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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09
A Little Notebook from
Company {, Third
ProU. Regt.
(With Apoloeiea 10 . My Chian.l

with Apologies to o My Chian)
A little note book within a smelly stall
A horse contentedly munching his
hard earned hay;
Our instructors rasping voice t
pass the time of day.
OH ammunition, thou art a joy for
all.
The following choice morsel was
cleaned from a "stalr where a class
of our bright ones was in session the
other day.
Hurst (plainly bewildered) What
ah is th-er, all, range of a dummy
cartridge?
Instructor equally muddIed) err
depends upon the dummy
sergt Robinson, our estimabie top
knicker" and Butler, our demure sol
der Of fortune had a few brief words
recently
'lsutier quoth our TOP fixing a
Bevo eye on the modest eulprit) "at
inspection ] found a pair of dice on
your cot"
Modestly indignant, Butler silently
bows his head and wends his weary
way kitchenward.
Scene 2 Butler Is discovered PEN
sively rolling EN- with Cook Morgan.
delayed by CENSOR: Dame rumor
has 1t that Bishop amassed a remark
able average in the Company Admins
tratlon Elk This may be an exaggera
ton, but you've got to admit he is some
Georgia Peach
During the first part of the week
word came to Co, C that Co. f claimed
to be the only live company in the reg
iment by reason of the fact that they
possessed a baseball team that made
pretensions to having stars in its
membership. A scrub team was hur-
riedly organized in C Co. a challenge
placed before e Co. and the issue was
fought out Sunday afternoon. The
score was 60 against C Company when
the tide turned and c Company won by
decisive score of II to s. All grand
stand seats were occupied and there
was considerable spirit on both sides
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
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Casual Remarks From
Fifth Casual Company,
First ProU. Regiment

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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09
10y Joseph <. colton.l

| Life, which since the Kaiser went
crazy, never has been n path Of roses
| for any of US except the munition max
| ers, the profiteers and few Of the flat
| feet and weak hearts back in the hum"
| Flown, has become just one inspection aft
| er another. If any Of US get the epizotis
| Il won't be the fault OF the health guard
/ ians. or bureau de saDte, as our French
cousins might say What with the san
| itarv observations day and night. the
| general inspection Saturday the noon
tday mumps once-oyer and the bi-weekly
gathering in the mess hall We surely
could give an epidemic a head start and
/ beat it wherever it wanted to run. We
haven't been to town so long that We
doubt whether old George at the Albion
would know us Yes, we've been there
| once or twice as Somebody's guest SO he
| could place us easily We're going to
! take Frank down there some day and
show him what feed is.
| You've got to deliver it to good old
| Fred Shaffner. Sergeant Major Brow,
| who is solicitous for the health Of his
| flock of orderlies. asked him the other
| day II he had done anything for his cold
| You know Fred has the most aggravatin'
wheeze and it's scared the rest of us
aH hoiler We'll Fred just allowed
| that he had. What You bin doin "
asked the sergeant BLOWN INV nose IS
| what we call treatmert-not TO mention
economic use Of the Kings English.
We hate to give Fred so much snaee.
| he cannot he denied. You know Fred
/ Shaffner the other morning when he
was getting ready for Saturday 'sDecI-
shun he discovered that some miscreant
tof his cot the night before. and nv r
| miracle he hadn't crashed through Fred
/ INDUCED in a few words which were ex-
cuSsble and i he finds out vino did It.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09
1880 PRISONERS

hinutin.-AIenber of the Amer
lean expediuonary forces who have
been Unidentified as prisoners of war
in Germany murderer 1,4S0 on Oeto-
her 5, said an announcements Monday
from the office OF the adjutant general
Of the army, In addition, 220 civilians
ipterned in Germany have been idenu-
fed as have sixty one sailors held in
Constaatinople.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09
REM0UNT DEPOT

The effect Of the Spanish influenza at
Camp Hancock has been~felt in this re-
mote section of existence. Although there
are no gases here. the post exchange and
the y, NJ. G., A, have been closed ipded-
nitely ana the bus that operates he
tween here and Augusta has been
stopped IL a few weeks moro of isola-
ton continue the man who rediscovers
us viii be unanimously elected to place
in the Hall Of Fame
We extend congratulations to Lieut.
II. l.. Riley upon his recent promotion
from quartermaster sergeant to second
lieutenant. Lieutenant Riley came here
year ago as a private while the Re
mount was in the formative stage. His
genial manner and manly character have
made him many friends and admirers
His promotion is a deserved recognition
OF thorough and efficient work His
home is in Butler Ga.
Han, who has been in the Base Hos
pital since March, was returned to the
4 RemQunt as n result of the influx Of
Spanish influenza cases AT the base. He
says he recalls having been here long
tine ago,
Lieutenant Beck has found a reason for
liking the South other than the pro-
verbal sunny cline. Here's TO Lieutsn-
ant and Mrs. Beck.
The number aud cosmopolitan charac-
ter of the Remount personnel We're in
creased last week by the addition of a
hundred men, including an Oneida Indian
The cry Of the older men now is when
do we go Over?"
A number of the men are now enjoying
Through Among them are Sergeants
iouston and Jennings and iodine"
Baker.
40
ant Morris, formerly assigned here, has
been promoted to captain, He is in com
mapd Of veterinary base hospital unit
and expects to be over there" soon
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09
BRANCH DRAMAS.


Sergeant Meloney: Verify, my worthy
Johnny Henson, get you not a letter for
me today and l will chastise thee most
severely. pom my word.
Private Henson: Curb thou thine an
ger. friend Harry, for, by my haldidon.
l have not letter received for ten moons
now.
Private Jacobs: Out upon We, ltnavesl
TO pirate thus about the lack of mail
when hero be with many large, brown
War Department envelope yet filed with
unanswered mail.
Private Guther: Content am that no
other but my Dearie write me and happy
are the days that bring forth a letter
from her and dark and gloomy those
when none doth come.
Private Wessman; Avaunt 'e ALI with
your mall and your Dearies. Forsooth, are
we children gamholing DER the green.
gward or are we brawny men that fight
Letters, faugh!
Private Parker (entering1; Cease We all
this prnttle o. letters and address ye
your might and your attention to making
o. this stencil one thousand copies
Sergeant Meloney; Give thou It unto
me, Private Pyri1er and but wait thou
two minutes and it will finished be,
Private Wessman: Oh worthy Private
Parker, like Diogenes of old, I seek a
man who has not a Dearie. Come, thou
tall and lanky one, answer me this.
Hast thou n Dearie?
Private Parker: Thou dost abash mo,
friend Wessman OF the twitching nose,
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09
MARINES XMAS PACKAGES

Washington. D.c,-Christmns package:
for marines with the American expedl-
tionary force must be Of the size pre-
scribed for the army packages, ii was an.
nounced today.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09

Diplomatically we would pay our
respects to the Fourth Casual Com
pany. First Prov Regiment. o t. C.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09

Speak up, Sergeant Kane, and ourtail
seandal-monRing tongues; why make you
infants clothes?
And herewith we have the Song Of the
I1rAughtsmen, as sung by Sergeant
Blackwell Privates Schaupt, Reidel, Per-
kens. ct all
4 rule. square, some ink, pen,
pencil board. q rubber and then
IN straight line, curve and angle,
eve win readily untangle
The battle map for you.
We viii exhibit TO your view
The fields OF Flanders or Of France
Or even camp If you so wish by chance,
oh, a city block or hemisphere
Is Just the same to us, my dear
Private Schaupt has at last learned who
the mysterious person ia that was sending
him his cake. Let us caution him 10
never again utter names and addresses
aloud especially when We Ed Is sitting
near Maybe that is the reason he has
not been getting that cake lately
Private Harrlnton familiarly known as
Able the Painter holds musical siestas
o. nights In the Camoufage Department
and Sergeant Meloney has discovered in
the music a great cure for insomnia. At
least that was the impression made upon
We Ed when he found the said sergeant
asleep at the concert
Things We NsVer See
Sweat on Sergeant Major Brewster's
brow.
Private Schneider busy.
Private Henson mad
Private Hughes missing chance to
argue.
Private Wessman stand without
twitching hisenose.
Sergeant Blackwell any place but his
tent or the office
Private Henken talk without swearing.
Private Grams singing,
Private Harrinton matter of-fact.
Sergeant Meloney laugh without exhib-
fling his whole interior
Sergeant Major Weld has secured some
very largt writing paper, but we are will
ing to wager that he will find 1t diff
cult getting the entire name and ad-
dress on the envelopes.
Private Grams likes his coffee and cake
down at the Bluehlrd. There may he
other things there that he likes. but we
won't 20 into details.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-09

Up in Brockton. New York the vine
yards are beginning 10 give forth their
luscious fruit Carl Erickson has four
brothers up in that country and he's
expecting a few boxes of grapes almost
any day Get your name in early for
hIInch-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
THEATRE ATTRACTIONS

in war Near the Wagner home lives
Beth. a patriotic Young woman. who
seems devoted to Karl. and who ig-
nores the persistent attentions of
Frank Douglas. an old schoolmate.
and who, at the outbreak of the war,
becomes a Secret Service operative in
search of spies. At the Wagner home.
Krippen, a German spy chief, and
Leone, one of his agents. gather at
frequent intervals to consult with
Karl. whom they induce 10 swear al
legiance to the Kaiser In their train
is King, a spy. who is a sailor on a
transport. One evening, while doing
in an easy chair, Beth overhears a
plot TO destroy a transport ly means
of a bomb, cunningly placed in Their
mos Lottle which has been secreted in
the hold of the steamship by King.
The bomb has time lock attachment
and it is so arranged as TO explode at
midnight on the date of sailing. Beth
is shocked at the discovery of her
sweetheart's perfidy, and she upbraids
him sternly. He makes her his pris-
oner and carries her to Krippen's
headquarters in the mountains, where
she's is confined.
Meanwhile, Douglas, on hearing of
Beth's experience, starts in pursuit.
Krippen's agents kidnap him and after
chloroforming him, throw him in a
river He revives and manages to
reach Krippen's headquarters, and
after desperate battle secures and
releases Beth. She now reveals to
him the story of the bomb. They has
ten to a wireless station and notify
the ships captain, who manages to
find the bomb just one minute before
the hour set for the explosion. When
Mr.. Wagner hears of his sons perfidy
in the spy plot. he reprimands him,
whereupon the young man deliberately
shoots his father and narrowly es-
capes lynching at the hands of mob.
To learn how this unusually inter-
testing story ends, don't fail to see
it, as it will prove well worth your
while.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
THE WAR BOARD
CHANGED THE STYLES

whether women realize it or not
there has been a saving of steel
through making corsets on simpler
lines. There was a shameful waste of
material in shoes, but the War Indus
tries Board stopped that by restrict
ing the height, the number of styles,
the variety of colors, etc." In the
Worlds Work for November Mr.. The
odore Price tells how these and other
savings were brought about "by diplo-
macy" He says: "Women's wear
presented a delicate problem. Paris
sets the style for the ladies. Certain
~ gentlemen in Washington were not
to be consulted But the War Indus
tries Board made a few inquiries by
cablegram-the French Minister of
Commerce and Industry asked the
arbiters of fashion over there few
questions-or, at least, it is presumed
that he did-and the French designers
suddenly awakened to fine apprecia-
ton of the beauty of simplicity of
style. The board did not dictate to
American designers; it merely ac-
quainted them with the situation. A
saving of 25 per cent in the wool used
in women's clothes was secured.
Another interesting saving, says
the Worlds Work, was in the numbers
of kinds of articles. For example,
there were 600 sizes and kinds of
metal beds, which the board reduced
to 80 and lightened So pounds per bed;
2S7 varieties of auto tires were re-
duced to nine In the vacuum cleaner
business alone-the War Industries
Board found way to conserve 1,000,-
600 feet of fabric hose.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
Prussian Guard Long Famous.

The history of the Prussian Guard
cream of Germany's fighting men,
which was smashed by the headlong
attack of American troops at the Sec
ond Battle of the Marine, dates back
to the latter part of the Seventeenth
Century, when men believed in the
divine rights of kings, and the troops
of the guard could be depended on to
protect the sacred body of their SOW
ereign when all other supporters fell
away.
The Prussian Guard was once q
company of archers, known as the
Trabant Guards. 1t was transformed
into a real fighting force by Frederick
William l. Drill with him was ruling
passion and he lavished much atten-
ton on his guard; securing Europe for
giants, as no man under six feet in
height could enter his pet regiment.
This requirement was abolished by
Frederick the Great, who cared only
for fighting ability. The stirring ex-
ample of Napoleon's Imperial Guard
caused the Prussian organization to be
increased in size, and it now comprises
a complete army corps. Into its ranks
go the cream of each years class or
Prussian recruits.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
AT COLONIAL TOMORROW

Louise Glaum, in an exceptionally
fine story, "Shackled," written espe-
cially for her by the noted dramatist
Lawrence McCloskey, will be the very
pleasing attraction at the Colonial
tomorrow evening. The story is a
modern society drama which presents
the s.ar in the role of Lola Dexter.
an orphan, who fights the merciless
puppets of society by the sheer force
of her noble nature until she triumphs
not only for herself, but for those
whom she has learned to love. The
scenes of this highly dramatic story
are laid in fashionable homes, and at
Palm Beach, that exclusive playground
where the American millionaire open
ed his holiday The production is
mounted in a most lavish manner,
and the costuming proves 10 be a
veritable fashion show. The star
supporting cast is an exceedingly fine
one. AS photoplay for the moment
"Shackled," may be especially recon-
mended because of its human appeal.
1t renews your interest in the big
things in life-in love, in honor
and in pluck, and a photoplay that
does that--amid these times that try
mems souls-is worth while. A very
interesting Outing Chester Travelogue
also.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
SOLDIERS WANT WIGS

If you have an extra wig ABOUT you,
the War Department Commission on
Training Camp Activities wants it and
is also more than ordinarily interested
in any hoopskirts or polinaise that is
hanging around, any Cleopatra cos
tune. or knee breeches from the time
you were Napoleon at the masquerade.
Take them around to the representa-
tive of the War Camp Community
Service in your city-there's one there
if you live anywhere near a training
camp. and he will see that they are
mustered into active service.
The Department of Domestic Activi-
ties among the soldiers under the COM
missions is organizing and training
them so that each regimental unit
will have its own group of players
with a leader Dramatic Directors
have been sent into the camps to de-
velop these groups. Plays. makeup
material, wigs and costumes are being
furnished also, and the demand for
these latter accounts for the draft on
the old trunk in the attic.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
PHYSICALLY FIT
AT ANY AGE

IT isn't age. it's carelessness that puts
men down and out Keep your internal
organs in good condition and you will
always be physically MT. Watch the KID
neys.
organs in the human body. When they
break down under the strain and the
deadly uric acid accumulates and crys-
taiizes look OUT These sharp crystals
tear and scratch the delicate urinary
channels causing exeruciating pain and
set up irritations which may cause pre-
mature degenartion and often do turn
into deadly Bright's Disease.
One of the first warnings of sluggish
kidney action is pain or stiffness in the
small of the back. high colored or scanty
urine, loss of appetite, indigestion OF
Do not wait until the danger is upon
Won. At the first indication of trouble go
after the cause at once. Go to your drug
gist Immediately. Get a trial box of GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules imported
direct from the Laboratories in Holland,
where they have been in use for over two
hundred years They will give almost
Immediate relief. If for any cause they
should not your money will be refunded.
But be sure to get GOLD MEDAL. None
other is genuine. In sealed boxes, three
sizes.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
URGES TRICYCLES
FOR WOUNDED MEN

Tricycles and motor vehicles of all
sorts will be in demand for men who
have lost limbs in the war, according
to Consul H. d. Van SAINT, Dunferm-
line, Scotland.
ut is estimated that in Great
Britain alone from 100000 to 1,000,-
600 tools suitable for use by men hav-
ing an artificial arm could be sold"
Mr. Van SAINT reports. These tools
are needed to enable mechanics to
carry on their previous trades as
plumbers, blacksmiths, carpenters,
etc. One expert claims that there is
at present a market for at least 100,-
600 small motor cars or electric tri-
cycles, we'll and simply constructed
and easily manipulated, for the use of
crippled officers and men. No such
machine has yet made its appearance
in the Dunfermline district, and when
a practical motor or tricycle. is offer
ed at a price below $500 the sale of a
large number will be assured from the
start.
bicycles are becoming increasing
ly scarce. Wheels formerly selling at
$25 and $50 now bring $50 to $40.
Cripples' chairs and hand tricycles
have become equally difficult to obtain
and are costly, while there are scarce
" any suitable for this hilly country.
An efficient hill-climbing tricycle. or
motor-one easily understood and
handled by an armless or legless man
would meet an urgent demand, and
if such a machine were ready az the
close of the war he sales would be be-
yond any yet reported"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
A FACTORY FOR
MAKING DOLLS HEADS

lishment in 1917 at East Liverpool,
Ohio. by Mr.. Ernest Reinhardt, of
the Bisc Novelty Co.'S pottery for
making bisque doll heads. Since the
imports of toys from Germany have
been cut off efforts have been made,
with more or less success, to produce
dolls and doll heads of various ma
terials, but it remained for Mr.. Rein
hardt, formerly connected with the
doll-head making industry in Ger
many, to produce bisque doll heads on
commercial scale in the United
work in small way in Philadelphia,
soon after the war began, and in 1917
he removed to East Liverpool, Ohio.
where, if his plans are carried out,
bisque doll heads will be made in
large quantity.
Another milestone in the pottery in
dustry in this country was the estab-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
RIDGELY P. MELVIN.
NURSES ARE NEEDED
BY THE RED CROSS

Can you nurse? Nurses are needed
and badly needed With 10000 nurses
enrolled, more than 1900 of whom
are serving with the Army and Navy
at home and overseas, the Department
of Nursing of the American Red Cross
soon will inaugurate a campaign to
take care of the growing needs of the
military forces next year. An an
nouncement Monday night by the War
Council said that $4,000 nurses will
be needed by next July 1, and that
5000 of these must be enrolled before
the first of the year.
The Red Cross has spent about
$S5O,000 in equipping nurses for duty
abroad, while approximately $780,
600 has been spent in fitting out base
hospitals. For the Navy eight base
hospital units have been organized
or in process of formation.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
AT THE COLONIAL TONIGHT

The Hun Within" powerful story
revealing the German Spy menace in
this country. will be the exceptionally
fine attraction at the Colonial this
evening.
Henry Wagner, German-American
who fled Germany many years ago, be-
cause of his hatred of military autoc-
racy. is the leading citizen of a large
town in the vicinity of New York. His
son, Karl, is pro-German, despite his
fathers protest and he returns home
from mis- university in Germany just
before the Kaiser involves the world
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-05
REQUISITE HOURS OF SLEEP
Acknowledged Fact That Brain Work
ers Need Less Than Those En-
gagged In Manual Labor.

Periodic sleeping is undeniably an
essential to the continuance OF life, but
sleep is required more as a means OF
regeneration from physical WEAKNESS
than from mental activity, an exchange
observes. The best thinkers are the
shortest sleepers, and on the other
hand the manual laborers require the
longest periods of sleep. The classic
example cited to prove that the think
er does not need as much sleep as the
ordinary man takes is Thomas A. Ed
son, who during the most active years
of his life is said to have slept only
four hours day. 1t is not so general
ly known that Herbert Spencer, the
philosopher, in his later life did not
average more than three hours of sleep
a day.
These instances should not lead to
ill-advised efforts to emulate the ex-
IRENE examples. One should not at
tempt to do better thinking by keep
ing longer awake, but the effort should
be made to do better thinking, which
will result in keeping longer awake.
For If the body be not fatigued or
drug~ed with poison, sleep comes chief
" from the slowing down of the men
raj processes until consciousness
Iapses. If an adult is not tired or full
of fatigue poisons from physical labor,
or if his system is not otherwise bur-
dened with poisons from faulty diet
or overeating, it is possible in many
instances to cut down the sleeping
period from 20 to 40 per cent of that
commonly INDUCED in.