Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-22

Too exhausted to drag himself to the
bath house he pulled off his blues"
and init the hay He slun1bered and
le-he dreamed a dream
1t was beautiful Spring day. The
smiling sun was riding up the east
and a cool breeze famed the ardent
brow of First Glass Private John Jones,
e. o. @. ~. A., A. O. B. ID. r., etc, etc,
as he peranbulated with springy
stride down the company street in a.
pair of brand new field shoes No. 10-E.
His chest was lifted and arched' and
he swung along with the military grace
of @well-drilled iee-wagon. AS was
his wont he paused before the bulletin
board where the casually perused the
drill posted there, also the few choice
clippings from Life" and Judge" and
the latest news from the front placed
there for the edification and infofma-
ton and the company. There were
no details posted for had not the Ord
nance Department finally decided to
accept the offers of noted inventors to
supply them with every conceivable
ki,'d of labor saving device. That
very week a shipment of concentrated
food tablets had arrived iii camp and
the mess halls at that moment were
beng equipped with pool tables, bowl
ing allays, etc. and in each was a
drinking fountain supplied with Mus
cadine from a(spacious tank over the
raftefs. This was kept filled by the
manufacturers of grape juice as a pat
ri1tic service to the brave men who
were daily Fisking their lives in the
perilous training they were undergo
ing IN camp.
Guard details had been eliminated
a short time before by means of the
tinel which was almost more than hui
man, in fact was said to be infallibIe.
and never called the corporal of the
guard. All the attention that it need
ed to guard a. post indefinitely was a.
careful oiling each week and an over
hauling once a month.
In looking over the board he ran
across a notice to the effect that Sat
urday morning inspection had been
classed by the authorities as "a damn
nuisance" and as such would be dis
continued. In its stead there would be
an hours pistol partiFe with the newly
issued Colts from to j q. M, after
which the men would be issued food
tablets for two days rations and given
passes until reveille Monday morning.
Another notice stated that an effic-
lent system of diffused illumination
rack containing current issues of the
popular publications. He was just
reading bulletin concerning the is
suing of warrants to every enlisted
man who had served one or more
three-day terms in the kitchen. when
a heavy cloud from nowhere in par
tfeular daFkened the sun. He was
seized with an unaccountable dizzi-
ness and swayed heIplessly. Every
thing became black and he felt HIM
self falling from great height. Then
came a painful flash OF light AMI with
a terrific mental and physical effort
he stiffened and fought for control.
FROM a distance he heard a familiar
voice which he recognized as that of a
duty sergeant of his company-"C Come,
come, James! Snap cut of that bed and
huatle for the kitchen!~ With a. tragic
sense of realities he was fully awake
with a ffashlight in bis eyes and a. Wig
orous hand shaking him. In one brief
moment his Ordnance Utopia had
slipped into the great Unknown
Wearily he pulled on his blues and
trndged down the street