Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28


Dedication week at Building II was
marked by the best service rendered
since the completion of the building
On Monday evening the movies were
supplemented by an orchestra from
the Military Police, under the direction
of Private Becker. The first of a series
of government educational movies
was Shown on Tuesday night This was
preceded by Prof. Irving Fosters fare
wen French talk to the boys.
On Wednesday night Mr.. Berg gave
a stirring address on The Three
great question of Ife-Who Am 1? Why
Am l Here? and Whittier Am | Co
ing?" The song service was led by
Mr.. Tebbs. On Thursday afternoon
some of the good women of Augusta
mended various garments for the boys
and made curtains FOE the windows of
the building. A record crowd attend
ed the movies in the evening, Cap
tain J. Rice Smith, Confederate vet
eran from Augusta, was the star at
traction of the entertainment on Fri
| day evening under the auspices of
| Mrs. Eve and her co-WorkerS. A hear
| ty vote of thanks was given this COM
mittee for services as entertainers eX-
| tending over a series of Friday nights.
Saturday was "Open night" Two of
| the boys from Company B Of the En-
| gineers assisted one of the staff in
placing an effective decoration of oak
! ! aVeS and pine for the dediCatOry serV-
ice. The chess tournament launched
| last week has reached the finals, which
will be played off between Leach, Com
pany A, Engineers and Ruff of Com
| pany b. Engineers.
Sunday was a great day with us. In
| the morning at 8 O'clock Chaplain
| Houghton of the Engineers conducted
molly communion in the building, and
at 9 O'Clock the regimental service. At
| 10 o'clock, the first regimental service
for the Military Police and the Signal
| Corps was held in the building, the
! Headquarters Band furnishing the
music This service was attended by
the official staff of the Military Police,
the officials of the Signal Corps having
made previous engagements. We are
| happy to announce that this service
will be conducted by our religious work
secretary every Sunday, by permission
and hearty cooperation of the Off
| GERS of the two units. In the afternoon
the Bible, Class continued the study On
the life of Christ
Dedicatory Services.
The dedicatory service in the even
/ ing was of special interest, and greatly
enjoyed by the large number of men
present. The opening service as print
, ed on the program was led by Mr.. Berg,
who called upon Chaplain Dallman of
the Machine Gun Battalion, to read
| the scripture lesson after which Chap
lain Houghton of the One Hundred and
| Third Engineers lead in the prayer of
dedication. Mr.. DObsOn then expressed
| the indebtedness of the men to the of
| ficers who had so kindly housed the
"Y" during the days prior to the COM
| pletion of the new building, to the CO.
operatinfi chapains, and the splendid
assistance of the Augusta ladies. He
paid tribute to the work of Prof. Fos-
ter who returned last week to State
| College, and then introduced Col.
| Schneider of the Engineers, who en-
couraged us greatly by stating, in the
course of his remarks, that "the Y NJ.
| c. A men in their service to the boys
and the country are doing their bit just
as much in this war as the man who
carries the gun in the ranks" He
concluded his happy remarks by calling
on the men present to stand and give
! three hearty cheers for the Y. M. c. A.
and it's work
| Following his remarks announce
ment was made of the great loss to
Building II of two members of its
staff-Mr Wakefield who left Monday
| for Washington to enlist in the avia-
! ton service, and Mr.. Landis who has
enlisted and is now in the service with
the Sanitation Department. Headquar-
ters. Military Police. Following this