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BATHING BEACH
SOON TO OPEN
FOR SOLDIERS
Lake mond Bathing Beach
Operated by War Camp Com
munity Service to be Ready
July 13th—Free to Men In
Uniforms
Bath House to Accommodate
,‘s Five Hundred Men
The soldiers’ bathing beach at Lake
Aumond will be completed and ready for
use by the men from Camp Hancock Sat
urday, July 13th. The beach is operated
by the War Camp Community Service
and is free to all men in uniform. During
the past month a large amount of work
has been done so as to make this the
largest and best bathing place in and
around Augusta. A thousand foot ditch
has been dbg so as to bring clear, fresh
water from the stream directly into the
Jake, and an i>oo ft underground dtv.inage
system has been installed to drain the low
land above the lake so as to eliminate
the swamp and breeding place for mos
quitoes. A bath house accommodating
500 men at a time has been erected.
The lake is located directly north of
the lower end of Pennsylvania avenue, i
A number of paths run through the woods
to the lake, al! of which are marked with
posters showing the direction to the lake. I
It may be easily reached by taking the I
road going north directly back of the
postoffice, near Division Headquarters,
which is followed to the first turn to the
left, leading directly to the lake. It may
also be reached by proceeding directly out
Walton Way out Augusta.
There will be no charges for the privi
leges at the lake. The War Camp Com
munity Service desires to provide the fa
cilities for the men in uniform. A can
teen will be operated where soft drinks,
tobacco, etc., may be bought at the usual
prices. Towels and bathing suits may
be secured from the canteen, and valu
ables will be checked free of charge. A
charge of 5c will b- made for the use of
the towels and bathing suits will be. sold
for 50c, which is actual cost All men
having bathing suits are urged to bring
them and also to bring their own towels.
Ts the supply of suds and towels will be
limited at. the beach. No suits will b p
rented as It has been found that the cost
of bringing them to town for sterilization
will make it necessary to charge 15 nr 20c
bought for 40c, to have their own suits.
Men using the lake will be required to
wear trunks only, no shirts being re
quired.
There is no doubt but that thousands of
men from Camp Hancock will take ad
vantage of ihe opport • to ?
that the efforts of the war <’amp Cbah
munity Service in providing this feature
for their recreation and entertainment
will be greatly appreciated by the men
from the camp. ___
Before “Army Fights on Its
Stomach,” Teeth Must Be Good
“A Clean Tooth Will Not De
cay” Can be Proved by the
“Three Times a Day Habit.”
Average Man Spends Less
Than Thirty Seconds at a
Time on His Teeth.
The object of this little article is to
make our patients, "the men in uniform.”
realize that what we do for them is for
the efficiency of 'he army that will bring
the enemies of humanity to their knees.
One of the generals of history has said
that "An army fights on its stomach”
and truer words were never spoken. W<*
of the dental and medical professions will
know that no man can be at his best if
his teeth are bad so I fee! sure that. I do
not put it too strongly when I say that
the Dental Corps < f the army holds a
very important position in the training
and developing of the.individual man who
goes to make up our army.
Many of our patients on their first visit
to the dental infirmaries have the inher
ited dread of the dental chair that has
been handed down through generations
and in the army dental chair the fear is
greater as the new soldier seems to feel
that the dental officer is here to make
his hardships only harder.
Those who have been and are being
treated every day, I know I'm safe in say
ing. are learning that the army dentist
is doing his work in the true spirit of
service to both humanity and country.
Now I want to tell the soldier how he
can help himself and the dental surgeon
as well. In the past few years I have
made it a point to observe men while
they are cleaning their teeth and I have
gone so far as to use a stop-watch for
three years finding by that method to
Bleeping car wash rooms and other public
places of that kind that the average man
spends ress — 3" earP'g fnr nia
teeth.
Think of it. only a half a minute on the
tools that handle all the nourishment that
enters our bodies. If you and I spent
only as much time in the care of our
hands and faces as we do on our teeth
we would not be fit to appear' in the com
pany formations or in public in any way.
We. of the dental corps know this only too
well for all of our working hours are
spent looking "Down in the mouth" and
at times it takes a lot of nerve to keep
at our work.
I want to cake this opportunity to ask
the man who is to be our patient to do
his part in our work by taking REAL
care of his teeth after each meal. The fol
lowing illustration wifi clearly, I think,
show why it is necessary. Our food would
not be very tasty eaten from "mess equip
ment" that had not been washed since
last used. We wash that equipment af
ter each meal as a matter of course, yet
the vast majority of us will use "nature's
mess equipment" over and over again
with little or no cleaning. Stop and think
men of what the condition of such
mouths and teeth must be with so little
care. Another thing that the "Three
times a day habit" will do is to remove
the necessity of visiting the dentist for
“* clean tooth will not decay."
The dentist does not take keen delight
th "pulling” teeth, he does it only be
cause of necessity due • to years of neg
lect co the part of the patient. Let me
’ •■'<£,that all who read these words starj|
AT \ONCE to take te BEST
of th4»ir teeth and if you do they will
serve » you faithfully and long.
It X s far more pleasant for the dental
surgeon to work for and help the soldier
w'do shows that he has his own health and
comfort at heart enough to do his part?
Sp'en. the Dental Corps is a part of the
/military organization for your interest so
? K’s up to you to show your appreciation
j by doing your level best to help us by
I helj?;ng yourselves.
1 we hope we will have opportunity in a
j (Continued on page seven.)
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I AUGUSTA, GA. [ '/TKTw' ______OF THE Y. CA * Op THE U. S.
VOL. 1.
GEORGIA BARBECUE
ENJOYED BY
SMI
Down Along the Old Savannah
Road Soldiers of Sigma Nu
Hold Miniature National Con
vention. Exercise the Fish
Before the Dinner. Augusta
Alumni the Hosts
On two trucks, nicely bedded with
straw, crawled 30 boys from camp and
city and started for Carmichael’s Fishing
Club for one of those famous Georgia bar
becues. The ride out the famous Old
Savannah Road with a stiff breeze a blow
ing. at once relieved our minds from the
intense heal of the afternoon, and when
v. e arrived at Carmichael’s the coolness
of that delightful spot charmed us at once.
First crack out of the box. some one
wanted to exercise the fish/ in the pond
and so the necessary fishing tackle was
unearthed and out on the pond in the old
flat boat went the ambitious Izak Wal
ton’s. However, the fishing as far as
catching anything went .was not a suc
cess, but Brother Bales attempted some
I aquatic stunts that was voted highly
successful. Sitting on a cracker box he
leaned too far to one side ami backed off
| into the water, getting slightly moist for
the rest of the afternoon. He hung him
self up to dry and appeared O, K. for
• dinner.
j But it was the dinner that got the boys.
A genuine barbecue. We had heard of
those famous dinners before landing in
this state but an opport unity to enjoy
one never had presented itself. But
through the generosity and hospitality of
the Augusta Alumni of Sigma Nu. the
boys at camp were given the chance "f
their lifetime. I cannot describe that
meal, but oh, boy, she was a jim dandy.
Fat—say, we cast reflections on the mess
sergeant of every company represented.
Everything was good, new to our palates,
and abundant.
Hon Samuel F. Darlington acted as the
official toastmaster. Speeches were not
indulged as the diners were too full for
utterance, but several stunts were pulled
off that got the boys. In the first place
there was a nice, ice cold keg of•• Queen"
on tap —the Augusta Beverage Co.’s fam
ous drink Around that keg many of the I
bar-flies hung. The novelty of the flow
ing bo—l~ the drink that exhllirates but
does not intoxicate—attracted everyone.
Then the waiters continually replenished
the mugs with the “liquid food’ so that
no one suffered from a parching thirst.
A census was taken of tfte men present
and from the thirty men who were at the
dinner. 23 different chapters were repre
sented, the mon hailing from 19 different
states. It looked like a national conven
tion.
Top soon w* had to >ave for >■ ntp. We
c.oula have stayed then* forever, it
seemed But ba<?-. to camp we had to go.
S-- with long ‘HI Rickety" for the Au
gusta Sigs, we boarded the trucks and
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Gen. Pershing Cables
Appreciation of the
War Insurance
Bureau
More Than Two Million Men
Insured. Many Applications
Received Daily. Indicates ;
High Level of Morale
Washington. The following cablegram
from General Pershing to Secretary Mc-
Adoo was made public by the Secretary
today:
“All ranks of the American Expedition
ary Forces appreciate deeply the gener
ous measure the Government has taken
to provide Insurance for their families,
in proof of which more than 90 per
cent of men have taken out insurance.
To wisely provision for their loved ones
heartens our men anti strengthens the
bonds that unite the Army and people in
our strong determination to triumph in
our most righteous cause."
"PERSHING."
A record-breaking rush of applications
in the last seven days, which brought
in more than one billion dollars of in
surant will probably increase the per
centage of American soldiers insured to
95.
The total amount of insurance on the
books of the Bureau of War-Risk In
surance up to the close of business June
28th was $21,565,699,000. This represents
2,570,455 applications. The average
amount applied for, which is steadily
increasing is now $8,387.
Many American battalions and regi
ments botih oversea? and m —tire —rhritrd--
States have "one hundred per cent in
surance records." In some units every
officer and man is insured for the full
SIO,OOO.
Commanding Officers are particularly
proud of these records for they feel that
the morals of their men is thus raised
to the highest possible level.
"Government Insurance is an element
of victory"—said one Majdr-General as.
his Division started overseas.
"The Army and Navy have rolled up
the’r sleeves", writes a Captain in the
American Army, who has just arrived
in France, “insured their lives and said,
‘now we’re ready’. This seems to mean
that these men are grimly determined to
fight to the finish - and no one has a
doubt as to whose finish. If this is the
feeling among the rank and file of the
Army and Navy, the sneer of the Im
perial German Empire when the Amer
ican forces are mentioned will disappear
as quickly as it did a few years ago in
connection with the British Army.
"More than two million men insured,
their families provided for in all even
tualities, —thi sis a line that the Ber
lin papers will not cony smilingly; partic
ularly when it is added that many mil
lions of new insurance are being applied
for daily by the men in our Army and
Navy."
First Casual Gives
A Dinner Dance
On the eve of the 2nd of July the ser
geants of the First Casual Co. gave a
dance for the prettiest girls of Augusta.
' of which Corporal Thomas McNamara
was the Hon cf the evening. They gave a
wonderful pork supper which the fair
maidens of Augusta enjoyed very much.
The famous K K. chaser, better known
as Sergt. Condit, s the head waiter of
the affair, so evervthing was in fine
shape. On next Tuesday evening the
boys have decided to run a smoker.
AMERICA’S THREE GENERALS
—— _ S’
i MWife
I W’WMfwSir
TuZ r . \ «“ —..
Notice the four stars on the shou Ider of each of these mon r>
They are the only men in the American army since the Civil War who'hiv/V Blisa and Pershing,
represent the rank of full general, and the men are throe of th.entlfo.l to wear these -Mrs. They
«ther four being Washington. Grant. Sherman and Sheridau This Is nAt i’i'nm In a h ° ■ 7° n ,l,le - ,h ’
Uon has had three full generals at oil e time. ui, is the first limo in America’s history that the na-
Smartness and Precision Founded
Upon Simple Efficiency Make
“Pep” In First Company Machine
Gun Officers’ Training School
Centralized School In C ompliance With War
Department Orders —Eight Hundred
Men In Training
First Company the Initial Or
ganization of the Hancock
Training School
ROSTER OF THE COMPANY
That inalterable determination that
has so splendidly characterized the in
tensive training of American soldiers in
the present emergency is perhaps no
where more beautifully exemplified than
in the ranks of the First Company at
the Machine Gun Officers’ Training
School at Camp Hancock, where more
than a hundred and twenty-five embryo
officers are being subjected to the tests
that may determine their fitness for en
trance into the commissioned ranks of
the army. Representing as they do the
finished product from the non-commis
sioned personnel of crack National Guard
units, these men are making a name for
themselves. "Pep" has been and will
continue to be their accepted keynote.
Smartness and precision, founded upon
simple efficiency, are the dominating fac*
tors through which these men hope to
make their organization .0 well regu
lated and thoroughly disciplined as to set
, an example for the entire school.
The organization of a centralized of
ficers’ training school for the machine
gun branch of th'- service is in compli
ance with War Department orders and
is done in order that the greatest stress
may be laid in this vastly important, field.
Upwards of eight hundred men are In
training under command of TA. Col.
Wade H. Westmoreland. It is the sup
position that the initial course of in
struction will not extend over a period
of two months as the candidates, the
name that applies to the students .al
ready had had a month’s training in in
fantry before being transferred to this
school. As one class graduates, others
will be brought here to undertake the
work.
True to its designation, the First Com
pany was the first organization effected
and set into operation at Augusta’s new
training school. First NLieutent I>. V.
McGinnis has been placed In command
and his experience as an officer in the
regular army admirably adapts him for
this work Prior to being transferred to
Camp Hancock. Lieutenant McGinnis
served in the 10th U. S. Infantry and
was stationed at Fort Benjamin Harri
son Indiana. Other officers assigned to
the’ First Company as instructors are
First Lieutenant M. D. Roller and Sec
ond Lieutenants Ralph Colvin, H. H.
Crum, John A. <’arr, James J. Callahan,
Benjamin P. Collins, Henry S. Campbell,
Albert W. Walker, Raymond E. Orth
and John A. Wagner, most, of whom
are graduates from the Third Officers’
Training School.
Tn the f?rst two weeks, the men have
covered the School of the Soldier, Squad
and Company, elementary work in Guard
-4 pbyo' .T It r;i: ci ng, military court•
esy anil the rudiments of rife T oilri s- -
Martial Manual. This week advanced
Instruction is being ttken un in the
above subjects and in addition some
preliminary tactical field work. Actual
work with machine guns .includfrig the
new Browning model, will begin, it is
thought, in the course of another week,
when the instruction will grow less mo
notonous and more interesting.
The personnel of the First Company
consists of the contingents from three
camps. Bowie, Sheridan and McClellan.
The Bowie candidates came from Fort
Forth. Texas; Sheridan from Montgom
ery*. Alabama, and McClellan from An
niston. Ala. In short order, however, the
men blended themselves Into a single
working machine and their previous des
ignations havr become a thing of the
past. They are altogether now for the
F rst Company and thev boast of this
with that old English click.
Virtually all of the candidates will be
given actual experience as instructors
before the present school terminates.
Placing confidence in the ability of many
of the men who originally came from
machine gun units, the commanding offi
cer has designated several candidates
who have received special instruction
during the past two weeks under super
vision of members of the British Military
Mission .to instruct both men and offi
cers at Camp Hancock in the mechanism
an doperation of the new Browning ma
chine gun, which in time will be used
exclusively by the American Expedition
ary Force in France. Those from the
First Company detailed for this work are
Candidates W. C. Blemle. W. O. Tlgin
fritz. J. O. Bell. H. G. Hoyt. C. Meng,
C. W. Nunn, C. Connor, G. D. Worley.
•W. E. Kennemur, W. J. Hart. J. F. Fit
terer. F. A. Raymer and F. J. Schiick.
Men from the various companies quali
fied in other subjects also will be detailed
as instructors. Among those selected
from this organization in the different
schools are as follows:
(Continued on Page Two)
JULY 10, 1918.
Development Battalion
Near Base Hospital
A battalion of men who arc being
fitted for some form of military service
is being develojpod between "Y" build
ing No. 231 avid the Base Hospital.
-
is ma.de up of some very interesting
soldiers. In ndjatent tents are found
Turks from Constantinople and Greeks
from Athens (Georgia not Greece). At
mess may be found, reveling in the
delights of the ever-recurring anny
and navy bean, the sons of sunny Italy
and the brawny types of Sweden while
the presence of two Arabs, lends spice
to the situation and an oriental flavor
to the spaghetti. Many talented men
are also to be found in this battalion
and the men have been charmed with
the singing of Private Inman, formerly
with a New York concert company.
RULES EXTENDED PROHIBITING SALE
OR THE Glfi OF LIQUOR TO SOLDIERS
AT CAMPS OR ELSEWHERE IN THE U.S.
BAN IN PRIVATE HOMES
May Not Be Served to Mem
bers of Families or Bona Fide
Guests in Uniform, As Hereto
fore. Dry Zones Wherever
250 or More Men Are Station
ed for More Than Thirty Days
The commission on training camp ac
tivities issues the following:
Upon recommendation by representa
tives of the. Attorm.. General, the Judge
Advocate General of the Army, and fie-
War Department commission on training
ramp activities, President Wilson ami ,
Secretary Baker have made new regula
tions, which prohibit, the furnishing of
liquor to officers and im n of the army
anywhere in the United State:', even with
in private homes, it. was announced of
ficially by the war department commis
sion on training camp activities. Serving
of liquor to soldiers who are members of
the family or bona-fide guests in private
homes outside the extra-cantonment zones
has heretofore b< en permitted.
New "ory—Regulations.
The revised regulations also establish
dry zones around every camp where as
many as 250 men htfve been or shall be
> tationed for more than 30 days. The old
regulations provided such zones only
around divisional camps, embarkation
camps, officers’ training camps, ami a
number of specified training camps for
various staff corps.
The new regulations, which supersede
all former regulations except the regula
tion of March 2. 1918, relating to the
Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, are
as follows:
Text of Regulations.
I—Around every military camp at. vMflftoh
officers and enlisted men. not less than
250 in number, have been or shall be sta
tioned for more than 30 consecutive days,
there shall be for the purpose set forth in
this regulation a zone 5 miles wide, ex
cept that within the existing limits of an
incorporated city or town within which
the sale of alcoholic liquor shall not be
prohibited by the state or local law, the
zone shall not include any territory more
than one-half mile from the nearest
boundary of such camp Alcoholic liquor,
including beer, ale, ami wine, either alone
or with any other article, shall not, di
rectly or Indirectly, be sold, bartered,
given, served, or knowingly delivered by
one person to . nother within any such
zone, or sent, shlpoed, transmitted, car
ried, or transported to any place within
any such zone: Provided. That this regu
lation shall not apply to the giving or
serving of such liquor in a private home
to members of the family or bona-fide
guests, other than members of the mili
tary forces, or to the sending, shipping,
transmitting, carrying, or transporting of
such liquor to a private home for use as
aforesaid: Provided also. That this regu
lation shall not apply to the sale or gift
of such liquor by registered pharmacists
to licensed physicians or medical offi-
1 (Continued on Pago Seven.)
Orchestra Organized
By Soldiers
What promises to be a large and re
markable fine orchestra has recently been
organized by a group of enlisted men
■ who wanted some means nf keeping up
the professional or amateur orchestral
1 work th§y used to do in civil life. Under
the leadership of Private .Schwarz of the
r Sixth Casual Company, Ordnance Train
ing Camp, these men are meeting for
rehearsal every Friday evening at Y. M.
C. A. No. 77, ahd have made a big hit
with the men who drop in to heap them.
Any man In camp who has had experi
ence jn reading and plav’ng orchestral
music for any mstruA >’ ' J has bp 'a>
I- rL aiiic.it with him. wdl ue a v.'elcome an
dition :o the outfit and is invited to come
around (o the next rehearsal. As soon
as possible the manager will arrange to
have tin* men furnish music, for some of
the dances and social affairs In Augusta.
University of Michigan
Men, Fall In
University of , Michigan men, why
not have a I of M. dinner at one of
the hotels? if interested, see B.
Hoorkheimer, ’l7, at 3rd Co., sth P. O.
I>. Bn. Ist Peg.,
mm no in
*lO COMING FIST
French Aviator, Just Back from
United States, Tells of Pilots
and Machines. “Day of Errors
Over, Hopes About to be
Realized.”
, Paris, —Hopes founded on American
aerial aid to the allies soon will ba re
alized, jay. Captain Horteaux, the fam
ous French aviator, who has just re
r.urned from a visit to the United States,
in a statement to the Associated Press.
Both American pilots and American ma
chines are coming over seas in large
nubers. The captain’s statement follows:
“We now have several thousand Amer
ican pilots in France. They have arrived
-rr<tfi ar ‘ they have only
to put the finishing touches to the already
sound Instruction.
",We have not sufficient chaser planes to
mount all these pilots, but the machines
are being manufactured more quickly
than the pilots can complete their train
ing. It. is certain that America alone,
within a few months, will be able, to more
than supply all its aviators with machines.
"America still has something to learn in
the construction of chaser planes, but
progress Is being shown every day. The
Liberty motor now is ready and machines
fitted with it are being turned out rapidly.
The American bombardment airplanes are
of the finest quality and they are reach
ing the front regularly.
The day of errors in which we had our
share is now over. The hopes which
public opinion founded on American avia
tors will be re.alized."
BERLIN ON THE
ASSASSINATION
Amsterdam.—Official inquiry by the
German government so far permits the
assumption that the entente agents
were implicated in the assassination of
Ambassador Mirbach, according to a
Berlin dispatch today.
NO DANGER OF
SUGAR FAMINE
Washington.—Definite assurances that
there is no danger of a sugar famine were
given by the Food Administration to
day and the food situation generally was
declared to be better than at any time
since America undertook the feeding of
the allied world.
THIRD HEAVY
FIGURES IN
FESTAL FETE
Gallant Third Sustains Reputa
tion for Encompassing a Full-
Grown Meal and Appreciating
Entertainment de Luxe—-Din
ner Scores Winning Hit With
Guests
Old Dramatis Personae got an awful
jolt the other day, when the old Home
Guard trotted carckss of aforementioned
Dramatis Personae out of its stable and
showed its paces before the assembled
members of aforementioned Home Guard.
It might be well to here state for the
benefit and information of the kind read
er that the Home Guard is the gallant
three Heavy Mobile Ordnance repair shop.
Having explained the term Home Guard,
1 will, with your kind indulgence, pro
ceed ot enlighten, inform and make
known the mystery of ’this air Dramatis
Person.’ The stage is now clear for me
to tell my little tale of woe.
You see time haging heavy on the
hands of the Third Heavy, they decided
that on the glorious Fourth they v. ii.i
astonish the natives of the Home Guard
and once more add luster to the fair riame
of the organiaztlon.
Therefore informing the cooks that a
swell feed would help considerably in
making the Dramatis Personae perform,
a large sized menu was prepared con
sisting of the usual delicacies so dear to
the hearts of the khaki clad. Reader, to
recite the menu we dare not, for w. fear
friend Hoover might pay us a visit but
we can assure you that even Mount
Olympus would have groaned under th>
burden of that dinher. Now Eddie and
"Sergeant’’ Doc Red hustled around and
did almost as much work that day as the
K. P.’s. The result being that the meal
was of unusual excellence. Nothing had
been overlooked to make the mess a l;um
dinger, even the bread was cut with
mathematical precision. Thawl presided
at the ice cream and in his accustomed
charming manner served the boys boun
tifully. He had all the grace of a so
ciety matron at an afternoon tea pouring
for her guests. us, TJhawl is
some ice cream dispvC icr.
I suppose, gentle reader, you arc won
dering what this Dramatis Personae i
might be. Just have a little, patience
and we will get to it directly.
The boys being served, the welbknown
Neopolitan Chef, late follower «->f Gari
baldi and other ' flradi by
name, distribute Y K cigars.
Think of it—-ten OB . D K 37 of ’he
hoys saved the « * t*'«
a *'!ptu>\isly sllj)
onto the popular Clnco. Ono can never.
tell . bout those third heavy lads. Girardi
hod little difficulty in distributing cigars
until he came to the sergeapt*B table and
then, of course, the eagle eytt had to be
summoned. Isn’t it funny how these ser
geants can always smoke two cigars to
the private’s one cigar. The tobacco habit
must be fierce among sergeants. (W. C.
T. U., please notice.)
As the boys were lighting up, the screen
doors slammed and in walked three peo
ple, two ladies and a gentleman, closely
followed by Lieutenant Sprackman and
Captain Wooden. Folks, the. mystery is
disclosed. The Dramatis Personae were
two acts from the Modjeska, Lorinne
and Kingdon Rose. Lofhine sang and
so did Kingdon Rose. Lorinne made a
big hit and Rose followed with a scream
ing two-bagger. The songs were new
and full of the snap that, makes you
whistle when' it is all over. Rose told
some funny stroles. Everybody laughed
right at the crack of the bat but one or
two of the men failed to catch the point
at once. We fear for these men and trust
that in the future they will not jeopardize
the honor of the gallant, third for humor
ous appreciation. Throughout the per
formance Lieutenant Sprackman watched
Captain Wooden lest the captain would
pull off the coup d'etat of last week.
The dinner made a hit with the guests.
They punished the ice cream until the
boys that were seated near the guests
wondered where thy could put all of it
away. Unquestionably the dinner helped
the performers in making such an ap
peal to tlie boys.
After the dinner was properly digested
the company gathered themselves to
gether fnr the pilgrimage to Augusta and
the big parade.
Next Fourth of July we hope to have
another big meal at Hancock.
FIRST DETAILED ACCOUnFoFVOYAGE OF ■
THE VANGUARD OF THE A. E. F. TO FRANCE
“Stars and Stripes” Tells First
Complete Story of Voyage of
Pershing and His Men. Wore
Civilian Garb. Thrilling
Secrecy
In celebration the-anniversary of p
the arrival of the vanguard of the <
American Expeditionary Force in Liv- (
erpool the Stars and Stripes, official ■
newspaper of the A. E. F., printed in
its issue of June 7th, the first detailed
account of the staff s departure.
"The voyage of the vanguard," says ,
the article, “was hedged with secrecy,
and many of the facts and figures from
the log of that voyhge are given here
for the first time to mark the anni
versary. The time has come when we
may turn back and read the first chap
ter in a history of the A. E. F."
The article, which gives a picture of
General Pershing’s staff departing in
civilian clothes, some of the officers
having borrowed war correspondents’
clothes in the emergency, reads in part
as follows:
“It was on May 28, 1917, that the
general and his staff, with as little
fuss and feathers ami as much secrecy
as an excited and immensely curious
country would permit, set sail from the
harbor of New York. They were cross
ing the sea to prepare the way, the
ports, the camps, the bases, the system
for the hundreds of thousands of troops
that were to follow them within a year.
The anniversary of that sailing was
celebrated by the battle of Cantigny,
for it was just a year to the day later
than the A. E. F. made its first at
tack in force.
“For several days the lucky officers
and men, picked for the party that was
to accompany General Pershing, con
verged on New York, so that the morn
ing of May 28 saw them all assembled
[on Governors Island. The orders for
I secrecy had been strict. The general
No. 40.
PHI m PSI til
GATHER AROUND '
BANQUET BOARD
Major Egbert Delivers Eloquent'
Reminiscences 1-
Good Dinner Thoroughly En
joyed. Sister-In-Laws Also
Present. Secretary Frazer
Toastmaster. Kelly Back from I
France Tells Experiences. . <
President Woodrow Wilson in addl-j
tion to being president of the Unitqji
States, commander in chief of the ar-J
my and navy, is a member of the Phi- i
Kappa Psi fraternity, which in the ‘
minds of a hundred of the officers and j
soldiers of Camp Hancock is not the I
least of his distinctions. This said >
one hundred are also members of that '
same fraternity. While the Phi Kap
pa Psi fraternity is one of the great
fraternities of American colleges and
universities, and there have been
scores of its membership among the
men stationed from time to time at.
Camp Hancock;-yet, in the hurly -burly
and stress of camp life, they had not
discovered each other until within ths
past few weeks.
Secretary Frazer of “Y" hut No. 77. i
knowing there were quite a few col- 1
h ge men among the ordnance and oth- 1
er units served by his building, pre- I
pared a register providing for sixty i
signatures, which he placed on the f
public counter for college men to sign :
giving space for the name of their j
alma mater and also their several fra
ternities.
His own name appearing among the
’ I’iii Psi’s,” it was not Jong until some i.
<>f ills brethren found him out and a I
“get-together meeting” planned.
A few nights later some sixteen of
"the fellows” were entertained at his |
home on the Wrightsboro Road and '
that taste of fellowship gave them an i
appetite for more of the same sort and
a regular feed was suggested for the |
I next gathering, which was held last !
> Wednesday evening.
The Misses Parker, who have a spa
-1 cious home at 2229 Walton Way, and j
, who have for several seasons, enter
tained many of the tourists that win
i ter in Augusta, prepared
’ The ffpecfi
■ "''Y 11 ’ r . ,,e °‘.il • hou WSSlH®i
l Z.
j Woods. These
1 toasts of the evening and a
mail'* very entertaining
added much to the pleasure
ga t hei i ng.
Several songs written for r.
the I ’bj Psi’s were sung—
ing at the piano; and, T’hi Psi
cheers and other college day featl
made time pass swiftly by. Ind
some of the fellows had to slip out .
order not to be “A. W. O. L.”
By the way, that boy Kelly, who hasw
been "over there” fighting with theW
French and who has been wounded and 1
awarded a medal of honor for bravery
and been kissed on both cheeks by the
French commander, was present and
gave most interesting and inspiring
reminiscences of his life in the midst
of the Verdun activities.
And then Major Egbert, late from
the University of Pennsylvania and
now at Headquarters Camp Surgeon’s
office, gave the fellows some interest
ing accounts of the doings of Old Phi
Psi in the earlier days of its organiza
tion.
He grew eloquent and as he proceed
ed with his humor and faternal greet
ings he became more enthusiastic and
grew younger and ended by being one
of the most youthful fellows there.
Wilson, Mann, Wymond, Morgan, Dix
on, Dwyer, Ilett, Barber, Mulford and
Carpenter responded to the occasion
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-"W ' 1
himself and most of vifs staff were vn
comfortable, but unrecognizable in ci- y
vilian clothes, and the enlisted men '
had been airily telling all inquiring
friends that they were bound on re
cruiting duty.
"It is true that a faint suspicion
must have dawned on those who may
have been watching the Baltic’s pier
when several pieces of baggage arriv
~cri-t-herc artleaddressed t<> vorinus
officers ‘with the American Expedi
tionary Forces —care of General Persh
ing.*
"The vanguard was composed of Gen.
Pershing, 24 field officers, 30 line of
ficers, 56 clerks, 4 interpreters and 67
enlisted men, 182 in all. Present too
were Major M. H. H. Young and three
other members of a special medical
commission, and some newspaper cor
respondents.
“At noon they assembled at one of
the little island piers, boarded the tug
Thomas Patton and steamed off down
the harbor to Gravesend Bay, where
on a nasty, storm roughened sea and in
the pouring rain the White Star liner
Baltic was waiting for them.
"The enlisted men, numbering few
for once "compared with the officers,
were a bit low in their minds at the
prospect of having to sling all the bag
gage for the party, so they were great
ly cheered when the general sent word
along that each man was to carry his
own, and he set the example by seiz
ing his own baggage when the time
came to transfer from the tug to the
waiting liner.
"The voyage was no pleasure trip, /
for work hogan immediately. All the
waking hours of the clay and evening
that were not given over to inocula
tions, mess, boat drills and French les
sons were devoted to the organizatk *
of the A. E. F. Life aboard the Baltic
that week was different from an)
crossing the great lined had evei
known.
"Some of the officers will scarcelj
look back to that week as one of un
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