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With five hundred American news
paper reporter* on the Job at Ver
sAlle* it can aafely be said that the
peace conference —well what's the use
of any further remarks?
How about that Easter suit?
i Back on old Broadway, on Main
I Street, or down nt the corner store In
\ Blffinsville
Keep that Job ready, Boss.
, Now for the utter extinction of cer-
I tain popular songs.
i Will the American pen be as mighty
as the American sword? We feel as
eured that it will.
1 ,- .
HANCOCK-A-DOODLES
A newspaper headline says that Ger
many wants the kaiser hack. That's
nothing. She doesn’t want him near
as bad as the Allies do.
Someone has suggested that he
should be banished to some land where
human voice is never heard and whore
civilization "aint." Wo suggest Bath,
Ga.
Or Belair.
If you don’t believe the war is over,
take a look In the windows along Broad
street.
No, Dellela, you lose the bet, O. D.
doesn't necessarily stand for oyster
dressing.
Although Thanksgiving Day this
form was the most popular.
When
Congress starts
Passing out
Them there medals for
Distinguished service
In that sort nf thing.
Ths Doodle Editor would
Like to suggest the cooks
Os the provisional companies
Os Camp Johnson.
Thanksgiving morning, with
Old J. Pluvius doing his goldarndest
And his first cousin Boreas playing
A close second, with only field kitchens
To work with, they cooked a turkey
dinner
That had Delmonlcos looking like a
German sausage at the peace table.
They had all the etceteras In, too.
Now with Peru and Chile about to
clash I* looks as If there would be
Tn other word*, Peru wouldn't take
any Chile muc*.
And Chile thinks that tno Peruvian
bark is worse than its bite.
The United States will probably take
no part in It, unless Lima Is threatened.
In which ease popular opinion would
demand that the bean supply be pro
tected.
News item telis~us that 2,000 men ,
are to be sent home daily. Jess think
of those reception* they'll get.
B-hoy, you tell ’em, while I pat my
foot.
It'* going to be rought on the mar
ried men. though.
Here In the army they could get a
i pas# occasionally to go to town. But
I now that the war is over, and they
1 will be at home, passes will be genix.
And as for running the guard line,
iit can’t be done as the commanding
officer will be waiting at the head of
the stairs, fully armed.
Side arras will consist of rolling pins.
And as for kicking on the grub—
well, It won’t be a poor innocent mess
sergeant you'll be talking to.
For some of the married youths,
leaving the army for civil life will
be from occasional to permanent K. P.
We saw the Doodle Editor yesterday.
He was terribly strange looking.
Take It off Dick wo know vou but
your mother won't—nor the girls either
“THETIU”
When your back i« broke and your
eyas are blurred.
And your shin bones knock and your
tongue >a furred.
And your tonoils squeak and your hair
gets dry,
And you're doggone sure that vou're
going to die.
But you’re skeered you won’t and a
fraid you trill.
JUst drag to bed and have your chill,
And pray the Lord to see you through.
For you’ve sot the Flu, boy.
"You've got the Flu."
When your toes curl up and your
belt goes flat,
And you're twice as mean as a Thom
as Cat.
And life Is a long and dismal curse.
And your food all tastes like a hard
boiled hearse.
When your lattice aches and your
head's a-buxx,
And nothing is as it was,
Here are my sad regrets to you—
You’ve got the Flu, boy,
“You've got the Flu.’’
What Is It like, this Spanish Flu?
Ask me, Brother, for I've been throu;
It is from misery out of despair:
It pulls your teeth and curls your
hair;
It thins your blood and breaks your
bone*.
And fill* your craw with moan# and
groans.
And sometime*, maybe, you get well.
Borne call It "Flu"—l call it Hell!
The commanding officer of the regi
iment, while entering the barracks, no
jticed in front of him a non-commls-
I sioned officer who returned, cents rv
to all army regulations, the salute of
a raw recruit.
The non-commissioned officer was
summoned and the commanding officer
I demanded to know what he meant bv
■ returning a salute to which he knew
I he was not entitled.
The non-commissioned officer re
plied-
“Sir, I always return that to which
. I am not entitled.”
Taken unawares by this smart re
: ply the officer dismissed him laugh-
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The word “morale” has been much
in the public mind. During the re
cent drive for funds for the seven
allied organizations whose concern is
the welfare of the troops, the cities
of this country were placarded with
signs telling that “morale” had won
the war.
What is morale?
It is something so important that a
separate branch of the General Staff
of the United States Army was
created some time ago which was to
concern itself only with morale.
It is something so important that
Marshal Foch stationed Intelligence
Officers at many points whose sole
duty it was to report on the state of
the enemy morale. At the moment
when it was reported that the German
morale was weakening, Marshal Foch
struck in the counter attack that was
never stopped until the armistice was
signed.
The dictionary calls morale, “The
state of mind, in reference to courage,
fidelity and the like in movements or
enterprise* in which large numbers of
men are engaged, a*, for instance,
soldiers in battle.”
But the dictionary statement stop*
short of a definition. Morale can best
be defined by illustration.
During the Mexican campaign a
National Guard battalion had achieved'
an almost perfect record on a march
covering three days. On the third day
the hike had been fourteen miles and
not a man dropped out.
On the morning of the fourth day
forty-nine men had to be taken up by
the ambulances. A surgeon was
called. He examined the men and
said there was not one among them
suffering from a physical ill.
Therefore he ordered that they be
carried only a short distance and then
made to resume the march.
But the military leaders began an
investigation. This is what they dis
covered. On the morning of the fourth
day a major, after a sleepless night,
had stated in the hearing of a sergeant
major that there was no reason for
the hike, anyway. The only fact he
could discover was that the Regular
Army men were trying to “show up”
the National Guard. The battalion
had been credited with fourteen miles
on the third day. A* a matter of fact
it wu more than twenty. And what
THE FRENCH FLAG OVER THE LOST PROVINCES
The French flag flies again over the
lost provinces. The Germans, in their
Statements for home consumption, say
that it is only temporary and that the
people of the provinces will be given
an opportunity for “self-determina
tion."
It may'be only temporary, even as
the conditions of the armistice are
only temporary.
But the surrender of the German
fleet, by the same reasoning is only
temporary. But who believes that the
German flag will ever fly again from
the mast heads of these ships from
which the white flag was flown?
The Germans may speak the troth
when they say that it shall be left to
CURRENT EVENTS
By Chaplain Harris G. Beck
“OVER HERE”
The contribution of $203,179,038 for War
Work Is the largest voluntary contribu
tion ever made by any people. All states
oversubscribed their quotas.
The cost of living has advanced fifteen
per cent in the last year.
Representative Carter Glass, of Vir
giniahas been selected to succeed McAdoo
as Secretary of the Treasury. He will
take up his new duties December 16.
The IT. S Treasury established a new
credit of $12,000,000 to Belgium. This
makes a total of $210,120,000 loaned to
Belgium and to all Allies $8,196,576,000.
Cancellations of war contracts since the
armistice was signed were estimated by
Secretary Baker to aggregate $2,600,000.-
000.
The resignation of Dr. Garfield, U. S.
Fuel Administrator was accepted by
President Wilson the other day.
President Wilson broke thru all pre
cedents and the criticisms of a cautious
Congress when he sailed away from the
United States for ‘'Somewhere in
France." He is to attend th© World’s
Peace Conference, and incidentally to
help shape the destinies of the Nations
involved in the Great War.
The Influenia Spidemic claimed 350.-
000 in lives throughout the United States.
Al! records for the number of passen
gers carried by an Airplane were broken
November 27. At the Naval Air Station
Rockaway, the largest sea-plane in the
world, made a flight with 50 men aboard.
This is the Navy's newest type—the
Giant N. C.
The Railroad Administration announces
a program of expenditures amounting to
3909,000,000 for additions and betterments
during the remlander of this year.
Working with raw materials valued at
340.000.000 the American Red Cross re
ports it’s patriotic women members pra-
MORALE
was the use, when the Regulars would
write the reports?
The battalion sergeant major, who
overheard the major’s remark, told a
top sergeant, who told a corporal, who
told a squad.
Then the men began dropping out.
Now you know what morale is.
The men that have given thought to
the subject say that man is condi
tioned by his environment; the result
is an emotion; the next step is a con
viction; the final step is an action. In
the case of the battalion the order
was this: The major was depressed
because of Ilia environment; his emo
tions led to rile conviction that he was
not being treated fairly. His convic
tion led to the action of speaking his
thoughts aloud. The same history
can be traced in the enlisted men and
the action which was the culmination
of their experiences consisted in drop
ping out of the hike.
When the Panama Canal was being
built. Lieutenant Colonel Gaillard, of
the Regular Army, was assigned to
the work in the Culebra section. He
had a large force of men; he had
ample funJs and the most modern ma
chinery. With his mind's eye he vis
ualized the meeting of the oceans.
Literally his faith was of the kind that
would move mountains.
For months he toiled. His men be
gan to make an imprr ion on the
eternal hills. Finally tl way of the
Canal was dug. But then nature
groaned her protest an fl the moun
tains slid into the waterway.
Immediately a complaint went up
from all parts of the country. It was
stated that the plans for the Canal
were all wrong, that the whole en
deavor was projected ip haste and
without scientific study of the physi
cal difficulties. The newspapers took
up the cry. Engineers confirmed their
fears. '
But Colonel Gaillard went steadily
forward with his work. He was not
influenced by criticism or by fears.
Ultimately it became apparent thaf
his determination would triumph. He
had put his whole heart and his whole
strength into the work. He did not
live to see its accomplishment. But
he did live long enough to see that its
accomplishment was a certainty.
A grateful nation paid tribute to hii
faith and his works by calling his see-*
tion of the canal “The Gaillard Cut.’"
Colonel Gaillard never lost that in
tangible something called morale.
He did hi* work.
The moral of this statement aboul
morale is obvious.
the people of Alaace and Lorraine to
-express their own determination.
Already that has been expressed
Can the reception accorded th<|
armies of occupation, under the Tri
color, be read as anything else but
self-determination ?
Take merely the incident of the
statue of the Kaiser in Strassburg. A
figure of St. Daniel adorned the ca
thedral. But the feattires were tho*4
of the war-lord. The joyous people,
no longer under the restraint of Ger
man oppression, knocked the face
from the status and shackled the
hands and feet.
The French flag flies over Alsace
and Lorraine. The French flag will
remain .there.
“OVER THERE ”
When hostilities were suspended Amer
ican aviators had destroyed 66 L more
German planes and 35 more German bal
loons than the Americans had lost. The
total number of planes downed by our
men was 926 and the total number of bal
loons 73.
Paris is officially informed that within
five years France will have merchant
ships with a total capacity of double the
war-tonnage or 6.000,000 tons.
The Huns surrendered 2.000 airplanes,
under the terms of the armistice, to the
Allied powers.
Berlin Is in a turmoil. Fighting takes
place in tho streets of the city. The cas
ualties have already passed the 200 mark.
Russian Bolshcviests are taking the lead
in this revolution.
Germany’s war debt is estimated at
35 billion dollars. This is three-fifths of
her entire wealth, public and private
The remainder would only pay a small
part of tho Allies claim for damages.
The British are at this moment cross
ing the Rhine.
The world’s greatest naval victory took
place Nov. 21. when ninety ships, the
flower of the German Navy, surrendered
with out a shot being fired, to the Allied
powers.
Documents have been seized which re
veal a plot for world-wide revolution
The documents were found at Stock
holm, Sweden, designating it os the cen
ter.
Ex-crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm
nas renounced his right to the German
’hrone thru the Official circles of Ber
lin.
A table of War i asualties of the Na
duced 291,004.000 necessary’ articles, val
ued at 359,000.000 during the geventeen
months liist
TRENCH AND CAMP
In the reports of the surrender of
the German High Seas Fleet, it Is
stated that the British officers and
sailors received the news of the for
mal transfer of the ships without
cheering. In their judgment the sur
render was too contemptible to cheer.
For years the German sailors had
toasted “Der Tag.” It was to them
the day when they should test their
fleet against the British, and when
they should wrest the supremacy of
the seas from Britain’s navy.
"Der Tag” became translated into
English, “The Day.” It was a day
when what the Germans called the
"inadmissible” had come to pass,
whe;i their own fleet surrendered
without being beaten.
The might of Britain’s Navy suo-i
pleiuented by the French and the
Italian, and, later, by the American,
had kept the ocean lanes open to
Allied shipping. In the great battle
of the war on the seas, the Germans'
hr.d been routed and, according to
their own naval expert, Captain Per-;
sius, only weather conditions and un- !
In many of the camps and canton
ments, the process of demobilization
is proceeding rapidly. The United
States Government has pledged itself
to return nten to industry just so soon
as they can be released from the Army
service.
It follows, from the immense
amount cf paper work involved, that!
there will be long delays. In the'
meantime the men everywhere must
be patient and must realize that the!
Army administration is doing all thatj
can be done.
While they art waiting, it would be!
well for them to call to mind the re
sponsibilities involved in their return
to mufti. For months they have been
In olive drab. Their meals and quar
ters and clothing have been provided.
They have had no responsibilities re
garding their own creature comforts.
Soon they are to go back into civil
ian life to take up again the duties of
making their own way in the world.
In the Artny they have learned dis
cipline. They have learned much of
There are thowandt of men in the
A. E. F.
Who did not volunteer,
And plenty more will be ffoing o’er
Who'd just as soon stay here.
The most unfortunate man, today
Is the fellow who came to the front
And offered his all at his country’s call
And was ready to bear the brunt—
But was cast aside and assigned else
where
To Replacements or Depot Brigade,
And there to remain till he grew inranc
As he -waited in t/ain for aid.
For his longed-for chance to go to
F ranee
Does not materialize ;
He rlVrmr and he frets, but he never
gels
His chance like the other guys.
He writes in despair to his friends Over
There
That he'd give ten years of his life
If he could get in it for only a minute
Ta try out his luck in the strife.
Now last year they told him that they
had to hold him
On this side -Mth other good men
j tion* ha* been * formed and circulated.
I twelve nations named had a total of M,-
511,700 men In arms. Os this number 10,-
091,8.14 lives were lost, over a fifth of men
lin arme. And the total casualties num
bers 24,838.108—0 r almost half of the
men In arms.
For a time last week it looked a* If
Chile and Peru would soon be at war
Relations had been broken off and hos
tilities prepared for. War was avoided
and quiet restored by an apology. Peru
; said It had been deceived by false in
: formation about Chilean outbreaks
i against Peruvians.
In Germany—Out of H.OOO spinning and
weaving milts only 70 were running when
the war stopped: 1.400 boot and shoe
factories had been reduced to 300: Oout of
750 oil works only 15 were in operation;
Out of 45.00 spools at work In the silk
industry only 2. 500 were operating
JEWISH WELFARE BOARD
I Another week of gala events has
J passed at the .Tewish Welfare Build
jins- and another is to come and still
(another to keep up with the times n
| the endeavor or allaying the impa
-1 tience of the men who are growing
' more and more restless and homesick
; from day to day. The activities of the
| past week were of a varied and elab
orate nature, and practically every
night there was someth-ng of an en
tertaining and pleasing nature on the
program.
On Tuesday night a so-called Rus
, sian night was held which served as
: . n reunion for men enrolled in the arniv
who speak the Slavonic languages. A
large gathering vas in attendance
and thoroughly enjoyed, a very at
tra-i ve program rendered under the I
direction of Secretary Smolensky in ■
charge of the Russian Bureau.
The Jewish Welfare Orchestra con- i
slating of Privates Weisman and Levy,;
Sergeant Magril and Miss Stark of i
Augusta, at the pl&no, furnished the
mus'c.
Privates Brenner and Gould, for
■ merly of Keith circuit, rendered sev
eral songs: Shop Klein of Berlin and I
I Klein, rendered a snappy fifteen-min
ute entertainment; George Seiler, the!
I honey hoy in a monalogue, and Messrs. '
J Cohen and Gabriel, :n a specialtv. Lt *
Gamrin and Jacob Faller rendered!
several violin solos.
On Thursday evening there was a I
War Department exhibit with the per- j
mission of the camp surgeon on the |
problem of social hygiene upon the;
topic, “Back to Nature.”
On Friday evening the customary i
Sabbath services was held at build
ing. Candidate Israel Gottlieb, offi
ciated arid also spoke on spiritual re
construction. The service was follow-
G d by the concert and hospitality n ght
which included dancing and refresh
ment. The program for the concert
was furnished by town people and by i
soldier talent, under the direction of i
Secretary Cohen, with the following I
talent: Gould, of the Keith circuit, i
baritone; Pvt. Esterkin, soloist, with!
Miss Stark at the piano; Pesse Oeli- I
nick, of New York, on the harmonica; I
Pvt. Lipshitz, mus-cal imitator, Levy,
on the banjo, and little Miss Schneider
in soldier songs.
On Sunday evening a large percen
tage of the men were entertained in
town at the formal opening of the
Augusta Welfare Club Rooms. Rabbi
George Solomon, of Savannah, was
the speaker, and an entertain ng pro
gram was furnished by Sgt. Smith and
Shep Klein cf Machine Gun Click Re
vue. Pvt. Esterkin rendered vocal se
lections with Miss Stark at the piano.
Lts. Gamrin and Herzmark played vio-
I n and piano eelections.
The schedule for the coming week
promises mor© entertainment and pol
llty for the men tn camp. Tuesday
evening will again he devoted to Rus-
Man music and entertainment; Wed
nesday night will be left open for com
mun ty singing and spontaneous en
tertainment. Thursday evening be
a.— ———•—_———
THE SURRENDER OF
BACK INTO MUFTI
INTERNED
THE GERMAN FLEET
I usually skilful leadership had kept
, them from annihilation.
From the day of the return from
' Jutland It was apparent that the Ger
■ man fleet could never realize “Der
: Tag.”
The Allied armies and navies want
ed to win in a fair fight. They wanted
' to match their leadership and their
1 indomitable fighting abilities against
i the Germans.
But a fleet that was hidden in the
i bight of Helgoland and kept in the
' security of Kiel, which emerged only
because it was emerging to safety,
> was not a fleet to shout with joy over
’ when it surrendered.
ij There was a tinge of bitterness in
,! the conditions of the surrender. The
ii Allied sailors wanted to fight it out
I to a finish.
■j But, in spite of all 'that, the very
:! majesty of the spectacle, as fifty miles
of Allied warships in double file with
' six miles between them as they man
:> cuvred to receive the surrender will
> -remain in memory as one of the most
>< imposing spectacles cf all time. And
■| its significance will never be lost upon
■' civilization.
responsibility towards each other that
they could have learned in no other
way.
Take merely the matter of flatten
ing out the cans that contained their
food stuffs. They watched the men
of the sanitary squads as they insisted
upon flattening out these cans and
I often wondered why such elaborate
I care was taken. But soon they came
■ to see that cans unflattened would
I catch the rains and other water. They
! came to understand that stagnant
i water would bring pestilence. They
savz that this care was taken because
in the Army it is part of the discipline
to exercise effort for the comfort and
well-being of one’s fellows, that the
good of all depends upon each one.
If the men of the Army, as they re
turn to mufti could take only this one
lesson back to civilian life, they would
have accomplished more than could
have been accomplished in any other
way.
It is a lesson of the brotherhood of
man. , >
To train new recruits in making salutes, !
Yet again and again and again.
Now the end of the fight is almost in
sight.
He's as far from the front as at first;
Is it any great wonder he thinks it a
( blunder
And his soreness cannot be dispersed? i
For now it would seem that his fondest ;
dream—
To fight for the U. S. A.—
• Will never arrive, although he may i
strive,
And hope against hope for The Day. j
The lucky ones in this great world war I
Ar.: 9iot the men who arc killed,
Nor the wounded ones, be they Allies or l
Huns,
No mattter what blood they have
spilled.
The most unfortunate man today
Fs the man who jumped at the chance
To fight like Hell from the tap of the
bell,
But who'll never see serznee in France,
G. W. Polhemus, Major Inf., in the
Army and Navy. Jourgal.
evacuation camp where another enter
tainment will bo staged for the con
valescent patients under the auspices
of the Jewish Welfare Board.
Friday evening the serveo will be
led by Pvt. Melamed and Lt. Lipman
will be the speaker. The concert will
be featured by a symposium of Jewish
music, vocal and instrumental solo se
lections, community spngs, and or
chestra,
Madame Raklor will again appear
w ; th her selected repertoire of Jewish
songs. Candidates Gottlieb and Joseph
Freifeld. Morris ?Jargulis, Pvt, Langh,
Miss Fay Sgt. Magril. Pvt. Me
lamed and M. Levy, Mr. Faller and
the Jewish Welfare Board Orchestra
I will furnish the program for the eve
ning.
Hospitality refreshments and infor
mal dancing will conclude the evening.
The after demobilization work in
connection with securing positions for
the men after they are mustered out
in the various civilian communities is
still be.ng pursued with zeal and en
ergy. Mr. Rieser, the representative in
charge, has accepted a number of en
gagements to address the men at the
several Y. M C. A. and K. of C. build
ings and is also considered the prob- j
lem of the social reconstruction of the
convalescent from the battlefield of
France upon their return.
Joint Regimental
Service Success
The Regimental Service at Y 232
the past, two Sundayys were a success
if* every wry. Although the atmos
phere vas ; -,rher chilly on December
il. every o ( n P any of Group 1 was
I marched nut near the volley-ball court l
| to varti ipote in the singing and re
sponsive landings, after which Chap
lain Harr s G. Peck spoke on “The
Greatest Battle cf the War,” in his
I usual convincing style and with much
I “pep,” to the delight of his hearers.
On Sund morning, the Sth inst.J
a combined Regimental Service was |
held indoors for the First and Third
Groups ot the 31. T. D. The meeting’
1 was conducted by both Chaplains, i
I Harris G. Beck and A\’. A. Jenkins. j
| The M. T. D. Band played a most
! important part in this very interest
| ing service. The program was thus:
“The Palms” By the Band
“Come, Thou Almighty King'’
Congregation and Band
' Prayer and Responsive Reading ....
| Chaplain Beck, Ist Group'
i “Onward, Christian Foldiers”
I Congregation and Band!
Address |
.Chaplain Jenkins, 3rd Group |
Subject: “The Soldier’s Future Ob
ligation.”
“America” ... .Congregation and Band ’
Benediction ....Chap Beck, Ist Group
Several p eces in march time by the
band concluded this very attractive !
! service.
! The youth seated himself in the den
tist's chair. He wore a . striped shirt
j and a wonderful check suit and had
I the vacant stare that so often goes
j with dignified clothes.
I The dentist looked at his assistant.
“I am afraid to give him gas.” he said.
“Well,” said the dentist, “how can
I tell when unconscious?”
“Cui Lumen Ademptum”
I saw a vision, glorious, transcendental.
Reliant, as God's own word were shining through it.
With life ar.d love and truth—Eternal Truth.
Where is my easel? Qu'ck. my paints, my brushes!
Ah, no. The Vision's gone forever gone.
I glimpsed a truth of God's divine creation,
Virtuous, pervasive, dominant, universal,
Come, let ms see thee, grasp thee, know thee, tel. thee!
Where art thou? Gone! How blind I am. how blind!
So dull our spirits are, so coarse, so gross,
So tenuous, subtle, yet so strong with al
The link that binds our souls to the Eternal.
Creatures ot His, in His own image fashioned.
Yet can not see, nor scare dare drcam. His Glory.
R. P. B.
THE BEST JOB FORA
SOLDIER
By Harrison A. Wells
Do you remember back in civilian
life that there were t : mea when you
told your wl.e or sweetheart that you
hoped to own a nice little farm of
your own some day. Well, today is
the day!
Uncle Sr si is preparing gome of the
finest land In the world for the use
of soldiers. He is going to give part
of it away, and sell part of it. Os
course the best land will be sold, and
nf course the best men will want the
best land.
By best land I mean the reclaimed
land, cut-over land, and swamp land,
which the government isj going to
great expense to put into condition for
Intensive farming.
The Reclamation Service is plan
ning a complete survey of all the un
appropriated land in United States.
There is considerably over 230,000/100
acres. With about 3,000,000 acres in
the Colorado Basin projects. Whether
or not there will be a great rush for
this land will depend largely upon the
policy which Uncle Sam adopts in re
gard to its distribution. Right there
is where the soldier will probably
come in. He is looking for just some
such proposition, and he deserves the
serious consideration of congress or
any other body which will have this
work to do.
Recent plans made by Sec. Franklin
K. Dane, Department of the Interior,
provide for the parcelling out of this
land to soldier? The det-ails of the
plan are yet. to be worked out, but. in
his recent message to the President he
advises that soldiers be given a chance
to work on the reclaimed area during
construction. He suggests that they
be paid for their work and also be
given aid in the proper stocking of
their farms. They are to have com
fortable homes and the farm is to be
in completed form before the govern
ment turns it over to the sold : er. They
arc also to be. given exppert advice
from the appointed farm advisers. In
this way the soldier will be able to
‘tart in with a minimum of capitol.
He will have as an incentive to work,
the prospect of owning his own farm
and a reasonable assurance of suc
cess.
Many men now in the service will
never go back to their old jobs. Taey
have new ideals with a broader out
look upon life. Pioneering appeals to
these men. They will be quick to
respond to an offer such as has been
outlined in this plan.
For those soldiers who are going
home soon it would be advisable to
keep in touch with the Department of
Interior, so as to get In on the ground
floor with the first band of men who
are sent out on the job.
There are a great many details
..bout homesteading and land settle
ment which, may be obtained through
the Camp Library and the Y. M. C. A.
There will be a lecture by Solon Jay
Rie?er upon “The Readjustment ot the
Soldier to Civilian Life,” in Building
77, on Thursday night, and upon Sat
urday night in Building 231. At the
dose of these lectures there will be
discussion of some phase of the
"Baek to the Farm Movement."
HOSTESS HOUSE
CAFETERIA OPEN
TO EVERYBODY
(Continued from Page One.)
cheery and invitlngTrinosphere. Is now
winning friends among the soldiers be
cause of its excellent cafeteria.
At noon and In the evening, a steady
stream of soldiers pour into the Host
ess House, There is pie Just “like
mother used to make”, and there isiee
cream, and meat#, and —everything.
There are table# on the porch, and
also In the dining hall, and a big crowd
can be accomodated. Talk about a
good meal. This is what was on the
meun yesterday for dinner: pork chops,
creamed potatoes, vegetables soup, cake
pie Ice-cream, fruit, and fruit salad,
and cold meats. Plenty of variety, and
all the food you want. Soldiers do
not have to be accompanied by their
women friends to visit the Hostess
House. , . ,
Miss D. Constance Reynar, who is m
charge of the cafeteria, was formerly
at Camp Gordon, where she managed
the cafeteria at the Hostess House
there. The cafeteria here is rapidly
becoming as popular as the one at Gor
don was.
The cafeteria serves a luncheon from
11:30 to 2 p. m,, and dinner from 5 to
8 evenings. From 4 to 5 in the after
noon tea Is served.
Yes, I had two meals there, already,
I put up my iron man too—yea bo!
He never brought more for his face
value since I hit Augusta—You told
them brother while I eat spuds at the
Hostess House —(Ye Near Ed.)
FOUR GAMP HANCOCK
SOLDIERS PLAN
WORLDTOUR
(Continued from page one.)
a member also ot the 71st New York
National Guard Regiment.
Walter R. 1.. Blackwell hails from
Petersboro, Ontario, Canada. He is a
graduate ot the University of Toronto
and also of Columbia University. New
York City. He is an architect and at
camp is in the experimental section.
He joined the colors May 39th.
Alvah W. Young of Boston, Mass.,
was employed as a secretary at the
time of enlistment. May 10th. For a
year prior to joining the service he
acted as a chief clerk in the war de
partment, He was for four years an
assistant movie director with the Uni
versal Film Company at Los Angeles.
He is in charge of publications for
operations sections at the machine -run
center.
Walter L. Murphy comes from Two
Harbors, Minn., and has a Ph.B. de
gree from Hamline University at St.
Paul. Minn. For six years he was a
theatrical manager, operating his own
theatre. He also was an inspector of
safetv and welfare for the Duluth and
Iron Range railroad. At Camp Han
cock he is in charge of publications at
division headquarters. He joined the
service April 16th.
The correspondence editor came
wearily into the room of the boss.
"You told me to answer all corre
spondents at my cost?” he asked.
"I did,” said the boss.
"Then I'll require the whole paper
tomorrow. A lady sends me a line
from Paradise Lost,' and asks me to
kindly print the rest of the poem' ”
said the correspondence editor.
Wednesday, Dec. 11
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