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FOR THE RIGHTS OF AMERICA
CCMTRUCT LET
IB PAVE CAMP
BBIBS II ONCE
Huge Contract Awarded to Ely
Construction Co. Will Involve
Cost of Five Hundred Thous
and Dollars. Work Will Begin
Immediately. Headquarters of
the Company to Move Here
From Charlotte
ASPHALTIC CONCRETE TO
BE USED
The Ely Construction Company, whose
forces are now paving important
J thoroughfares of Augusta, have been
I awarded the contract for the paving of
1 the roads withis Camp Hancock, which
work will involve an expenditure of
about $500,000. Work is to begin imme
diateiy. . .
There are twelve or fourteen of these
I roads in the camp, including about five
S' miles of country roads—Wheeless and
Wrightsboro—-and there will be about slx-
H teen miles of paving. The country roads
are 30 feet wide, while the government
roads are 20 feet. Asphaltic concrete—
like the paving being placed on Augusta’s
» street—will be used It will take about
225.000 square yards of this material for
paving the roads, within the camp. The
foundation will be nine inches of gravel,
B of which about 60,000 cul.v yards will be
required.
The county is in co-operation with the
government on the paving, and is to con
tribute gravel from the county pit near
the Augusta abbatofr. The county will
put the gravel aboard cars, and the gov
ernment will transport the cars to the
camp. The county will also prepare the
gravel foundations for the county roads
■within the camp, using convict labor. The
foundation on other than the county roads
will be prepared by the contractor.
The Ely Company have removed their
headquarters from Charlotte to Augusta.
Walter S. Ely, president of the company,
is now here, and others of the organiza
tion have arrived and are arriving. The
company now has a $25,000 outfit in Au
gusta and this is to be duplicated at an
early date.
PEACH STONES
IN DEMAND
Peach stones, nutshells and fruit
pits of various sorts are in urgent
demand for the manufacture of gas
masks for the American army.
They are converted into carbon of a
quality not otherwise obtainable and
which is absolutely necessary in the
making of the life-saving masks.
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THE QUESTION.
“Shall the military power of any nation or any
group of nations be suffered to determine the fortunes
of peoples over whom they have no right to rule except
the right of force?
“Shall strong nations be free to wrong weak nations
and make them subject to their purpose and interests?
“Shall peoples be ruled and dominated even in their
own international affairs by arbitrary and irresponsible
force, or by their own will and choice?
“Shall there be a common standard of right and
privileges for all peoples and nations, or shall the strong
do as they will and the weak suffer without redress?
“Shall the assertion of right be haphazard and by
casual alliance, or shall there be a common concert to
oblige the observance of common rights?
“No man, no group of men chose these to be the
issues of the struggle. They ARE THE ISSUES OF IT.”
—Woodrow Wilson.
AND THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD
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AUGUSTA. GA. ZWW\\ Xl.l VIVI 1.1. • IYI • V7• At OF THE V. M. C. A. OF THE U. S.
VOL. 1.
WARE WORKERS
MEETTODISOUSS
PROBLEMS
Planned to Hold Regular Fort
nightly Meetings Under the
Leadership of Captain J. N.
Ashmore. Representatives of
All Organizations Present.
Meeting Addressed by Major
L. A. Kunzig. Manager G. H.
Thomas of Liberty Theatre
Chosen Secretary
Next Meeting Friday, October
4th, at 10 O’clock
Under th© chairmanship of Captain J.
N. Ashmore all the welfare organizations
represented in army work met in a des
ignated building adjacent to main head
quarters and effected an organized coun
sel or round table for the purpose of
discussing mutual problems and of in
creasing the efficiency of the general
work.
After the meeting was opened by Maj.
L. A. Kunzig, acting chief of staff, who
represented Brig.-Gen. Edwards, and
stated the general plan of the gathering,
Captain J. N. Ashmore, who has been ap
pointed chairman, called in turn upon
the representatives of the various or
ganizations present for a brief sttaement
of their work. It is the plan to have
each department from the different or
ganizations submit reports of their activi
ties at the regular meetings.
Mr. G. H. Thomas, manager of the Lib
erty theater, was chosen secretary and it
was decided to hold regular meetings
every two weeks with the first formal
meeting to be held on Friday morning,
October 10th, at 10 o’clock.
Gas Masks to Troops
Before Embarking
Publication of the following circular
from the office of the Adjutant Gen
eral is authorized by the War Depart
ment:
Gas masks will be issued to all com
batant troops, including to tai per
sonnel of division, prior to embarka
tion. Issue will be made at embarka
tion camps, and masks must not have
been used in training. Troops will be
directed to exercise greatest care in
handling them to prevent damage dur
ing voyage.
HYMEN FEASTERS
IKE MERRY KT
BRIDAj. DINNER
Fun and Frolic Follow Wed
ding Ceremony. Two Popular
Young People, Sergeant Les
ter Cusick and Miss Janet
Mabel Pitz, Married by Chap
lain Tucker
Novel Entertainment and
Unique Banquet Furnish En
joyment
On Tuesday evening, September 25th,
the Headquarters Company of the Main
Training Depot, entertained for the
first time. Occasion being bridal din
ner in honor of one of their popular
sergeants who lately joined the ranks
of the benedicts. The wedding of Miss
Janet Mabel Pitz, the daughter of the
late Frederick Pitz, the designer of lire
apparatus now being used throughout
the United States, and Sergeant Les
ter Cusick, who was an assistant chief
of supplies at one of the largest naval
supply bases, before entering the uni
formed service, took place at the Ad
ministration Building of the Y. M. C. A.
The marriage was solemnized by Chap
lain 11. M. Tucker, of the Second Group
Main Training Depot. The ceremony
was a very quiet affair, but the after
math at tHb Company Mess Hall was
an evening long to be remembered.
The sergeant’s company mates surely
did feature the bride and groom.
Due to the unique arrangement of
their mess hall, which is conveniently
divided into dining hall at one end,
and a recreation room at the other,
the committee in charge of arrange
ments were able to furnish their guests
a pleasant evening without the usual
inconvenience of waiting between the
dinner and the dance. The dinner
then was served in the company grill
and after the guests partook of sump
tuous turkey feed with all its trim
mings and then some, they retired to
the ball room. The decorations
throughout were a tasteful arrange
ment of pines, with a clever inter
twining of wild field flowers gathered
from the nearby fields and woods. To
add a brighter effect and a little local
color, red, white and blue bunting was
artistically draped around the room,
and the allied colors were much in evi
dence. The table decorations were
particularly attractive and novel, nu
merous camouflaged vases of flowers
suspended from the ceiling greeted one
upon entering the room, and as a last
touch electric lights were pleasangly
dimmed by the use of colored shades.
The bride proved a very interesting
and charming young lady and seemed
at ease during the evening’s excite
ment, finding time to say a word of
appreciation to all the sergeant’s
friends for the lovely time she was
having. The groom was a little ner
vous, he was overheard to say to an
Augusta young lady who eagerly in
quired, “Where’s the bride?” “Wait
a minute until I bring the bridegroom
over,” meaning his wife, but as the
evenin'g passed he became his sedate
self again.
There was a bevy of fair ones from
near and far, the Augusta belles were
more nuremous, but none fairer than
those from Aiken, S. C. One of the
pleasant surprises of the evening was
the discovery of the latent home talent,
Private Haines, who entertained with
several songs, and rendered that beau
tiful ballad, “Belgian Rose,” in a very
pleasing way. John Geerly ably ac
companied by Joe Donnelly, both of
the Personnel Detachment, also ren
dered several popular songs, followed
by Eddie Powers, as./sted by Joe Mo
ran at the piano, who had all the guests
laughing while singing his character
songs. Private Maratta, the I Lilian
music lover, entertained with Neapoli
tan Street songs. He was forced to
give several encores and finally had
to stop, giving as his reason that he
(Continued on Pago Seven.)
OCTOBER 2, 1918.
If You Want Us To Go On,
Now is Your Chance To Help.
The seven organizations that are trying to keep
things cheerful for the men that are winning the war
have united in a great campaign for funds with which
to carry on their work.
Every man in uniform has come into contact with
one or more of them: some of you have with all of them.
They are the Y. ML C. A., Y. W. C. A., National Catho
lic War Council (Knights of Columbus), Jewish Welfare
Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library
Association, and Salvation Army.
The date of the campaign as fixed by President
Wilson is November 11-18 and the amount for which the
seven ask is $170,600,000.
It is an en irmous amount of money, but it is not one
cent less bian they need if they are to keep up with the
army and navy.
And they will get it, too. That is, if the folks back
home realize as I what these seven organizations mean
to you.
You men in uniform can make this campaign a
success. If every one of you, in your letters will tell the
folks back home to get behind this campaign they will
make it the greatest successs which American has ever
seen.
Will you do it? Can we count on you to boost from
now until November 11? We know we can.
Help these organizations to get the money they
need for every dollar of it means more comfort and en
tertainment and service to you.
MEASURE IB
SIBP SPREAD
Bf INFLUENZA
Camp Hancock, Inkeeplng with Its ex
cellent health record has been ulngularly
fortunate In being, until the last day of
two, practically free from the dlaease
known as Spanish Influenza which has
been going through the entire countr,
but with the entry of soma now troopa
a number of cases began to dove:"W'. J h “
cases Increased to such an extent that .1
was deemed advisable tn Issue the follow
*,g orders 0.1 Sunday as a precautionary
measure to prevent further spread of
'’Headquarters Machine Cun Training
Center C’amp Hancock. Auauata. Georgia.
September 23, 1»1».
Memorandum No. 134.
I. SUBJECT: INFLUENZA,
The following measures will be taken
to prevent the spread of Influenza in
th i S C WITiITN THE ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) careful Inspections during the
night will bo made by the Officer of thn
I >ay or by a special Inspector tn each
organization to sea that tent doors are
left wide open at all tunes and tent caps
at all times, except when It Is actually
raining, and to see that men Bleep head
and feet alternating.
(b) All tents will be furled and all
bedding will be aired dally, (weather per
m't c t ) nR Men will Not enter ANY TENT
OTHER THAN THEIR OWN.
(d) Men will bo property Instructed,
so that all will know (1) that the disease
is carried on the breath, (2) that it 1m
transmitted by talking, sneezing. nr
coughing <he germs Into tho air so that
they mav be inhaled bv others: (3) That,
all should try to avoid coughing, sneez
ing. or cleaning the throat near others
and even talking “into the faces” of oth
ers; (4) that the spreading «»f miorunlo
droplets of spray by coughing, sneeslntf
the throat should bo prevented by placing
a handkerchief over the nose and mouth;
(5) that handkerchiefs and hands should
be carefully washed at frequent intervals:
(6) that the larger amount and the more
freqffuently the ' .footed breath of an
other is breathed, tho severer will be the
disease when developed.
(e) ALL floors will ba oiled In man
ner prescribed for tent floors in Special
Regulations, M. G. T. C. No. 2 (Sanitary),
to keep down dust.
(f) Daily inspection of every tent will
be made by a Medical Officer to check
sanitary conditions and to discover men
indisposed, but not on sick report.
(g) Second sick call will be held at
1:00 p. m., if organizations becomes
heavily infected with the disease.
11. OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATIONS
(a) All Y. M. (’. A.. K. of C., Jewish
Welfare, Christian Science buildings, Li
braries, Theaters, and other in-door gath
erings places in camp will be. closed until
further orders.
(b) All Officers and rnen of this com
mand are prohibited from entering any
movie or other theater, or circus, in the
extra-catonment zone, or entering any
street ear which is already filled to nor
mal seating capacity. This will be en
forced by the Military Police.
By command of Brig. Gen. EDWARDS.
L. A. KUNZIG, Major, Inf., IJ. S. A.
Acting Chief of Staff.
OFFICIAL;
FRANK W. ERNEST, JR.
Ist. Lieut., A. G. I)., U. S. A., Ass't to
Adjutant.
Delivery of Letters
With Allotment Checks
Office of the First Assistant
Postmaster General,
Washington, Aug. 29, 1918.
Postmasters will note that allotment
and allowance checks mailed from thn
Bureau of War Risk Insurance now
bear the following indorsement:
“Postmaster: This letter must be
delivered to addressee through regu
lar channels. If addressee has moved
or died, return to sender with state
ment of facts.”
The word “moved” in this indorse
ment does not preclude delivery in
case of a change of street address in
the same city, nor in case of a tempo
rary absence from the delivery of the
postoffice of address. In every in
stance of permanent removal from the
delivery of the office or address, the
letter should be indorsed ‘removed,”
with the new address if known and re
turned, under additional cover, to the
Bureeau of War Risk Insurance.
In the event of death of the addres
see, the letter should be indorsed “de
ceased,” with date es death, if known,
and returned without additional cover.
J. C. KOONS.
First Assistant Postmaster General.
Draft Ruling on
Student Army Corps
Young men not qualified by educa
tion to enter college, but who desire to
take advantage of part of the govern
ment’s student army training plan,
may apply only to their draft boards
for induction into the vocational units
of the student army training corps.
Men thus applying must be 18 years
of age and must possess a grammar
school education or its equivalent.
WRITEANESSAY I
AND WIN A PRIZE
Subject—What United States
Means to Me. Contest Closes
October 30th. First Prize,
sls, Second Prize $lO, Third
Prize $5. Three Judges Will
Decide. Read Rules Carefully
and Follow Closely
At the suggestion of Mr. Gilbert Harris
of the Jewish Welfare Board, a sugges
tion which readily met the approval of
Mr. V. J. Armstrong of the . of <’. and
the Trench and Camp an essay contest
will be conducted from this date clos- i
ing on October 3U. The subject for the I
to Me.”
A prize of MS will be awarded to the
author of the essay adjudged the best,
$lO will be paid as a prize to the writer
of the second best, and $5 will be the third
prize, the prize money being pledged
equally by the above mentioned.
Three judges will decide the contest.
The prize essays will be printed in Trench
and Camp, as well as any other essay
that merits publication.
Here are the rules that govern the con
test:
Write plainly on one side of the paper
only.
Typewritten manuscript preferred.
Essay is limited to five hundred words.
Do not sign the article but place the
name and company on a separate sheet
of paper to be enclosed with the man
uscript
Mail Assays to Contest Editor of Trench
and CM P. Camp Hancock, Ga.
This Contest is open only to soldiers
in Camp Hancock. Any number of manu
scripts may be submitted by the same
author.
Any manuscript which has not been
prepared according to these rules will
not be considered.
Get your essays in early.
Conversation on Conservation
PUBLICITY TEACHES TOMMIES TO
SAVE SCRAP.
The British government, in salvaging
material on the battlefields, does not
leave the work to those in the reclama
tion service. Every soldier is expected
to help in the collecting of waste and
used materials, and a regular publicity
campaign is run to bring home to Tommy
the everlasting necessity of saving every
scrap.
“The big motor lorries.” says the Lon
don Times, “clattering along the high
ways of war are used as teachers of
economy to the soldiers, just as ve
hicular traffic at homo is now a valuable
branch of publicity. Printed in large
letters on many of the war wagons, one
may read: ‘Waste not, want not,’ ‘Gather
up the nails,’ and similar sound advice.
Everywhere in the war zone are enorm
ous dumps where old barbed wire, cor
rugated iron pit props and such-like sal-
THE ANSWER.
“First, the impartial justice meted out must involve
no discrimination between those to whom we wish to be
just and those to whom we do not wish to be just. It
must be a justice that plays no favorite and knows no
standard but the equal rights of the several peoples con
cerned.
“Second, no special or separate interest of any
single nation or group of nations can be made the basis
of any part of the settlement which is not consistent
with the common interests of all.
“Third, there can be no league or alliance or special
covenant and understanding without the general and
common family of the league of nations.
“Fourth, and more specifically, there can be no
special selfish economic combinations within the league
and no employment of any form of economic boycott or
exclusion except as the power of economic penalty by
exclusion from the markets of the world may be vested
in the league of nations itself as a means of discipline
and control.
“Fifth, all international agreements and treaties of
every kind must be made known in their entirety to the
rest of the world.”
—Woodrow Wilson.
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No. 52.
n SINGING
CONTESTS TO BE
HELD FOR GROUPS
At Dates to Be Announced a
Novel Feature Will Be Staged.
Daily Contests Held Until All
Groups Have Taken Part.
Silver Cup Will Be Awarded
Winner
ID£A OF COMPETITIVE
SINGING ANCIENT
To stimulate interest in the mass
singing which has been conducted for
several months, a novel series of sing
ing contents has been planned for the
Main Training Depot. The idea is to
have the various competing groups
sing at designated times before com
petent judges and the group making
the best showing will be awarded a
silver loving cup which shall be held
by them until another group makes a
Letter showing. It has been arranged
to hold the contests daily, on the main
drill field, situated directly back of
the Liberty Theater on the Wrights
boro Road directly after drill.
The songs to be used in the competi
tion will be the popular marching
songs, such as “It’s a Long Way to
Berlin, But We’ll Get There, Good Bye,
Broadway, Good Morning Mister Zip,
(Continucd on Page Seven).
vage of the battlefields are sorted and
stored for further use. At the approaches
to all camps and depots, on telegraph
posts and in many prominent positions,
aer fixed little boxes, some labeled ‘Nails,’
others ‘Copper’ and baskets or canvas
bags with the word ‘Rubber.’ nto these
Tommy the economist puts such bits of
metal and scraps of rubber as he finds
by the wayside. Thus, in the great
task of withstanding the aggression of
the Hun, ‘every little helps,’ a rusty ;
old nail may even be useful.’
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT PAY
FOR YOUR WASTE. THE PEOPLE AT
HOME PAY IT IN LESS FOOD AND
MORE MONEY GIVEN TO LIBERTY
LOANS. LET US REMEMBER THIS
WHEN WE DUMP FOOD TO THE
HOGS WOULD YOU RATHER FEED
THE HOGS THAN THE HOME FOLKS?
IT’S UP TO YOU TO CONSERVE
THAT THEY MAY HAVE MORE.