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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-11
JEWISH SOLDIERS
OBSERVE HOLIDAY
Jewish New Years Observed in
Appropriate Fashion. Men En-
tertained in Augusta.

! Sunday night saw the elimination Of a
series Of entertainments arranged by the
| Jewish Welfare Board and Augusta Jewry
for the soldiers Of the Jewish faith for
! the New Year Beginning with march
| to town Friday after Don Of 1.500 strong
| and ending with a big entertainment in
! the local meeting hall on Broad street
lSunday night. the Jewish men at Camp
! Hancock We're all taken care Of in n
manner deserving highest commentator.
| On Friday afternoon several thousand
1 OF Jewish men in camp assembled at the
/ j. w b. building on Wrightsboro Road
/ where group photographs were taken,
/ At the command OF ''Fall in" all got into
military formation and under the lead
/ ership of appointed officers, marched into
Augusta down Broad Street. Many Au4
/ gustans, unaware Of the nature Of the
procession, compinented the narchers
/ upon their fine military appearance and
Ismartness Of step. In Augusta Friday
| services were held for the orthodox men
/ at the synagogue on ellis street and at
the armory, specially. loaned for the
| purpose, and for the reform adherents at
the temple on Tefair street, All places
| were crowded to capacity and the tradi-
tional Jewish melodies were chanted most
/ feelngly.
| For lodging and mealts the Jewish
/ Community, of Augusta in cooperation
with the national Jewish Welfare Board
saw that every man was taken care Of
| Hundreds Of men were sent to Aiken
! Waynesboro, Savannah, under special in
vitation, In Augusta the armory, fire de-
| partment knights OF PythiaS haIt We're
turned over to the men for sleeping ac-
comodations and hundreds slept there
| At the synagogue on Ellis street all those
men who were not placed in private fam
lilies. these numbered possibly 500 were
Accommodated. Through the courtesy of
| the military authorities cooks were de-
tailed and thousands of pounds Of eatables
| were cooked. Fish, meat and the rest
all savored Of home, 50 splendidIy cooked
were they. On Friday night 1,500 men
! were served, and so throughout the holt
| day period the men were fed The boys
| voluntarily came forward TO act as X
| P.'s and performed other necessary work
| Cigarettes We're handed out at the com
! letion of meais.
| Sunday afternoo usaw the ending of
the holiday period when hundreds gath
cred at the Jewi h Welfare Board hall
on Broad street and were entertained
| with singing. All the affair, along with
/ the other arrangements successful and
! hundreds assured the welfare represen-
tatives that Augusta over the New Year
was Just like hor and mother to them
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CAMP LIBRARY
CONTAINS MUCH OF
VALUE TO SOLDIER
A Visit to the A. L. A. is Repaid
With An Increased knowledge
of Geography, Literature and
Science.


I am told there are people who do not
care for maps" says Stevenson In pre-
face to Treasure Islands, and find II
hard to believe The names, the shapes
Of the woodlands, the courses Of the
roads and rivers, the prehistoric foot
steps Of man still distinctly traceable up
hill and down dale. the mills and the
ruins, the ponds and the ferrieS here 10
an inexhaustible fund Of interest to any
man with eyes to see. or twcpence worth
OF imagination to understand with
Many soldiers have the eyes and the
imagination the Camp Library finds, for
DOZENS consult maps there every day.
Some enter for this purpose alone, while
others pause a moment after taking a
drink from the fountain near the wall
where collection Of camps is displayed
before them.
Starting at the left, one may find the
Post Route Map Of Georgia" which is a
good large sized rendering, and often
men have discovered for the first time IN
what part of the state Camp Hancock IL
situated. Near it hangs a typographical
map Of three counties only, two of them
in Georgia and one In South Carolina,
and he who is interested in tracing up
hill and down dale finds this contour
map an inspiration and a help.
Directly over the fountain is "Mili-
tary Map" showing camp sites in the
United states, with map coming next
that gives the relative proximity Of
France, Belgium, Holland and Germany
to one another. Then in natural order
follows the large Literary Digest Map"
with the battlefront on May first colored
by red. white and blue lines Even
larger Is the succeeding map. and on it
a man may find precisely the city or
town on the Western front that he is
looking for, since the map is divided into
sections Of ten miles square. Last on
the wall is a blue print Of Camp Hancock.
with streets and buildings named and
numbered No man should have diff
Guilty in finding his way round IL he will
k.r4N 50 f.a
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THE MEANING OF 8. V. 0.

b is for Beatrice. nay sweet little girl
so true
Who gazes smilingly upon me. with wc~a-
derfu eyes Of blue.
With her coquettish little nod-She sets
my heart abl-ze,
And tho l live a thousand years, III
think of her always
V is for Vanity. possessed by girls so
sweet and pure,
Who are 50 cute and jolly. that they al
ways lure,
The unSuspeCting SaTmie into thoughts
and dreams of love,
And ever night he sees her sparkling
eyes. shine from above.
D is for Dear the word we all love so
well
The word we love to prefix to the name
Of every belle.
Who is really more to US. than simply
Miss or B
So you see. Dear Beatrice that's the
meaning of B. Y. D.
BILLIE.
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AUGUSTA LADIES
ENTERTAIN AT Y 232
Packed House Enjoy Classic
and Popular Music, AS Well
AS Readings-Mrs. Clark
Responsible For the Program.

Last Friday evening, at y. NJ. G. A. 2S2.
large audience greeted the lady enter
tanners froL Augusta and vicinity. Every
one on the \ -ogram received a hearty APP
plause, and nearly all willingly gave them
selves two or three timee to the cheering
Of the great assemblage
Mrs. W. E. Clark chairman Of the gen
eral committee, is largely responsible for
the program Of the evening. She had
worked hard for the benefit Of the social
welfare Of the soldiers while at Camp
Hancock from the beginning and prom
Uses to continue her efforts along this
Inc from tine to tine
The program rendered as follows:
Lester and Dorthy Pung; reading, Mrs
Winburn, song, Miss Jenkins popular
songs. everybody reading. Miss Mera
Neary; violin solo, Mrs. Irwin; reading
Mrs. Winburn: song, Misses Jenkins, with
guitar accompaniment The -Spangled
Bcnner entire audience.
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WHAT'S THE USE

1 suppose l could go out some real dark
Get soused to the gtus and end up in a
BUT WHAT'S THE UsE2
IN bet ] could go down town right now,
Get fresh with some one and end up in
But WHAT'S THE UsE2
It's not necessary for me to say.
That | could grab wild woman any
BUT WHAT'S THE UsE2
l could charter a Ford or "a 80. -'ar buss.
Go out and get in terrible mess
BUT WHAT'S THE USE?
Speaking of cussin could set a pace
That would make the devil hide his face,
BUT WHAT'S TIE USE?
could sit down to a game of chance
Get plumb cleaned out and hook my
BUT WHAT'S THE usE2
1t wouldn't be very hard I guess
To bawl out the cook and bawl out the
sur WHAT'S THE usE2
Among other things that I could pull
I might get by with a line of bull
BUT WHAT'S THE USE?
/ thought I'd write another verse.
But this stuff's getting worse and worse
so WHAT'S THE USE?
A, Y. MANN
Tell. the. merchants you saw it in
Trench and Camp.
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LUTHERAN CHURCH ACTIVITIES ~
FOR SOLDIERS OF CAMP HANCOCK
LIBERTY THEATRE SUNDAY
MORNING CHURCH SERVICES.

LIBERTY THEATRE SUNDAY
MORNING CHURCH SERVICES.
Every Sunday morning at $3.50
o'clock Camp Pastor Alvin {. Bell, Of
Toledo, Ohio, will conduct the regular
service Of the Church and preach he
sermon next Sunday morning will be
on HChrist's invitation to a Burdened
World" Miss Bonita lvey. who sane
so aceeptably last Sunday morning,
will be the soiost again next Sunday
morning. THE HOLY COMMUNION
WILL BE ADMINISTERED 1T THIS
SERVICE. Opportunity wilt be given
for soldiers to unite with the church.
Soldiers desiring to be received into
church membership by baptism or
confirmation should arrange for cor
ference with the cam pastor u, call
ing phone 2390-W or 2s64-J.
For location and hours of services
Of st. Matthew's and Holy Trinity
lutheran churches of Augusta see
their respective announcements else
where in this column.
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES or THE
CHURCH,

Wednesday evening, Sept. 18th, at
800 o'clock the Lutheran officers
nurses and men Of camp and their
friends in camp or city are cordially
invited to enjoy lawn party and
camp fire arranged for their pleasure
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Schmidt, 1908 Monte Sano Ave, 1st
door south Of Wrghtsboro Road, and
directly in the rear Of Lenwood Hotel
and Hancock Inn
Wednesday evening, Sept. 18Th, the
social will be held at the Lutheran
Soldiers Social Center, Rooms PA,
2f5 and 216, the Herald Building, or
Broad St., in Augusta, opposite the
Confederate Monument.
THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS VEL
FARE.
437 Fifth Ave, New York City
"215,oo0 Men In The Service"
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REGULATIONS"
By Pvt. Chas. E. Wagner,
Camp Medical Supply
Department
Apologies to X. G. B.

/ USE TO think
WHILE VIEWING a picture
IN ONE or OUR leading theaters
IN WHICH the men in uniform
WERE PLAYING leap frog
OR ELSE, eating. in fact
HAVING A WONDERFUL TINE,
THAT MILITARY life
MUST NECESSARILY be one round
OF pleasure. and 50
/ ENLISTED. ana then I found
JUST HOW BUSY a soldier can be.
IT WAS NOT ENOUGH to have us
CONSTANTLY watching
FOR FEAR our pockets
NIGHT BECOME unbuttoned
OR OUR LOGGING strings should
THoUGHTLEssLY hang out
OR THAT our shoes were unshined
OR OUR clothes were dirty
OR MANY OTHER THINGS too
NUMEROUS to mention,
OUR BLANKETS be folded just so.
SHOES LACED and under the bed.
AND SO the story goes.
! WISH THEY would allow US
TO USE a fatigue suit all
or THE time. then we could enter
THE WE'LL known mess hall
WITHOUT FEAR that the an-seeing
EYES or THE MESS sergeant
WOULD DETECT something else to
STIR his righteous wrath.
BUT AM glad for many reasons
THAT WE ARE governed by
REGULATIONS
BECAUSE. IN the future when I
TAKE UNTO myself wife. so to speal
1 WILL FIND life to be
MORE coNGENIAL. inasmuoh
AS HABIT WILL control my every NOV
AND WILL, naturally. carry
OUT MY OWN dishes when a meal
is FINISHED and make up my own
BED so CAN prove to my wife
BY THESE LITTLE acts that hav
been
IN THE SERVICE.
THEN SHE WILL go to mother
AND TELL HER what model man I al
AND HER MOTHER win believe her
AND BE HAPPY at her daughters
GOOD FORTUNE. not knowing
THAT A MODEL is only an imitation
WHICH IS NO compliment after all
BUT THEN WHAT THEY don't know
WON'T HURT them and we will
ALL BE HAPPY with no fights to
BREAK THE MoNoToNY all of which
IS DUE TO regulations.
AND FURTHERMORE, gentle reader. I
WISH TO PUBLICLY express my
GRATITUDE TO YOU for your patienc
IN WADING THROUGH this column
so OFFERING You my good wishes
IN A MODEL way. / wish TO
SAY IN THE STYLE prominently fonn
IN A COLUMN OF this kind
thank you.
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HEADQUARTERS
HODGE-PODGE

Little Phobe" was around all last
week and some of the boys CALAMITY tried
! to make her with varying success, But
! for the most part she showed prefer
ence for Little Dick. My advice rs, leave
| EN- both alonel
Have you noticed how Mess Sergeant
Frank controls the unruly mob that
PUSHES thrice daily into the Hail Of fats2
And maybe the boy cannot lay them out
one by onel Welcome Sergeant we are
no longer in danger of losing an arm
reaching for the potatoes
we refuse TO talk baseball with Adolph
Scheele Jr, Of Sheb0ygau W is IL there
is ANYTHING that irritates us and makes us
feel like pulling the tent down around
somebody's ears, it's to have en- ask us
what league the Cubs are IN. After TINS
week they'll be in the Loyal League ana
hating for more than 800, or it'll be FIT,
iISavenworth for theirs BY the way who
are the Worlds Champions a
Welcome back. boys We hope you
started the New Year right.
Joe Tansey most certainly is popular
with a lowell party Never less than
| one and sometimes two letters day And
| Lux is equally fortunate-or whatever
! YOU wish to call it. Well. we can't all
have both brains and beauty and some
of us go without either AS f.E9 ho"i-
ed so successfully, 4 don't care"
| Tony Petrullo, the ex-pug. eX-tNaypee
land now me-yule eS-presslnan4 is the
smoothest little gent in the outfit when
hes all doHed up and giving evidence Of
| ha wing a place to so to Who is she,
| you Venetian Apollo?
| with Red Bryson under the weather,
| Fred Shaffner isP now able to get lit
| Tie sleep. Fred doesn't want Red to pass
| Through any critical Illness, but he hopes
| he has nice long restful stay at the
hospital. Count off!
We don't know which of the three is
the handsomest in the company, Ser
geant- Major Rose, Sergeant Newton or
/ Private Sullivan Today we're Inclined
! to vote for the last-naned Francis \
| Bushman because we dropped into mis-
! tent the other night and received a chloe
oIate she" sent him. But were tickle,
| and bigger men than us have been cor
rupted What am l offered
| Joe Couture is devoting all his time to
! the DEVELOPMENT Of two artistic tenden-
| cies-kaypeeing and corresponding. When
| he isn't padding around the kitchen mes
| over in a corner sending lead pencil KISSES
! to Manchester, n. Fl. s clip me, howdo-
| theygetthatway?
| Add another discovery TO our record,
( Charley Hooper who is studying TO be
/ n landlord has a good tenor voice The
/ onIy thing it needs is lubricant, and
| say, can you get any around here
| We know you have TO get up early to
20 to the Mule Silule, Parker, but why,
/ WHY, insist on telling it to the whole
world at 5 o'clock in the morning: We
/ know you're not trying to keen the Jon a
secret-so take the trail silently Willya
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LOST
WIIELESs
BETWEEN


BETWEEN WHELESS STATION
and Camp, about August 18th, one
blue barracks bag and one black leath-
er travelling bag; each tagged Ed
ward j Linney. Camp Hancock Re
ward for return TO above soldier, Co
No. /. Enlisted Stud nts, Specialists
School
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-11

How many have you dependent on
you?"
None to mention answered Mr..
CumroX, after some thought.
i thought you had a family?"
Il have a large family and a house
full of servants. But they are the
most independent bunch Of people you
ever came into contact with"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-11

We sometimes wonder if it ever oc-
ours to Austria that all she has to hope
for even in the event of glorious and
complete ultimate victory is to be boss
ed around for the rest of her natural
life by a berry megalomaniac.-O
State Journal
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-11

Candidate Judson R. Byerly of the
4th Battalion goth Company, Central Of
ficers Training School, has lost an Q. p.
military trunk shipped from Piqua, o.,
August 18th last. VIII party having
such trunk communicate with Candi-
date Byerly.
The trunk was addressed to Augusta,
where
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Tell the merchants you saw It in
Trench and Camp.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-11

20 to the Mule Sltule Parker, but why,
WHY, insist on telling it to the whole
world at o'clock in the morning We
know you're not trying to Keen the job a
secret-so take the trail silently. Willya
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-11

Joe Couture is devoting all his time to
the development Of two artistic tenden-
cies-kaypeeiug and corresponding. When
over i'm a corner sending lead pencil kisses
to Manchester, n. II. Selp me, howdo-
theygetthatway?
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-19

the worst scourges. the influenza,
that perhaps has ever been sent up
on Us, yet. comparatively. not very
large fatality has followed. and many
Of us are left TO bring praise and
glory to our God We have had a
drouth and consequently failures in
CROWS in large sections Of our country,
yet men Of big hearts, made so by
the influence Of the God Of the BIZ
Bile. have come to their relief with the
money that had made under the
blessings Of the God Of America. and
no great suffering has come because
Of the drouth In the midst Of the
many disturbing conditions thous-
ands have not bowed their knees to
Baal but in the trials Of the hard
testings have shown themselves true
and worthy Of the confidence that
God placed in them. Moreover, the
great heart Of the world is more and
more turning in acknowledgment Of
the God whom we serve. Let US.
therefore, put ourselves in condition
where our praises win be acceptable
TO God, and remove every barrier Of
sin that will stop His ear to our pray
er. Altogether. with one accord. with
our minds stayed in perfect reposc
upon God, dwelling surely in the Sc
.cret place Of the most High. finding
an abiding shelter under His shadow
even as the shadow Of a great rock in
weary land Let US raise our voices
in one pleasing anthem of praise TO
the Father Of these mighty blessings
while renewing our covenant TO be
true to God till the end of our jour
ney on earth. when we shall 20 TO
live with Him and the faithful foreV-
er and ever. Also let us pray that
Gods richest blessings may be upon
the afflicted Of our town. God bless
you all
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-19
PLANS FOR TAKING OF NEXT
CENSUS NOW UNDER WAY

Washington According 10 the
annual report Of Director Sam l.
Rogers Of the Bureau Of the Census
to Secretary William G Redfieh Of
the Department Of Commerce. cover
ing the fiscal year ended June 80
1918. which has Just been made pub
lie, the Census Bureau during that
year turned aside in large measure
from its usual peace-time work and
directed a part Of It's energies 10 the
compilation Of war statistics The
increase in this class Of work was so
large that the number engaged on It
rose from % on July /, 1915 to 23I
on September /.
The general work done by the Blu
reau included census Of the Virgin
islands. recently purchased from
Denmark These islands have to-
tai area Of 1872 square miles. and the
total population on November /.
1917 was 26.051
The force Of the Census Bureau
in Washington comprises 6S4 Off
oials and employees. and in addition
there are employed throughout the
cotton belt approximately TOO local
special agents who make periodical
collections Of cotton and cottonseed
statistics.
In order to avoid waste and delay
in the conduct Of the next decenial
inventory Of the country's population.
agriculture. and industries. to be
made in 1920, the Bureau is carrying
on such preparatory work as can be
done prior to the enactment Of the
pending bill to provide for the Four
teenth census. Under this bill. II il
is enacted into law. all the clericay
and subclerical force Of the Bureau
will be appointed through open COM
petitive examinations held by the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion. as at the census of 1910 In
addition. number Of the minor Off
Gals will be appointed in the same
manner; and in certain other respects
also the provisions of the bill in ref
erence TO the merit system have been
made more rigid than the correspon-
ding ones contained in the act pro-
viding for the last census
The Fourteenth census will cover
the subjects Of population; agrieul-
ture. including irrigation and drain
age; manufactures; and mines, quar-
ries, oil and gas wells. The under
taking viii require the services Of a
field force OF about $4,000 or 90.-
600, chiefly enumerators The can
vass Of the urban population win ~.
qulre two weeks, and the canvass of
the rural population and Of aarleul'
lure viii be completed IN one month
but the collection Of the industrial
statistics will eonsume months.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-19
CLARK WOULD ABOLISH
STATE AGRICULTURAL DEPT

Austin. Texas. Dec. l6.-Dr ]. f.
Clark. State Senator from Fsyetto
County. was here today on depart
mental matters. Senator Clark says
he has no bills to offer to the next
Legislature.
"The truth is" said he "Texas is
already burdened with too many laws
and my effort next session is going to
be directed toward killing bills and
stop this wholesale addition Of useless
laws to our voluminous statute books.
/ am not unmindful of the immense
flood of bills which pour into every
regular session, but that will not de-
ter me in my intention to put an end
to adding laws upon top of laws. 1t
is nonsensical and must be stopped.
"There is one bill which j will in
troduce and push, and that is to abol-
sh the State Department Of Agricul-
ture. You can not say too strongly
for me that consider this depart
ment Of no value at this time and
that its functions should be exercised
at the A. a. NJ. College. | shall GER
tainly urge its abolition and will in
sist upon il at every stage Of the ses-
sion.
II would like TO introduce bill
permitting parimutual system Of bet
ting on horse races in Texas. but the
time Is not yet ripe. must wait un-
iii the soldiers return from Europe.
where that system has been in use
and Is generally favored Their stay
abroad will broaden their minds and
they will ne daubt be factor In per.
hitting the Introduction Of the pari-
mutual system al Texas race tracks.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-19
RILEY DUFF AND co.

America has given to France even
more than the utmost generosity pro-
posed. The report comes that ten
thousand American soldiers have al
ready married French girls and that
many more Of the boys in khaki ex-
pect to make France their future
home. No one will wonder at these
marriages who reads the long and
beautiful letter from . devoted
French girl to Mrs. W. W Webb. Of
lIahlra, Ca, telling Of the watchful
nursing Of her wounded soldier son,
John Webb, until he passed out 40
sweelly without pain. his two hands
In mine"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-19
SETH WARD BROWN
DIED At AMARILLO

Seth Ward Brown, age years. son
Of Mrs. Hexxie Brown Of Alternately.
died in Amarillo Sunday morning
from influenza. The remains were
brought here Monday in an automo-
bile and burial was at the cemetery
in the afternoon at o'clock. Rev
z. f. Robinson conducted the funeral.
The family lived in Plainyiew sew.
eral years ago.--Plainview News.