Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-05
GENERAL LOGAN
LAvDS THANKSGIVING
18th Infantry Has Impressive
Service in Y. M. @. A. Hut.
Captain Schoonmaker Stirs
Soldiers to Applause. Band on
the Job.
IN JAMES MuRRlN.

BY JAMES MURRlN.
A varied weather program, spiendld
turkey dinner and patrlotlc Ihanks-
giving service in the Y. M. e. a. ouild-
memory of Nov. 20 alive in the MINDS OF
the 18th soldier boys, now at Camp HAN
cock. A,
ont the whole camp and the hardest work
most fellows had to do was to sign the
payroll After that they were practically
free for the whole day.
impressive Thanksgiving Services.
The morning doWnpour didn't prevent
500 or more enlisted men and many OIL il.
GERS of the regiment from participating
i'm the impressive Thanksgiving exercises
held in the Y. M c. A. building The pro-
gram began at o'clock, the men max
ing they way to the nut IN do|h p'1o
of rain that swept the big dTlli nelo. Vhce
inside. however, they forgot the lnclem-
ency Of the weather and enjoyed the pro-
gram from the moment IT pegan uTLll
the 112th, Regimental Band played Ihe
STAR pangled Banner ana Chaplain 11dil
pronounced the benedction as
Chaplain Hall opened the services with
appropriate remarks regarding the sig
nifcance of Thanksgiving Day, ana the
Importance that it holds in the life OF the
nation. Captain James G. Shaw, adJutant
of Colonel Richards staff, read the Pres
ident's Thanksgiving proclamation IN
true military manner Whlle the SoiuIei
bows listened attentively. Then, follow
ing teh reading Of the 103rd Psalm by the
Chaplain. r. Campbell Brandon, secre~
tary of building rs, and formerly prom
inent Butler attorney, led IN prayer.
AS might be imagined, the 18TH h@S-
mental Band was right on the job, and
PLAYED Under the Willows with that
enchanting swing that caught all the Sol
diers at the start, and the patriotic spirit
of the occasion was manifested more than
ever as the men jumped to then. feet and
sang three verses OF America
VIZ General Logan Gives ADDRESS,
There were only two speakers on the
Observation-Disclosures General Albert }.
Logan, commanding the kifty-sixth IN
Schoonmaker, of Bradford, commanding
Company and now in charge of the
third battalion, owing to the absence OF
Major Bordwell. Colonel Richards had
been asked to speak, and although ne
was present, he expressed the desire sthat
some one else be given the honor TINS
time. ..,..4.
of thanks for the good things we have
received in the past year, began General
Logan ut seems to me, however Wnen
we had heard the proclamation OF the
President that there is not mucn more
that could be said If we take that
document and read it and study 1t, 1t
covers the situation very thoroughly
1.-THE American custom OF IhanKSglV-
ing Day has been in existence for many
years and it seems to me that II IS one
of the greatest things we do, to set apart
day in the year TO give Ihanhs 70 me
SION Son ana wonder What we have to be
thankful for We may be feeling little
blue and discouraged, but II we only STOP
to think there ism tone of us but VINO
can be thankful to God for the many
things re is doing for us. Then when we
are in the midst of this world war per, per
haps YOU ask the question again, "What
have we to be thankful for2
Thankful for Democracy.
1--WE should be thankful that we as an
American nation are so strongly united ~
- IaNO1
willing TO make great personal sacrlnces
of our interests, our homes and our AVes
to defend those splendid principles
Coming down to Camp Hancock and the
work the soldier boys are doing here,
General Logan outlined teh benefits OF the
Y M c. A., the kindness OF the people OF
Augusta and the many other Factors tnat
are making the boys stay IN the South.
land a pleasant one. The absence of
LIQUOR was one of the greatest things TO
he thankful for, he declared, adding that
the United States to report to his COM
handing officer the location of any boot
Logging place of which he knew. re
called upon all men in his hearing TO De
good soldiers-good in the full meaning
of that word-clean, morally splrltuaily
Private Roy House. of the Sanitary De
tachment 10th Regiment sang with 1eel-
ing and an impressiveness that won APP
nlause. God Shall Wipe Away All Tears -
Capt. Schoonmaker's TAX
owe are to be tnauhIul lIldl We dIS
nriviIeped TO live within the bounds of a
country and under the direction Of g0g
citizen the greatest amount of individual
freedom that is aecor det doy n any " n aSer
country on this terrestrial globe" de-
caed CAPTAIN scho0nmasr an in 0peni4 fe
each man so much liberty to act and
think for himself as this grand United
The soldier boys. patriotic to the core,
cheered Justify and applauded vocifer-
'ssThat is one central thought I can
bring to you today. Three Years ago
there was a murder in Europe. shot was
fired. a European archduke fell and the
war started. 1 have read all the green;
haven't found out yet what the wars
about, but we American soldiers know
what we are fighting for today-it is a
contest between, autocracy and de-
mocracy It's either our government and nd
our lives, or the German milltarlsm rules
the world That is why am here, and
that is why you are here today. have
Yum ho