Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-07

invested, 81 per cent. of the English. and
81 per cent fthe Italians. The last
named were numerically. far ahead Of all
others, there being 8 1865 employees of Itai-
ian birth working on the railway.
Two Y. NJ. q. A. secretaries were sent
by the General in command at Camp
Meade to accompany drafted men to Camp
Gordon.
Thirty-fiEe letters are required to spell
the one word which, in German is the
equivalent of the four letter English
tank" or land battleship, which has
worked such havoc in the present war
The German word as it appears in official
dispatches received here is 'schutzepgra-
ernichtungautomobH" which freely
translated is "a machine for suppressing
shooting trenches"
Pittsburg raised its quota for the $685.
090. 900 war work fund from $1O00,000 to
$1,500O00.
Mr.. George Michaelis did not last long
as Imperial German Chancellor He has
been displaced by Count George Won
Hertling, the Bayarian Prime Minister.
coionePs Sister Speaks.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, of New York,
sister of Theodore Roosevelt. spoke at
<. NJ G. A. meeting and showed traits of
her dynamic brother when She declared
with Rooseveltian Eigor that if those as
sembled could not put the 81" in fight,
they could certainly put the pay in pat
riotism.
Humorouslye comparing the Kaiser with
q certain East Side bully, Vice President
Marshal recently said that the Kaiser's
memory in history viii be like the mem
DRY of this other Bill When he died a
neighbor remarked to his widow $50
Bills dead?" Yes, he's dead. Il sup
pose he's hittin' the harp with the angels
now" More likely" said the widow,
hes hittin the angels with the harp.
esa7,,iol-ax, +ba t,,,o IF e.aor o,.,, CO., l.,
of Army Y. M. G. A. Building No. rs, is
much encouraged in it's campaign for
share of S35 100000 by the statement of
Mrs. Henry r. Rea, who reported S76,2S6
as the result Of meeting of women at
her home.
Boston has placed a ban on German
music and several of the noted German
stars will not be heard in America this
season. Dir. Karl Muck, leader of the
Boston Symphony orchestra for several
years, has resigned, due to agitation re-
sulting because the orchestra failed to
play The Star-Spangled Banner"
The British have taken another step in
their advance on Jerusalem, by capturing
the ancient town of Beersheba, so fire.
uuently mentioned in the Bible.
A campaign is being waged among coll
lege and university men in the country
to raise fund of S4,000,000 for prison
camp work. Pennsylvania State College
was the first to pledge sum, the faculty
and undergraduates contributing $4,000
with summer weather in the afternoon
the temperature ranging about SIS to 10.
and then dropping to 35 before next
morning, the boys at Camp Hancock are
having quite a time adapting themselves
fires, shivering. In the afternoon the
sun beats down hercely and one is loath
to doff his wooden shirt. It's a great life.
if one doesn't weaken. The fellows who
thought orange blossoms and sunshine
were perpetual in Georgia have been
! shocked most rudely. And we have known
with but two blankets Wouldn't it make
you shiyer?
Lieut.. William Thaw. OF Pittsburg. is
now in command of the Lafayette Esca-
drille. the French flying corps composed
| OF Americans. which had done such great
service for France and in which several
noted American aviators have lost their
| lives.
Ty Cobb is in Augusta, having returned
| from a hunting trip to Maine. He viii
supervise the laying out of baseball dia-
n1ondS at Camp Hancock and the aistri-
button Of baseball equipment which has
been shipped here.
NJ Stephene Lausanne, editor of LIE
| Matin, of Paris, one of the leading Paris
| ian newspapers, and head Of the French
Commission to the United States ad-
dressed the men at Camp Jackson a few
Gays ago, declaring that France is strong
er in men and munitions now than at any
other previous stage.
Hold them, Italy. Keep them from
! breaking through! Push them back!
italian military leaders believe that
America can be of greatest assistance
by declaring war on Austria Hungary.
The first divisional review at Camp
jackson, Columbia, S. c., will be held to-
day. when every officer and man not on
the. sick list will pass before Major Cen
eral Charles J. Bailey.
Richmond Pearson Hobson, the Hero
| OF the Merimac, win lecture on AM
erica in War" at st. Johns Methodist
Church, Augusta, Friday, November 18th.
The women of Canada have written
a verse to their national anthem, God
Save the King" 1t is as follows:
God save our splendid men.
Send them safe home again:
i God save our men!
Keep them victorious, atient and
chivalrous,
| They are so dear to US,
/ God save our men.
1 The men AT RRitd51Ao Ttssrrs TJar