Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-14
ITALIANS Being
TAUGHT ENGLISH
Officer Praises Work Being
Done. Private Kopp Gives
Fine : Talk. Attendance In
oreasing. DR.. Alexander on
Friday Night.
BUILDING NO. 70.

ADQtlOIlS OcCIeldTy Wv lIiidtn Milton
Hess.
Religious Secretary-To be appointed
Educational Secretary-Luther d. Mill
ler
Physical Secretary-George r, Tyson.
Assistant Secretary-Franll r. Heau
Assistant Secretary-lIubert N. Dukes.
Sixty-ive drafted men from Camp
Meade are living in the old Fourth Reg
mental Infantry, next to our building, and
as the men are unattached, they have
been making their home in Building No.
49, Among the number are thirty for
eigners, principally Italians and Poles.
Twenty five of these men can not UNI
derstand English and many have difficulty
understanding the commands of their Of
ficer. Realizing the difficulty of the OF
hcer in command. it was suggested that
the Y M. e. A. start a class in English
for these men and the lieutenant acqui-
eSced readily.
The next morning at 9 o'clock these for
eign- speaking men in khaki were march
ed to the Z. M. c. A. building and from
there taken to the mess hall of the in
Urinary, where blacl1boards were set uD
Physical Director Tyson had the distinc-
ton of being the first teacher, because of
the absence of Secretary Miller, but after
the first day. the class was in charge of
EdIcational Secretary Miller
The men enjoy the lessons, which are
based on the Peter Roberts system and
the lieutenant who directs the men on
the drill field, has expressed his appre-
citation and says that the men show great
Improvement. All the lessons have to do
with military life and are very practical
Physical Director Tyson is assisting the
officer directing the drafted men in set
tlng-up exercises and recreative games
we are indebted to the old Third regi-
ment band under the leadership of Band
master Edwin Brinton, for nightly con-
certS in the building, which have become
very popular with the men. The banw is
n1IN MI r,rI.
Third Regiment, formerly the Fourth,
and Bandmaster Brinton, seeing a chance
to make the band useful, offered their
services to the M. c. A., which were
On Sunday, Secretary Mann addressed
a union service at Gibson, Ca in the in
terest of the $35,000,000 campaign. Sec
rotary Miller occupied the pulnit Of 81
Johns Methodist Church morning and
evening. Secretary Probyn, now attach
ed to the administration staff as public
ity manager. was at Waynesboro with
Rev. DR.. Wigginton, where both spoke
in the interest of the campaign
Private Charles Kopp, Of Company c.
l0Sth Machine Gun Battalion, gave the
address at the Wednesday night service
and 1t proved unusually forceful The men
listened most attentiyely to one of their
comrades urging them to higher standards
of living.
Tonight, Rev DIR. Kerr Boyce Topper.
OF Philadelphia, will give an address and
Miss Margaret Battle, Augustus foremost
soprano, with Miss Carolyne Brown, con-
tralto, will sing. DR.. Maitland Alexander
is coming on Friday night and is antici-
pated with much interest.
At Saturday nights sing-song, conduct
ed by Tebbs, the men We're enthused over
the singing of Private Carson, of Greens?
burg, Pa. a member Of Co / 10th In
fantry. Private Carson has a beautiful
tenor voice, and sings with great express
sion. He was encored several times Pri-
yate Griffith, of Co e, 112th Infantry,
also delighted the men with his robust
tenor voice. His singing of MEN of Har-
lech," in the Welsh language, was d great
treat
During the past week. $500 letters were
written. More than 5000 men frequented
the building during the week.