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VOL. 1. SEPTEMBER 25, 1918 No. 51.
A New Liberty Theatre For
Camp Hancock is Now Assured
New Theatre to Be Complete in i
Every Detail. The Seating
Capacity to Be 2,200. Ladies’
Rest Room to Be Provided.
High Class Attractions' Book
ed for Coming Winter Season
Construction Will Start Upon
Arrival of Materials
With the visit of Mr. W. V. Turley,
general inspector for the war depart
ment, to ('amp Hancock, a new Liberty
Theatre* for the camp is an assured
thing. In company with Mr. Turley, was
Mr. J. A. Minnix. the , occimmissioned
architect, who lias charge of the plans
for the new theatre.
For some time it has been felt that
the present theatre was inadequate for
many reasons. For one thing, the seat
ing capacity was not large enough, and
many other difficulties arose which has
made it imperative that a new theatre
bo built. * Therefore the visit of Mr.
Turley and Mr.-Minnix to the camp.
The new theatre will be situated on
tin* plot formerly occupied by Brig.-Gen.
O’Neil, in the days of the 28th D vis
ion, It. is a most ideal spot for a thea
tre and commands a wide view of the
surrounding territory.
If the present plans are carried out,
the new building will he as modern and
up-to-date a; i h possible to make it. A
complete set of drops am] wings will be
put in, together with commodious dress
ing rooms. A ladies’ rest room for the
benefit of wives of the men of the camp
will be put in, as will also a room for
the officers of the camp.
Tn size the new theatre will be much
larger than the present one on the
Wrightsboro read. A comparison can
easily be made when one considers that
the present buildin holds about 1,200
seated The new one will hold about 2,-
000 seated, with space that will accom
modate standing mom for mony hundreds
more.
According to Manager G, H, Thomas,
many very fine attractions are in store
for Hancock for the coming winter.
There is a possibility that David War
field will play here while among the
shows that arc booked already' are such 1
ones as: ‘•Turn to the R : ght." "Lets Go,” |
"Nothing But The Truth," “Isle of
Smiles,” and a great many others of
Broadway fame. This is made possible
through the combination of the Red and
Blue circuits, mention of which was made
in Trench and Camp of last week’s issues.
T • the men of the camp the above
nows will mean a larger and better va
riety of performances than have ever
been here. While the new theatre will
be welcomed, this does not mean that
the present one will be obandond, as
the plan is to have two here. This will
mean that men situated out in the far
end of camp will be able tn see * hows
without having to walk such a distance
as they do at present. -***-»
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be expected to be finished, Mr. Turley
stated that the plans were drawn and
the material ordered, but with the pres
ent traffic conditions it might be a few
weeks before any real headway would
be made. He said that work would be
rushed as much as possible however and
the indications are that in a short time
Camp Hancock will have theatre accom
modations that are in keeping wi\j the
h gh standard of the camn.
TO THE FOLKS BACK
HOME
What about >that magazine yhu just
finished? Did you throw it carelessly
aside for the ash man to gather up or
did you lay it aside to be sent to a.
camp? Did you ever stop to think
that Buddy in camp likes to read mag
azines? Did you ever stop to think
that in a camp or cantonment with
thousands of men in it that many
thousands of magazines are needed?
of course there . e many magazines
sent to camp that are regularly sub
scribed for, but the old magazines are
appreciated also. Don’t think that
just because you only have one maga
zine that it will not be appreciated.
Tell the neighbors about it and start
a little community magazine savings
club. After you get a bundle, give
them to the postmaster (with the
proper amount of postage), who will
forward them properly. The American
Library Association disburses many
hundreds of magazines monthly in this
way, but even their generous supply
becomes exhausted.
On the next magazine you buy, read
the little notice up in the corner. That
magazine you so carelessly thrpvv
away might be the means of some
Buddy whiling away an otherwise
dull hour. SAVE THE MAGAZINES.
JEWISH WELFARE HOUSE
TO BE DEDICATED
Next Monday evening September 30.
the new Jewish Welfare Board Building,
will be formally dedicated at 8 o'clock.
General Edwards, camp commander, will
receive the building on behalf of the gov
ernment. Mr. Henry Cohen, of Augusta,
will deliver the principal address. A mili
tary band will be present. Representa
tives of all welfare agencies in camp
will be the guests of the Jewish Welfare
Board. At the conclusion of the cere
monies refreshments will be served.
All are welcome. Come early.
WHY BUDDY FIGHTS
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BY JOSEPH K. COLTON.
Headquarters Specialists’ Suh 001, M. G. T. C.
They say he fights for Democracy, an d that's all very well and true.
But Buddy, his thoughts are different .though it all means the same to you,
i" a ‘l« str .° so s, the >-tudy r oom. he quit in the seventh grade,
And the larger words, they puzzle him, but boy! how he knows his trade! I
L% unt !, er . a , gla . rin s out in th« and mid. '
Its teaching him how to deal with brutes whose fingers are wet with I
blood,
a r P an T P ust a ct when the test of a life-time comes, I
Whenjh^ leaps in place at a sharp c ommand—and the old machine gun
I have watched him drill in the stif ling dust with never a dragging step, I
His heart is strong and he likes a son g, he’s crammed to the top with I
They him all they can, an d more, and following that, they’ll
the rest to the boy hi mself, and his store of the Yankee
TJiey say he fights for Democracy and that’s all verv true hut qtm
He knows he is battlin’ for something else—it’s the brown' road up the
A brown- road fringed by the slend tr e ‘ m and “ Htt,e “ uaint house of
11 white,
Where a dear little lady keeps the ta Hh. that’s makin' your Buddy fight! |
MINSTREL SHOW
PLANNED BY THE
PLAYERS' CLUB
Soldier Talent to Be Selected
and Directed By Experienced
Producers. All Entertainers
Urged to Register at Once
De Ante plans for the production of
a minstrel show by soldier talent se
lected from the €*ntire camp were made
at a meeting of the Camp Hancock
Players’ Club Monday evening. Under
the direction of this organization the
best possible talent will be selected
and directed by the production com
mittee, which includes Private Frank
Jazz Welch, Sergeant Rudolph Horsh,
Corporal Harry Green, and Private
Ben Goldberg.
The committee is very anxious to
secure a complete list of all available
talent, both professional and amateur,
for this production, and urges all such
men to register at once with the near
est Y M. C, A., K. of C. and J. W. B.
secretary, or with any member of the
committee.
Ln connection with this registraton
arrangements have been made for
the organization by all men, properly
qualified by experience or ability, of
local Group and Unit Chapters of the
Players' Club. These chapters will be
chartered by the parent Camp Club
and will aim to put on entertainments
for the benefit of their own units. Cos
tumes and properties will be arranged
for by the. club, making it possible to
produce entertanments of a more
elaborate character than heretofore. In
order to insure the complete success
of the plan it is necessary that every
man of experience and ability register
at once; amateurs will then be given
an opportunity to work out and de
| monstratc their ability to qualify as
members of the club. Amateurs who
have already put on an act on a Y. M.
c. A. or K. of C. stage are qualified for
membership and should enroll at once.
PRETTY WEDDING
AT Y BUILDING
i Interesting Romance Conclud
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ed By Happy Event. Popular
Sergeant Weds Daughter of
Well Known Engine Designer.
One of the pretties stories of a soldier
romance that, has reached us since the
establishment of tl* machine gun training
centers hovers around the quiet wedding
which took place at the administration
building of the Y. M. C. A. last Friday
September 20. The principals in the story
are Sergeant Lester Cusick of the Head
quarters Company of the main training
depot, and Miss Janet Mabel Pitz, both of
New York.
The bride is the daughter of the late
Frederick Pitz, the designer of the latest
model of fire engine apparatus now being
used extensively through the United
States. The groom was an attache of the
naval forces at one of the large supply
bases as an assistant chief of supplies
before entering the uniformed service.
The bride was attended by Miss Min
erva Metz and the groom by Sergeant
Raftery, a machine gun instructor in
the Third Group.
Chaplain H. M. Tucker, of the Second
Group, officiated at the very simple cere
mony.
The happy couple left Camp Hancock
immediately after the service for a short
honeymoon, not, however, before enjoying
a wedding supper given jor them in Au
gusta.
In learning of this pretty story con
nected with this very happy event, a
strict censorship was placed over us, and
it will not be removed until the. bride
has started on the homeward trip.
Word just reached us as we go to
press that the sergeant and his bride have
returned to the camp to attend a ban
quet and vaudeville entertainment given
in their honor by the members of the
Headquarters Company, M. T. D.
DAILY PARADE
Os the Machine Gunners of the
Main Training Depot Proving
Popular Among Soldiers and
Civilians.
Fifth Group Machine Gunners made a
splendid showing in the first of the sche
duled parades to be held daily at 5 p. m.,
on the main drill field, situated west of
the Wheeless road and in rear of the
Liberty Theatre.
There was a fair sized assemblage to
witness the initial parade. Among the
spectators were several group command
ers and the Commanding Officer of the
Main Training Depot.'
Lt. Col. Carter the Commanding Of
ficer of the Fifth Group revieived hia
own troops, which were headed by the
Second Group Band.
This afternoon the third group band
will parade, and the fifth and sixth will
finish out the rest of this week. '
The public and solidiers are invited to
witness these review meetingss with pop
ular favor thru out the camp.
HANCOCK MUSIC
PROGRAM STANDARD
FOR OTHER CAMPS
Music Directors of Central and
Northeastern Departments
Praise Work of Camp Music
Director. Six Thousand Men
Trained Every Week By
Pardo
The arrival in Camp of Leonard A.
Wegner, Music Secretary for the Cen
tral Department of the Y. M. C. A., and
of Robert Lee Osburn, Music Sevretary
for the Northeastern Department, for the
purpose of spending several days here
observing the work of Camp Music
Director Pardo will be of intrest to the
thousands of men who have come under
the influence of Secretary Pardo’s fine
work in song leading. The success of the
program of training carried on by the
Camp Music Director has been so marked
that it has been accepted as a standard
for the entire country, and the work In
other ('amps and Departments will be
carried on along the same lines.
In working out his plan Secretary Pardo
personally trains about six thousand men
every week in thq singing of the popular
hiking songs, and in addition directs every
day a class of forty men. specially de
tailed for the work, in the leading of these
songs, in order that no cornoafiy may
Jack a trainined loader when on the
march. The effect of this work has been
evident for some weeks tn the "pep" and
energy shown by the men in their march
ing songs; no matter how hot or dusty the
road the snappy strains of" It's a Long
Way to Berlin" or of some other popular
song may always be heard from the men.
Conversation on Conservation
TIRE CONSERVATION.
Some few weeks ago we told you about
the importance of rubber in the army.
We pointed out at that time how it add:
speed to all army operations—how we
would he handicaped without it. At
that time we asked you to conserve
rubber, today we say. “Help win the
war—conserve rubber."
Rubber at the present time is a
mighty hard article to obtain —due to
shipping facilities and the scarcity of
skilled labor to manufacture it into the
many different forms required in the
modern army of the present day. Rub
ber Is used in the greatest quantities in
the manufacture of automobile tires, and
if the present shortage of raw material
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SOLDIERS' CLUB
HOSTESS OFFERS
ENTERTAINMENT
Mrs. W. W. Frye Appointed
Club Matron. Will Assist the
Ladies Visiting Soldiers.
Thursday Evening Programs
to Be Resumed
Secretary Neargard, of the A’-v-’.St War
Camp Community Service ha. recently
announced that the already fit e service
given at the Soldiers’ Club is now im
proved by the anpointment of M W. W.
Frye, of Augusta, as Club H<> • ■■foss and
Matron. It Is the purpose of Mi A. Frye
to act. as hostess in making the Club
comfortable and homelike, and tn arrang
ing for the entertainment and comfort of
relatives and friends of the soldiers. She
will act as chaperone and assist in find
ing lodging for ladles visiting soldiers, as
well as acting as a bureau of informa
tion.
Mr. Frye will also care for theenter
taiument of soldiers in private families
In Augusta and nearby towns. In order
to fill the invitations frequently extended
thru the Soldiers' Club by families in
the neighboring towns of Bath, Clear
water. Hephzibah, and Thomson she has
arranged to keep a Register of all sol
diers who are open to accept such invi
tations, and will welcome any soldier who
would like to have his name on this list.
The Thursday night entertainment nut
up so successfully last Sprin at the Club
will be resumed during the Fall and Win
ter beginning with Thursday, Septem
ber 26th, when the program will be un
der the direction of Mrs. C. D. Verkins,
whose work as a director of entertain
ments for the soldiers is well and most
favorably known. Under the general di
rection of Mrs. Frye those entertainments
will be put on every Thursday evening,
with the several ladies of the Entertain
ment Committee in direct charg • each
week. It is expected that they will move
a. popular attraction to both the sdjttlers
and their Augusta friends.
continues the automobile tire of today
will be a very scarce article within the
next six months. So we are asking you
to follow out-a few simple rules t.f tire
conservation that will add many miles to
your tires and at the same time save
rubber.
Don’t OVERSPEED.
Don’t OVERLOAD.
Don’t RIDE CAR TRACKS.
Don’t FAIL TO INSPECT YOUR
TIRES ONCE A WEEK FOR PREMA
TURE WEAR.
Don't FAIL TO KEEP YOUR TIRES
PROPERLY IN!-T,A'I'ED AT ALL.
TIMES.
HELP WIN THE WAR—CONSERVE
RUBBER.
THE RED CROSS NOW
OCCUPIES NEW
QUARTERS
Officials Willing at All Times
to Assist the Soldier. Sub
terfuges Easily Discerned.,
The American Red Cross is now
quartered in its new building on the
Wrightsboro Road just east of the
newly erected Hostess House, which
Is also nearing completion. Realizing
that many of the Camp Hancock sol
diers are not familiar with the great
work being done by the Rod Cross
here, we called upon the Field Direc
tor, Mr. W. S. Moore, and the Asso
ciate Director, Mr. Frank Lambader,
ami had them outline for us the type
of service being rendered here at camp.
We learned much —our intended vis
it of four minutes stretched into an
unwilling departure at the end of an
hour.
Wide indeed is the range of the Red
Cross activities which come under the
Bureau of Camp Service. Under Gen
eral Orders No. 17 issued by the War
Department, the American Red Cross
is authorized by the Secretary of War
to render emergency relief of every
kind upon request or suggestion of an
officer. One of the principle concerns
here is to relieve the anxiety and to
sustain the morale of the soldiers who
are worried about their families at
home, and to promote the comfort and
well being of these families.
The Red Cross authorities are able
and extremely anxious to help in ev
ery case where assistance, is needed.
They are prepared to do everything
within human power to relieve the sol
dier -except secure a furlough and
honorable discharge from the Army.
The Red Cross is of great assistance
to the Government in ascertaining the
worthy cases amongst the many who
ask for aid, and they quickly separate
the needy from the pretenders. It is
remarkable the number of men in the
service who are laboring under the im
pression they can fool the Government.
Investigation showed that out of 219
cases requesting relief during the past
week all but forty-two were subter
fuges for furloughs,
You might as well know now, fel
lows, that unless you can tell or frame
up a "whopper" which defies investi
gation, you can’t beat either Uncle
Sam or the Red Cross. They have
sized up all the wise acres and stupid
wise guys long ago. Buddies have
killed off grandfathers, mothers, wives
and sweeties, hut to no avail.
But, aside from this lighter vein, if
your folks are in need of any assist-
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TWENTY-SIXTH HAS
GALA AFFAIR AT THE
COUNTRY CLUB
Friday Evening Dance Proves a
Pleasing Event. Col. West
moreland Guest of Honor.
For the second time in as many
months the Twenty-sixth (26th) Com
pany of the Central Officers' Training
School occupied the boards in the
social life of Augusta when they gave
their second dance of the season at the
Country Club last Friday evening. The
company’s initial, or get acquainted
dance was given at the Lenwood Hotel
a month ago, it, too, being a big suc
cess.
At 8 o’clock the guests began to ar
rive, coming in touring cars and li
mousines-from all parts of the city.
The guests were met at the door by
members of the committee on enter
tainment and escorted to their respec
tive cloak rooms, afterwards coming
into the main ball room. By the time
the dancing began at 8:30, the flooi
was full of the young society ladies of
Augusta, and the officers and candi
dates of the Twenty-sixth Company
and their guests.
Lieut. Colonel Wade H. Westmore
land, commanding officer of the Cen
tral Officers’ Training School, was a
distinguished guest, and entered hear
tily into the enjoyment of the occasion.
He has the welfare and the happiness
of his men at heart and he was made
happy in seeing his mon ejoy them
selves.
The company commander, Lieuten
ant Beede, was present. Lieutenants
Weinberg, Mayer and other company
officers were also present and all aid
ed in the entertainment of the young
ladies.
The chaperones were Mrs. B. S.
Dunbar, Mrs. E. B. Baxter, Mrs. M. C.
Williams, Mrs. E.\ E. Murphy and Mrs.
Clara Mathewson. Each of the chape
rones were furnished automobiles by
the company and brought with them a
number of young ladies. These la
dies were ever ready to assist the com
mittee in arranging for the dance and
did all in their power to make the ball
a glorious success.
And the music—was there ever such
music at an entertainment given in
Augusta? Good music is the heart of
any dance. The dance committee knew
this and they set out with the inten
tion of securing the best orchestra to
be obtained. That they succeeded will
be born? out by any of the guests, ah
of whom were profuse in their declara
tions that the music was the best that
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TENTH CWIIII
CIC.U.S HOLD
BUTDfIOR SHOW
Company Street Scene of
Clever Vaudeville By Mem
bers of the Tenth. Japanese
Lanterns Twined Among the
Trees. Producing a Pleasing
Effect. Machine Gun Pep In
Evidence
The well-known machine gun ”pep”
was more than conspicuous last Thurs
day evening, when the Tenth Company,
|<’ontral Machine Gun Officer’s Training
I School, gave an outdoor entertainment
followed by refreshments. The decora
tions for the affair were unique to say
the least. Festooned around the trees
and hung from limb to limb, were Japa
nese lanterns, and to complete the ef
fect Mister Georgia Moon consented to
appear in his full glory. The arrange
ments for the affair were In charge of
Candidate Raymond and to him a great
deal of credit is due for the smooth
ni mu nPr n show passed off.
rhe show commenced at 9 o’clock with
some jazz music from the orchestra and
some remarks by Candidate Sam Neely,
la his droll way Sam expounded some
philosophy that was both humorous and
practical. Following this the order of
the show was: Chalk drawings by Can
didate Davis, a song without music by
< andidate Dickson, sing song by all, some
more Jazz from the orchestra. Candi
date Shirley and three partners then put
on a demonstration of machine gun
mounting .inasmuch as the guns and
parts were human. It was a very hu
morous illustration and went far to make
the evening a success. Candidate Knight
then followed with a sermon that was a
hit, and then Candidate Singletaire came
through with "A Little Bit of Old Stuff.”
It might have been old stuff but any
thing that Singletaire does gets over, and
this was no exception. Gorman next
followed with some readings. The Tenth
Company Quartet harmonized in a few
numbers and after a western recitation
by Candidate Rosenberg, the orchestra,
closed the bill with soma more jazz
All through the evening, the Hancock
spirit was evident. Everyone who had a
place on the bill did his hit with snap.
One- 1 ol th« pleasing numbers of the
evening was the singing of the Machin a
Gun Strut. The words of this sor.
were composed by one of the Tenth c **'■
and this f alone is descriptive enough.
' Captain Ti. M. . Rice. Jr., company
C(>n:r- • • - ~.v LIJV ul
■. vetting, were also s ua 1 other
officers. To an oqnider. such as the
wriieu was, it jvns /ndeed a treat, not
alone the quality of the performance, but
the abundance of enthusiasm and pep
manifested by the entire company.
MAGAZINE A PART OF
AMERICAN EDUCATION
Camp Library a Clearing House
For Countless Magazines. Dis- !
tributes Them in Three Ways, i
By R. D. "williams. j
While one may agree that "books ar®
keys to wisdom’s treasures", the Amer
ican people have rightly been called a
"nation of magazine readers," which fact :
is probably accounted for by our deslra
to assimilate quickly. The Camp Lib
rary is doing its part in laring for thia *
wholly natural and wholesome demand. ,
It does so in three ways: It puts a
number of regular subscription magazines
on the tables, keeping files of certain
periodicals: it gives free distribution to
magazines sent through the mails for
soldier use: it sends part of this sup
ply each week to all recreational hu(o
in, camp.
Standard magazines, such as "Century’*
"Atlantic", "Harper’s", popular weeklies,
such as "Outlook". "Literary Digest”.
"New Republic", “Saturday Evening
Post", are all in substantial binders:
without enumerating more by title, there
are scientific, technical, military and his
tory magazines—a long list, good vari
ety, well chosen.
On the charging desk every day is
placed what is known as the “Burleson"
mail—those magazines the publis sends
by affixing stamps in the corners. Many
not subscribed to by the Library find
their way here. They are never old;
they are good: they are all sorts. “Trench
and Camp" and the "Caisson” appear
among them.
Each week, and sometimes oftener,
bundles of magazines go to the Y. M. C.
A., K. of C., and J. TV. B. huts for free
circulation. By "free circulation" we f
mean that they may be passed on to
the next fellow and not returned. Only
those on the Camp Library tables may
not be taken out on the month published,
although the following month, if kept
on Illes they may be charged the sain®
as books.
deltalhTmen -
GET TOGETHER
The third of a series of informal
dinners was held by the Camp Han
cock members of Delta Chi Fraternity
at the Service Flag Tea Room last
Saturday evening. These dinners,
which were started in the summer,
are to become regular monthly “get
together” feeds and smokers.
Corporal J. O. Reynolds, of the Ord
nance Supply School, acted in the ca
and sandw/ched in a lot of “good stuff”
between remarks from Lieut. W. H.
Spencer, Lieut. F. D. Sietkin, Lieut. R. *
J. Leßoeuf, Secretary John B. Camp
bell of the Y. M. C. A., Sergt. P. D.
Smith, Corporal Isaac Carter, Corporal
H. F. Schoening, Corporal A. C. Rid
dell and Weyland M. Smith, of the
Machine Gun Officers’ Training
School.
It is planned to have the next din
r.er in honor of the Delta Chi Foun
der's Day, which comes on October
13th. The exact date of the d'nner
has not yet been determined but al
ready a definite campaign has been
started to locate adu tional Delta Chi
men in Camp Hancock. Any member
of the fraternity whose name is not on
the list already is requested to send
It in by mail to Corporal A. C. Rid- (
dell, Headquarters Company, Ordnance
Supply School, Camp Hancock. A
complete roster of eDita Chi men in
tthis camp will be sent to each man
on the list in the near future.