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Banquet of 19th Company
Main Training Depot, Machine
Gun Training Center a Bril
liant Affair. Entertainment
Par Excellence Follows Sump
tuous Dinner. Non-Coms.
Serve the Repast
FAMOUS ACTORS TAKE
PART IN THE PROGRAM
First Lieutenant Reid L. McClung,
commanding officer of the 19th Company,
Main Training Depot, Machine Gun
Training Center, and the officers attach
ed to the company, acted as hosts at
an elaborate dinner and entertainment to
the men Saturday evening.
The dinner was of the variety that is
served in the leading hotels and the ta
bles which weer neatly decorated with
patriotic ornaments, were loaded down
with eatables that pointed strongly to
wards the fact that no expense was
spared in making this dinner the talk of
the camp.
The invited guests included a number
of prominent Augusta ladies, who showed
their pleasure in having the opportunity
of mixing with the soldiers and the
praise bestowed upon the soldiers was of
the highest complimentary type, which
was well deserved.
In order to accommodate the large at
tendance, it was found necessary to set
a row of tables outside of the company’s
mess hall, where the dinner was held.
The menu, which follows, was served by
non-commissioned officers:
■' MENU
Olives Celery Pickles
Roast Lamb, Mint Sauce
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Oyster Dressing
Mashed Potatoes Green Corn on Cob
Green Teas
Romaine Salad
Cheese Assorted Nuts
Assorted Cakes
Assorted Fruits
Bevo Grape Juice Lemonade
Ice Cream
j Coffee
Cigars Cigarettes
Before the entertainment commenced.
Corporal John C. Heller, the toastmaster,
introduced Lieutenant McClung as the
first speaker of the evening. Lieutenant
McClung, in a modest speech, which rang
with sincerity, toldjthe audience that the
dinner was the achievement of the non
commissioned officers and the men of
the company. He also impressed his
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SSIDIERING AT
"AMP HANCOCK
(By Private Meyer W Weisgal)
We are reprinting here part of an article
from the August number of The Mac
cabaean Magazine, the official mouthpiece
of the Zionist Organization of America,
because we believe it Is a true reflection
of the spirt with which soldierly life is
taken by the great majority of the men
of Jewish fath. We shar with the writer
in his glowing tribute to The American of
cer. The article appeared In The Macca
baean by permsaion of the Camp Com
mander.—The Editor.
That our whole nation's energy and re
sources are bent on winning this war "to
make this world a decent place to live in"
s evident even to a buck private gifted
with no suerabundance of political saga
city and with less military foresight.
The hugeness of the man-powcr-mak
ing-machinery, if I am permtted to coin
a new compound, leaves no one in the
dark as to the determination of the Amer
ican people. Here in camp I have comt
face to face with the height of American
effciency. One is almost amazed at the
remarkable speed with which things are
done here.
For the past few weeks thousands of
recruits, most of them emanating from
New York, of which a goodly number are
Acheni B'nai Yisroel, have been pouring
in.
Note—"Acheni B’nai Yisroel" is a com
min Hebrew expression, meaning "our
Jewish brethren."
Needless to say, that among this vast
current of human material (parent! tic
ally I may rujd that a careful combing will
find inhuman material, too) stre ming
Into this camp there are men of every
walk n life, from bootblacks to editor”.,
and over night, as it were, they arc ah
moulded into soldiers. Os course, soldier
can not be made over night, nevertheless,
their outer unity of appearance renders
coloring to the raw recruits. The editor
and the bootblack clad in olive drab look
alike, though one may possess more gen
teel features (which is not always the
ease).
The transmission of this vast material
Is done with such dexterity that one is
quite amazed. I must admit that we are
today a finer set of men than we were
several weeks ago when we arrived here,
though naturally orientation. In this new
mode of life will undoubtedly take time.
Strange as it may seern, I find among the
Intelligent and those of somewhat higher
social standing, particularly among the
Jewish men who have been identified with
the Jewish National Movement, a greater
desire and determination to "get Into'*
this life wholeheartedly than I do among
those of the "lower middle-class,” if I am
permitted to borrow the term from the
editor of an Anglo-Jewjsh Weekly. Their
process of orientation is accelerated by
reason of their devotion to the Allied
cause and because of their full knowledge
that with the success of the Allies rests
he future of the Jewish people.
The writer here has reference to the
famous British declaration favoring the
establishment in Palestine of a National
Jewish Homeland, which was followed by
similar declarations of all the govern
ments of the Entente and His Holiness
the Pope. The Zionist Organization,
speaking in the name of the Jewry in the
w <» r id. is now therefore regarded as an
ally of the Allies. At the celebration in
New Yock of the fall of the Bastile the
Jewish flag, for the first time In the his
tory of Jewish dispersion, was placed side
by side wit) the flags of the Allied Pow
ers—Editor.
While deter lination and a knowledge of
what all is b hind it are most pleasing
qualities in th making of a soldier. I
would be stressing the point a bit too far
if’l relied wholly on these qualities.
Docile pupils possessing the quality of
susceptibility towards "getting the point"
need of course, one to lead them to th?
"point," leading requires patience and
steadfastness, both of which qualities are
eup piled by the officers in the American
trm> I would therefore be depriving
them of a duly deserved tribute if I failed
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VOL. 1.
“Brain Board” With Slogan
“American Brains Will Win
The War,” Conducts Tests
Psychological Examining Board
Successfully Examines Three
Thousand Men in One Day By
Systematic Means Employed.
Separate Tests For Educated
and Illiterate. Test Designed
to Measure Capacity to Learn
SUCH EXAMINING BEING
PERFECTED IN ALL CAMPS
Work at Hancock in Charge of
Lieut. John J. B. Morgan
If one wanders through the nine hun
dred section on Pennsylvania avenue, he
can hardly fail to see on the infirmary
building in that area the. sign "Psycholo
gical Examining Board." If he should go
into the building so marked, he would see
the slogan "American Brains Will Win
the War." If he Is inquisitive concerning
the meaning of these signs, any officer
or enlisted man in the camp can enlighten
him, for practically all have gone through
this mill.
In the spring of 1917. when everyone
was in search of some way in which he
could do his bit toward winning the war,
a group of prominent American psycohol
ogists got together to discuss how they
could contribute their part. They fore
saw that with the draft, machinery going
full blast Uncle Sam would be confront
ed with a gigantic task in the proper
mental and occupational classification of
the millions to be inducted into the serv
ice.
The occupational classification prob
lem was attacked in detail by Professor
Walter Dill Scott, for many years pro
fessor of psychology at Northwestern Uni
versity. He devised an entirely new
sepeme, presented it to the adjutant gen
eral. and had it adopted bv the war de
partment. He is now at the head of the
personnel work at Washington. The per
sonnel classification is based on infor
mation gathered through a personal In
terview with the man. the information be
ing properly classified and recorded.
To other psychologists, however, it was
evident that what a man tells you about
himself has to be taken with a grain of
salt. The braggart will overrate him
self and the capable modest man will not
do himself justice. Here the psychologi
cal teat comes in and measures each man
by an objective standard. His standing
In the psychological examination is de
termined not by his conceit or modesty*,
but. dry hj£ actual ability..,.
The group of who At
tacked this problem of an intelligence ex
amination for army recruits scoured the
field for tests that could be,. adapted to
the examination nf a large group of men
at one time. Early in the summer of
1917. a set of tests had been selected and
tried at several officers’ training camps.
At the same time the same tests were
given to known feeble minded individuals.
As a result of this experimental study,
the tests that showed the most marked
distinction between high and low grade
men were gathered together and the re
sults from them presented to the surgeon
general. He 'accepted th scheme in a
tntative way and appointed Major Robert
M. Yerkes to take charge of the work.
In September forty psychologists were
appointed and began work In four camps:
Devens, Dix, Lee and Tavlor. By De
cember the work had made such an im
pression that the War College decided to
adopt it In all the camps.
There are two different examinations.
The particular one that a man shall take
is determined by his familiarity with the
English language. When a company is
called for examination, tnose who have
reached a certain grade in school are ask
ed to step forward. Each man in the
front line is then questioned concerning
his schooling and doubtful cases are ask
ed to read quickly a short passage of
print. If they fall to come up tn the
standard they step to the rear rank. Those,
who can read and write readilv are taken
into one examination, railed Examination
Aloha, and the other men are taken into
a different one. called Examination Beta.
In each of the examinartons there are
eight tests, all entirely different in na
ture. the object being to get a line on
the man from as many different angles as
possible. Some of the things that are
measured are. abilitv to follow directions
accurately, skill with figures, ability to
answer simple common sense questions,
quickness in straightening out mixed-up
sentences, memory, stock of information,
vocabulary, ability to think ahead and the
perception of relations. Tn the Alpha
(Continued on Page Nine )
Conversation on Conservation
The Publicity Bureau of the Conservation division of the office of the
Camp Quartern,aster is conducting a series of timely hints in the inter
ests of food conservation on behalf of the soldiers of Camp Hancock. It
is the desire and purpose of the Conservation Division to impress upon
every soldier here and those who shall come here in the future that it is
important and vital to the success of the army that they save in every
possible way. z
(Cy Hecker).
It has long been a question how to
conserve in the army. In a short
while you will notice timely hints in
the columns/ whereby the soldier will
be greatly benefited if he will follow
the policy inaugurated and used to
good advantage in other camps.
The new recruit who comes into the
service from all walks of life is accus
tomed to his own ways, he has gotten
into, irregular habits of eating and
sleeping. He has become careless and
slack. This man, now a recruit, natu
rally objects to the daily routine he .
finds in the army. He resents oblig
atory discipline and hates to do this
and do that and perform punctually
other duties, the reason he does not at
first realize—but in due time the im
portance of various orders, he soons
finds they are essential and above all
his haelth depends upon it. Various
things that will be mentioned might
seem ridiculous to the average soldier
but they are being done eyery day, in :
every mess hall.
You know that gag:Oh, well, Uncle ’
Sam is paying for it—we should care—
that's the old adage—but get wise to i
yourself, to the new method—conserve 1
and you will be doing your bit battling ;
with waste which is one of our ene- <
mie« 1
Did you ever stop to think that if
each man was to waste a piece of but- t
ter in a company of 250 men it will 1
actually mean a waste of about six e
pounds of butter to a company. In s
a camp where 30,000 men are congre- v
gated a waste of 120 pouns at a coat of I
>7O in a year’s time an unneceaaxy t
SOLDIERS SCORE
SUCCESS AT
CLUB CONCERT
— t
Thursday Night Program
Pleases Large Crowd. Entire
Bill of Unusual Merit. Several
Clever Song Hits Made. Jazz
Band Performs
Those who attended the Thursday night
concert at the Soldiers* Club last week
had a very pleasant surprise when Mrs.
Marjory Squires appeared before them.
She sang three beautiful songs which
were greatly appreciated, as was evi
denced by the enthusiastic demonstration
from both soldiers and civilians. Miss
Mabie Abernathy accompanied her.
The entire program was a very un
usual one last night and each number
was worthy of the highest praise. Sgt. G.
C. Cocksy of the 422<1 Engineers, sang two
beautiful baritone solos, accompanied at
the piano by Miss Abernathy. Mr. Cooksy
has a remarkable voice and Augustans
are always grateful for an opportunity to
hear him sing.
"Cy" Hecker entertained very cleverly
wit ha number of comic songs, and proved
one of the hits of the evening. He is a
very clever comedian and entertainer, and
with Sgt. Schmidt, who accompanies him
on the piano’put on one of the most in
teresting numbers yet seen at these con
certs.
Privates Kline, Bock and Robinson, the
singing trio from the 3rd Group M. G. T.,
proved themselves delightful entertainers
in the singing of popular songs.
The rest of the program was given by a
group of boys headed by Sgt. Crory, from
the 3rd H. O. R. S. They entertained
with selections by their jazz band and
solos and readings by their various mem
bers. The.se boys are capable of putting
on an entire evening’s entertainment.
CROWING HATRED
fORTHEGERMANS
Petrograd.- Refugees from the Rus
sian provinces occupied by Teuton
troops bring reports of constantly
growing hatred among the peasants
for the Germans. In the vicinity of
Pskov, Esthonia, confiscation of food
stuffs by the Invaders led to the up
risings by the peasants. In the latest
of these uprisings the peasants had
been informed by some one that the
Amrican and Japanese troops were to
help them. This hoped-for aid, how
ever, naturally did not. materialize and
the uprising met with disastrous re
sults. A number of the peasants were
executed and all the manor houses In
four whole townships were razed by
the Germans as an object lesson, ac
cording to word reaching Petrograd.
In the Pskov region, it is declared,
the Germans have confiscated al! the
foodstuffs they can harry away except
for a small allowance of grain for each
Inhabitant.
There is starvation among the work
ing classes In Riga, on the Baltic, ac
cording to reports reaching here. Un
der the Germans Ute bread allowance
has often been as low as one pound a
month per person.
NEWSJAPER MEN, EDITORS,
WRITERS, CARTOONISTS.
PUBLICITY MEN.
You are cordially Invited to Join the
Camp Hancock Press Club, which has
been organized for the promotion of so
cial affairs and general good fellowship
among Its members, and for preservlno
the old ties of the Fourth Estate. Com
municate with Private Geo. K. Honken,
Divisional Headquarters Company, Tent
3, M. G. T. C., scenetary.
penditure of $250 is being spent on a
small article like a piece of butter
now this ran very easily be avoided by
the men if they would realize the im
portance of conservation and 'thus
avoid—waste.
Saving scraps over here will save the
scrap over there.
Isn’t it better to fiave and not want,
than to want and not have, sure it Is
—but—don’t see whether you can get
more than the next fellow the result
will be—waste, or a sick stomach.
Are your eyes bigger than your
stomach?
If your eyes are bigger than your
fftomach we will get you blinders and
probably that will help your imagina
tion.
Try to regulate your appetites and
prevent all unnecessary waste result
ing from the use of food.
The mess sergeant will be held re
sponsible for full garbage cans, it will
be his duty to try and tickle the men’s
palates and see why certain articles of
food are being wasted and in this way
the men will be able to g< t better food.
From long experience the army offic
ials have found that the food offered
the men in the army is both appetizing
and wholesome and should be no ex
cuse offered for properly preparing the
food.
Remember, boys, don’t bite the hand
that’s feeding you. Begin now and
learn to conserve and by empty garb
age cans we will know you are getting
good food and the Hlumgullfon specials
will be a thing of the past.
Reclamation is quf work —co use ry a-1
tiwa U your
JULY 31, 1918.
MINSTREL SHOW
ON LARSE SCALE
UNDER IT
Entertainers of Merit Agree to
Stage Stupendous Perform
ance. Participants Famous in
Civil Life for Ability asActors.
Jazz Band Will Take Part.
Music and Mirth Will Hold
Sway
MORE PERFORMERS CAN
BE USED TO ADVANTAGE
The popular entertainers of Ckmp Han
cock have joined hands in what is to be
the largest end greatest minstrel show
ever produced tn the history of the camp
These men are each and everyone en
tertainers of good merit, both in the army
and civilian life. They will produce' what
they' call a conglomeration of music and
mirth in all the Y. M. C. A.’s in the
camp and at the Grand Theater In Au
gusta.
A big feature of the show will be Camp
Hancock's leading jazz band, the boys
who can turn things upside down.
C. Voegelin, who iff very popular in New
York City, known as (Pop) Voegelin, will
handle the drums In his excellent up-to
date manner. Ho is known to say that
"Drum heads are cheap." ,
At the piano will be our popular vaude
ville man from the Bronx, New York.
He will try to play thirteen keys at once.
Sol. Belmont is his name, ftom the team
of Belmont and Belmont.
L. Chowsky will string the violin in a
jazz manner.
Weston and Lake are our two banjo
phiends ami the saxaphone will bo played
by Jean Williams.
The following men will take part In the
minstrel show: Gilbert ChApleun, Otto
Susche, Austin J. Manning, T. P. Lee. Jim
Vogel, J. Dronbrausky, Billy Rosenberg,
Fred Grubb and many others.
William Tomason and Corporal Goal
stone will both be heard to excellent ad
vantage.
The songs, music and jokes will be the
best obtainable.
John Tweed and Clifford White are
promising to sing their best.
All the end men will have as we all say,
the click when it comes to putting It over
on each other, causing much laughter.
Private William C. Shyrlgh of School
Co. No. 1 Enlisted Students* Specialists’
School, is the dark horse behind the show.
It is to his credit that such a body of
men were collected to rtak > Uh# a big
grn mljdtuir.
He will direct and stage fhd whole min
strel. He wishes to state that he can
use more .men for the minstrel and jazz
band. Anyone wishing to join, lervo their
name and address, also what they can
do at Y. M. C. A. No. 78 and address the
same to him.
SIGNAL CORPS
FEASTS DE LUXE
SUNDAY MESS
(By B. Griggs)
OH WHERE, OH WHERE, HAVE
SAM’S SAVINGS GONE.
Many times will the moon .sliver full,
quarter and disappear before the tale of
last Sunday noon mess grows old with
the telllnfi. For soldiers, or soldiers, what
a feed we had. We even thought of the
poor folks at home.
First of all it must be understood that
this was not called a banquet—merely a
Sunday mess. Many a Sunday mess has
been good, but this was par excellence, .
Instructor Sergt. Robert E. Fitzgerald
decided that School Company No. 1 had
been ‘saved on’ about enough, so he went
to work and with the able assistance of
the cooks turned out a masterpiece of
culinary art. Here is the menus:
Roast Pork and Apple Sauce
Cream Gravy Spanish Dressing
Mashed Potatoes Bakew Sweet Potatoes
Creamed String Bears Sliced Tomatoes
Pickles, Olivos, Celery
Marble Cake Citron (lake
Fruited Jello Sliced Bananas Creamed
Bread and Butter
Iced Tea
Ice Cream.
I don’t know whether this is a menu or
a book, however, this is what wo had
for Sunday mess.
A vote of sincere thanks to these men
who toiled, though it be Sunday and hot,
that we might have all these good things
—Phillip J. Mongeau. first cook Arnold B.
Neth, first cook; Richard E. Weaver, sec
ond cook Harvy Russell, second cook;
Frederick Steinhauer, third cook; Charles
March, dining room orderly (Corporal De
So came in to pay a friendly visit to
Charley and was put to cutting bread).
And now last, but not least, the poor little
“Kitchen Dogs”—Beardslee, Brown and
McKenna. Brown appearing in his fam
ous leggings.
New York papers please do not copy.
Mess Sergeant Freed would sweat blood
thinking of .his savings account.
SEMI-PROS TACKLE
MILITARY POLICE
NINE ON WEDNESDAY
The Augusta Semi-Professionals and
the Military Police aggregation from
Camp Hancock will cross bats at War
r< n Park Thursday afternoon in what
premises to br one of the most interesting
games of the local season.
The local line-up has been reinforced
and will present a formidable front
against the Champions of Camp Han
cock. Manager Bill Zeigler says the
team will be stronger than at any time
this reason.
The M. P. aggregation met the Wolves
a few days ago, and blanked that local
team with comparative ease. The whole
team plays ball In fine style, and an in
teresting game on their part as well as
on the part of the Bemi-Pros may be
expected Thursday.
Field Glasses Won By
Sgt. Fisher, No. 89
The trench field glasses which were
raffled at K. of C. Hall Sqnday night,
July 21st. were won bv fjergt. Geo, B.
Fisher of the 33rd Casual Companv,
Third Group. His lucky number was 89.
INTENSE FIGH TING.
London, July 30, (4:41 p. m.)— American
troop In the Soisson*'-Rhefms ector.have
been fighting virtually without relation
along their whole line for the last 21
hours. The German defense had stif
fened, and the Americans had made very
little frash progress up to noon today, ac
voting. io.dt»pau--i>e» thia aXUrnoon.
When Nature Says: “Go to the
Dental Infirmary, Be Quick
to Obey the Command
VIM IND PEP
IP® OF 14TH
CO. C.M.G.O.T.C.
Candidates For Commissions
Working Hard. Live Wires
Keep Things Doing. Sports
Not Neglected. Yearn For
Chance to Swat the Hun.
Getting in Shape to Hit Hard
mastering Intricacies
OF BROWNING GUNS
"Over there," the Buddies have elected
the modern Alaric, Kaiser Wilhelm, the
ranking member of that world-wide or
ganization, the Ananias Club. It was the
senior member of the firm. "Me and
Gott,” who said that the Americans would
not and could not fight. During the last
two weeks our men In France have nailed
that lie.
And while that is being done the Bud
dies over here, particularly the men of
the Fourteenth Company, Officers’ Train
ing Camp, have been carrying on with
the vim and pep for which ' they are
famed, preparing themselves for the
time when they, too, will be in the thick
of the fray!
The men of the Fourteenth are envious
of their lucky countrymen who are now
giving the Huns fits and sharing In the l
great adventure, but proud that those
sons of Washington, Lee and Grant are
showing Wilhelm and Hindenburg that
an American is a better man than a
Boche.
In preparation for the time when they,
too, are on those fields of glory in France;
when for the first time they go over the
top; when they finally meet their Boche
face to face, and the bettor man return to
tell the story; the men of the Fourteenth
Company are hitting the ball and hitting
it hard, a la Ty Cobb! They are down to
business, and 5% days out of every week
they are putting their hearts In their
work, even as on th© remaining day and
a half they put their hearts in (heir play.
They mean business, these men of the
Fourteenth Company, and when they get
their commissions they are going to be
competent to do the work required of
them. There is no laying down, and the
men overlook their disappointments and
hardships, and when things occasionally
go wrong, they grin as easily as though
everything was rosy.
But it is not all work. Dan Webster,
or some other great man, once made a re
mark about "all work and no play,” and
the men of the Fourteenth fall in with
this idea, and have a fair shart of play.
Although they have only been in Camp
Hancock two weeks, most of the men
have already entered into the society,
sports and games of Augusta and the
camp. Even now plans are being formu
lated for a big dance and banquet, which
will set a new high mark for Camp Han
cock. There are also several athletes in
the company who are taking part in the
many contests.
tl is true that nearly ail the men often
think of the girls they left behind in
Waco, Texas or Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
but they are not suffering from any un
due grief on this score as he young ladies
of Augusta have charmes of their own.
That Is the verdict of all the men who
have had the good fortune to become ac
quainted.
Candidate Fox is one of the fortunates.
Be is a master of the terpsichorean art,
and has been making the most of his
abilities at the Lenwood and other places.
At that, ho isn’t far ahead of Candi
date Roland, who is good at the light fan
tastic himself.
There are others who will prove their
ability at the company dance.
Candidate Van Dyke, while engaged in
the manly work of peeling potatoes, one
day last week was overcome with laugh
ing gas. Candidate Egan, Harris and
Elliott came to his rescue.
Candidate Akin h;u? been so overjoyed
at returning to his dear old Georgia that
he has a hard time getting down to duty.
But now that he is acting company com
mander, he has come back to earth.
Candidates Nielson and Nagle, who so
journed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., last win
ter, were also glad to renew their ac
quaintance with the Cracker state.
Some men have to be brought in under
cover whenever it rains, but not so with
Candidate Carey. He merely lies on his
bunk and sleeps with the tent open while
the rain falls, and the thunder rolls! And
all the while the and rifles of
his tent mates are getting wet, and the
latter becoming rusty. As a guardian of
a tent he makes a good wooer of Mor
pheus!
It has been suggested that Candidate
Applegren write a text book on Extended
Order Drill. He has the matter under
advisement.
Friday and Saturday were examination
days, interior guard duty and I. I). R. be
ing assaulted Friday, and military court
esy Saturday morning.
The Fourteenth is still following an
infantry drill schedule, but the men ex
pect soon to be back at work on the ma
chine guns again. The men from both
Camp MacArthur and Camp Shelby have
had considerable work on the guns be
fore coming here. They are going to
make those Brownings hum!
D. A. S.
a Grave For Kaiserism
The Task of the 63rd M. T. D.
By Private Meyer W. Weisgal.
To bury Kaiserism and all Its in
herent evils—autocracy, oppression,
slavery, unutterable human misery,
carnage, murder of helpless babies and
sucklings, toture of innocent women,
ravaging of homes, destruction of ca
thedrals, in a word, vandalism and all
it embraces —is the supreme task of the
63rd M. T. D.
And in a spirit not unequal to the
task has it undertaken the preparatory
work for the solemn burial ceremony.
With this end in view the work is
carried on with greater zeal than the
most sanguine optimism might have
wished for. Nothing, it seems, can de
ter them from the task they set out
to accomplish. As if to test their en
durance the merciless southern sun
stubbornly places itself perpendicularly
Liver their heads and throws down its
piercing creating havoc id the
Small Hole In a Tooth May
Lead Into a Large Cavity, Re
vealing Tooth to be But a
Shell. Ample Warning of De
cay Given. Dental Surgeons
Do Work Well and Kindly
We have t»ied to tell you how and
why you should case for your mouth
and teeth, and now tve will attempt to
show some of the effects of lack of
care and the results of failure to have
a dentist make frequent examinations
of the teeth.
It has very often been my experi
ence to begin to clean out what seems
to be a very small cavity or hole in a
tooth, to find the tooth all decayed, un
til nothing remained but the shell.
When we find conditions like that, we
either have to put that tooth through
a long course of treatment, or extract
it. In many cases the patient does not
understand the conditions and blames
tire dentist for troubles that had been
slowly Lut surely growing, due to lack
of personal care and dental examina
tions. We might explain that process
of decay by comparing it to an apple,
which is selected by a worm as home.
The worm gains entrance by ■ small
hole. The worm or the effects of its
presence are not visible on the outside,
but as you all know, in time the in
side is completely gone, yet the form
and appearance of the apple remain
normal. The tooth is affected in the
same way. The germs of decay, gain
ing entrance to the tooth through the
enamel, which is softened by the chem
ical action of food and other dirt,
which is allowed to remain on it. These
germs once they are inside begin to
eat up the tooth structure, and unless
they are detected and removed and
the tooth sterilized and filled, you will
have the condition I have described
above.
Nature has away of warning us of
approaching disaster in our teeth in
the same way she does in other parts
of the body. When any part of the
body is out of order, we learn of it
by feeling pain. Fain Is nature’s warn
ing of more serious troubles corning.
Almost invariably decay in teeth is
made known .o us by slight pains from
time to time. At the first pain in your
teeth, ask permission to visit the Den
tal Infirmary for examination, thereby
saving yourselves and the Dentil Sur
■«eonfi more t
the possible loss Os the tooth, and J
am here to tell you that yob cannot
estimate In money the value of one or
all of your teeth. People who have
had the misfortune to lose all their
teeth, will back me up in that state
ment
Ours is a big work, covering a very
large field, Laving literally thousands
of men placed under our care. Our
duty is to serve the greatest number
in as short time as possible, giving
each patient his full share of indivi
dual attention. Remember we are here
to serve you and it is our pleasant
duty. Come to us with the understand*
inf that, we are hero for your own good.
We want you to come to us freely,
to ask questions, to have your teeth
examined anu to have work done. We
also whnt every man wLo leaves our
infirmaries to go smiling, knowing that
they have passed through a dreaded
ordeal finding that it was not as bad
as they had imagined it was going to
be.
Clean your teeth RIGHT, three times
a day and you won’t have to come al
all. C. J. Hollister,
Ist Lt. D. C. N. G.» Camp Dental Sur
geon.
MATINEE PARTY
ON SATURDAY
FOR SOLDIERS
There will be a splendid opportunity
for every soldier who attends the Sol
diers’ Club on next Saturday afternoon to
meet and get acquainted with some of
the best and loveliest women and girls In
Augusta, and the fellow who does not
take advantage of the opportunity will
have only himself to blame.
During the past two months a group
of Augusta women, with their daughters
and a large number o fthe girls of the
community, have been coming to the club
on Saturday afternoons, from four-thirty
to seven, for the express purpose of meet
ing the boys there, and not only spend
ing a pleasant afternoon in dancing, but
paving the way for each man to enlarge
his circle of acquaintances and friends in
Augusta while he is stationed at Camp
Hancock.
A great many fellows have taken ad
vantage of these parties, and from the
acquaintances made there have grown
many warm friendships. But these par
ties are not for the few, but fbr every
man who attends the club and wants to
meet good, wholesome women and girls.
For the informal ion of those who are
backward or timid, let it be said that
th® hostess (anyone of the seven or eight
older women who are always on hand)
expect the men to come to them, intro
duce themselves and merely say that they
will be glad 10 meet some of the young
ladies. After that it is up to you. Re
member that these girls want to meet
you, and that they are doing everything
they can to make your hours in Augusta
the very pleasantest possible for you.
Punch will be served on next Saturday
afternoon and every effort Is being made
to make this the most successful day.
Every man in uniform is invited.
line of action. But no sooner does the
sun hide its glaring sac e than rain
storms under cover of the darkness of
the night steals in and washes away
t'verything, leaving no vestige of the
fruit of the day’s labor.
But the men of the 63rd are made of
the stuff that knows not how to yield,
even to Nature itself. Thus, if today
five fathom deep is washed away, the
morrow will find them again at their
task with added zest and with greater
perseverance. When the interment of
Kaiserism will actually take place no
living being can tell with any degree
of certainty. It largely depends on the
boys "over there" to deliver the corpse.
And who can tell what the morrow
will bring in its wake. It has not been
even ascertained as to whether the
consecrated soil of Camp Hancock will
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No. 43.
MSGHIME GUN
SCHOOLS GATHER !
ftTCiPHINGOGK
Large Concentration of Ma
chine Gunners For Effective
Training. Course to Cover
Period of Four Months. Am
erican and British Officers
From Battle Fields to Aid In
struction. Candidates Chosen
For Special Aptitude
Present War Proves Value of
Machine Gun
The Machine Gun Companies from the
various training school throughout the
entire United States arrived at Camp
Hancock during the past week. The
concentration of the machine gun schools
at Camp Hancock was for the purpose of
uniformity in machine gun instruction.
The present war has proved the value of
the machine gun on the European battle
fields and in the 4th officials Training
School, one-fifth of the total school was
selected for special machine gun instruc
tion at the Central Training School at
Camp Hancock.
The course is scheduled to cover a spe
cial period of four months instruction, and
great preparation is being made to train
the men to the. highest proficiency in the
latest, methods of machine gun war
fare.
American and British officers from the
battle fields of France are present to con
duct the training of the candidates.
The candidate officers have been In
an officers’ training school since May 15
and many of them have had years of •
service in the regular army and are
well trained and disciplined soldiers.
Every candidate in the training school
was selected to attend this camp be
cause of special military ability and ap
titude.
The past week has been spent in ar
rangement of tents and policing of com
pany streets. Many of the candidates
find it a novelty in being initiated into
tent life and have had various experiences
amusing to themselves in adjusting the
tent ropes during the rains of the last
week.
On Friday afternoon of last week, it
was particularly humorous (if your tent
and "bunk” whs on the high ground), to
watch the candidattis whose tents were
It'Wiahd. work like sn many be?
eYk unen s
obstrm advance upon their new
Pbice. Several tents of th®
Jtn, 10th. 11th, and 12th companies were
completely inundated to the depth of two
feet or more.
Candidates Tomlinson, King Poniur -and
’Budweiser" nf the Jlth Co think it ad
visable that they be issued "life preserv
ers before getting to the part of em
barkation. But a few' little inconven
iences of tent life are quickly forgotten
by the men who look forward with great
anticipation to the important course
ahead of them at this camp.
MINNESOTA MEN .
PUN RALLY MEETS
Alumni and Former Students
of University of Minnesota
. Will Have Series of Get-to-
Gether Dinners at Lenwood.
Prove Great Success
The idea of regular "get-to-gethers’*
among University of Minnesota men sta
tioned at Camp Hancock is proving a
great success. On Thursday evening,
August Ist, the next of the series of "U.
of M." dinners will be given at the Len
wood Hotel, at 7 o’clock. All alumni and
former students are urged to attend.
At their last meeting practically every
regiment in camp was represented. Lieu
tenants Abrahamson and Mayer or the
Central Machine Gun Officers Training
School gave short talks' upon the perils
of being an officer. Sergeant Frank
Kelly of Headquarters Company, Ord
nance Supply School, who, with ten other
Minnesota men, served with the Morton-
Harjes Ambulance Corps In France, gave
an Interesting account of some of his
thrilling experiences while at the front.
About twenty-five old Minnesotans wore
present and all declared the affair a,
typical Minnesota rouser. "Nuff said."
The committee on arrangements has
tried to get in touch with all Minnesota
men here in camp but with so many
new arrivals some are bound to be over
looked. Next Thursday evening presents
a fine opportunity for these new men to
make their whereabouts known and to re
new old college friendships.
DESPERATE EFFORT
TO CHECK ALLIES
London. —Importance of the smash
ing of the enemy defensive line along
the Ou req by Franco-American troops
is emphasized by a Berlin official
statement which indicated the Ger
mans intended to hold those positions.
The communique declares withdraw
al to the line between Fere-En-Tarde
nois and Ville-En-Tardenois was ac
complished Saturday without ths
knowledge of the Allies and that sub
sequent attempts to storm the new po
sitions were all repuked.
Both the Paris communique and the
battle front dispatches show the Ger
mans have been driven some distance
north of the Ourcq, from its source to
a point west of Fere-En-Tardenois,
and that a sharp wedge has been
driven into the enemy lines in the di
rection of Fismes.
On the eastern edge of the salient.
Allied troops were reported fighting in
the southern outskirts of Ville-En-
Tardenois while further progress had
been made between Ste. Euhraise and
Bligny, up the Ardre River, This
stream flows northwestward to Fis
dm.
The presence of fresh Prussian and
Bavarian guard regiments in the fight
ing is accepted as admission by the
Crown Prince that the situation U be-,
coming increasingly, menacing. * , [