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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17

April 9Th. 1918.-A new loud call Is
heard for the funds to wage the war a
carefully planned campaign is launchei
with vigor. 1t is expected by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to go "over the top"
with three billion dollars subscribed from
twenty seven million persons. the thrift
Of the people Of the United States will
not only be tested but will be developer
by this campaign. Tens of thousands OF
men, women and children who before the
war had made no effort to. save VIII now
be compelled to save because Of the pa
triotic demands upon their pocket books
for war purposes. OF course this Is pa
trotism which requires but little sacri-
fee as it carries with it four and one
fourth per cent. interest.
Miss Octavia Hill in days of peace
made possible the slogan philanthropy
and -Four Per cent" in reference to the
erection of homes for working men, At
Per Cent" interest and no taxes on the
income is good business, and not philan-
thropy at ALL
Great Wealth of America.
To eb sure, the United States is
wealthy nation. The total wealth by the
latest estimates is more than one hun
dred and fifty billion dollars. II this
were divided among every man. woman
and child In the. country 7r would give MS
each eighteen hundred dollars to jingle
in our pockets. From this surplus wealth
outside our daily earnings we ought to be
able to contribute something to the Third
Liberty Loan to enable our soldiers and
their Allies to accomplish the task to
which they have devoted their strength
and their time.
Many Money Demands Met
Back home people are 'Hooverizing,
To the heatless and eatless days. some
wag has add the ''kissless days" Rum
mage sales. charity balls. amateur thea
tricals are devoted to raising some
money for worthy objects. Numerous
financial campaigns for French orphans
for Armenian and Belgian refugees. for
blinded soldiers, for conyalescents, for
the Red Cross, Y. Nd. c. A., Knights Of
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NEW ERA EVIDENT
IN THE HOLY CITY
Jerusalem Reawakened. In
dustry Revived. Distress
Vanished With ousting of
Hun and Turk.

London, April s.-Jerusalem's first
Easter since the British occupation was
celebrated with quiet solemnity, says
Reuters correspondent in the Holy City.
The usual swarms Of pilgrims who
throng Jerusalem at this season were
missing naturally, but their place was
taken to some extent by khaki-elad fig
ures who participated in the services of
both the Protestant and Catholic churches
"Pontifical mass" the correspondent
adds, was observed in the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre, and was attended by
the Governor of Jerusalem and numerous
officers, including representative OF
the French Government. The Passover
conceded with our festival, and was
celebrated with a new meaning of joy for
the Jews in the occupied territory
although our occupation dates only
four months back, the very atmosphere
of this region seems to have undergone
change. Distress has vanished and
sickness and fear no longer are at the
threshold of the towns and villages.
Everywhere there is evidence OF reVlVing
industry and prosperity. What has con-
tributed more than anything else to inn
! mediate relief has been the employment
of thousands Of natives upon the repair
of roads. Entire households work to-
gether in little groups breaking stone.
They draw fair wages, which are paid
regularly. Inc ROADS III the HSlshpoH-
hood Of the bigger towns are lined some-
times for miles with busy laborers,
Christians, Moslems, and Jews. men, wo-
men, and children. Roadmaking ana
repairing provide an occupation for all
who are able to work.
Everybody realizes that new era has
dawned for the land. The Bedouins can
Craze their flocks in peace and security,
and husbandmen can till the soil with the
knowledge that they win not be robbed
of the fruits of their labor. The roads
which are being built solidly in every di-
rection and the railway to Egypt will in
sure them easy disposal of their surplus
yiel and the means of satisfying their
wants as regards imports from abroad
| The benefits of rule of liberty and jus
tice already are making themselves felt
and the people are beginning to feel a
moves in their midst showing them moth
ing bus kindness, fairness, and good nat
ure."
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THIRD LIBERTY LOAN AND PATRIOTISM;
NOT PHILANTHROPY AT Ala PER CENT
erty Loan Bonds Aside From
Patriotic Duty, is Good Business-Promotes Habit
of Thrift

Columbus, Hebrew War Work. Fssdick
Commission Soldier Clubs, and the Amer
lean Library Association, indicate the un-
usual number of demands upon those at
home who are generously inclined. 1t is
possible that no individual has done too
much.
Unique Scheme to Raise Money.
One town in the middle west has at
tempted unique scheme. On one day
each week, whistles are blown for a half
hour and each person in the town con-
common fund from which allotments are
made to benevolent undertakings of a
general character
Liberty Bonds and Soldiers.
In the camps The soldiers have been
called upon in the past to give up GER
tain amount of their pay for worthy OBJ
Jects. Many have made allotmentS to
dependents, even when these were not
compulsory. In the Second Liberty Loan
Campaign, Camp Hancock soldiers sub
hundred and ninety thousand dollars, and
in this camp alone moro than three hun
dren million dollars worth Of insurance
was taken out prior to April 18th, on
for those who had joined the army be-
fore December 18th. There has been a
tendency on the part of some to reduce
their allotments and some have found
Bonds, for which they had partly paid
There is still some money in camp for
gambling and foolishness though the total
squandered is comparatively small.
The Habit of Thrift.
Habits Of saving developed during army
experience will be of inestimable value
on the return to civilian life. A small
capital for investment when teh war is
over will enable a returned soldier randi
" to make for himself solid place in the
business world. He is a short sighted
army man who does not arrange for con-
siderable saving during these DAYS. when
Uncle Sam is providing him with bed,
board, clothing and most Of the neces-
sites or life. g. B. l..
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Chorus.
A NIGHTMARE IN THE JUG

The battle was on, we began supreme
drive,
The 1O9th Battalion was the first TO ar
rive;
We jumped to our positions, as one hui
And started tti to tc,' fire over No Mans Land
The guns were working and pumping
Sending our our enemies on to hell.
We kept up, the fire. one continuous
The German bodies were strewn all
around;
Then came a shout and we all stood still
A voice we knew came over the hill:
Take your pistols in hand and go over
the top
Go over we did, the command was terse.
We too he Hun trenches. man to man,
And cleaned-up the skunks, like an AM
We marched to Berlin. to the Hun city
And put President Wilson'S picture all
over the wall.
Their flags we pulled down, bloody and
In their place we hauled up "old Glory"
We made the Huns sing the Red. White
Then got Hun cook to make Irish
Lieut.. - and the Kaiser. were hav-
ing a bout
It lasted three minutes. the Kaiser was
out
was just about to cheer. when out rang
a shot
7 grabbed for Hun, and fell of my cot.
Such wonderful dream so wierd and
turkey.
I guess it was Sundays dinner of turkey.
By JACK H. LANDAU,
Co. c. 10sth NJ. G. Bat, Camp Hancock
Augusta. Ga.
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HER0ISM AND CHIVALRY

During one fierce engagement Brit
ish officer saw a German officer impaled
on the barbed wire, writing in anguish
The fire was dreadful, yet he stlli hung
there unseathed. At length the British
officer could stand it no longer. He said
quietly Il can't bear to look at that
poor chap any longer So he went out
under the hail of shell, released him, took
him on his shoulders, and carried him to
the German trenches. The fire ceased.
Both sides watched the act with wonder
Then the commander in the German
trench came forward, took from his own
bosom the Iron Cross, and pinned it on
the breast of the British officer.-7From
Conningsby Dawson's Garry On"
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HOW BUTCH
LED IN PRAYER

The tale of Butch, an enlisted man
Of one of our machine gun companies
now in France, is told by a CORE.
spondent with the American Expedi
tionary Forces. Butch is rated a pretty
hard "hombre" efficient and
faithful as they make them, but not
very careful about his language and
more than willing to scrap most any
one any time. He and the chaplain
are excellent friends, however After
some persuasion, with arguments ad.
dressed to his sense of fair play, Butch
was induced to promise that some day
he would attend church service. On
the Sunday he chose, as 1t happened,
the chaplain had been called away just
before services and visiting chaplain
occupied the pulpit, The rest of the
fellows seeing Butch up in front were
glad to have him with them
The visiting chaplain looked out
over the congregation of freshly
shaved, sprucely dressed soldiers for
someone to lead in prayer. Somehow
his eyes fastened on red-haired Butch
sitting only few feet away. The lit
tie congregation grew tense as they
HottSu AoA e1AS SAiSlPAe1AAA " oPOoA' @Ou
could just feel he was going to cali
on Butch.
He did.
"Will this young man kindly lead
US in prayer?" he asked.
Butch got up. Every eye was on
him. Everyone wondered how he'd
make out, being called on like that
the first time he had been to church
in years.
But Butch was equal to the emerl
gency.
Let US have five minutes of silent
meditation" said Butch. !
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"WR!TE WITH A SMILE"

There are millions of American citi-
zens today, chiefly mothers, sisters,
wives and sweethearts. who are helping
to Germanze this country as effectively
as though they harbored German spies
and set off German bombs How? BY
weeping. rebelling, repining, whining or
complaining. when their boy sets out as
dragon. Millions Of Americans who
imagine themselves loyal are guilty Of
mental desertfon and emotional treason.
They have sent their boy to the front
with heavy heart, sad memory, a
mind full of worry, and the poison of de-
lection thinning and cooling his blood
Then they write him weak, whimpering
letters, perhaps not knowing when a sol
dier gets down-hearted letter from
home, his fighting power drops 80 to so
per cent according to the temperament of
the soldier and the contents Of the let
ter What difference does 1t make
whether an American soldier is wounded
by German missile or by an American
missve? He is wounded just the same,
isn't he-Edward Earle PurInton in The
Independent
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A FATHERS THOUGHTS

Because I am his father, they
Expect me to put grief away.
Because / am a man and rough -
And sometimes short Of speech and gruIE,
The women folks at home believe
His absence doesn't make me grieYe;
But how / felt, they little know
The day smiled and let him 60
They little know the dreams 1 had
Long cherished for nv sturdy lad;
They little guess the wrench it meant
That day when off to war he went;
They little know the tears | checked
While standing, smiling and erect;
They never heard my Smothered sigh
When 1t was time to say 81 Jdby.
what Goes his father think and say?"
The ne ghbors ask from day to day.
"Oh, he's a man." they answer then,
And you know how it is with men.
But little do they ever say
They do not feel the self-sanae way;
He seems Indifferent and grim
And yet he's very proud of him.
Indifferent and griml Oh, heart
Be brave enough to play the part
Let not your real grief be shown.
Keep all your loneliness unknown,
To you the women folks must turn
For comfort when their sorrows burn.
You must not at this time reve |
The pain and anguish that you feel.
Oh. tongue be silent through the years
And eyes keep back always the tears.
And let them never see or know
My hidden weight of grief and woe.
Though every golden dream / had
Was conferred in my little lad;
Alone my sorrow must bear,
They must not know how much I care.
TT leh women may talk and weep,
A man, unseen, his grief must keep,
And hide behind his smile and pride
The illness that dwells inside
And so, from day TO day I go,
Playing the part OF man, although
Beneath the rough outside and grim,
think and dream and pray for him.
EDGAR A. GUEST.
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AT YOUR SERVICE.
UNCLE SAMMlE

(By C. NJ. Senseman, 242 East 14sth
- Street. New York City.
Forward boys, our country needs US
In the line where duty calls,
To protect and shield the nation,
Avoid disaster ere she falls;
Ev'ry mothers son will answer
Who is noble, firm and true
To the colors of our free land
Which We love, red, white and blue.
Tho not eager for a conflict
We're at hand to meet the task
To demand a perfect freedom
Ger land and sea and that must
last;
So Wen shoulder arms together
AS our dads in days Of yore,
Stand for liberty at all times
And Columbia ever-more.
If the foe is bound to force us,
Tho we're patient and love peace,
Wen march forward with all vigor
And let them know the strike must
cease;
When the battle then is over
And the vict'ry we have won,
Twas the army and the navy,
Praise to ev'ry noble son.
Chorus.
At your service, Uncle sammie
For we know you'll do your best
For America and her rights
When you're forced to make the
test;
To be neutral you have tarried,
An all-wise way to pursue,
At your service, Uncle Sammie,
Boys of tho flag, red, white and blus.
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ISSUED LIVERY WEDNESDAY.
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Entered as second class matter, Feb.
. 18th. 1918 at the post office at Augusta,
Georgia, under the Act Of March 8. 1879.
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TRENCH AND CAMP
CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta, Ga.
EDITION, 1900.
GEO. b T.ANpIS. Editor.

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HERALD PUBLISHING co,
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-15
WILSON'S MESSAGE
TO PRES. POlNCARE
French Flag Flies From Staff OF
White House-Americs Honors
That Flau.

Washington, July 14.-President
Wilson last night sent the following
message TO President Poncare:-
America greets France on this
day OF stirring memories with heart
full of warm friendship and of deyo-
tion to the great cause in which the
two peoples are now so happily unit
ed. July Fourteenth, like our own
July Fourth. has taken on a new sig
niflcance not only for France but for
the world AS France celebrated our
Fourth of July, so do we celebrate
her Fourteenth, keenly conscious OF
a comradeship of arms and OF purpose
OF which we are deeply proud
The sea seems very narrow today
France is so close a neighbor to our
hearts. The war is being fought to
save ourselves from intolerable things
but Il is also being fought to save
mankind. We extend our hands TO
each other to the great peoples with
whom we are associated and to the
peoples everywhere who love right
and prize justice as thing beyond
price and consecreate ourselves once
more to the noble enterprise OF peace
and Justice. realizing the great con
ccptions that have lifted France and
America high among the free peoples
Of the world
"The French flag flies today from
the staff OF the White House and
America is happy to honor that flag.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-15
GARRANZA SNEERS
AT WILSON'S TALK
West Of the Mexicans Who Can Read
and Think For Themselves Are
Favorably Impressed.

Washington, July 13-What was
thc response in Mexico to President
Wi ,ln's address to the Mexican edi.
iors VINO called upon him at the
White House few weeks ago? SUN.
eient time has elapsed for reports on
the speech to reach the capital from
all parts OF the ill-starred republic TO
thC south
The bulk OF the reports agrees on
TWO points:
First. that upon the minority OF
Mexicans who can read and think for
themselves. and whose interest in the
relations of their country to its
northern neighbor is founded upon
an intelligent appreciation of the
facts. the Presidents words made q
profound impression
There is also agreement upon tha
second poinl--that rs far as surface
indications 20 the Presidents friend.
ly words aud pledges created mo
more impression in the way Of evok.
ms responsive spark from Carransg
and most OF those who are helping
him govern than spray Of Co'ogne
water would upon German shock
troops Ofcials and newspapers whp
speak for Carranza not only have
CREATED tho speech with jeers and
sneors but have even gone so far as
To accuse President Wilson Of hypoc
risv and falsohood.
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UMPIRES APPOINTED
FOR WAR LABOR BOARD
President Wilson Nomnates Ten
Men--Henry Ford of Detroit
Heads List

Washington, July 14.-President
wilson acting on recommendation
of the war labor hoard, today nomi.
mated ten mon to act as umpires in
controversies which cannot be settled
by agreement of the membership of
the war labor board They are:
Henry Ford, of Detroit; Matthew
Hale, Of Boston; James Harry Coving
ton, Of Washington, formerly chief
justice of the District of Columbia Su
preme court; Charles Caldwell Nc
Chord, OF the interstate commerce
commission; V. Eyerit Macy, of New
York; Judge Julian William Mack, of
Chicago; Henry Suzzallo, president OF
the University of Washington; former
Governor John Lind Of Minnesota:
William r. Wilcox OF New York city,
former chairman Of the Republican
national commltte and Walter Clark,
Raleigh, ~ c.. chief Justice OF the
Supreme court of North Carolina.
The plan of calling upon one of the
ten umpires TO decide controversy
will be resorted TO only when the
members OF the board are unable 10
reach a unanimous decision. The um.
pire will be chosen by unanimous
vote of the board members, In case
the vote is not unanimous the name
will be drawn by lot Thus far there
has been no final decision of the
board in which the entire member.
ship has not been in complete agree
men:.
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CASUALTY TOTAL
NOW AMOUNTS TO 11.733
Army Losses, Io,o5o, Marine Corps,
ies3-Deaths Number 41oo in Army
573 in Marines.

. Casualties in the army and marine
corps overseas increased 647 during
the week, compared with 703 the pre-.
vious week, and aggregate 1873 with
the inclusion of yesterdays army list
giving ~ names, and the marine
corps list giving 81 names. Deaths
including 29l men lost at sea, men
killed in action, dead of wounds. dis
case, accident and other causes. mum.
Der 4673-army men 400, marines
iof3. The wounded aggregate 6476
army men 543l, marines I045. Those
missing, including prisoners, total 5S4
'-army men 5l9, marines 60. OF the
weeks Increase 4S3 were army men
and 166 marines Killed in action
and other deaths numbered 259.
Chose wounded totaled 307, and the
missing and prisoners, 81.
/ The army casualties summary AS
officially announced yesterday fol
lows Killed in action (including 2gl
tat seal, 1856; died of wounds. 500;
died of disease, 1883: died of accident
end other causes, 507 wounded in ac
Zion (ncluding prisonors,) 5l9; tota
ITO date, lOO5O.
The marine corps casualties sum
mary announced yesterday follows
Deaths, 573; wounded, l045; In hand,
OF enemy, 2; missing, G3; total {,
'date, 1858 Officers included in Tn,
marine corps summary were: Deaths
"a; wounded, 20; missing, 2. Th,
army summary does not note the mum
Der OF officers included.
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DUTCH seAMeN GO HOME
5000 Sail After Four Months Stay in
United States.

Washington. July 14.-After stay
in this country of nearly four months,
5000 Dutch ship officers. and seamen
who named the ships taken over by
the United States last March, have
been sent home They were guests
of the nation during their long wait
for transportation.
I'VE have been much impressed
with the high character and admir-.
able conduct of the Netherlands Off
Gers and seamen during their sojourn
In the United States said Chairman
Hurely of the shipping board. in a
letter to Dutch Consul-General SPEAKER.
"undor peculiarly trying circumstan
ces they have made MS appreciate viv'
idly how valuable an asset to n great
commercial nation Is the existence OF
class OF stalwart. sober and selfre
J liant seaiaring men"
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SPEAKS ON SUFFRAGE
Mrs. Wilson Gave interesting Ad.
dress Saturday.

dress Saturday.
An interesting and instructive talk
was given at the Young Woman's Club
rooms Saturday afternoon by Mrs
Halsey w. Wilson who is the secre-
tary of the National American Wo.
man Suffrage association.
Mrs. Wilson was introduced by Rev.
G. S. Mills. the subject of the talk
being Suffrage as an Immediate War
Measure" Mrs. Wilson spoke with
great conviction and sincerity and
aroused the audience to new interest
and enthusiasm. She briefly outlined
the ideals of true democracy, and
expressed the hope that inasmuch as
America is recognized as the most de-
mocratic of the nations, that the
enfranchisment of the women OF the
country will not be long delayed
Canada has already granted full suf-
frage to women and France is about
to do so-Mrs. Wilson's object in com
ing into Vermont was to start the
work OF ratifying the federal amend
ment for equal suffrage at the next
session of the Vermont legislature.
if the Senate adopts 1t before adjourn
ment. An effort is to be made in all
the states of the union, except suf.
frage states, to have petitions signed
by majority of the voters and of the
women over q, asking the legislatures
to ratify the amendment.
AT the close Of Mrs. Wilson's ad-
dress, Mrs. John Spargo was appoint.
ed county chairman for this work and
Mrs. f. e. Howe, chairman for Ben
ningtOn.