Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-31
GEN. LOGAN PRESDES
Defeating NO. rs
Warm Words Of Praise BY
Commanding Officers on
Work of the Army ~

The fine new spacious building of the
Y. NJ. G. A, known as No 76, and To-
Gated at the northeastern corner of the
Ii2th Regiments drill field was dedicated
with an impressive program on Sunday
evening. IN which Brigadier General AL
bert j. Logan, Colonel Kearns, Colonel
Richards and other wen known officers
of the seth Brigade and Machine Battal-
ions. participated.
The program, besides including several
hymns, The Long, Long Trail and oth-
er numbers, included half dozen adj
dresses that emphasized to the hundreds
Of soldier boys crowding the building,
what the Y. M. O. A.. was doing for the
moral welfare Of the youngsters who soon
will be going lover the top" The adj
dresses were straight from the shoulder
punches concise, crisp and to the point.
squad tent that night with greater
vision than before of what purpose lay
at the basis of the Y. M. c. A. plans.
General Logan Presides.
Brigadier General Albert j. Logan. COM
handing the 56th Brigade, was the pre-
siding officer for the occasion, and with
the other speakers of the evening,
occupied place on the platform. The
regular Sunday evening devotional ex-
ercises were carried out. A specially
printed program had been given to each
service, as well as the prayer in which
one of the X. M. c.. Al. secretaries led.
Then the boys sang Onward. Christian
Soldiers with new fervor.
1t Is great privilege to talk to you
young men" General Logan said, in be-
ginning his fine talk, Especially when
! know tht YOU are here, at the call OF
your country. In all the wars in which
America has taken part, Pennsylvania
has done its full share. as we win do on
this occasion, feel sure This is, no
doubt, the greatest war we have ever en-
tered.
I am proud of you all, boys; for you
are men who have volunteered. You
came here to be trained and it is your
this work, not only for your country sake.
but for your own. And remember, gentle
men. that you cannot be good soldiers
unless you are good men. and don't be-
lleye there is man here tonight who
does not want to be a good soldier To be
a good soldier you must be clean men
clean morally, mentally and physically.
How better can you serve, in your af-
lection for the friends and relatives at
home, than by going home after the war
and saying, a have been mentally, NOR
ally and physically right
He paid splendid tribute to the Y.
NJ G. A. emphasizing it's value in border
days, and declared that the people at
home who had contributed to fund to
dedicated had given greater than they
knew debt the boys can repay only by
their good behavior.
Three Necessary Qualities.
Chaplain Dollman, of the 107th Ma
chine Gun Battalion, emphasized in his
winning way the three things necessary
to the development of the man in the
metaphysical, mental and moral train
ing, and at some length he described the
value of each one He compared the
physical training to the pg-iren stage
and the moral training, combined with the
other two, to that Of the watch spring
typifying the climax in the production of
the perfect soldier with that Of the pro-
duction of iron and steel.
Above everything else, we need q
great moral conviction, a great faith in
God, and that is what the Y. M. C, A.
is doing, intoxicating that spirit among
YOU boys he said.
Colonel Shannon, of the Machine Gun
Regiment, introduced as one of "the
Rough Riders of the Spanish American
War; serving as a captain during that
time in Porto Rico, declared he was an
out-and-out advocate of the Y. M. G. A.,
and stood behind his chaplain in what
ever plan the latter proposed for the NOR
al development of the men.
Perhaps they don't think that ] am
as -devout Christian as the rest back
home. but | am heart and soul in this
had manifested the greatest interest in
the entertainments the ''Y.' provided;
he lauded the work the ''Y.' had done on
the border and added that in his belief
working perfectly and systematically for
the boys who win soon be in the trenches.
Roy House, of Company B, rendered a
vocal selection that won great applause
and then Colonel Kearns, commanding
officer of the It1th Regiment formerly
the 1Sth), was introduced, and was warm
~ applauded.
Need Live 'Y." workers.
I'VE need real live chaplains in this
regiment and we need real live members
of the Y. M. C. in every brigade, to take
care of the boys from a moral standpoint
The purpose of the Y NJ c. A. is to
keep the soldier boys contented and
working along right lines; sometimes the
boys get homesick and NOPE, they want
to go home-and ii is then that the Y nj.
G, A. lets them so home, through the
letters they write.
He reviewed the causes of the war in
brief and said that America had entered
into the war game because the Kaiser
had three times as many secret service
agents in this country as the United
States had, and predicted the war would
not end until 'the Declaration of indie
pendenee lay on the table before the war
ring nations of Europe
112th Chaplain Hits Mark.
Chaplain Willis w. Hall, popular "sxy
pilot of the 18th, and a faVorite with
the men of his regiment, said:
III the United States wins out in this
war, it win be because you are men from
the word go; it takes all the manhood in
you TO make you a winner-physieally
mentally and morally. 1t is for this pur-
nose that fha " NJ q and the cham