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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
CAMP COMMENT
Continued from Page Two,

Continued from Page TwoD
The camp quartermaster now has >
supply of matzos (unieavened breeo~
for organizations having members OF
the Jewish faith. Supply officers are
instructed in a headquarters memef-
andum to provide for their needs dur
Ing the period of the Feast of the
Passover. from March 81 to April q,
Regimental commanders may en-
cuse their baseball teams from drill
after $3.50 p. m, provided the men
are actually engaged in playing ball,
the ball game counting as athletic
drill for those actually playing, says a
headquarters memorandum, Company
teams will be excused from retreat
and inspection when they play ball
after 4:3o p. m.
When the pay status of an en-.
listed man. having an allotment run
Ming under the war risk insurance
act. shows that due to misconduct he
cannot meet such allotment before
the close of his service, all the facts
Will be Immediately reported thru the
prescribed channel, for such action
by the bureau of war risk insurance
as the case may warrant" says a
headquarters bulletin.
Soldiers in special work will be
distins uished by brassards of differ
ent color worn on the arm, is the
announcement made in q headouar-
ters bulletin. When worn on the
right arm the brassards signify tbs
following: Blue. by agents and signal
men; green. by guides and scouts:
white. by trench cleaners: yellow. by
members of carrying parties (muni-
tionJ. material. food and water);
khaki, with word Salvage" in red
letters, by members Of salvage par
ties; blue denim with letters mp
outlined in white thread, by members
OF military police. On the left arm.
Red Cross workers will wear q bras
sard of white cloth with a red Geneva
cross in the center while on duty In
the field of operations.
The following relative to medical
students is contained in a headquar-
an application for transfer from ac-
tive duty to inactive status in the
medical enlisted reserve corps. for
the purpose of resuming and con-
tinuing professional studies in medi-
cine, dentistry, or veterinary medi-
cine. snail not be approved unless
such application is made thru proper
military channels within three
months of the date when the appli-
cant entered upon active military
service
All men reported physically unfit to
perform unlimited military service
and recommended by a board of two
or more medical officers appointed by
the regimental commander. will be re-
ported to headquarters and orders
will than be issued attaching them to
the depot brigade for special remedial
drill and instruction. The men will
be examined physically from time to
time to note their improvement. Those
found fit for unlimited military duty
will be transferred to regiments
Convalescents will be attached to spe-
cial companies of the depot brigade
and will receive such drill and in
struction as the brigade commander
may decide.
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For years Hoyes has been promi-
nent in Y. NJ. C. A. welfare and edu-
cational work in Topeka. He came
here from college in 1899 and en-
gagged in school work. During the
years of 1901 and 1908, inclusive. he
was principal of Lowman Hill school.
Later he became connected with the
office of the motive power superin-
tendent of the Santa Fe railway.
Hoyes entered Y. M. G. A work in
1910, first as educational director and
was later promoted to assistant gen.
eral secretary. His appointment as
general secretary came five years ago,
and since that time he has been one
of the most prominent civic workers
of the city, taking an active interest
in all matters of a public nature. He
is both an organizer of rare executive
ability and a popular mixer" and
should prove a valuable man in the
Y. M c. A. work at the front. He
has taken an active part in all local
war work campaigns. ~,
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Sound

In making all these vowel sounds,
the breath comes out through the
mouth alone.
There are, however, four other
vowels in French. in making which
the breath comes out through the
mouth and the nose at the same time.
In making English vowels we keep
shut the passage from the back of the
mouth to the nose; but in making
these four French vowels that pass
age is left open. To train yourself
to make these vowels right, practice
breathing in deeply through the nose
and the mouth at the same time, so
that the whole back of the mouth
feels open; and then breathe out in
the same way. keeping the open feel
ing in the back of the mouth. The
process is about the same as in
groaning.
"NASAL VOWELS"
The four vowels made in this way
are called nasal vowels." The first
of these is like the a in father"
except that the breath comes out
| through both nose and mouth. The
sound will be represented. in explain
| ing pronunciation, by the sign all. A
French example is the word franc,
pronounced frah, which means
franc" (twenty cents). Notice that
the n which appears in the spelling
doesn't appear at all in the pronun-
| citation.
The second nasal vowel is a good
deal like the a in angry" il you
stop short with the vowel sound and
don't follow it with the ng. This
sound will be represented by a Ex
ample: cling. SAX, five" Note thai
the is silent
The third is like the sound uh, ex
cept that the breath comes on
through both nose and mouth. 1t ii
sort of grant, made with the lip
stuck out 1t will be represented b!
uh. Example: un, uh. "one," or "a
or AN" Note that the n is silent
The fourth is like the in softer,
except that the breath comes on
: through both nose and mouth.
will be represented by o. Example
bon, DO, good" Note that the i
silent
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What State Defense
Councils Are Doing

"WiH you 1oaFk q little tdster?" said
q fohiting to snail;
''There's a porpoise close behind US and
he's treddinO on my tail"
That is the way a good many pa
triotic organizations feel these days
when they start out to help the SOL
diers; and one of the first things that
the official State organizations have
to do is to line up the volunteer work
and fit its own work in with them.
In fact, the much appreciated work
of the Red Cross, Young Mems Chris
tan Association, Knights of Colum-
bus, War Camp Community Service
and other patriotic organizations, has
attracted so much public attention
that people are apt to forget that the
states themselves. through their Of
fetal war organizations. The State
Councils of Defense, are taking an
important part in the same activities.
incidentally the State Councils are
also filling in gaps in the same kinds
of work that these other organiza-
lions are doing. Many of them pro-
vide entertainments of various sorts
for soldiers, all the way from Libraries
to properly chaperoned dances. AL
most all of them have done a great
deal to increase the steady stream of
gifts that have been pouring into the
Army and Navy. Newspapers, base
balls, socks, chocolates, overcoats,
/ thread and needles, have all been sup
piled through the energy of the State
Councils: while one went so far as
to send dentists to overhaul the SOL
diers' teeth.
s. Almost all the states have, like the
Red Cross, done something toward
taking care of the business and per-
sonal affairs of the soldiers. They
are looking out. for instance, to see
that taxes, mortgage interest, and in
surance premiums are kept paid up,
| and several states have distributed
valuable printed legal suggestions"
| for the men in the fields. Wisconsin
| has also arranged to keep the men in
| touch with their homes by appointing
| pal" for each to correspond with
him. look after his family and to re-
mind neighbors to send him news
| from home.
| Incidentally, the conscientious
states have not overlooked the need
i of policing the military camps and
adjacent territory; and not only have
they provided for official police in
the neighborhood but several of them
have appointed policewomen to assist
in making conditions right in the
towns near the camps.
What the man in the camp, or in
| the trenches, wants about as badly
as he wants anything is letters from
home. At least one of the State
Councils has decided that this shall
not be left to chance. The Connecti-
cut Council has instructed its town
committees to post on the town bull
| letin boards the names and addresses
| of all the men in the service of the
country, along with a request that
their friends write to them often;
| and they have asked the manufac-
turers to post similar lists.
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Second Battalion.


Wagner James P. Smith, better
known as the mayor of Army Town.
is seriously considering asking for
transfer to some organization more
adjacent to that town. He claims he
is losing too much time in walking
from his present location and the cars
do not travel rapidly enough to satisfy
him. For a long time most of us have
been trying to discover the reasons
for the frequent trips of our Adonis-
accompanying him on all his journeys
and owing to the loquacity of the es-
cort We have been able to CLEAN the
following information which confirms
our suspicious. There are ladies and
rivals in the case. James would never
be satisfied with one fair damsel be-
cause the fair sex would not permit
him to be, for the spirit of conquest
is as strong in that sex as it is in the
other. and the magnetism of our red
headed Wagner is perfectly irresisti-
BILE. 1t is easily understood why a guard
formation interview Sergeant Wander
of Company 5.
Wagner Milton E. See is unable to
move around as rapidly these days as
he formerly was seen to do because
his feet have doubled in size since
joining the army. He is having hard
time in getting his shoes on due to
drinking too much aqua pura-how-
ever, Milt must be treated with a
great deal of respect as he is the only
man who brings news from home to
all of us. He is the mail man. Nuf
Ced.
Corp. Eben Miller of Company is
working very hard at the receiving
barracks and is gaining much inside
information relative to the practicing
of medicine due to his coming in con-
slant contact with the doctors from
various medical units Even at this
early date Corp. Miller is capable of
explaining infinitely all about pills and
castor oil which serves to prove that
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ORGANIZING SOLDIER TALENT

E.. H. Sothern, the distinguished
Shakespearean actor. and Winthrop
Ames, widely known in theatrical
circles, are organizing troupes of &C
tors and concert performers from
among the divisions of American SOL
diers in France. They went lover
There" with the idea of inviting ac-
tors from the United States, but they
found such a wealth of talent among
the soldiers that they found this un-
necessary.
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TO FRANCE
Secretary Topeka Y. NJ. c. A.
Going to "Our Boys"
He Left Kansas Sunday for
the Front.
GIVEN A LEAVE OF ABSENCE
He Has Taken Prominent Part
in Topeka Affairs.
Has Been Secretary of Central
SY'' Five Years.

George H. Hoyes. for the last five
years general secretary of the Central
Y. NJ C. A. in Topeka, left last Sun
day afternoon, it was announced to-
day, for France where he will engage
in army Y. NJ. c. A. work with the
American EXpeditionary forces. Hoyes
has been granted years leave OF
absence to enter the service.
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1854 DEPOT BRIGADE
Has One OF the CIassiest Bands in
Camp.
First Training Unit.

BY SERGT. RAYMOND j. WATERS.
At the last concert of the Depot
Brigade band, held in Y No. 5. the
comment of one brigader about COW
cred the opinion of the whole brigade
as to the class of our band, THAT
band IS there-did you hear 'em wade
thru that high brow stuff, then hit
a change of pace and hand out a
swell line OF Jazz. Ill I've got to
say is there is pretty lucky band
in this camp that didn't have 'em as
competition in the big contest" The
Depot Brigade band is the old Ninth
Nebraska Infantry band of Camp
Cody. Deming. n. M, now perma-
nently assigned here 1t is without
doubt one of the best concert organ
iZations in the camp.
This from Corp. Joe German:
Wei. 1 suppose all the supply and
mess sergeants and most of the Q. M.
corps will be in Kansas City this
week observing the Jewish Passover"
The Third battalion officers bas-
ketbali team met and defeated the
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TRENCH AID CAMP, SATURDAY. APRIL 6, 1918

nine veterinary units turnout the divi-
sion. Each unit has three expert vet
erinarianS.
Each organization has separate
commanding officers and all are given
daily instruction. Regular classes
have been organized and much time
is spent in the study of the various
duties.
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Second battalion officers team in
holly contested game on the Thirds
cour- Good team work combined
with excellent goal shooting by Lieu
tenants Meme and Springgate of the
Third team was the decisive factor in
the result. The Third battalion is
coached by Capt. Joseph H. Buck
-ey, at one time center on the K. c.
A. c. basketball team that held the
worlds championship for so many
years Capt Jack Cannon refereed
the game.
completed its first aid course, after
frs. weeks classes were attended by
the entire unit, followed by special
classes for selected men the second
week. These men are now qualified
to give detailed instructions, and for
the past week have devoted an hour
each day to their respective COM
panies in this work, with highly
gratifying reports of the progress
made.
The baseball season has opened with
a roa in the first training unit. The
Third battalion handed the Second
battalion a fancy trimming Saturday
to the tune of "a to 4, and in turn
were on the short end of a IA to 4
score Sunday, the First battalion do
ing the job in a neat and Snappy
manner. The Third battalion men
were a little confused by the weather,
a great many of them trying to make
a football game out of it, using their
feet more than their heads and hands.
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roo BUSY BETWEEN MEALS

f.eWhat do you think of the Army
as far as you have gomez" inquired
a Sergeant of a newly arrived recruit
at camp.
81 may like 1t after while. but
just now I think there is too much
drilling and fussing around between
ueals.'' was the reply.
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EXERCISE
DON'T FORGET

To send this paper home today.
Mothers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts enjoy reading Trench and
Camp as much as soldiers. After
you have given it the once over let
them give it the up and down
George Washington will help you.
His photograph can be purchased for
one cent at the stamp counter at any
7. NJ. C. A. hut
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He made it so interesting that the
large audience sat and waited for
more afte- he was thru we shaii
Hiss him and remember him to our
good.
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Goodrich, Headquarters 355, are reg
ulars TIL eir songs are sermons with
the thrill of poetry. Stukey, D 356,
is the old reliable at the piano. With
these and other musical resources it
is a favored life we live and we GER
tain y do appreciate it.
Our Sunday morning service is al
ways Il strong feature of the weeks
program. As nearly as we can make
it, it is just like the services we were
used to at home. Chaplain Cooper,
$50 is the regular preacher and the
boys who hear him few times know
that It is a genuine loss to miss one
os hi; messages. Nearly always we
hav. civilian visitors, and u1ey seem
to enjoy the worship and feel quite
at home.
Baseball is all the rage. All the
companies are at it and our ball
equipment is always out. There is
note of challenge in this item turned
il by the correspondent of Headquar-
tiers company 356, "A Scout Pvts.
Bill Levy ard Kalem Henderson are
the battery, while two st. Louis
youngsters. Jake Casey and Jack
Reineke, are fast becoming infield
stars. This team will soon be ready
to challenge any $50 infantry team.
Levy'~ glass arm will soon be revived.
Educational Secretary Bishop has
been promoted. He becomes building
secretary in second detention camp.
Every secretary here loves him and
ats to see him go, but what fine,
fataerly friend he will be to those
new fellows at Is. Somebody at Y
hee dquarters fas a good eye. Bishops
LAS appearance" here was Tuesday
night in a stereopticon lecture
From Kansas City to Los Angeles"
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Note again that French spelling is
very inconsistent, and that final con-
sonants are sometimes silent, as in
the words for and 8. Even the
final consonants of the words for 5.
6, Z, 8, 9, and 10 are often silent
The unit of French money is the
franc, frah, which is worth about 20
cents. The franc is divided, theoret-
ically, into 100 parts, each called a
centime, sahteem. So cinq centimes,
Sd sahteem, equal one cent; dix CEN
times. dee sahteem, enual two cents,
etc. The word centime is often omit
ted: quatre francs dix = fir. 10 CEN
times = $50.
The smallest French coin is the
sou, 500, which is worth 5 centimes,
or one cent Reckoning of small sums
is often done in terms of sous.
EXERCISE
l. Practice counting from 1 to 10.
by ones, by twos, and by threes.
2. Pronounce these phrases (but
when a final consonant is printed in
a parenthesis. don't pronounce it,,
and find equivalents in American
money: I'm franc, Gin fq) francs di(x)
confines, hui(t) francs cling, di(x)
sous, deux sous, neuf sous, di(x)
francs dix.
8. Find the equivalents in francs
and centimes (for example, $.22 II
fir. 10Y: 800, 81 $50, $50. $.21.
$3.50, $3.50.
WORDS AND PHRASES
du pain, dd pa. so.l- bread
un pain, uh pa, loaf of bread
de la viande, duh la vyahd, some
meat
du beurre, du buhr, some butter
du sci, du sci, some salt
du sucre, dd sikh, some sugar
I'm moroccan de, uh morsoh duh, a
piece of
duck morceaux de, duh morsoh
| duh, two pieces of
ct, e, and
GU, 90, or
EXERCISE
Try to understand these sentences,
and pronounce them carefully: Don
nez-moi du pain, sill vous plaft.
Voulez-vous de la viande? Oui, mon
sieur. Voulez-vous deux GU trois
morceaux de sucre? Deux morceaux.
sill vous plaft. Du cafe. du lait ct du
sucre. Du pain ct du beurre. De la
viande, du sci ct des pommes de
terre. Tn pain ca sixtx) pommes de
terre. Voulez-vous un moroccan de
viande? Our, monsieur.
/ Cut this lesson out and keep it,
and watch for Lesson 8 next week!
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THE ORAL ATTACK

'.GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU
LAME BRAIN"
tsDON'T CALL ME NO LAME
BRAIN, YOU SMELT. YOU AMT
GOT NO LICENSE. THERE'S MOTH
ING ABOVE YOUR EARS BUT THE
CLEAR BLUE SKY"
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he will soon be master of all the in
tricacies of chemistry.
Sergeants Fuller and Ecker of Com
pany 6 visited Topeka last week. For
what reason it is not known-but Full
from him and when he was finally
located was standing in the center of
Topeka's main street with his hand
pointing towards the Capitol building
and asking all who came near: What
person lived there and if it would be
permissible for him to enter and hold
a conversation with the party in order
to ascertain how long a time it re-
quired to erect such swell home"
Sergt. John Osterman of Company
5 was presented with handsome bou-
quet of flowers by the boys of his
company because of a promotion to
the grade of first sergeant last week
The flowers were of the invisible va
riety.
Sergt. Frank Pope of Company is
wishing for an investigator of the
Rockefeller Hook-worm Institute to
visit this camp. He wishes to satisfy
his mind as to what is ailing him.
Supply Sergt. Johnston of Company
6 is on his vacation in K. c. to show
the natives of that burg how basket
ball is played by roofing for his team
Sergeants O'Toole and Donoghue of
Company have returned to camp
that city they assisted in annihilating
the ST. Leo Soccer team to the amount
Of about twelve-hundred iron men.
The main half of the family OF
Corporal Jones visited him last Satur-
daV and he was hannV
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Other musicians among the soldiers
are making life a joy here. The $50
orchestra under Sergeant Anderson is
a faithful standby at the morning
service on Sunday to play a prelude
and lead the hymns. AS a violinist
Markham, Headquarters 355, is a
charmer and adds inspiration to
our s-meeting3. Two tenor soloists,
Shack 1 356, and Sergeant
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Learn French
LESSON 2

The words studied in Lesson 1
contained the following different
vowel sounds;
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EATTGTTE DTVTY THAT YOU REAL
TZE THE ALARMING PROCRESS
PARALYSIS HAS MADE N THE
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&c c0r"eT along IHe cdm'onn'en'
P.Se ssone" ne S'g"1,ted ror0 permits
sun. u''O u 'O'' up MS ''eeVe'
ing mean advantage.
lnere are a lot OF them VINO
were not porn handsome, but they
can make up 1or the de1clency by
oelns PLAYFUL
u .,..-
.orIn1u Two cans OF condensed milk
INTO Ten gallons OF pseudo Iacteal
auld Dy Ine simple addition OF aqua
purA an recofos Tor elasticity were
tuna an ParVo' "hateSer you make out
VI tn31'
ASIA MILITARY EMBELLISH-
MENT-"
Still one ncper kt,otos t0hdt one
c0ss do unit! one joins the army. A nd
then one has - toGit until one IS
Eating is great game, but it has
Its BeelingS Just like everything else.
AT ONE TABLE AL F'RESCO
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Y. M. C. A. NO. 9
BY ii. II. LINDEMAN.

We are happy in the revival of our
coed old male quartet. The mem
bers IF it are: Peake of F 1856, Bird
of I 356, Vance of A 800 and Walker
of f S56. These fellows sang during
the special drive last month and won
a sure place in the affections of this
unit
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Supply Sergt. Johnston of Company
6 is on his vacation in K. c. to show
the natives of that burg how basket
ball is played by roofing for his team.
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AHM. P. said he sods directing trdf
fc GksG corner along the cdntonrtent
pike sohen he si0ndlIed Ford permits
sion and it ran up his sEeere.
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The officials who got out the new
Identification numbers are certainly
twiddling with some big figures.
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AND WHAT A CATASTROPHE
FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T COUNT
AFTER THEY GET PAST Sf.67?
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TT is NOT UNTIL YOU ARE ON
FATIGUE DUTY THAT YOU REAL
IZE THE ALARMING PROGRESS
PARALYSIS HAS MADE IN THE
ARMY.
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IN THE GUARDHOUSE A SOL
DER HAS ABOUT As MUCH IN
FLUENCE AS A MINORITY
.STOCKHOLDER.
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AT ONE TABLE AL FRESCO
ASKED AN ORDERLY FOR SOME
BRASS KNUCKI4ES TO USE ON HIS
STEAK.
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Think Of being knoton as No
2,017 $751;
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The main half of the family OF
Corporal Jones visited him last Satur-
day and he was happy.
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Later he accused the driver of TAX
ing . mean advantage.
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Eating is a great game, but it has
its Feelings just like everything else.