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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
B HUT NOTES.

On Friday night Secretary Manson.
working with Chaplain Heany, put 81,
three rafting boxing bouts Men were
entered in three classes-baiitam.
light and middle weight. In the flrst
bout between John Leo and Sergt.
DE Witt, lightweights. there was
plenty of action. and at the end OF
three fast rounds a draw was de-
clared The men will be seen IN
action Tgain Soon to settle the ques-
ton Of superiority In the middle
weight class Herman Dorsey Of the
Fighting Sd" Company won in walk
over Herbert Mitchell of the 18TH
Company The real hit of the night
was the bantam bout. when Corp.
George of the Sth Company (alias
Charlie Chaplin) had the crowd in
constant roar as he cleverly OUT
pointed GeorTe Gravelli of the same
company. The officials were b. b.
Church, referee, and Chaplain Heany,
timer.
The men who attended services SUM
day morning in the "Y" were very
agreeab'y surprised at having Mfs.
Welsh, the vile of Chaplain Welsh,
play the piano for the services.
B hut is most fortunate In getting
as the new reli1icus work director
Rev. Pace of Kansas He has the
smile that won't come off and he IL
already acquainted with the men OF
the area.
Everybody wants to know what ii
the matter with The old IL block jazz
hand Billy Watts, get busy.
Private Gibson of the 18th Company
is some magician as all who Wit
messed his performance will agree.
He makes oats out Of rand and will
have a bi" lob h's bands II Mr..
Hoover gets hold of him.
You can't bea. the psychological
hovs. They do everything at the
psycholonica' moment. While every-
body else was talking about cold
weather they won't into town and got
basket ball and foot ball outfits.
Sergt Campbell of the 18th Conn
PAW was successful contractor In
civil life. but he says that this old
army game has them all beat. He is
studying specifications for new rOad
that he WI build from Cologne to
Berlin. NGo TO 4 "Old Top"
Have you aeen he new paper boys?
They are the "Y" men taking books.
marazines, Comp Meade Heralds
Trench and Camp md other good
things to tho hoVs in the barracks.
Who said "f1I"? 1t takes all that to
make a world ~
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
Forced to Take New Quarters.

he 18th Bn. of the 154th Depot
kade is gleeful now. In turning over
|ir barracks to the slightly sick of the
BIZ PATIENTS they were forced to quar-
TN the reconstructed stables of the
a04th Engineer pack train and the
|le stables were turned over to the
icons.
Iheysre telling a corking good one
SeRKf. Brown of the oath Field
piAAA outfit. 1t seems Brown was
ed on the other night to assist in
8ne2fnU 4 number of boys for Flu"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
HIS VIEW OF INFLUENZA.
Secretary Reed Sees Less Scare in
Camp Than Outside.

Secretary Reed in SLUT says:
You no doubt recall the once popu-
lar song. 'Fiewey. Flewey,' and are
also familiar with the slang phrase
he has, gone up the fue;' also the
innocent lie you tell the children
about Santa Claus coming down the
fiue as we'll as the Rockies" watch
ing the mail carrier passing over the
camp at monday, after which they
hike to hut. purchase cards and write
home telling the folks the largest
bird he ever saw in all his life Just
few over the camp.
But listen: This Spanish flu
stuff has sure got them all-beat at
the one-half pole. Every one knows
what massed singing means. but not
until this flu" came among US, have
we ever heard of "massed" sneezing.
The boys of the 63d gather in
groups and sneeze solos, duets. trios
and quartets. Then in blows the
I'D and they pull all the stops
use the loud pedal-and away goes
the "massed" sneeze, after which
fever sets in. joints ache. stiff shout
ders, pain and the bunch is off for the
Base" Yesterday a. couple OF chaps
from Company A. CID were in the
Hut" One, after coughing, under
took to expectorate in the cuspidor.
but missed it. The other suggested
he go back to the rifle range and
take few lessons in aiming at Gus
pidors.
The boys of the cd Infantry ICal-
ifornia) stood in grours and reminded
a westerner of a bunch of ostrichs
on ranch, just after plumes are
, plucked.
Many funny incidents are the order
in barracks and Hut" Take it all
in all. even with the side of pathos
in a few instances, we are inclined
to believe there is more scare outside
the camp than there is within, for
these soldiers have only one sire,
and that is to go over there and assist
in finishing the Job; and. take it
from me. these chaps of the GID and
I'D have the tabasco sauce stuff in them
to do it,"
The boys surely enjoyed a real
service, while during the Sunday
played two numbers on his cello.
Private LANCE is surely an artist. and
his solos were greatly appreciated by
his brother soldiers. He resides in
civil life. Newark. n. J. H a, SO is
real violinist and carries his instru-
ment with him. He informs us he
will play America during the time
our boys enjoy their feast in Berlin
Come again Mr.. Lange: we all love
you, and love :" bow you play.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
His Own Fault.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
Flubdub doesn't think much of
Plunkville hospitality. He's always
abusing that town.
TITS his ~own fault don't know
what he did. but they had TO put him
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
Poor Father.

From the Pittsburgh Leader.
Child-So you're my auntfe?
AuTm-Yes. dear: / am your Aunt
Nell. On your fathers side
Child-We11. you're on the wrong
side; y0u'll and that out.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

Having work to do, the stan or
block Y, M. C. A. squared their shoul-
tlers, seized the implements OF their
Various missions and dared the Span
ish demon" to show it's head. Letters
were written i'm the usual proportion.
the same number of laughs passed
over the desk, and volley balls were
batted back and forth more furiously
than ever before. What mattered such
q little thing as the entertainment
ban? Likewise, in days past. the
mountain refused to come to Ma
homet. but Mahomet journeyed to the
mountain. Spanish ''fiu" drew quar-
antine lines Of temporary effective
ness about v hut, so v hut extended
It's service to the affected barracks:
Every limitation brought new and
effective remedy, and before many
hours had passed v hut had estab-
Hshed many branches throughout the
midway section.
The additional effort was requited
In full. Energy fast exhausting was
i rood nature and gems of wit. eau
Rfion and defiance walked hand in
hand and when the American soldier
whistles in time of doubt there fly
sparks Of humor enough to illumine
!, The darkest period of anticipation.
Flu was discussed in full in the
Barracks of the newly formed divi-
new drivers were especially loud in
defiance of the scare why" re-
marked 81 big Pennsylvania, three
kourths Of the men in the field hos
bitals have only plain colds and. the
other fourth is getting away with
bunk fatigue"
4 At this point in the speech of de-
Aance member of the group
icoughed. Changing his attitude, the
Pennsylvania continued, Listen
here, IL you are getting that Spanish
fauenza, he cautioned. 1T may be
TO the hospital as fast as you can go.
Still, you can't tell me that there is
kny such disease"
4 In the camp quartermaster detach-
ent quarters George Rifendifer was
Fkfcturing circle of subsistence men.
81 Don't call, the epidemic Spanish in
#hencee'' he cautioned. 1T may be
Influence of some sort. but remember
Mat Spain is still neutral"
M Passing the room of Shorty Collins,
be Dptimist, on. his way back to V
'it, the secretary heard it remarked
wat spanish flu" must be prodigal
ster Of the Dutch Cleanser family,
cause its appearance has freed the
Midway section from visitors rubbish.
why not use the pots now serving
As cuspidors for the geraniums this
Wintery asked soldier in G hut,
when he saw the new articles order
IA for the building by the military au-
mOrities. 1t so happened that all the
Mcretaries could get in Baltimore was
wer pots. The geraniums are really
kry pretty and the suggestion is
Nod one.
III The 'sY'' at the base hospital, just
M ened last week, was very busy.
Nj Ird1V had Gems. Carter and CASTOR
tnpleted their speeches of accept
W1ce when the hut became filled with
SlRdical men, who were overworked
" Am the long strain of attendance
4Non the sufferers with the FLU"
uSecretaries Clair and Skunk are not
NHing any opportunity to be of serv-
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
E HUT.

Diseases. like seasons. seem to
bring their fashions. The present
popular one with the sick and con-
valescent men being to term their
meals "a glass of fried water and
toothpick."
p. S.-Thought we heard some one
sarcastically remark, 'Chestnutsw
Perhaps they're right. but after the
old "Right-about face. forward.
march," joke. some one pulled in
these columns a couple of weeks ago,
almost anything ought to get by.
Here's a tip to the fellow with an
eye for business. who can succeed in
getting a pass right now. Go buy up
all the left hind rabbits feet you can
beg, borrow or steal money to pur-
chase with. They are sure to bring
high prices in certain parts of the
camp while the epidemic lasts.
Speaking of charms, Corp. Moore of
D Company. list. must have lost his.
for the FLU" dOuble-crossed him. The
corporars fine physique and good ma
ture however, must have proved too
much for the disease. for il let up on
him in a hurry.
Cook stevens. also Of d. is generally
comcafed to be tae luekiesf man In this
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

IS" block has "phenom" in the
way Of crayon artist. The black
boards at IS" are unusually attractive,
all made so nv the talented young SOL
der. L. r. Witzel
The Germans may be thorough. hut
thev lack efficiency. Our soldiers are
both thorough and efficient. as thew
use tn cir hands. feet and heads: quick
to know just what to do and then to
do 1t. One night last week. just as
the lights were being shut off at rs !"
a young chan cam" runnip~ In to the
hut and asked Secretary Reed II he
had lantern. NO" being tn, rNnlv
and noticing the young man heing
bareheaded. Secretary Reed incurred
what assistance was needed. and that
kc could furnish a hashHoht. ~" chan
stated that he had fallen over an en-
bankment nearby and broken the
stran on his wrist watch. end the
night being very dark. he imm ediatelv
placed his hat on the SPOT where he
fell. He then started for the hut.
where light ard assistance cOn'1 he
had. The secretary accompanied the
soldier boy. and within four feet of
where the hot lev the watch low
harmed THE watch that Mabel gave
him back home" A German could not
Fave th"u~ht that ..ut in three weeks.
Eddie did 1T in three seconds
Quite p noted person il the 63d In
fantry, the "crack" California regi1
ment. is Owong Y. Gen. born in San
Francisco twentv-eight wears AFRO.
taken to China nv his father when six
years old, returning at the aIge Of si~-
teen and schooled f. California. To is
efficient in manv ways. speaks Eng
lish quite fiuertly. and. when on the
rife range. his target SHOOTING is
good. These California men are fin"
lot. but thew d. a~ree that the r,jhle
is correct in its statement that the
wise men are OF tn. east.
The rockies from Baltimore have
one good time writing and nhonin~ to
those dear girls only sixteen miles
away, but on, so far, when it takes a
pass.
Capt. Thomson of the 63d Infantry
is one Of thc-a ?r-i1h'n u $50
face beams when coming to hut IS"
He is very popular among his men.
The 63d boys returned from rife
range, ard the secretarins >Of "c" ,'-"i-
come their return, as they have been
missed from "S' block. Truly GENIAL
lot of westerners are these chaps
Lieut.. Jenness Of the 72d is one Of
those real American gentlemen and
soldier with soldierly bearing
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
MEETING GENERAL FAVOR.
New Schedule Adds Vigor to Sec
retaries-"S' Hut Notes.

The new schedule of three days each
six weeks for the secretaries seems to
be meeting with general favor. as the
men returning are filled with new
vigor and an impetus to render better
service than ever
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

Lieut.. III. i. Jenness of the 72d IN
fantry is a frequent visitor at "S"
hut He is a broad-gauge man and
appreciates the work being done by
the "Y."
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03
"Mr. Spanish Flu"

LESTER H. PURVERE, Dental Indrmary
No. /, Too.
A little germ came into camp,
Whose name was Spanish Flu;
II was a friendly little pest,
And called on quite few.
To ils Its friendliness vas doom,
twas greeted with q frOwn.
sCanse II put us under quarantine
And stole our pass to town.
IL closed the "Ys" and Liberty"
Now what are we to do!
The only thing that can be done
IL to fight the Spanish Flu.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

3 hut is most fortunate In getting
as the new rel'aious work director
Rev. Pace of Kansas He has the.
smile that won't come off and he is
already acquainted with the men Of
the area.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

Everybody wants TO know what Ii
the matter with The old Il block jazz
hand Billy watts. get busy.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

The 10th Battalion. 1Ebth Dc~ot
Brigade. is fortunate in having such q
live wire" chaplain Rev. l.. X. free.
Chaplain Free is putting over some
fine personal work right along. and
in assisting in the various &C reli-
gious activities is lending much ma
terial help. His church Is the Boule-
ward United Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

Private Gibson of the 14th Company
is some magician as all who wit.
messed his performance will agree.
He makes oats out Of rand and will
have a BIZ" lob h's bands II Mr..
Hoover gets hold of him.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

The men who attended services SUM
day morning in the "Y" were very
sgreeab'y surprised. at having Mrs.
Welsh, the wife of Chaplain Welsh,
play the piano for the services
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

way Of a crayon artist. The black
boards at rs" are unusually attractive,
all made so nv the talented young SOL
der L. r. Witzel
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

You can't beat the psychological
hovs They do everything at the
psychological moment. While every
body else was talking about cold
weather they won't into town and got
basket ball and foot ball outfits.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

Many members of the Depot Brigade
who were fortunate to see the big
moving picture production Per
shing's Crusaders" IN the building a
short time ago, didn't hesitate to con-
graduate the ~" in securing such
fine production. 1t att acted one of
the largest audiences ever seen in the
Double G auditor ium
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

Sergt Campbell of the 18th Com
PAW was successful contractor in
civil life. but he says that this old
army game has them all beat. He is
studying specifications for new road
that he WI build from Cologne to
Berlin. NGo TO 4 "Old Top"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-03

Have you aeen he new paper boys?
They are the "Y" men taking books.
marazines, Gimp Meade Heralds,
Trench and Camp md other good
things to IL" hoys in the barracks.
Who said ar? IT takes all that to
make world :
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-16
VACATION TRAVEL.

Pleasure touring will find itself
this year at its lowest ebb.
Foreign travel. for any but i'm
perative reasons, has virtually
ceased. Domestic travel is destined
to suffer a big relapse. The familiar
slogan, See America first has lost
much of the power it had the first
year or two OF the war. And those
who really want to see America will
find unusual obstacles placed IN
their way.
With our own country making
war in earnest and mastering all its
resources to win, national policy
seems to forbid undue encourage
ment of travel The railroad ad-
ministration doubtless had this pur-
pose in mind when it placed a ban
on the familiar railroad travel fold
er with its alluring pictures and fas-
cinating descriptive appeals. Our
railroads are needed for the moving
OF food, fuel and war materials, and
cannot allow tourist traffic to inter
fere.
Vacation travel cannot be stopped
entirely and probably should not be.
We must rest and play now and
then, war or no war. But we can
not expect to travel as usual. And
as the serious nature of the war set
ties down upon us, little by little, we
do not want to. We are reconciled
to staying at home and working,
with view to pleasure touring in
happier times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-16

There is one thing that will set
labor back permanently, and that is
German victory.
Twenty years ago the czar OF Rus
sia proposed that all nations should
cut down their standing armies,
but they could not do it because
Germany refused. Later Great Brit
ain offered to join with Germany
and cut down their navies, but the
kaiser would not even talk about it.
Germany was preparing for some
thing like this war.
If Germany defeats Great Britain,
she will take over the British navy.
She will then be far and away the
most powerful country in the world
and we American, will be compell-
ed to have a permanent standing
army and a huge navy to defend
ourselves from sudden attack.
About every hundred years some
nation of Europe starts out to con-
quer the others and rule the world.
First it was Spain. which in Amer
lea owned everything from Califor-
MIA to Patagonia. Then it was
France and Napoleon, who took
Louisiana and the great country
west OF the Mississippi away from
Spain.
But though Spain conquered near
Iy every nation of Europe, and Ma
poleon conquered every nation on
the continent, they could not reach
Great Britain, The British navy
compelled Spain and France to let
so OF America; and such democ-
racy as we have in North and South
America is possible because no one
country in Europe could permanent
ly conquer the others as long as it
could not conquer Great Britain.
Our country has been big and free
and unarmed because Europe was
divided among equal powers. Ma
poleon did not have a submarine
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-16
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK
Copyrighted by the British-Cana-
dian Recruiting Mission.)
By Serg. A ]. Finlay

TIL. H.. I.:,-S -, - -,
IL, us go -11' ~ i iI"9 VI ous"' 'l'e
t-e-, t-.'--' .Il I"CH ~ @ '"e y'el0''es we looN
- - 90, 'i-0.h i[" Ie'S ttl ago re-
tbo I,C,,Oo, o,4 ',,f WI ",.eo' a. i!sluS t |G utoNe
.ho l'e'' 60, Ur. 20 '0' ''' Il ol'i 1'iOe1' o'I
II Iol| Ill.,. .,...,. .,,
.o+tiod -,,.;i ~ ;'o! l '''0us.,1 'HeS were
-oai.e 49, '.,;ln -;. lle! % WIZ ready 10
bad '1( o,,i.;'D.I ,-t,o''I"S tt ,s "uy'i'oe ine5
i;-l. ~o .,,,-' d '''0J I ..e lHl,G DaGA Vi inc
affio.- ,,itis an t.l lo-' s uouDt tna' tneH
- f-ar, .1? -'''1 ~ es'i 'es9'aDleS t,o u"l!
t.na,,. ,Y'I a',e,r. '',e" ga [ uei,s' " { never
~ ,'t" +o,.a t,st ,9t',Ss ~ .,G% we "aPPen'u
,f+e- 49,. ,' oSo',u ,-, i'"1 u C',CI'' Du'
re+ +bar, ,,,,' L;l;. y was ti: cay P.IN'''s 10
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'1Cy ~ "4L tLo S'1SIsu IStI, Iea1y 10 ga'heT'
1,d o-do-. 'i, ~ - p'IiiDeI we
Cnn-oalio.t. I ,o.9 ~ NJ Io - eve! 'ne soP al
f-or, tLa; ''i-'o, ,, ',1 Us. l'l"''S IGusn'
Jo,;a, ,',(.' - s ''' Pos!'IoI's ~ I"e Iou''7
a,- batt,1;a-, a.. o-0 I 7ls1. i9l''iT'y y ana
a 49, ,r;tb I+I'si,o'. tho sG' p'e''{ wen lIliNea
UP WI" ["e 'Ieuc1es' But we took
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r,oro Tll I;l,a J;;. j. was Iealy
i,s,,o,,', -'',N rs, rs s''7 ''1 " { i'I9Iu FoI
+boroip I', , 3Si 3S"'' @ iooN what over
yoLLi;or " ~ wy "J'1 ,"'1E G' lI,eI, !,
bolos ',1 +en.a-l 49, ''lu .L oo. @ oi inc I sheI5
.n;,,;ra ,'% f;-a -. u ''S -l. 51lI:.u me ana
s,',, '.,,''e -. ![ { a. everything IN siSht'
or co ~, ' fo-l.a4 r,,', ,I o5ou' ,.i " uoIe''
5b,a aCba(na.; ~ ~ "G,I o'''u lr -,ieu 10 us
~Ii,nbod 49, al, as ts ,'' tIy i!'ey ever,
fbe,. 49, a2 ,., ou ,op, 'o'l.2!Is .,s ior an
tLo .e t'.4 "t4' " ~ ''' ana s'''Nli'g II Win
'I w. o1.t ..oaI elius . o! 'HelT niles
s;qb+ ond I .La- ''.''V -;.t ,1u '.Ils a' me
ran ~ fo-1,o-d |-u '''I1 p.e WI" one impulse
bad ~, tLa " O. - - I'!oie 10Y, we N"eW II we
fact n@ ''5r +L,4 'eDoIu french out IT IS a
. tro,,. '.,.i' ,,.Lo "s uo "o' 10 this DAY
n-Ja. " ""o @ s1,e ''ie o'ue[' OF II an
lie soa.'.s.,,.,. "'.o e'el s',e"' II seemed
,na,,. ,[ ,o,,.'''0ous 'o,, =! @ a.''oH' Inc ger.
-an go" - ""S up Win 'hem ano
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-16
THE GERMAN MENACE


with which to destroy Great Brit
aims power. But Germany is will
ing to fight the whole world il only
she can succeed in her attempt to
wipe out the British navy. Then
she conquers not only Europe, as
Napoleon did, but Asia, Africa and
America.
If America had not come into the
war, or if America had refused to
sell food and munitions to the allies,
Europe would already have been
conquered. If Germany wins, then
there is nothing for North Amer
ica and South America to do but to
build up their navies and standing
armies as big as possible, for when
Germany strikes she hits suddenly
and frightfully.
Nations must look ahead. Indi-
viduals can be short-sighted, be-
cause they die anyhow. But not
nations. If we do not win now,
while Great Britain and France are
able to fight, we shall have to be
armed to the teeth for years and
centuries ahead, as long as Germany
rules the world
A huge and permanent army and
navy besides taking our boys and
workingmen every year for military
service, means low wages, long
hours of labor, suppression Of la
Dor unions, suppression of free
speech, repeal Of labor legislation
on behalf of women and children,
and all the hardships that millions
OF workingmen have come to Amer
lea to escape.
1t is bad enough to be compelled
to make this one tremendous effort
right now to win the war. 1t will
be far worse to be compelled to be
ready all the time for another like it.
Seventy per cent of the tobacco
workers in Germany are women.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-16
SIDELIGHTS ON WAR NEWS

The man who is connected with
the heavy field artillery is no more
likely to be killed than one in the
employ of a railroad.
The graves committee, with
headquarters in London, under
takes to furnish the relatives Of
British soldiers killed in action with
information as to the burial place
Of the departed hero and photo
graph OF the grave whenever OBJ
tainable.
It is a notorious fact that unless
a thing be first thought of by the
kaiser it seldom gets his support.
Devious means are employed by
those about him to implant the
germs of ideas in his mind that
they may bear fruit in accomplish
ment
j ONNl innings d4 { SuDJCOL ~
the income tax if they serve to in
crease a mans income to more than
S2OOO-if he is married--says the
income tax department. All money
won in gambling games is consid-
cred income.
Without considering how long
secret preparations may have been
going on, the present war in Eu-
rope may be said to date from Aug
lust l, 1914, when Germany de-
clared war against Russia and
France, and the next day invaded
Belgium to get at France. The
United States declared war on Ger
many April 6, 1917.
An official index which, when
completed, will contain the names
.of more than 10000 individuals and
corporations, who in the days OF
American neutrality invested their
money in German imperial war
bonds is now nearing completion