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British Mission Honored By Hancock
British Mission Bid
Godspeed By Officers
and Men of M. G. T. C.
Farewell Dinner To Cousins Leaving Camp
Hancock After Working Here Since
Since May 20th
FRENCH MISSION ALSO HONORED
General Edwards and Staff of Headquarters
Hosts c>f Officers of Allies. Main Train
ing Depot Entertains Non-Coms.
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The Tommies have gone.
Officers and men of the British Army, representatives
of the British Military Mission in this country, who have
been at this camp since the birth of the Machine Gun Train
ing Center, back in May. have been called away. Orders
sending them to new fields have been received from the
headquarters of the Mission, and the sands of Camp Han
cock will know them no more.
They carry with them the blessings and good wishes of
thousands of men and officers now in the Machine Gun
Center, and of the thousands of American machine gunners
whom they have trained and sent overseas before them, and
who are now polishing up over on the other side what they
have learned as a result of the untiring, unstinted and un
selfish work of the prize “click” men of Great Britain who
were sent over here to give us the benefit of their experience
in the battle with the boche.
These sentiments were expressed only
in part at the two great dinners which
preceded the departure of these modest
heroes of the battlefields of France. The
regret at losing them was heightened
by a deep a§nse ot appreciation realUcd
by evet y man In il
ter. and only feebly expressed by the
giowing tributes paid to them in this
speeches of Brigadier General Oliver Ed
wards, commanding the Machine Gun
(.'enter; Colonel Frank D. Wickham, com
manding the Main Training Depot; Colo
nel George J. Holden, commanding the I
Machine Gun School, ami others.
Officers at Banquet.
The officers of the British Mission and
Lieut. L. J. Mousset, who was the only
member of the French Mission then re
maining in camp, were guests of honor
at a banquet last Wednesday in the old
Red Cross building, in the area occupied
by the Fourth Grou- Main Training
Depot. More than one hundred com
manding officers of various organizations
in the Machine Gun Center were also
guests ai the dinner, which was tendered
by General Edwards and the headquar
ters staff.
The non-commissioned officers of the
British Mission were honor**! by the
non-coms of the Main Training Depot
Thursday night at a dinner in the same
building. General Edwards also attend
ed thisevem and in an impressive speech
expressed the genuine regret he felt at
losing the services of these British heroes.
Non-Coms Entertained.
The comm i tee in charge of the ar
rangements for this affair included Lieut.
Samuel Evans. Jr., aide-de-camp to
Brigadier General Edwards, and Lieuts.
A. N. Braham, c. Roby, F. <’. McCar
thy. C. S. Stebbins, I>. D. Singletary.
John A. McClellan and L. F. Raymond
of the Main Training Depot, and Lieu
tenant Alexander, personnel officer of
the Machine Gun School. Regimental
Supply Sergeant Joseph A. Quinn as
sisted in arranging an elaborate en
tertainment which followed the banquet.
The departure from Augusta Sunday
of the members of the mission was the
occasion of the gathering of hundreds
at the union station. w r here they left at
mid-day for Washington. Besides many
officers from '"amp Hancock, there were
countless civilians present- to wish them
good-bye and bon voyage.
Tribute by General Edwards.
The members' of the mission, have
made many friends among both the army
and civilians since coming to Camp Han
cock at machine gun instructors. They
represent the flower of their army and. to
io quote the words of Brig. Gen. Oliver
Edwards at the banquet given in their
honor last week:
“So that we might learn what the
manhood of our great allies has gained
in the flaming crucible nf war; so that
fhev might see our firm nurposo. as a
nation, always to fieht for the great prin
ciples which our President has enunci
ated— these gentlemen weer sent amongst
us.
"With real regret at their departure,
heightened bv genuine admiration and
pleasure derived’ from our contact with
them, we hid ’hem God-speed. We ask
them tnrf-member that our nation will
sit with theirs in the future high coun
cils of the world as we sit with them
tonight—linked together by the strong
bonds nf common purnose, enduring
friendship and sincere affection.”
Picturesque Scene at Station.
The scene at tht station was pictur
esque in the extreme there were the.
members nf the rßitish Mission and the
nnn-commissioned officers with their
party: the manv officers and enlisted men
from Gamp Hancock, and just before
their train pulled out. a tralnlnafl of
sailors arrived and w’ere being fed by
the canteen workers in tb*Mr striking
white Rod Ctors costumes. The khaki nf
fbe army men. the blue nf the navy, the
white and red nf the canteen service
mingled with the dark colors worn bv
thf- civ’ljans present, xvhile good-byes
were said and good wishes uttered on all |
sides. i
As the members of the mission boarded
the»r train enthusiastic were given
and the band struck nn “Shall Old Ac
onnintanoes Be Forgot?” and nlayed it
unt’l onlv the smoke of the departing
engine, carrying tho«e gallant soldiers
from overseas to other Adds of duty,
floated bpnv fmm the distance.
Members of Mission.
The members nf the m>c«inn are:
Ma<or P. H. Johnson. Wi’liana A. Ptan-
Jav. n q n ; C W H"’l G. M Herbert.
Smith, p S S’ G. Mavne A G. Ed- ■
mn”dK. H. Daniel*. V. C.. ?J C.
Contain* A. S. Fn*t-ott T. E. Pr’ne. j ■
*r I oar H. Cartwr’gb* I 1 R. McKellar,
R M c. Ormond S E. Monro.
Lieutenant* a. K. Bnvd, C. R. Brown, |
M r w PaM.
R S. M.—J. C. Maclean.
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TRENCH<anpaCAMP
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CAMP HANCOCK, THE
MACHINE GUN TRAINING CENTER OF THE U. S. ARMY
VOL. 2.
BRITISH NON
COMS FETED
Farewell Dinner For Britons
One to be Remembered For
Its Brilliancy. Good Fellow
ship Keynote of the Evening
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Sumptuous Dinner Followed
By Splendid Entertainment
General Edwards Praises Past
Performances
The evening of Thursday, October
24th, with its rain and resulting mud
cannot but be remembered long by
those that participated in the farewell
entertainment and banquet given in
honor of the non-commissioned offi
ers of the British Military Mission.
The evening will not however be re
called because of the disagreeable
weather but decidedly for the splendid
dinner and a large evening of unal
loyed pleasure. The dinner was pre
pared by and served to enlisted men,
a bigger, better vaudeville perform
ance rarely given or equalled by men
in the service.
One of the English guests was over
heard to say that it was the jolliest
time he had on either, side of the pond
Fourth Group, Machine Gun School,
building was artistically decorated by
the artists of the camouflage school.
At 7:30 on the mentioned evening a
few more than two hundred non-com
missioned officers and privates repre
senting every unit and ' organization
in the Machine Gun Training Center
sat down to dinner. It surely was
some dinner. Due to the hearty co
operation of Captain G. D. Kees of the
Cooks’ and Bakers’ School the non
coms were able to secure the service
of Charles A. Powell, quartermaster
sergeant, senior grade, and culinary
expert and a crew of trained waiters
1 assisted •by Sergeant First Class Ed
ward Delaney and Cooks Laure,
Schrader, and Manfinoe from the
Fourth Group, Officers’ Mees. These
men served a superb menu.
Even the Waiters Click.
A surprise of the dinner was the
fact that the Machine Gun Click had
reached the School for Cooks and
Bakers, for after the words Be-Seated
Gentlemen,” the guests heard the Am
munition Sergeant call out, “Waiters
Post.” Immediately the waiters drop
ped into position behind their assigned
tables, and the farewell to our English
cousins was on.
Space doesn’t permit our going thru
the steen courses, but we must say that
the taste of .a certain drink called Orange
Almond still lingers. During the serv
ing of the dinner the Jazz Orchestra of
j the First Group band played several
numbers. Pep was the pass-word with
these jazzer sand the boys present soon
took up the spirit, at once. About the
time the punch was being served Al Ray
mind passed word that be felt a song
coming on Sergeant Harris, charges de
affaires for the entertainment said I A.
Al gave the audience a very pleasing se
lection of song hits. He was forced to
respond to repeated encores. Maratta,
the Italian muisic lover, from the Metro
politan Opera House, rendered some
popular Italian street songs accompany
ing himself on the guitar. Maratta had
a very pleasing voice, his attempt to rag
a number was a koo coo, Jim Buckley,
the singing M. I’., proved that when you
are in right with the M. P.’s they can
furnish you with a good time. Every
body enjoyed Jim’s singing. Albert An
derson, the comedy trickster, followed
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United War Work Drive for Funds
Includes Seven Organizations
Recognized by U. S. Gov’t
Following is a detailed story of the
work of the various welfare organiza- f
tions. They are operating for the ben- <
efit of the United States Army. At the '
request of President Wilson, these or- <
ganizations appeal jointly to the public i
for funds with which to conduct their r
activities. This is the first of a series of <
articles on the United War Work activi- I
ties to appear in "Trench and Camp.” !
On November 11 the American public ’
is going to be asked to contribute the ;
largest sum of money that has ever been t
asked of any nation as a gift, $170,500,000. I
The appeal is to be made on behalf of i
the seven civilian organizations whose ;
main purpose, so far as the war is con- I
cerned, is to establish and maintain as '
many points of contact as possible be
tween the men in uniform and the peo
ple “back home," to provide entertain- 1
ment andd iversion for their hours off 1
duty and in a thousand ways to make
life in the service easier and happier. j
The organizations which, at the re- j
quest of President Wilson, have com- 1
bined their appeal for funds with which ;
to carry on their work for another year
in a single United War Work Cam
paign, are the Young Men’s Christian.. As
sociation. the Young Woman’s Christian
Association, the National Catholic War
Council (Knights of Columbus), the War
('amp Community Service, the Jewish
Welfare Hoard, the American Library As
sociation and the Salvation Army. There
never has been exactly the same sort of
a union-of interests before: indeed, it may
fairly be said to be the first time in his
tory that religious differences have been
so completely laid aside under the in- .
spiration of a common purpose. It is
difficult to imagine an appeal broader nr ,
more all-inclusive than one which is made '
in the names of this group.
Every man in uniform has come into
contact with all of these organizations in
their work in camp; and field, or with
most of them. Few. even of men in the ‘
service, realize how extensive the opera
tions of even th smaller of thm ar in
their relations with soldiers and sailors. 1
The best wav tn cxnlain whv such a huge j
sum as $170,500,000 is needed is to tell
just what these organizations do. In this ,
article I shall deal onlv with their work
on this Ride of the Atlantic Next week
I shall describe their activities overseas. ,
First on the list, because it is the larg
est and most extensive of them all. is the
Young Men’s Christian Association—the '
**T.”
Every' man in uniform knows about the (
“Y" huts in his own c«mn or canton
ment. but how manv realize that on thl
side of the Atlantic alone there are C 63
OCTOBER 30, 1918.
Y. M. c. A. huts, built since the United I
States went into the war, in the different
camps, cantonments and naval stations?
That, is many more huts than there are
camps, of course, for in the large canton
ments there will be as many as twelve
or fifteen “Y” buildings in different parts 1
of the camp. And in spite <-f the fact
that the Y. AT. ( A. is doing more over
seas, it has not stopped its construction
work in America. Fifty-six more huts
are in process o fconstruction and 76
others have been authorized, making a
total of 795 Y. M. A. builflings erected
in the United States solely for the fir
pose of making life in camp more com
fortable for Amrican soldirs and sailors.
The cost of the bare buildings in America
will be $1,710,583.89. Moro than 1,000 Y.
M. ('. A. secretaries arer equired to man
these buildings and conduct the activi
ties of the organization in and about the
American camps. These activities cover
an extremely wide range of social, edu
cational and religious work. I do not
lenow any better way to sum up these
activities than to ouote from a recent ar
ticle by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in the
American Review of Reviews:
“Prominently under nie head > f social
work may be mentioned entertainments,
which include moving pictures, vaude
ville show; lectures and concerts. Song
leaders popularize singing among the
men, and the athletic director is con
stantly organizing athletic contests and
sports, both in the buildings and outside.
Educational clasi es art- provided in prac
tically any subject in which a group of
men or an individual may desire in
struction. There are numert us classes in
French, also in English, for many of the
men can neither read nor write. In one
of the cantonments a soldier applied to (
hte Y. M. 'A. secretary for infraction
in embalming. The secretary searched
through the entire cantonment until he
found an enlisted man who had been an »
embalmer <nd with whom he arranged
to give in. fruction to the applicant.
"There i a religious secretary in each
hut. in charge of the Sunda service ■nd
such other meetings of a sirni’ar char
acter as may be held. While the clergy
frequently res ! d»‘ at these meetings. th°
sneakers :.-re quit as often laymen and
the addre- os inspirational as well ; t < ’
distinctly rcl'glous. The srerefnry is ac- i
tive in the devc’onmen* of Bible c’asso« !
and alwav stands ready tn counsel end
advise with anv man wh needs his
friendship and help. Religious literature,
carefully prepared in pamphlet or small
Contir. ?d on page two
Under the Auspices of the Army Y. M. C. A.
I WELFARE WORKERS
HOSPITABLE TO
SOLDIER KIN
Hundreds of Volunteer Work
ers Enlist to Care For Rel
atives of Sick Soldiers. Wel
fare Organizations Cooperate
on United Service Committee
PLEASANT HEADQUARTERS
AT SOLDIERS’ CLUB
Transportation to Hospital
Provided by Augusta People.
Visitors Warmly Appreciative
of Hospitality Shown
In the work of the United Service
Committee at the Soldiers’ Club dur
ing the quarantine, the men of Camp
Hancock have a most striking and in
teresting example of the hospitality
land unselfishness of the people of
i Augusta. Since October Bth the com-
I mittee has had the assistance and co
operation of hundreds of willing work
ers in its work of meeting and caring
for the visiting relatives and friends of
soldiers sick at the Base Hospital, and
(Continued on Page 7.) •
gins Nov. 11th
THIRO GROUP KO
BREAK RECORDS IN
M. G. COMPETITION
Large Crowd Sees Main Train
ing Depot Stars Again Take
Top Honors
SERGEANT BUSKER IS
LEADER IN PRIZES
Second and Fifth Groups Take
Part in Sports Events on
Program
SHU They Wm
On Friday afternoon last, the
Third Group held a competition
meet with the Second and Fifth.
Major Hall’s men with a. perfect
record of two previous victories
and no defeats, won again. Os
the eleven events on the program
his men swept complete honors in
nine of them.
In the first six events a prize of
$lO was offered to the best team,
in th«. remaining events prizes of
different amounts "/re offered,
ranging from $2 to Officers
of the British Mission and from
the various groups were present
and enthusiasm ran high despite
the rain.
Group Three congratulates Maj.
II ill. nioyt . rtil\ and rcgi-ets
deeply his Having.
The summary:
Events. Won by
Mount Gun 3rd Group
Load 3rd Group
Unload 3rd Group
Dismount Gun 3rd Group
Action ....3rd Group
Out of Action 3rd Group
Action and Out of Action
(one man) two trips—
-5 yards course 3rd Group
Belt Filling, 250 rounds sth Group
Action, blindfolded . ...3rd Group
Action (gun strippeld, as-
sembled and brought
intb action 3rd Group
Mount Tripod (100 yards)
one man sth Group
The flneset exhibition of machine gun
“pep” ever displayed by American sol
diers, was given on the drill grounds
near Wrightsboro roetG Friday.
Major G. W. Hall, of the British
mission, arranged with the command
ing officers of the Second, Third and
I Fifth Groups of the Main Training De
. pot to stage a competitive machine gun
F sports event. A large throng of of
ficers and men were present to cheer
the contestants, who broke records for
accuracy, speed and smartness.
The opening event on the program
was a one-man action and out. of ac
tion event. In this event one man was
compelled to do the work of an en
tire machine gun squad, and points
were credited to the man who was the
swiftest and most accurate in and out
of action. Sergeant Busker, of Group
3, won with 145 points. Corporal Si
_ mon with 130 pdirits was second, and
Corporal Murphy, 12K points, third.
I This event proved the efficiency of
k the Camp Hancock machine gunner
I and spoke volumes for the training he
* receives here.
The second event was a combination
contest which consisted of mounting
gun, loading, unloading, dismounting
gun, action and out of action, tests for
time and accuracy. Each group was
represeneed by six teams of three men
each, making 54 contestants in the
event. The Third Group won, with
772 points. Grorup Five was second
with 701 points and the Second Group
was last with 645 points.
Following this came the belt filling
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■: The Kind of “Nonsense”
j The Kaiser Will Stand
J
BEFORE THE U. S. WENT INTO THE WAR—
.I “I’ll stand no nonsense from America,” said the
Kaiser to Ambassador Gerard.
. 1
s ONE YEAR TO A DAY AFTER THE FIRST
AMERICAN SHOT WAS FIRED—“If it must deal
with the military masters and the monarchial auto
e crats of Germany now, or if it is likely to have to
deal with them later in regard to the international
obligations of the German Empire, it must demand,
> not peace negotiations, but SURRENDER. Nothing
can be gained leaving this essential thing unsaid.”
—the concluding paragraph of President Wilson’s
g reply to Germany’s peace plea.
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H
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No. 4.
MN SEW 540.000
LIBEETf THEATRE
IT CAMP HANCOCK'!
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Elaborate Structure to Seat
: 2.000 Spectators Will Soon
Be Built
OLD PLAYHOUSE ALSO
TO HAVE NEW STAGE
, Will Be Enlarged to Care For
, Crowds During Construction I
of New Home —May Open
Season November 4th
\ new Liberty Theater will soon ba ,
under a course of construction, in tha
Mat hine Gun Training Center. This thea
ter will be one of the leading if not ,
the best of ail theaters now in campq '
throughout the country.
VV. \V. Turley and C. Minnick, rep- .
resenting the Training,
(’amp Activities, of the War Department.
paid a visit to this camp last week, and ‘
have concluded arrangements for an im- ;
niense (beater which will seat approxi
mately 2,000 persons.
I The sum of $40,000 has been appro-?
priated for the building of the new thea- ,
ter.
It will furnace heated and the rear bf
the auditorium will be raised eleven feet
from the stage, which will allow perfect
vision fro mall parts of the house. An
other feature will bt a trussed roof con
struction. which will mean the entire ab
isen<c of posts which ordnarly blocks the
vew of the stage to some extent. The
theater also wll contain three tiers of
pressing rooms.
400 ;pats reserved, and a scale of prices
will be arranged for first class shows
from 25 to 50 cent”.
Motion pictures <vj|| cost the prevail
ing dime.
Manager Thomas announced that the
present theater will be rehabilitated and
a modern stage erected in the rear of
the old one, which also will permit the
seating of about 300 spectators.
i It has been planned to reopen the Lib-
1 »’rty Theater with ‘When Dreams Coms
| True,” one of the best musical comedies
ever played in New York, on November
Ith, next, if the presrret quarantine is
lifted by that time.
PRISONER 4 YEARS IN
GERMANY! WRITES HE!
IS “HOPEFUL' AS EVER”
I
A most interesting postal, which dem- j
onstrates the grit and spirit of the war j
prisoners of the Allies in Germany, has '
i been received by Private Edmont Kaest- I
ner, of the Headquarters Compjany M- ;
T.
This postal was addressed by his broth
er Herbert to his mother, who lives in
London, England. Herbert Waestnep is a
member, of the Rough Rider Yoeman of
London, which was one of the first Brit
i ish regiments to reach the battle front-
The remarkable courage, and spirit dis
, played by Herbert Kaetner. despite the
fact that he has been a prisoner for four
years, wil undoubtedly cause a realiza
tion of the fighting spirit of the Allies.
, The postal, which is postmarked, “Hav
elberg. (\rmany” follows:
Havelberg, July 7th., 1918.
Darling Mother:
You will see from my address that I am*
i now in Havelberg. Do not worry about
, me. dear, as I shall get through all eight,
I have seen nearly four hard years v
behind me. but. am still as hopeful e as
1 ever. Perhaps something will come of
the conference regarding an exchange.
I hope you and Girly are well and will .
keep so. Please write soon. Try and I
, send me some cigarettes.
Remember me to all friends. All love/.|
’ your devoted son,
HERBERT.
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ABOUT THAT NAME."
The notice appearing in last
week’s Trench and Camp asking *
I for more nicknames for the Ma
’ chine Gunners proved to be
worthwhile. Many new names I
i came in but there is still room *
for more. What’s yours? Send j
it to the Name Contest Editor
■ of Trench and Camp.
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