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vw rr' 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 . - - - - - ' ' ' “' ' ' ■ ..'-n- ■ ' - . - - ! - - - . - , -..-.AAK-’ . b --..ji, s 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.) o o 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. , i n—j—niiiwiii' IKLw 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.