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j“, Xmas Pageant Planned
IpX By Augusta People
jMr For Soldiers ot
CW, Hancock
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eatest Holiday Celebration in the
<X>4 ? History of the City All Ready
For Opening Event
* \ i One t ' le mos t elaborate and carefully planned Christ-
mas celebrations ever arranged by a Camp City for its sol-
7 \ diers will be held in Augusta on Christmas Day between
pv the hours of five and nine in the evening. The hearty en-
g> dorsement by General Edwards of the plans made by Mr.
''' John Mitchell, executive head of the War Camp Community
f | Service, for the entertainment of the soldiers is evidenced
Sjy s?=f in the arrangement by him for leave and transportation to
1/ JiM enable as many soldiers as possible to get to the city. For
' S ty'~7/N|j this purpose all the motor transportation in the camp will be
7/A H utilized, in addition to special service by the trolley com
\ F I- pany.
Ezzj FT' \ \ Free Refreshments to Be Served.
Es \ \ following the beautiful and elaborate,
which will open the program on Greene
f. Zt street at five o’clock, “Open House'
y / / / will prevail in the hanaes along this street.
I f / / and two canteen booths in each block
//\ / \ / wi;l serve ire*- refreshments to the sol-
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, I \ / / ' on Greene street from Third to Eighth,
( \ Will be in charge of a special committee
\ of ladies who will welcome the soldiers
Vv I into their homes, provide entertainment
j£r ! a and make things as home-like as possible.
\ \ Decorations and entertainment in the re-
p—\ \ \ spertive blocks will be based on the na-
JhT\ x \ \ tional colors and characteristics of the
( « \ \ \ i allied nations of Greece. Italy, France,
1 England, Belgium and Serbia.
gp**SeZ-X Dancing at Court House.
V |K / V-X \ During the evening tin ■■■ G.T.C, band,
V* ZA V—K ' under rhe direction ol Sergeant Marat.
f I \E~ZA Ul il furnish music for dancing on Monu-
A / n ‘ nl f- >ng ih<> 1 «.urt Hous- the
> y smooth paving of this street will be
| I j YX : cleaned and prepared for this purpose
J J This feature oi the evening’s program •
,b will he in charge of Mr. J. I’. Wood, who
| has asked the following well-known Au-
p3G' / gusta matrons tn act as chaperones:
. r~xt / / ? Mrs. w - LI - Barrett. Mrs. Jack Cran-
’ s!n u. Mrs. Porter Fleming, and Mrs. Jas.
/’ \ R. Littleton.
FV V.-A The A'lgusta Herald. will also assisi in
\7 ' this program. This committee assures
> x/( t ' ! ‘ presence, of Augusta's most attractive
|Su|\ "x. girls for the dancing
\ --''7 Community Christmas Tree.
tZ] | /\k y Following the opening pageant the
\ / lA crowd will assemble in the Court House
Z? z \ w square to witness the lighting of the
** * Immunity Christmas tree; and then
ApyVX/rr Z Camp Song Reader Jack Pardo will di
' s f rert the singing of the old-time Christ-
y/\ / mas carols. This will be followed by
\J \ four impressive tableaux on the platform
HKxJ b\ in front of the tree, arranged in this
* S | v manner:
g| I j I—The Thre< Wise Men seated in the
fL J forci:.-. .urv'., -f jn ;i dnnm; the an-
ZiSj L ' ,,,s corn-', telling with th- ir harps of
-'>|d rhe wonders cf the Heaven-born
KJ* King.’’
2 While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks b\ Nnighi Shepherds seated
~ near a fire, tending their flocks, also
receive the wondrous message through
’he angel Gabriel.
\ 7*3 3—“ Silent Night. Holy Night." The pic-
p--jr\ ture th® lloiy Family; Joseph and
fer \ \ \ Mary by the manger; the Wise Men
jewT - \ vff--'-,cg their gifts of gold, frankin-
(Y ' 3S, ‘ an(i myrrh; shepherds looking
i on -
\ - f “' ‘he World." The over-shining
flk / light of th»- I’rinc,-- <>f ace shines
yV / / (town op this newly-dancing Peace,
Jf \ ;y rnboiizt'd I>.\ “I'.-ac*- ' howling the
ft dove, and her accomplices “Eiberry’’
"'1 j a, ‘d "Victorx All nations testify “He
<2 f rules the world with Truth and
/ Grace.’’
fcj\. / Pageant at Five O’clock.
/ Promptly* at 5 o’clock the Procession of
Allied Nations will form on the south
side of Greene street in front of St.
Er? V John’s church, and will move down one
sid» of Greene street and back on the
FyKu other, between Eighth and Third streets.
0 ZV The order of the procession will be as
J 0 V follows:
\ \ Marshall of the Day—Major A. J.
FffVy [ A Twiggs and Aides.
lx/ \ J JZA \\ Mayor James R. Eittleton and officials.
xX \ u M.T.l.i band —Limit. Hershenow leader
z \ \ ui i Procession of the Allied Nations —•
X \ \ )&r j ! ’<r> • Italy, France, England, Belgium,
pV f bertha
J Those on the various committees in
\ j charge of the Christmas entertainment
CT \ are •
If v~~v \ Executive Committee.
IV Chairman, Mr. W. i! Barrel •
Ag-'i/Xr Secretary. Mrs. W. (’. Kellogg.
A Tr M‘ Milledge Lockhart.
I x// jSseEh Co-operation, Mayor J. R. "Littleton.
K. '~~XZiXL. H< spitalit? M- Bowd- ; - Ihiniz.’.
t >*”■’ Director—Mrs. F. t‘. Wood
1 F*/ Assistants. Mrs. A. H. Brenner, Mrs.
\ \ \ L. S. Arrington, Mrs. H. P. Burum, Mrs.
■fjX \ \ | T. Barrett. Jr.
\ \J| Musical I 'irector—Mr. J. P. Mulherin.
¥ Assistants. Mr. J. FL Fr-ibyn, Mrs.
jS. /\ Wm - R Bonett and Miss M. Battle.
k 4 \ J —Chairman
H 1 Procession, Mr. T. I. Hickman.
Pl / j f Tableaux--
/ Mrs. Moses Murphey,
j / Miss Sophie Schneider,
S J x 77 / Mrs. Lombard Brinson.
I ■ Miss Catherine Ruland.
fjf Printing. Miss Annie Sancken.
I / lyg Publicity—
■L/ Mrs. Harry’ Buckley.
.. Mrs. M. B. Holt.
/ 'A H —Chairman.
)r Decorations and Lighting, Mr. W. J.
Hollingsworth
Tree, Mr. Hugh Alexander.
j Properties. Mr. Miller Morria
Court House, Mr. Henry Pund.
Continued on page two
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TRENCH and CAMP
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CAMP HANCOCK, THE
MACHINE GUN TRAINING CENTER OF THE U. S. ARMY
With the Co-cperetlon of the Augtnta HeraM, Augusta. Ga.
VOL. 2.
"IRE THEY WORTH
IT?” BS UNCLE
Si IN TALK ON
INSURANCE
An Important Question For
Soldiers About to Become
Civilians to Think About
GOVERNMENT WILLING TO I
CONTINUE PRESENT
CONTRACT
Hold on to Uncle Sam’s In
surance, is the Way to Con
tinue Protection For the
Home Folk
Are hey worth it?
When you went to war you thought
they were worth it.
You were willing enough to let the
government have so many dollars each
month, taken from your salary as sol
diers or sailors, in order to pay for
government insurance on your life,
that your folks might be financially
protected in case of your death.
Yes, you bought they were worth
it then. Indeed so many of you thought
that, your home folks were worth it,
that the government promised to pay
the enormous sum of thirty seven bil
lion dollars to the folks of the men who
went to fight the country’s battles if
they should all be killed.
But now tiie war is over and you are
soon to have an honorable discharge.
The question is, do you think they
are worth it now that peace has come?
Do you think that, the homes for
which you fought are still worth pro
tecting by that same life insurance
payment every month, to the govern
ment. on your life?
It is a very small payment made by
you to protect the folks with a good
sized sum in case of your death.
Are they worth it?
In putting the question to you in this
blunt way, the government intends no
disrespect.
The fact is, that the government so
gree-tly rejects the sacrifices you
have made for the country, and so
greatly respects the spirit of those
folks who let you go that it stands
ready to continue fo*- five years, this
same insurance protection for them
(as agreed at the. time you signed the
application) if you will continue to pay
each month, just about the same
amount for life insurance as has hith
erto been taken out of your pay for
this purpose.
Once more, to be emphatic. The con
tract you now have with the govern
ment may be kept in force for five
years after the official termination of
the war at substantially the same very
low rate of premium you agreed to
pay.
But from now 8 on the payment must
be made by you directly and that fact
puts it right up to you, whether or no
the folks you fought for are worth
your continued protection.
You know, of course, that if you fail
in your payments your insurance is
void.
And now, if you are in any doubt
about the value of the contract, ask
your insurance officer if you can se-
Coratinued on page two
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DECEMBER 24, 1918.
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Trench and Camp
Extends its best wishes for
A Merry Christmas
to all the Soldiers and
Welfare Agencies at
CAMP HANCOCK.
Demobilization Process at Camp
Hancock Now Running Smooth
Transportation Now Available
For Removal of Men to Camps
Nearest Their Homes
i With the departure Friday of 495 en
listed men tor Camp t)ix, N. J., for hon
orable discharge at this point near New
York City, and also the transfer of 30
more soldiers to Camp Kearney, Calif.,
for discharge there, the demobilization of
Camp Hancock on a largo scale has be
gun.
Tn pojition 356 men who have made
sp. ■ application for discharge also
were released Friday.
Officers have Ix-en granted severance
from the service in large numbers, up to
Friday 1099 having filed their final pa
pers and left camp. By tomorrow, 1175
wit! have been let out of the service from
the Machine Gun Center.
Because of the great. 1 holiday rush
which .always taxes the railways at this
season and rfflded to this the vast amount
of transportation utilized at present to ef
fect rapid demobilization, no more of
ficers will be able to be discharged un
til after the first of the new year.
But the task of shipping the enlisted
men homo as quickly as possible will
continue and the men who have had
their special applications approved will
be furnished their discharges as soon as
this can Im* effected.
Besides, during the coming week, three
more troop trains to l**ar several hun
dreds of soldiers to other demobilization
centers have already been charted.
The work of furnishing trains to re
move the troops is being accomplished
at Washington, which is acting as a cen
tral dispatching point for the moving
of the vast army which has still to be
shipped home.
Night and day, the large force of 200
officers and men in the old Red Cross
building where all the work of demobili
zation has been centralized are still at
work carrying out the enormous amount
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‘ of jj im lni'.'*cted with the transfer and
r discharge of most and officers. It is a
> great complete system that has been
* worked out to hasten the steps neces
sary to go through to effect lhe final
severance from the service of both the
officers and men.
Bui the machinery is now working
smoothly, and the bee hive activity of the
; place, shows the rapidity with which all
. the measures are being completed in turn
which places the officers and men on the
: available list, for demobilization.
Under Lieutenant H . Campbell, the.
assisting mustering out officer and Lieu
tenant A. A. Millman, the problems of
i clearing the camp as rapidly as possible
under the circumstances. Major James L.
Scott, the mustering out officer, has
■ everything now working very efficiently.
> The camp personnel officer, Major P. A.
Tulp, and the men of the personnel de-
, tachment especially skilled in the hand
[ ling of the records of the men. are car
rying on the great task of examining
[ the records of both the officers and en
t listed men. Under Lieutenant C. G.
Howard, the process of transfer of en
listed men. and also the discharge of men
is being carried on. Lieutenant D. A.
. Scheid is supervising the tusk of clear
ing out the officers applying for dis
charge.
Transportation can be purchased di-
I rectly at the building, for railwaj’ of-
I ficials have an office there and sell the
i men the tickets The men are also paid
in the sanv building as the firfftl pay
ro] lis settled hy representatives of the
' Quartermaster Corps who have a branch
’ office there.
The shipping of troops and all men dls
. charged is under the direction of Major
Lester Ridenour.
Practically the entire Central Officers’
: Machine Gun School has been demobil
ized. During the past week, 3,353 can
didates have been sent out of camp, and
1 only 13 4 more remain. These members
i of the last company, the Thirteenth, will
leave this week, so that the school will
(Continued on page two).
Under the Auspices of the Army Y. M. C. A.
Christmas Eve In Welfare <§pw
Buildings Promises Pg
To Be Brilliant
Occasion sO|
PARTIES PLANNED!
BY K. OF C. ADD TO
W SPIRIT
Holly and Mistletoe in Huge
Quantities Adorn Both Build
ings. Christmas Bells Svery
where
OLD SANTA CLAUS WILL
BE THERE
ings. Christmas Bells Every-
Sparkling Entertainment at
the New Auditorium to Be
the Feature —Great Time An
ticipated
The two buildings of the Knights of
Columbus present a very attractive ap
pearance these days in their holiday at
tire. I! is all there, the big Christmas
Trees glittering with tinsel, the clusters
of holly and mistletoe, the stately pines,
the Christmas Bells eveywbere about,
and al! livened by the artistic arrange
uu-nt of hrili.-'.>. red spirals and stream
ers.
The ladies of the Catholic Women’s
Club of the city of Augusta will come
to the Camp on Christmas morning af
ter Mass, and will play Santa Claus for
the boys, and distribute presents and
goodies to them all.
In the evening special arrangements
have, been made to show feature films
in both buildings for the benefit of the
boys who will remain in camp over the
holidays. An entertainment of an extra
ordinary character has been provided for
every evening of the Holiday Week in
Buildings Number One and Two.
On Thursday evening, December the
twenty-six, a dance will be. given by the
Motor Machine Gun Company, Machine
Gun School, at Knights of Columbus
Building Number Three.
The General Secretary and his asso
ciates wish to take this opportunity to
extend their Christmas Greetings and
Best Wishes to all the officers and en
listed men in Camp Hancock, as well as
to their very kind friends in ugusta,
who have given their services, and co-
Aoperated so splendidly in the War Ac
tivities of the Knights of Columbus at
Camp Hancock.
A. E. LAWLER,
LIEUT. CY HECKER
IN AUGUSTA SUNDAY
Lieut. Cy Hecker, one of the most
popular of the 28th Division soldiers
here last winter, spent Sunday in the
city and was given a cordial reception
by his many friends. Lieut. Hecker is
now stationed at Camp Forrest, Chat
tanooga, Tenn. He was in Atlanta the
latter part of last week and decided to
pay Augusta a pop call. He expects
soon to be mustered out and states
that he is considering locating in Au
gusta.
No. 12
Y. M. G A. HOTS ARE
ARRAYEO IN TRE MJ
SEASON'S BEST
With Co-operation of War I
Camp Community Service a
Large Program of Entertain- AJ
ment is Ready \J JI
BARRELS OF APPLES FOR I
FREE DISTRIBUTION WLXA
Motor Trucks From Machine
Gun School Will Provide / /J
Transportation For Augusta /K / Z_/
Foik
Christmas Eve will be a big night in \
the “Y” huts—the carefully laid plans LI
of the Social Department, with the co- 1 . T'
operation of the war camp community \ \
service leave no doubt of that. The \ X \ 1
fun will start early—at 6:30—50 that [S \ -X
everyone will have time to enjoy the \ 1
entertainment program, have a part
in the forma! party after th#* enteriaio
merit, and allow the Augusta folk time i ’!
io get Uack to their homes for their 1/ I A
own Christmas. To insure the prompt dpt / i *1
execution of this plan a train of motor YSf /
trucks from the Machine Gun School \ / /
will provide transportation to and
from the city.
Mrs. Perkins in Charge. / /j
The announcement ry Social Dlrec- SCk / / /
tor C. F. Martin that Mrs. C. D. Per-
kins, camp entertainment chairman for I 1 /r
the War Camp Community Service, is I Vy
in full charge of these Christmas par- t X
ties will assure every soldier of their X.
success. For 16 months Mrs. Perkins Aj\ CS
has been bringing entertainment par- wn )
ties to camp—to the "Y” huts, for the f I / Yjf
company dances, and for outdoor as- j/A
fairs; she knows what the boys like,
and is able to persuade the most at
tractive entertainers in Augusta to do y /
their very best in arranging programs. \
Under her direction a chairman is re- Jr**-I v’
sponsible for the program in each hut, *•" >»
according to the program printed be- I Ji
low; and the credit for the detailed ar- 3k J
rangement of each entertainment be
longs to these chairmen. pX
Special Decorations and Gifts.
During the past week parties of la
dies have directed the decoratioh of L—
each building with holly, bamboo, and
pine greens, and with artificial decor- iff/
at ions; and the inevitable Christmas
tree is conspicuous. On Christmas
Eve the general color scheme will be 1
enriched by the red and yellow of York \
Imperial apples, forty barrels of which
have been provided by the Y. M. C. A., \
for distribution. But the most impor- V—
tant element in the Christmas spirit
will be the presence of the girls and v\ XyE
children on the stage and the audience, I \
the “kiddies” will sing the songs and VvA J V
speak the pieces they have learned for \ T
Christinas; the older folk will sing, X j JLEEzA A
play and read; there will be some IA *
dancing by the children, and everyone /X
will join in singing the old carols. : f j
Elaborate Prigram. /
Mrs. Perkins announces the follow- W
ing programs in the various huts. "zR
Building 75 —Program by the Scott, f /if
Gaston Concert Company, harp, violin, / f
piano and voice; special numbers by / kJ'
members of the First Presbyterian
Church.
Building 76 —Program in charge of ’"jl
Mrs. Ed. Bryson. kc
Building 77 —Program by sixteen j
children from St. James Church, in I fzrA /
charge of Mrs. E. M. Edwards and Miss A A
Ruth Weigle. —Ol v"*l /l
Building 78- -Program in charge of Cf Xyra 1
Mrs. C. T. Gause. \ / / /rr 6
1. Favorite melodies. Z f/g I)
2. Recitation —Bruce Logue. fA. H
3. Hancock’s Famous Liberty Four f AyX I )
—Handman, Bolger, Bailey and Ray- A
mond. VJ 2Sg6e
4. Vocal Solo—Miss Puryear. p<
5. Cornet and Trombone Solos—
Master Frank Miller, Jr. £1
6. Duet—Martha Lester and Doro- jy
thy Pund. \
7. Hancock's Lyric Tenor —Al Ray- ,
mend. \ \
8. Solo Dance —Lucile Meyer. j
9. Recitation —Miss Puryear. 1
10. Vocal duet.
11 .♦ Recitation —Bruce I.ogue. \ \ \ f
12. Popular airs.
Building 231- Program on Monday ? \
evening, in charge of Miss Ellen Hick- J
man; apples, eandy and cigarettes will
be distributed. LA //
Tuesday evening, program in charge
of Miss Lehman. SJ /
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