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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-08
CENSUS REPORT SHOWS 42,O4,374
CHURCH members IN THE UNITED STATES

1851; Baptist, National (colored], g.
o18,54 Disciples of Christ. 1881, 404;
Methodist Episcopal, S.7IS 396 Methodist
Episcopal. South, 2,1o8, 06t; Presbyterian
in United States America, 1913, 056;
Protestant Episcopal, 1903. ia; Roman
Catholic, I5,742,262
The aggregate membership of the sew
eral Baptist denominations North, South
Colored. and IA others) was 1926 $50: of
the various Methodist denominations
(Methodist Episcopal Methodist Episco-
pal South, Methodist Protestant. African
Methodist Episcopal African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Colored Methodist, Epis-
eopal. and II other Methodist denomina-
lions. OF which are white and 6 are
colored), z, 1856; of the Presbyterian
denominations presbyterian in u. S. A,
Presbyterian in u. S., United Prelbyter-
ian, and seven others), 2,257, 43e; and of
the Il Lutheran denominations. 2.463. 265.
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JEWISH WELFARE BOARD

Religious services viii henceforth be
conducted every Friday evening at z
O'clock ut the chapel of the Second Regi-
ment Ordnance Chaplain Dolan has been
kind enough to offer this board the use OF
the chapel at any tis7e that 1t SO de-
sires. 1t is located on PENNSYLVANIA ave-
nue., a few buildings east OF regimental
beaduuarters. After each service on Fri
day there win be an informal meeting OF
those present, to discuss the various pol
icies of the board, and the methods by
which the Augusta Branch of the Welfare
Board can best cooperate with the men
in camp I'm entertaining them All men
are invited to these meetings and the
ideas and opinions of all are desired.
Within two weeks, there will be fully
organized a system Of regimental and
company "keymen" The "Keymen' viii
meet at regular intervals and will form
the executive board for our work in the
camp. All men who are willing to de-
vote a prt of their spare time in this way
are urged to get into touch with Al Lnshs
An organization viii be formed as soon as
arrangements can be made. The entire
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A DAILY CHAPTER
IN THE LIFE OF THE
B. P. AND THE M. S.

There are many. oh, very many Pc
culiar insects upon earth. The Buck
Private is troubled by the majority Of
these. Flies poster him, gnats annoy
him and coolies attack him-eventually
But In the eyes Of the lowly B. p, the
most ignohle, insecty insect of them all
is the Mess Sergeant.
The M. S., to the B. P. is sym-
bolization of Natures mistakes. He is,
to the b, p. what a bayonet is to a
Roche. what work is to the Southern ne
gro. The M. $, is the only one who, in
the estimation of the humble 3, p ranks
lower than dog robber.
There ar times when the B. P
thinks the Nj. S. almost human, or at
least as nearly so as the ape. But such
instances are rare-holidays, usually. like
Xmas and Thanksgiving when the b. P.
gets slice of pie with his mess. When
the IL. r looks at said slice of pie, he
thinks what a shame to spoil the looks
OF whole pie by removing so tiny a
fragment.
At other times he wonders why peo-
pie swat the fly, poison the rat, XIII the
rattlesnake and yet allow a NJ S. to live
The thoughts of the B. p usually wan
has been served with beans thrice in sue
eession or else after he has wallowed,
waded, Owed and swan through several
courses OF soup There are occasions
when ne admires the clever brain of the
M $, too. This occurs when said M
3, to avoid having the same bill of
rare, !. e., rice ana beans, rice and beans,
at two consecutive messes-the B. P
never eats "a meal but mess-serVed
two essentially different courses. i. ie.
beans and beans at noon, and rice and
rice in the evening
| Sometimes the B. P. speaks very NICE
| ly of the M. S. as though he has forgiven
the M. S. for living. This happens how
evsr. only when the B. P. is planning
| to push the MS. in front of an on-rushing
service truck, or contemplating enticing
him in the path of a flying cement bomb
The reason the afore- mentioned B. P.
| does not deliberately throw a bomb at
! the head of the NJ. S. is because the c.
! 0. would make the B. P. pay for the
| broken bomb. were it to strike the NJ,
| S. upon the Uranium. So he takes il QUE
| in hoping for the best.
| And every night, when the tents are
| dark and still and gloomy-like, when the
bugle sounds it's soothing refrain of taps
the b. p. says two prayers: One that the
Roches don't get him, the other that
they do get the M. S. And so endeth a
daily chapter in the book of the B. P and
the NJ. S, By S. SOLOMON
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BUILDING 232

Ever since the Second Provisional Ord
nance regiment moved = the Penn
sylvania avenue camp lasl Wednesday a
large part of the time of the staff at 232
has been spent in getting acquainted with
the men and officers of that regiment.
And n most enjoyable process 1t has
been. for there is 40 doubt that this
regiment is unique in the remarkably
high grade of it's personnel. including q
very large proportion of college men and
professional and mechanical experts,
Next Sunday the Mothers Day Idea
will be featured at the regular services,
with the possibility of a special after
noon concert. At the evening service
Ilr Thomas, of Denver, will be the
speaker, The regular motion picture
programs will be run on Wednesday and
Saturday evenings. featuring France in
Arms" and THE Fair Barbarian" re-
spectively. Friday evenings program will
be supplied by vocal. instrumental and
comedian talent from the Second reg-
ment On Tuesday. May ID. Professor
lrvtres quartette, from Augusta. win
provide an evening concert
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BUILDING 231

The outstanding feature of the past
week at 231 was the concert on Sunday
night TO a crowded house. given by the
Orpheus -Four. Many of our boys had
heard them before and were eager to
hear them again. A goody number of
the nurses from the Base Hospital took
advantage of the opportunity afforded
and We're present to enjoy the concert.
Any time the Orpheus -Four can come TO
Building 231, they viii receive warm
welcome
AIT The mid-weeiz service Chaplain
Rass'er spoke, and the large attedanee
at this service Is q personal compliment
to the chaplain, who is very much liked
by the boys who frequent this building.
The Sing Song Tuesday evening before
the movies, conducted by Camp Song Di-
rector Clark, was a bowling success. How
they did sing.
For the next few Gays the following
schedule is planned
Wednesday, $500 p. M. Athletic Night.
Good boxing and wrestling Tommy
O'Toole win put. on the program,
Thursday, 8 p. M, committee of Au-
gusta ladies' viii sew for the soldiers;
500 p. M, Or. w. j, Reid of Pittsburgh
Friday. 7;45 p. M, sing song; 500 D
m. motion pictures, Fair Barbarian"
saturday. 500 p M, Illustrated lecture
on London" by G. b. Lands.
Sunday, 900 a. M, regimental service
f03rd Ammunition Train, by Chaplain
EasSler; 11:00 q. m, Bible classes: 500
p. m, Mothers Day. Special program,
assisted by ladies' committee of Augusta.
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Figures Compiled BY Bureau of
Census Show Increase of 1919
Per Cent in Ten Years

Washington, .. c.11During the ten
year period ended December 81, 1916.
the total church membership in the Unit
ed States increased from So, 058 to
AZ 044,874 or by 1919 per cent. the num-
her of churches, from 212. 230 to 22S. DOT,
or by IA per cent; the number of minis
per cent; the number Of Sunday School
scholars, from Is, S37 81 to 20,56S. s31. or
by BIZ per cent; the number of Sunday
schools, from 1872. 722 to 207, T89 or by rs
per cent; and the number of Sunday
School officers and teachers. from 1.746.
074 to 2,049, 1893. or by 17.4 per cent.
These data, which constitute a few of the
significant facts developed by the Gem
religious bodies. are contained in q
statement issued by Director Sam L.
Rogers and compiled under the supervi-
sion of Mr.. William c. Hunt, chief sta
tician for population. The statistics pre-
sented are preliminary and subject to
later revision, but are substantially cor
rect
The total number Of denominations
covered by the statistics was 201, an in
crease of 10 over the number reported
for 1906, This increase is the net result
Of the consolidation. or dropping out of
i6 small denominations and the addition
of 20 small denominations, the latter com
prising some which were actually in ex-
istence in 1905 but not then brought to
light and others resulting from consolida-
ton of formerly independent churches.
REORGANIZATION within existing denomina-
tons, etc.
Church Membership.
OF the 42044,374 church members re-
ported. Is, 742, 2S2, or 57,4 per cent, were
Roman Catholics; 250S4o. or six-tenths of
l per cent, were adherents of the East
ern Orthodox churches (mainly Greek
Church and Russian church,; $50 1898, or
Inine-tenths of l per cent, were mem
bers of Jewish congregations; and the re-
mainder, 25,691,774, or ell per cent.
comprised the membership of the various
Protestant churches, together with that
! of few bodies, such as the Latter Day
Saints, the Spiritualists and others, not
unusually considered as belonging to any
| of the groups named.
| In comparing the figures just given, it
should be borne in mind that the Roman
Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox
churches include in their membership all
infants and the children who have been
baptized, whereas the Protestant
| children as members; and that in the
case Of some of the more orthodox
Jewish organizations only the male in
eorporators of the institutions or those
who have bought shares or memberships
| In them are treated as members The
| foregoing percentages, therefore, over
Estate theii relative strength OF the Roman
| Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches
and understate that of the Jews
| The canvass showed denominations
(which had a total membership of more
than 1000, 600 each and an aggregate OF
30, 46S,7S2, or 77.2 per cent. of the entire
membership reported for all religious
bodies. These organizations, with theil
Northern, 1927, AS; Baptist, Southern, e.
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RELIGIOUS CENSUS
AT CAMP HANCOCK
Thirty Three Different Creeds
Represented. Catholics Lead,
Methodists Second.

The religious census of Camp Hancock
at Augusta, shows that there are nearly
twice, as many Catholics among the
denomination.
The Methodists have the next largest
number, with the Presbyterians close
thlfd and the Lutherans fourth Episco-
but one professed infldel but there are II
who stated they are atheists. Camp Han
cock Is, or Mt the time the census was
taken, was composed chiefly Of the
Pennsylvania National Guardsrnen a
detaiI Of the figurs "a eiuan haInnr.
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ing. The custom has broadened now to
such an extent that besides wearing
flowers emblematic Of the day, floral
gifts are presented to living mothers in
keeping with the sentiment In the pre-
anhle TO the congressional resolution,
I'VE honor ourselves and the mothers of
America when We do anything to give
emphasis to the home as the fountain
head Of the state"
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New-York tribune., 1918-03-08

it would be possible to produce six
million dead weight tons
This is PROVIDED THERE ARE NO
STRIKES.
The present production is not at one
half Of this rate.
Because Of the long drawn out quarrels
of the Shipping Board last summer, be-
cause Of the fatal mistake in setting the
mark at six million tons for 1917 when it
could have been at least onc-half more
than this, it does not how seem possible
to add anything more to the existing pro-
gramme for steel and wooden ships than
TO drive production to the last notch.
There remain. one large possibility.
Our Investigations lead US to believe that
it is highly feasible.
That is the new concrete ships.
1t would be possible, according to our
Investigations, to produce this wear a
thousand new huls of concrete. And
this could be done without withdrawing
single man or single ton Of steel from
the present shipping programme. The
men and the steel are of wholly diff
ferent tyne.
And tke Shipping Board estimates that
If the work were begun Immediately it
would be possible to produce this year
engines, boilers and equipment for from
four to five hundred more ships than there
will be of new steel or wooden hulls.
This would mean at low estimate
two and a half million tons of new cargo
boats.
All that seems lacking is energetic ac-
tion by the Shipping Board and approval
by Congress.
Next week in San Francisco a 1900
ton concrete ship will be launched. 1t
can be very quickly proved whether it
would stand rough handling and rough
weather.
We believe that there should be the
promptest action by Congress and the
board so that if all goes we'll with the
San Francisco ship, not another week
need be lost
On Sunday The Tribune will present
an elaborate review of concrete ship con-
structlon, with opinions from competent
engineers and designers. There is no
need to consider this new type as any
thing more than emergency construction.
But if it will help us to do our part in
winning the war it ought not to be
neglected for another day.
AT present our whole war programme
Is blocked for lack of one thing-ships.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
A Sinking

On the front page Of Hearst's New
York American" yesterday morning p
washington correspondent wrote that
Lord Lansdowne's suggestion for an in
formal get-together conference on peaco
between representatives of the belliger
ents' was parallel to "a move President
Wilson's advisers have been urg-inp him
to make as the next logical step in the
campaign Of conciliatory diplomatic cf-
fort which originated at the White
House"
On the back page William Randolph
Hearst himself wrote that the election
OF Democratic Congressman in New York
CITY tuesday was lesson and rebuke
to war maniacs."
Lost for the enemy is that day when
the Hearst newspapers go to press with
out some sinking of German gas.
1t is not often.
lthappens only when the Machiavellian
mind IS distracted by political ambition.
The pen IS never weary of its hire. The
well containing liquid extract of disIoval-
ISM Is never dry.
On Wednesday Lansdownc and Uondcr-
derson were distinguished English
statesmen and patriots" because thew
perceived in President Wilson's four prju-
clples. "a sufficient basis for a prclininar,,
peace conference" If need be evon tho
Hearst Anglophobia can be subordinatcd
On Tuesday, on the occasion Of Town
ley's arrest as a war obstructionist. the
hearst newspapers said with the
l. W. W., thc anarchists, socialists and
holshevists, chat one of the causes or
inns world war was the desire of oppoe-
ing groups Of governments and oroune
oi inonopolies to gain financial and com
merclal supremacy"
That is o-Gcrmansm in the e,,iso If
faIschood
On Monday it was Hearst himself who
wrote IN plea type, four columns wide
that Japan was the true and only enemy
not only Of the United States, but Of All
Western civilization, including Cernanv
wherefore it behooycd us to end The nrcs,
cnt var at once and offer Il united from.
10 the yellow peril That was on tho
occasion Of ~ being announced that
Japan wished 70 ~ and stop Germany
in Asia
In all the range Of Gcrmany's cruel,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
Reviiesu and Outlook
Based upon official soavces)

\DUSNU upon OUtCtuC SOUTC0S)
On February /, 1918, one year had elapsed
since the unrestricted U-boat commercial
warfare upon our foes was opened with the
first declaration of a danger zone.
Since February 1, 1917, over 100000
gross register tons of cargo room Gin the
service Of our enemies has been destroyed
in other words, somewhat less than half
of Englands commercial fleet at the out
break of the war, not quite twice the
entire tonnage of the German commercial
fleet and about one-ffth Of the total ton
mage of the world in January, 1913.
The roughly estimated value Of only the
ships sunk, together with their cargoes,
but not including freight charges, reaches
taking the normal peace rates Of exchange
There must be added to this the potential
loss involved in the withdrawal of this
tonnage from further employment.
The destruction since the war began OF
shipping doing service for our enemies, in
Guiding the results of the commercial war
fare just mentioned, exceeds 14,o0000C
gross register tons. If One takes into
sderaton, in addition to all this, the fac.
that the commercial fleets of the Central
drawn from traffic, one obtains even from
these few figures striking picture of the
gaps that have been created and an eXpla-
nation for the rapidly increasing shortage
of tOOnnre
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
Neatness in Voting

The proposal to use schoolhouses for
polling places is not new. 1t has been
agltated for years, both on the ground of
sanitation and because to do so would
save expense. 1t has already made some
progress. But it seems destined to be
greatly accelerated by the cnfranchise-
ment Of women
Where the protests Of mere male voters
have gone unheeded, more or less, by rea-
son of the patronage involved in placing
voting booths in barber shops and simi-
lar places, the protest voiced by Mrs.
Littlefield, new political leader in the
Columbia Heights section of BROOKLYN,
will doubtless command more attention.
Both political parties are doing every
thing possible to win to themselves the
new voters. If q mere matter of shift
ing polling places to schoolhouses when
feasible can gain the approval of the
recently enfranchised sex, besides max
ing record of economy, what old-linc
ofllceholdcr dare stand in it's way? The
city may expect to see great improve
ment in this direction in. the next year
an Improvement to be ascribed directly
TO the women voters sense of ordcrli-
ness, cleanliness and good housekeeping.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
Fable of Hearst and the Toad
~ Wnuld liLn IN |,

II would like to have the pcople
know Hearst as know him. I MIGHT anu
that hnd an entirely different jmnrcss;or
CT him until knew him personally. This
Will give you an idea what l mean: Wc
were on the beach yesterday and iellynsb
had closcd about little toad uoors4
ficked it away with the end of his cana
and said, why let the poor little thinc
suffer" | think that typiics what 7 ,;ko
IN ilearst."-F'rom Mayor Hylaua con-
jcss'ons 10 the Palm Beach correspondent
Of Thc Nc1o York Times.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08

cynical, perverted philosophy of war and
have not already said, with a cunning
worse than German The subtlety of
their work is remarkable. Take the as
sertion that it is calamity for the AL
lies to go on insisting that "a nation
which feels itself to be everywhere VIC
torious, and which is confident that the
longer the war is prolonged the more it
will be victorious, shall confess itself to
be defeated as necessary preliminary
to peace conference" That is rair ex-
ample. Just try to put your finger on it
anywhere. You can't. And yet the I'M
preston produced is final and unerring.
4 bungler would get in jail for reaching
the same effect. One did this week.
When in doubt as to the inner mean
ing OF an obscure speech or piece of
propaganda or q document, or the bear
ing OF news events, you have only to con-
suit Hearst newspaper. In that way
you would have found, for instance, the
true meaning of that CHASTITY imperti-
ncncc with which the Hearst newspapers
are soliciting funds with which to re-
build France. 1t was contained in the
following brief announcement:
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The Inter
national News Service to-day was off.
cially restored to the mails and cable
privileges on all lines controlled by
Great Britain, its colonies and it's Allies"
The international News Service, which
is Hearst's, and all the Hearst publca-
tions and their correspondents had been
barred from Great Britain France and
Canada for pro-German Justification of
news.
The ban has not yet been lifted. The
announcement was premature. But
there is danger that it will be relaxed at
the instance of powerful political per
sons at Washington to whom Hearst has
offered the support of his newspapers in
return for that service.
Only on the request Of the American
government will the Allies restore
Hearst to the privileges he has forfeited.
France especially will not be deceived by
his protestations of friendliness. She
lntelligently isolated her Bolo Pacha, who
smelled Of Hearst, and intends to shoot
him for treason.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
The Censor Surpasses Himself

On Saturday last the cables from Eu
rope carried, by and with the permission
of the censor, a vivid description of the
heroic death of an American officer
thoughtfully identified as "a captain who
was graduated from West Point in 1917"
Since then the names of two lieutenants
who were members of that West Point
class and who were acting as cap
tains have been reported among our
killed. No other fact which might jden-
tlfy the officer who led his men in a gal
liant sortie into No Mans Land has ar
rived. The censor, having blabbed some.
thing stirring, heroic, has relapsed into
silence without even decently completing
tale begun
This is the censor outdoing even his
own habitual stupidity. The sooner Cen
eral March succeeds in hacking through
the red tape of our present regulations
the better for every one, friends. rela-
tlves, the whole nation. The poppycock
notion that democracy cannot be told,
the names of its heroes has already been
discarded by Washington. Now let us
have as close to complete freedom of the
news as strictly military considerations
will permit.
And, for beginning, who was The
West Point captain?
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
Sweetness and Light via Florida

Before Mayor Hylan went to Palm
Beach he was bitter in his denunciation
OF malefactors Of great wealth, predatory
foundations" and newspaper reporters.
When he returned he addressed delega-
ton from the last group of undesirable
citizens as boys" and even went so far
as to clap one Of them on the shoulder in
friendly greeting.
Whether this amazing change was due
to toe bland influence of sunny Southern
skies or the broadening and humanizing
effect OF association with the great and
noble Mr.. Hearst, its significance is not
to be underestimated. Perhaps, disport-
ing himself on the same strip of sand
with the plutocrats who foregatner at
the Florida resort, dipping into the same
blue waters Of the Gulf Stream with
them the Mayor came to understand that
after all they were only human, though
they had the misfortune not to have been
born Oh an upstate farm and nurtured in
an engine cab. 1t may be that Mr..
Hearst's humane treatment of the toad
attacked by voracious jellyfsh convinced
Judge Hylan of the desirabiity of kind
ness even to the reporters. Is it possible
that this new era Of sweetness and light
may last long enough to produce a few
kind words for the B. r. T.?
New-York tribune., 1918-03-08
Use for Old Canal
From The Troy Tin,cs)

'fTOht me troy ItrlC&)
For $4,000, the State Conservation Com
MISSION says, the state can add to the
peoples supply of food This is the idea:
10 use portions of the abandoned Erie
Canal for breeding food fishes. Ideal fist.
ponds can be made of various stretches
of the old canal, and the fish can be allowed
to escape into larger waters or be trans
ferred to The warm winter lakes
The plan was suggested by a very COM
petent state officer, Fish Culturist Titcomb.
and has the Endorsement of fish officials
throughout the country.
When the food scarcity is SO crying, and
so many varieties of fish are edible. it
would be wastefu not to apply disused
asset OF tho state, like the old canal. to
an increase of the supply of food The
cost for material ard labor is so trivial
that the Legislature should not hesitate a
moment in making the appropriation.