Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-28
Headquarters News


Recently we vent into deta,' to ex-
plain how good our baseball team was
and how unbea able we believed it to
be, but would you believe = along
came came a bunch Of amateurs called
tie l.. and y. NJ, on the last Sabbath
and take them into camp 3 to 2. We
81. ou1d say "us." for having kidded
Cap. Kleiber i.ito the belief hat we
can play ball he stuck us into bat in
the ninth as q pinch hitter And as
every good, upright respectful, pinch
hitter should dc, we struck oul IJeay-
ing the path Of self advertisement, we
win briefly state that our opponents
played good ball, that their pitc .er,
Whats-h is-name, had steam. all the
way and performed most creditably. A
return game is in prospect-and then
watch the blood flow Wed explain the
& me according to the established
fashion, but we lost and we haven't
the heart to go through with it.
There's q movement on foot to buy
First Sgt Middleton lanterr to use
In calling the roll at reveiile. That
would makewould make it unneces-
sary to do squads right-whieh Is most
annoying at 6:15 in the morning,
Deadly!
On behalf of the visiting firemen, or
words to that effect, I wish to )ngrat-
ulate heartily the clerical force at
Headquarters for their splendid work
Of the past week. Morning reports.
payroll, stenographic detail,all attend
ed to in exemplary fashion and nobody
missed a mess call IL that is boast
ing. fellow Kaiser Killers. make the
most Of It.
What is the difference betwe a cat
willing on the old fence back home
and Rogensofs voiceA And tie an
swer, little children, the answer Is.
There is no difference.
When some Of the Ordnance boys
marching past one morning we were
oct to give them the glad hand and
the handkerchief wave until we heard
one guy call us boy scout Now we
don't care what happens. f,obody can
call us boy scouts and keep our good
will.
Lokil Items.
w p. FAIL, the well known second
baseman, las returned frC.I visit
with relatives and friends in New
York Glad to see you back, Bill
Robert McNally supply sergeant and
Joe Andrews favorite umpire. lost his
courtesy card the other day following
d trip to town. There may not be
mach in q name. but there's considera-
BILE in leggins. Haint there, Me?
Freddie Reeths has romance on
foot but the girl must have gone back
on him. We haven't heard a peep out
of him for three days When you GO
ing into the county seat, Fred?
tfenry Adolf Scheele, Tr., Of Sheboy-
gen, Mich, by heck, spent the hull of
$ .turday eve in Augusta. II was his
first trip and he enjoyed It immensely
How about 1t, Hank?
We owe debt of gratitude to Gala
CHER. TIE other morning we got mixed
up In the fighting squad at breakfast
and were about to starve to death
when he slipped us two pancakes. He
can bum Il oigaret from us -. time
Sgt. Major Brow got package from
HolyolSe the other day and, geel what
memories 1t brough back 1t was full
of fudge, and Holyoke fudge lis real
fudge, We used to eat 1t when we
Stacked news there, but the v days
was a long time ago. Only If you hear
Sgt Brow telling you what a fine place
lIoiyoke is and what fine people live
there, lend him you ear. Ror It's pleas
1T to hear the whole truth once in
while.