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TEN THOUSAND
MEN W
FOIfmCOGK
Possible Demobilization Center
For at Least Ten Thousand
Soldiers Monthly
ORDERS TO THAT EFFECT AT
HEADQUARTERS
Difficult to Determine Speed
of Demobilizing in Individual
Cases
“Keep Camp Hancock ready to receive
ten thousand soldiers monthly for de
mobilization." is the substance of or
ders from Washington now at head
quarters Just exactly what this means
is a matter of more or less conjecture.
This number may arrive in small groups
or they may come in groups of five
thousand each t«i<*r a month, and the
camp will probable be able to clear
ten thousand mon a month. But here
Again is the difficulty of not being able
to determine exactly how much is in
volved in discharging a man until lie
arrives in < emp All depends upon the
condition of his papers and his physi
cal health.
The government will not dlscbargr a
man who is not in good health. The
army is turning back men into civilian
life ever; day much healthier than when
they went into the army, and no man can
expect Uncle Sam to grow careless of
the welfare of his citizens and send any
man home unless he is in first class
physical eon di I ion.
The various service papers attached
to a man’s career in the army sometimes
become considerably involved owing to
numerous transfers, change of grade,
allotments .examinations, etc.. ami much
clerical work must be done so that’ ev
erything is absolutely correct when the
man leaves the service. With the ques
tion of physical condition and service pa
pers undetermined when a man arrives
for a discharge, it is difficult to say ex
actly whether or no; ten thousand men
can all b sent out in ■> month. The
probability s tliai the average number
of soldiers received will contain men who
can be dir. harged in a very short time,
others much longer time, ranging from
several days io sewnd months
Whether this is a final order relative
tp Camp Hancock or not. no one can tell.
As It stands now this camp is desig
nated as a demobilization center, and
all probabilities point to a considerable
number of troops biing here for some
time yet to conic.
"Y" 75 OPENS TO «EN
(It 4U2NO RESERVE
LABOR BATTALION
On Wednesday. January 22nd, the staff
of secretaries serving the Ordnance
Training Ceil tor moved out of "Y" 75
and a new staff came in to serv- the
men of the 402nd Reserve Labor Bat al
ien, located on Win less road. The n- w
staff is composed of.
Secretary K. D. Reddick, Building and
Religious Secretary.
Secretary H. Al. Shields, Educational
Secretary.
Secretary W. •Harris, Physical Di
rector.
Secretary II R. W. Johnson, Social
Secretary.
The first, night we started with a boom,
in that we wen- fortunate in having Prof
A. D’Avasnc of France to give a lecture
on that beautiful place, showing stereop
licon slides of the country. The lecture
was preceded by a lively Sing-Song in
which the nun entered very heartily.
Thursday night was the Grand Opening.
General O. E Edwards, Major Jos. ph 1,.
Connolly .<-omnunidrr of the battalion,
and other together with Camp
Secretary R. a. Tracy and other secre
taries were present at the opening pro
gram. General Edwards and < ami) Ser
retaray Tracy addressed the men, after
whihch ave-reel picture was shown.
During the intervals of the reels, Miss
Mabel C Ridley, one of Augusta's most
accomplished pianists and songsters,
sang and played with a soul-stirring feel
ing to the delight and pleasure of those
present and Miss Cecile Johnson, a sym
pathetic! reader, read with remarkable
interpretation, selections from j Wel
don Johnson and Paul Lawrence Dun
bar.
A “Stunt Night" was had on Friday
night. Though it was only an impromp
tu affair, yet the fellows seemed to have
been entertained very highly bv their
fellow-soldiers. Those who “starred" on
that occasion were Privates Amoy Doly
and Jesse Sizemore as comedians and
John Campbel] as a painist. Willie Hen
derson deserves mention as a songster
Saturday the “Y” was packed to its
limit and the fellows enjoyed “The pol
ished Villain’’ in pictures. They sang
some of the camp songs between reels
On Sunday morning at 10 o’clock quite
a number of the men weer out to Sun
day school and a very lively discussion
was had of the lesson. That afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock Rev. McCann of Augusta
was present with us and preached a won
• derful sermon.
FAVOR IMMIGRATION
BAR FOR FOUR YEARS
Washington. Legislation prohibiting
general immigration for a period of four
years following the signing of the wace
treaty was approved tentatively today by
the House immigration committee.
Although no record vote was taken it
is understood the committee divided to
7 to 2 for the legislation with six mem
bers absent. Prohibition of immigration
during the peace reconstruction period
has been strongly urged bv representa
tives of organized labor and other at
hearings before the committee.
Great Competition
on Horizontal Bar
at “Y” Hut 76
Wlnbermg hass uccessfully defended rhe
right to claim first place as he mad* his
mark reach 13 times.
Krueger 2 is gaining all the time and
another v.V-k should see him in first
place KrJ-grr has tied for second place
with BckK*rg with a score of twelve
i times.
k Ther* are two tid for third with a
total of 11 tims
These men are Strahner of Co. F, and
iMfei oehl of the VQiitles. It is very easy
see that this is easy as Shephard has
pulled himself up ’lire- tirru-s.
of Co F, is a great rival to
•’Wk hard, as he expects to makv it
by next .Saturday.
TRENCH and CAMP
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CAMP HANCOCK, THE
MACHINE GUN TRAINING CENTER OF THE U. S. ARMY
VOL. 2.
ENGLISH UNO
I FRENCH TO BE
/ WORLD TONGUES
' Professor D’Avesne Sees Them
I As Two Languages Which
Will Dominate
’ WHY THEY WILL WIN OUT
French Tongue Second Today
I in Usage in Many Lands
i rht inevitable predominance of the'
English and French tongues after the
war is the subject of an interesting arti
cle compiled from authoritative statis
tics by Professor A d’Avesne of Boston,
who is on tour as a lecturer for the army
‘ Y. M C. A. He believes nothing con stop
the progress of French and English as
world tongues, after the war.
' Professor d’Avesne says in part as fol-
• lows:
’ Tn all times, but still more now. xx hen
human thoughts are transmitted from one
• end of the world to ’he other in but a
few minutes, language is one of the most
important factors which favors the world
wide expansion of the nation. To be
' complete, fruitful, and also lasting, the
‘ victory of the Allies will have to be kept
and strengthened on the economic and
■ social basis. In order to achieve the
ruin of pan-Germanism and make forever
1 impossible i’s ambitions, it is necessary
’ (hat the alliance of English and French
1 realize absolutely the Entente Cordiale on
1 the linguistic ground To use the ex
‘ pression of A Dauz.at. rhe necessity of
’ such an Entente is clearly seen. first of
’ all dictated by motives of national orders.
- t common not only to Franco and her Al
lies. but also to most of the neutral
• countries, and most especially to the
’ United States.
' The strength of this Entente is the fact
• that it gives the solution of the prob
-1 lent which for generations people have
tried to solve t without succeeding, how
ever.) through means which could have
‘ had but little chance for success, since
thev were utterly superficial. This prob
’ lem, in which all (he countries of (he
world have been deeply interested is that
1 of a universal language.
‘ The impossibility of an unique language
has been demonstrated so that it Is nec
essary to appeal to the two languages
' which are the most widely known in the
1 world.
• English Is the most widely spoken: hut
/•the penetrative strength of a language
i throughout the globe is not measured
[ bx the number of individuals who speak
, if as maternal idiosm; but by the number
; of those who have learned it besides their
national language and use it as a second
one.
I It is. therefore, of small importance
that linguistically speaking, we count
I millions of Germans or 120 millions of
—or Fr«rnWr
people, when the question is to know’
which is the language most widely known
outside the country’s frontiers.
From this standpoint, the question Is
all to the advantage of the French, onrt
of th** reasons being that German or Rus
sian are ton difficult to learn. Hardly
anyone understands or speaks Russian
, outside of Russia. As for German, if we
make exception of the three states where
it is one of the principal national lan
-1 guages. (Gerniany-Austria-Switzerland)
‘ its utility is limited to its frontiers and of
no account outside of Europe, to such
' an extent, that according to a German
Dr. Molenaar, English had taken its
[ place on the very steamships coming
into Hamburg Notwithstandine the Tvg- .
1 ernony of Germany in Europe during the
past, half rentur . German had gained but
■ little ground, and in order to expand
their economic influence, in the eonnner-
1 rial world, the Germans were obliged to
use the languages of their competitors,
if not their enemies.
The German language was almost of
‘ ficially banished from Hungary, and the
highly educated Hungarians oven af
fected not to understand it After the
i final break, this tendency will be ac
centuated. so that the Germanic influ
ence will boos no effect in the non-
Germanic states of the dual empire.
French is much more widely known In
• German-Switzerland than German is in
French-Switzerland. Denmark and Swe
den seem to be the only non-Germanlc
countries where, on account of geograph
ical proximities and commercial relations,
German is the best known foreign lan-
: gunge. This is but a small advance con
sidering the backward stop it will have
to take after the war. In Norway and
Holland. two equally Germanic countries,
it has not come to the first place. In
England. German stands far behind the
French tongue, and in Southern Europe,
there is no noticeable penetration of
German. So it is in the Orient., and in
the Turkish Empire, which has been po
litically and economically governed by
the Germans for the past 20 years. Ger
man officers and business men who did
not speak Turkish were obliged when they
talked with Ottomans, to use French.
Ten years ago. Prof. Martin Ji/rtmann
of Leipsic wrote, “Taking an objective
point of view, and taking in account the
reality of things, I must admit that the
chances for French combined with Eng
lish are far greater than those of German
and French, or of German and Eng
lish.”
A short time after, a Bavarian profes
sor. Mr. Molenaar, who made sincere but
vain efforts to bring about a Franco-
German “approachment,” recognized the
superiority of the French language and
accepted it is the international tongue,
remarking that no other language could
be compared to the French, as a refined
means for transmitting human thought.
More than ever, the Germans will have
to accept it. If they want to travel or
transact any business operations in for
eign lands, they will have to use cither
French or English, and thus. In spite of
themselves, become linguistic clients of
the entente Cordiale.
Some may object that, artificial lan
guages have tried to solve the problem,
to which objection it may be most em
phatically answered that so far they
have most pitifully failed It may be
proper to mention here, that almost all
artificial languages have been invented
by persons whose own language had the
least chance of being adopted as an In
ternational language. The author of Vol
apuk was a German and Esperanto was
created b\- a Pole. Taking these, inventors
altogether, from 1860 to 1907, we find out
|of 45 names. 27 Germans.
May wc say, then, that the artificial
language idea, is a German one. They
knew their language could not. spread it
self in the world, and they concentrated
all their efforts toward the adoption of a
neutral language in order to prevent the
triumph of English or French. An arti
ficial language has no value. So far as
education is concerned, it docs not enrich
the mind, neither does it procure liter
ary enjoyment. It is indeed justly that
Paul Deshanel says that: “What men
want to learn when they hear a language
is not merely words and sounds, but
all the moral and intellectual world thev
express. No. a language which has not
been lived, could not possibly create life.
A language in which a nation has not
put its soul, will never capture the hearts.
A language without anv poetry will never
fly to the lips of men.*'
Theoretically speaking only, one inter
national language would be preferable
to two. and some have thought that
French could play the role it played
(Continued or Page Two.)
With th« Co-operation of the Auguota Herald. Augusta. Ga.
Fighting Over the Northern Snow
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The manner in which warfare is carried on in tHe. north of Europe is hero shown. Great sheepskin coats,
fur caps and mittens may hamper rapid movement of*,machine guns or artillery but they prevent death fey freez
ing.
Ordnance Training Camp Band
Has Left Service of the Army
Members Honorably Discharged and Men on Their Way Home.
Was Organization in W’hich Augusta Was Very Much In
terested—-Remarkably Rapid Development from Intelligent
Direction.
Al last xve must bid a fond farexv. ll to
the “l-'amous Ordnance Training Camp
Hind “ Today th.' memb rs will r< « * ive
their honorable discharges and return to
their homes.
The ordnance band has indeed made a
great reputation in the short time (hat
it has been organized. In fait, it has
been known as the best band in lie
South. v
It was not until iho middle, of Sep
tember that the band was created, under
the direction of Major K«-mp, the < amp
adjustant. Hundreds of applicants re
sponded to the vail when it became
known that a baud was to be organized,
and after considerable weeding out. sev
enty men of the necessary qualifications
were rhosen.
A little difficulty was experienced in
getting under way. until rhe necessary
instruments were secured, but soon da iy
concerts were given.
Through the coin t ‘.«y of Upl., pci..lV.*>|L
the' commanding officer of the e
Training Camp. Augusta was favored by
having a band on many occasions. t
Since early in October the band played
daily < on. < rt.< • ilw < )r<l u;t 11< '<• Training
(.’amp headquarters and weekly < oncer!s
at the Augusta Arsenal. During the
former inuenza epidemic concerts were
given each Saturday’ at. the Monument
on Broad street. The band also rendered
concerts at the opening of the T. \V. C. A.
pool, and at tin* Ikpial Suffrage meeting
held at the. Y. W. <A. On several oc
casions the band played at Sunday eve
ning services in Augusta, churches.
Time: 2:30 A. M. Sunday. Place: A Station
Characters: Soldier and Service Officer
Read This Little Drama of Real Life
John c. Saylor, special representative
of the Employment Service, while ntteqd
ing to official business in the Soiuh
about a month ago, was waiting in the
Chattanooga, Tenn., railroad station for
a train connection.
The amount of baggage he carried im
pressed a young soldier with th'* thought
that he was a traveling man. The sol
dier approached Saylor and ask'd him
If he would mind answering a fexv ques
tions. The hour was Sunday, 2:30 a. m.,
and the soldier said:
“ I Want a Job.”
“T hope you don't mind my bothering,
you, but. I have just been honorably dis
charged from Camp Hancock, .Augusta.
Ga., and I would like to get a job. Could
you tip rne off to anything in your line?”
Mr. Saylor informed the soldier that ho
was connected with the United States
Employment Service, which v.as doing
everything in its power to insure return
ing soldiers, sailors and marines of re
employment. in industries and places best,
suited for the capability of the individual
former servant, of Uncle Sam.
An Unlisted Office.
Mr. Saylor asked, “Where do you
live.?" The reply was "Morristown.
Tenn.” So Saylor lifted his Corona type
writer out of its rase and placed it on
the top of the information desk in the
Chattanooga station, wrote a letter of
introduction to the examiner in charge
of the United Stales Employment Service
at Knoxville, Tenn., the nearest office to
the young man's home.
The soldier thanked him for th* letter
and attention and started to apologize
for “bothering him with his troubles.”
Duty Not Trouble.
“Your troubles are our troubles right
now, and we don't consider them troubles
whatsoever.” said Saylor, “for Ernploy-
wnaisoever, sam r>ayior, ioj ivnipivy- ...
News From Detachment 90lh Inf.
The boys are getting a little rest
less these days. They have learned by
newspaper articles that the military
police force and signal corps of the
28th Division, of which they are mem
bers, are to be demobilized, but have
not heard anything about the infantry
organizations as yet.
Tiiis detachment has mon from
pretty nearly every state in the union,
and the name of the 90th Infantry will
be carried to quite a good many of
the big cities of the I'. S., and also
some towns in the Carolinas
Co. “D,” 90th Infantry
Corporal Flemming is now on a ten
day furlough at his home in Bakers
ville, N. C. Corporal Flemming has
been in the service about sixteen years,
now serving in his sixth enlistment.
He says the T*r“‘ years are always the
hardest in arms’ life —after that a fel
low gets used to it. »
Any soldier who does not have a
position to go to at present can slay
in the army upon making application
to his company commander. and I’ncle
Sam will lake rare of him until he
secures a position. Then after he gets
the position he ran he discharged
upon his own request- This Is in com-
JANUARY 29, 1919.
■> The best and most formal concert.
• which proved to b the last concert in
• Xugusta, 'was givm at the Grand opi i:i
j hous< on January 12. under tic auspices'
of the War Uantp Communitx Svi-vicv. ;
( A large crowd attended and considet
, able enthusiasm was shown. The * xvrl
lerur of the nm.qfv was a surprise in -i
way to many of those who knew how
young the band was. It was expressed
among many of those xvho attended that
‘ this was indeed the best, concert given
since the organization of the camp.
The band was made up of men who
’ wire limited in experience, but unlim
ited in ability to d* velop. Ordnance Ser
■ grant Boyd T. Barnard, the chief must
‘ cian, did not join the band until :;e\»-ral
■* weeks after it was organized. was
soon recognized as a coming leader and
i by virtue of the amount of experience he
has had.finder sqcn conductors as Her
bert < la*r» and Arthur Pryor, and his
ability asfi a concert, soloist, he soon
g.’*jped the abseV’L. conLtb-nc.? «;f the.
? men. Sergeant Barnard had visions of
• bringing the band to a high standard.
He xvas peculiarly fitted for tin- position
1 as director, since he was able to develop
’ each section, paid a great deal of at ten
5 (ion to balance of sound; strove for
• proper shading and, above all. proper
• note valuation. He was able to handle
the men by (ho expreasiv«*ncss of his
I baton, ami ho had the entire oi-opcr
ation of all the players.
The attitude of the men was always the
b -st. They were conscientious workers,
• and very anxious to pul the band to as
high a place as possibh.
—
> inont Service men are charged with doing
everything in their power to aid soldiers,
j sailors, amt marines in becoming rc-em-
• ployed, and our motto is “The better the
• place the better the deed.”
So the following letter signed by Mr.
C. R. Moffett, superintendent of the.
Knoxville (Tenn.), office of the United
States Employment Service, proxes very
i interesting reading. It shows that the
service, through its intelligent display of
practical ability to serve, secured re-em
ployment for Mr. William W. Baker, the
returning soldier in exactly the manner
the service handles its problems—with
care .and efficiency.
The Results.
CO7 South Market Street,
Knoxville, T-nn.,
December 5, 1918.
From: Superintendent.
i
To: Mr. John Saylor, special vp
r»senlativ<. to Din-i.-tor General.
Washington, I*. C’.
Subjefil.: Application of Mr. William
W. Baker.
1. Referring io your letter of de
cembor 1. file D 600, introducing Mr.
William W. Baker, of Harristown,
Tenn., who has just been .discharged
from the United States army at
Gamp Hancock, Augusta, ("la., wish to
advise that 24 hours after having had
an interview with Mr. Baker as to his
qualifications this office xvas means
of placing him xvith the Lenoir Car
Works. Lenoir City, Tenn., cost,
accountant, at a salary of $125 per
month, and we believe that Mr. Baker
will make the company a valuable
man.
2 Thanking you for your interest
i ) the matter, T am,
c. ft. MOFFETT.
Superintendent.
- piianco with a recent telegram from
v Washington. D. C-
V
Pvt. Peter H, Wilson has returned
■ from the base hospital after a long iil
p ness. His favorite song is. “I Don’t
” Want to Get Well.”
The Big Five—Lefty Davis, Duke
1 Quinlan. Porky Staehle, Gold Brick
‘j Brick Hurley and Count De-No-Count
f Wilson —started out to win the cham
pionship of the basketball series, and
J just as lhek would have it, it rained
too much and the game was called off.
Igg-Nutz Dinsmore and Wisdom Wise
, walk like they belong to Pinkerton’s
Detective Agency. Never mind, boys,
if we are alive next yeat\ we will try
- another game, so get in trim.
s Attention. A, B. and C Companies’.
We have the best baseball team in the
• battalion and you better watch your
'• step. Lefty DUvis, who played semi-
- professional ball in Chicago and also
with the 15th Infantry in China, is a
wonder on the second sack, ami Dickey
\ Jones, the swell backstop who played
at Maxwell, Virginia, is behind the bat,
‘ and Krunky Kimbro, of Chattanooga.
‘ gets a’l the short ones at short, if you
F! want to got trimmed just accept our
j challenge to a game.
(Continued on page two.)
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NO FOUNDATION FOR
DISCHARGE RUMOR.
Rumor .is gotten abroad that
i all men in this camp would be dis
i charged within thirty days. Such
I a- rumor is cntiiely without foun
' dation. Whenever information of
i this nature is authentic it will he
i given out in official publication
from camp headquarters.
S G. BLANTON.
Major Infantry U. S. A.
Camp Morale Officer.
MILES OF SMILES
GREET HUMORIST
‘•No man tan make love sensibly.”
remarked Herbert Leon Cope. humm -
ist. in the course of his entertainment
at “Y” 75 the other night, “and to il
lustrate”-- but his remark got. no fur
ther. It was drowned in the “whoop
a-ahaanwhoep 00-oogosh. I'll swear
You’re right” from a. delighted listener.
For an hour and a half the pleasing
lecturer lead his audience over the de
lightful highway of love and laughter
to the city of smiles and sunshine and
unselfishness and human sympathy.
"Long coats and long faces don't make
religion.” also suggested the enter
tainer and proved his assertion with
a few miles of smiles. And. by the
way, if the grins of the audience had
been put end to end, the smiles would
have measured miles enough to circle
the globe.
Mr. Cope, who 7 the red the Players’
(’lub in the camps of the Southeast
with his philosophy of laughter, is
touring the army camps and unrolling
smiles in Hie “V ’ huts, lie will be in
I.ancock for a few days yet.
Rain Postpones
Field Events In
Training Battalion
Mjor Hixson’s men were in splendid
condition to enter the track events and
were confident of taking all the prizes.
The major has been very lucky to have a
man like Captain Rathbound to look after
athletics in the group as he has proved
himself very competent. There was to
b" a basket ball game with the 90th In
fantrv. which would have been one of
the best games that the camp has ever
witnessed. The captain has had the men
out to practice and according to the
showing will give the 90th the time of
their life.
The basket ball game will undoubtedly
b<- played this week and those who like
the spoil had better be there. There
are such -men as Summers, the all-star
from Carlisle: Grady, the Wisconsin bear
cat; st. Germains, the well-known ath
elete from Tomah College; McArdle, the
well-known cook from the 21st com
pany; Gordon, the best looking man in
the army.
With a little practice this team will
trim anything in camp.
Overseas Patients
At Base Hospital
Following is the list of overseas pat
ients al Base Hospital. Camp Hancock,
up to and including January 28. 1919:
Captain Albert Martin, 2nd A. I. C..
Harlem, Ga.
First Lt. Sam Adler, 3rd Btn., 319th F.
A.. 10(19 Whitaker street, Savannah, Ga.
First Lt. Lawrence M. Gleen, Co. K.
7th inf., 327 Marion street. Lake City,
Fla.
(’orporal Earl Carlos (col), Hqs . 371st
inf., 902 (.’ampbril street. Camden, S.
(
Corporal Willie Davis (col.). 371st inf.,
16 Giedge Court, Orangeburg. S. C.
Corporal William F. McGeen, Co. L..
I 120th inf.
Pvt. first-class Frank Jones (col ). Co.
]>.. 520 the eng.. 11. F. D . No. 3, 97, Wash
ington. Ga.
Pvt first-class Louis Lanier. Q. M. C.,
Rout No. 1, Box No. 28. Garfield. Ga.
Pvt. George Roesel, ('<». IL. 148th inf.
Pvt. Waters E. Bell, Co. 8., 52nd inf.,
Ashburn. Ga.
Pvt. Jesse Bennett (col.), Co. B , 511th
eng.. Chicago. 111.
Pvt. Tom Bosquit (col.), Co. G.. 307th
inf.. Vidate, Ga.
Pvt. William 11. Braddy, Co. A., 306th
am. train.
Pvt. Bennie Chapman (col.). Co.
369th inf.. 430 W. Oak street. Griffin, Ga.
Pvt. James R. Clark, Co. E.. 306th am.
tr.
Pvt. Derricks Currington (co!.), Co. I,
807th inf., Teesburg, Fla.
Pvt. Edgar A. Dawson, Bat. F.. Gist G.
A. (’., 2929 Tampa street. Tampa. Fla.
Pvt. Dewey W. Hinds, Co. !< . 26th inf.,
R. F. D No. 1. Hymans, S. <’.
Pvt. John D. Lee. S. A. R. D. coast ar
tillery. Route B. Statesboro. Ga.
Pvt. Lahorn Lee, Co. D., 166th inf., R.
F. D. No. 1. White Springs, Fla.
Pvt. Jess*- McCoy (col ). Co. I. BO7lh
inf.. 1812 Davis street, Jacksonville. Fla.
Pvt. Harry Martinis. Co. (’.. 59th inf.
Pvt. Joseph Melcardo (cot). Co. M.,
369th inf . Porto Rfeo. Ponce.
Pvt. Warren Minnich (co!.), Co. I. 371st
inf. R. F. D. No. 3. Saluda. S. C.
Pvt. Louis E. Nunan, Co. D, 4th eng.
Pvt. .father Snell (cot), 308th Labor
Bn., Q. M. C.
Pvt George W. Spivey. Co. C . 328th
inf . It. F D. No 7. Statesboro. Ga
Pvt Harry Williams (col.), Co. 1., 370th
inf, 802 Jones avenue, Waynesboro, Ga.
Under the Auspices of the Army Y. M. C. A.
REPORTED GOLD
MINE DISCOVERED
AT HftNCOCK
News Speeds Rapidly Oven
Camp and Hundreds Press
Around Discoverer
MAY BE ONE LOST IN
COLORADO YEARS AGO
Exact Location of the Glitter
ing Metal As Yet Undeter
mined
Gold! Gold’ A gold min*-’
Almost breathless, abb: only to gasp
the words “gold, gold mine.” into camp
vesterday afternoon, staggering with ex
haustion, tottered a wild-eyed, youthful
machine gunner, made his xvay i- . bly to
his company commander, gapped his tre
mendous news and fell o’enome with
fatigue.
A gold mine in Camp Hancock.
With miraculous rapidity sped th<- n»-ws.
Uncannily sped the news. Gold’ Ov<-r
the camp went the news. 1 i> and down
the company streets flew Dame Humor
with the news. Wings of Mercury
never bore news so swiftly. In and out of >
tent after tent telepathically it seemed
scattered th-- news. Thoroughly was the
job done.
As when the commander-in-chief or
ders •‘attack" and ten divisions as a
single man advance at double time, so
speedily went the news.
Visions of John Suter's mill in 18IX. the
rush of thousands to th.- fields of new
found tr.-asur, opening the earth’s gen
erous golden stores, priva teyaehts. no
more can duty, automobiles —a diff* rent
one for every day in the week—a
of airplanes to trifle with, a privaV
movie, no more “key P.“ a private rail
road. a well-filled humidor of Ha van..’r
best, ah these things and manx- more too
ninib rous to mention flashed through the
I minds of those who heard, th ent-ws as
quickly as the news ran over camu.
! A gold mine in Camp Hancock. But
[ where'.’ Th** more pra.-ticall.v minded who
pxei-e not insensibly intoxicated with ex
citement at last asked the natural ques
tion. lie alone of the human world who
new th'* priceless secret, still lav in a
swoon, his brain as idle as a “painted ship
upon a painted ocean.’’
Moved by uncontrniable curlositv, bv
an unquenchable thirst for knowledge,
geographic knowledge of a definite char
net or, those who had not the slightest
characteristic of a Red Cross nurse, who
cnuld not even have offered a rattle to a
crying infant. £ent anxiously over the
prostrate figure. Suppose he* should not
awaken. Awful thought. Dreams of the
, moment built, on solid gold vanished ns
the gems of dew before the morning
sun. a gold nflne so near and yo‘t - ban
ish th<* fleeting thought—perhans never to
be realized.
“Treat him gently, boys.” - Gently they
bent over him. Carefully they attended
him. and watched for that first flicker
of the eyelids which should tell the world
that he, partner now of Pluto, was about
to arise and announce i tnerms of east,
west, north and south the great news.
At last. The eyes moxed just a little.
The breath came more rapidly. The
mouth opened The exes opened. He of
the priceless secret gazed around him.
“Where am I?” was all he said.
“Where Is the gold mine?” shouted
the chorus.
“What gold mine?” inquired the dazed
man.
Sadly the multitude departed.
The above narrative has been recited
to illustrate one of several characteristics
common to human being. Three prizes are
offered to the first three respectively
who guess most nearly the correct trait.
First prize is a genuine goldbrick, third
prize is a raspberry and second prize has
not yet been decided upon.
FOLK FROM AIKEN. S. C..
ENTERTAIN AT Y 232
On I’rh’ay evening. January 24,after
a. short talk on the “Prevention of the
Flu,” by <!aptain Knox, and a brief
vesper service, led by Secretary
Honeyman, more than a half dozen ex
ceptionally good entertainers from
Aiken, South Carolina, greeted the
large audience of soldiers at the audi
torium of Y 332. A few introductory
remarks were made by iMr. C. F. Mar
tin. the Camp Social Secretary, who
then called on Sergeant Baum of Camp
Hancock to introduce cur friends from
Aiken. The sergeant, himself an actor,
helped immensely in making the pro
gram a great success.
The first number of the evening’s
entertainment was a beautiful vocal
solo by Mrs. Whaley, who was called
for encores several times. Then came
the readings by Mrs. Croft. Iler hu
morous anecdo' js and short, witty
stories, together with her clean, cul
tured voice, brought the audience to
applause many times.
Miss Wilds, a sweet-tempered and
charming young lady, was now called
to the platform and performed in a
graceful manner. She was not very
quiet either, for the strains from her
voice, accompanied by her guitar,
brought forth a number of sweet songs
of long ago, with the words changed
to suit the occasion. Miss Wilds en
joyed entertaining so much that she
has intimat€*d coming in the not very
distant future.
Miss Laird, another charming young
lady, sat to the piano and played to
the storiettes and songs by Sergeant
Baum. Erom the time that the ser
geant began his act to the close, the
audience was kept in laughter. It was
not a few minutes that these two
young people were on the stage, to
entertain by themselves, but to have
the assistance of the vast audience.
The boys do want to go home, but de
cided to make the best of things while
here in camp, so they sang a number
of the popular airs, led by Sergeant
Baum, with piano accompaniment by
Miss Laird.
After a few remarks by the Social
Secretary of Y 232, Mr. 11. Luessen,
the boys gav a rising vote of thanks,
amidst three cheers, to the talented
musicians and guests who had given
of their time for the benefit of the
soldier boys at Camp Hancock.
“Whatsoe'er our lot may be,
Calmlj' in this thought we’ll rest —
Could we see as Thou dost see,
We should choose it as the best ”
PERSHING ORDERS EVERY
MAN TO SEND POSTCARD
Washington.—Failure of relatives and
friends at home to hear from ma Ay mem
bers of the expeditionary forces has led
General Pershing to order every man in
the American army in France to mail to
his nearest relative a post card giving ,
th*- present location, state of health and
military unit of the writer.
General March announced the order to
day and said special post cards were be- ;
ing supplied for the purpose.
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No. 17.
MP LIBRARY
HELPS PIM
FOB HOME JOBS
Plenty of Books on All Subjects
to Be Had By the Soldier Who
Is Thinking of a Job
LIBRARIAN READ NOW IN
CHARGE
Men of All Trades and Profes
sions Will Find Helpful Ma
terial at the Branch Libraries
“What’s next?”
That is the question. Are you prepared
(o tarkl* the old job or the new one. now
that Lie- lime has come to go back home?
In th- odd moments, when you have noth
ing to do. while waiting to be discharged
why not get ready for the new work
by reading books which will help you sue- .
reed in it. , t . -
Th.- Camp Librarian has a good stock
of books on all subjects and on almost
ev» tv trade ami there is a steady stream
<>f m-xx’ books coming in. If there Is no
book on the subject in which you are
interest'd in the Library, xve xx ill try
and get cm- for yon “Accept no sub
stitu:<•; “ doos not apply to books, for the
mor<- angles of vision you get on your
work, th*- better equipped you will
for that work.
Therefore should yon ask for a spec
ial book ami find it out, take another
which we might, be able Io suggest, It
xx ill help some.
Mar’iinists. --ngineers. plumbers, teach
er.-- ministers, bank■„_ 1 >»• 1 jers. journ
alists, candy mak ’‘TTi.-**, *rs, every-
one apply.
We’ll find something to give you a
boost.
nie to the main library next to th«
Liberty Tl eater before or after the mov
ies ami ic ok over the collection of
or nine hundred hooks we have on techni
cal subjects, or- else leave your request
at any- of the “Y’s” or K. of C. buildings,
or at the Hospital Library. We mak*
daily trips to all our braschcs and will
try and get the book to you within 24
hours.
The Library is a friendly octopus reach
ing our through all the camp ready to
lu.lr i.t any and every way. We're hero
to boos service, though one man re
ii who had been trying to obtain,
a ropy of service’s poems and always
found it out, “You don’t get much serv
ice here.”
We have printed slips to distribute,
with lists of the best books on subjects
in which you may be interested, get them
and take (hem home with you. •
If you can’t get the books here before
you go, when you do gv t back home, go
'o th*- nearest pubik: library fur them.
Ton vil' find them helpfully suggestive.
There is a new librarian named Read in
charge of the Camp Library. Drop in
any time and ask Read what to read.
SPRINGS FROM THE
MOTOR M. G. GO.
The Motor boys arc now quartered in
their new barracks. Who said for an
other six months?
Thar sounds good said Red Mortensen,
1 figured on staying 12.
But if any man is wearing a smile
these days it’s Cummings. What’s the
news? He has his discharge packed away
in the bottom of his suit case where the
devil can’t find it.
But Patty is still patiently waiting
for his little papers that will give him
free passage back to dear old New
York.
Keep up the spirit, Pat, you are doing
fine.
Monday night. Klaus and Mahlock in
tend to settle their little troubles by giv
ing a free-for-all wrestling match.
Poor old Santa Klaus will have a terri
ble long way to go to spend his evenings
at “Y ’ No. 78 from now on.
Fall out you goldbrickers.
Can you imagine the sensation. It
seems too large a problem to think of at
one time.
Turner, Give us a song. “I wanna go
home.
Take off your hats to the mess ser
geant. Some feed he gave us Sunday.
Yes, Ice cream was on the bill-of-fare.
All K. P.’s must, servo for one week
straight. Pretty sofe. Wipe their names
off the goldbricker’s list.
What’s the name of that little gal,
Patty’?
Whenever you see Pat writing a letter
with the typewriter, make up your mind
it’s for her back in New York.
Gildbricker’s calloff.
SOCIAL WORK A
FEATURE AT 76
Our Motto. “The Spirit of ’76.”
Building No. 76.
‘Serving Group 2, M. T. D. and Train
ing Battalion. M. G. T. C.)
Secretaries:
Frederick A. Smith, John W. Ross. Wil
liam H Pingree and J. A. Norris.
Believing that a happy soldier is a con
tented soldier, the secretaries of No. 76
have made a specialty of the social work
the past week and are planning to do so
again this week. The moving pictures
have been of an especially high grade
and accompanied by the best of music.
The professional entertainers on last
Tuesday night. “The Hendry’s” were one
of the b -st attractions ever presented
before the men of Group 2. Informal
sings around the piano every night with
such star pianists as Haley, Miller and ‘
orrison, add to the social atmosphere of
the building.
Checkers, chess and dominoes are con
stantly in use and there are some mighty
good plaxers among the men. It is plan
ned to conduct a checker tournament in
the near future. If “flu” conditions per
mit the ladies from Augusta xvill come
out to entertain the boys on Friday night.
Any suggestions for the betterment of
any department of this hut will be great- *
ly appreciated by the building secre
tary.
We desire to call the attention of the
men again to the tact that we are always
ready io help and advise them about
any of their problems and that men de
siring to better their education may se
< ure bocks on any subject by making
application at the office.
SOFTHEARTEDNESS TO
HUNS WARNED AGAINST
Detroit, Mich.—For fear that the “wind
mav blow some German dust over here
and blind the American people,” Harry
Lauder, comedian, warned Americans
against growing soft-hearted toward the
former kaiser and the German neopie. In
an address before the Board of Commerce
here.