Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-21
SAND SHOTS OF
18TH REGIMENT

Boys Answer Personnel
Questions. Is
The program of a hike-a-weeR, with
each Thursday as the eVanffuI day Isl
giving the boys Of the 112th an opp0r-
tunity to see nearly all Of the country
within a radius of four or five miles Of
Camp Hancock. More than that, it Is
getting the fellows used to the hiking,
hardening their feet and developing their
staying qualities. Fewer than fifteen
men dropped out on the last hike, on Mo-
Yesnber 18th, ard this is considered re-.
inarsable record. The maneuvring and
staging of what might be called a shame
battle delighted the several thousand sol
diefs who participated.
Top Sergeant Charles Rowe and Mrs.
Rowe, together with Major Dimes, well
known yiolinist, and John Surra whose
VOICE has beensflea on a number of &C.
Company with great credit to themselves
last Saturday evening when they gave an
entertainment at the Children's Home,
about I'VE miles distant from camp.
Sergeant p. e. p Brine, Of Company
z, who halls from England and boasts
o. quite an ancestry, has made the ac-
qualntance Of number of the British
Tommies who are ait Camp Hancock, and
at every occasion they are swapping stor-
les Of Ilighty sPeps" friends say Ser
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British army.
The Third Battalion Of the 112th Repi-
ment underwent thorough field inspec-
ton ON Saturday morning and next week
the First Battalion will be due for a once
over of the same kind Deficiencies are
checked up, and under such a plan it is
pesslbie to ascertain just what Is needed
70 complete mans equipment. The in
spect1on was conducted by Colonel Rick
ards and Lieutenant Colonel Gamble, as
sited by the battalion commander, Cap
tam Schoonmalzer. and his adjutant, Lieu
tenant Gibson.
Never was a camp better prepared to
combat the worst type of winter weather
that the, South can offer than the 112th
All week the preparations to smake it
coid-proof have been going on uninter-
fuptedly. Mess halls were boarded up
some time ago, and two large heating
stoves. of the Old-fashioned country ore
tyne, We're installed on Thursday. More
than that, the bath houses are going to
be made comfortable places for the fell
lows who are going to battle there during
being equipped with hot water heaters
hut they are being tar-papered and every
opening closed up.
The bravest have heard Of vet is the fell
low who Went down at 0s30 one night
last week and took q cold shower.
1t isn't every regiment that can boast
OF two such splendid bands as the IJ2th
Low mas WilitfH It's fC0nIlleS. Every night
there is concert before RegimenfaI
Headquarters, furnished either by the
ll2th'S own band. under the direction of
Band Leader Roy Miller, or by the Sth
Band, which came over on Wednesday
1t is led by Chief Musician David Clark
and has made q most favorable impress
sion SO with programs that are widely
different, the boys of the 18th arc GET
ting all the music that they want. THE
l12th's band made another hit on Friday
evening when It played at the Confederate
,Mohu;11ent on Broad Street; at the same
hour the Sth Regiment Band was NAV
ing in front Of RegimentaI Headquarters.
For the first time in two months, foot
Dali and haSeball games were not on the
regular Wednesday afternoon schedule
during the past week. The intensive
training " giving little opportunity for
the boys to practice, and when holiday
comes they are making the most of 1t in
cieaning their clothes or doing something
for themselves.
Frank English and ]. M Slater, known
as the Gold Dust Twins, OF Conanany u
are the guardians of one of the cleverest
looking little black dogs in Camp Rob-
ert Huddleson, of Company F. is also the
proud possessor of a SIMILAR pup
The belief continues to grow that every
thursday is going to be a hike day for the
boys OF the 18TH and 11Ith Regiments
ana ana they are taking to the program with
had to date have been most enjoyable.
Last Sunday was one of the most beau
tiful days Camp Hancock has ever seer.
ana scores OF Augusta. citizens turaed out
Tor the fine band concert that the band
gave in front Of Regilnental Headquar-
tiers, Several hundred programs were
provided by the visitors.
The cheeriest word from the old home.
town, next to the letter from the girl
who hasn't forgot. ana The mother ySbo
still loves on. is the sheet from the old
home press. 1t tells the news better than
the longest letter, and is about the most
welcome piece of mail any soldier bow
could receive. # the folks back home
only knew this they'd wrap up a home
town paper and send it along more fire.
quently.
Friday was an eventful day for the SOL
der boys of the 1i2th, First, they start
ed in ON boxing lessons, next they poseJ
in group pictures for the history Of the
regiment that is being prepared, and,
thirdly, they marched to the First Field
Cavalry Hospital and answered the ones
ttons on the personnel" cards The per