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Ten Thousand Soldiers
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Gun Crest
■ Forming a an tic living - design oi
; the machine gun crest, more than 10,-
[ 000 Camp Hancock machine gunners
F yesterday lined up for a picture on the
drill field at camp.
From a fifty-tout tower erected at
the lower end of the field, the* photo
s grapher snapped pictures of the mon
ster machine gun and eagle.
Men in white shirts formed the
j eagle which heads the insignia of the
:■ machine gunners, and others in khaki
formed into a great Browning machine
VHERMIS OF THE
NORTHAND SOUTH
IN BIS MEETING
Distinguished Speakers
Thrilling Speeches at Meeting
Sunday in Liberty Theater
BLUE AND GRAY BLENDED
INTO KHAKI
Veterans Salute Young Sol
diers. Entire Audience Salute
the Old Tim< Warriors
Colonel I. C. -Wade, a distingui ihed
■ member of the G. A. R. and Captain
<J. Rice Smith, equally dtKtinguisficd 'as”
a cavalry officer in the Confederate
army, were the chief speakers at the
Y. M. C. A. meeting held in the Liberty
Theater last Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Colonel B. H. Teague, of Ai
ken, S. U„ was chairman, and per
formed his duties with rare charm.*
On the platform were thirty Confed
erate and a few Grand army veter
ans. Colonel Brandt, Major Scott and
several other officers of the camp, to
gether with a few chaplins and Y. M.
C. A. officials. Madam Backlor, the
soloist, sang “Consider and Hear Me,”
beautifully, receiving marked applause.
The Headquarters M. G. T. C. Band,
Joseph Marra, leader, rendered excel
lent service.
Colonel Wade, who enlisted in the
Union army as a drummer boy when
only 13 years of age and who is now
on the military staff of General Wat
son at whom he shot sixteen times in
one battle in the Civil War, gave sev
eral personal anecdotes, some of which
were quite startling, and declared his
belief that chivalry had reached its
climax of in General Lee
(Confederate), and General Howard
(Federal).
Captain J. Rice Smith thrilled his
• audience with an address which in
i every respect measured up to a high
oratorical standard. The beauty of rhe-
I toric and passion of delivery enforced
i the noble thought that “God moves in
a mysterious way his wonders to i r-
I form.” God, he said, was agai/ist. slav
» ery and in favor of the Union, and all
‘ the old Confederate soldiers can now
1 welcome the Northern soldiers in L e,
glad that the war ended as it dM.
Captain Smith said that his gran
father fought in the Revolutionary War
; his father in the Mexican war, he him
self in the Civil War, but that his
soin now in France, was in the biggest
. and the best war ever fought on this
earth.
The most dramatic event of the
meeting was when Brigadier General A.
J. Twiggs marshalled the old Confed
: erate soldiers in solid array on the
rplatform of the theater and had these
! veterans of the Civil War give the mil
itary salute to the young soldiers com
posing the audience.
Hardly had this been done when Col
onel Brandt strode to the front and
gave the order: “Attention!” “Salute!”
The entire audience arose and saluted
the old veterans while cheers and oc
casional “rebel yell’ showed their ap
preciation of this courtesy.
A flashlight'photograph of the au
dience and platform was taken at the
moment of salute.
At the conclusion of the meeting Mr.
Ralph A. Tracy, the camp secretary,
stated that other meetings of equal
interest and value, might be expected
ever?,’ Sunday afternoon, to whloh the
soldiers of Camp Hancock were invited.
A 20-minute “drop-in” Bible class led
by Dr. Camden M. Cobem, the camp
religious work director, will hereafter
follow each afternoon program.
Trunaway~~
A "run-away" couple, so the etory
goes, headed straight for a chaplain's hut
eoraewhere In Camp Hancock. The chap
lain rescued them anil Raid the words
which caused them to “halt," "about
face" and return to the folks they ran
away from with joy and victory,
Private William C. Khyrigh, of Now
York City, of the 21th Company, and
Miss Gladys Margaret Copelan, or Au
gusta, Ga.. ware unbod In marrlar" by
Lieut. Harris G. Boek, chaplain, Group
No, 1, Machine Gun Training Confer,
Camp Hancock, Gn, Th* wcddlac oc
curred In the chaplain's sha'ni; Kt 7:00
i o'clock n. m.. In the presence of half
■dozen friends as witnesses, . .
TRENCH AND CA M F
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CAMP HANCOCK, THE
MACHINE GUN TRAINING CENTER OF THE U. S. ARMY
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gun. All the men were marched out
to the field immediately after dinner
yesterday, and marched to their rela
tive positions in the vast ensemble.
They were then lined up in conform
ity to the design as ifiarked out on the
field, and combined the 10.000 men
made an inspiring sight as they form
ed the huge figure of the machine gun
crest.
The great picture was taken under
the direction of Lieut.-Col. Pierson,
head of the Operations Section.
SOLDIERS TO STAGE
CHRISTMAS FUND
DRIVE FOR OSIES
Bands From Camp Will Furnish
Music at Monster Platform
Built at Monument Statue
FAMOUS SOLDIER ENTER
TAINERS TO BE PRESENT
Augusta Herald Donates En
tire Saturday Edition to Be
Sold By Show Girls
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Camp Hancock will stage a mon
ste|r Christmas Fund drive at , the
Monument Statue. Broad «treet, Au
custa, Saturday afternoon.
The soldiers intend to raise an “Em
pty Stocking Fund” for the poor in
Augusta and the newsboys. “Happy
Jack” Pardo, of the Y. M. C. A., is
in charge of the movement to give
these people a joyous Christmas, and
has arranged a big time, which will
bring the fund “over the top.”
Tne various bands from Camp Han
cock will he on hand to furnish lively
music. The- boys from the Machine
Gun Click Revue, Camp Hancock’s fa
mous soldier show, will be there to
dispense entertainment. Pretty girls
from Irving Berlin’s show, “Stop,
Look and Listen,” which -will open to
morrow night at the Liberty Theater,
will be on hand selling special copies
of the Herald.
To boom the affair the Augusta
Herald has donated its entire Satur
day afternoon edition, and the copies
will be sold by the winsome bevy of
show girls, the money collected going
to swell the fund.
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YANKS FROM THE TRE NCHES POURING OVER GUIDE MA P OF PARIS.
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0..5. HUS JOBS
FOB SOLDIERS
To inform soldiers at Camp Han
cock where they may obtain probit able
employment upon being released from
the army, a committee of three from
the United Shipping Board has been
assigned to this- district.
In ta 1 king on the employment prob-
me c ountry, Air.
Mehrsman, who seeks men to man the
Merchant Marine Fleet, said the Ship
ping Board would provide attractive
places for 1,000,000 soldiers as soon as
they art" releasev’.
One representative who Is io be sta -
tioned at Camp Hancock during the
demobilization period,,:• representing the
recruiting service is already on the job.
No soldier will be signed up in camp,
but the advantages of the Shipping
Board work wil be pointed out and all
men who display any interest will be
card catalogued. Tn the Industrial Re
lations Division, there are places for:
Laborers, helpers, bolters, erectors,
regulators, anglesmiths, pipefitters,
coppersmiths, riveters, riggers, ma
chinists, draftsmen, electricians, boil
ermakers, crane operators, loftsmen
and fitters.
So far as manning the ships are con
cerned, there is a chance for soldiers to
travel al over the: world and Mr.
Mehrsman says that already many
have displayed an interest in the “call
of the seven seas.”
The Shipping Board committee has
opened an office next t<- the postoffice
building where full information’will be
supplied to the soldiers.
DECEMBER 11, 1918
YANKS IN PARIS
GEORGIA TRIO SING
WAY TO HEARTS Os
SOLDIER BOYS
The feature of this v ek’s entertain-
. ment schedule in the V. M. C. A. hut»
is the Georgia Trio, which opened its
schedule with a program that earned
the most enthusiastic applause of im- ■
mense crowds at Buiidin 231, on Mon
day night.
In the work of Miss Powell, con-
, tralto soloist. Miss Young, reader, and i
■ Miss Tanner, pianist, the men found ;
> remarkable talent and most interest
ing variety.
' The rich quality of Miss Powell’s
s contralto voice is mo.‘i pleasing m
sn-.b as “HoYne Songs’; as *Ah»Je LjJJk
rie,” “Perfect Day” anil others.
» Miss Young’s versatile ability as an
s interpreter of English poetry and prose
. pro vol most amusing in several hu- 1
, rnorous selections and very impressive .
' in Drake’s “The American Flag.*
I An an artist Miss Tanner showed
talent and taste in several piano solos, .
• but it was her personality which cap- :
tured the crowd and made the rafters
, ring when she led the boys in popular
, rag-time songs. '
The various numbers on the pro
gram are selected with the sole aim of <
i showing the boys a good aime—nad
they hit the mark. <
With the idea of reaching the men :
> ih every part of the camp the Trio will
. appear at the Y. M. C. A. units this ;
■ week as folows:
I Monday—23l. 1
Tuesday--77.
i Wednesday Machine Gun Range >
> afternoon: 239 evening.
• Thursday—7B.
Friday—7s.
ORDNANCE MEN
GET COMMISSIONS
Four Hundred Ordnance men receiv
ed commissions Wednesday morning.
Four hundred—more than had been
commissioned a't one time in not only
the history of the Ordnance Depart
ment —and Ordnance has tended to
ammunition (distribution and supply
for something over one hundred years—
but the history of the other , staff de
partments as well. Rour hundred—
the reward of weeks of drill and bayon
ftte practice and lectures and intensive
frd.iHing.
They were all members of the Special
Training’Company, the recognized off
cers training school for Ordnance. And
the fact that the government saw fit
to authorize a school that would gradu
ate so many reserve officers speaks a
good word for the work that Ordnance
is doing “over there”—that the govern
ment was even now insuring a supply
of Ordnance officers for future crisses.
Colonel Benet himself presented the
commissions, and ajor Kemp and Major
Page, and First Lieut. Bethel, the en
during commander of the company, all
made speeches.
Tn all, this makes the number of
Special Training Company commis
sions over six hundred, any of the
original members are now overseas.
The men will put on their officers
clothes as soon as they receive their
discharges from the army, when they
will be immediately furloughed to the
reserve. n
Under the Auspices of the Army Y. M. C. A.
Landing Station on the
Aerial Mail Route Like
ly Near Camp Han
cock Site
Camp Hancock will most likely be
come a landing station for airplanes,
for the Air postal route now being
mapped out all over the country by
military aviators.
The four planes which visited the
machine gun center the past week
came oiv a mission of choosing most
favorable routes for an uwial postal
system, and the big, sandy fields at
Camp Hancock fforded excellent land
ing facilities for the airships.
The camp took on the appearance
of an aviation field when the four
planes were lined up side by side on
Saturday. A large crowd of curious
soldiers gathered around and examined
the planes at close range.
The fliers also gave the machine
gunners many thrills when they per
formed stunts for their benefit. Loops,
and Immelman turns at less than 1,000
feet from the ground were among the
daring things they did.
The ships landed Thursday. • Only
two of the three planes reached Camp
Hancock that day, these being piloted
by Lieuts. Symonds and Bailey. Lieut.
Welch was forced to land in the dark
near here, being delayed by. engine
trouble, and broke his propeller in
the darkness.
HOSTESS HOUSE
CAFETERIA OPEN
TO EVEOIBOOT
Cheery Decorations and De
licious Eats Charm Khaki-
Clad Patrons
HIGH ROAD BLAZED TO SOL
DIER HEART
Substantial Menus, Pastry and
All Kind of Dishes a la Mode
at Reasonable Prices
The Hostess House opened its cafe
teria Sunday night. Since then, a big
crowd of soldiers have daily Hooded
the dining halls of the building. A
good meal at moderate price is what
the soldier finds here, and the Hostess
House, already popular became of its
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Word was wi.recV to Souther Field,
Americus, Ga., from where the aviators
hailed, and Lieut. Johnson started cut
in another plane with a new propeller.
He arrived Friday evening with the
propeller strapped to the fusilage of
his machine.
Meanwhile, Friday morning, Lieuts.
Bailey and .Symonds continued on their
(rip, flying to Columbus, Ga.. return
ing to Camp Hancock shortly after
Lieut. .Johnson. Lieut. Welch motor
ed to his airship with the new propel
ler and adjusted it, flew over to the
machine gun center.
On Saturday the four ships were
ready to sail back to Americus. But
after a short flight, Lieut. Welch was
again forced to land, because of an
ovFr-heated radiator. The other three
fliers then set out without him, and
soon were mere specks in the sky.
Both Sunday and Monday while wait
ing for the new radiator, Lieut. Welch
gave stunt exhibitions around the
camp. The new radiator arriving on
Tuesday, he fixed his motor, and start
ed out for Americaus.
Because of the excellence of the
sandy soil at Camp Hancock for tin?
landing and taking off of airships, it
is probable that an air postal station
will he located there.
4 CAMP HANCOCK
SOLOIEHS PLMI
. WORLD I ilil II ■.
Starting Out uiau in imimki, me
Tourists Will Go First to
South America : - f i
THEIR LAsfIFoNTH’S PAY
FIRST EXPENSE MONEY
Agreement to Stick and See
Each Other Through. To Pay
Way by Employment en Route
Four Camp Hancock soldiers —Fred-
rick C. Weld, Walter R. L. Blackwell,
Alvah W. Young and Walter L. Murphy
—plan upon their discharge from the
army to make a year’s tour of the
world.
Starting out in their khaki uniforms
with only their last month's pay. the
quartet will travel to the Panama ca
nal, South America, New Zealand, the
South Sea Islands, Japan. China, India,
Italy, Fiance and Lngland.
It is to be a “vagabond trip.” They
will work their way from place to place
remaining in each particular place as
long as they desire and then shipping
for the next port.
New Zealand is the only point they
have decided upon as their landing sta
tion. Ji’roin there they expect to jour
ney to the Samoan group of the South
Sea Islands, and upon an uninhabited
island to spend a few months, raising
suitable tropical vegetables and living
off the land as best they can. Leaving
thp islands, they will travel possibly to
Japan and gradually work their way
westward, until the spirit of the “wan
derlust 1 ’has Leen gratified.
It will be a year of glorious adven
ture. Expenses will be met by finding
employment en route. They will will
ingly adapt themselves to any occupa
tion which comes along and in this
manner earn the necessary funds to
travel.
The start will be from Savannah,
where they possibly will ship on *
fruit steamer. They will nrft ca.rtf
any baggage other than a very few
essentials and will depend chiefly upon
the ports visited for supplies and
equipment.
The men are collegians and have
business experience which will stand
them in good stead. They will make
a complete record of their voyage, tak
ing pictures, making sketches and com
piling Interesting data. One is an art
ist, another a writer, and there is also
a photographer, so that the experience
of the group will be well chronicled.
An agreement among them has been
drawn up. In it all of them declare
they will stick together and “see esxih
other through." Nobody is in charge of
the trip. The stipulation is that they
get to the various destinations along
the way as best they can, each finding
as congenial employment as possible.
All are anxious to begin the tour.
Just when they will start depends upon
the date of their discharge. The only
thing they are eager! yhoping for is
that they will be discharged at the
same time so that they will be able to
leave together immediately upon draw
ing their last pay and honorable re
lease from the service.
The Four Men.
Frederick Coldon Weld, of New York
City, who studied at the Chicago Art
University, and also the Washington
University at St. Lpuis. Prior to his
enlistment he had a studio at River
side Drive, New York city. He took
a course in camouflage work at the
State School of Military Camouflage,
New York City, and entering the serv
ice May sth, he came to Camp Hancock
Ito engage in camouflage work in con
nection with machine gunnery. He Is
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