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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
Banquet and Jazz Music For
School Company No. |,
Officers Students

Private Bruno, being so fortunate as
to have his birthday on Halloween,
was the recipient Of a large birthday
cake, with "a candles, sent to him by
his lady love. The boys were handi-
capped somewhat in their celebration
Of same due to quarantine regulations,
Notwithstanding lucky Bruno was
given royal reception.
The boys lined up in their O. D. uni
forms last Sunday, and company
picture was taken.
That half-paee extra of Thursday
had some of the fellows figuring out
how many X. P's they'd be doing be-
fore being granted an indefinite fur
Tough, notably among those were
Priyates Gottlieb and SilbeTfarb
First Sergeant S. Chaser will short
ly take an examination for a staff
corps lieutenancy.
On Sunday, November 3rd. mess hall
No. 1883 was considerably livened up
by the appearance of the Third Group
Jazz Band.
To the accompaniment of the snap
piest music heard in some time, the
menu consisting of roast turkey, sweet
peas, mashed potatoes, French pas
try, cocoanut pie and an iced concoc-
tion of grape juice and lemon was
served. The occasion for the bands
visit was to fittingly round out our
second banquet sponsored by First
Lieut. Leo Feldman. to school com
pany No. 2 Enlisted Students and
| School Company ], for Officers Stu
dents
| Sergeant Shepard Klein Of Head
| quarters ufficiated most capably as
! toastmaster and rendered in his inim-
table manner an Italian comic sketch.
He also sang mo Mans Land" which
brought forth considerable applause.
( The remainder of the program was as
follows
Mrs, Merritt in a popular and elias
steal vocal selection.
Private Revitch in song and dance.
Private McGeo, Irish ballad.
Private Joseph Schwartz of Division
| Headquarters, popular ballad
Private Lyman Balgley put every
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

our Bugler Sweeney is with us
again after an absence of seven days,
owing to an injured knee received when
he vas thrown from his horse last
week, The boys, and especially, Bur
cav, his brother bugler are sure glad
to see him back, for more reasons
than one, You see, Burcaw and Swee-
ney have been rendering the various
calls together for some time and they
sure made good, but it seems that as
soon as Brother Sweeney was sent
to the hospital, Burcaw went all to
pieces. We are inclined to the belief
that it was due to grief that he and
Sweeney are very much attached to
one another Now that they are both
on the job again, the Company is
breathing easier. as the men have been
under quite a nervous strain, for they
claimed it nj. h onto impossible to dis
tingu.sh whether Burcaw was playing
Mess CAN or Fire Call and it natural
ly had them guessing as to whether
to grab their mess kits or the fire
buckets and axes, which naturally
puts man in a devil of a predica-
ment
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
Wig Ways From the 47h1
Service Company Signal Corps

We offer apologies for having dis
appointed our friends and readers.
through our failure to appear in the
previous issue of The Trench and
Camp, owing to the fact that for the
past week or so, things have been
very busy around the 47th Service
Company. The Company is hard at
.it fitting themselves for the work
which they will be called upon to per-
form and under the able instruction
of Sergeant Miller and his assis ants
Sergeants Allison, Smith, Green, Dorm
hoefer and Kay, their progress is high
ly commendable and worthy of no
tee. The Company furnished a detail
of seven men for special duty at the
1000 Machine Gun Range during the
week to establish telephone commu-
ntcations between the various points.
The detail was composed of the fol-
lowing men with Sergeant Dornhoef-
er in charge Privates Morrow. Harp
ster Holden, Allen, Festina and Re
gan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06

West front, or in Italy. But where are
the troops for another prodigal operation
to come from? Or the munitions?
Time is all on the side of the Allies.
They can afford to wait. Their counter
offensive does not need to be hurried, be-
cause they are not yet at the peak of
their strength, while Germany is already
beyond the peak of hers. And whether
Nindenburg chooses to risk what is left
of his shock battalons in a new single
bid for victory or prefers to revert to
the old warfare of local attrition, the
chances now seem equally against him.
He has renewed his drive in the Mont.
dNiier salient, thus evidently committing
himself to a localized effort to isolate
Amiens. But the chances are that "They
shall not pass" will hold as good at
Amiens as it did at Verdun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
Confusing

1t is very confusing. First, the Kaiser
takes his new toy--the latest, noblest
weapon of super-frightfulnes - and
bangs it at Paris. On Good Friday. Then
he felicitates the Krupps on their glorious
achievement for Kultur. And later
writes his regular weekly chat with Colt,
expressing his warm appreciation, etc.,
followed by the usual Form 26A explana-
ton of how the French were entirely to
blame by reason of their dastardly
treachery in celebrating Good Friday in
a fortress.
Yet now he apologies to the Swiss
government for the killing of its sec
rotary of legation in the Paris church.
What will Krupp and Gott say to this, we
should like to know! Of course, it is
probably only an apology in terms, and
its full text will surely explain just how
bloodthirsty the French are and about
Good Friday and the fortress, and so on.
But-why apologize at all? There are
plenty more secretaries of legation and
plenty more small nations. And there is
only one Kultur and only one ALL
Highest. We hope the Easter season is
not melting the Kaiser's too susceptible
heart
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
Movies and the War Spirit

This is the first war of submarines and
aeroplanes-and it is also the first wa,
OF movies" Let US not lose sight of
the fact.
There are several great war spectacles
OF the screen now showing in this city.
Mr.. Empey has been dramatized. Gov
ernments have aided in the taking Of
pictures on the actual battlefelds of
France. Since "The Birth of a Nationo
no movies" of equal magnifccnce and
poignancy have been produced.
Ihls means precisely that never in the
history Of the world has foreign war
been brought so closely home as will this
war be brought to Americans. Three
thousand miles away, yes. But YOU will
be able to see and consume it's faithful
essence in every Main Street "movie"
house before the wan goes much further
There are obvious dangers in this
vlvldness of representation-the danger
OF easy emotion without adequate action
to justify it, for example But there is
also world of aid for democracy at
war. The handicaps of democracy in q
time calling for unity of purpose and swift
action have been much dwelt on. Here
comes the movie" to manufacture unitv
of purpose and spur to swift action
beyond the ability of any previous factor.
just at present we should rate the
movie" as the most powerful ally that
hard~pressed Democracy has yet been
able to summon to her side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06

scrlptlon act almost without debate.
And now when we speak of sending five
million men to France we think Of it as
problem that presents technical diff
culties only. Our man power is for all
military purposes unlimited
And the men! Let us say it for once
and forget it. They are incompatible.
In AZ the world you could not find five
million men to match our first five mill
ION IN stature, spirit, ncxibility, intelli-
gence and pride of craftsmanship. Let
Nod take or spare them as He will, but
they are precious without knowing it.
Then came this German drive We
were not ready for it, Pershing had
not much above 100000 men prepared
for combat. But what we had we gave.
And how did we give it? We said to the
French generalissimo:
Take Pershing's men! Take them as
and when you want them; take them in
any way you want them, in divisions,
battalions, companies or Squads We
give them unreservedly."
So we give. SO we went to war.
For months Washington had discussed
NEEDING American soldiers with the
French and British as fast as thew
could be sent over. Opinion was against
it on the ground that the American pco-
pie would never consent to have it done.
But our problems are Of the mind, and
not of the heart; technical, and not spirit
ual. When the emergency arose the peo-
pie did not have to be asked. Their
consent could be taken for granted.
Why not?
They have pledged everything before
hand, and they will not fail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
The Lesson Of Collinsyillc

Inertia at Washington is responsible for
the Prayer lynchng at Collinsville, III.
1t is as clear as day that if the govern
ment doesn't intern alien enemies MANY
of them WILL sooner or later, fall victims
to mob violence.
There is a certain logical progression
even in such an unreasoning thing as
mob passion. At first obnoxious enemy
subjects are forced to kiss the flag. Then
they are ridden out of a community or
tarred and feathered Then they are
strung up at the end Of a rope.
This is situation for which the gov
ernment's optimism and inaction are re-
sponsible. National authority is para
mount in dealing with enemy aliens.
They are subject to the laws of war.
They are entitled to the protection of the
laws of war. 1t stands to reason that
they should be kept under strict military
surveillance, since their status is a mill
tary and no longer civil one
To leave them at large, under the
jurisdiction of state law and of the ordi-
nary police power, is to encourage them
to engage in hostile propaganda, in
espionage, sabotage and incendiarism.
The country has already suffered i'm
mensely from mistaken lenity in the
treatment of enemy aliens.
Furthermore, civilized practice obi
gates the government to stand between
enemy subjects and individual or mob
violence. We are just getting into the
war. Hatred of Germans, because of
Germanys barbarous military methods,
is growing fercer. When our first big
casualty lists come in new fuel will be
added to this flame. How imprudent it
is, therefore, for the government to leave
enemy aliens, whether openly obnoxious
or not, at the mercy of mob hysteria and
fury!
The present incredibly lax policy of
dealing with enemy aliens should be
abandoned. Out of respect for military
usages, to the end of suppressing hostile
activities and preserving domestic order,
and as means Of giving them the pro-
lection owed them as quasi prisoners, all
enemy subjects should be at once collect
ed in internment camps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
The Meaning of
Russia's Collapse

WHEN war first broke out we believed
w that it would run on for as LONG a
period as Lord Kitchcners three wears. IF
Russia had stood firm that guess would have
been almost exactly fulfilled, and last sum-
MGR Russias attitude was uncertain. This
meant that millions of Americans antcina4-
ed an early peace, which delusion did un
doubtcdly impede the whole national ef
fort. You were not alone in your various
prophecies of optimism In Italy. France
and Britain people constantly discussed tho
question when the would be over.
Moreover, it has been hard for Americans
to appreciate the fact that they are really
involved in war when whole year passes
without substantial casualties or--if we
take previous war profits into account
financial losses. You are an ambitious ma
ton You like to do things better than
other people and on bigger scale. From
the first, therefore, your plans were broad
and sweeping. They included vast naval
programme, huge scheme for construction
of merchantmen and an immediate applica.
ton of compulsory or selectivc military
service.
In your politics you are learning that vour
written Consttution-the most powerful
document. as Gladstone thought it to be. in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
Fighting Canada
From The Ottaaca Citizen

ME youthful rioters in Quebec city are
probably not conscious agents of the
enemy. They are making war against
Canada behind the lines, betraying their
fellow couil trymen overseas, without realiz.
ing it-perhaps without caring much in
spite of the patriotic ardor with which the
rebellous element are reported to sing
80 Canada"
The Canadian government is in bo,o,
bound to see that the provisions of the mill.
AIRY service act are carried cut in Quebec
with impartiality, az it is throughout the
rest Of Canada. II justice to the men who
are BENG sent overseas from every other
military district, the men who are qualified
Ter the se!ect.ve draft in Quebec city should
not be allowed to cvade their resnonsih;l.
ties of citizenship.
IL is PLAN that the Quebec riot leaders are
not lmbued with pacjfst PRINCIPLES. They
are ready to employ violence against their
own country, at time when 100000 of Can.
aoa youth are overseas. 1t is probable
tnat the foTceful resisters in Quebec coud
also be transformed, in the great majority.
i"to courageous Canadian soldiers in few
"eehS OF training away from their present
oiiiiieHt. Inc voyage overseas is in
'tselt an education; it tends to change a
provincial outlook to the broader under
standing Of Canada as nation. in . leaeue
OF nations. Contact with liberal France
wouio help to dissipate the ideas of neutral
ny from the trcnch-speaking Canadian
youth Allegiance to neutrality would give
way 70 arrogance to Canada first.
The government is taking Intelligent a..
tlon by appointing Major General F. l. Les.
sara to the command of the Quebec garri.
son, where he will be in authority annar-
e en-! as military governor of the c;ty. The
influence OF Sir Lomer Gouin. Premier OF
inc province, should be found on the side Of
the Canadian government. If the civil
authorities in the province have any desire
70 retrieve the badly shaken credit of Que.
pee; 1T would seem that the municipal
authorities, through their political MayOr,
a, not trouble much to prevent outrage in
.he city. But when neutrality is carried to
the extent of condoning outrage It becomes
dangerously akin to active enmitv When
SO many Canadian men are serving in de-
renee OF Canada oven seas the Canadian GOV.
ef"ment Is not likely to lack support in its
measures to deal with enemies who fgbt
against Canada at home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
For the Soldiers

"Neithcr ,cill I offer That ,,bio, no.
nothin9"
n SEND my books to you, O brave mcn
bearing
The worlds great burden with nm
daunted eyes,
For in some little way would 7 he shar;n,
Your spirit of unquestioning sacrifc,
AND these books were my loves; held each
dearly,
Even as another holds his wife and child.
Or as friend whose wisdom counsel.
clearly;
Or as some kindly wizard who beguiled
Long winter evenings with his magic nasses
transforming gray to gold, and sigh f.,
song;
Who poured red wine from SEEMING oror+u
glasses,
And waved across lfc's screen CAV, fair
throng.
Here was sprightly Ariel, TRANSPORTING
Around the world my spirit, fleet "a h;s.
Here went ! with young Cupid bravo
accounting,
Forgot my loneliness in lovers bliss
Here are my poets, who, above wild discord
Heard Truths unfaltering voice ring hirh
and clear.
Who followed Bcauty--lcft on earth tho
record
That her white soul enfolds u.s. now and
here.
SO take my books, with all their voriod
cruces
The prophets sight the poets ecstasv
shall not Ericve to see their empty places
AZ they arc half to you they were tn mn
+. B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
Having America
For a Banker

y MEklCANS sometimes underestimate
IN the part which their country played
IN the war before you handed his passports
to Count Won Bernstorff. For the first two
years England and France had the men. the
money and the ships, and what we needed
from you was equipment and munitions
You entered the fray when, by coinci-
dence, our money was running short. and
you have steadily supplied us with loans
ever since. How important this is NAV be
seen from the fact that in the twelve
months just concluded your daily expendi-
ture on your own war measures has been,
SO far as l can calculate, about half our
daily expenditure on ours. and as our re-
sources in peace time are only half yours
you will see how helpful it has been to us
to have you for banker
Your position is the strongest because
in August, 1914, it was London that all
sorbed the first shock on credit, inflicted by
this unparalleled uphcaval. By means Of
your Federal Reserve banks you have been
able, without difficulty, to raise immense
loans, and your present campaign is in
tended, so | suppose to broaden the basis
of national credit until it spreads from the
rich and the finance houses to che whole
people. Your war budgets have been q won
der1ul example OF prompt and patriotic de-
clslon. The American income tax is some.
thing OF a mystery to me, but if 1T Yields
three billions of dollars in the first veor Il
will be marvel And do not doubt thai
IT Uncle Sam wants money he will, with his
polite yet powerful tact, obtain it even from
the most thrifty withholders of dues. When
you found that the submarine menace was
lntolerable, it happened that we had shipped
over to you our last American securities
and had no more to pawn. You therefore
saved the financial situaton-saved it in
the nick of time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
One Year Of War
By P. w. Wilson
(Amercan Correspondent of "The London Dalv News"\

AM ASKED-and this from an editor
Y means commanded-to offer a candid
opinion on your first year of war;
and, said he: "Don't be too kind to
u.s." Apart from this request, should not
have felt at liberty to discuss your matters,
but cannot deny that thin ice is sometimes
inviting.
Il am very interested in America" re-
marked the Kaiser to Mr.. Gerard, and it
may be that the Kaiscr's interest in the
subject has grown rather than diminished
France and Britain are also very Interested
IN America. If Germany cannot get on
with you, we cannot get on without you
Four years ago you were independent; now
you seem to have become necessary.
In August 1914, Britain acted on impulse
and sometimes British impulses are
right. Twelve months ago you. were gov
erned by cold, deliberate reason You had
heard the case argued on both sides. We
fought for Belgium first and international
law second. You fought for international
law, with Belgium as an illustration This
means that you are now in this war at
least as deeply as are. solution for
Belgium, Alsace- Lorraine and France is not
enough for you. You must have a strairh.
settlement in Russia, Poland and Armenia
also. If, then, Britain and France were first
beginners in the struggle, you are the real
never-enders, and having done our Best by
ourselves we must for the future, stand by
you. The affair will cost you quite little.
however, in blood and treasure--more per-
haps than some of you vet realize; for on
you mainly depends the final task of gently
persuading Germany to quit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
Queues
BY Arthur S. Draper

y VoEoE seems to be national inst.
~ 'u'ioh IN Britain. Almost any hour
:: OF the day it is possible to find one
IN London. 1t may contain five persons or
~ ~ may stretch couple of blocks or more.
mere is the theatre queue, the food
queue, the candy queue and q dozen other
Varietles. The popular melodrama always
@''i"cts a mammoth matinee queue: the
,ns"' queues, m the DAYS before Lord
.."o.'uoa introduced the card system of "a
,'o"i',s' frequently reached unbelievable
the city f0f1'"'s" ''S''0"'
Frequently women io;n these queues
+Lli'eo win camp chairs and stools. There
Ivy si' or stand and gossip with their
"etshoors behind and before them.
~ queues make for democracy and despair,
ne tur-coated bankers wife awaits her
urn oehind the shawl-wrapped charwom.
""' 'he iormer may get eight ounces OF
margarine and cold and the latter
cneefy All out of margarine" from the
'ess''i. 10 the so-calIed upper and mid
we classes OF Britain queues were some.
s"."s TO avoid IN pre-war days. They did
NV pa'ronize the pit" Now they take
'"eir turns or go without unless their SER
wants act as substitutes.
Queues also breed unrsst long wait
=. queue after nerve shaking night Of
ar attacks is not conducive to mental
s"tistaction. And so the government has
maze strenuous efforts to end the queue
~ nan't' british patience is wonderful pusS
~ mas oeen put to . hard test,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-06
The New Attack

After five days of comparative inaction
fighting on the West front has been re-
sumed on a lavish scale. Paris reports
that fifteen German divisions (about
100000 men), including seven fresh d.
visions, were hurled on Thursday night
against the French line southeast of
Amiens. Heavy attacks were also made
on the British positions a little further
north.
The result of this violent offensive was
almost negligible. The German drive had
already lost its tremendous ir itial energy
before it was halted week ago The
ferocity of the first push cannot be dupli-
Gated. In that respect it has run true to
German form in the West since the Bat
tie of the Marine and untrue to German
form in the East and in the Adriatic
sector. East is still East and West is
still West in the record of German mill
tary effort.
Against opposition such as he had after
the Battle of the Dunajec Mackensen's
drive was able to continue under full
Roadway for weeks. It cleared the Rus
sian armies out of Poland, out Of Galicia
and out Of Courland. 1t was not brought
to stop until the line of the Dvna and
the Pinsk marshes was reached.
In Serbia the German armies, aided
by the Bulgarian attack on the Serbian
right flank, also marched to their goal
without pause. The Serbians were
driven across Albania to the Adriatic.
The kings of Serbia and Montenegro be-
came kings in exile.
The Rumanian offensive of 1916 ran
at top speed for couple of months.
Wallachia and the Dobrudia were easilv
overrun and occupied. When the Italian
line was broken last fall along the Upper
lsonzo the German-Austrian advance
persisted. The Italians were driven back
to the Pave, and for a long time it
looked as if they would have to abandon
all Venetia and retire to the line of the
Adige
But German tactics in France have
had nothing comparable to their credit
The offensive against Amiens-if Amiens
was all the time Hindenburg's real obicc-
SA'S AAe~o VII <tDOQI IIlc same course as
Falkenhayn's offensive against Verdun
On the Meuse as we'll as on thu Somme the
Germans seemed for the first few DAYS
very close to great victory. Then thew
faltered The opposition stiffencd and
the initial advantage could not be pressed
home.
At Verdun German hopes faded out in
a long series of local operations-for y
trench or hill. The renewed German
attack on the West front seems similarly
to have narrowed down to a local opera
ton, which aims at piercing the railroad
line from Amiens to Paris.
Will the Germans now accent the
limitations Of battle of position, as thew
did when they were in sight of Vcrdun---
TO pc driven back eventually when
General Foch, following Pdtains and
Niyclle's example, thinks it worth while
to drive them back?
There are suggestions, in the German
pregs and elsewhere, of another attack
on 4 grand scale--somewher else on tho