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I .Klf W I™' ANNIVERSARY NUMBER CAMP LIBMW ' HAS YEAR HF 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 BUY LIBERTY BONDS FOR VICTORY! 1 | CAMP HANCOCK = ; ONE CENT POSTAGE TRENCH AND CAMP I WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF ! ’’UBLISHED by THE TTT r IIIfTIOTI TT T- AT TX ' THE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE rHE AUG £L™ heraldj OTJ ARMYY.M.C.A. W NATIONAL WAR WORK COUNCIL I VOL. 2. 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. ’ r. ~ - Essay Contest for Camp Hancock Soldiers Have You Written Your Essay? t I . SUBJECT— « “What the United States Means lo Me.” I l Send your article to Contest Editor, Trench and I Camp, Camp Hancock. Three prizes, $15.00, ! SIO.OO, and $5.00. Do not sign your essay. Write name and I company on separate sheet of paper. Write plainly I on one side of paper only. ' • Essay limited to 500 words. Get busy. ! . - ' The Furlough After Becoming a Corporal ( ITon lookPT I gosH 1 VmLlY^YounTrascalyousure^—iCTlll —. JUST Y WAIT jOmaha J Ssorry dad II PIOMA(<E Me angrypromise! I I S /"Tl Of ~ j ////Th o KEEP ryisTkELpl. ( j u. 1 T) son T j CViYOU 1 QUITE GEE. lAObh] C ? A X 1 ™ 5 \ t'cigsJ V iukcbobwhchi io ‘■“'--r ;; W IB |g T 9- H 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 « 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 few 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. . ;