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CAMP LIBMW
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RAPIB GROWTH
Immense Circulation of Books
Proves Value of the Work.
Many Technical Volumes
Read. Large Demand For
Magazines and Papers. Main
Building Has Over 15.000
Volumes. Many Branches
Plan ’‘Company Stations” For
Near Future
The American Library Association,
which directs ('amp Hancock Library,
is a distinct and entirely separate or
ganization. connected in no way with
any other, except insofar as it co
operates with all. Its one purport* is
to take care of all books and maga
zines in camp, seeing to their circula
tion in the best possible way, and we
believe Chat in its this work commend
able progress has been made.
On Januaary 18, 1918, the main
building, housing thousands of books,
was opened with Mr. Robert P. Bliss,
librarian in charge.. He had .arrived in
November to look out for the interests
of the library, and the building showed
to those who came how well his part
of the work had been dischru’ged. Un
der his supervision branches were es
tablished at the same time in the Y
M. C. A. and K. of C. huts —sr..aller
collections of books where the same
system was used in the main building.
This side of the work grew and pros
pered, if one may believe statistics;
more books became necessary, as was
the case in the central building. Like
any public library the books were di
vided into fiction and non-fiction, and
whereas the American Library Asso
ciation had supposed that novels would
be the most in demand, as is usually
true in libraries, it soon revised its
plan to buy more r nd more technical
volumes, for it found in most camp li
braries, as in this one, that more non
fiction circulated than fiction. To date
the circulation for both kinds of book#
has been 32,363 in the main building,
with an estimated circulation of 10,000
in the branches. The call grew stead
ily for more magazines also, and it
now subscribes for 40, with five foreign
newspapers, and several dailies in ad*
dition, as well as distributing thou
sands of magazines kent through the
mails.
Camp Library.
William A. Walsh, librarian; Law
rence Free Library, Lawrence, Mass.,
recently of Camp Lee Library.
Anna M. Neuhauser, first assistant,
Pratt Institute, New' York. Organizer of
Library in State Department of Labor
and Industries, Harrisburg, Pa,
Kate I). Ferguson, Assistant, Uni
versity of Illinois Library School.
Ralph D. Williams, branch supervi
sor. formerly of Newton Free Library,
Newton, Mass, recently of Camp
Meade Library.
Oliw M. Hayes, Hospital Librarian.
PLumiur"
FROM HANCOCK
ASSISTS LOAN
Soldiers. Some Formerly Stars
in Theatrical World. Journey
Through South Carolina Sel
ling Bonds. Work Nets Many
Thousands of Dollars For
Uncle Sam. Prove to
Be Good Speakers and Good
Salesmen
GREAT ENTHUSIASM
SHOWN BY CITIZENS
At the request of J. J. McCarter, the
city treasurer of Aiken, S. C., a mem
ber of the Camp Hancock Players'
Club, went to Aiken on Saturday to
assist the Aiken County Liberty Loan
Committee raise part of their quota in
the Fourth Liberty Loan drive.
Three rallies were held throughout
, the county. The members of the
I Players’ Club were divided into three
I rally teams. One remained in the city
I of Aiken, w’here Sergeant-Major James
| “Over the Top” Morrison and Regi
| mental Supply Sergeant James P.
I Normanly spoke. Sergeant Morrison
B had the privilege of selling himself the
® first Liberty Bond sold at this meet-
B ing. A feature of the afternoon's pro
g. gram was the securing of a piano from
|1 the local opera house and the staging
.of impromptu dance on the street cor
; 'per by Private Eli Seigel and Frank
aßJazz Welch, better known as the
■Hancing machine gunners. Otto Heln-
at the piano made up the trio.
K No attempt was made at this meet
ing to get subscribers, a house to house
canvass campaign having been plan
ned for the town instead. The rally
was for the purpose of arousing the
Continued on page seven
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TRENCH AND CAMP
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LIRERTV TREATER
PROVES SOLRIERS
enjov mmes
Camp Hancock Was One of the ■
First Camps to Get a Show
Tent. Present Building Erect
ed Later. Huge Crowds Prove
Theater is Appreciated. Best
Shows on the Road. Another
Building Soon to be Con
structed
Smileage Books Success In
Supplying Smiles
When America declared war on Ger
many. and the first men were called to
the camps, such a thing as a Liberty
Theatre had never been heard of. In
the old army days, the men either en
tertained themselves or went to the thea
tres in the towns nearby. But the open
ing of the many camps in this country,
with hundreds of thousands of men go
ing into training for this war to end wars,
there came up a real need for profes
sional entertainments within the camps,
shows like the men were used to seeing
in their home towns.
One of the first men in this country to
see t.hs need, was Mr. Harry P. Harri
son, general manager of the Redpath
Lycfeuni Bureau, of Chicago, 111. Through
the ‘Commission on Training ('amp Ac
tivities, Mr. Harrison offered the use of
the Redpath Chautauqua tents, and an
arrangement was made and a great many
of these large tents were shipped to the
camps and set up in the most conven
ient location for all the men in the
camp. The first, sho/vs were given un
der the management of Mr. Harrison,
under what was known as the Redpath
Activities Commission. The best talent
of the Lyceum and Chautauqua plat
forms offered their services, many of
them gratis, others for expenses, and the
men were given the best of concerts and
entertainments at a very small admission
fee.
One of the first camps to get one nf
these tents, was Camp Hancock aml if
the boys of the old 28th Division could be
back here, they would tell you some won
derful tales of the trials and tribula
tions of the Redpath Tent on Wrights
boro road. Some days it was up and
then one go down. During th? wit.ter
when the '“Sunny South” forgot to bp
sunny, those splendid fellows changed
the name to the ’“Funny South,” we
used to sit through the shows In that
tent with our overcoats on, and the folks
on the stage had their overcoats on too,
but through it. all, we had many a good
laugh and for an hour or two forgot
that we were in an army ramp and many
miles away from home.
But when spring came, the Redpath
people had to have their tents for the
regular Chautauqua season, and then it
was that the war department took over
all the professional shows in the camps.
At last we got word we were to have a
real Liberty theatre. It was built dur
ing the month of March, rather during
the last right days of March, for when
we got the necessary money, Major
Rausch, the Construction Quartermaster,
saw that no time was lost and on the
30th of March the new Liberty theatre,
was opened. No, It isn’t the finest thea
tre you ever saw. and it hasn’t all the
comforts and appointments of a first-
Continued on page seven
THE BOYS ARE BUYING BONDS
Excellent Sales Reported Fro m the Soldiers in Camp Han
cock—Speakers Available For "Three Minute
Speeches” in Behalf of Liberty Loan
I Hear it? Whang! Whang! The boys led. Many of them want to put their
at camp are ringing the bull’s eye bell last penny into hitting the Mun. They
every hour in the Hancock Liberty are sending their dollars over seas in
loan drive. How are these for totals. the form of guns and shells which they
Summary of Weekly Report. will use themselves in our great drive
> Officers 261. next spring. Then they and we of
Enlisted men. 2,076. Augusta are going to show Germany :
f No. of bonds, 3,813. that to Americans on the high seas
Amount, $19,650.00. is like slapping a tiger's face. It can’t
• By allotment to Secretary of the be done, and live.
treasury, 1171,550.00. Whang! Whang! Every shining dol-
1 Direct and other sources, $19,100.00. lar that drops into Unde Sam's till
The government’s policy of insisting from Hancock turns to iron shot and
that a soldier have enough money left shell. You should hear the boys step
for thread and tobacco after he buys up to subscribe. It would make you
I his bond has left some men disgrunt- proud to be an American.
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Camp, Camp Hancock. Three prizes, $15.00,
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company on separate sheet of paper. Write plainly I
on one side of paper only. '
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FRESH EXCESSES BY
GERMANS IN BELGIUM
Havre. —The Belgian government has
issued a sttaement that from the coast
to beyond the city of Bruges the popu
lation between the ages of 15 to 45 have
been brutally torn from their homes and
forced to labor on German military work.
The text of the statement reads:
The Belgian government has been con
ferring for several weeks past with the
allied governments on the subject of
measures which are necessitated by
methods of systematic destruction and
pillage which the enemy is employing in
territory he is obliged to evacuate,
’“Belgium has been from the beginning
of the war exposed to the outrages of
the German armies. At the very mo
ment the new imperial chancellor is pro
claiming is anxiety for the happiness of
people’s and his will to work for the de
liverance of humanity, the Belgian gov
ernment receives news of fresh excesses
on the part of the German armies in oc
cupied Belgium.
“From the coast, to beyond Bruges the
male population from 15 to 45 years is
being torn from their homes and sub
jected t the most brutal treatment.
These men are compelled to work at
forced labor for the military needs of the
enemy.
‘‘A vengeful clamor would arise from
the whole world if at the moment of leav
ing Belgian soil the German armies re
newed with redoubled cruelty the ex
cesses which marked the invasion of Bel
gium and If they undertook to consum
mate the ruin of the country by pillage,
arson and the wholesale destruction of
the people.”
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
OCTOBER 9, 1918.
Lines on the Fourth
. . By Private Albert Carroll,
(Supply Office, Development Battalion.)
You followers of Freedom,
You Worshipers of Peace,
Here Is your opportunity
To make the war-dogs cease:
Lend all you cfcn of dollars,
To beat the beastly Huns,
Buy bonds and break the Kaiser,
Protect our mothers’ sons.
Oh, children of your country,
Pay heed unto Her calf,
Her crying need is money,
If needs must, give your all:
Buy bonds until It hurts you,
Make this the drive of drives.
Lend, lend, and God will bless you,
For some are giving Ilves.
JEWISH WELFARE
■ PROMS
IT HANCOCK
A Year’s Summary of the Work
Shows Much Accomplished.
From Small Office in “Y” Hut
J. W. B. Has Now a Separate
Building Well Equipped.
Work at Hancock Recognized.
Serves Men of All Creeds.
Interesting Programs
Club Rooms Provided For Sol
diers in the City
she Welfare Board was organized to
serve the spiritual, personal and re
creational needs of the men enlisted in
the United States Army and Navy,
both on this side and abroad, immed
iately after the outbreak of the war.
The local work was initiated almost
simultaneously with the founding of
the National office. Augusta was one
of the first town communities or
branches to be organized, and Camp
Hancock was one of the earliest can
tonments to receive the attention of
the national office.
The Jewish Welfare Board aimed to
serve all men in the service indiscrim
inately. However, in the early stages
of the game the officials realized their
special fitness and the urgent neces
sity of serving the .Jewish men, and
paid greater attention to those camps
which had large masses of men from
large Eastern communities. Camp Han
cock, in the early part of the draft did
not have the enormous New York pop
ulation that it harbors at the present
time, and to tell the truth, Camp Han
cock was a bit neglected by the Na
tional Board. For many months we
had one sole representative who had
his hands full with work, attending to
purely administrative tasks at his lit
tle office in the Y 76, and who was pre
occupied with community organiza
tion. The pioneer representatives who
enjoyed the kind hospitality of Y 76
were Mr. Kurtz. Mr. Landman and Mr.
Lucks. Thel-r camp activities were of
necessity narrowed down and circum
scribed.
Within the past few months Camp
Hancock has become what might be
called an outpost for New York, and it
began to loom large in the eyes of the
National Office at New York. Three
representatives, Mr. Max Cohen, Mr.
Nathan Elkin and Mr. Samuel Shapiro
were sent to extend and to broader the
activities of the Welfare Board. Y 76
extended to them the privileges of an
entire floor, and a tent was erected.
Religious and specific Jewish activities
were initiated and co-operation with
the other agencies was also enjoyed.
Continued on page nin?
“AS YOU WERE” TO BE
PRESENTED AT SUMTER
Sumter, S. C.—The First Brigade F. A.
R. D. of (’amp Jackson has a treat in
store for the Sumter people for Saturday
night, October 12, when it will present at'
the Sumter theatre the soldiers’ show,
As You Were,"- a musical comedy In
two acts, featuring Sergeant Frank L.
Mallahan, The Little Wonder,” and a
cast of about thirty other entertainers.
One feature will be a quartette of non
coms, composed of Earp, Hudler, Hol
land and Pauly. The proceeds of the
sale of tickets will go to help the work
of the local Red Cross canteen.
In the summer ('amp Jackson enter
tainers gave a vaudeville performance
for the benefit of the Sumter canteen
that packed the theatre and delighted the
whole audience. This return of the re
inforced (’amp Jackson talent la being
looked forward to as the big event of the
fall.
NEW JAP CABINET
Tokla. -Formation of the new cabinet
has been generally well received, even by
the rivals of the new regime as an un
mistakable sign of the gradual ascend
ency of the principle of demaocracy over
that of the oligarchic bureaucracy. The
last seven premiers have belonged to the
bureaucracy. The quickness with which
the cabinet was organized is considered
unprecedented. Business interests also
welcome the new government.
PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS OCT. 12 LIBERTY DAY
A PROCLAMATION.
By the President of the United States of America.
Every day the great principles for which we are
fighting take fresh hold upon our thought and purpose
and make it clearer what the end must be and what we
must do to achieve.it. We now know more certainly
than we ever knew before why free men brought the
great nation and Government we love into existence,
because it grows clearer and clearer what supreme ser
vice is to be America’s privilege to render to the world.
The anniversary of the discovery of America must, there
fore, have for us in this fateful year a peculiar and
thrilling significance. We should make it a day of
ardent rededication to the ideals upon which our Gov
ernment is founded and by which our present heroic
tasks are inspired.
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of
the United States, do appoint Saturday, the twelfth day
of October, 1918, as Liberty Day. On that day 1 request
the citizens of every community of the United States,
city, town, and countryside, to celebrate the discovery
of our country in order to stimulate a generous response
to the Fourth Liberty Loan. Commemorative addresses,
pageants, harvest home festivals, other demonstrations,
should be arranged for in every neighborhood under the
general direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and
the immediate direction of the Liberty Loan Committee,
in co-operation with the United States Bureau of Educa
tion and the public school authorities. Let the people’s
response to the Fourth Liberty Loan express the meas
ure of their devotion to the ideals which have guided the
country from its discovery until now, and of their deter
mined purpose to defend them and guarantee their
triumph.
For the purpose of participating in Liberty Day cele
brations all employees of the Federal Government
throughout the country whose services can be spared
may be excused on Saturday, the twelfth day of October,
for the entire day.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia this 19th day of
September, in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Eighteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the One Hundredth and Forty
third.
WOODROW WILSON.
SUMMARY OF K. OF
0. ACTIVITIES IIV
THE PAST YEAR
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First Building Erected on the
Wrightsboro Road. Com
modious With Convenient
Facilities. Entertaining Pro
grams, Dances, Moving Pic
tures, Boxing. Hospital.
Troop Train and Other Work
TRAINING CENTER FOR K.
OF C. SECRETARIES
On February 20, 1918, the Knights
of Columbus commenced their welfare
activities at Camp Hancock, with the
formal opening of their handsome
building No. 1, Wrightsboro road,
equipped with an excellent indoor and
outdoor stage suitable for any enter
tainment, large, commodious porch ex
tending the length of the building on
either side with convenient reading
and writing facilities. To the side of
the building at the disposal of the
boys are found an excellent outdoor
basketball court, handball cov.t and
under construction now one of the best
double tennis courts in camp.
Building No. 2, Ordnance Section.
In the newly located ordnance sec
tion is located Building No. 2, a nely
constructed building, slightly .smaller
than Building No. 1, with the same
recreational falicities. This building
was tendered the camp, with'appropri
ate ceremonies, on April 1, 1918. and
t has since that date daily served thou
sands of our boys in that section of
the camp.
building No. 3, Pennsylvania Avenue.
At what is now the intersection of
Pennsylvania avenue and Wrightsboro
road, K. of C. Building No. 3 is under
construction. This building, larger
than the other two, and with beautiful
ly appointed officers’ quarters, will up
on completion be one of the best wel
fare buildings to be found at. any camp
in the United States.
Temporary Recreational Quarters at
Remount
Within the next week there will ■■
established at the remount station a
large tent with writing facilities, Vic
trola, pianola, for the musically inclin
ed and athletic games, etc., for those
who desire more strenuous recreation.
Program Activities at Buildings.
It is the p.lan of the Knights of Co
lumbus to have “something doing”
nightly at each building, and to this
end they have each building equipped
with an excellent moving picture ma
chine and obtain through their booking
Continued on page nine
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No. 1.
FROM SCRUB OK
MO BRUSH TO!
MODEMCMIP.
Army Y.M.C.A. Has Advanced
With the Increasing Demands
of the Growing Hancock.
Huts Take the Place of Tents.
Personnel Almost Entirely
Changed. Moving Pictures
Improved. The Educational
Classes Numerous
Peach Orchard Once Where M.
G. T. C. Headquarters is Now
linn in its Flight, etc.,” and other
well-known quotations can not adequate
ly depict the changes that have taken
i)la<-e in (.'amp Hancock during the past
year. Changes in personnel, equip • mt,
facilities, soldiers and camp. Change,
change, change lias been the continual
order of things. What is today, is not
tomorrow. The camp, overgrown with
scrub oak and brush, is now clean and
smoothe. There was a fine peach orch
ard just, about where th.- Machine Gun
Headquarters is now located.
”Y” Began With Five Units.
But the rapid change in camp life and
< mditions is no better exemplified than
• what has occurred in the life of the Army
■ V M. C A. at Camp Hancock. When we
- opened up operations about the first
week in S. ptember, 1917, under the
. leadership of E. T. Tomlinson, we had
units in about five different places in
. camp. The Artillery section of camp,
now the Ordnance was served by Build
ing No. 75. This building was supposed
, to serve Hie needs of everything along
- the Wheless road as far down as the
( Quartermaster and down the Artillery
, road from the Labor Battalion to the
Base hospital. No. 75 had one job on its
hands—and they did marvelously well
under the load. Today we have four
units serving where only one existed—
No. 231, 231, 237. 238 —are the "Y’s” serv
ing the boys that No. 75 attempted to do.
Up along Pennsylvania avenue, No.
76 and 78 looked after the boys strung
•j’ • - it thoroughfare. TnfUy. we have
nd 2..1? helping to bear the kd
tiiat. was once thrown on the shoulders of
those two units.
We have now units operating at the
Remount, Rifle Range and Machine Gun
Range—all established within the last .sixv
months.
Change In Personnel.
Bat with this increase in “Y” units at
Hancock, the change of personnel has
been just as rapid, indeed it seems that
at times a new staff appears at Han
cock almost over night.
Os the original group of secretaries
that helped to organize and start the
work, only Tracy, camp secretary, Heilt
kamp, building secretary of 78, Prechtel,
camp physical director, Hean, building
secretary of 239, and Griffin, physical
director of 77, remain. This quartet of
choice* souls (we are now speaking
for ourselves) are the sole survivors of
that elite group of secretaries that la
bored under - o many difficulties last fall.
Early Difficulties.
And we had difficulties, too. The work
was new an 1 strange to the majority of
us, and we had to learn by many bitter
experiences just how and what to do—
and we are still learning. For the first
month we operated in tents, tents that
leaked and shed rain like a sieve. And
the funny part of it was that last fall
was a very rainy season. This year, of
course, it is exceedingly dry. Then ma
terials were hard to get and very inade
quate. The organization was new and
it took six or eight, weeks before things
began to run . inoolhly. All that time
we were up against it. for supplies and
equipment and all orders took weeks to
I reach us.
'Fhe. tents were illuminated with oil
lanterns and later with gasoline torches.
The eject rlc wiring did not reach us until
the middle of October. The morning job
of cleaning the lanterns and filling the
gas torches was always a delightful one
enjoyed by the assistant business secre
tary.
Motion Pictures Improved.
And theu the tnovjes that were sent
us were a < rime Today we have some
mighty fine picture played by the stars
of filmdom but then all the rag-tag stuff
that a distributing house had in its cell
ars were dumped into the camp. Some
of those two-reel wild west, films and
those once-popular fire alarm pictures
seemed to be the stuff that was shot
from the movie machine. Yes, the movif*
pictures have improved.
Educational Classes.
Many of the plans and programs that
now appear to work so well and smootß*
ly. did not then. We had the ideas al
right but lacked the ability and knowl
edge to put them across. Take the edu
cational work that is now being done in
camp. We would fuss around in or
ganizing one class. Now classes are be
ing organized and put in running order
and no one knows any thing about it
but the organizer and the students. Why,
the first French class at Hancock got a
write-up in the Trench and Camp. How
many know that there are over 300 class
es meeting every week right here in
camp' Well, we have learned how.
And so I could go on just depicting the
changes that have occurred in the "Y”
units this year. But why weary you.
The 28th.
The scenes of other days at Hancock
rush by in a flood but overshadowing all
is the feeling that the Army Y. M. C. A.
had a small part in making the 28th Di
vision the great fighting unit. A division
that made history at Chateau-Thierry
and Fisms. We of the Army Y. M, C. A.
A. have pride in those boys and we look
forward to the days when the men now
in Gamp Hancock will add more luster
to the American arms as they surely
will To keep step in perfect cadence
with (’amp Hancock is the desire of the
Army Y. M. C. A.
FRANK RAHN HEAN.
$750,457,582’50LD
Washington, D. C.—War savings te- •
curities sold up to October 2nd amount
ed to $750,457,582, the treasury depart
ment announced today. This sale, in
maturity values represents approximately
$1,000,000.000. . ;