Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-12
SAND SHOTS FROM
18th REGIMENT
Six Thousand Soldiers See
Bayonet Drill "Over the Top"
General Clements Arrival I'm
presses Boys.

| Fully 5000 soldiers, members of the
| 112th and 111th regiments, stood about
| the rim of the old reservoir in dr1zzllng
rain Thursday morning and saw "ovel
! the top and how it is done. The exhi-
| bition, staged under the direction of Cap
| tain Ryan of the British army, and with
picked men from the battalions of each
| regiment comprising the four waves" OF
! fighters was interesting in the extreme,
| and even exposed to a chilling wind, min
| gled with drizzle that found its way
] under heavy overcoats, the fellows didn' I
! mind standing there for more than an
hour. Il was such a spectacle as would
delight every red-blooded American SOL
| der bow
BIT even this interesting exhibition
| took second place to the impressive spec.
| tacle staged hurriedly last Tuesday af-
| ternoon when General Clement returned
| to Camp Hancock and the entire division
, stood at attention as he passed in his
machine. 1t was the first time since the
| boys came south that the whole aggre-
| cation of strength has been ION parade"
! as it was that day, and the few specta'
! tors whose privilege it was to see the
sight will not soon forget it. To the boys
who participates it will ever be a mem
Dry. Artillery, cavalry, infantry. motor
trucks-they were all there, and every
man looked his best in fighting trim
and military to the last degree.
Company d of the 112th had little trou-
bic in wrestling Wednesdays hard~fought
football game from Company ] of the
111th Infant-e champions Of that regi-
ment. But there was one regrettable
feature In the third quarter Herbert
Wolf of Harrisburg one of the D COM
pany players, was injured about the head
in one of the scriTnmageS. He was taken.
to the hospital in an unconscious con-
dition, but he has shown such improve
ment that it is expected he viii be bach
in the company long before this appears
in print.
There are nine happy lieutenants ir
the 112th now A few days ago they
all second lieutenants. The list follows:
William f. Cutting, formerly sergeant
Co g; Howard c. Dickey, formerly bat
TALON sergeant major; Cassius L. Sears
formerly first sergeant, Co. A; Ned n
Holmes, formerly sergeant, Co. B; Cam
den Cobern. formerly corporal, Co. 3,
cyrus 9: Whitehill, formerly sergeant,
co. ID; Frank r. Fleming, formerly ser
geant, Co. f. Herman o. Marshal, for
merry sergeant, Co. b; Merle Coover. for
merry sergeant, Co. G. Announcement
that their commissions had been received.
as result Of their successfully passing
the examinations OF last October, was
made late Thursday night, and the ma
lorlty of the boys wore their lieutenants'
insignia and uniforms for the first time in
the Friday hike.
Gordon f. Couch, the little fellow who
handles morning reports over at Heac %.
quarters, can tell you how he met Miss
Lucille Duffey, one of Oil City's prettiest
girls, at the Augusta station at noon last
Sunday and how, the next day, escorted
by Chaplain Willis Hall, of the l12th and
Color Sergeant Luse, Corporat Couch ana
Miss Duffey walked into the Augusta
court house Only to emerge a few min
utes later as MIR. and Mrs Couch" II
is not necessary to add that the wedding
came as surprise to even the soldiers
most intimate friends and he feels hap
pier { lay than it his commanding Of
/ lNs1e 1f1l h
ment had made him a second lieutenant.
There's music in the air every night in
front of regmentaI Headquarters and it
adds another chapter of pleasure to the
life of the soldier boy; it cheers him
up # 1t has been dull day; it puts
bright thoughts into the letters that are
| being written home, and so the 112ih is
mighty thankful that it has two such
splendid bands as it now possesses.
Augusta photographers are reporting ?
noticeable drop in the sales of films and
in the development of pictures since the
division order went into effect and few
cameras are in evidence in the regiment
any more, the boys combining their photo
graphic activities to the city itself.
The non-coInmissioneG officers of the
entire regiment were given an instruc-
tive talk on military courtesy and du-
ties by Colonel Richards and Lieutenant
Gamble on Thursday morning. when the
corporals and sergeants.
Captain Phelps is the man who can
tel many a funny story of guardhouse
life, perhaps because it has been his luck.
to serve double tricks as officer Of the
day and to find that Saturday night
every now and then, finds INN on that as
signment, The other day. 50 the capta1rr.
says one Of the I-won t-worlx prisoners
went out on the field to exercise" I'M
der the eye Of n guard. armed with rifle
and bayonet- The work became tire
some and SO the little fellow, thinkin-:
with all the confidence of a captain
Come on, orderly, let's go home'
Sergeant S J. Merook, Company E,
private w H: Bennett, Company D, Pri-
Eate w. $. Gill, Company K, and Private
Gibson, Co. d, all of the 18TH and mem
bers of the division football team, enjoyed
trip to Columbia on Saturday to par,
ticipate in the game with the Camp
Jackson team