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Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

the huts the men are allowed g
smoke during religious services. This
comes as a shock to many OF the new
workers and ministers. IT must De
remembered, however, that the eerv.
ices are held in the ~" hutS, whicn
not only serve as the religious, social
and recreational centers. but fire.
quently as tie general stores OF the
camps. AS one secretary put 1t:
II would rather have o religious
service in q hut chock-ful OF men
smoking than a more formal service
with only one or two men inside and
all the rest turned out of doors. A
religion that won't stand everyday
wear and tear won't last long over
here. l have learned many things
since came over here. That ts one
of them."-Beauregard
The head Of certain family was
recently approached by his son, just
coming of age.
''Father," said he, II want to have
a talk with you concerning my fu-
ture. 1 have decided to become an
artist. Have you any objections?
The old man scratched his head re.
fiectively and said:
"Well, no, son-provided, or course
you don't draw on me."-Grant
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
MOTHER CAN PICK OUT
HER BOY FROM SCORES

The little mother was walking
down the company street in search
of her boy. She just knew she
wouldn't be able to pick him out
Of several thousand other boys, all
dressed alike and with about the
same coat of tan on their faces. She
had begun to worry when suddenly
she spied big, strapping fellow
walking across the drill field fully
100 feet away.
There he is now," she fairly
shouted, and made OF down the ne1d
and soon had the big husky Amert-
can soldier. who to her had always
been her baby" in her arms.
Plucked from the drab military set
tings on every hand to the arms or
mother, this big soldier, who soon
WIN be graphing with the Huns for
liberty and freedom, laid his head
on mothers breast and shed great,
big tears And In the little motherss
faee there was mixture Of smiles
and tears-just . bit Of heaven
Bowie.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
The Red Cross Way.
&c Sd, Bn. 154, D. B."

with apologies to Bill Hershell OF
Indianapolis. author of Long Boy.")
The authors train stopped one day
in the Washington, d. c., railroad
yards after q three-day journey, ar
irving there early in the morning.
Cold, tired and hungry were we.
Twas there, in that little Red Cross
shack, that we first came into con-
tact with this sort of work, and those
sandwiches and that hot coffee sure
was a treat. The work that these
volunteers are doing will long be
cherished memory in the hearts of
Americas fighting men.
twas just rough built wooden shack
Away down there by the railroad track.
No paint It knew, no concrete walk,
But the sighn 1t wore made the 'doughboys"
Hoped or the train and walked right in
And got bun and a well filed tin,
A friendly smile that seemed to say
God bless you boys
It's the Red Cross way.
We lose all thoughts of our sorry plight.
hUa hUs S1s ss. s1s s., y; :bCF S5 and SV
We lose all thots OF our sorry plight.
They hand M "eats' and q heap O. cheer
And we wear grins from ear to ear;
We board our train and roll away
IFS the Red Cross way.
And when this scraps an thru and done
And you start 3 raise yeur monument
Bor tAe heroes tat the war has seat:
Thers'o enc ven reise Il . railroad yard
'"Tuas heroes ssrssa kess nisht and day
10 win thie Waxss-s ~
Twas - Rea cssm vsy.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

In one short year America has be-
come the greatest shipbuilding nation
in the world. Our shipyards are all
ready building ships enough to war
rant the statement that the Ameri-
can Army in France will be supplied
with all the ocean transportation that
It requires. Three tons OF shipping
In constant operation are figured on
to maintain soldier. overseas.
The shipbuilding program Of the
United States calls for the construc.
tion Of 100000 tons-enough to sus-
tain 100000 men in France. This
total will. be increased as the ship.
yards get more and more under way
Edwin N. Hurley. in "Going Over"
The village concert was in full
swing. The next item on the pro-
gram was song by Miss Everscreech,
and the audience braced itself for the
ordeal.
The song was too high, and the
pitch Of the piano was even higher.
The result was that. in spite Of weird
and wonderful contortions. Miss Ever.
screech could not reach the top note.
eel Hang My Harp on q Weeping
Willow Treep she tried to sing, but
couldn't, and when she'd made three
attempts q voice came from the back
Of the hall:
'Try 'anging It on q lower branch.
mias!'-Grant.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
LIST Of { BLOCK men
RECENTLY PROMOTED
Sergt. Brown, Advanced to Second
Lieutenant, Gets Purse Of 500.
Camp Notes.

The following "E" block men were
recently promoted to the rank Of Sec
ond lieutenant: Sergt. Edward w.
Brown, Company I; First Sergt. J. ].
OVENS Company C; Line Sergt. Day.
ton b. Martin. Company G; Private
Thomas w. Mcdonald, Machine Gun
Company; First Sergt. R. c. Selk,
Company F; Acting Mess Sergt. Rob-
ert Bush. Company r; Corp. H. L.
lie Bar, Company D, promoted twice
on the same day, first to corporal and
then to second lieutenant: Sergt Mar
tin Dobbs, Company D.
That the men Of were highly
pleased to see Sergt Brown win a
commission was made evident when
they presented him with a purse con-
tanning nearly 500.
The following is said to have been
produced by Private Kreitzburg of
list Suicide Club: why Is a machine
gun company like a mule?" Answer:
"A machine gun company Ia cross
between the infantry and the artil-
lery, and q mule Is a cross between
q horse and a jackass."
We have heard all sorts Of unortho-
dox challenges in e block, except the
following, which is reported to have
been originated by 'sB" block man
the other night when the regulation
form failed to come to his mind:
Guard-Halt, who goes theref
Challenged man-Col. - OF the
st"
Guard-What for Satan am you-al
doin' out at dis our OBJ de night? Pass
on.
Private Marohnic Of Company c, list,
is a Serbian by birth. He was a Red
Cross nurse i'm the Serbian army
throughout the Balkan war, and as
such saw the results Of warfare as
practiced by "kultured" nations.
Top Sergt. Ryan of Headquarters
Company list, pleased a large crowd
at "E" on the 10th with few solos.
The boys were not easy to escape
from, good-naturedly keeping at the
sergeant until he led them through
several songs. He will leave for an
officers training school shortly.
Lots Of good -"sings" are being held
at "E" these days.. Come and take
part; you're bound to enjoy them.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
Damn the Luck.

There is always in every hospital
the embarrassed patient in the center
of a group Of idolized wounded from
the battlefield.
"How did you get hurt?" was asked
Of depressed individual whose leg
was supported just so by the overhead
trolley system.
"I." was the disgusted reply. iran
into train 200 miles from the front"
-(Stars and Stripes.)
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

The captain looked suspiciously at
his left trench shoe.
"a machine gun bullet went
through the heel near the Marne," he
said. "and yesterday another went
straight across my foot between the
sole and my stocking. 1t didn't do
more than scorch me. But If they hit
this darned shoe again I'm going to
get a new patc. They seem to think
I'm Achilles. ."-(Stars and Stripes.)
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

The rookie dropped his aluminium
mess cup as ne attempted to take q
sip Of the hot contents.
can error against you," yelled the
mess sergeant.
"Oh, no, Birdie" demonstrated the
soldier. THAT'S a hit. Too hot to
handle."-(Jackson)
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
SHOW FOR FOREIGNERS.
No English Spoken, But Actors to
Use Own Tongues.

Secretary Demberg Of the English
for foreigners" department Of the
'Y'' has arranged a series of en-
tertainments to be given by the for
eign elements in the development
battalion, the first of which will be
given Friday (tomorrow) night in
the main "Y."
present.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

Sandiow has decided to quit that
bald-headed mans race because
Johnny Corey uses unfair methods,
such as scratching matches on
Sandy's head and pulling his blond
locks on the sly. Crusty KrostAr Is
seriously contemplating entefing at
the last mfnuka a. . dark horse sub
sfikuto, Mt MAxzel. Joes
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
Trench and Camp Elsewhere
THE RED TRIANGLE,
BY DANIEL M. HENDERSON.

Lift mp the Red Triangle
Beside the laundering guns
A friend, q shield, a Solace
To our ten million sonsl
Go build a hut or dugout
BY billet or by trench
A shelter from the horror,
The cold, the nlth, the stenchi
Where boys we love, returning
From out the CORY loan
Can sight the Red Triangle
And find bit Of homeI
Lift up the Red Triangle
Z. Against the things that maiml
1t conquers booze, the wreckeRl
It shuts the house Of shamei
Go make friendly corner
So lads can take the pen
And get In touch with mother
And Gods clean things againi
Where Hell's destroying forces
Are leagued with Potsdam's crew.
Lift up the Red Triangle
And help our boys come through
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
All Attend 'eYn Services.

In France the services conducted
by the 7. II. c. A. are attended not
only by Protestants. but also By Jews
and Roman Catholics. They are not
formal to say the least. At soEns ef
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
THURSDAY. srpTEMBER 10. 1918.
Those Who Knock.


Fortune has favored Camp Meade
boys in q fashion far too splendid to
rass without some comment. We Of
khe camps have been visited by and
lave adopted as our fellow workers
rome friends. workers with the mind
ma the soul.
Our chaplains. with the rank Of
lieutenant from now forward viii
eonduct meetings Of q spiritual and
social nature. and will endeavor with
Ill tho power with which q good man
q blessed to make our lives and &C.
<ions here not holy but wholesome.
sTis very beautiful to realize for o
1ittle what these sturdy men Of GOD
have sacrificed that others might be.
HDnae enriched. They have doubtless
kcynalxeA parishes. where their labors
we're IN the pleasantest environment,
&n0 Voluntarily cast their lot with
the troops. They disclose by every
means possible that they wish to hnd
n place In the hearts Of those who
need friend.
zt Il mot meet that you should
flight the Difference due ranking
tflicer. yet there Is subtle discrimi-
nation which will allow "the quality
ok authority to be strained" il the oc-
e&nlon warrants. Remember always,
boys, that these whole-hearted, true
hearted men are not dignitaries nor
N&kures only to grace our camp; they
IRE Infinitely more to all. With all
their might they strive to instil the
3pirit of comradery 'twixt chaplain
md enlisted man. and 1t is up to each
and every one to cooperate in their
hehalf.
What glorious thing it is to have
sympathetic friend to whom all sor-
rows can be uttered. all discourage
knents and trials made known. 1t
enn be your privilege to confide IN
these chaplains If you are sincere.
one Nsuld be amazed at the facility
with which these men can arrange
programs Of education, entertainment
md uplift. Stop and consider their
y wNars ok arduous training and their
stness for these tasks. and when you
have thought it all out you will ad-
mit that . chaplain can be tremen-
fous factor for good in your outfit.
why should one be retiring and ret
lhent when seized with the desire to
seek their companionsnips and bask
in the light of their personality?
Don't be urged; they would be griev-
ia to think Of such a thing. Do
the big thing, the manly thing and
accept these messengers of all good
fhlngs who daily walk among you,
ready Tor the moment Of your genial
aomeanor. They come, they wait.
Khey knock at the Soor Of your life.
ANin you greet them?
PAUL X. whitaker,
211th Field Signal.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
Poor Understanding.

Said the manager, brisk. Of burlesque show.
TO q bow-legged girl, you'll have to 60.
You sing and dance as wen as You should.
= -Adoat and Ashore.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
125 ELEvENS TO
PLAY THIS AUTUMN
Foot Ball Is Now ''0n" and Maj.
Hobbs Is Urged to Get To-
gether Officers Team.

with more than 125 and, possibly,
$50 elevens In the race, tho foot Dali
season at Camp Meade win begin to
move along rapidly next week.
Many Of the famous stars OF the
country are right here in camp. It Is
probable that when all IL said and
done that the strategy Of the SD In
fantry. will exceed that OF any other
organization, because Of the presence
of Maj. Hobbs. a gentleman who was
working on the West Point team in
the days when Elmer Oliphant was
lust beginning to see the limelight.
Hobbs may not play on the regimental
team, but he will surely have a good
deal to say about its generalship.
College Players Wanted.
Mai. Hobbs has been urged to form
an all-officers' team for the camp in
view of the success Of such plan in
other camps last year. This was no.
tably the case last year at Dix, where
the camp team, with the two Hunt
ington boys and other Colgate stars,
Cleaned up for Meade, Devens and
other representative teams which did
not employ officers.
Percy Haughton, the famous Har-
ward coach, who directed the Devens
team, discovered in the late fall that
men who had been to college and
played the game could best hold down
the jobs on the firsc team and he was
forced to employ them. There has
been no objection offered to the use of
privates on the main camp team, pro-
Vided they know the game.
Secretary Sweet is determined to
have plenty of pep" in the foot ball
season and so has arranged an elabo-
rate program. Rules have been OBJ
tained in sufficient quantities to pro-
vide each regiment with a set. !
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

The boys in No. 95 barracks have
some quartet. Ask Sergt Maloney,
Corp. Burger, Private Beck and Lizzie"
Mehlman.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

Private Rispo likes the farm life. He
will buy one when he gets out Of the
Army.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

Private Bentley says he likes to go
over I guess he means the big camp.
Does he?
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

Private Beck is always singing I'm
Sorry 1 Made You Cry" He must have
lost out in Baltimore. Ask Corp Bur-
ger, he knows.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
EVERY MAN ABOXER, !"
( IS GIBBONS SLOGAN
With Gen. Carter's Approval he
Will Begin Plan to Make Each
Soldier Expert.

That Meade soldiers might have the
benefit in their military work which
a knowledge of boxing brings. Tommy
Gibbons. who challenged Jack Demp-
sey to a match for the championship
of the world. has a plan by which
every private may learn the game"
The plan needs only the indorse-
ment of Gen. Carter to become efEec-
tive and it is not regarded IS likely
that he will refuse to sign his name
to it.
Tommy" is the boxing instructor
for the camp. He intends, with the
generals approval. to teach the art
Of boxing to a representative officer
from each regiment or training bait
talon in camp.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

'Mr. Woods at the 'FY" was so cold
Saturday he had to make a fire.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

Private Mehlman certainly can eat.
He eats from reveille till taps, then he
hasn't enough He gets up at night and
eats.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
POETRY, SAYS SCIAV|
MAN TO CONC
Soldier Finds Verse |
and That Presi
Pace for

The soldier needs poetry, though
that may never have occurred to him.
and today it's absolute need 10 almost
imperative. For today more than
ever is it true that the pen is mightier
than the sword.
President Wilson's proclamations.
with their insistent stress upon de-
mocracy, are the most potent factors
in the destruction of the German
morale and the hypocritical appeal
of the junkers that the German people
grid up their loins and fight on Tor
preservation against an "unsparing
and vindictive enemy" And the Pres
ident's documents are poetry, for
poetry in the last analysis is the art
Of expressing oneself so succinctly
always with due regard to grace that
misunderstanding is impossible.
Is Great Builder.
Poetry reflnes the mind, ennobles
the character. purifies the heart and
so develops and strengthens the indi-
men, men fired with the courage of
their convictions. Orison SWEET Mar
den, in Choosing a Career" urges
men to have the courage OF their
convictions If they would be men.
Poetry. like music, refines the mind,
and a mind refined by good reading,
especially poetry. will never be the
storehouse of hatred Insane exple-
tives, excoriations. paeans OF hatred
can never issue from such mind.
Minds brutalized and dulled by
gross materialism, perverted educa-
tion. are susceptible to and capable
of hymns of hate. A Philadelphia
paper, commenting upon the subject
Of hatred, remarked that only in Ger
many has there been born q hymn
of hate"
Their Minds Deadened.
The Prussian mind has been dead-
ened stultified and rendered incapa-
BILE Of grasping and comprehending
the humanitarian appeal OF mankind
for mankind. Upon him has been lost
the true meaning of poetry. and so
from him we get hymns of hate.
Better perish than be hated ana
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
Remount Depot.
BY PVT. e. A

BY PVT. e. A. BECK.
Sergt. Jordan ought to have nice halr.
He is always combing it.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

Corp. Burger is always saying he is a.
good-looking fellow, but he hasn't a
chance with Sergt. Jordan or Private
Barrett.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19
Officers Do the Trick.

When such an officer has acquired
the necessary knowledge and skill he
will be sent back to his regiment and
in turn will teach the game to officers
of the several companies. These off1-
GERS will then impart this information
to their men.
1t is intended by Tommy" to em-
phasiZe the connection between boxing
and bayonet fighting so that the in
terest will be more general.
The plan is the most comprehensive,
say Tomnsy's friends. Of any plan OF
the sort that has been offered any
where.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

CAMP MEADE EDITION

W HOWARD HAYNES. ...............E Editor
1Ae0Eaal STAR Brooks Ehackey, Paul
whitaker, Robert d. Goodwin.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

Lots of good -"sings" are being held
at "E' these days. Come and take
part: you're bound to enjoy them.
Trench and camp., 1918-09-19

Private Marohnic of Company c, list,
is Serbian by birth. He was Red
Cross nurse i'm the Serbian army
throughout the Balkan war, and as
such saw the results Of warfare as
practiced by "kultured" nations.
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Home testimony Is real proof.
Public statements of Madison peo-
pie carry weight.
What a friend or neighbor says
:ompels respect.
The word of one whose home is
far away invites your doubts.
Here's a Madison mans statement.
And it's for Madison peoples ben
eft.
Such evidence is convincing.
That's the kind of proof that backs
Doan's Kidney Pills.
August Woitha, retired farmer,
Grant avenue, says: "Doan's Kid
ney Pills are the best remedy | have
ever used. My kidneys were out of
order and / suffered a lot from back
ache, especially after | bent over or
lifted anything. I had such sharp
pains in my back, l could hardly
s~traighten up. My kidneys annoyed
me at night, acting too frequently.
Doan's Kidney Pills, which l got at
Smiths drug store, regulated my
Kidneys and strengthened my back.
They helped me in every way"
Price, so cents. at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for a kidney rem
ady-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
came that Mr.. Woitha had. Foster
Milburn Co, Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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'PvPE'S NEWPEACE PLEA
Germans Report Pontiff Is Pre-
pairing Concrete Terms.
warning to Universal Conscience"
Is Seen In Rumored Move
Of Benedict.

The Hague, May 2.--British Admir-
atty per Wireless Press.)-Pope Ben
edict intends to issue a new peace
offer on Whitsunday MAY 49,, Col
ogne newspapers announce.
The document, Is II said, will be OF
more pressing nature than formerly
and will contain concrete offers OF
mediation by the pope with the pos.
sible cooperation OF neutral sover
eigns.
Similar information OF the pope's
intention, 1t is said, has reached Der
lin. where II has been received sym
pathetically.
This Is not the first report eman
ating from Germany recently that the
pope Is about to make another peace
move. The Neuste Nachrichten Of
Munich, Bavaria. said that the people
would make a peace offer as soon as
the western offensive had assumed
new phase.
The Bavarian newspaper declared
the move would take the form of "a
word OF warning addressed to the
universal conscience"
A dispatch from Stockholm a day
or two ago, reported that a message
from Basic announced that Emperor
Charles or Austria was making a
new peace offer, appealing to Italy
to consider II In her own interests
That a peace offensive" would be
made by the Central Powers in the
event that the German offensive or
the west appeared abortive has beer
predicted frequently in ALLEN capitals
This may be the beginning.
Leaf Tobacco Stock Plentiful.
Washington, May 2.-Leaf tobacco
held by American manufacturers ant
dealers April l amounted to 1866, 168.
oil pounds, compared with 1,406, 1873.
573 a year Ago., the census bureau
announces. or that amount, 1918,
306 1873 pounds was chewing, smoking
snuff and export types, an increase o
33,S75,S 33 pounds over a year ago
319, 1896, 59S pounds was cigar types
an increase of 1922, 2S2 pounds, ant
6 1869, $50 pounds was imported types
an increase OF 1887, 1913 oyer a yea.
ago.
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some $50 cars or 1000 head, as
against 2,611 a week ago and 1905
The corresponding day a year ago.
Market for fat cattle was practically
a continuation of that of yesterday,
demand was broad and the accumu-
lation of strength noted earlier in
the week was held, current prices for
both steers and she stuff being quot
ed as rs @40c up from the close of
last week. Stocker and feeder deal
had fair life and prices were quoted
as steady to strong.
Increased receipts of hogs around
the market circuit caused a down
ward revision to prices, loss on the
local market being put at 10 q
Top for the day landed at $500,
while the bulk of sales ranged from
$3.50 a 1850.
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friends | wish to announce my can
didacy for said office. Being a mem
Der of a pioneer family of this coun-
ty and a taxpayer for nearly 40
years, believing that l have contrib
uted my share towards the upbuild-
ing of the community, and as l will
have the time to devote to the duties
of the office and can promise eff
cheney, | feel at liberty to appeal to
the voters for support at the repub-
lican primary election in May.-P.
A. Johnson.
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Maximum sentence If two years
Imprisonment In a federal peniten.
tiary and fines of $4,000 each were
imposed upon Franz Bopp, former
German consul general here, and e.
H. Won Setback, former vice consul,
following their conviction on charges
OF conspiring to foment revolution
against British rule in India. In
passing sentence, Judge Van Fleet of
San Francisco expressed regret that
he could not make them heavier,
The punishment is wholly made
quate to the crime and the penalty
may we'll be called to the attention
OF congress and so amended that II
will act as a deterrent" he said. The
German defendants represent a sys
tenn that the civilized world cannot
tolerate"