Trench and camp. (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, July 31, 1918, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPage 8 SOLDIERS WILL HAVE g BEST ATTENTION AT | BUSBIA & DENNIS BARBER SHOP AND | BATH HOUSE. Largest and Finest in City. R Between the Skycrapers, in basement, 741 Broad Street Open till 9 p. m.; Saturdays 11 p. rn. VITA ST. AMAND Public Stenographer. Notary Public. Mimeograph Work a Specialty. LOBBY UNION SAVINGS BANK BUILDING. Phone 1321-W Augusta, Ga. Special attention Soldiers’ Work. Phone for evening appointments. The Sancken Optical Company Eye Examinations Carefully Made. Prescriptions Filled and Broken Lenses Duplicated Promptly. Phone 2696. 948 Broad St. Bedding Rolls, Sleeping Bags, Clothing Rolls, Camp Chairs. Mattress Rolls T. G. BAILIE & CO. 712 BROAD STREET ■■■■■BmmmnmHmnmsisai Key Fitting Victrola Repairing Sporting Goods ALEXANDER 647 BROAD STREET. FIRST CLASS REPAIRING TELEPHONE 679. Augusta Georgia Specialist in fitting Specta cles and Eye Glasses to correct all correctable muscular and refractive errors of the human eye sight. | Scientific Exami nations. Perfect Fitting Glasses. Complete line of Sun Glasses. W. L. EMBRY Optometrist and Optician. 222 Eighth St. Augusta, Ga. Your Bank We want you to know that when you are a custom er of THIS bank it is to all intents and purposes YOUR bank. Capital $1,000,000.00 Surplus $200,000.00 Deposits $7,000,000.00 Notes From the 402nd Reserve Labor Bn. Who’s all right? Company A. Who says so? Everybody. Who’s everybody? 402nd. Company A's ball team is challeng ing all comers. They say the following line-up Is Invincible: Private Floyd Gordan, ca'.ch. Sergeant “Jay Bird” Rhodes, pitch. First Class Private Curren Jackson, pitch. Corporal W »liam Le*, first base. Corporal Manuel Harden, second base. First Class Pilvate Ira Martin, third base. Corporal Walter Lewis, shortstop. Private John Morgan, right field. Private Jake Thomas, Centerfield. Private Robert Pinkney, leftfleld. Corporal Willie Lee, substitute. Os course "Jay Bird” can’t find the plate all the time but. he’s a good ’un. There may be another tale to tell next time. Now when it comes to pitching horse shoes, Secretary Reddick thought he was the best for a long time, but he met his match when Private Charlie Gibson, Company A. came out. Now Private James Green, Co. A, a brand new player, is showing all the men some “shark” plays. Privates F. W. Walker and Hay woo*. Johnson, Com pany A, and Privates Lee Napier and Ollie B. Jones, Co. (,’. are doing a lot of talking and SOME horse shoe pitch ing, believe me! The newest thing in our battalion area, is a fine tape tennis court. It’s doing a lot to keep the blues out while we stay in. Some of the fellows know the game but most of us are learners and have still got. to find out that it isn’t base ball. O you little white line. ’ You won’t stay on the right side of the ball. Privates Walter Pope and Eli Har per of Company C are getting to be some racket artists. They put that little ball ju&t “where you ain’t.” Ser geant Jason and Corporal Lee, Com pany A, expect to be making a noise at the next writing. We are hoping to have backstops be fore very long. Especially do the ball chasing spectators hope so. O, yes, everybody plays volley ball, blit Corporal Eugene Bird, Company A. "Jest nachhrly” spanks that ball whore you can’t get It, and, as usual. “Jay Bird” thinks he’s the best, and plays all over the field. Our good Lieutenant Kennedy. Com pany <’, watched the fellows play one day. He looked- like he was itching to get in and show the men a few new wrinkles. Everybody in the battalion is some kind of a checker player but Privates John Sanders, J’rimus Morris and J. C. Belcher, Co. C, and Private Elijah Creamer, Co. A. make a. noise like challenging everybody. Next time wo will know who’s who, as a checker tournament, is already on foot. The religious program of “Y” Tent 238 has been a live one since the first of July. “Botcher life” Secretary Red dick known the “old songs” and knows how to use them. He has everything that it takes to sing but a voice. Since the quarantine we haven’t had any speakers from the outside but, take it from me, we have had a grand and glorious time here together by ourselves. The Baptist publishing houses of Nashville have supplied us with Sun day school literature and our Sunday i school is humming. The mid-week meeting on Wednes day night as nmdueted by Secretary RetlfiUlk is proving very popular. Last w»»ek thu-theme was "Giving God a Square Deal,” and was built up on th-* 103rd Psalm. A large number of men under Sec retary Robinson are studying Paul’s letters. We have studied that beau tiful letter to Philemon an 1 there saw how a worthless slave wh > ran away from bis master ami nnally la”* I ecl. in a Roman Jail, was ',on;?.t'd by the Great Apostle and sent back home a new man. We are now striving the letter written from Hu- sim prison io the little church at Philippi. The class is growing in numb»\s und in enthusi asm. During the two weeks from July 7 tn 21. about one hundred testaments have been taken and .u man; w ir ra.l cards signed by the nun of the 102 n-L Looking for .v ard to our being lat ter and more enthusiastic soldiers ri.d better citizens when we return to civil life, wo are holding with Secretary Robinson a large class ir. civil -. '.r ment. We want t » \r.-nv wr.o mir Uncle Sam is and how he does things. The spirit shown by the troops men tioned In the following article .s the spirit, that pr-'-.r’s in the -102nd: I American Negro Troop* in Action With the American Army on the Marne (Wednesday).—(By the Associ ated Press)—American negro troops are helping to hold the allied line > against the fifth German offensive. They requested the favor of being per mitted to take over a part of the line of attack, though they hud been hold ing a. piece of a French sector for the last three months without relief. The Benefits From the War to Our Soldiers Centuries ago, a wise man said: ’•Men will hot see the bright light in the cloud.” The duration of this w< rld-war may be a matter of speculation: but its righteous termination we may be as sured shall make the world safer for democracy, democracy safer for the world, and through the Gospel of life. \eht and love, give us a saner, purer, lovelier world, receptive and responsive the principles of the Kingdom of G»d. I have been cheered, heartened and r assured as 1 have noted the benefits that .have already come to our soldier st: *fe. Allow me to mehtlon definitely five of these: First, the blessing of physical train ing. which is noticeable to every one who marked the appearance and move ments of the raw recruits of last year and now looks upon the physical I transformation that has taken place. Second, the commingling of all the idasses, the result of which must ne cessarily contribute toward an intelll- I gent and popular democracy when a just, righteoua peace ensues. Third, the bringing of our young men into vital service to their coun try. which develops loyal patriotism and inspires high ideals. Fourth, the emphasis placed upon the importance of strict discipline and I implicit obedience, lessons, the far reaching influence of which cannot be < xaggerated. Fifth, the moral and spiritual at mosphere. within the circle of the I camps and cantonments, which are in-* deed seminaries of religious character. To appreciate fully this blessing that has come to thousands of bays away from home at a critical time of life, one must visit these camps and get in sympathetic touch with the quiet but pervasive and powerful service that is being rendered by the religious bodies and organizations of the land in these I centers of uplifting and radiating in fluence -Henry Allen Tupper, in Bap- . I tist World. t Digging a Grave for Kaiserism the Task of the 63rd M.T.D. (Continued from Pace One.) agree to having within its substrata buried Murder Incarnate. again, there is the possibility that Kaiserism will find its grave on its own native soil. Prussia soil already carries with in its depths the ancestry of Kaiserism. May we not then hope that at this time its grave will be fathomless so that it may never rise again. In that case I doubt if the 63rd will offer any serious objection. What matters it where Kaiserism lies burled? The important task is that it should be buried and it is towards this end that the 63rd is dedicating its muscular pride at the rifle range. And it is not so easy a task as some laymen may think it to be. Ask Priv ate Geese, who has to his credit, I be lieve, the deepest spot in the burial ground, and he will tell you that, though his mentality has not been tax ed to extreme exertion (as a matter of fact he is reputed to have little use for it at all times) his physical ability has been put to the test. While he, and others with him, are quite confident that their names will go down in history as the outstanding figures in this pioneer work, if only through the Trench and Camp, there are those in the 63rd who have many a sigh because fate denied them the priv ilege of partaking in this humane piece of work. They arc, so to speak, the non-combatants of the company. But they perform a service, the importance of which it would be unjust 'on the part of the historian to minimize; they are charged with the supreme duty of maintaining' the morale of the men who every morning make their pilgrimage to the rifle range, the site chosen for the burial grouiind of Kaiserism. There is, for example, Supply Ser geant Paul Schwartz, blessed be he. No one will dare to deprive him of the recognition that is due him. His ser vices in mending the “busted” shirts of the 63rd pilgrims has been, indeed, invaluable. Os course, ho admits that he would have been far more satisfied if he had been able to supply thorn with new ones. But what I under stand from his diplomatic parlance his influence in the Supply Office is limit ed. Hence, rather than to shirk his duties he will mend their shirts, if need be for such is the spirit of the 6 3 rd. Private Goldfarb, though not a mem ber of the off flea I family and can therefore not be classed as one of the non-combabants, nevertheless, renders assistance of incalculable value to his comrades-at-spades whose right hands are in temporary inanition. It is said that in the course of one day he glad dened the hearts of no less than nine teen sweethearts by offering himself unreservedly as their correspondent. Rumor has it that Goldfarb is ready to challenge any man in Camp Hancock to beat him in endearing terms. He knows the art of wooing to perfec tion. Privately 1 was told that up to date of induction into service lie had broken the hearts of sufficient beauties to complete two Turkish harems. Though thfM-o is no official record of how many Tie has added to his list of broken-h(’arte»" since his arirval in Camp Hancock, it is estimated on good authority that the number has already reached the second decimal point. No-loss recognition is due Mess Ser geant Kessler. Ho was so deeply im pressed by the spirit permeating the mon that a torrent of kindness swept through his being, so pinch so, that in a moment of exultation he shouted: “Boys, Over the Top,” and at once commandeered his entire force, from poet down to open all the cans of pre served food and placed them at. the dis posal of the entire company. The men on the other hand became so jubi lant over the sudden liberality of the moss sergeant that they commemorat ed the event by a nocturnal v'gllabce on the “western f.ont” of the company street. But the recognition did not only come from the rank and file. Lieut. Ferro, who made two incognito visits to the Tness hall, was no less impressed by the sumptuous meals that the men themselves ami .at the first occasion be paid a fitting tribute to the mess sergeant. The occasion, however, on which Lieut. Ferro gathered the men was not to speak in laudatory terms of our "vitality preserv r.” He gathered the pilgrims to compliment them on the fine spirit they are exhibiting in the supreme task in which they are en gaged. It was a memorable event and it should not go unnoticed. At 7 o’clock Thursday evening the news was passed through that Lieut. Ferro desired to address us. No en gagement or appointment is of suffic ient importance not to answer to his call. He has that impelling charm which commands not only obedience, but attachment. No man in the 63rd would have missed it. Devoid of the usual military man ner, and in a spirit of comradeship he entertained the men with charming lit tle stories of his army experiences and with a reading of Arthur Guy Empey's Armv Terminology with his own com ments. As a. happy ending he sum moned Corporal "Mike” Goalstone, who enjoys th£ privilege of supervising the digging of the consecrated burial ground for Kaiserism, to sing for us. He sang as he never did before. While the attention of the 63rd is mainly directed toward Kaiserism’s yr*'- W as. J - & rr rWSE- ■ t ' ‘ ’’ ■• ' ’ n - . - - a. h ■ • ■ ■ ’ THE LENWOOD, AUGUSTA’S NEW BRICK AND^CNETOuKrSrEY^"^ 1 E ... o. Tht M Showing .3. S»„ th Wi „ s . tht Main Building „ d H _ ToU] frontage of 360 Feet. THE LENWOOD X;i'4Sss. Op .“ • — 1 PL A- - Breakfast 40c to SI.OO. Table de Hole Lunch, SI.OO, Dinner, $1.50 — or ala Carte. Music 7:00 to 8:30 P. M. Beautiful Ball Room. The Ideal Place to Hold Balls, Social Affairs, etc. IKEWCH AIND CA M r final destiny, whose fate the entire company seems to take so much to heart, our progress in military matters is not in the least neglected, especially now, when our commanding officer, Lieut. Godbey, has taken it upon him sejf to review his forces every morn ing. The commanding officer’s task iss, made easier by his attache, Lieut. Law rence Long—a new acquisition in the 63rd. He has an autere look, this new’ acquisition of ours, which strikes terror into the ranks. When he gives the commai.d: “Comp-a-ny, At-ten-tion,” with the emphasis on the “tion" the earth seems to tremble. But the men of the 63rd will not let themselves be deceived. He is not so frightful as he apicais to some to be. I am inclined to believe that it is his deep baritone voice, rather than any thing else, that strikes that terror. For no sooner does he give the company “at rest” than he is one of our own, meek and gentle as a lark, and h’s robustious Ipok fades away like a magic wand. “So there is no cause for worry. Lieut. Charles Stiff! r completes the quartet of of leers in the company. To the rank and file he is little known. The more privileged characters in the “orderly” tent, however, seem to be of the unanimous opinion, and Alfred Neff feels strongly on the point that he pos sesses qualities which make him a per sona grata to ever, the most radical democratic elements in the company. He surely ought not to keep himself aloof. Speaking of democracy it Is more than of passing importance to record the fact that, in consonance with the spirit of democracy pervading the 6.3 rd, Thomas Harden was elected Top Ser geant of thA company to succeed Ser geant Brophy, who joined the officers’ training school at Camp Gordon. (course, he did not go through the ordeal of a popular election with ail its attendant features of pamphleteering and stump speaking. But though ap pointed by the commanding officer, it is quite certain tlv t t he gained ascend ancy to the office by popular acclaim, \ Lieb we are willing to believe was taken Into consideration when the ap pointment. was made. For such Is the spirit by which the 63rd is guided, in spite of the opposition r.f “Acting” Cor poral Jorn, James or Jack Benson. (He himself is ngt quite certain with which of three he was christened). “Acting” Corpora! Ronson seems rather annoyed by what he believes to be a superfluity of democracy. Not unlike ail othei; aristocrats of his type himself acts least and causes i4her*j to act for him It is his unalterabde opin ion that the "greasy multitude” should be ruled with iron force, and no sooner was he made “supreme master <>f the quarters’’ than ho put his “iron theory*’ into orartice. In an unique manner entirely his own, Benson may be seen promenading the quarters with unusual grace befitting a born aristocrat, and issuing orders to his sub-ordinates on whom he looks down as dwarfs. And him who irritates the master by an Improper interrogative. Such boldness on the part of the inferior be ing is punishable with no less than thr«-o hours guard at the faucet, which be*it said to bis credit has, as a re sult, shown considerable reduction in* the evolution of the pointer on the watre meter. It seems, however, that Benson aver sion to democracy arises from the fact that lie places efficiency above demo cracy, not believing in the theory that in .an advanced social order such as we have in the 63rd the two are not in cempatible. But ho is gradually veer ing around to this view. Where ab stract theoretic argumentation has failed the deeds of the 63rd. as exem plified by their devotion to Kaiserism’s burial ground at the rifle range, has completely won over this unalterable opopnent of democracy. Thus, an other pillar of aristocracy has fallen a prey tn the cause of democrac.s ' AUGUSTUS STOTHART DRUG STORE. Comer Eighth and Telfair Streets. PURE DRUGS. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDY. WHEN YOU WANT A GOOD MEAL GO TO MOTHER SHEEHAN’S. HOME COOKED MEALS. 539 BROAD STREET. | I MOTHER OFT HE SOLDIERS. | I Twelve Latest Improved Chairs. Every Facility for the Comfort and Convenience of our Customers. BOLYARD’S AUGUSTA’S UP TO DATE BARBER SHOP Phone 3127-W. 221 Eighth St. I BATHS. MANICURING. I Proprietor Has Seen Foreign Service with 11th Cavalry. SOLDIERS WELCOME. FLAGS FLY AT FEAST OF GUNNERS (Continued from page one.) hearers with the impression that he is in command of the best company in the camp and that he was proud to be in command of an organization where loy alty is the by-word, and in closing thank ed the men, predicting great future for all of them. The -other speakers were Sergeant Guy Garnett, chairman of the committee; Sergeant William H. Cameron, master of ceremonies; Sergeant Geo. L. Norwood, Sergeant Richard Putnam, Assistant Mess Sergeant Miltenzwei and Assistant Cook Antonio Borello, each speaker in turn praising the other for the success of the undertaking and expressing appre ciation of the co-operation given by the officers and men. After the speech-making, the enter tainment opened with Al Raymond, who rendered several popular selections,, whihch was greeted with an outburst of applause that was heard throughout the camp. The next on the bill was that inimit able Trio—Boch, Kline and Robinson — considered the test trio in camp and in a class by thenweNes as entertainers. Ellis Robinson, by request, rendered George Beban’s recital of "The Sign of the Rose.*’ This dramatic recitation, as usual, received deserved appreciation. One of the hits was a monologue act by Corporal Frank M. Smith of the 24th Company. He is one of the best enter tainers who ever graced a stage and from the start had the audience in roars of laughter. His mimicry was of the type which is usually played in the leading theatres and he received an ovation which lasted for over ten minutes. For an encore, he recited the famous fare well speech of General Pershing, before leaving for “Over There." Miss Mary Byers, one of the guests, rendered "I’m Going to Follow tile Bnys," accompanied at the piano by Miss Har rydele Davidson. The song was enthu siastically received and joined in the chorus by all present. Miss Byers is blessed with a soprano voice that carries sweetness with each note, and if ever she follows the boys, she'll surely have some crowd to look after. Private Charles Swartz delighted the crowd with a wonderful violin selection which stamps him as an accomplished musician. The feature of the program was the "Jazz" Quartet, from the Division Head quarters Band. Band Master Joseph Marra, Leonard Joseph, John Gomes, and David Schwartz are in a class that makes them incomparable. Thev are without a doubt the best and most ac complished musicians that ever were gathered in any < amp. 'They had the au dience nigging and jazzing, from the time the dinner began until after the enter* tainment. The harmony was perfect and rendered in a manner that kept the audi ence spellbound the entire time they hiayed. which was the entire evening They certainly deserved the -. raise which was on everyone's lips The quartet was RNe« ted l>y Bandmaster Marra from the Headquarters Band, which was loaned for the oreasion by (’apt. Stanley Blanton who takes great pride in the band and all its activities. Among th.- guesm present were the Misses Nanaline Wilson. Myrtis Win- -n. Mattle Lou Jennings, llarrydelc David son, Sadie Allen. Myrtle Davis, Eugenia Conltn. Mary Byers. Mrs Mary Byers, Mrs. Davidson. Mrs. Newhall and Mr • •tTlwii of Chicago. Ills.; Top Sergeant Virgil P. Adam- of the He.aduuart.-rs '•onipany. M. G. T. C ; Sergeant Winters. Sergeant Hill of the Second Group Head quarters M T. D ; Private Louis Rogers , of the Headquarters Detachment. Editor W J Aiken of Trench and f'amp. and Gee. K Honken, the camp publicity rep resentative. A retired army officer tells of an armv examiner who had bcToie h(ni a very null 'andidate. The man proving, apparent ly. unable to make response to the most simple questions, the examiner finally grew impatient and, quite .sarcastically, put this question: "Let it be supposed that you are a captain in command of Infantry In your rear is an impassable abyss. On both sides of you there rise perpendicular rocks of tremendous height. Ln front of you lies the enemy, outnumbering you ten’ to one. What, sir, in such an emergency, would you do?" "I think, Fir." raid the aspirant for military distinction, "I would resign.”— Harper's Magazine not only for f Shei bum I M Et * n S anc i smart Ji °F sunburn and I** wind burn are very t? 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