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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-27
AN EASTER MESSAGE.
w l. Wishart, D. D., Pittsburgh, Pa

Easter is a glad day, next to Christ
mas the happiest of all the year. For
it is the day that speaks. of letters
broken, of gloom dispelled, of hidden
energies suddenly released, of life re-
newed, of liberty and love and hope
What cheerless, hopeless place this
old world had been if there had not
gone forth from the Angelic Messen-
ger at the Tomb that simple, but sub
timely great word, HE IS NOT HERE.
BUT is RISEN" A Christ victorious
over death, a Saviour who is alive for
evermore, a Redeemer who cannot be
defeated in carrying out His plans for
the worlds redemption, and therefore
the eternal life of all for which that
Lord and Saviour stands-this is the
message of Easter.
While Easter means so much to ev-
eryone it has a specially significant
message for the soldiers who are en-
gagged in the Great Crusade for liberty
and righteous peace.
He can defeat death on the battle
fields of Europe as certainly as He de-
feated it in Josephs Tomb that first
Easter morning. Let this assurance
cheer you as you go along down the
long hard path of your conservation.
Easter reminds us that the same
Jesus who hated oppression and
cruelty is living and reigning and OBJ
/ serving things that are being done in
! this world today Never We're such
| scathing and whitening words spoken
against oppression of the weak and
| poor, against inhumanity and ruthless
ness and frightfulness, as were spoken
/ by Jesus. And He is the same yes
terday, today, and forever" Has He
not noticed the tears and heard the
pitiful cries of the innocent ones who
have suffered so unspeakably from
mere Wanton cruelty in this Great
War? And can any one who has read
| the story of His life on this earth for
three years suggest that He does not
care? He who rebuked the oppressors
| of their fellow men in such terrible
words is not unconcerned about the
sufferers of Belgium and of Serbia
and of Poland and of Armenia. Did
He not Himself say that God would
not be Indifferent to His dear ones
| who cry to Him day and night? II
say unto YOU" said Jesus, that He
will avenge them speedily" Did the
Emperor of Germany not remember
that saying of the Lord? Christ lives
and as sure as He lives, the day OF
! ayenging will come.
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WHEN YOU AND | GO
OVER, PAL

They are calling out the men, Pal,
They are calling them today;
They have drilled them into soldiers,
And they're sending them away.
And they'll soon be after US, Pal,
And glad will be the day,
When you and l pack up our buds,
And proudly march away.
For they'll drill us into soldiers, Pal,
And make real men of us,
And Wen be glad to lend hand
To settle up this fuss.
And the Kaiser and his armies
Will succumb at that grand sight
For the 'Star-Spangled Banner"
Stands for God and all that's right.
And when they cheer for us Pal,
Our feet will be in clover
For surely they'H remember us,
When you and so over.
MEYER SHORE,
Co. b, 10th Machine Gun Battalion
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BINDING OF THE BEAST

From the title poem in George Ster-
ling's THE Binding of the Beast" q VOL
ume of collected war verse AM Robert
son, San Francisco), we cite these three
stanzas
He plotted in the den OF his lordshlp
He wrought his grim array and lie
hungered for the day.
Then the loosing-word was spoken; then
Is the seal of Hell was broken:
Then its princes We're assembled for the
But against the vandal night rose the
star Of freedoms. light,
And world was called together for the
binding of the beast.
He is cunning, he is strong, and the war
shall yet be long,
Where the seven thunders wake and the
walls of Heaven shake,
He is cruel, blind and ruthless; he is
bitter, sly and ruthless;
BY his will the powers of darkness are
increased;
But the shackle and the chain shah
average the hurt and slain.
Who have broken bread with heroes az
the binding of the beast.
For his pact with death and hell let US
bind the monster well.
That the menaced world be freed from
his arrogance and greedi
BY the pact he dared to sever, make we
treaty with him never,
Till the murder-venom in his blood has
ceased
BY his trust in force and war end We
those forever more.
AS the nations sit in council for the
binding of the beast!
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-27
A PRAYER I'M TIME
OF WAR

Almighty God, Father of men, Ruler
and Judge of nations, have mercy upon
us, we pray and strengthen US as
members of the Church of Christ to
meet with courage and fidelity the spe-
cial duties Of these times.
Give US grace we beseech thee.
To purge our own hearts clean of
arrogance and selfishness;
To steady and inspire the nation;
To keep ever before the eyes of our
selves and of our allies the ends for
which we fight;
TO hold our own nation true to it's
professed aims of justice, liberty and
brotherhood;
To testify to our fellow Christians
in every land, most of all to those from
whom for the time we are estranged,
our consciousness of unbroken unity
in Christ;
To unite in the fello ship of service
multitudes who love their enemies and
are ready to join with them in re-
building the waste places as soon as
peace shall come;
To be diligent in works of relief and
mercy, not forgetting those ministries
to the spirit to which, as Christians,
we are especially committed;
To keep alive the spirit of prayer,
that in these times of strain and sor-
row. men may be sustained by the con-
seriousness of the presence and power
Of God;
To hearten those who go to the front,
and to comfort their loved ones at
home;
To care for the welfare of our young
men in the army and navy that they
may be fortified in character and made
strong to resist temptation;
To be vigilant against every attempt
to arouse the spirit of vengeance and
unjust suspicion toward those OF for
eign birth or sympathies;
To protect the rights of conscience
against every attempt to invade them;
To maintain our Christian institu-
tons and activities unimpa1red. to pc
diligent in the observance of the LORD S
Day and in the study of Holy Scrip
lures. that the soul of our nation may
be nourished and renewed through the
worship and service of Almighty God;
To guard the gains of education, OF
social progress and of economic tree
dom won at so great cost, ana 10
make full use of the occasion to set
them still further forward. even by
and through the war;
To keep the open mind and the Tor
ward look that the lessons learned III
war may not be forgotten when comes
that Just and sacred peace for which
we pray;
Above all, to call men everywhere to
new obedience to the will of our Fath-
er God, who in Christ has given Him
self in supreme self-sacrifire for the
redemption of the world, and who in
vites us to share with Him His min
istry of reconciliation.
We humbly beseech Thee to hear US
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
From the Wartime Message of the
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
in America, Inc special session assem-
bed at Washington, D. c., May S-9
! 1917
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Students 0. T. c., Attention

A large part of Trench and Camp OF
the issue of April 18th will be devoted to
the Officers Training Camp. The school
will close about that time and we pro-
pose that a valedictory address of not
more than three hundred words be pre-
pared by each student. The best of these
will be published in Trench and Camp and
it may be one or two others. The manu-
script. however must be submitted before
April 10th to the Commanding Officer o..
II. G.
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Building 7s-charIea N. st. John.

Easter means five very definite things
to me. First: Jesus Christ is living
personality in the world today. Second:
He is a victorious personality, triumphant
over sin and death. Third; This tran
scendent power He is ready and eager
to share with every human soul. Fourth;
every soul to serve humanity in Chris
tian manner, whatever may be ones par
ticuIar calling. Fifth: The life eVerlaSt-
ing for all true followers of the Son of
God.
II the story of Jesus ended with the
cross, there would never have been any
Christian church and consequently there
would be no such institution as the V M.
G. A. in the sense that we know it. The
memory of Jesus would have faded away
with His own generation had not the
shadow of the cross been made glorious
and radiant by the Easter morning.
Easter proves that the power of God
was in Christ. 1t proves the words of
Jesus, ''He that hath seen me hath seen
the Father" To Him the Father has
given all authority in heaven and on
earth. He is the judge of every lndt-
vidual life, and every man understands
his own worth only as he tests his life by
the standard of Christ.
Everybody who reads the Sit9pse and
sublimely beautiful story in Luke 1882
must realize that the victorious Christ
is ready and eager to come to every
change doubt into faith, fear into hope,
and touch the most earth bound lives
with the light of heaven.
Jesus Christ holds His supreme author
ity and power because of His perfect
obedience to the Fathers will Perfect
self-sacrifiee marked His whole relation
ship to humanity while He lived and
walked an0pg men. WhosoeVer would
be His disciple must expect hard things
and be ready to put truth as it is In
Him first at all times, regardless of the
cost. In short. Christianity means SER
vice. When man knows Christ he hears
ina 90 N 10 in
word and deed witness for Him.
The victorious Christ has promised
that whatsoever believes in Him-that Is
really receives Him as Saviour and Lord
shall not perish but have everlasting life
Here surely is a power-a divine per-
sonality. capable of lifting men from the
realms of earth to those planes where
they may be triumphant over sin and
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-27
LEHlGH UNIVERSITY
MEN TO BANQUET

Former Lehigh University students
and graduates are to hold banquet on
Saturday night March Both. All Lee
high men are wanted and for particu-
lars are requested to see or telephone
y. A. Brodhead, secretary at Y. M. G.
A. Building No. rs. Telephone No.
1908.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-27
WITH YOU ALWAYS

o Blessed vision! After all the
years,
Thourt with us yet. Today, as
heretofore,
Men see Thee still and they cast
off their fears,
And take fresh courage to press
on once more.
The soldiers, bearing from the des-
perate fight
A wounded brother see Thee, in
the way,
And know Thee for the Saviour,
Healer, Friend,
"Lo, I am with you always, to
the end"
FIDEI DEFENSOR.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-27
RulIdlna rs. E. Henry.


Easter, in some ways. is the most sig
nifcant anniversary in tho entire calen-
dar 1t IS the croWning work OF jesus
in His great redemptive work. Had lie
not risen from tho dead His death upon
the cross would have been the most pitt
fully tragic tho world has ever known,
Bus the light Of the resurrection morn
ing glorified His death into great re-
den,Itiv sacrifice and made it possible
for men in all the following ages to trust
Him as their ever living and ever present
Savior 4~~
To me personally the resurrection Of
Jesus IS the strongest proof, the greaJest
assurance or immortality Ihe WoI4u mas
ever received.
was one of large family. For years
the family circle was not broken by
death. The ZONES Of friends and neigh--
boris Were Saddened by bereavements and
I syIsIpIthized with them and commended
them to the God of all comfort but as
vet knew tot what an awful tragedy
it is II have death claim one of my own
loved ones.
At last my own home was entered and
my mother was taken away The deyo-
lions of my heart were conferred in a
very extraordinary way upon her. Death
had robbed me of my most sacred treas
ura. Then the question, does death end
all became q very personal question. }
went over all the evidences for immor-
tality ard the most they could do Tor
me- was t. BID me hope In the me pc
yoni the grave The assurance my heart
sought was rot found in them. Then
the words Ct Jesus came to me with
startling force II am the resurrection
and the life: he that believeth in me,
Trough he dc yet shall he live" There
[ found the assurance needed; and that
assurance was confirmed by the resur-
rection of Jesus Himself. Death did not
ord it all with Him; it was only an incl
don't in the eternal life He lived. Thro
lis resurrectou He brought life and i'm
mortality to light
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building 75-John Il. strong.

Building 75-John H. Strong.
What does Easter mean to me? D-can
be told in few words.
/. 1T MEANS THAT THIS LIFE Is
Easter means this, because Easter
means resurrection. When Christ was
raised from the dead on Easter morning,
we were shown that after this present life
is done, another life follows it and COM
pletes it. The present life is the be-
ginning not the end. 1t is the introduc-
ton, not the sad winding up of the story.
/ need not hold on to this life as if it
were all. [ may lay It down for a great
cause if God bids me, confident that he
has another life in reserve for me II
have used this life according to His VIII.
g. IT MEANS THAT SORROW AND
SEPARATION AND LOSS ARE NOT
FINAL,
If death endeth all, these dread reali-
ties would say the last word. There
would be no hope beside an open grave.
There would be no comfort on the bat
tlefield The solder who goes to france
to die would bid his dear ones at nome
everlasting defeat of all love and nope
and JOY. But Easter tells me that What-
ever happens here, there is another world
in which death is no more and tears are
united again. 1.-.r,,.
Is THE PROPHECY OF WHAT MY :
SELF AM GOING TO BE
Jesus Christ went down into the grave
in death. But he arose and when he
arose, he arose gloritied. Not only ana
His spirit enter into possession OF the pow
ers Of another world, but his very body
though in some sense the same, was diff
ferent spiritualized, higher than earth
and things earthly 1t correspondent TO
the purity and beauty of his spirit, so
that both spirit and body formed to-
gether a new man, imperishable and glo--
rious The spring, just budding around
us here at Camp Hancock, does not more
truly surpass the sombreness and dead
ness of winter than ! shall then surpass
the thing | am now. Jesus Christ is the
exhibition of this He is the promise OF
this. "We shall be like Him. And this
Easter means to me.
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death. May every soldier receive this
Christ as his personal saviour and Lord,
and may we men of the Y. M. G. A.
have an increasing measure of His spirit
in our hearts, that we may really serve
the men with whom we mingie day by
day in manner that shall be acceptable
in His sight.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-04
i. s. A|RPLANES
REACH EUROPE IN
GREAT QUANTITY

Washington Oct. 4.-Liberty motors
now have reached quantity production
and American-bult arplanes are beng
shipped in tranload lots daily from
the factories for service overseas.
w. c. Potter, acting director of the
Bureau of Aircraft Production, made
this announcement today on his re-
turn to Washing ton from an inspec-
ton of factories building planes and
motors. h ,%
The greatest air victories of TIE
war have been won by American avl-
ators in the last few days, General
Pershing reports to the War Depart
ment. =
Since September 26 American avi-
ators have shot down more than 100
hostile airplanes and twentyone bal
looms, General Pershing states.
The report of the American air VIC
tories sent a thrill through the capf-
tai 1t gave evidence that the Amer
lean aviators. mobilzed in force on
the western front and manning Amer
lean as well as Allied machines, have
given the Allies overpowering mas
terry of the air-one that presages
even greater air bictories and bomb
ing expeditions across the German
fontier that will carry the fight into
the heart of Germany.
> There is strong belief that, in ad-
dition to mastery in numbers, the
American and Aleild aviators have
adopted new and powerful weapons
of aerial offensive and developed new
air formation attacks which the Ger
mans are powerless to check.
No other explanation could be CIV
en- for the splendid VICTORIES recorded
by General Pershing.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-04

tbe concrete is entirely covered with
sand to depth of several feet. JUST
below Shepard Bridge slides occurred
and the road for a short time was
;,,,nassable. Forces of men were put
on Immediately and machines are
now traversing the old road. The
road west of Sherard's Bridge was
damaged considerably, but not seri-
ouslv. II is at the present time IN
fairly good shape, with the exception
of a few rough stretches. The usual
fost time can be made from Ell Cen
tro to San Diego by way of Dascanso
and FL Cajon.
Los Angeles to Ell Centre via Mecca
Road-Remains the same as reported
| in bulletin of September 10.
National Oil Trails Highway-Re-
| mains the same as reported in bulle-
tin of September 16.
Midland Trail-There are two main
roads connecting Los Angeles with
Salt Lake. one by way OF the Arrow
! head Trail, and the other by way of
the Midland Trail to Ely, connecting
at that point with the Lincoln High
way and continuing to Salt Lake
This latter road has been thoroughly
| signposted by the Automobile Club
of Southern California. Both roads
are now open and it is optional as far
as conditions are concerned which one
! is used. Travel between Los Angeles
and Salt Lake via the Arrowhead is
advised to take that portion of the
road traversed on the Santa Fe Trail
between Barstow and Bannock, thence
north through Las Vegas and st.
Thomas to St. George. While some
rain has fallen in the desert in the
past few weeks, the roads as whole
will be found in good condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-04
GOVT. GIVE WOOD
FREE TO SAVE FUEL

The following notice has been re-
eeiyed from the General Land Of
flee:
an connection with the national
movement for the conservation OF
coal. attention is called to the fact
that under the regulations issued by
the commissioner of the General Land
Office, any resident of the State
of California may secure wood, free
of all cost, from public lands of the
United States in said state, outside
of the national forests, for his own
use for agricultural or domestic pur-
poses, to an amount not to exceed sou
stumpage value in any one year.
Where a number of persons are
unable to cut and remove the wood
themselves they may, by complying
with certain regulations, be permitted
to appoint an agent to cut and re-
move the wood for them.
No one has the right to cut and
remove timber from government land
without first securing permission to
do so, and anyone removing wood
without such a permit will be liable
for the value of the wood so re-
moved.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-04
TREES FOR
EVERY SOLDIER
SUGGESTS EXPERT

"Plant one tree for each soldier and
sailor boy enlisted from this commu-
nifty"
j. H. Prost, who is in the city with
Judge A. E. Chamberlain and Mrs.
Honora Pratt, made the above sug-
gestion to El Centre people today.
"Town Identification" is his SUBJ
iect for this evening at the Short
Course meeting to be held at the Pal
ace theatre at $3.50.
But at 8 tonight Mr.. Prost will
repeat his illustrated war garden talk
at the Topic theatre.
Mr.. Prost, who is an authority on
town planning and community inn
provements, will make a "Call for
Trees" the be planted on all resi-
dence streets school grounds and the
depot grounds of Ell Centro.
"Get your leading citizens to have
a shade tree commission appointed,
whose duty it shall be to regulate all
tree planting so that you will have
only one variety of tree planted along
the same street, all planted equal dis
tances apart.
"Plant an ornamental tree for
every soldier and sailor enlisted from
your community. Let the entire town
gets out on next Arbor day to help
celebrate such an occasion. A grow
ing, living monument to each boy who
has gone forth to sacrifice his life
for democracy" said Mr.. Prost.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-04
ENGINEERS REPORT ON
PROTECTION MEASURES
Continued From Page ~

nection that within the last two years
he District. has expended for protec-
ton of the lands in both countries
about $3.50 900. This expenditure
was necessarily made in Mexico,
where the menace lies, and is in ad-
dition to the millions heretofore ex-
pended on dams and levees, all serv-
ing the purpose of keeping the Colo
RADIO river on course to the Gulf"
The recommendation of the engi-
neers are:
81. A survey should at once be
made from some point near what is
known as Big Bend in general south
westerly direction to determine the
amount of fall obtainable for new
alignment of the river in distance
of ten or twelve miles. In combina-
ton with this survey there should also
be made q study of the feasibility OF
extending the Saiz levee toward the
west and south so as to shut the river
out of the. Beltram basin when the
proper time for making change IN
The rivers course shall have come.
"2. The attention of the govern
ments of the United States and OF
Mexico should be called to the fact
r.2t Il the near future the Colorado
river floods must be turned away from
Volcano Lake levee. The river should
be thrown off from it's present course
along the delta ridge toward the south
either temporarily along some course
toward the network of sloughs south
easterly from Volcano Lack or per-
manently from the head OF the Abe
los channel into an accepted location
direct to the head of the Gulf.
IS. The water case of the Volcano
Lake levee should be heavily faced
with rock. This rock facing is OF par
ticular Importance in the vicinity OF
the 1914 break and thence westerly
TO a point three or four miles beyond
the spur levee.
"a. A railroad track should be iaid
to the west slope of Cerro Prieto and
the loose rock on that slope should
be reduced by blasting to convenient
size for emergency use. A quarry
should be opened if the basaltic crop
pings can be developed into quarry
! face.
"5. Provision should be made to car
ry the waste water, and at times the
entire flow of the Solfatara canal
along the south side of Volcano Lake
levee, with a view to warping up the
land along the levee with silt.
&c. Preparations should be made fol
further addition to the Volcano Lake
levee in the season of 1919. This
may be only in the nature of increas
ing the mass of the levee, depending
upon the coming high water OF 19l.
may show TO be necessary in the mat
ter of elevation.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-04

a. Extreme precautions should be
taken to prevent any preaching of
the Saiz levee in 1919, particularly
in the exposed stretch thereof for
three or four miles easterly from the
Thing tappon.
"S. The concrete controlling gate
recommended by the consulting engi-
nees in their Report No. 2, Item 9,
for construction in the Cerro Prieto
canal near its head, should be con-
structed this winter and a dredger
should be placed at work in the Sol
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-04
.FOUR-M|NUTE MEN
AID IN LOAN DRIVE

Assignments of Four Minute Men
for Valley gatherings during the rest
of the week are four in number. At
each meeting the speakers will talk
on the Fourth Liberty loan. The as
sgnments follow:
E. R. Simon will speak tonight at
the Palace Airdome.
c. l.. Childers will speak tonight at
the McCabe Farm Bureau meeting.
James w. Glassford will speak Sat
urday night at the Acacia School
Farm Bureau meeting.
E. r. Simon will speak Saturday
night at the Centinela school at a
basket picnic.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-04
ORDER PHYSICAL
EXAMINATIONS OF
DRAFT HOLD Up

Physical examinations of regis
trants in the 1S to As class, which
applies to those in the first call of
the ages from 19 to Sc, were ordered
held up yesterday by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder, until the boards
receive new selective service regula-
tions. 1t is expected that these new
regulations, which have some special
reference to the examinations, will
arrive in time to be of use in the phy-
steal tests later in the week.
The new selective service fegula-
tions take away from the registrant
the right to appeal from the report of