Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-09
SAND SHOTS FROM
18th REGIMENT
New Years Dawns AS Busy
One For Soldiers Funeral
Held on First Day Of 1913.
lRu Iames Murrln. tidors. co.l

Held on First Day OF 1913.
10y James Murrin. HdQrs. Coz
If this new year. 1918, is gong TO
bring as much work and activity TO me
fellows of the nth Infantry as the
first week has already done, there will
DO little time for even fitting thoughts
of anything other than military routine.
For the new year dawned with rush
of bunk inspections and newer and more
rigid regulations Every company or the
regiment instead of finding January LIST
a holiday spent the holiday in camp
and. it was or o'clock in the AFTER
noon before any passes were honofed
There was one sad feature of the day.
That was the funeral of Private OllVer
Summerton, the Tidioute, Pa, boy OF COM
pany /, whose death occurred on the pre-
vious Saturday Summerton, although
only twenty-one years of age, was one
Of the tallest men in the compan y;
liked who had seen border service and
who will be generally missed. II - the
first time since Company OF the oid
l6yh was called out that death has
occurred in the ranks. The I12th Banad
escorted tho body to the train
The long list of successful candidates
from the 112th Infantry who were deSlg
mated to the Officers Training Schoof OF
the Division and who have already begun
work there; speaks well for the AFFINITY
OF the men in the outfit, and all KINDS
Of predictions are being MADE Tor she
boys-privates, corporals and sergeants
said good bye to their bunk mates
early Saturday morning and went INTO
camp by themselves. Friday afternoon
they had been assigned to companies and
twenty-fouf hours later the entire tented
colony was a place of activity, with cam
vas UP and cots IA order
There were twenty three marriages in.
the regiment during the past month, ac-
cording to the reports OF Chaplain nan
which only goes to prove that old pan
Cupid was AS busy youngSter as oaflta
Claus during the record -cold month IN
Southern sands. One company command
er was included in the LIST of Benedlets-
Captain Rasselas Brown OF Company ~.
Those boys Of the l12th who have al
WAYS had a 'hankeTing Tor scouting arg
delighted that they are now IN a UNI
nv themselves and that they have sucn
An efficient officer as Lieut.. LOUIS Anei.
The scouts. comprising one sergeant, ohe
corporal and sixteen prINates from eacti
battalion. moved into their new se1i l..,
street north of the Machine Gun s0hl-
pany street on Saturday ana now uleS
are hard al the work
Sweeper sticks. booklets and books,
cameras and personal belongings OF an
kinds are making their hurried exist
from camp these days, from every tent
with the recent orders that nnneces-
sary art cles'' will not be tolerated. Many
a soldier boy has had hard ulne par
ing with the little possessions (hat ne
has So carefully guarded since he came
south but now that all these are on
t,.eir way back to the folks he tergets
that he ever had them. New ear DAY
was the signal for general mouse mouse, Sie a1a
ing and cameras and unauthorized nre-
arms were specifically mentioned III the
"get-out- and -go-home" class.
Tho 18th Regiment lost two men by
death during the month of DecemDef-
Private John Callahan OF COMPANY p,
Meadvine. and Private Oliver Sun4merton
of Company |, from Ilaloote'
The heavy SHOWS during the early part
of the past week are all but memory
now and with touch of summer wealth
or and 4 READ thunder storm and plenty
OF rain Sunday morning 1t seemed as II
winter had said goodbye for all time.
But Just as was expected, Monday dawn
ed g cold day.
Building rs is achieving new laureis
these days in helping create the nome
like sp rit within its four walls. Night
after night there Is some entertainments,
movies or musical program which
serves to attract the boys. Then, TOO,
there is always q fire in the big stove,
and nothing pleases the boys so well as
being warm when they are writing TO the
folks back home. Mr., Brandon and MS
efficient corps OF workers are certainly
in line for commentator on the many
good things they have already accom-
sished and a sure cure for the blues Is
Visit to old rs and an hours treat
Astening to one Of the many good pros
grams.
The New Year has brought all kinds
of rumors with regard to the movement
of the regiment. A new one Is born
every minute and it helps to pass the
time To some of those who have taken
credence In good many of the reports
it will be no surprise if the outfit is sent
to the northern border of Thibet to guard
against opium smugglers.
The next thing to having cold feet, cold
hands and cold ears is to jump into the
tent and find that there is no fire in the
stove. And the next thing that tries
a chilled mans nerves is to find that the
wood allotment for the day is nil-whch
means somebody else stole the timber
The splendid health of the 18th Regi-
ment continues, in spite Of the frigd
and changing weather. Colds are COM
mon, but serious illness has been reduced
to minimum. There have been two or
three cases of measles and these We're
Immediately isolated. One of the COM