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Civilized World Backs War Work Drive Wl ||B4w tw j| n t Hancock Soldiers Going Over The Top on $50,000 Pledge To The United War Work Fund Great Enthusiasm Is Being Displayed From All Quarters and Many Sums Are Already Handed in. Spirit Shown Leaves Little Doubt That Pledge Will Be Easily Met The soldiers’ War Fund drive in Camp Hancock is going over strong. For the first day with less than one-third of the organiza tions heard from more than 4,000 were raised. All the organ izations are responding to the appeal enthusiastically and re sults promise to show that the camp is on the job and will oversubscribe the $50,000 limit set as the quota for the Ma chine Gun Center. Most of the camp has not yet been heard from but judg ing by the encouraging reports of the few units that have given an account of their collections, all the organizations are hust ling and the campaign has started with a rush that promises big things. Everywhere there is ready response to help the victorious boys “over there” who have made America’s triumph possi ble. There will be no slacking up of providing entertainment and cheer for the soldiers over seas, if Camp Hancock can help it. All over camp there is a feeling that everyone simply must show appreciation for the courage and bravery of our troops. When the final results of the drive are tabulated it is ex pected that Camp Hancock will outdo itself in generosity and will prove one of the most liberal donors to the great cause of making the lives of the heroes over seas full of cheer in the days which must now' elapse before the signing of peace. A high class, big 1 time vaudeville f! ow and a monster field day are two of the big events to be staged this week for tie Camp Hancock War Fund drive to raise $50,000 by the soldiers. B >:h of these affairs will be gala events. The vaudeville show at which Broadway headliners will appear will b<- . t ’eat that Augustins and soldiers of th?. camp will long remember. The talent uncovered at Camp Hancock numbers professional actors who were hilled as stars. The show will be a great hit and will rival any vaudeville performance ever produced in Au gusta. The title of the show itself promises big things. It is called The Machine Gun Click Revue. The famous Emma Gee click and pep and snap will be there. There will be plenty of spice and dash for the performers are nut to “do their bit" for the great war drive campaign. Machine gunners have the punch, and a show by these wizards of speed is sure to be as the circus people say: The Graetest Show on Earth Straight from Broadway. Here is ’he secret underlying the great success of this performance. Straight from New York where their names twinkled in bright electric lights on gay Broadway come these favorites of the sage. If a booking agent want ed to bi’l r shoy he could not select a more varied, more interesting or more entertaining galaxy of stars than this banner production hosts of. And it is all fr Augusta and for the big war drive for the boys “over there." The show will be produced exclusively by soldier boys from Camp Hancock. Each of the boys in khaki have a rep utation for fun provoking that has earned them an enviable reputation in the vaudeville world. Just to mention the names of these stellar performers is enough. All of them are missed on the vaudeville stage where formerly they drew round and round of applause. And here they are ready to cavort upon the stage in Augusta. It is a rare privilege to be able to present them. Bill Bailey and Other Stars. Everyone has heard of “Bill" Bailey, of the famous team of Bailey and Co wan known from coast to coast as the banjo king. He can do more things with a banjo than a monkey with his tail. And funny'. Well, Bailey is in a class by himself and the plunk, plunk, plunk of his musical banjo has made him a headliner for many a bill. Yes. “Bill" will be there with his banjo and smile. All that is necessary is to mention Al Raymond. He knows so many of those comedy songs that he generally keeps his audience laughing from the minute he steps on to the stage until he has to leave to let the show 7 go on. Did you ever hear him sing—well, you ought to haer it, that's all. Then there is the Liberty Four. That quartet is the pride nf the camp. Talk about harmony. There is Casey and Bolger and handman and Bailey, and they sure can warble. When you hear them yiu will know that music has its charms. Frank “Jazz" Welsh on Bill. The K. P. and the Vampire is the ‘ title of a delightful skit which Eli Siegal and Frank Welsh are to ap pear. K. P. isn’t funny but it takes this team to find the sunny side even with such a serious army matter as drilling pots and pans Mm, mm, she is some vampire, believe me! Do you know anthing about magic? Sergeant Anderson with his mistifying tricks and fancy stunts will sure keep you guessing. He can do a whole lot of things with a pack of cards, besides playing poker. Sergeant Frank Smith is the cele brated Brazilian Nut. He doesn't know what the war is about and doesn’t care, just as long as he can do bunk fatigue. So he is happy and nutty and has a string 01 army yarns that will keep the crowd roaring. The camp also boasts of a McCor mack and a Caruso Jim Buckley is the Irish tenor and Corporal Alberini is the Italian songbird. You said it, 80, they can sing. TRENCHTand£CAMP THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CAMP THE MACHINE GUN TRAINING CENTER OF THE U. S."ARMY VOL. 2. Camp's Own Pawerewski. Leonard Joseph, our own Paderew ski. will tickle the ivories and what he can’t do to a piano is a shame. Also there is Abe Sandow. the well-known wrestler, who will perform wondrous ! acrobatic stunts. Rut that isn’t all. The bill con tains a whole lot of others. We know you won’t miss it. It was intended at first to present the show at the Liberty Theater in camp, hut owing to the numerous re quests from prominent citizens and friends of the soldiers in Augusat, it was derided to present the great per formance in Augusta. The date has not been 'decided upon but will be an nounced soon. Because of the quaran antine, which may be lifted, the com mittee has not been able to make defi nite arrangements. It is expected that the ban will be taken off so that all the soldiers in camp will get a chance to see the show. A half holiday and big doings are in store at camp when the field day is held. It will be a monster affair as the entire camp will participate and the events promise to be exciting. A football game will be staged and the rugged, powerful Camp Hancock ■ eleven will be seen in action. The ep i ponents have not as yet been selected, but the contest will be spirited. Machine Gun Drill, Too. It is planned to hold a big machine gun exhibition drill, and there will be so much action that it will look as of a mimic battle is being staged. In addition there wi’l be a cavalry drill, and fancy riding and nervy stunts will be witnessed. What promises to develop real fun is the pushball contest to be held be tween various units. The monster field day will be held at Warren Park. Music will be fur nished by the combined bands of the camp. Six bands will units and the hundreds of pieces will blaze forth a great volume of song as this big band will play favorite selections. Camp Hancock is certainlj r out to make th* war fund drive a big his toric event. The camp campaign committee consists cf: Brigadier General Oliver Edwards, chairman. Lieut. A. A. MlHman, campaign exe cutive and personal representative of General Edwards. Ralph A. Tracy, Y. M. C. A. cam paign manager. Major J. L. Scott, treasurer. Vincent Armstrong, K. of C. Gilbert Harris, J. W. B. O. C. Davis, A, L. A. Paul I. Neergard, W. C. C. S. C. O. Pardo, Y. M. C. A. Allied L eaders Boost United IVar Fund Drive i United States ‘"rfie United War Work Campaign of these societies is merely another indication of that unity of spirit as a nation that is making it possible for us to win the war. That spirit and the place which the work of these agencies has made for itself in the hearts of ail of us gives mo confidence to believe that the united campaign will be crowned with abun dant success.” WOODROW WILSON. “Millions For Morale” With the Co-operation of the Auguste Herald, Augusta, Ga. FRITZISGHEFF CAME, SANG ANO CAPTIVATED Takes Hancock By Storm. Goes Over the Top at Zero Hour on Wednesday and Sweeps Everything Before Her. Thousands Hear the Gifted Artist Famous Broadway Prima Donna Adds to Her Long List of Accomplishments Light Opera Star of First Mag nitude the First Woman to Fire on Largest Machine Gun Range in the World. Qualifies As Expert, Says. General Edwards About dusk on last Wednesday eve ning Fritzi Scherc, long-heralded and eagerly awaited opera star, floated majestically into Camp Hancock, and began hv fou' tories by captivating the hearts of Group No. 3 through the wealth of her voice and personality. It was her in itial conquest and the concert that she afforded to the enlisted men here won her the whole-hearted admiration and gratitude of her soldier audience. To many it was the first appearance of Miss SchefT, to others who saw her several years ago in “Modiste” It wa» a delightful renaissance of olden days,! a memory of gay New York brought back once more. To those who had heard the prima donna before it was 1 evident that her voice had lost none' of its early charm; it still held its clear notes, its richness and sweet ness of old. Indeed, there came flashes at times of a new tenderness and strength, qualities that only the war and the wealth of the last four years could have brought forth. Dinner Party by Third Group Officers. Following close on the concert came a party in honor of Miss Scheff, which was tendered her hy the officers. En tertainment was afforded by certain of the soldier talent who enlivend the meal with music, clever bits of mono logue, and diverse of camp life. Fritzi sang as the closing event of the evening, one of her songs being an exclusive, unpublished gem written for her by her former director, August E. Kleinecke, a lyric entitled, “Take Me Back to Golden Loveland.” On Thursday night at the Third Group bandstand the officers of .the camp were treated to a second cencert by .Miss Scheff, quite as delightful and welcome as that of the evening before. Friday saw out lady banqueted at the Machine Gun Shool, and from there she carried joy to the Base Hospital where she sang for the boys. Her final appearance was at Augusta be fore the great monument on Broad Street, where a great crowd of civil ian and soldier people gathered to hear her on Saturday evening. Lieut. H. F. Thompson, who has acted as host during her stay, made a short speech of presentation and for the first time in six years Augustans were treated to a sight and hearing of the Broadway idol. It was in 1912 thav she and her husband appeared last in “The Love Wager.” And where is friend husband now! Husband a Machine Gunner in Frrnce. Somewhere on the Western front (Continued on Page Seven.) France ‘Their work has in no small de gree supported the morale of our armies, and thus have gloriously as sociated themselves in the common work that shall bring about our vic tory. I desire to Join my most sin cere wishes for the unqualified suc cess of the financial campaign, which you are newly commencing, with the view to the development and support of your work.” Q. CLEMENCEAU. NOVEMBER 13, 1918 Pershing Commends “Y” By Cable From France, August 21, 1918. -I mhL: ■ ffiHj-ljSfc-X . 0.. • W >■ ■. 4 ssK» GENERAL PERSHING. "A sense of obligation for the varied and useful service rendered to the army Ih France by the Y. M. C. A. prompts me to join In the appeal for Its further financial support. I have The Great “Servant of the Army” Faces a Task Greater Than Ever Thomas Elmore Lucey, Famous Humorist and Chautauqua Lecturer, Now at Camp Hancock, Sets Forth the Rea sons Why the United W ar Work Campaign Must Meet With Entire Success. For about two thousand years the world ha,s been groping through a. desert seeking the ministry of real service, and finding it not. While we followed the mirage, a world war came, to give us our lesson in service. Maybe I have not yet caught the vision, myself. Ln»t I believe that a tour of several thousand miles through the central, southern and southeastern de partments, visiting over a hundred Y. M. C. A. buildings, lias given me the nucleus, anyway. The world will to morrow be better acquainted with this ovenwork word, “Service.” I*fcr a little over a year T have watched the mind of the American boy In khaki in the making. His leather puteed commanding officer may have been on the job making a real, red blooded physical man of him and, in deed, the evolution has been marvel ous— but it has been my particular province to study him from the angle of the mon outside. I have come to him from the home where the anxious furrowed face of his mother looked up at me in the Chautauqua tent, and I Italy "To hava given these institutions so great a development is worthy of the American people who thus illus trate again that in their genius a a sense of the ideal is admirably combined with an essentially prac tical mind.” KING VICTOR EMANUEL. Under* the Auspices of the Army Y. M. C. A. opportunity to observe its operations, measure the quality of its person nel and mark its beneficial influence upon our troops, and 1 WISH UNRE SERVEDLY TO COMMEND ITS WORK FOR THE ARMY."—Pershing. have heard him inquire with all his boyish zest as to the welfare of.- that same mother, as 1 brought him the greetings of the old home back there. 1 have seen him bending over the desk, pouring out his heart in ink on the Red Triangle stationery. I have helped him as ho laboriously tried to spell out tile letters in one of the first messages he ever sent to his best girl, I have heard his big, ringing laugh out titers among the thousands thronging the big "Y" auditorium. I have seen him clear eyed and pink-cheeked, swinging through the mazes of regimental pa rade- and, ah, too often have I seen him "standing with reluctant feet," j while tiie Fainted One, reeking with the breath of velvety vice, coiled her serpentine, slimy fingers about his neck. But, please, God, 1 have seen no such picture as this last one inside a train ing camp, or within the circle of the Y. M. C A. That is one branch of "service” that Uncle Sam is not dis pensing to the boy in khaki. (Continued, -on Page '.w0.1 Great Britain 3 “It gives me the greatest of pleas ure to testify that the work has been f conducted upon the broadest lines ofi service, not merely to the gallant - -oidiers of the army of the great Republic of the West, but to all they i could assist The high quality ofi character of those conducting this' '!wr. rk needs no praise, but I affirm | that in ray opinion it would have i ■ | been impossible to have afforded the that inspiration and succor they need—aad which they so rich ly deserve, without your efforts." A. LLOYD GEORGE, Martial Tramp of Khaki Clad Thrills Civilians In Victory Parade o o | ESSAY CONTEST CLOSES ' NOV. 15. | j All essays on the subject, ] “What the United States Means | I to Me,” must be in the hands of | the Contest Editor of Trench J | and Camp on or before Friday, ] i November 15. The J. W. 8., K. j of C. and Y. M. C. A. have each ] appointed one judge to decide ! i who shall have the prizes of sls, | $lO and $5. Hand in your article I at once. Put name and address j on separate piece of paper. Es- | : say limit* d to 500 words. Cor.- j test open to Hancock soldiers. | I I MR RISK BUREAU WRITE THIRTY-SIX BILLION TO OHL Incomparably the Largest Life Insurance Company in the World. Growing Greater Daily FOUR MILLION APPLICA TIONS RECEIVED New Men Almost Without Ex ception Are Taking Full Al lowance of SID,OCO. Average Over SB,OOO ..Washington, D. C.—ln the month of October, the Bureau of War Risk In surance of the Treasury Department mailed 957,240 checks, of which 934,157 were for allotments and allowances, 6,074 for compensation, and 17,0009 for government insurance. To date the bureau has sent out 7,- 486,434 checks, representing a total dis bursement of $230,000,000. More than 15,600 death claims, rep resenting $118,000,000 of insurance and 24 disability claims, representing $142,- 500 of insurance, have been paid to date The insurance written on the lives of soldiers and sailors by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance is now close to thirty-six billion dollars Up to Octo ber 31st, about four million applica tions, representing $35,736,000,000 of in surance, has been received. Almost two billion dollars of new insurance was written during October. This is a marked decrease from the figures for recent months, and was caused by the epidemic of influenza, which retarded the movement of men to camps. Nevertheless the Bureau of War Risk Insurance received during October more than six times as much insurance as the largest commercial life insurance company in the world wro*e during the entire year of 1917. With the resumption of steady en trainments the flow of new insurance is now letitrning to its normal rate of approximately one billion dollars a week. The average amount of insurance applied for per man is mounting rap idly. Almost without exception new men joining the colors are taking the full SIO,OOO of Uncle Sam’s insurance. The average amount is now $8,743. According to the best available esti mates the army and navy are now al most 95 per cent insured. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance has received to date about 4,000,000 applications for government insurance, and 4,000,000 applications for allot ments and allowance, and has received an answered in addition more than 3,500,000 letters. The bureau has grown to be the largest single bureau in the| govern ment, comprising the largest health and accident insurance company, the largest disbursing organization, and incomparably the largest life insurance company in the World. To keep up unbroken stream of government checks to the relatives of soldiers and sailors, many sections of the bureau are working night and day, and the disbursing office has three working shifts, which keep check-writ ing and check signing machinery in operation twenty-four hours a day. COM WY HOUSES BUILT BY W. C. C. S. The War Camp Community Service has built or helped to build six com munity houses, of which the one at Camp Sheridan, OMo, is perhaps the ( most pretentious. This structure was erected in exactly 21 days and the re- i suit is one of the finest buildings of its kind ever put in any community. Similar projects are contemplated 1 in many other camp cities and the W. C. C. A. plans to utilize a portion of ' the funds from the United War Work Campaign to carry out its program. No. 6. Brig. Gen. Oliver Edwards Leads Great Parade at Head of 3,500 Soldiers in Augusta. Five Military Bands Play’ Stirring Music J Various Organizations With Appropriate Floats in Line of Parade. All War Work Or ganizations Represented -i; . i Led by Brig. Gen. Oliver Edwards, 3,500 soldiere from Camp Hancock marched in tlie great victory parade down Broad Street, Augusta, Monday : night. Thousands of civilians were in line i but it was tiie martial tramp of the soldiers as they swung down the main : thoroughfare with the snap and pre- I cision of the machine gun click which will linger long in the memory of the ' persons who witnessed the historic ! procession. In a colmn of platoons the soldiers swung past through a gauntlet of cheering thousands. Proud of the vic tory gained by their brothers in arms over seas, the soldiers swept through the city in a long stream of khaki bringing to Augustans the spirit and strength of the American forces which had routed the enemy. Long will Augustans cherish a pic ture of that marching host, parading in honor of America's triumph. As . th- :l. i) soldiers swung steadily- past the r< viewing stand, the crowd were , by t } '- • i my g ? sou, Unitert "Rates had , vice, and of which thes>j men were only a small pars. Forty soldier« wearing service stripes telling of their recent stay I overseas, formed part of the mounted guard wheih headed the long parade. Brig. Gen. Edwards bearing a weather worn Old Glory. The flag was the one presented by Admiral G. U. Mel ville to B. C. Johns of Augusta, and was the one which fluttered in the breeze all during the‘Sapnish-Ameri can war. Accompanying Brig. Gen. Edwards was his staff, and following came the men of the Machine Gun Center. Five military bands playing stirring martial tunes led the various detachments. The staff consisted of the following officers: Lieut. Col. Alfred Brandt, chief of staff; Lieut. Col. E. P. Pierson, acting chief of operations section; Maj. Harry S. Barton, camp adjutant; Maj. James L. Scott, assistant camp adju tant; Maj. Horace Chamberlain, camp judge advocate; Maj. Lewis N. Con ger; Camp Inspector, Maj. Peter Tulp; camp personnel officer, Maj. Alexander Fitz-llugh, Maj. C. S. Warshauer, camp sub-depot quartermaster, and M. P. O’Connell, the camp censor and Lieuts. F. W. Ernest, C. J. Ancker, H. F. Peto, G. E. C. Garnett, C. A. Bror strum, R. B. Seymour, E. B. Roberts, P. W. Glass and James A. Davis. Following the general and his staff were th° Main Training Depot soldiers, commanded by Colonel Frank Wick ham. Commanding officer of the Main Training Depot. Lieut Stanley F. Brewster, the adjutant, Captain C. Copelin, the staff rifle expert and dem onstrator; Lieut. Karl Griffith, the personnel adjutant; Lieut. John Mor ris, offlcver in charge of operations, and Lieut. Edward F. Rodriguez, the commanding officer of Headquarters Company, M. T. D. The men were formed in pla toons. The following is the forma tion: Band from First Group, Major R. M. Douglas, commanding 1,000 men. Band from Second Group, Major Wyley L. Dixon, commanding 1,000 men. Band from Third Graup, Major H. G. I’Hied commanding 1,000 men. Band from Seventh Group, Major Je rome R. Johnston commanding 500 men. Fife and Drum Corps. Headquarters Co., mounted detach ment and the Headquarters Co., M. G. T. C. Band. A small band of Confederate Veter- . ans led by Sergeant Berry Benson was next in line. Sergeant Benson in ad dition to the Stars and Stripes carried a batle-scarred Confederate banner. Varolus Red Cross organizations. Girl Scouts, the Council of National Defense, students of Richmond Acad emy and Tubman High School, Wo men’s Club, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution and Daughters of th© Vonfederacy followed. Floats of the seven organizations united in the War Fund Drive also were in the parade, representing the Y. M. C. A., K. of C.. J. W. 8., Y. W. C. A., W. C. C. S., and the Salvation Army. 4 Fear Envelope Shortage M ith the Y. M. C. A. using 20,000.000 envelopes a year and the folks at home writing mail bags full of letters to the boys over there, an envelope shortage is feared by manufacturers, who realize • that foreign importations of envelopes are eliminated during the war. Nevertheless the “Y" will continue to supply envelopes and paper to the sol diers and the United War Work campaign will provide funds for this phase of toe Red Triangle s war service. .. - «