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Soldiers of Great Britain Honored by Machine Gunners
SPELLING REFORM
MVOCHEO 61
DR. I. GIDEON
Address on Spelling Reform
Movement Brings Out inter
esting Material.
FUTURE OF OUR LANGUAGE
PROMISES change
Soldiers Listen Intently to
Changes Suggested for the
Coming, “English Spell.”
“Say,soldier-man, do you know why
it is that you had so much trouble,
wjien you went to school, to learn to
read and write English Not onlv vou,
but your kinfolk and your friends'did
too. It’s because this language of ours
is not written : * it is pronounced and
it’s not spoken as it’s spelled. Try it
for yourself.”
Thus spoke Dr. Abram Gideon, of
York, i an address recently at
“Y” 7R on “The future of our lang
uage. a review of the spelling reform
movement. The speaker had pre
viously given a number of addresses
,tn . Spirit of American Ci' en
ship,” an account of the Americaniza
tion movement,, in all the “Y” build ngs
of Camp Hancock during his ten days
stay ht re. His views on Americanism
were given in an interview In these
columns last week.
In his address onthe spelling reform
movement, TV. Gideon pointed ov.t the
relation of this reform to other changes
which may be expected as results of
the war. He showed that the pre
judice that has to be overcome in re
forming our spelling t s no less a ty
rant than the autocratic spirit which
prevents eeonQrnic and political re
forms or the government that was re
sponsible for the world war.
The speaker said in part:
“It used to be dangerous for any
one to betray' marked interest in spell
ing reform. A person who advocated
such changes was suspected of being a
high-brow’ specialist or a longhaired
crank. Or else ho was believed to be
an ignoramus who bad never learned
to spell correctly, and was merolv trv
ing to find a cloak to hide his illiter
acy”
, “Well, not every man who wears long
hair Is a crank, any more than every
one who k<?ens his hair close-cropped
Is a mode! of common sense. The
spelling reform movement has now
made such progress in the practical
world, inthe no"-papers. in advertis
ing. and in business as well as in the
schools, colleges and universities, that
no advocate need longer fear being
classed as a crank or an illiterate.”
'’’The Simplified Spelling Board
wants to make English spelling more
regular and I ss .-..isieful. It expects
to aecompFsh this by a process of
gradual simplifloat on.”
“This program is not novel and not
revolutionary. It is exactly what
Noah Webster tried to accomplish
when he proposed the spelling the
ater’’ for “theatre”, “center” for cen
tre." The sam■* thing is desired when
dictionary mak rs prefer “program",
“catalog”, to ’ ogramtno”, catalogue”,
or when Ar an mage accepted
“labor”, “favor for “labour”, “favour.”
The speaker maintained that at least
a year of the school life oft he child
Is wasted in ov-tl oming: he difficulties
of spelling the English language. The
irregularities are so great and so puzz
ling that not even the man with a su
perior education is fromthe dan
ger of blundering He showed by a
series of lantern slides bow this situa
tion is a stumbling block not only to
the foreigner that comes to these
shores and attempts to learn English
correctly, bv.v also tothe native born
that, speaks English as the* moth
ertongue.
“As a result, when for the first time
you see an English word written you
cannot tel! how it is pronounced, and
* whesi you hear an English word pro
nounced you cannot tell how it is
spelled unless you have learned it by
hard knocks.”
The following illustrative examples
were ci fed:
The letter “a” has a different sound
in each of the words, cat, agent,
Israel, any, all, about.
The letter “o" sounds differently in
two. women, poem, for, work, lot,
ar tor.
The combination “on” means a dif
ferent thingin. thou, you. soul, bought,
would, trouble, journal.
The so-called 1 »ng “a” sound is
spelled in r.t least 21 different ways,
as in a, aye, obey, bay, straight, eight,
vane, vein, break, reign, guage, Maine,
ballet, eh. etc.
“In dealing with this problem ac*
cording to a program that aims to get
rid of the difficulties step by step and
not all at once by upsetting all pre
vious habit, the Simplified Spelling
Board has had the co-operation of the
National Education Association, which
includes the teachers of every state
in the Union. Since 1898 the National
Education Association has been using
in its publications and correspondence
and recommending for use by the pub
lic the 12 words:,
Tho. thru, altho, thruout, thoro,
thoroly, thorofare. program, prolong,
catalog, decalog and pedagog.
This group of words, whose simpler
spelling represents a saving of 31
letters, is recognized in the current
dictionaries of the English language.”
Two years ago the national orga
nization of chool teachers tooka step
in advance It adopted forthe ending
“ed” pronounced “t” the spelling "t”,
where the change will nor vest a
wrong pronouncia tion. Ex « are:
Asfct. dropt, fixt, prom wisht,
blest, past and stuft.”
“Already 21 state teachers’ associa
tions hav» adopted or recommended
ths spc-iiing usage of the National
Education Association. A majority of
the have taken similar action.
The simpler spellings are used in many
individual sc .ools, in school systems,
both city and state. About 600 news
papers and periodicals, with a com
bined circulation of nearly 20,000,000
(twenty million) copies are using at
iContmuea. on Page vwo.)
TRENCH and
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CAMP HAI sW, THE ’
MACHINE GUN TRAINING CENTER OF THE j
VOL. 2.
Comrades All
Going, going
Slowly, if reckoned by the anxious
moments waited by the average, soldier:
rapidly, if measured by the viewpoint of
those in charge of all the details of
| mustering out; but surely from either
viewpoint the soldiers at Camp Hancock
are going home.
Every train that, leaves Augusta bears
some “happy warriors” homeward, either
as “local” traveling to their home within
I 350 miles of their camp or as several
I hundred aboard a special troop train,
’ I bound to a mustering out point. To
I Camps Dix and Devens to Grant and
I Beauregard and Pike they go, and to
j distant Kearney and Lewis, even’ state in
I the Union having been represented in
I Camp Hancock.
‘ Back to the store, the office, the mill,
the farm, the school they go keenly
i disappointed everyone of them that they
did not get the supreme chance to swat
i the Booh, a chance granted to their
morft fortunate comrades who were en
gaged in battle overseas. But then they
go back also knowing that thousands
went overseas who were not engaged in
battle and who likewise will come home
disappointed. However, none can deny
that ah were ready to do their duty to
the utmost, in battle and have nobly done
1 their duty in the monotonous strain and
irksome grind of camp life.
j Away from Camp Hancock! Away from
4 reveille and taps and detail and K P.
' Away from canvas roof and a wet sand
. floor and a cot and a moss kit and a top
t| kick. Back home again! Back to a
’ white table cloth and lace curtains, to a
f bed, and nothing to do but work all day
> and run around all night.
Comrades all. Whether tho khaki now
about to don the mufti fought long bat
tles, thrilled with the glory of the field
of victory, silently uncomplainingly held
’ obscure depots, waited far behind the
lines for “forward march” command that
■ never came, or served their country in the
; great army that did not get “across,”
i tho army that held to its post in the
, training camps oi America, no difference
, where they obeyed the call, all are com-
■ rades.
The sands and pines of Camp Hancock,
1 the drill and the thrill of being a machine
‘ j gunner, those evenings spent In the wel
? I fare huts, the Hit of acquaintance with
f} a girl just a little different, the big man.
Ithe little man. the strong man. the good
boxer, the expert wrestler, the skillful
dancer,* ie contortionist, the boy with
, the w »’ful song, the jokesmith of the
1 i < ompa».y, the man with the biggest ap
’ petite, (hr lad who got two b Iters every
■ day from the same person—these recol
lections remain: so the soldier man goes
hotpe with many pleasant memories stow
. ed away, to assume again the responsibil
. i iti's of a day of peace.
■ ! Bound together by the Indissoluble tie
j of a common cause th*' men who are now
“ 1 leaving desolation at Camp Hancock and
• scores of other camps, who are hurrying
• back from posts beyond the sea where
I was won the greatest victory for hu
. mane righta in ail tim**. are going into
the great, brmherhood of usefulness and
sympathy and Justice and unselfishness
r to make permanent by living that for
’ which noble millions died across the sea.
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TO SERVE T 0 E
" SOLDIER MEN
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Soldiers’ Club Popular Place
■ To Go When in Town —Flag
The “Flivver.”
“COMMUNITY CONCERT
NEXT SUNDAY
J Club Serves Also as Doinitory
For Men—Forty Cots Pro
vided.
I
1 Glory be!
The flu ban in Augusta will be removed
next Saturday at midnight, and the boys
k from camp will not feel like they are
I going to jail when they come to town.
I i By the way, the flivver of the War (’amp
. ; Community Service will not carry all the
, | boys at one time, but as many as cna
’ j squeeze in are always welcome to ride,
j Don’t wait for an Invitation. Just use
your lungs, and the car will automati-
J | cally stop for you. You can’t mistake the
l car. It has an individuality all its own,
I i due largely to its general run down ap-
J pearance, and it has a “Men in uniform
’ i welcome to ride” sign on the wind shield
' and a W. C. C. S. streamer on the side,
j The community concert at the Grand
• * Opera House next Sunday afternoon
I promises to he one of the best of the sea-
I son Don’t miss it. The sing, with ster
, I eopticon slides, will he a special feature,
j Any patriotic or war song, old time mel
-5 . ody, or round requested by any soldier at
Camp Hancock, will bo sung if request is
■ • made over ‘phone 366 not later than
• Friday. Now boys, let’s get together and
sing the songs. you hear at home. No
charge at any W. C. C. S. concert.
r Th** SoldierfT Club is proof against the
t flu. The camp surgeon has given a certif-
I icate of good health to the qk b. Cap
tain Smallhorst, of the medical s.aff, says
, thatt he club is one of the cleanest, most
’ sanitary and best managed of its kind
- in the country. He has authorized the
1 club manager to accomodate as many as
* forty rnen a night in the dormitory.
1 Clean, comfortable cots can be had for
r* 35 cents, just enough to cover expense.
>;lf this is too much, let us know and we
. ■ will reduce the charge. Eight hundred
’ j boys were at the club last Saturday.
I Next Saturday there should be eighteen
’ i hundred.
• j There is some talk at camp about mer
| chants in Augusta discriminating against
• soldiers, and charging the mexhorbitant
[ I prices. We want to know who those
► • merchants are. Give us their name. Re
• ! port the complaint direct to John E.
1 MitcheH, executive secretary, W. C. C.
S., Masonic Building, ’phone 366. and he
' will not only lake pleasure in investlgat
r : ing the matter, but if the charge is sub
. • stHritUitrri he wilt publish the incident not
l j onlv in the Augusta Chronicle and Au
; gusta Herald, but on every company bul-
Iletln board at camp.
The War Camp Community Service is
the friend of the boys at Camp Hancock,
and we believe they know it. If you are
; not treated right by any one in Augusta.
‘ fell us about it. and we will try and
' remedy the trouble. Don’t hesitate to
. I call on us for any accomodation we can
-1 render.
i Our information and service bureau is
’ for your special use. Whatever you want
attended to in town 'phone 248, main of-
; fire, or 362, Soldiers' Club.
1 j To serve you will be both a pleasure
: « and a privilege.
i AUGUSTA WAR CAMP COMMUNITY
j SERVICE.
With ti.e Co-operation of the Augusta Herald, Augusta, Ga.
HAPPY YANKS RETURN ON LAPLAND
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1 RETURNING AMERICAN FIGHTERS ABOARD THE TRANSPORT LAPLAND.
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A hapy group of Yankee fighters aboard
the transport Lapland, which arrived in
New York with 2.000 American soldiers
from England. Tho Lapland steaming up
j a
The American Soldier As
Seen by a Native of France
(By M. ALEXANDER D’AVESNE.)
When I first met the American soldier
: in camp I must confess, accustomed as
I had been to the highly trained English
1 soldier, a was not very favorably irn
‘ I pressed either by his bearing as a soldier
‘ or by his manner as an American citi
’ sen. As a soldier be displayed such a
lack of discipline and neatness that I
felt somewhat anxious as to his future
when called to meet the well trained
German army, so much more so that the
officers at this time were certainly, in
, spite of the intense training they had
. received in training Camps, far from
I being efficient. As an American < iiizen
the soldier did not display the kind of
> patriotism which I thought he ought to
have shown. I find him (of course there
» were some exceptions pro-<’»er»n)an
[ by all means, but too much inclined to
i a certain sickly admiration for the sci-
• entitle way the Germans, were conduct
ing the war. He was also very slow
to admit the veracity of anyone who
spoke of the nannbrs crimes commit teed
by the Germans, either on the, French,;
British and Belgian) soldiers, or on the
peasant civilian population—men, women
and children. For him these stories were
only spread in order to enhance the sym
pathy of this groat country. Great many,
too. expressed themselves too readily as
to their dislike of being forced (to use
their expression) into the army. But
those Impressions were of the very first
[ days that America declared war on Ger
many and 1 know a great many Amert
i • ana who felt exactly as I did at the
{time. Since that time 1 have been either
i as a teacher or lecturer in many camps
North and South and instead of the
painful thoughts of the past days of
American mobilization I have. seen the
wonderful change in the attitude of (ho
! soldier the very same who were so far
' from the ideal I had always had of a
soldier, not only as a soldier but also and
more so as a citizen had after only two
or three months of camp life become the
real, alert, smart, well trained, well dis
ciplined soldier of today
The American soldier of today is to my
mind the type of the modern soldier -at
least the modern soldier in a democracy
generally well inform'd and asserting
without any of the childish astfulness
of the early time.
’ He knows the value nf his tiling, he
feels high responsibility towards his
country and also toward humanity. He
wants to live for his life is happy and
useful, but he is ready to—not sacrifice—
VARIOUS CHEVRONS
WORN BY SOLDIERS
AND WHAT THEY MEAN
By A. E. Geldhof.
Washington. D. C.—Returning soldiers
may be prohibited from wearing some of
i the strange devices that appear on the
{ uniforms of men from the front
They are unofficial.
And, added to the official devices, they
cause a confusion so great that not even
army men arc able to tell what they all
mean.
’ 1 I have got from the War Department.
1 j an official statement as to authorized
! i decorations.
' There are two principal classifications
of ribbons and chevrons—those of the
world war and those of previous wars.
Many decorations worn by men in the
regular army, particularly officers, sig
-1 nify they served in the Spanish-Arm-r-
• lean or some other war. This article
1 deals only with the new decorations
growing out of the world war.
1 Os these there are two kinds: ribbons
and chevrons.
New Ribbon Worn Dy Only a Few.
The ribbon is worn by thos • fortunate
ly who have won the distinguished serv
! ire cross or distinguished S'-rvjr< medal.
■ The cross is awarded for valor in battle:
1 the medal for distinguished service of
any kind. The own* > of each is entitled
to wear a little narrow red. white and
I blue ribbon on his breast if hr wants to
leave his decoration horn There ar
also ribbons for the French and British
war crosses.
The cheveron. hew-'-- r ; much mor--
common, and b-fore Png evrv soldier
: in the army will wear s rnr sort of chev
ron asid from that l::d -at ing his rank.
Chevrons are nf four kinds Rank flu'-v
--roT'S, wound chevrons. ■■ rvicc chevrons
and discharge ehevrons
All are V-shaped. Rank ehevrons ha 1 e
been worn by non-enmmispfon-'d officers
1 in the army from time immemorial, but
the wound, service and discharge chev
rons are n<w with this war.
The rank chevrons arc worn rbove th**
1 elbow on ?he left sleeve with rhe point
> up I lance corpora! has one bar. a ror
i pora! two bars .and a sergeant three bars.
The wound rh» vr*m is of gold, and Is
worn point down, on the right sleeve,
between the wrist and th'- elbow Each
side of the V is two inches long and
one-quarter of an inch wide. One chevron
is worn for each wound received, but if
the* wearer has been wounded more than
once at the same time, he is allowed
but on e chevron. Soldiers who were
JANUARY 22, 1919.
1 New York Bay passed the George Wash- |
i ington, aboard which President Wilson
s and his party were enroute to the peace
’ 1 onference. The President first waved I
I give w illingly his life for the cause which
is so dear to his heart, the, cause of
liberty and freedom for all.
»i He Is well disciplined, not the kino of
i discipline which makes in some coun
■ tries the soldier a mere soulless dummy,
’ but a true inan-oitizen-soldier. ready to
obey because he knows his officers jlvbo
i are now most effici'-nt and firm but 'also
i kind and just, and he knows that, the
* ordci: he is going to receive are sos the
I good of all.
■ The American soldier of today i.> well
i trained and phystcF.Uy splendid: he has
I acquired the fine straight bearing, whirl)
i gives him that splendid soldi'r-liko ap
i pearance which has been much admired
r | in Europe.
• He has adapted himself to his own
> conditions of life vitl\ th;.t peculiar
i adaptability of fne American race, always
• ready to accept what is not only neces
sary btli what is best.
In he is polite as well as re
fined and the life of the camps which
• was dreaded by many a. too fond mother
I | has been beneficial to him —ho has learn
ed to be sober if he was not; he li.vh
‘ learned to use a decent language if he
i <Vas accustomed to swear: he has Earn
ed to take care of himself, if he was
careless in his hab.ts; he has learned
and practiced a groat many other good
i things, but above all ho has learned that
: splendid self-respect and broadness nf
mind which he will carry into civil life
and will make of him a belter man, a
better father and a better c itizen.
During more than a year that I have
been in constant with the Anier-
■ ican soldier in diffe<- at camps, it has
i' been my good fortune as a Y. M. C. A.
teacher and lecturer to meet many thous
’ I ands of American soldiers and 1 am glad
i to say that I have always found them
• I ready and anxious to increase their
• I knowledge. th‘*y have boon always very
J courteous to me, always finding a tact-
I ful word to express their feelings for my
> country, never grudging in their praise
• of t’nr French soldiers and their admi
ration for the French people.
My association with the American sol
diers has been most gratifying to me
and I also have learned with them and
(through them many good things which
; 1 feel sure (as do my friends) have ben
: me more than words can express.
ISo I cannot close this article without
•: giving my heartflet thanks to my soldier
fl friends, hoping in the years to come they
■ ■ will kindly remember their true friend,
I the Y. M. C. A. Frenchman.
■ I A. D* AV ESUE.
gassed are also entitled to wear wound
chevrons.
Three Colors of Service Chevrons.
Service chevrons are of three kinds,
and all are worn on the left sleevq be
tween the wrist and the elbow, with
the points down. They are the same In
I size and shape as the wound chevrons.
A gold chevron indicates the wearer has
served six months at the front. An ad
ditional chevron is worn for each ad
ditional six months in service.
A sky-blue chevron indicates the w ar r
i has served less than six months at the
’ front.
A silver shevron indicates the wearer
has served six months outside the thea-
I ter of operations, which means in the
United States Ad additional chevron is
’ worn for each additional six month: of
service.
Both officers and enlisted m n v ar
service chevrons.
Discharge chevrons are worn by enlist
ed men to show that they have boon
honorably discharged from th> ». rvic«-.
11 The discharge chevron is r-d. and is
worn, point up midway between the el
bow and thes houlder of the left sleeve.
The new service chevrons have taken
the place of the s; rvice ribbons worn by
veterans of our other wars on their left
breast.
Tn addition to these officially author
ized chevrons and ribbons, dozens of
1 decorations of all sorts are being worn
bv members of the expeditionary force to
indicate the division to which they be
. long. The first division, for instance,
! wears a a figure 1 on the left shoulder:
i the Rainbow division wears a circle, the
. Second a star and Indian head, the 77th
' division a Statue of Liberty, and the
• other divisions have similar marks of
* identification.
These are not official, be in? worn
merely to rhow the pride of th<- men in
their organization, and the War Depart
ment may prohibit the wearing of them in
this country.
iROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
SERVICES FEB’Y 9TH
Washington.-- President VCilson to
day cabled his approval of simultan
eous memnr.al meetings throughout
the country on February 9, to honor
the memory of Theodore Roosevelt.
Fro i Paris the President cabled Sec
retary Tumulty:
“I sincerely ; prove ot the sugges
tion for simultaneous meetings to com
memorate th life and services of
Roosevelt. think it would bp the
most suitabl way to show’ the esteem
in which the country held him. Wood
row* Wilson.”
Congress will hold memorial serv
ices on February 3.
I his hat to the boys on the Lapland and
then saluted gravely as the lads who
made “peace with victory” possible sent
their cheers ringing across the water.
TRAINING BATTAION
WIN TRACK MEET
> Popular Humorist to
f . Entertain in “Y” Huts
\ very successful track meet was
‘ held on’he i ain par.*'de grounds Sat
iP’day afternoon. Major Dixon’s tra.in
, in;; butts lion defended its right to the
. best, unit i:i camp. They scored 31
points which v ~s cigiit more than the
I second unit. Croup two gave them a
? hard battle inthe tug nf w*ar but did
1 not. have the staying qualities. The
’ machine gun school had a. very good
‘ team in all events and made n total]
score of 23 points. Group two was
third with a, total score of . five points.
i This grotrp van handicapped ««• the
majority of lho men have been dis
charged. The stars >f the meet were
- Nowbolt of the machine "tin school
i and Crump of the training battalion.
' This meet was hold through the
’ efforts of Capt Ashmore who gave the
’ prizes. The “Y” atheistic director,
‘ Riddick, of 232 and Ross of 76, gave
’ fr e Captain hearty co-operation. It
I is the plans to have another meet next
] f Saturday.
II Following, comp’etu score of the
f events.
• One Hundred Yard Dash.
1 Ist. Newbolt, machine gun school.
2. Eggobrceht, machine gun school, i
3d. Summers company I, training I
. battalion.
Reset e Race.
’ Ist. Fuherman, company I, training
1 battalion.
i 2d. Crump, company K, training
r battalion.
3d. .Bower, companyD, group 2.
Running Broad Jump.
[ Ist. Newbolt. machine gun school.
2. Stanley, group 2.
Rd. Tuverson, company K, training
. battalion.
■>; Tv/o Hundred and Twenty Yard Dash.
I Ist. Hinz, training battalion.
> 2d. Thomas, machine gun school.
3d. I‘.(■(!;>?:. m;u-h : ne gun school.
Shot Put.
’ Ist. Lamb, company L, training
r . battalion.
' 2d. Crum company K, training
’ battalion.
3d. Carlburg, machine gun school.
Relay Race.
> Ist. Machine gun school.
2d. Training battalion.
3d. Group 2.
Tug of War.
Won by training battalion.
■ WRESTLING ACTIVITY
, GROWS AT PENN. STATE
State College. Pa.—Penn State's
’ collegiate champion wrestlers are prepar
' I in:? for another successful season on the
‘ mats Hov. urd C. Verger. *l6. who eoach
: ,<1 the Bhb and Whit- grappkrs to the
f championship in his first year in th<* po
sition. is a-.’.air filtering state’s matmen.
r H h ’<- a squad of about fifty candidates
at daily practice in the armory.
)
Horizontal Bar at
<( Y” Great Success
t Winberg of Company I. has oeen able
to hold the record in chinning himself
- with a record of thirteen times. Eck-
I berg nf Headquarters Company, is a rlo«e
j second with twelve times to his' credit,
j and says next week will see him in first
• place. Almonrode and Spriet are fight-
, ing over third plane and the general I
thought is that Almonrode is too old.
‘ Shephard, the mainstay of th* building,
i is built close to the ground that h'- has
- not been able to go up once. Aft. r Shrp
f hard eats a little more he might be suc
cessful.
■ TITLES ABOLISHED
Berne, All titles and decor-tion are!
ahol.'hrd in the constitution of the I
I republic Wurtembu. g, which has just I
i : been completed by a special commis- :
I sion.
• i The const'tution further establishes ,
- c mnlete religious freedom, rpquis- ;
t j tinning all church funds, which would
r Ihe used in paving off property
. j seized; placesall schools under exclu-
• I sivn Jurisdiction ot the state and es-
! tahlishes a land tag consisting nf only)
- one house which can be dissolved at !
ary time by a vote of the people It
f also provides for a president and cab
? inet. to be elected hy direct vote.
1
ENTERTAINMENT AT “Y” No. 232.
At “Y” No. 232 Mrs. Ray and party
will entertain on Friday evening at 7 30.
Under the Auspices ©f the Army Y. M. C. A.
Exquisite Silver Trophy to
Be Presented British Mission
By Camp Hancock Officers
Gift From United States Machine Gun Training Center to
British Machine Training Center Will Be Conveyed to
Grantham, England, By Special Representa
tive From Ca mp Hancock .
(By J. A. Quinn.)
The officer* of Camp Hancock, mem
bers of the onlv Machine Gun Traln
fnsr Center tn the United States, have
taken a step which will do much to
U>e exLatUu; friendship end hljrtx
r-imrde tor the abllltien of their
ciueina. the officere at th* British Ma
chine Gun Training Center of Gran
tham. England. This Is especially true
of those of the Grantham Center who
were stationed here at Aucusta as
members of the British Mtittary Ml»-
SOME KITCHEN !
o : o'
“Now that the war is over T will
tell you something about the kltch- |
en which I am running. Now for i
the kitchen: The kitchen range is ;
928 feet wide and 1358 feet long. It. j •
takes 18 firemen to keep it hot; we J I
have 519 cooks and 700 K P.’s. We j
mash potatoes with a pile driver
and grind coffee with a 250-h.p. I
Liberty motor. We haul out dirty !
pans on railroad cars and the K.
P.’s go on roller skates. As I am
mess sergeant I ride up and down
the kitchen on a motorcycle shout
ing orders through a megaphone.
“Now for the ilapjacks: We mix
batter with 12 concrete mixers;
have a steam shovel moving egg
shells away from the door and six
K. P.’s with bacon rinds strapped
on their feet skating over the grid
dle to keep it greased. When I tell
you on three occasions I was forced
to fry al! these cakes myself, you
will with me that 1 have
some job.
“Well. T hope this reaches you
all enjoying the best of health We
arc having a great deal of rain just
at tin present. We all expect to he
home shortly. Hoping to hear from
i you soon again.”
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500,000iffl! 9E
VOLUNTEERS IS
ASKED Bf BAKER
Washington*—Continuance of the
present army organization, which gives
large powers to the genera! staff, was
proposed to the house military com
mittee by Secretary of War Risks
Raker today. Baker repented previous
requests for a temporary volunteer
force of 500,000 men This, Baker em
phasized, is a temporary provision.
Other points. Baker explained, were:
It is planned to make promotion by
a selection process instead of senior
ity, making selections from men who
cafrie in from private life as well as
regular officers.
The department will not at present
recommend universal military train
ing.
“It is necessary to have some legis
lation on the regular army during the
present session/’ Baker said, explain
ing that the vast majority of soldiers
must be released at least four months
after peace.
“A bill cn that subject has been in
troduced,’’ Chairman Dent said, refer
ing to a bill authorizing return to vol
untary enlistments.
“The status at the armistice we bad
about 3.700 000 men in the army,” Ba
ker continued. "The problem of the
war department is to demobilize those
men.
“Our estimates are really forecast of
the situation. We said $500,000 was
the* size to be provided for, but that
was all speculative. '
“When the bill came to be prepared
the question whether we should change
our control of the army came up.
“We decided we should recognize the
present arms of the service, the im
provements and betterments in the war
department.
“This bi.i is designed to stabilize the
war department as it now is, instead
of going back to the old organization
It makes the present organization per
manent but does not deal with anx
permanent policy of the country suci;
as iniversal military training.
“The bill is drawn to provide tables
of organizations for 500.000 men on the
basis our European experience has
*hown an army ought to be organized
on. and tn create as permanent law the
• hanges in staffs and bureaus as now
operating in the department.”
Raker then menhoned two parts of
•he present organization to be done
away with. They are the inspector
j general’s office a nr* the finance divi
sions of the department dealing with
I money and accounts.
!LECTURE ON FRANCE
8Y M. D’VESNE
j Throughout ‘he green huts (his week a
j very interesting and instructive lecture
upon France is being delivered by ?d.
Alexander D’Avesne The lecture is
. beautifully illustrated bv superbly cnl
j ored slides. Professor D’Avosne if w»-ll
'qualified to sneak on his subject, being
• a native n fFrance and having spent
' inAsr of his life there He has the dis
| tinction nf b ing an dffierr of the acad-
I emy. an honor conferred upon him by the
i French government for his work along i
• educational lines.
BOXING CHALLENGE
Joe Nelson of the Cooks and Bakers’ I
School, the bittHng lightweight champion l
f 'amp Hancock, tho undefeated fistic I
• rior from New Orleans, wants to !
fight. He will fight anybody, big or little, t
All comers welcomed H*' herewith chai- i
ienges anybody in Camp Hancock.
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No. 16
itlon.
The word recalling the Military Mlb
ekin back to England came tfo ,m«~-. |
heatedly that the officere of the camo (
did not have the oiroortunity at that
time to do els than Btuge a formal
farewell dinner in honor of, the British
a vests and able instmetora It Is true
that the farewell bunquet wau» a bril
liant affair, but the American officers
wished to show in another manner
their full appre .tatlon and adnalratio*
for the Individual members, axkd> now
comes the aittßOtmcenaerat I this is
j to be done.
Present Silver Trophy.
A magnifiseent stHrer trophy, tn the
term of a ting®- punch bowl of sixteen
I »aart eapawaitT. together with aihrer
lecoutroraeats. easting UHM, tn to be
iwe«»n(ted to them, the fiamdh fbr the
parvbttse betas » momtaal wntaatary
rontrihoatfon Oram the efflteera through
the Gun CtaniWit. TTie
massive ftorart was (teeSKßied end made
| t>y Ttffiausy & Cbmspnuxjr. Stew Terk
Their re®«te«eatattil»es -new cmjrttewlarl v '
promt of Ws pittc* of wmrtt and feel
sonftitent that lit ft.- wortftisr tn bear th*
Instowa of the Anrecitaan. nndtak-Cu*
i'tsh!irl»n7 Otmtsr.
The ftisnst of the bond! tans Ota Joi
towtotr tascrtaeion.-
/ Presented to
The Machine Gun Training Center,
Grantham, Hn«*.and.
Th® Officers MaeMne Gm
Training Center Came Hanaodt,
Georgia. United States Ot Amariffit,
Ao a token of their nppmotaiitm
of the valuable aesistanoe rendered ;
In the arKanlsatlon and davolm
merit of the Arnariaan MaoWfla
Gun Tro filing Canter durln» tta
IhU Military M tost on " whose nwnas
are happen inscribed
■Waist's
p. ». Jephsen. ?JLCI,O
lYffl: A Mtaidev _n.ao„ M.G4S,
4 W.. ttall, Mdlff . ..
a. : M Sralthwaite, D.s.a., M. ft v
J. T. Leas. Af.Q.iJ.
s mw,
I ,
H. A. James i
H. Daniels, V. O , M. 6., Btfin
Lieutenants —tsswi
A. If. Boyd. M Q.fl.
, C R. Brown, M.C., M-OS A ' I
> W. M.G.C.
' L. A. Jone*
I On rhe back there is engraved th«
Machine Gup insignia—whioh is a de
firn of the latest model of Brpsppipsr
frnn with an American spread eagle
berched op the water iaekef of the'
gup. Qn the outride pf the bowl odg-;
|nic the top on a heavy band nt silvan
sncirelipg: the piece is inscribed th e l
names and ranks of the efficeyg wfia
warp members of the missfan which
instructed at Camp Hancock.
Send s¥. Spacial Maswmmr,
General Oliver Edwards, the camp
commander, bile ip ffew Vprk jhie
week, Inspected and accepted the tro
phy upd wired tho phaiyman of tha
committee in charge that the fuft
the finest thing in woikmarifihio ho
had seep. “It is representative pf ehr
esteem W the ‘ErrnMsh offk-erp.i* >mn>
the umpdsJhp p«e< Qmßl h»»
decided it would he mma
make a formal presentation, apd tha
btwl is tp be sept to Granthatm Bag
land. hipAa spec,,'ll messenger. A h»U
tepaht from Colonel 'Wickham’ft gtalt
has been selected to make the tpifl. Ha
Is pa wop ifi? ti ll to New Yopfc. ph sh«
first leg of the forirney, and will lepva
immediately from a point of debavUM
tipn near there. |
The officers appointed hy the Gen*
oral to select the form of ezpenratag
t! « sentiments that existed were opl
onei Geo. J Holden, the cumnianding
officer pf the Machine Gup school:
Major Witer L. Hixon, the cpmmwa
tng officer o the Training Battalion,
M G. T. C.. and Lieut. Stanley F.
Brewster, adjutant o the Mpjp Train
ing Depot the last named being chosen,
to make the formal presentation ta
.iiTglapd.
pprtag the period of their stpy th*-
Brlt'Sh officers gave the officers end:
enffsted mgn here the sum total at
their three vears’ experiences zain«i
In fighting the Hun. All pf the men
whose names appear on the howl saw
retire service in the front fine trenches.
Most ail wore wound and gas stripes.
Captain H. Daniels wore the Vic
toria Cross, the highest honor that
England can bestow upon her war
riors At that time the captain was
the only man In America wearing this
honor. H« bail spent a year in |Mj
trenches and was both gassed and.
wounded. Two o’ ■■r .Major
W. A. Stanley and Major z\. St. Btaffh-I
Wnit* wore the (D. 8. l).| D'igtiP-'
gufshed Service Order, sjs a,:< i®a ‘ or !
nn.isnal daring and bravery.
Every officer had rendered some
''marked" service during ac'tivo war
'r.r* wr'.ich was tha refiscra fog hto
being chosen to represent Qfeat Brit
ain In carrying out the policies pi th*
r”k» o.i* tor ail, all for one, to neat
the Hun.
Before leaving the Afachlp* Gw>
Training Center 1 at Camp Jfcincock. W»
English paid high tribute tt»
I American pupils. They remarked ppon
| O-e untiring “pep” and quicknc.s as
I the young American to grasp the prip-
I '■pt-js’ '' 'hr gunnery erd machine gun
: tactics P.efor- the mission left,'its
i members .-i're-«r<i an exhibition ot
i Mrchin Gun contests in which their
i <>v n standards and records were
‘ broken.
I This, they sa d. was as pleasii.g to
i them ns the re: cits to ourselves. This
I last expression of sentiment wap tppi-