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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
I HEROES OF HOME.

you are the real heroes, and
We glory in your victory and
spirit, because it is to us a fa-
1liliar object, become SO through
! years of acquaintance" Gill
Wilson, American aviator, to his
parents.
Young Wilson and his brother
VQlneys both sons of Secretary
Wilson of O-Y, have been fight
ing ii out more than a year with
the Huns of the air service and
winning victories of arms. But
their understanding of the posi-
ton Of their loved ones at home
Is not in the least dimrned by
the glamour of their own ac-
conplishments.
TITS in fact one of the main
reasons why these two valiant
sons of West Virginia, both pre-
pairing for the Christian min
istry, have been fighting in this
most dangerous branch of the
military service. They love their
parents in such a way and know
how they love their country that
they do not intend to permit
German aggression to disturb
them.
There is more to keeping the
lone fires burning" he con-
tinues. "than any fool song can
ever express
he knowledge that the Amer
ican soldier has that his country
= made up of just such people
- Gill Wilson describes is the
motive power which makes him
Keep the camp fires burning"
and pumping shells and bullets
into the German lines until there
Is no longer opposition to his
advances.
They fight because they love
their people, which is, after all,
their country.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
THOSE BABIES!

The editor continues to re-
Eeive pictures of soldiers chill
4Een, brothers or sisters, nieces
81 nephews, to be entered in the
baby contest which closes next
Saturday, August n.
Those who send in pictures
may receive them again by COM
ing TO the main "Y" building
near the auditorium. We can
rot undertake to mail these pic
knres to the owners, as we would
not wish to cripple the working
force Of the "Y" in camp.
Five dollars will go to the
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22

was only one way to~get to Eiege and
that was by crossing a bridge. It was
here that Verni would play out his
last card to keep the enemy from
getting to Liege.
THE bridge was more than one Quarter
OF mile long. Verni would be at the
center at the same time the Germans
would be there. Knowing they could
not De FAR behind, he did not have a
second to spare and it was necessary
to work quickly and to act without de-
lay:
1.-The work was dangerous. but he did
not think of it. Verni hoped to be able
to save the city. Carefully he went up.
al by himself, to place the bombs, cover
ing them up with cement, in order to
keep them from being observed.
His work was not done vet. the most
dangerous part of the game had to come
yet. Verni kept himself hidden under
the bridge. waiting for the moment in
which he would face nothing else but
death.
"A few. hours had passed and there
they came marching up, carefully pro-
tected on all sides by very strong pa
trols.
THE minute had come and Verdi
climbed back. He had been seen and at
the same time a shot fell Another
passed right over his head. He had been
here long enough. Before another shot
was fired Verni had dived into the river
In order to get away and to save his
own life by swimming ashore.
Belgian Swims Away.
"Only couple of seconds later an ex-
plosion proved the results Of his work.
Hundreds Of Germans were killed and
at the same time the gates to Liege
had been destroyed.
Verni had done a great deed.
This had been the second time that
the Germans had been treated that way.
Now they had to make a new bridge
under fire. OF the enemy and it would
cost them again a great number Of
men.
They had more luck this time and
crossed the river three days afterward.
marching up to Liege. destroying every
thing on their way. They did not find
many people in Liege for they had left
the city long ago.
Whatever. was there they took pos
session OF and they mayor of the city
was made a prisoner and sent to Ger
many.
'An the buildings came under guard
and nobody was allowed to go out on
the street without a pass.
THE troops went along in the direc-
ton of Antwerp, wherewith our work
started"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
Fox Entertains.

On Thursday evening Mr.. RoI -
FOX OF Baltimore came with his likklm|
Oand Of vaudeville proteges ana pre-.
sented a rollicking show. Mr.. Foxs
boys and girls played, sang and
danced their way into the hearts 1t
two thousand soldiers assembled In
the large main X. of C. Hall, borrowed
fer the occasion, since the Little White
house could not accommodate the.
Columbus have on every occasion
lowed the ]. w. B. the use OF thsIz
large auditorium and in many oth3
ways are always willing to co-opeF#
ate Much thanks to them.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
He Shouted Hurrah.

Inc Americans were making the Ger
mans feel sorry that they ever got into
the war when one OF the Tanks came
upon an English speaking German SOL
dier whom ne took as prisoner.
"Hurrah for America! shouted the
Yank as he made the capture.
Hurrah for hell" replied the Germa an
in disgust. '''e i'iaii
That's all right. Fritzie." said the
ahK, every man has a right to veil for
ms own country."-Logan.
One Of the new men who came in last
month was assigned to his first guard
duty. After receiving thorough instruc-
tons as to his duties the corporal. as a
nnal warning. said:
Look out for the officer of the dav
when he makes his tour of inspection.
HAT him sharply. If you don't-wow.
Pull in your neck"
The rookie assured his non-com that
ne would recognize his duty in this re-
gard. AS the night wore on he became
lonesome and somewhat nervous. The
trees and shadows made figures that
seemed to move, and once when he
challenged there was no answer. This
was somewhat disconcerting. A little
later a light step sounded along the
path and shape doomed up ahead.
The rookie finally got a square look
at the advancing form and recog-
nized the officer of the day, With
sigh of relief he CALCULATED:
''Oh. it's you, is it? BY golly, you
scared me something awful."-Lewis.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22

Corporal ThOmas M0bley and four
teen-year-Old Harold willard Of
Springfield, Mass.
lieve me, hated to leave you. but
don't worry. Some time we will be
back together. and then everything
will be right" Then he took that
crack" at the home guards in his
boyish enthusiasm for the regulars. -
Twining to Enlist. :,
Myron Twining was looked out for
by the officers of the I'd Battalion,
who had him serve them in their
mess hall and quarters. He was well
paid, but. as he said. I'm not worry
ing about the money. They treated
me all right and l was mighty glad
to stay and sorry to leave"
Just as soon as Myron gets the
chance, he said. he proposed to enlist
He Is almost eighteen and, having
been trained by the regulars of<Com-
pany H. he does not see why he can
not be of as much service to Uncle
Sam as boys who may be a few
months older. though lacking in
training.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22

One OF the rockies who arrived last
week was awakened after his first
nights sleep in camp by the bugler.
What's that?' he snorted in some
disgust.
That's the bugle," said a veteran
OF thirty days in a nearby bunk.
well. this is swell time for a
guy to be practicing a cornet solo,"
said the rookie as he relied over and
pulled the blanket over his head
Keagney.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22

The departure of Field Di-
rector Ferrin of the American
led Cross in Camp Meade is
marked with . deep tingk of re-
ret on the part of those he
eaves behind
Mr.. Ferrin has been here sew
nl months, and in that time the
society which he has represented
las done a big work for the SOL
dlers OF the camp, especially for
hose whose business affairs at
home needed urgent and expert
attention.
Besides the ''home service" de-
partment looking out for SOL
aiers families in want and ad-
usting difficult questions Of in
sllrance, contracts and the like,
Hr. Perrin superintendent the
Nonstruction of the House for
EQnYalescents at the hospital
md the carrying on of the war
garden attached to the house.
hese two projects alone entitle
him to fond remembrance bv
Meade men.
he goes to France, there to
assume more work for his coun-
nv.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
HOLLANDER PICTURES
BELG|AN'S BRAVE ACT
On Border Patrol, He Saw Jules
verni Risk Life to Destroy }
Liege Bridge.
BY HENRY HARTWICH,
Ssth Company, Depot Brigade.

Our watch was exactly on the
boundary line, about one mile behind
the Belgium battlefields. Day and
night we could hear the big cannon
and rifles. also at nights we could see
the flashes of every shot.
1t proved that the fighting was GO
ing on not far from US, so that we
had to be on guard all the time.
During the first days there was not
very much doing. A few soldiers had
been informed, regardless of the army
to which they belonged. This condi-
ton would not last long
The battles on the Mouse were still
going on and the Germans did what
ever in their power to- cross the river
in order to be able to get Liege.
1T was one OF the most important
places. for it was there that Belgium
had her ammunition plants. They
fought for almost three weeks
before the Belgians were forced to
retreat. leaving everything in the
hands of the enemy.
The first city had fallen into the
hands OF the Germans. Thousands and
thousands of refugees had come to
Holland, having left behind all of
their belongings.
dreds of thousands had been killed
on both sides. Trying to bridge over
theNMeuse, the Germans had lost more
than 100000 men. AS fast as they
had come they had been shot down.
but they had not given up and at last
they were able to cross the. river,
killing every one they met.
Tale Of Verni.
Here l want to stop a while and tell
you about a young Belgium officer
Jules Verni, a second lieutenant, had
been sent with his company to the
front along the Mouse, his captain
had been killed by a shell and Verni
had taken over the command. After
the Germans crossed the river, verni
had been able to retreat with his
company without any losses.
Near Liege he took position await
ing the arrival Of the Huns. There.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
HAROLD WILLARD BUYS MOTHER
FOUR QUARTS OF ICE CREAM
Seventeenth's Mascot Treat" Family on
Money Given Him by Soldiers, and De-
rides Springfield Home Guards.

When Harold Willard got back to
Springfield, Mass, the first thing he
did with his Nth Infantry" money
was to buy four quarts Of ice cream
: for his mother and sisters. az
Then he sat down and wrote letter
to Sergt. Garlic Cook of Company F.
18th, in which he said that, 1.-The home
guards were a bunch of cripples' and
that "some of the officers couldn't be
buck privates in the rear ranks Of
Company F."
Stays at the Armory.
This lad, scarcely more than four
teen years old. used to- be around the
army of the I'd Battalion Of the 18th
when it was stationed IN Springfield.
The battalion was ordered with the
restSof the regimentzto Meade. about
a month ago, and Harold decided that
he would go, too,
His father was away as a travelling
salesman, SO his mother gave her con-
sent to the boys proposal, provided
the soldiers promised to send him
back when the regiment went to
France. The lads father would prob
ably have refused permission had he
known that he was going SO far away
from home.
So Harold came to Meade and with
him came a boy of seventeen, named
Myron Twining. Both became mas
cots. Harold In Company F and Myron
in Company H.
Colonel Steps In.
In all the time that the boys were
here Col. Noyes did not offer objec-
ton to their presence until last week.
when he declared that mo mascots'
could be carried with the regiment
any longer.
This order. a heart-breaker to both
boys, meant a prompt departure for
home, and there was just as much
depression among the men OF the
regiment as with the boys. Harold
was the frst to leave. He had been
drilling with the company. wearing a
unifo, m and having the time of his
young life"
That Baltimore Trip.
The day before he left Harold was
taken to Baltimore by Sergt. Carlo
Cook, Sergt Frederick Cook, Sergt
Selk and Private Curtis and fitted out
. with an eighteen dollar suit of
clothes. six-dollar pair Of shoes. a
pair OF socks. cap and a red and
white necktie. Selk made the selec-
tions.
Besides all this Harold was given
one OF the best dinners he ever ate
When he started home next day these
same boys Of Company F. pressed $25
into his hand and told him to be
good boy and better soldier when
he grew old enough.
Writing toNCaric Cook. he said:
Hope everything is all right down
there and you are feeling well. Be-
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
The Higher Education.

Anyhow" he said, as he gracefully
peeled another onion. "this K p. job
has taught me to do one thing /
never did before. and that's to pray
Every night 1 say. Good Lord. please
make me sergeant "-Beauregard
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22

best-looking child, not over FIVE
years old, and the picture will
be published in next weeks is
sue of this paper. Is your baby
a good looking one?
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
Great Men Seem to Be in the Army

2
Great Men Seem to Be in the Army.
'"The greatest Army we've ever as
sembled."
That's how they talk about the
United States Army these days. And
they're right. It's the greatest ana
the most wonderful. Just see who's
in it! Here's few of the names of
rookies-just plain. everyday rockies,
colored rockies, to be sure, but none
the less plain privates in the ranks,
men who came in last week from
Florida or elsewhere.
Richard Harding Davis, George
Washington. johnson, King Solomon.
Pope Elijah, Vanderbilt Williams.
Morgan Caesar and Ponce de Leon.
If every camp does as well as
Devens in receiving celebrities the
United States Army will be able to
overawe Its enemies by just having
the sergeants get out in front of the
line and call the roll-Devens.
Let US all-soldiers, "Y" secre-
taries, chaplains. camp pastors and
welfare workers of every sort who
are interested in the character and
morale made at Camp Gordon try to
become one united. strong and well
coached team, that shall play the
game with such harmonious efficiency
that the folk back home, when they
survey the finished product returned
from this baptism of blood which we
all face will be pleased to bestow
upon US the compliment: well done,
thou good and faithful servants"
That Will be greater honor than
any gold medal that we could wear
or amy title men can Gordon.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
Trench and Camp Elsewhere.
You WE'RE SO wH1TE. 40 SOFT

YOU WERE SO WHITE. so SOFT.
knew your gentle touch, @
Through all those many years
Unheeding then, but now
How memory. endears,
That golden span Of time
And makes me wish anew
That, since you could not come.
might have stayed with you.
We said goodbye, and yet
went without thought
OF what my going meant
or how you held me taut:
And yet the thought Of you
Each night repose defeats
Oh would knew again .
The luxury Of sheets.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-22
ONE OF THOSE FOREIGNERS 5

-beauregar0.
ONE OF THOSE FOREIGNERS.
Papa" wrote the sweet girl, 1T
have become infatuated with calls
themes"
well; daughter" replied the old
man, III your hearts sot ON him T
haven't word to say; but I always
Gordon.
g SHERMAN WAS RIGHT.
, Judge-What IL the prisoner
charged with. officer?
Cop-Assault and battery on his
mother-in-law, your honor.
Judge-Are you guilty or not gull
ty?
victim-Guilty your honor.
JUDGE fine you $l.1O
Judge? eo".S'
Judge-That's the war tax ON
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
A young lieutenant was giving ad-
vice to new bunch Of the darkies.
Time and again he reiterated the
phrase 1T behooves you to do" this
or that. After the lecture one of the
SV111ers stopped his corporal
Wno.aI is dis Behoover de lieu
tenant been. tellin' 'bout?"
81. Man alive" responded the corporal.
don you know bout dis Behoover?
why, he's the man what keeps ali you
A a. coons from eatin' yo'seives
WASN'T COLOR BLIND.
One young negro, who had been
scared up" by tales that had been
told of Army life. thought to evade
the draft by claiming deafness in one
ear.
Dear In your right ear? Put your
finger in your left ear" commanded the
omcer. Then holding uD e BRIGHT
coiored scarf, he said: What color In
: Forgetting. his deafness. the negro
replied: "Oh. I amt color blind. boss.
that's red."-Pike. "0''
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-28
oowERFIJL BRITISH ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL SOON
 BE FLUNG INTO FRAY AGAINST ENEMY ARMY

battle, for it covers:
 1-The Anglo-French junction.
 2-The road to Compeigne and Paris.
 3+The flank of the whole French army to Rheims and beyond.
 At last accounts the French were yielding to the new Teuton onslaught, though selling every foot at the only price a knife or bayonet knows.
 But French reserves are on the way to this crucial front and by this time may already have taken hand in the fray.
 American troops are in the thick of this battle, winning the praise of friend and foe by the valor with which they are performing their share in this their first round of Armageddon.
 For the Germans it is now fierce race with them. "Time is with us." Major General F. B. Maurice, British spokesman, put it today. Hindenburg must break through between Noyon and Rove within the next 24 hours or extend his drive northward and south ward-and thus scatter his legions and diminish his advancing momen- tum, least he leave his two Hanks open to the greatest military action of all times.
 Weakened by their heavy losses,' said today's Paris war office con- munique, "the Germans were con- pelled last evening to retard their efforts"
 Every front dispatch emphasizes the invaders fell far short of their objectives and so far not even a semb- lance of real "break through" has been achieved by them, though there have been, according to Matrices ad- mission, two critical moments-but they are past At 3 o'clock this after noon the spokesman was agle to say fiatly:
 "The situation is less critical thar at any time in the last three days"
 Clemenceau said: within As hours the allies will be masters of situation
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-28
STEPS BEING TAKEN ID REORGAN|zE THE
 ARMIES 0F RUSSIA
TrOtsky and Lenine Determine to Wreak Vengeance for In- famous Peace-POrt of Odes- Sa is Retaken.

Amsterdam, March 27.-Bolshevik Russia is seething cauldron. Trot- sky and Lenine, more determined than ever to wreak vengeance on German imperialism for the extortionist peace that was forced on them when the kaiser's military heel was on Russia's chest, are watchfully waiting for their turn. They believe it will come when the German drive in the west fails and the German masses rise. After that failure they count the uprising as certainty. With Trotsky at the head of newly formed war organi- zation, steps are being taken to put Russia back on an organized military basis with a national, we'll disciplined army. The Bolshevists chieftains are proceeding with caution, biding their time and living up to the letter of the "peace" treaty, lest Berlin seize upon pretexts for an advance on Petrograd and Moscow.
 Meanwhile, however, independent Bolshevist forces, cooperating with the anti-German Ukranian troops, are reported to be carrying on vigorous counter campaign against the Teu- tons. Odessa is said to have been recaptured. Kherzon and Nikolaiev. to the northeast, also are renorte9 to haev been retaken. News from other sources that the Germans are moving on Sebastopol, the big Crimean port, tends to contradict these reports.
 The Ukranian rada is said to be progressively agitating remuneration of the treaty" concluded with the central powers, especially those claus es insuring most of the Ukranian re- sources to the Teutons.
 The Russian Black Sea fleet, ac- cording to Petrograd dispatches, took part in the recapture of Odessa, which | is said to have been wrested from the invaders after a bloody battle. The Black Sea fleet, the same dispatches state, will destroy Sebastopol if that is necessary to save the big port from the Germans. The fleet expects an attack by Turkish naval forces.
 Trotsky, in preparing plans for a national army, urges universal train ing.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-28
ENEMY LOSSES IN
 BIG DRIVE 500,O0O
Out of 250O0O Men Used Or eat Drive By Germans Fully One-Half Are Not Now Fit For Further Combat-Alies Have Great Armies of Reserves on Way-British Loss is Less Than 100000 Men.
HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ENEMY RESERVES
 TALLY HAS BEEN KEPT OF EACH DIVISION

Washington, March 27.-For the first time today the office of the Brit ish military attaches in Washington consented to sum up the news of the great German drive. The summary denotes great British victory. The figures themselves tell a startling tale.
 British losses in killed wounded and missing have been less than 100000 men.
 The German losses have been from three to five times that number.
 The great allied strategic reserve, it is known definitely, has not been thrown into the fray yet.
 Germany has employed, it is esti- mated, 1,250,000 men. Of these fig ures, Brigader General J. D. McLach- in, British military attache, says only about 250,000 are now fit for combat.
 It is not yet certain that all of the German reserve has been employed. When it has, the allied counter of fensive will be aunched-launched with weapon newly forged, edged to razor fneness and backed by the com bined strength of England, France, Italy, Portugal and the United States.
 Full knowledge of what Germany's roSarva nooc;sts of ic n, tho bapdc of the allied war lords. As each division has been hurled into the hell of ma chine gun bullets it has been identi- fled. The tally of those who have come on and been decimated is not yet quite balanced with the numbers known to have been ready.
 When the balance has been reached, the allied counter blow will fall, for then it will be known that Germany is powerless to launch a new attack on any other sector of the front.
 Ut is merely matter of arithmetic now" says General McLachlin.
 "Throughout the whole of the bat tie, according to the information now in my hands, the German forces have been from twice to three times the numbers of the British forces. When the Germans were employing sixty divisions between Arras and La Fere. the British divisions who opposed them numbered about thirty-fve. And the thirty-five took double toll of lives from the sixty"
The Prescott daily news., 1918-03-28

London, March 27.-A silver line has pierced the gray-black cloud cur tain of the Picardy sky. It points to- ward the allied side and seems to spell the message:
 sYour turn is near"
 The British late this evening were holding the Germans on both sides of tbo Somme. Tn the Ancre-Somme angle they hit back furiously during the day and threw the Germans back after first yielding to his monster wall of flesh. Albert is in German hhsnds, but north and south of the town the Germans have been forced by British counter thrusts to give up ground previously won. Thus the German right appears not only checked but endangered by a large scale British fanking move. "The most powerful British reserves are just arriving in the field" said M. Obrami, French sub-secretary of war, today.
 At the same time the German left is threatened by the French army or the Disc, where the foe has peril ously exopsed his flank by the whirl- wind advance of his center. That, in brief, is the meaning of the silver line" It suggests the possibilities of the allies turning the tables on the invader, launching a counter pncer drive that may rip the sides of his salient wide open and trap the whole huge army he has thrown forward into the desert of what was once sunny Picardy." Uheered to the core by this maxi mum hope, London and Paris never 'Aeless kept eyes upon the stern reali- tes' The sternest of them late this evening was that the Germans, with freshly brought up divisions, were concentrating attacks of demonical lufS against the limited line between
 Noyon and Rove.
 ms twelve mile front, it is fully
 'sallzed here tonight, is for the
 moment the crucial line of the entire