Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-13
SANDSHOTS FROM 18TH
INFANTRY
Burroughs Delight Scores,
Capt. Schoonmaker
Oversees.
oversees,


One parade after another-and then
q division review right ON top! That
was only part Of the busy program that
the f12th had last week, in addition
to work in the field, trench tactics,
bayonet runs and what not. Best of
ALL the fellows were never in better
condition.
And when such praise comes from
Secretary Lansing that the division
is a splendid body of men ready for
any emergency 1T just increases the
desire of those who have their hearts
and enthusiasm in the work to be over
there" soon.
Thursday evening the second bat
TALON participated in a parade, and on
Friday evening the first regimentaI
parade in several weeks was held.
Saturday morning the entire regiment
marched onto Pennsylvania Avenue at
9:10 to take part in what is believed
to have been the most impressive spec
tacle Camp Hancock has seen-the
great division review for Mr.. Lansing,
and it will be long time before the
fellows will forget that spirit of keen
pride in their outfit as they swept by
the reviewing officers.
But in the midst of work, there's
been the funny side to the army game
just as there always it. week after
week. A few days ago the regimental
mascot started on a stroll, he reached
the guardhouse and darted i'm. A sem
try, with a sense of life, baWled out:
Corporal of the guard, one; goat in.' .
Yes, it was our old friend William 3.
Speaking of furloughs. reminds the
Z Scribe that there's q bunch of happy
youngsters hurfging home every day
on ten days of real, real freedom. The
Grand and Glorious" feeling which
noted cartoonist so ofetn poFtrays i'll
sketches OF. real life has it's equal in the
delight OF the doughboy with Today
fullough in his hand, gearing the Cap
tain's and the CoIoneIs signature. And
when he gets back TO camp; he's SOL.
der enough to dig right into the game
where he left off and smile in memory
of those great and joyous TEN days
now passed.
Pep Brine, weil-known sergeant of
Company Els, now hack to- his old
stunt as mess sergeant for the 103-d
Motor Supply Train. Ills transfgT
came through 4 few days ago, and
though .Pep" Eslfad 10 sa ii gaaa-Dve'
to his old comrades, he declared that
the chances were good for advance
n1ent over there and he wanted to have
a finger in the soups. nreparat 4on
again. Pen" forgot that he vowed
he'd never be a mess sergeant after the
border campaign, but then the war
game PLAYS rnanx queer pranks, and
this is one of them.
The 10th Band was again honored
during the week, not only in being Sc
lected with the other bends of the di-
vision to play at the bowl for TIC pat
riotic sing-song for Secretary lansing,
but to participate in the concert on
Friday evening st division headquar-
tiers in the Secretary's honor.
Two fellows who have been north on
furIough tramped through snow. saw
big cakes Of ice lining river banks and
took part if real winter house
warming campaign, it seems odd to re-
turn to the spring like atmosphere Of
the south with peach and cherry bios
SONS OUTS grass growing green
throughout the Carolinas and every
: thing six weeks ahead of the wegeta-
ton back in the dear old home state.
when do. we go-oh, when do we
go? is a question which some predict
may be answered in the ! near fu-
ture" The boys have gotten along
splendidly with their eraining, and
Col Edward L. King, addressin gthe
men of the regiment the other day, in
Gated that if plans worked out all
right. the stay of the Pennsylvania
troops in this country would not be
much longer. He id they had done
remarkably we'll with the training pro-
gram during the winter months-apd
the way the youngsters are going at
the. trench work keeping up the bayo-
net pep and giving a. good account of
themselves generally is the best evil
dence that they are alive to the sit
uation.
Colonel Gamble received word on
Sunday from Captain Frederick p.
Schoonmaker formerly commander of
Company c.. Hath Infantry. that he
had arrived safely overseas. His
many friends in the regiment were glad
to hear of the news, and surprised at
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