting as commanding officer
until Christmas and since then has been
commanding the Wagon Co.
After an Illness of about two months,
spent in the Base Hospital, Sergt. Roe
buck is back again looking as well as
ever.
SOLDIERS RECEIVING LIGHT
While Augusta was being showered
heavily with rain last Thursday even
ing, and the sidewalks appearing as
streets of Venice, with the wind blow
ing in every direction, eleven Sam
mies sat in the rear-end room of So
cial Lodge, No. 1, F. & A M., meditat
ing and thinking of what is to come
and awaiting to be led into the mys
teries of Freemasonry.
It was aspedtacular sight to see
these brawny and husky men from the
various sections of our country re
ceive the light and go as other fellows
have gone before.
Owing to the short period of time al
loted at Camp Hancock, the Lodge is
suspending certain rules, and those
seeking entrance are receiving a vision
of new things in double-quick time.
Soon we will recognize these brothers
in Augusta turning the corners on the
square as well as in camp.
The third degiee will be given in the
near future, and all will be more than
g. Ttified for having gained admission
into this great brotherhood of men, and
be called Master Masons.
The first three degrees are being
worked out through the cour’esy of
the officers and members of Social
Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M. of Augusta,
Ga.
hawaiianWTonal
GUARDS ADD 3,200
MEN TO THE ARMY
The following is authorized by the
Secretary of War:
A force of 3,200 men will be add
ed to the Army by President Wilson’s
proclamation placing the Hawaiian
National Guard in service, according
to estimates in the office of the Chief
of the Militia Bureau. They will form
the nucleus of a force to which drafted
men in the islands will be added..
Two Hawaiian Regiments.
The two Hawaiian regiments are re
ported in good military condition,
having had some 30 days’ field work
thus far this year. It is hoped they
will develop, with the drafted contin
gents, into a force that will be able
to relieve some of the United States
Regular Army forces now in the
islands for duty elsewhere. At any
rate the intention id to utilize the Ha
wailans for service at home.
The Hawaiian forces are genuinely
cosmopolitan. Represented among
them are not only native Hawanans
and Americans, but Filipinos, Chinese-
Americans, Japanese-Americans, loi
tuguese, and other races.
MAPS AND DRAWINGS
WANTED OF TOWNS
HELD BY GERMANS
The Council for National Defense,
State council section, authorizes the
following
To the several State councils of de-
Tense’
The War Department desires photo
graphs, drawings, and descriptions of
bridges, buildings, towns, and locali
ties now occupied by the German
forces in France, Belgium, and Lux
embourg, and likewise in that part of
Germany lying west of the line run
ning north and south through Ham
burg.
At the request of the War Depart
ment the Council of National Defense
asks you to secure all Possible ma
terial of this character. A large
quantity of material is desired, and
may be sent without sorting or without
ami attempt to avoid duplication. It
will not be practicable to return the
material to the contributors.
THE FLAG
The RED is for danger, don't treat on
Bike some other nations from far across
WHITE 6 is for purity, and that will be
Till we * corral old Germany in our big
BLUE°* is for union and union it will
Till we’ plant OLD GLORY in Ger
many.
The STARS are like the ones in sky,
They have never been pulled down,
So what's the use of Germany.
%oing ail this «
119th Ordnance Depot Co.
The Soldiers’ Sweetheart
(The stanzas appearing below were
sung to an old tune many times during
the boyhood days of Bernard A. Condo,
lof the Ninth Company, who sends it to
the office of the Trench and Camp for
publication. Possibly some of our read
ers will be. able to set the music to these
words. Mr. Conde has consented to sing
it for the soldier-boys on a future even
ing)
There sits a dear old lady in a rustic
chair,
Sunbeams gently falling on her snow
white hair.
Hers is a sad, sad ’story—read it in her
face.
Sorrow and woe long, long ago have left
those sad lines you trace.
She was a soldier’s sweetheart, a happy
blue-eyed maid:
Fresh as flowers in springtime, they
bloom, alas, to fade!
He was a gallant soldier, brave, he knew
no fears;
He marched away one summer’s day and
left her alone in tears.
CHORUS:
She was a soldier’s sweetheart: after all
these years
Golden locks are silvered now. and dim
her eyes with tears.
Hers is a sad, sad story—read It in her
face.
Sorrow and woe long, long ago have left
those sad lines you trace.
Far, far away a soldier ’neath the moon
lit sky,
Slain that day in battle, he knew that he
must die;
He thought of his love, in infancy: he
dreamed she had come to stay:
He breathed her name when morning
came the soldier had passed
away.
When she received the sad tiding she fell
—'they thought her dead—
Until there came a doctor, a broken
heart, he said.
That’s why she’s sad and lonely, waiting
her love in vain.
Who marched away that summer’s day
and never returned again,
CHORUS’.
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