Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-30
SAND SHOTS FROM
The 18th INFANTRY
Quarantine Lifted Saturday Night
Measles Situation Greatly improved
Boys start Bayonet Course
With Punch

Measles Situation Greatly improved
Boys Start BayoHet Course
With Punch.
The happiest moment in the lives Of
1900 soldier boys this year was at b;S0
last Saturday evening, when the two
week quarantine on the 112th camp was
lifted and hundreds of men were permit.
ted to visit Augusta for the first time In
fortnight. Consequently, within an hour
and half after the ban had been raised
and the guard for the regiment had been
placed at its normal quota the 18TH
camp site was almost deserted army
habitation Only few men were left
In the street. while over in the isolation
camp, III the hollow, were scores of other
boys who were hoping for the time to
come when their two weeks Of confine.
ment would end and they would be sent
back to their company streets.
The splendid manner in which the
measles epidemic was checked reflects
credit on the precautionary measures
taken by Major Schwartz and his stair Of
doctors, and although the quarantine Is
again during the boys stay in the South~
land, company after company is being ex-
amined every day to guard against the
spread of the disease.
The officers of the 18th Regiment babe
farewell to Major Charles e. Bordwell, OF
Warren, formerly in command of the third
battalion. when he was transferred to
Camp Wadsworth during the past week.
Major Bordwell, who was captain OF co.
/ on the border, was justly popular with
men and officers alike, and all wish him
luck in his new assignment His place
is taken by Major Abel M. McReynolds,
111th Infantry, Attached
Another new course of bayonet instruc-
ton started at the reservoir on Monday Of
this week, and the punch that the boys
put into their work the first two days IS
evidence enough that they are going TO
make good at the game just as those who
participated in the several courses pre-
ceding. In no other branch of the war
game preparation do the boys have such
latitude for the play Of their physical
ability as i'm the bayonet stuff" and they
are putting all the pep possible into the
work.
The Y,MC.A. is appreciated more than
ever now, since the quarantine is lifted,
q glimpse inside the new library building
are enjoying that privilege too.
Colonel Robert b. Gamble. after be-
ing on the sick list for a few days. is
once more back in harness" as COM
handing officer of the 112th Regiment,
and is making things hum, anu keeping
them going on the systematic basis which
MAKES for efficiency.
You've seen that cartoon, bringing Up
Father" OF course, you have; we'll it's
just been discovered that down III II
street that there Is a tent, plainly labeled
thus; Dinty Moore. Z The light. IN the
after taps the other night. when the Of
Gcer OF the Day made his rounds. and
the tent figured in an official report for
once, described only by its never be-
Sergeant Major Otto H. Wilhelm is once
again in. charge of the office at Regiment
al Headquarters, having returned from
the Officers Training Camp, and Serge
ant p. r. p. Brine, formerly in charge
of the supply department OF Company f.
is back on duty as Duty Sergeant, and
is now participating in the hayonet school.
Going to France soon" "No, we've
been ordered homer ''Hurrah, the quar-
antine's broken." That's the multi-col-
ored Interpretation placed on the joy cele-
bration arranged by the musicians of the
112th Band last Thursday night when
they marched down Mess House avenue.
blazing away With Hail. Hail, the Gangs
All Here" and THE Old Gray Mare"
The fellows we're feeling bit blue that
evening -some of them were, at least,
and the band proved the tonic for the &C.
casion, and put new life into the young
sters who had been confined to camp for
not soon to be forgotten, and just how
quickly rumors start from nothing is best
illustrated by the innocent march of the
band, and the many stories which We're
produced in twinkling as the reason be-
hind the celebration. And it wasn't any
thing more than to cheer the fellows ZIP
land II did,
Regimental Supply Sergeant John Min
in Is enjoying a furlough to his home In
York ana to Franklin, Pa. and is away
for ten lays. Jack has been working
hard ever since he was detailed and later,
transferred to the Sunnly Company, and
his many friends are hoping he viii have
a pleasant time while he's away.
Old Man Rumor ia still afloat, and il
some of the wild stories going the rounds
were 10 come true this weeks issue Of
Trench and Camp would probably be sent
over to the front line trenches and thrown
to the Hath boys by some of the expert
bombardiers who have grown up
amongst us in the recent past.
The double strength guard ON duty dur
ing the period of quarantine was hard
one to pass, and even Major lSmathers,
then in command of the regiment, had a
time getting by one night He was out
Co call ON a sick friend, and was stopped
about 10 o'clock as he returned to camp.
The guard halted him. I'm Major Smath-
j. .,a. sNEffa y