Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-31
Notes From the 4O2nd
Reserve Labor Bri.


Reserve Labor Bn.
| who's all right? Company A.
| Who says so2
Everybody
| who's everybody?
| 402nd
| Company AS ball team is ehalleng-
| ing all corners They say the following
/ lineup is inv.ncible:
! Private Floyd Gordan, each.
| Sergeant Jay Bird" Rhodes, pitch.
First Class Private Curren Jackson,
pitch.
Corporal W liam Lee, first base.
Corporal Manuel Harden, second
| base.
First Glass private Ira Martin, third
| base.
Corporal Walter Lewis, shortstop
Private John Morgan, right field.
Private Jake Thomas, centerfield.
| Private Robert Pinkney, leftfield.
| Corporal Willie Lee substitute.
| OF course Gay Bird" can't find the
| plate all the time but he's a good 'un
There may be another tale to tell next
| time.
Now when it comes to pitching horse
| shoes, Secretary Reddick thought he
| was the best for long time, but he
/ met his match when Private Charlie
| Gibson, Company A. came out. Now
| Private James Green Co. A, q brand
| new player, is showing ali the men
some shark" plays Prlvates r. W..
| Walker and Haywood Johnson, Com
| pany A, and Privates Lee Napier and
! Ollie b. Jones, Co. c. are doing lot
Of talking and SOME horse shoe pitch
| ing, believe me!
The newest thing in our battalion
area is a fine tape tennis court. It's
doing a lot to keep the blues out while
we stay in.
| Some Of the fellows know the game
| but most Of us are learners and have
/ still got to find out that 1t isn't base
| ball 0 you little white line1 You
won't stay on the right side Of the ball.
| Prlyates Walter Pope and Eli Har-
| per of Company G are getting to be
some racket artists. They put that
| little bal just where you amt" Ser
| geant Jason and Corporal Lee, Com
| pany A, expect to be making a noise
| at the next writing.
| We are hoping to have baCkStops be-
| fore very long. Especially do the ball
chasing spectators hope so.
O. yes, everybody plays volley ball
bat Corporal Eugene Bird, Company
A, lest naeherly" spanks that ball
where you can't get It, and, as usual
Jay Bird" thinks he's the best. and
plays all over the field.
Our good Lieutenant Kennedy, Com
pany G. watched the fellows play one
day He looked like he was itching to
get in and show the men few new
wrinkles.
Everybody in the battalion is some
kind Of a checker player but Privates
John Sanders, Primus Morris and j..
G, fletcher, Co. c, and Private Elijah
Dreamer, Co A, make a noise like
challenging everybody. Next time we
will know who's who, as checker
tournament is already on foot.
The religious program OF "Y" Tent
23S has been q live one since the FIRST
Of July "Betcher life" Secretary Red
how to use them. lie has everything
that it takes to sing but voice.
Since the quarantine we haven't had
any speakers from The outside but,
tgke 1t from me, we have had grand
and glorious time here together by
ourselves,
The Baptist publishing houses Of
Nashville have supplied us with sun
day school literature and our sunday
school Is humming.
Tho mid week meeting on Wedncs-
fAay night as conducted by Secretary
| Redfick is proving very popular. Last
week the-+theme was Giving God
| Square Deal" and was built up on the
1OSrd Psalm.
/ A large number Of men under Sec
rotary Robinson are studying PauPs
| letters We have studied that beau
tiful letter to Philemon ali there saw
how a worthless slave who raa away
| from his master and nIlaiiy landed in
! a Roman Jail, was converted by tile
! Great Apostle and sent back home a
new man. We are now studying the
| letter written from TIN, same PRISON 10
the little church at Philppi The class
| is growing in numbers and IN euhusi-
asm.
|
During the two weeks from July I to
| u, about ono hundred tesiaments have
| been taken and as manY war :al CARDS
! signed by the men If tie 4b2ni.
Looking forward to our being pct
| tor and more enthusiastic soldiers and
| better citizens whca we return to civil
! life, we are holding vita Secretary
| Robinson large class in civil govern
ment We want - ilcow Woo uur '1ncle
| sam is and how he does things
The spirit shown by The troops men
| toned in the following article Is the
spirit that prevails IN the A02nd:
American Negro Troops in Action
With the American Army on the
Marine Wednesday, Thy the Assocl-
ated Press) American negro troops
are helping to hold the allied line
against the fifth German offensive.
| They requested the favor of being per
mitted to take over n part of the line
of attack though they had been hold
| ing u piece of a French sector for the
last three months without relief.
The Benefits From the
War TO Our Soldiers