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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

me and said. LET us go to the camp
and try to sleep so that we might for
get all this"
We were hungry and on the way
home caught several chickens. We
ate them half-raw and then laid down
in the open and slept until four o'clock
in the morning when We had to be
ready to march.
Our destination on this day was
Suippes. Before the march started the
following army order was read:
Soldiers. his majesty the emperor,
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

Women may be divided into two
classes-those who "never go out"
much, and those who never stay home
much.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

Sending all sorts Of periodicals to
the soldiers is proper, but the warship
magazines should be kept supplied
first.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

Meatless and wheatless days may
help to avert mealless days further
along.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

But be mighty thankful If you have
an income sufficiently big to pay taxes
onl
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

Show flag that stands for your
country-clean, unfaded, whole, and
"the handsOmest that floats"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

There seems to be no way to fight a
war except by close and personal and
painful contact with the enemy.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

A pretty girl who is poor can never
understand why homely girl should
be lucky enough to inherit a big pile
Of money.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

II the coal shortage becomes too
acute some Of the coal officials may
be induced to take jobs as miners.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

The bad weather Is also seriously
impeding advance operations on the
13-hOle salient.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

Presently a man will blush when
money jingles in his pocket. He will
be accused of boarding wealth.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

Among the undesirable substitute!
for meat may be listed fried beefsteak
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

Meatless, wheatless, sweetless-is
great diet If you don't weaken.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

We shall not only make the world
safe for democracy but the seas as
well.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

The scarcity of milk may bring the
backyard goat into fashion again.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

One of these days the milk pirates
are going to get what is coming to
them.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

Oh, well, things might be worse
Auto tires cost $3.50 In Sweden.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-05-09

A little candy now and then sweet
ems life for fighting men.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
NEW K. OF C. BUILDING
OPEN NEXT MONTH

Peace news has not halted the work
on *. OF c. Building No. 3. at the end
OF Pennsylvania avenue and Wrights-
boro road, Ia fact, the Knights of
Columbus war activities are speeding
up their program Of activities and this
building, the largest welfare structure
IT, camp, will probably be opened form
ally on December 10TH with. appropri-
ate ceremonies and turned ever 10
Uncle Sam through Brigadier GENERAL
Edwards. This building will have COM
modious officers quarters. which win
$40 doubt he extremely popular with
the many officers who are now taking
machine gun instruction at the Ma
chine Gun School, which is within a
short distance. In addition to this,
the building has been planned so as to
mold indoor boxing, basket ball and
other sports, and the coming cold
weather win not interfere with the
promotion ef these sports by the
Knights OF Columbus.
Boxing instruction Given.
Those desiring instruction in the
manly art OF self defense should COM
mupicate with Secretary Nj. S. Riggs.
boxing instructor at Building No. I.
Glass for beginners will probably start
next week and those interested are
urged to communicate with Secretary
Rigg Immediately. His services are
open to all and no fee viii be charged.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
THE LITTLEST ALLY

The littlest nation 10 be engaged in the
great war was the Republic of San Ma
rino with a population Of 1000 people,
and an area Of only 80 square miles, en-
urely surrounded by Italy, says the Ma
tional Geographic.
This little republic has existed for 800
years. Il was founded by ST, Marine,
stone cutter from Dalwatia. along the
Adriasie Sea. The good people Of s..
Marsinu today follow the occupation OF
their founder Stone cutting mas always
been the principal industry Stone is
cGrted % Rimiai, 10 miles distant and TO
other nearby towns.
In this quiet place there is small need
Of police force, and even the militia Of
the fortress, now used as prison, was
recently dishanded
"As for the national defense, every citt-
zen between IS and 60 years Of age is
enrolled for military service in case OF the
country's need.
The climate. which in summer IS sspe-
eially delightful changes from warm to
cold early in October and remains cold
until April
"Phe commercial life Of the republic is
ceutered iu the Borgo, Every week, mar
ket DAYS draw from the capital above
housewives and servants. The fairs the
chief ones being in September and Octo-
Der, are occasions when buyers and sell
ers come not only from all over the re-
public, but from paighhoring Italian towns
as well.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
CHEAP THIEVES

When vaienciennea was first threat
ensd in tbs German retreat, observers
Jaw soldiers Withdrawing from the
city with great loads Of loot.
When German officers occupied
French chateauz they liked their sur
roundings SO well that they ordered
everything sent into Germany that
could be removed.
To &C even further back, the Ger
nsn forces that took part in the Boxer
campaign liked TO do some star gazing
through the wonderfully wrought tel
escapes Of the Forbidden City. So
while they were engaged in enforcing
righteousness, 50 they said, they
shipped the astronomical instruments
to the Fatherland.
The Prussian mind does not change.
Now that the evacuation Of all the oc-
cuphed territory in France and Belgi-
UNI seems TO be in order the Germans
are following the habit Of their minds,
and looking about them for loot.
The Belgian mind has its peculiari-
ties, too. In a measure it is just as
thorough as the German. Thee Bel
gian has a genius for accounting, and
it is known thai Z record has been
fe2t 81 al iost the Germans have
stolen f9ou the little kin dan.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
IT NEVER HAPPENED

The outpouring Of Hes regarding
medical officers and nurses injecting
soldiers is merely the old stunt IN a
new suise, OF trying to break down
the morale OF the forces in training
and the horae folks by magnifying
the powers and agencies at the COM
mand Of the enemy In addition in
this case, it had the advantage OF be-
smirchins the Army Medical Depart"
ment, the backbone Of our Army from
the PORT OF view of health and fight
ing spirit.
OF course, as Inevitably once start
ed tho iuhuenza-sh0t~at-su ru~
NOR was picked up and relayed by
hundreds, both soldiers and civilians.
Within walking distance OF Army
Medical Department headquarters in
Washington an infantry regiment is
encamped Almost to q man. that
group believed that three officers and
six nurses had been shot at Camp
Meade, Nd. No one knew just how
the report started except perhaps
That one OF the men, formerly with
the regiment and now at Camp Meade
who still visited bis former pals each
Sunday, might haYe told about it.
A visit to different part of this
city was rewarded by the news" that
traitorous medical officers were
forced to dig their own graves at
Camp Humphreys, Va, and then were
shot inevitable while facing in such
a way shat they would tumble into
them.
Follows a piece from the Baraboo,
Wis, Daily News" along the same
general line: over ut Camp Grant
they are just dying by the hundreds.
Three Of our undertakers aad one
from BGioit worked with all tho Rock
ford UndeTtakers all one night last
week getting bodies ready to be sent
away Mr Wilbeck said the bodies
we're piled sixteen deep waiting to
/ be cared for They found one old
villain guilty over thera this week
"a doctor. Every soldier In his camp
Idled. They became suspicious OF him,
examined his medicine and found poi-
ia9u in 1t. so they tCok him out, made
him dig his own grave and shot him
lright down Even that was too good,
Though"
Quite while ago. tho Hun propa-
gaudist tried to put across another
! dose Of demoraliing poison. That
| time the story was that hundreds OF
American soldiers we're being re-
turned to this country with their
tongues out. The yarn spread With
remarkable rapidly. Mrs. Smith
knew a woman who knew someone
else whose cousins son was at a gem
eral hospital tongueless. where his
mother had seen him.
Again the Surgeon Generals of1oa
was compelled 10 make a direct de-
NAL. Investigation had revealed not
a single ease OF mptIlation OF Amer
lean prisoners. wounded or otherwise.
| There was no chance for error be-
cause the records from every milf.
tary hospital hero and overseas pass
through that Office.
1t was pointed out at the time
that it Ia not Americas policy to
make war by stirring up blind hatred
! for the foe--and that If 1t was the
/ ensmy's desire to weaken home
morale by spreading tales OF fright
fulness, that plan was doomed to fall
] ure.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

empire. but HE one az Potsdarn,
where he spends his summers, is said
20 he the finest OF all i has been
proposed that after the war the kaiser
palaces be sold and the proceeds used
TO help restore devastated Belgium and
northern France.
Boris, the new King Of Belgium
reigEed only one month and then alb
dicated. He decided something else
would he better for his health. There
is a strong demand in Bulgaria for a
republic.
Chocolate bars have baen counted
among the munitions Of war" Sweets
helped the Yanks 60 fights. Fifteen
million bars were ordered in one month
for our forces in France.
The heart oc Belgium. which had
been stlled for four years by German
troops, has begun 10 beat again. King
Aleerts so.oiers are entering Brussels
and setting things Ia order fer the re-
turn Of government afficials,
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
BOMNl; ATk. OF c.
Mo. / ON THURSDAY
Murphy and Erdey TO Decide
Championship. Other
Good Bouts

tEy Vincent ATTnStg0nE@
On account Of The fact that the quar-
antine prevented a large number OF bouts
which were scheduled for last Thurs
day. the monthly boxing tournament 81
knights Of Columbus Building No. J.;
Wrightsboro Road was postponed until
the coming Thursday, and General Sec
rotary Donatoe nov has about six star
bouts lined up fer this night
Medals TO Be Awarded
TO further and promote interest IN this
beautiful recreation. the Knights Of Co
lunbus War Activities under the direc-
ton Of General Secretary Donahoe. are
planning 70 award medals 10 the success
fuL The medal Is . handsome affair
with an appropriate Inscription and the
name Of the winner. and there Is much
speculation and interest rs to the sue
cessful contestants
Murphy and Eroey.
me star bout, and one that has been
the subject of discussion is that be-
tween the smiling AID clever holder Of the
present bant2Tn1F eight championship Of
lamp HGncock- Danny Murphy OF the
r ghting ThiTiy- third" and Willie Err
de%, the fast bantam from the 25th CO.
THESE Boys Rave been slated 10 decide
ms issue several times, but circun-
st te prevented tne match being
defend his well-sarned title. is confident
Of retaining It. and Erdey is equally as
Of the championship. This match ls sure
20 be drawing card and monster
crowd is expected az this. being a
championship match, win have to be for
SIX ROUNDS. according to Army and Navy
Boxing Regula tious.
Jsck Williams TO Appear,
Jack Williams, champion wel-erwetght,
VIII also appear on next Thursday and
VII probably meet a contender for his
Anon gthe othsr good boxers to appear
viii be Hobby Griar 2nd Company,
Ordnance, and Iila BeeDs also Of The ord
nance, NJ s Scherk. the fast boy from
the S3rd win be seen, as also viii John
Switota Of The Motor Ambulance. Both
pT the boys are c'ever boxers and well
known TO the X OF c fight fans Phil
weights in the South, who fought last
Thursday, has kindly consented TO 20 on
again. also Sammy waltz whose snappy
exhibition on last Thursday delighted the
camp for some time, meeting and defeat
Ing many good men, He halls from Hart
ford, Conn, and Is fast and clean cut
boxer. Jim Webs, "Thc Fighting Harp ."
knows big quiet Jim Welby. who has
often shown ability at the x. Of G arena.
Augustaus Beutz of the 4th Group will
make his initial appearance, and it is re-
account q himself in the squared arena
a any time Young Golde viii appear
again. for the first time since the quar-
antine.
PsocJone and Hester to Wrestjs.
Last. hut not least, viii he seen Pac-
clone, that clever wrestler from the 2lst
Company who is siated TO meet Young
Hester, 18th Co, G M.G.0.T.s. Hester
where ne held the championship Of his
class. which is las pounds, and Pac-
clone. who weighs about the same, has
met some Of the hest wresters in the
country. The time has not been do
cided, but it is hoped TO make this fin
sh match
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

The day of reckoning 5 coming. Il
is TO be hoped that the French mind
has turned, as has the Belgian, TO that
day when the books are to be opened
for the final balance.
In that day, the Prussian Crown
Prince may be asked 70 restore that
which he stole from the fine homes
he defIed BY his occupancy.
But there are others than those
with fine homes who will have just
blls to present. There are the hun-
dreds Of small manufacturers whose
machinery was stripped and stolen,
and whose wherewithal was trans
ported to Germany ard made 60 serve
the industrial life Of the Empire.
The record would not be complete
if it did not catalogue the fact that
where these cheap thieves we're un-
able to remove the objects Of their
desire, they worked havoc and de-
struction. In France and Belgium to.
day there are hundreds of factories
whose equipment has been scrapped
because It could not be stolen.
Neither would the record be COM
pletc if it did not state that this theft
and this petty spoliation were contin-
uing ii tne face Of procestations OF a
desire for a peace Of jusice and right
e9uECess
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

this fine definition Of Discipline: at Ia
instant, willing and intelligent ohedi-
encc 10 the viii Of those placed in
authority"
It ia no less an authority than Mar
shall Foch who has anplified that idea
that discipline is not mere blind ohe-
dience, but is INTELLIGENT. This
is what the Marshal says:
ITO be disciplined does not mean
TO keep silence, to abstain from action.
y Is not the act Of avoiding RESPONSE
bilihes. Discipline equals ac-
tiyity Of mind. Idleness of mind leads
to indiscipline just as does insubordi-
nation. Discipline is activity of mind
to understand the views of superior
officer, and to enter into those views,
and activity Of mind to find the mate
rial means to realize those views"
A long time ago one Of the cheer
up" writera for a daily newspaper had
this line, 'SThe man above you is not
unfeeling, Is not unsympathetie. HE
is BUSY"
THE army Is not unfeeling, is NOT
tlnsYp1pathetic. II IL busy.
X delegates CERTAIN duties to the
men that, sitter ALL are the backbone
Of the army. Out Of wears Of expert
encs, dating from the time Of the ar
mics Of MoseA, it has laid down car
tain rules and regulations.
The recruit hss no wealth Of expert
etlee. He has certain vague ideas. To
attempt to carry them out would be
70 put the army back in an eSperi-
mental stage. Modern armies are not
experiments. They are very highly
organized products Of experience.
Which shall il bs2 Experiment OF
experienced
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
DISCIPLINE

Army disciplins has become by
word, To the man in the street, who
has never seen its results, it is some
thing oppressive. To the recruit it is
worse than that; 1t is something
tyrannicai.
To tho soldier who has seen service,
the soldier who has found discipline
his servant and who has not been
crushed by It's inperiousness, it Is In
dispensible.
One cannot but think of the days
in school when the rules of grammar
and syntax were 50 difhcult-and SO
arbitrary. But If one's memory goes
back to those days in school it ALSO
spans the intervening years and re-
calls the fact that very little attention
has been paid to those rules since the
art of expression was achieved, The
man who writes does not stop to thinli
of noninakives and possessivea. He
does not stop ia reason whether the
past perfect or the present perfect
should be used. He knows. And be-
cause he knows, his ability 20 say Just
what is ia his mind is intensified.
So it Is with the army discipline,
The rules and regulations OF the army
service may seem arbitrary and op-
pEeasive at hTut. But the soldier soon
learns that because the rules and res.
uIations are oheyed the mobility of the
whole command Is insured. II the
nsen Ia tbs RANKS followed their OWL
sneltnaSiens-~wsil they just could moi
DO chat, for there would not be any
rznkmI
Il was Lieutenant Colonel George
Appiin. OF che British Army. who gave
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

bells solemnly tolled the hour of IL,
troops from the Goth division were
pouring into the town.
Speaking of Christmas dinners in
Paris, il looks as though the allies will
sit down to a pretty fair Thanksgiving
meal in the town OF Berlin.
General J. J. Pershing was decorated
with the American distinguished SER
vice cross today by order of President
Wilson. The presentation wOs made
by Admiral Bliss at American general
headquarters in the presence Of the
British, French, Italian and Belgian
missions.
The American Army of Occupation"
is moving toward the Rhine over the
frozen ground. Major General Dick
man will have command Of this army.
IN Austria Hungary pork has been
selling ut s4.S0 a pound, coffee AT SI2
pound and eggs at 40 cents apiece.
The pay OF a German soldier was
recently raised to about "a cents per
day, Austrian soldiers have been
fighting for cents a day American
soldiers receive no less than 81 pes day
Deaths in our army from disease
nave Nv SIdSS 8 per 44uuH 4ASli. III tue
civil war tho rate was 50 per l,ee0 uen.
A late report from Germany says the
kaiser has not abdicateG. He merely
went visiting and that he is expected
home any day. AS a visitor in Holland
it appears he has 'sworp out his vel
Come."
The Canadian government has bar
red from its mails all printed matter
issued by. or in the interest Of the J.
W. W.
Thousands OF French Belgian and
British prisoners are returnins to their
homes. They have been in need of re-
lief and tho ~" has ben helping them
with food and clothing.
Tho kaiser has apparently forgot the
words Of his one time Chancellor Sue
low who said. Beaten generals aro ST.
lent or commit suicide"
How soon viii FOR SALE sign
decorate Kaiser's palace.
Kaiser Wilhelm has fifty-eisht PAL
aces in different parts of the German
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

Suicidal ignorance" reigned in Ber-
lin when the Prussian junkers delib-
erateIy forced the United States into
the world war. And American humor,
salted with cool cynicism, will be the
deciding factor in the inevitable de-
struction Of ptussianism which the
junkers have brought upon them
selves.
This is the view of Captain Bruce
Bairnsfather, British soldler-cartoon-
ist, who has just concluded an intcn-
sive six months study Of the dough
boys. Bsirnsfather's drawings,
sketched in the trenches of France,
have made the British Tommy" ia
nous throughout the countries that
border on the seven seas. In recent
months, he has confined the activities
of his pencil to the doughboy. His
method of cartooning soldiers leads
him first of all to anaIyze his subjects
as intimately as a woman studies the
face of the man she loves Il always
try to draw what people think, rather
than what they look like" is BARNS
fathers explanation of his almost TN
eanny skill in visualizing the soldiers
Of England. France and America. It
Ia interesting, therefore. to hear his
impressions OF the Yankee fighting
man.
your soldiers and our soldiers" he
says, don't for ore instant Think of
the German as an equal; he is just a
nuisance that Is going to have his
head smacked. u will only take time.
They haven't doubt of the victory in
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

Should someone in camp or outside
call you aside and tell you that Cap
tain SO and So, medical officer, and
Miss So and So. an army nurse, were
shot at sunrise yesterday or the day
before, after having been found guilty
OF injecting soldiers under their care
with Influenza or pneumonia germs.
take hold OF him by the collar and
gently, hut with frmnoss, impress up
on him that either unwittingly or de-
| signedly he is furthering the cause Of
| Hun propaganda, which is trying to
destroy not only the Army's but the
civil populations confidence as well
In the Army Medical Department
This is the implied advice in a re-
cent official statement issued by act
/ ing Surgeon General Richard to stop
a fast-srowing crop of rumors, which
| had sprung UP In and around camps
/ to the effect that influenza was being
spread BY German epies. paradins "a
medical officers The statement fol-
lows.
There have been no more insid-
/ lousy false reports come to my atten-
ton than those, recently widely
| spread to the effect that nurses or
/ medical officers have been executed
st the stage hour Of sunrise. for
spreading influenza or pneumonia
germs among soldiers.
There have been no medical off,
GERS. nurses or anyone else executed
at any camp in the United States or
I al Eg.p ~
| THE reports are ridiculous and
without the slightest foundation on
fact. They have taken many forms,
but through them all has run such a
! significant likeness of texture that it
is not unlikely that they all origina-
ted from the same source, the Ger
man propaganda Unfortunately, az
| is so frequently Che case, those behind
the baseless reports have been and
are being aided in the netsrious dis
semlnation Of them by many thought
/ less persons who have not taken tina
time to investigate before passing the
reports on"
The ksast thoags1 en- the part of
those to whgm these grouudlesS re-
ports were retaiIed, would in most in
stances have been sufficient TO XIII
them, Tho influenza germ only re-
Gently has been Isolated and. accord
ing TO published accounts, still is
lodging the eyes Of scientists even
when Investigated under the most
powerful microscopes.
| II is hardly possible that the Ger
mans learned all about the influenza
| germ, especially its control, whila the
rest OF the world was at its mercy,
and through underground channels
communicated this information to
spies Ia order TO cause death and suf-
fering.
In support OF this II is only neees-
sary to take into account that the ar
mics of the Central Powers have, and
In all probability stiil are losing, hun
dreds Of men through this disease In
epidemic form. The tlrst task Of any
| general staff Ia to maintain highest
efficiency aud msn-power among its
own forcas This the German general
STAY surely would have done Ia stop
ping the spread OF influenza at homo,
had It possessed the means or the
/ knowledge.