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Newspaper Page TextPage Two TRENCH AND CAMP CAMP HANCOCK. Augusta. G». t W. J. Aiken, Editor. Publshed with the ct>-®peraton of TUB HERALD PUBLISHING CO. Augusta. (H ISSUED .iVsjtV W3DN -BDAY. Vol. No. {.—November 40, ISIB—No. 7 Entered ne seconfl-eHs# matter. Feb. llrh, ISIS. at the poet office at Augusta. Georgia, under the Act of March ?.. 15.5 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Trench and Camp will be mailed to any address in the United States »t the following rates: Three montha.SO cent«. Bisr inonthe .. . .. It.oo. ASSOCIATE AND CONTRIBUTING EDITORS 5 Krone. K. of C.: Private ken. M. G. T. C.; Henry Martin: Sergeant J. A. D.; Barton Richards, W. C. C. 8.; Librarian tEWIM WMnMMWSIWf IHmtMTWREWts s of a Wanderer Xpert to be welcome !n crftloiied In Mlle meter in the ep 11.nr . in the garret and end jg the ho«t of its por tings ? Do you expect lie genuinely at our np have nothing to off?’ of Its institutions, its thoroughfares. its transports.lon, and even ita people'? A < jty is only a rot lectjon of home* and institutions r»na a <-F|tieiatn which we would not think of making of an individual home <-n • not properly bo applied to cur m*:nl c’p*l host. Augusta lias been i gon oroufi host to soldiers outnumbering *her population Ebe is an attract |vu ‘city jn the midst of a liqd of sunn* proiniso. She Is morn ittrMrtlve now than she will he when the hands 01 Power and Wealth have obscured hoi skies with the smoke of many shops and factories and mud her riche Moreover w*» are resourceful American citizens with sufficient am munjtion for conversation so tha; we rVed not sloop to erd Seizing our owt. country and its institution? L«t ever* punster, whether on nr off the stage, understand that we. difpprovn of de struetlva criticism. Our sirongjMd allies In our rot n fight with influent! and pneumonia u«re the lorn, sunny days of October v hich made i .poaslWe ♦ furl the hos pital tents . nd allow the warm nun* sh-pe to deal directly with the patient and his Infectiun. Wc feel that if all cases of Influenza and pneumonia could have been irovod t A Camp Han cock the murtaiity would have oeou greatly reduced by the twenty-six consecutive days of Gunshine am* Clear skies of October. A revaluation of individual charac ter must automatically be made afto. an emergency. The quiet, unassuming individual who goes methodicah> about h‘n colorless task in days of un utAfllad Tout ne. duty will often Hb* and >rove to boa tower of ntrangth U. days of stress. It is a time for sporla* heroism, good will, and sacrifi* e which ho regards a privilege io share. To dweM on personal loss and sorrow wore ‘‘gnoblc when all suffer ard ah are brave. WHEN THOSE HEROES STEP OFF THE BOATS t ean »e« the flay when our harbors haJV'ml lhß Hinrs ot ships rsmiuirix fr ,u. abtoad.-'Miui"' bask our solflh.rs. They will <-orr». It may bo with thsh ranks aontewhat t liina >1 by ; f with themselves glorified by ac oompllshuiants; and when those heroes stop oft tha bouts and tell ua that thej have won the fight for democracy In Europe, we must bo able In return to tell thorn that wo have kept the t’ulth of democracy at home and won battles iiei-0 for that cause while they were fiijhtlntr there. Nowton D. Bafcor. Secretary of War. from his new book. “The Frontiers of Freedom," AN S. 0. S. CALL Camp Hancock, Nov. is, 19918. Editor Trench and Camp, Dear Sir: I note with deep sorrow that the citirimis and business men of Augus ta wsro not financially ab'o to con tribute as much of their quota to th# boys over there Its the soldiers of Camp Hancock did. A;i the i verago income ot t m mon in camp is only JSO.OO a month, T take It for granted that the financial distress among Au gusta business men ia very acute. I therefore rospeetfully suggest that we start a financial campaign to supply a war chefit tor the business men of Augusta, who have lost money by reapon of tho presence cf Camp Han cock In their midst. A SYMPATHIZER. HANCOCK-A-DOODLES FALL IN FOR DISCHARGES’ Oh? THE DOUBLE. However Just in passing, it might bo well to sort ot hold up thit order tor a blue serge tor a few weeks anyway. Back to the old civvies, eh, what? Wan t ia be grand and gl-l-l-lodous when you can cal) ’em up and make a date tor every night in the wee!., with out having to have a pass? AND AS FOR LIGHTS OUT AT TAPS. THERE JUST WON T BE ANT, THAT S ALL. The I Told You So Club is holding practiced meet ings these days. After spending a week or eo out on ths range, one wonders why Peter, the Hermit, got so much adver tisement. Compared to tome of the range territory eld Pete spent his time on a crowded street. THREE THINGS HAPPEN OUT THERE WITH AMAZING REGU LARITY-MORNING, NOON. NIGHT. The favorite outdoor pastime is now watching the automobiles going back to America. Buck Private says he intends asking tor the foreign service pay it he stays much longer. AND THAT’S A GREAT LIFE. TRENCH & CAMP weekly *c th* KattotuM Camr* *,nd Cantonments for the eold'em of th-5 United Bute*. National Headquarters lieora 1711, 347 Madiaon Avenue New York City JOHN 9TSWABT BRYAN Chairman ci Advisory Beard of Co-opernttos Publisher* Camp and Loeatton N>w»naper FubH«her Camp Beauregard. Alexandria, LaNew Orleans Tkr.es Picayune...D. i). Moore Camp Bowie. Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Star TelegramAmor. C. Carter Carhtrom Aviation Field, Arcadia, Fia.Tarnpa Time*D. B M' Kay Camp Cody. Darning. N. 3ltxEl Pmo HeraldH. D. Plater Camp Custer, Battle Creek. Michßattle Creek Enquirer-New*A L. Miller Camp Daves*, Ayer. Mae*....Boston Globe.. . Char)** W. Tsvlnr, Jr. Camp Dtx. Wrt<ht«tov/ri’ N. JTrenton Times.. Jarre* Kerney Ctttp Doniphan. Fort Bill. Okla Oklahoma City OklahomanK. K. Gaylord Camp Forrest, Chickamauga, Ga. ... .Chattanooga (Tenn.) TimesH. X). Adler Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal .San Francisco Bulletin R. A Crothers Camp Funston, Fort Riley. Kan Topeka State Journal Frank P. MacLennan Camp Gordan. Atlanta. Ga Atlanta Constitution Clark Howell Camp Grant, Rockford, 111.....Ths Chicago Daily New*.. Victor F. Lawson Camp Greene. Charlotte, N C.. Charlotte W. B Sullivan Camp Hancock, Augusta, QaAcgurta Heraldßowdre Palniry Ceznp Jackson, Columbia, 8. CColumbia State—W. W. Ball Camp Johnston. Jacksonville, Fla Jacksonville Thnefi-UmunW. A Elliott Camp Kearny, Linde Vista. Cal Los Times Harry Chandler Camp Lee, Petersburg. Va Richmond New* Leader John Ftswart Bryan Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash Tacoma Tribune.......F 8. Baker Camp Logan. Houston. TAx Houston Post Roy G. Watson Camp McArthur, Waco. Tex Waco Morning News Charles TG. Marsh Camp M*(‘l«llan. Anniston. Alaßirmingham <AIa.) News.. Victor R. Hansen F Ml»“a Ph aT > " J< '” UP .'! Allanta - rourn "‘ J - s Cohen Camp Moade, Admiral. Md . (D . T. .’nj :ah'. .. .’■’lerrhig fJ* • 1 ' Camp Pike, Little f’.oek. Ark. A.■; Democrat.. Elmer E Ciarke j Camp Sevier, Gvoenevtiie S. r v nevjll* Dally » B. H. Peace | Camp Hhelby. zlsttl^sinng. MH* .. J*w Orleans U*m. M. Thomson; Camp Sheridan, Monigomery, Ala ..,\fent r,. \ • rt.ser .. . C. then' Camp Zachary ’ r ayb<r, T .uir Ky v ; : o 'ourfet ourr. d .. .Robor. W. uam C*mi» Travis, flan Antonio. 'i*tc. o f .i*.».i' Kelly Field and Camp Ft-nley . , San Ar ‘ 4onl ' ) bb.i.t.Caancs s. Diehl Camp Upton. Yaphank, L 1., N. V .’.New York World... .Dun ?. Jt.lz Camp Wheeler. Mam, Ga. .. ..Macon TelegraphW. T. Anderson Cbarleaton Naval Station Charleston Nowr and Courierß. C Singling Paris Island (8. C.) Marine Station .Charleston PostT. R. Waring *£ to cJSi to 7. DlStr, " /’ Tnbr * cin(t |Bu!I i , .<0 Evening New, Edward H. Butler Published under the aqsplces of the ?%ational War Work Council, Y M C. A- of th* United States, with the co-operation of the a , ,vc named publishers and papers. GERMANY’S GRE "Suicidal ignorance” reigned in Ber lin when the Prussian junkers delib erately forced the United States into the world war. And American humor, salted with cool cynicism, will be the deciding factor in the inevitable de struction of Ptussianisrn which the junkers have brought upon them selves. This is the view of Captain Bruce Baimsfather, British soldier-cartoon ist, who has just concluded an inten sive six months’ study of the dough boys. Bairnsfathcr’s drawings, sketched in the trenches of Fra: ce, have made the British “Tommy” fa-- mous throughout the countries that border on the seven seas.. In recent months, he has confined the activities of his pencil to the doughboy. His method of cartooning soldiers leads him first of all to analyze his subjects as intimately as a woman studies the face of the man she loves. “I always try to draw what people think, rather than what they look like.” is Bairr.s father’s explanation of his almost un canny skill in visualizing the soldiers of England, France and America. It is interesting, therefore, to hear his impressions of the Yankee fighting man. “Your soldiers and our soldiers,” he says “don’t for one instant think of the German as an equal; he is just a nuisance that is going to have his head smacked. It will only *ake time. They haven't a doubt of the victory in Army discipline has become a by - word. To the man in the street, who hsa never seen its results, it is. some thing oppressive. To the recruit it is worse than that; it is something tyrannical. To the soldier who has seen service, the soldier who has found discipline his servant and who has not been crushed by its imperiousness, it is in dispensible. One cannot but think of the days in school when the rules of grammar and syntax were so difficult—and so arbitrary. But if one’s memory goes back to those days in school it also spans the intervening years and re calls the fact that very little attention has been paid to those rules since the art of expression was achieved The man who writes does not stop to think of nominatives and possesslvea. He does not stop to reason whether the past perfect or the present perfect should be used. He knovzs. And be cause ho knows, his ability to say just what is in his mind is intensifisd. So it is with the army discipline. The rules and regulations of the army service may seem arbitrary and op pressive at firct. But the soldier soon learna that because the titles and reg ulations are obeyed the mobility of the whole command U insured. If the men in the ranks followed their own Inclination*—well they just could not do that, for there would not be any r«mka( It was Lieutenant Colonel George AppKn, of the British Army, who gave CURRENT EVENTS By Chaplain Harris G. Beck “OVER HERE” President Wilson lias designated Nov ‘ 28th as Thanksgiving Day for this nation. The recent epidemic of influenza in the United States has caused more deathfi tnan occurred among the Am erican Expeditionary Forces from ail , causes, all tho time our armies have been ‘‘over seas.” Reports from all the states are not available. Forty-six cities report 82,306 deaths from Sep tember Sth to November Sth. The actual output of liberty Motors ■ in October was 3,878 according to an | announcement authorized by tho war department. Tho factories producing I this motor have set a minimum output j of 4.350 during November. Arrangements have just been made i whereby the army, navy and manno I corps are to'lake forty-five per e nt ; of the entire production of canned to matoes of the United States. Three men in a Chicago ship build ing yard on a recent Sunday drove 1.014 rivet*. For this day's work at Sunday rates, they received 162.21, Simmered down, the driving of each rivet cost 16 cents. And each laborer received $54.03 for his Sunday's wages. How's that for the affluence of the poor laborer. Secretary Baker today formally ex pressed his thanks to officers and men of the army in the United States for the zeal shown in preparing for over seas duty. Mr. Baker expressed con fidence that the standards of discip line and bearing will bo maintained by the men *n training until demobilized. Arrangements tor bringing home the troops in France arc being worked out rapidly from a shipping point of view, the shipping board announced today, in ATEST BLUNDER the end —it doesn’t ever occur to them to trouble about that. All that ever; does bother them is the amount of time it may take to get rid of this dis agreeable and objectionable person who has run amuck all over Europe. As I say. they’ve got a kind of cool cynicism that is all one with their humor and their optimism and their doggedness to make them the splen did fighters they are.” Captain Bairnsfather has hit the nail squarely on the head. He has point ed out the biggest blunder that can be charged against Germany’s stupid diplomacy. The blind men of Berlin were convinced that the United States, protected from the horrors of war by the broad Atlantic, itfould swallow Prussian insults, close its eyes to Prussian atrocities and remain meekly neutral while American women and children were drowned by Prussian submarines, rather than plunge into the filth, the degradation and the dan gers of a world-conflict made unprec edentedly “frightful” ty poison gas. liquid fire and all the other diabolical resources of German “Kultur.” And now the Prussians are hopelessly be-1 wildered when they see the "soft," i “money-grubbing” American “bluff ers,” not only smashing Prussia’s much press-a<jentcd “shock troops," but doing it with a smile. America’s fighting men in France are submitting to every hardship and danger with imperturbable good hu mor and “cool cynicism.” These are American characteristics which the Germans do net understand and decid edly do not like. DISCIPLINE this fine definition of discipline: “It is instant, willing and intelligent obedi ence to the will of those placed in authority.” It is no less an authority than Mar shal Foch who has amplified that idea that discipline is not mere blind obe dience, but is INTELLIGENT. This is what the Marshal says: “To be disciplined does not mean to keep silence, to abstain from action. It is not the act of avoiding responsi bilities. . . . Discipline equals ac tivity of mind. Idleness of mind leads to indiscipline just as does insubordi nation. Discipline is activity of mind to understand the views cf a superior officer, and to enter into those views, and activity of mind to find the mate rial means to realize those views.” A long time ago one cf the “cheer np” writers for a daily newspaper had this line, “The man above you is not unfeeling, is not unsympathetic. HE IS BUSY.” The array is not unfeeling, is not tinsympathetic. It is busy. It . delegates certain duties to the men that, -ftcr ail, are the backbone cf the army. Ont of years of erperi ence, dating from the time of the ar mies of Moisct, it has laid down cer tain rules and regulations. The recruit has no wealth of experi ence. He has certain vague ideas. To attempt to carry them out would be to put tho army back in an esperi mental stage. Modern armies aro not experiments. They are very highly organized products of experience. Which snail it be? Experiment or experience? “OVER THERE ” 1 Now it's Deutschland undter ‘‘allies.” Tho latest French town to fall into the hands before the armistice went in to effect was Stenay. Patrols re ported they had found it empty not mere than a quarter of an hour before 11 o'clock. American troops rushed 'liirongh the town and in a few minutes allied flags were beginning to appear from the windows As the church I issuing a call for 5,000 volunteers to ; man the ships that will be used for , that purpose. | Chairman Hurley, before his depart- I lire today for Europe, left definite or. I ders to rush all arrangements for this I week. i Men between 18 and 35 will be ac | cepted without regard to their draft ; rating and previous experience and I would be put .'.board training ships at ; Boston, San Francisco, Seattle. Now Orleans and Cleveland for six weeks' special training. Railroad telegraphers, numbering about 70,000, tonight were granted an increase in wages by Director General McAdoo. The new wages, represent ing .'. basic minimum of 13 cents an hour increase, will be effective from October Ist. The advance in wages will aggregate approximately $20,000,000, McAdoo es timated, annually. Nearly 3.060 <2,935) merchant ves sels were built by American ship builders from the date of the declara tion of war. April 6th, 101*. to the sign ing of the armistice, November 11th, 1913 The express companies <rf the United States were taken over into govern ment control Monday, November 18th, 1918, by a proclamation at Ute presi dent. TRENCH AND CAMP When Valenciennes was first threat-; en< d ia the German retreat, observers aaw soldiers withdrawing from the city with great loads of loot. VZhen German officers occupied French chateaux they liked their sur roundings so well that they ordered everything sent into Germany that could be removed. To go even further back, the Ger-; men forces that took part in the Boxer; campaign liked to do some star-gazing j through the wonderfully wrought tel escopes of the Forbidden City. So while they were engaged in enforcing) righteousness, so they said, they) shipped the astronomical instruments to the Fatherland. The Prussian mind does not change. Now that the evacuation of ail the oc-: cupfed territory in France and Belgi-| um seems to be in order the Germans are following the habit of their minds, and looking about them for loot. The Belgian mind has its peculiari ties, too. In a measure it is just as thorough as the German. The/ Bel gian has a genius for accounting, and it is known tha' a record has been fee all that the G mam have :/o i. the little kir Jo.n. IT HAPPENED Should somoone in camp or outside call you aside and tell you that Cap tain So and So, a medical officer, and Miss So and So. an army nurse, were shot at sunrise yesterday or the day before, after having been found guilty of infecting soldiers under tbeir care with falluensa or pneumonia germs, | take hold of him by the collar and f gently, but with firmness, itripress up-1 on him that either unwittingly or de-1 signedly he is furthering the cause of I Hun propaganda, which is trying to destroy not only the Army’s but the civil population’s confidence as well in the Army Medical Department. This is the implied advice in a re cent official statement'issued by act ing Surgeon General Richard to stop a fast-growing crop of rumors, which had sprung up In and around camps ; to the effect, that influenza was being ' spread by German spies, parading as i medical officers. The statement fol I lows: “There have been no more insid iously false reports come to my atten tion than those, recently widely spread, to the effect that nurses or i medical officers have been executed at the ‘stage hour’ of sunrise, for spreading Influenza or pneumonia , germs among soldiers. “There have been no medteal offi , |cers, nurses or anyone else executed at any camp in the United States or abroad for any such cause. “The reports are ridiculous and without the slightest foundation on fact. They have taken many forms, ; but through them all has run such a significant likeness of. texture that it Is not unlikely that they all origina ted from the same source, the Ger man propagandist. Unfortunately, ■ < Is so frequently the case, those behind the baseless reports have been and are being aide 1 in the nefarious dis semination of them by many thought less persons who I. iv> not taken the time to Invoßtlgate before passing the reports on." The Isast tho... •. on the part o' those to whim tiiese groundless re ports were retailed, would 1n most in stances have been sufficient to kill them. The influ ■n.ta germ only re cently has been isolated and, accord ing to published accounts, still is dodging the <■; os of scientists even when investigated under the most powerful microscopes. It Is hardly possible that the Ger mans learned all about the influenza germ, especially its control, while tho rest of the world was at its mercy, and through underground channels communicated this Information to spies In order to cause death and suf fering. In support of this it is only neces sary to take into account that the. ar mies of the Central Power*; have, and in all probability still are losing, hun dreds of men through this disease In . epidemic form. The first task of any general staff is to maintain highest , efficiency and man-power among its ; own forces. This the Gorman general staff surely would have done in stop ping the spread of Influenza at homa, had it possessed the means or the knowledge. A BRIEF STOI’-OVER “Going to France?” asked a trav . ellng man at the station of a negro soldier. ■ “No, sah! J's not going to France," replied the dusky warrior. 'Tee goln' to Baylin. but I may stop In France tor a showt time on de way.” bells solemnly tolled the hour of 11, troops from the Wth division were pouring into the town. Speaking of Christmas dinners in Paris, it looks as though rile allies will sit down to a pretty fair Thanksgiving meal in the town ot Berlin. General J. J. Pershing was decorated with the American distinguish I ser vice cross today by order of President Wilson. The presentation woe made by Admiral Bliss at American general headquarters in the presence of the British, French, Italian and Belgian missions. The American "Army of Occupation" is moving toward the Rhine over the frozen ground. Major General Dick man will have comrmmd cf this army. In Austria-Hungary pork has been selling at $4.30 a pound, coffee at sl2 a pound and eggs at 40 cents apiece. The pay of a German soldier was recently raised to about 24 cents per day. Austrian soldiers have been fighting for 7 cents a day. American j soldiers receive no loss than $1 per day. Deaths in ov,r army from disease j have average 8 per 1,000 men. In the I civil war tho rate was 50 per 1,000 men. A late report from Germany says the kaiser has not abdicated. He merely went visiting and that he is exi d home any day. As a visitor in Holland it appears he has ‘tworn out his wel come." The Canadian government has bar red from Its mails al! printed matter issued by, or in the interest of the I. W. W. Thousands of French, Belgian and British prisoners are returning to their homes. They have been in need of re lief and the "Y” has ben helping them with food and clothing. The kaiser has apparently forgot rhe words of his on-’-time Chancellor Bue low who said, “Beaten generals are si lent or commit suicide." How soon will ’FOR SALE" sign decorate Kaiser's palace. Kaiser Wilhelm has fifty-eight pal aces in different parrs of the German CHEAP THIEVES The day of reckoning is coming. It is to be hoped that the French mind has turned, as has the Belgian, to that day when the books are to be opened for the final balance. In that day, the Prussian Crown Prince may be asked to restore that which he stole from the fine homes he defiled by his occupancy. But there are others than those ) with fine homes who will have just I bills to present. There are the nun l dreds of small manufacturers whose ' machinery was stripped and stolen, i and whose wherewithal was trans ‘ ported to Germany and made to serve , the industrial life of the Empire. The record would not be complete I if it did not catalogue the fact that where these cheap thieves were un i able to remove the objects of their i desire, they worked havoc and de ; struction. In France and Belgium to* ’ day there are hundreds of factories whose equipment has been scrapped because it could not be stolen. Neither would the record be com plete if it o’id not state that this theft and this petty spoliation were contin uing in txie face oi protestations of a desiie for a peace of jusice and right* The outpouring of lies regarding medical officer? and nurses infecting soldiers is merely the old stunt in a new guise, of trying to break down the morale of the forces in training and the borne folks by magnifying the powers und agencies at the com* • mend of the enemy. In addition in thia case, it.bad the advantage ot be* [smirching tbc Army Medical Depart : ment, the backbone, of our Army from ) the point of view of health and flght -1 ing spirit. j Os course, as inevitably once start i od, the influenza-shot-at-eunrise ru« mor was picked up and relayed by hundreds, both soldiers and civilians. > Within walking distance of Army Medical Department headquarters in Washington an Infantry regiment is encamped. Almost to a man, that group believed that three officers and six nurses had been shot at Camp [Meade, Md. No one knew just how j the report started, except oerhaps . that one of tho men, formerly with , the regiment and now at Camp Meade who still visited bio former pals each Sunday, might have told about it. A visit to a different part of thia city was rewarded by the “news" that (traitorous medical officers were forced to dig their own graves at ) Camp Humphreys, Va., and then were ‘ shot inevitable while facing In such away that they would tumble into ' them. Follows a piece from the Baraboo, Wis„ “Daily News” along the same general line: "Over at Camp Grant ili ’.y are. just, dying by the hundreds. Three of our undertakers and ons from Beloit worked with all thd Rock- ; ford undertakers all one night last ! week getting bodies ready to be sent I away. Mr Wilbeek said the bodies ) were piled sixteen deep waiting to i be cared for. They found one old ' villain guilty over there this week—* : a doctor. Every soldier tn his camp died. They became suspicious ot him, i ixamined his medicine and found poi- ; son in it, so they took him out, made him dig his own grave and shot him right down. Even that was too good, though.” Quite a while ago, tha Hun propa gandist tried to put across another dose of demoraliing poison, That's time the story was that hundreds of American soldiers were being re turned to this country with their tongues out. The yarn spread with remarkable rapidity. Mrs. Smith knew a woman who knew someone else whose cousin's son was at a gen eral hospital tongueless, where his mother had seen him. Again the Surgeon General’s Office was compelled to make a direct de nial. Investigation had revealed not ■i single ease of mutilation of Amer ican prisoners, wounded or otherwise. There was no chance for error be cause the records from every mili tary hospital hero and overseas pass through that office. It was pointed oat at tha time ; that it Is not America’s policy to j make war by stirring up blind hatred for the foe—and that if it was tha enemy's desire to weaken home morale by spreading tales of fright fulness, that plan was doomed to fail ure. MAKE IT A lUMNT To send Trench and Camp to tha home folks every week. They want all the news they can get about your life and activities in camp, and put ting Trench and Camp Into their hands Is tho best way to give them all the iiaww. j empire, but the one st Potsdam, I w here l-<; spends his summers, is said ; Ito be the finest of all. Jt has been I proposed that after the war tho kaiser’s j I palaces be . old and the proceeds used ; to help restore devastated Belgium and , northern >"i-ance. Boris, tho new king of Belgium [ | reigned only one month and then ab i diva’--, d. He decided something else : : would be better for his health. There is a. strong demand in Bulgaria for a I republic. Chocolate bars hav? been counted i i among the "munitions of war.’’ Sweets helped the Yanks to fights. Fifteen million bars were ordered in one month tor our forces in France. The ’ heart" of Belgium, which had been stilled r r four years by German troops, has begun to beat again. King Albert's soldiers are entering Brussels ■ i and setting things in order for the re . I turn of government afficials. i What's ;-on< er light. That I ?:irrs so bright, Along the horizon? ’Tis where the night Doth kiss the white And rosy cheek of dawn That crimson blush That s- ems tc rush Across the Eastern Blue ? No blush of shame. A torch rs flame. That kindles life anew. why doth the light Turn yellow* white. • i The colors fade*away? On silver feet. Dawn runs to greet Another golden day. The latest reports from th? National War Saving Stamps Headquarters now i show that enough W. S. S. have been : sold in the S. to make the amount i J 7.97 per capita. The highest report comes from Nebraska. Her per capita I sales are sl> 45. Georgia comes along i j with 2.31 at the foot ot the list. BOXING ATK,OFC, I NS. 10H THURSDAY Murphy and Erdey to Decide Championship. Other Good Bouts <By Vincent Armstrong.) f >n account of tbe fact that the quar antine prevented a large number of bouts •* hich were scheduled for last Thurs day. the mon*hiy boxing tournament at Knights of Columbus Building No. 1, Wrightsboro Rmd. was postponed until the coming Thursday, and General Sec retary Donahoe now has about six star bouts lined up for this night MedaJa to Be Awarded. , • To further and promote interest in this healthful recreation, the Knights of Co-1 lumbiis War Activities under the direc tion of General Secretary Donahoe, are' I planning to award medals to the success-1 j ful The medal Is a handsome affair | j with an appropriate Inscription and the name cf the m inner, and there is much j speculation and interest as to the sue- I ceesful contestants. Murphy and Erdey. The star bout, and one that has been the .subject of discussion, is that be tween the smiling and clever holder of the present hantamv-eight championship of Camn Hancock- Dannv Murphv of rhe "F ghttng Thirty-third.” and While Er de?’, th® fast, bantam from the 25th Co. They© boys teen slated to decide this issue several but circum stances prevented the match beir.g staged Danny Murphy, always reedy to defend his well-earned title, is confident of retaining it. and Erdey is equally as sure that he Is going to v..est the honor of the championship. This match is sure to be a drawing card and a monster i crowd is expected, as this, being a . championshin match, will have to be for I six rounds, according to Army and Navy j Boxing Regulations. ' * Jack Williams to Appear, Jack Williams, champion welterweight. ■ 1 will also appear on next Thursday and ' will probably meet a contender for his i title. Arnon gthe other good boxers to appear' vi ill be ‘•Bobby" Grier. 2nd Company, j Ordnance, and Kid Beeb-.* also of the Ord- , nan<--. M. S*. Scheid;. the fast boy from I the 33rd will be seen, as also will John I j Switoi't of the Motor Ambulance. Bo*h of tbe boy*-’ are e'ever boxers and well-J known to the K. of C. fight fans. Phil, Virgits, one of the 1-vs* known light- ; ; weights in the South, who fought last ! Thursday, ha.s kindiv consented to go on ; again, also Sammy Waltz, whose snappy : exhibition on last Thursday delighted the ■ fans. Sammy Waltz ha? been boxing in I camp for some time, meeting and defeut’.ji Ing many good men. He hails from Hart-• j rd. Conn., and is a fast, and clean-cut I ■ boxer. Jim Welbv, -The Fighting Harp.” J from tho filth 'Company. Everybody’: knows big. qul*t Jim Welby, who has • ■ often shown ability at the K. of C arena. Augustaus Rentz of tbo 4th Group will'’ make hi* initial appearance, and it Is re- ] ported that he Is able to render a good • | account of hVmself in 'he squared arena ; at any time. Young Goldie will appear ; | again, for the first time since the quar- i; antine, Paccione and Heater to Wrestle. Last, but not least, will be seen Par- :! •done, that •'lever wrestler from the 21st I I • 'ompany. who is slated to meet Young J Hester. 13th Co., C.M.G.O.T.S, Hester; I • am© to Hancock from Camp Hancock, i j where he held the championship of his ; I clas.*. which is 144 pounds, and Pae- i •done, who weighs about thr- same, i; met some cf tlm best wrestlers in the t-njntrx'. The time has not been de '•tiled, but. it. is hoped to make this a fin ish match. NEW ICOFCrBUILDING OPEN NEXT MONTH Peace news has not halted the work i on K. of C. Building No, 3, at the end. j i of Pennsylvania avenue and Wrights- I > born road, in fact, the Knights of i Columbus war actlvttien are speeding ■ j up their program of activities and this H building, the largest welfare structure ’ j in c-imp, will probably be opened form- I • ally on December 10th, with appropn- |i ate ceremonies and turned over to i'nyle Saxn through Brlgu4ier Genial > Edwards. This building will have com modious officers’ quarters, which will • spo doubt be extremely popular with the many officers who are now taking machine gun instruction at the Ma- J chine Gun School, wnich is within a j short distance. In addition to this, || the building has been planned so as to !; hold Indoor boxing, basket-ball and i other sports, and the coming cold I weather will not interfere with the promotion of these rports by the ; Knights of Colupibus. Boxing Instruction jiven. Those, deairing instruction in the ; manly art of self-defense should com- ii municat ■ with Secretary M. S. Riggs, i boxing instructor at Building No. 1. Class for beginners wilt probably start next week and those interested are urged to communicate with Secretary Rigg immediately. His services are open to all and no fee will be charged. THE LITTLEST ALIY The IttUeat nation to be engaged In the j great was the Republic of San Ma - i rino. with a population of 11,000 people, and an area of only l»£ square miles, en tirely surrounded by Italy, say's the Na tional Geographic. This little republic has existed for 1.60) | years. It was founded by St. Marino, aj stone cutter from Dalwatia. aDng the I Adriasic Sea. The good people of Sr. | Marsino today follow the occupation of their founder. Stone cutting has always j been the principal industry. Stone is; carted to Rimini, 13 miles distant and to ; other nearby towns. “In this quiet place there is small need ' of a police, force, and even the militia of, the fortress, now used as a prison, was | recently disbanded "As for the national defense, every rit’- | zen between 13 and €0 years of a.-e i? enrolled for military aerv|c« in case of the country’s need. ‘The climate, which in summer is arpe- ‘ daily delightful, changes from warm to. cold earl'- in October and remains < old' until April- "The commercial life of the republic is centered in the Borgo. Every week, mar- ; kat days draw from tha capital abeve : bnusewivep and servants. The fairs, the chief ones bdng in September and Octn-j’ her, are occasions when buyers and sell- ; era come net only from all o'er the re public. but from neighboring Italian towns ‘ j as well.” By Bn. Maj. Tarold S. Wrighf Save all your morey: save all your rocks; L Save al! thoee nickels in your battered <' n'.Gney notjeh. For tin.ugh there is an armistice; There’s going to be more fun. The Hun has stat tec. running: We mus*. chafec the son-as-a-gun. Now when you are asked to give A tew dollars for tb* cause Os making life worth living For those facing death's cruel jaws. Di;r down; yes. way down deep; And give what ere you can For you may need help yourself. So continue like a man. WHAT WERETHEIrIaMES? London.—A man cf the name of Silver- , stein ought to be able to take care of himself, but— Two men called at Mr. SUverste? i’s ’: house, saying. “We ere detectives from Scotland Yard i md have reason to be’iev- that you are’ unlawfully buying gold coins." “I deny the charge.*’ said Mr. Silver stein. as the detectives walked Into his • ’ house. ■ Be that as it may.” said the | •wq must see what money you have on , th* premiers. *’ They then made athorough search of 1 h*« h use and Mr. Silverstein handed over between J 3.000 and $2.50!», which the men took> inviting him to call at the police < 1 station in the morning, when the money ; would be returned if everything proved satisfactory. Mr. Silverstein did not wait till morn- * ing. but went to the police station that | night—-and discovered that he had been j robbed. Wednesday,. Nov. 20. -■ T.~ dX Pctpoid Ceebynite Compass If dealer can’t supply you don’t take Bnt> •tftnte. 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