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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-16
Candidates Feast on Eve
Of Receiving COn1n1iSSir
General Edwards, Lieutenant Colonel Westmoreand
Officers and Prospective Second Lieutenants Cue
Captain Rice and 9th Officers of the *
Tenth Company A.

Captain Harry e. Rice, Jr., Command
ing the Tenth Company Central Ma
chine Gun Officers Traing School, and
officers attached to the Company were
the hosts at dinner and entertainment
rendered to the successful candidates, who
were yesterday commissioned Second
Lieutenants.
The guests OF honor were Brigadier-
General Oliver Edwards, camp comman-
der Lieut.. Colonel Wade H. Westmore-
land commanding the Central Machine
Gun Officers Training School Lieut.. Col
onel w B. Loughbrough, Major L. A,
Kunzig. Major Kari S. Bradford. Major
Fl. r. Rising and Captain Harry C. Will
son, adputant Of the officers school.
Promptly at 500 p. m, the guests and
members of the Company filed in the
mess hall which was artistically and
beautifully decorated. The tables were
entirely covered with an assortment of
most delectable food especially secured
for the occasion.
Candidate Sam A. Nicely POSTMASTER,
after a splendid speech OF welcome to
the guests, introduced General Edwards,
who imm ediately got the assemblage in
a good natured frame of mind when he
said that the medical authorities told
him that the best way to prevent infiuen-
"a was by eating good wholesome food,
and that he appreciated the opportunity
ward off the malay. The General took
the opportunity to compliment the sue
cessful candidates for their showing and
ability to withstand the severe tests re-
CURED and said that he felt sure that
they would reflect credit on the army and
the officers who trained them, particularly
Lieut.. Colonel Wade II. Westmoreland
who made this officers school the success
| that it is.
The next speaker was Lieut.. Colone
Wade r. Westmoreland. who reliVered
bright and snappy address on conduct
becoming officers and offered sound anc
sensible advice to the men about to bt
| commissioned.
| other speakers were candidates Ray II
Walker, Ashley II. Beatty and L. w
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-16
City Proves Its Reputation For
Generosity and Hospitality.
Gives Tobacco, Books and
Candy AbundantIy. Patriot
CaIly Furnishes Flags
SOLDIERS APPRECIATE THE
KINDNESS
Welfare Organizations Com
bIned Under Direction of Au-
guSta Committee Perform
Excellent Service. Render Aid
TO Relatives of Soldiers.
Camp and City United in Close
Friendship

me question raised regarding the hos
plt3uty ana generosity of the peopIe Of
Tug uSt1 towards the soldiers at Caro1
hancock mas been settled finally. They
nave proved that they possess an a,ar1
ready willingness to cheer comfort and
ala TO the limit Of their extent At evarSl
opportunity offered.
No finer showing of patriotism and Low
any mas been displayed than during the
past week, when in the infiuenza sr,ar1
Bency which now exists soldja~s -
kept supplied with smokes, magazines
candies and books. 1t has beenesfirnate5
Ny the committee in charge of the Sc
GuIlas OF these appreciated gifts, that
more IMAM 10000 cigarettes have been
secured not counting the pipe and Gig
arctic tobacco and the cigars Books ara
magazines have been SO generouslv of,,-
eIlputed mat il is safe 10 state thar ep-
cry organization IN the Machine Gur
Training Center has az abs,~slss.-.- -
1 FeSdins matter on hand to supply each
soldier with every conceivable sort OF
literature.
In addition to their giving freely Of
these comforts, a noble, as well as ma
triotic deed was performed when the
voluntary contribution of flags to drane
the baskets OF the unfortunate soldier
victims of influenza was secured from
the ciViIlanS, who promptly answered the
call for flags. Nothing more fitting or pa
Tlohc was ever undertaken by civilians
in any city.
These acts have opened the hearts OF
the soldiers to the extent Of appreciat-
ing that the people OF Augusta are awake
and ready to aid and comfort in any
circumstance when called upon,
1t was the people of Augusta who took
upon themselves the organized direction
OF the matter of giving attention to rela-
tiYes Of men who are sick at Canu
Hancock. or relatives Of men who died
there.
These relatives are met at the union
station and taken to the Soldiers club
From that point vehicles are at hand to
transport them to Camp Hancock and
back to the club; thence from the club
again to the station or to the boar6~,v
house, private residence or hotel to which
they may desire to be sent.
In cooperation which this work there
were needed a number OF automobiles
those in charge Of the work not having
sufficient cars ut their disposal Citi-
zens who would cooperate by putting
their automobiles for a stated hour or
so at the call OF this movement were re-
quested to give their addresses to Mr..
Josiah Clark, saying during what hours
Of the day or night they could lend their
machines for this purpose. They re-
sponded nobly, and 1t is safe to say that
one Of the most pleasant memories OF
what was in many cases a sad errand
Continued on page seven)
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"CLICK'' OFFICERS
AND TRAINED MEN
JOIN DIVISIONS
One Hundred and Fifty Second
LieutenantS Graduate. Many
Officers Commissioned in In
fantry and Cavalry Complete
Machine Gun Course. Enlisted
Men Receive Splendid Train
ing. All Thoroughly Equipped

Americas new divisions are going to
have graduates of the Machine Gun
Training Center behind the BrowuingS
that will play a staccato accompani-
ment to the swan song Of the Hun. Of
ncers and men. the machine gunners
who viii help boost the Boche back to
Berlin will have on them the unmistak-
stamp OF the "clicki~ that is a byEord
in the ranks OF the men who received
their training under Brigadier General
Oliver Edwards at the Augusta camp.
Nearly one hundred and fifty sec
ond heutenants, graduates Of the Cen
trail Machine Gun Training School,
where they received a thorough train
ing in both infantry ~nd machine gun
tactics, were the latest to leave this
camp to go TO new divisions. They
have been assigned to twelve different
camps, land will form part of the
commissioned personnel of the machine
gun units in these camps.
A large number of field officers re-
Gently left this camp to take command
of machine gun battalions in the new
| divisions, after completing the course
of study at the machine gun school.
which is also part of the machine gun
training center These officers, who
originally were commissioned in the
infantry and valary. were sent here to
take the training which would fit them
10 command machine gun organiza-
tions.
Enlisted men to form nuclei for the
machine gun units in new divisions left
this camp some weeks ago and with
the departure of the second Iieutenants
who left this week the units win he
sufficiently differed TO be rapidly
N M CHI 4 he L.
part of their training. All the off
GERS and men who left this camp, in
Guiding non commissioned officers,
had completed the courses of instruc-
ton in machine gun work, and ara
equipped to give the best possible ac-
count of themselves and their guns
when they get over there.
The officers transferred this week
are:
For duty with the ninth division,
Camp Sheridan, Ala:
Second Lieuts. Edward J. MacFarlan,
F. r. Holt, Thomas T. Fiorille. Wilfred
Harris. T. C. Kyle. Albert F. Meinken,
Joseph 8. Benson. Robert E. Ames,
John A. Graham, Horald S Howard,
T. F, McGarrahn.
For duty with the tenth division,
Camp Funston, Kansas.
Second Lieutenants Clair e. Par
NELL William R. Strow. Carl X. Wells,
VIM. n. McIllroy, John R. Sampey,
Franklin Y. Vernoy. Thomas N. RyboEs,
Frederick T. Thomas, Paul W. ZazzaM,
Edward P. Paterson and Gordon
Charlton
For duty with the 18th division.
Camp Meade, Nd.
Second Lieutenants Glenn H. Hoi-
comb, B, Revelle. c. T. Mccarthy, r. v.
Shaw, Harold P. Ramsey, Lester L.
Confined on page seven.l
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Machine Gun Officers and Men,
Don't Lei Lille Insurance Lapse
DO NOT CANCEL YOUR
WAR RISK INSURANCE

Reports have been current that
many enlisted men ere dropping
their War Risk Insurance, be-
cause their beneficiaries have
failed to receive insurance GER
tificates, and they are therefore
under the impression that they
are paying for protection which
they are not receiving.
This is entirely erroneous.
Government insurance is effec-
tive from the day the soldier fills
out the application, If he has
paid the premium.
The Bureau of War Risk In
suranee is sending out as rapidly
as possible all certificates, but
owing to the unprecedented rush
of business, delay has been
caused
Soldiers who drop their iusur-
anee are assuming a risk for
their families and Themselves,
which will cause the loss of such
benefits as the government al
lows under the War Risk lnsur-
anoe plan.
If you have made application,
and have paid the premiums the
insurance is still in force, wheth-
or or not your beneficiaries or
relatives have received certifi-
cate.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-16
Policies Taken Out in Civil Life
Protected BY Uncle Sam If
You Make Application to
Camp Insurance officer
PAY OVERDUE PREMIUMS
YEAR AFTER WAR ENDS
Insurance viii Remain in
Force Even If You Can't
Keep Up Your Payments
Now, But You Must Fill Out
Blank to Get This Protection

Did you carry life Insurance In civil
life2 Keep 1.-THE government will help
you to do SO, The same reasons which
made the insurance a good investment in
civil life make it good investment to-
day. Sound business judgment caused
you to take out your policy The same
sound Judgment counsels you TO keep it
in force.
to get into service, That's ali right
Uncle Sam is your benefactor in more
ways than one He says that all you
need to do is notify the company which
fun year after you leave the service to
meet the premiums which accrue while
you are wearing the olive drab
You Must Let Uncle Sam Know.
Hut-and here is the important point
YOU have got to do the notifying The
government doesn't know whether you
carried lnsurance-nOr how muCh-nor
what company wrote the poicy-but the
you must use a special notification form
to let the company know you want the
policy TO remain in force.
The law is dry as dust, so here are
the facts all summarized for your benefit
Don't put off making the notification.
Just get the necessary duplicate forms
away.
To the liberal allotment and allowance
features, War RISK Insurance and Com
pensation made available by Uncle Sam
for his boys in the SERVICES added one
more item to hearten the fighting forces.
II deals with the life insurance Of per
CONS in the active military serViCe-aDd
seeks in certain cases to relieve such per
sons, during their periods Of service from
payment OF the premiums on insurance
contracted in civil life The provision in
the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief
Act sets forth:
One Year After War to Pay.
That no policy which has not lapsed
for the non payment Of premium before
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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-16
''PEP 20
By Lieut.. Frank F. WilcRe

Dop you aspire OF
a
course to pursue to a
gun dsrount
is
why should be drilled
makes you feel IKE the fellow who don't know what's the matter
are forced " accept nothing than of the spirit
Of
up The letter klleth but the giveth life"
life everything that vzes action That is PEP" Let
rtlnned parn rrrnA
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-16
.PENNA. SOLDIERS TO
VOTE AT HANCOCK

The soldiers residing in the state Of
Pennsylvania will be given the oppor
tunity to vote in the forthcoming cleo
ton Of that state
with that in view the camp authorities
are making preparations to see that all
qualified voters Of Pennsylva mia now in
the service at the Machine Gun Training
Center, shall vote
A memorandum has been issued re-
questlng the commanders Of all organi-
cations at Camp Hancock to submit a
report showing the number Of such quail
fled voters Of Pennsylvania, in their re-
spective companies TO the Camp Person
mel Officer
BUY LIBERTY BONDS
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ONE CENT POSTAGE

UNDER AUSPICES OF TIE ARMY
Y. NJ, c. =.
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Glover. The latter related
experiences in the Central :
Officers Training School. an,
arriving there he thought Il
Westmoreland was the stricte n
linarian he ever came in conta5
but after a few weeks he felt like
men now feel he was the best cong
in the camp md a father" to the ~ "
Following the dinner the que,
entertained by Casey, Handman
ger. Camp Hancock's leading ]
who have been named the kings
and melody and they proved It CO
oHara and Kay team of
comedians. entertained with dro1.
which was well received. RSymS
Singletray rendered a variety of EzSzu-zsssEss
and rag songs to the audiences ~1'a-a'aH'-1
applause for their efforts.
The committees in charge of the
were as follows Candidate Franz
Shirley Chairman, Mess Committee.
". Wilson. Lester T.. SWinehart and
D Scotford, Decora tons, George F. c
roll Walter W. Ainsworth and w
Eastman; Entertainment Leo Raymon
and Douglas y. Singletary
The menu served follows:
Grape Fruit
Baked Chicken
Dreamed Mashed Potatoes
Oyster Dressing
Dreamed Gravy Candied Sweet Potatoes
French Peas
Iced Celery Shrimp Salad
French Sweet Rolls
| Mince Pie
| Ice Cream
Cofree Mints
Cigars Cigarettes
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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-16
Executives Eye Easily
Caught by Newspaper
Story OF Sacrifices
For The Nation
Daily Correspondence From White House Repeatedly Pune
tuated With Simple Notes Showing How Presidents
Heart Beats For Families That Give and Grieve
BY JOSEPH P. TUMULTY
Secretary to the President
Written Especially for Trench and Camp

G6XXT HEN look at you, feel as if also
w and we all were enlisted men. Not
enlisted in your particular branch of
the aervice. but enlisted TO serve the
Republican farmer., 1918-09-06

London Sept. 5-The "Wotan switch line" between Drocourt and Queant, one of the most formidable German defence sectors on the whole western front, was captured by Eng lish and Canadian, troops yesterday n orning, Field Marshal Haig reports in his night bulletin.
 Dury. rs-les-Cagnicourt and Cagnicourt were captured, and Haig's troops passed the German defences along the line Eperpigny- -Reincourt- Villers-les-Ca Cagnicourt. They are ad vancing toward Queant, the southern pivot of the switch line, and have cap tured Moreuil.
 Further north the British today en- tered the outskirts of Lens, Haig's night report added.
 Two thousand prisoners were taken on various sectors of the attacking front, the statement says.
 The British reached Beugny-le- Chateau, on the Bapaume- Cambrai road, and captured Villers-sur-Flos Le Transloy, St. Pierre-Vaast Wood. Allaines and Haute Allaines. Pro- grees was also made on the Lys front (Flanders.) German counter attacks in the Somme area were repulsed.
 Considerable progress was made elsewhere on a twenty-mile front be- tween the Scarpe and the Somme. The Drocourt- -Queant switch line has been smashed on a six-mile front. Le Transloy three and a half miles south east of Bapaume, is in British hands.
 Six German balloons were set af1re and thirteen hostile airplanes were brought down by the British yester- day, says last nights War Office state ment on aviation. The British lost nine machines. Thirty-four tons of bombs were dropped on various Ger man targets.
 The Canadian troops advanced nearly three miles through the Hin denburg switch line. Two thousand prisoners had been counted up to the hour of this cabling.
 In their first fighting in Belgium the Americans captured Voormezeele. southeast of Arras, and several strong German positions in that immediate
Republican farmer., 1918-09-06
PRE- SIDENT WILSON ISSUES A
 MESSAGE APPEALING TO THE
 MEMBERS OF ORGANIZED LABOR

Washington, Sept. 3 - President Wilson yesterday issued the following appeal to organized labor and to tho people of the nation generally to con- secrate themselves anew to the task of winning the war againse Germany: My Fellow Citizens:
 Labor Day, 1918, is not like any Labor Day that we have known. La Dor Day was always deeply significant with us. Now it ,s supremely signif- cant. Keenly as we were aware year. ago of the enterprise of life and death upon which the nation had embarked, we did not perceive its meaning as clearly as we do now. We knew that we were all partners and must stand and strive together, but We did not realize, as we do now, that we are all enlisted men. members of single army. of many parts and many tasks, but commanded by single obligation, our faces set toward a single object. We now know that every tool in every essential industry is a weapon. and weapon yielded for the same purpose that an army rifle is wielded-a weapon which if we were to lay down no rifle would be of any use.
 And a weapon for what? What is the war for? Why are we enlisted? Why should We be ashamed if we were not enlisted? At first it seemed hardly more than a war of defense against the military aggression of Germany. Belgium had been violated, France in- vaded, and Germany was af1eld again, as in 1870 and 1866, to work out her ambitions in Europe, and 1t was neces sary to meet her force with force. But it Is clear now that 1t Is much more than a war to alter the balance of
 power in Europe. Germany, it is now plain, was striking at what free men everywhere desire and must have the right to determine their own fortunes. to insist upon justice. and to oblige governments to act for them and not for the private and selfish in
 terest of a governing class. It is a war to make the nations and peoples of the world secure against every such l power as the German autocracy rep resents. It is war of emancipation. Not until it is won can men anywhere live free from constant fear or | breathe freely while they go about their daily tasks and know that gov ernments are their servants, not their masters.
 This is, therefore, the war of all wars, which labor should support and support with all it's concentrated
 power. The world cannot be safe.
 mems lives cannot be secure, no mans l rights can be confidently and success | fully asserted against the rule and
 mastery of arbitrary groups and spec 1 ial interests sco long as governments | like that which after long premedita- 1 ton drew Austria and Germany into
Republican farmer., 1918-09-06
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION IS GIVEN TO WOMAN Women Vote for First Time in New York at State
 Wide Primary. WHITMAN SCORES
 BIG LANDSLIDE Organization Candidates of Both Parties Most All
 Successful.

New York. Sept With women voting for the first time in a state wide primary the organization candi- dates of both parties were almost all successful yesterday. The vote gen. erally was light
 It was evident that most of those who have expressed a party prefer ence so early in their political career lined up for the candidates endorsed by the organization. It was pointed out by leaders of the suffra ge move ment, however. that a large majority of the new voters have hesitated about aligning themselves with any party and will make their first ap- pearance at the polls at the election in November.
 On the face of incomplete returns the victory of Gov. Charles s. Whit man over Attorney General Merton E. Lewis was even more of land- slide than it appeared in earlier re- turns. The figures were: Whitman. 2O5, ,662: Lewis, s3,59S, in 4,2S2 districts out of 5,IS2 in the state. Lieut.. Gov. Edward Schoeneck was renominated, defeating former State Senator Will liam M. Bennett by a large majority. In 3,S34 districts the vote was: Schoe- neck, 135,627; Bennett, 59,99f.
 Alfred L. Becker. deputy attorney general, who sought the nomination for attorney general, made the best showing of any of the anti-organiza- tion candidates. He appealed to the Republicans of the state with the en- ldnrcnraa op FT-1,a DoaCaIyaI& oc the nemesis of German plotters and propa gandists. While he was defeat ed by Senator Charles D. Newton he I carried Erie county by vote of 15,031 to 7,454, and Albany county by q vote of 7,945 to 4,28S The vote from 3.1S3 districts was: Newton, sS,3O5; Becker, 75,654
 Alfred E. Smith. president of the 1 board of aldermen of New York city, showed under William Church Osborn for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. In S,SS1 districts Smiths vote was 178,2S3 and Osborn's was 23,- 276. Osborn ran independently with out organized support. The Demo- crats had no other contest for state officer
 In the congressional districts 19 Re-
 publican, seven Democratic and one fSoooalist representatives. were renom-
 inated. In the Republican column
 these included F. H. LaGuardia, a
 New York city congressman aviator
 who is flying with the American
 forces in Italy, with the rank of cap
 tain. He received also the Demo
 cratic nomination in his district. the
 l4th. The Democrats renom1nated fn-
 clude George R. Lunn, former mayor
 of Schenectady, in the 5oth district
 Representative Never London was re-
 nominated in the 12th district, New
 York city, by the Socialists, who ir the 2Gth district. New York city nom ! mated Morris Hillouit. Socialist can didate for mayor last fall
 Frederick c. Tanner, former Repub-
Republican farmer., 1918-09-06

vicinity.
 As the Americans advanced the German rear-guards, from what little cover remained, opened up with their machine guns, but these were quickly silenced without much trouble. Else where in the same locality the Amer leans also advanced the line, keeping in contact with the retreating enemy.
 The French troops that crossed the Canal du-Nord made further progress in the region northeast of Nesle and gained a footing on the Nesle Heights. taking prisoners, Paris announces.
 Between the Aisne ahd the Ailetts the French and Americans continued to make progress throughout the day on the plateau east of Crecy-auMont and Juvigny.
 Despite vigorous German resistance Leuilly least of Crecy-au-M Mont) was captured. Terny Sorny also was ta- ken. Further headway was made north of Croucy (northeast of Sois- sons.
 Americans on the Aisne-vesle front celebrated the first labor day while fighting. The Doughboys are jokingly demanding on eight hour day.
 General Pershing reported: North of the Aisne our troops have made further progress east q Juvigny."
 The Germans who are showing signs of extreme nervousness along the AisaceLorraine front attempted two raids in the last 24 hours against Car Mountoin positions in the Alsace sec tor Both attempts were preceded by heavy bombardment. In both in- stances the enemy was repulsed with losses. ~I
 They suffered the same experience this morning in the Foul sector. In each instance the raiding party seem ed to lack the punch which character ized the Germans operations a few months ago.
 "The English today gained ground southeast of Arras and north of Per onne " tonight's Berlin War Office statement admits. The French at tackled this afternoon between the Disc and the Aisne."