Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
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111th Field Hospital

Under the new schedule of intensive
training, the boys are rapidly becom-
| ing as well drilled as any company of
| "Doughboys on the big Lot" The
big field back of the Underground
Hospitals each morning presents a
spectacle of unprecedented activity.
Squads to right of 'em, squads to left
| of en- with sergeants before EN- NUT
tering and laundering Reverting to
the Well-known ridge vernacular. "A
great life" but we aren't weakening,
although some of US will be keenly dis
| appointed if we don't get the regula-
| ton new Springfield and bayonet with
| the blue hat cord for Christmas. The
| boys were quite enthusiastic about
| the big review on last Friday after
noon. After being shaved and dressed
| up in the woolens,-which we donned
only for special occasions, with the
shoes all shined UP the bunch looked
quite spick. We were first on the field
but had to keep moving brisilly to stay
out of the way of the other three hos
pitfalls when they started their maneu-
vers. Finally we were marched back
| know just exactly what Raymond
| Hitchcock meant when he sang, "All
| Dressed Up and No Place TO Co"
The spirit of Christmas awakens
strange thoughts in the minds of some
| of the fellows. "Gibby' Weiss insists
| on barking back to the days of his
youth, when he trundled o little red
wagon around Pittsburgh 1t certainly
| is a far cry from the carefree days of
/ adolescence to the stern CD duties of
the latter-day "Pill Roller eh Gibby?
Perrysville, Pa papers please copy)
Anderson has just returned from a
furlough in Pittsburgh. He reports ev-
erything in the old town as just about
the same, except for the fact that since
/ July Is, 1917, demands for and sales of
writing paper have increased just
about $50 per cent. Can anybody offer
us the correct solution to the ques
ton.
We wonder who coined that phrase
about 1.-THE Sunny South?"
Laffel expects to be in Pittsburgh
for New Years Eve. "E4erm" says he
has been asked to lead a watch meet
ing at both the William Penn and the
| Athletic Club, and he is undecided
which one to take. We (used editorial
| ly, Of course) would advise the Attn
letic Club, Herm-for obvious reas-
ons.
"P-I- IT." What happened to
those Inn" gatherings of the sons of
Pitt. How about it, fellows? Let's get
together.
Mr. Vox Populi rises to inquire,
"Why does an issue woodpile for
kitchen. use only diminish so notice.
ably over night?" For once, Vox, we
are without word to say.
| Krapfel must have a new nick name
| for ebo,,Id tFDOt11 10 elIhrrpp2A
| Immediately "At ease" used to fit
him like issue shoe strings or issue
hatbands, (have you ever noticed
that's about all that ever does fit
chap but since he has started to work
| for Lieut. Hibbs,-well, he has the
busy bee beaten at it's own game.
Since the Ford has been sold Du-
mont and "Johnny" Hines have been
wandering around camp aimlessly
owing to the lack of something to sat
| isfy their craving for something me-
chanical to tinker with. A guard has
been placed around the Victrola, but
we tren1ble for the ultimate safety Of
the new range in the kitchen.
We are losing one of our regular"
| chaps-Gordon. has been transferred
to the NJ ?. And from there, expects
| to ego higher We surely hate to lose
| him, but when they come along and
drag him out, what are we going to
about it, Ell?
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