Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-19
SIGMA CHI
MEN BANQUET
Fraternal Get Together Feast
at Local Hotel, Well Attended.
Good Speeches. Successful
Affair.

Machine Gun School and the Provi-
sional Ordnance Regiments at Camp
Hancock held reunion and get-to
gether session at the Genesta hotel
on Saturday evening. There were 33
members Of the fraternity present at
the banquet and a DANDY evening was
spent eating, singing college and
fraternity songs. OF course, there
were speeches and following here was
mad rush to get back to the camp
before lie passes expired.
AT the banquet u of the ~ chap
ters OF the Sigma Chi fraernity were
represented. The man longest in the
fraternity at the banquet was @. Z.
Talbot, Of August who graduated
from college in 81. There were also
present some men who, had they
stayed IN college, would have grad
uated in 1919. The active chapter Of
the fraternity at the University of
Georgia. Athens, sent a representa-
tive. He Is j. L. Barksdale, Of North
Augusta. There are about 80 Sigma
CHS in the F. o. ID. Regiments and
the Supply School at Camp Hancock.
Some Of these were caught on Kitchen
Police and at other duties and were
unable to attend the session Satur-
day. But three civilians were in at
tendance at the banquet These were:
j. H. Barksdale, Mr. Talbot and Sec
rotary f. j. Baker OF "Y' 10. Camp
Hancock, who since he has mixed so
much with soldiers does not really
seem like civilian at all but more
like one Of the gang"
The POSTMASTER OF the evening was
First Lieut.. Jack Walters Of End Co.
End Reg 0, r. c., who was active in
Sigma Chi at the University Of In
diana from which institution he
graduated The more prominent
speakers were Second Lieut. Arthur c.
Harvgood Of the Mass. Inst. OF Tech,
where he was active In fraternity cir
cies as a Sigma Chi; Secretary +. J
Baker, "Y" 10, an 1895 man from
Cornell and who was member of
that chapter of the fraternity. There
were other speakers but none so well
known
The men gathered about the ban
quet table came from Sigma Chi
chapters from Oregon TO Boston and
south to Athens Oregon lead with six
representatives the University OF
Montana and Dartmouth College were
second with four present each. 1t was
a dandy session, declare those who
were present. and rs a result an IN
formal chapter of Sigma Chi viii now
coIae mo existence at Camp Han
cock Every Tuesday the members of
lfltS nFEdnAGdtlon VIII kAthtA III
70 10 become better acquainted and
to talk over their problems together
Following Is a list Of the men pres
ent at the banquet;
Russell b. Fields. Company &C,
Supply School. University of Oregon.
G. T.. Talbot, Augusta, Randolph
Macon College.
Frederick G. Grabner. Company
"E' supply School Beloit College
First Lieut.. Jack Walters, Second
Company. Second Regiment. 9Th I, c.
T. OF Indiana,
Thos SchuIkins. Fourth Company,
Second Reg Western Reserve
Second Lieut. Arthur c. Harvgood,
9Th II. Nj. O. r. s, Boston Tech.
Harry T. Bawder. 26th Ord. Depot
Company, Second Req University Of
Iowa.
Supply school. University of Oregon.
Granger r. Mitchell. Company &C,
Ord Supply School, University Of
Missouri.
ID. y. Richards. Company &C" Sup
ply school, University of Montana,
i. II. whistler. Company c. sup
ply school University of Montana.
Hugh Kent. Company &c" supply
School of Montana
r. L. Miller Company "a, Ma
chine Gun school, Belolt Cotcee'
Wis.
IL. W. Sims. First Company. Fifth
Reg. =. O, n, University of Oregon.
r, y, Monkey. First Company, Fifth
Reg. r. O. D.. University Of Oregon.
l.. c. McCready, Headquartermast-
ers Company, Supply School lniver-
erosion r. Matlock. Third Com
pany, 9Th Bat, p. O. d. University
#. ]. Baker "Yo 70. Hancock. Cor
nell University
]. L. Barksdale. civilian, University
of Georgia
S A. Mosher. Company &C" z. o
d. Albion College Mich.
Roger c. Gipe, Company p, sup
ply school, University of Indiana.
Fred s Stuhler Headquarters Co.
Consin.
W. d. Bingham, Supply School, T.
of Minnesota.
r. l.. Gilliland, Company &C" Sup
Cs,AOnl Ohio NaslpEap