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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
What Victory or
Defeat of Huns
Means to America

Contributed by Albert PaYson Ter
hume to the National Security Leagues
campaign Of Patriotism Through Edu-
cation.
Germanx's victory would mean all
that the alarnists have said--the set
back Of humanity. democracy, civiliza-
ton, rights Of man, etc. But, 70 Amer
ica,.it would mean infinitely more.
1t would mean our first national de-
feat; and, thus would smash our per-
feet record for vietories-ase record as
old as our nation-a record that means
more than the right to brag. Even az
beaten army never wholly regains its
old forn1--eyen az beaten ring cham
pion sinks al once into desnetude--so
our nation its traditions Of victory
gomez would suffer far worse deter
ioration than the mere fact Of defeat
could infiict
Itswould mean that the m an who has
risl<ed all Ia his ccuntry's struggle for
right could never again feel his former
calm Certainty that right must
triumph. Thus, the moral tone Of the
Individual, as wen as Of the nation
would inevitatlY BE lowered
This country has never embarked in
a war Of conquest From 1775 to the
present. we have fought for Liberty or
for Union or for the opp ressed-~ever
for some sterling principle of right
From childhood, we have been taught
70 believe that the high unselfishness
Of our war aims has given us the VIC
tory. We have seen the decay or de-
structfon Of men and nations that have
Eatr.ed for dominion--as Germany is
now battling. Should we fail Inc this,
our mightiest war for the right, the
average man must lose forever the
sirnpla estate. For that faith more
than for anything else, our sacrifice ls
a hilndred-fold Justified.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
Soldier Insurance

Secretary McAdoo has called upon
al local boards to acQuaint draft
ed men with the provisions az the SOL
dier insurance law and 20 urge every
drafted man to take out this insurance
The boards have been furnished with
literature TO aid them In this educa~
tionsi work
the law affording insurance 20 our
fighting forces has wen been called the
most iuss ard humane provision ever
made by q nation for les soldiers and
sailors The government and the
American people recognize the Justice
OF nffording this protection 20 the men
who risk their lives for their country
and 20 their families and dependents
al home Il Is only iuss 10 themselves
and 10 their families ana dependents
tia. Cur sighting men AVIAN themselves
Of this opportunity
Every American eniisfing should
take out this insurance and carry with
him into DANGER the hearteuing knowl-
edge that whatever happens, himself
and his dependents are protected by
his government
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
lRy eriaasl.

(By Grass),
Private Weaver sat in the shade Of
tree He was not alone. for with him
sat the other twenty members OF the
class in nom commissioned officers
drill manuel. This Georgia heat was
affecting Private Weaver His eye
lids dropped And of this fact the ever
WatehfuI Sergeant Green took note.
What is the largest number of
prisoners you would take out at one
time. Weayer?'
Three little ones, or two big ones"
The musicians" are again playing
Thanks to registered mail which has
recently arrived"
Private Gernier announces that he
viii exchange lessons in Franoh for
lessons in English
Private Gross does not like special
duty Followins his announcement the
Flivver Truck was issued a new cap
tain in the person OF one Private Jas,
Carroll James is said to have driven
for two days without running down
any luckless cavalryman's horse, II
Gross does not take kindly to S, D.,
we wonder it he has ever tried X. p
sure cure for allthe joys of soldier
inS,
Sergeant Green has new set Of
green eyes. These green eyes have
white spots in them, What does this
mean2 Who knows?
Private Weaver never viii forget
that awful day he left his home Other
members Of the 4Ith Service Company
have sent out the S. Q. $. call for q
volunteer TO rock Weaver to sleep. by
way of advice it might be added that
an oVerseer and very hardly rock will
be needed.
There We're no seconds" on the
Sunday ice cream for the cooks and X
| P's Because on two-hour notice
/ los Machine Gun men arrived and
/ carried out q successful engagement
with the Sunday dinner Mess Ser
/ geant had n case Of five loaves and
! two small fishes. Although he is on
| the danger list he is reported late
today TO De resting comfortably
Private Penrod is said to have a
very poor chance Of buying back his
fountain pen.
That further hostillties mSy be
avoided tho members OF the Signal
Corps detachment wish to announce
that Z. S. means L. S. when applied
TO collar ornaments.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
SHARPNESS AND PRECISION
FOUNDED UPON SIMPLE EF-
FlClENCY MAKE PEP IN
FIRST COMPANY MACHINE
GUN OFFICERS TRAINING
SCHOOL
tcontlnnsd rom Pase onal

ANNtih taAA-EA A-hA44 e-N NNFFl
Sketchjng. Candidates i. b Mccain.
J, $, Beattie X. "A. Bigony g. Swar-
thout.
Field Fortideauons. Second Lieutenant
r. Il, orth and Candidates a. Y, stokes
ana ]. Il, Bass
Grenades; Second Lieutenant B. P
Collins.
There is change made every week
in the pon-commlssioned personnel Of
the company. This is q practical feat
ure that is used IN an training camps
in order te train the prospective oTtcers
in all the grades of the service. These
are the details for this week First Ser
geant, I. Robinson; Mess Sergeant A..
Y. stokes; supply Sergeant, A, 5. Hack
man; Right Guide, r. r. Hubbard Lefl
Guide, Il. l. Smith; Buglgr. g. A, HsT-
man, The details last week were First
Sergeant, A s, iaokman; Mess Ser cant
7. ]. Schlick, Supply Sergeant. c. T.
Carl: Right Guide, L. X Healv; Left
Guide C. X Wells.
An excellent feature for purposes Of
instruction that viii be experimental
upon this week is the organization OF
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

Every time the state legislator has
its months rebating club working
some worthy citizen from the alfalfa
s-ction, who is wearing a<fairly good
imitation Of the crop on his chin, rises
up IN his new patent feathers and in
q voice pitched to a high strain Of
indignation, also ( loud enough so the
newspaper reporters can glofn an ear
full presents bill to abolish the cruel
punishment Of some crime or another
that some other legislature has passed.
What with ubohshing capital punish~
n1ent for murler and the hipping post
for wife heaters, the reformers have
got the laws -unniLg t-u4 to their
It didn't used to be that way. Back
IN the days when Chris Columbus was
st y getting his hair cut by his mother,
and before the cabarets near And and
Broadway had been discovered. most
every crime had q punishment. If per-
chance you Grabbed the dignity Of the
mornings service at church, the preach
er didn't call aroundat the house the
following Tuesd about the time the
wife was giving the chops the final
touch, and rtmonstrate with you in
an Injured tone of voice Not by a
little stone joyful He called the An
Gent Order Of Whitebeards together
and after lengthy discussion OBJ about
eleven minutts they decided that for
tn good Of your soul and the dig
nifty Of the elders that you would do a
siesta of about 20 minutes on the
thumbscrews. About the time they had
the thumbscrew in second speed you
came to the conclusion that after all,
the dominic had tho proper dope, and
ju before you tainted you called the
game. Or If you happened to mention
casually to q neighbor over the back
fence that the mayor Of the town
was small edition of a stewed prune
or IL in a burst OF confidence you
mentioned to the same nelghbor that
the mayor owed you a title bill for
smoking tobacco, did the mayor hook
the family plate to get enough nazuma
to file q bin Of particulars against you
and at the same time sue you for a
couple of hundred thousand oartwheels
for damage to his reputation. Answer,
he did not.
He merely sent around one Of the
dogs OF the law who proceeded to brace
let's you with a young steel mill, and
q nice cool fountain with the aqua
pura banning II on the think tank
at the rate Of about one drop per "a
seconds.
Them were the good old days If
your Mother-in Law decided to let Won
give her her three squares for few
short months and then showed you
where your system Of housekeeping
was all to tho bow vows, you didn't
have to slip the sibhbors the secret
with your sub rosa wills ers: you
m, rely picked out an old rolling pin
THAI tho Misses was through with, and
proceeded to argue along those lines,
But styles chaged and the thumb
screw, rack, wheel Ct al became en-
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
BUILDING 70

Wednesday. July 10, S:I5-~Mid week
devotional service. Rev, John Wagner,
Leader
Thursday, July II. 9;00--Noving pic
lures, pictures shown on outdoor
screen.
Friday. July 10, Sss0--conoert and
vaudeville, popular stuff by popular
people in khaki.
saturday July 1S--open,
Sunday, July Il, 1000 a. m,-Bible
lass. DR. ]. n Strong, Leader SIS
p. m. Enlisted Mems League.
Monday, July 49, $500 p. m.-~Moving
s - $780, elntllreA khoMn on screen out
doors.
Tuesday, July l6, Sis i. m,---Musical
Augusta Entertainers.
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BUILDING 231

Wednesday. July 10th, S:l5 p. M
Boxing and wrestling
Thursday s!15 p. m.~-Mid-weed re-
liaious service.
Friday, Sis p, m.--Movies,
Saturday, Sis p, illustrated lee
ture on india by Secretary Plank.
sunday, $50 a. m, morning service;
S;15 p. m, evening service.
Monday, S:ls p, m.--To be announc-
ca
Tuesday. S:i5 p gn.--Movies.
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BUILDING 70

Wednesday. July 10th, s--Movies,
outside
Thuraday-~open night
Friday. s s0~~Religious service:
speaker, Rev, Scott r, Wagner
Saturday, Movies, outside
Sunday Sunday night services con-
Quoted BY Mr.. Charles N. St John
Monday S;15 p, m.--Athletie night
boxing and wrestling.
Tuesday s:l5 p. Entertainment
by the ladies' OF Augusta Talk on
Current Events by Secretary Frederick
B. Heitkamp.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
Hun ReOision of
Conduct Rules

Contributed by George AIDE e the
national Security Leagues campaign
~ patriotism Through Educationl.
we must win the big war or else
revise all moral codes, rewrlte All the
proyerhs and adopt brand new set
AZ rules to govern conduct
we have accepted the tirns~honored
aAAwss ~ SELF evident truths.
we found them in cur carly COPY.
books and we grew up ON them ana
rsnaatea them 80 often that, naturally,
we ea11ae 70 think that they could pc
relied upon
Then Germany came along with an
sntahsely modern variety or Ethics
bearifg the label OF Kultur.
mo new medicine Is not taken In
seYnAl1y or rubbed on as a liniment
Bit YOU have 1t shot into you by
large gun.
unIess we refuse 70 take tho treat.
naent, everything that we ever believed
II. WIN be overrtlled, discarded and
thrown into the alley
II Germany is not licked TO q stand-
sim, No might as well begin to mem
oriz ,v.zusA nuYntiy accept lie follows
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
PHILOSOPHIC PHIL

A rookie Just into town. the other
night while walking down Broad Street
asked why there were SO many banks
in Augusta. Buck private suggested
that possibly it was because there were
so many doughboys in camp.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

We have eaten some meals in our
time, but the way Company c. 317th
Machine Gun Battalion ate at noon on
the Fourth sure was a treat. AL they
missed was toothpicks and finger
bowls. Our slsypiece is off to Mess
Sergeant =. A. Hatch.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

Wife, think YOU are just as mean as
YOU can be- ] made that apple dumping
as a pleasant surprise or YOU and now
YOU ten me 70 bring n meat saw 10 cut
it In two with"
husband" gracious is that =
dumping I x L for q oocoanut III
eat Il now II IL kills me-"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

After all, although the rooster
does a lot Of growing, it's the hen
that delivers the goods.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
4 lDss Conf :.

: Sa'a 10 All - OFF ta
.s 4 4 fIse iurdorera, for
4rherit the eRrth,
yeu are right handy with
then 60 ahead.
ii reputation is better than
IA crushed ID earth win not rise
IL the crushing ~ done In a SUI
Ii and efficient manner.
virtuous and you VIA be niser-
q Thrice armed IL hq who goes around
F&icking quarreis.
Might makes right
Hell on earth and hatred for all men.
DO unto others AZ you suspect that
they might do untb you II they ever
got ia be as disrephtable as you are.
God helps the man who helps him
SELF TO his neighbor's house and his
fields ana his unprotected women
Those don't sound right do they?
The old ones that we learned first Of
All are not yet out Of date
Suppose we don't revise them.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

A lot Of people yell their heads off
about canning the Kaisers, but forget
that all canning jobs require lot of
sudar.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

with Paris and Rio Janeiro leading
oSf n naming street after President
vVi.aon. keep your eye an the Husks-
tnTgY1x. Alfaffavines, Barnturgs etc, etc.
etc
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

Also every war saving stamp
helps to seal the can.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

Did you see the parade
on the 4th? Also did you
notice the az" secretaries
doing squads right, column
half left? Oh boys! AS a
marching Unit, they were
the best Z. NJ. c. A. men in
line.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

What
Always tickles
Us. is TO hear Of
Some heavy dude Of
About 10 pounds in
His necktie, pick
out nice little female
Hercules. tipping the
Beam at about 212,
And after q court
Ship of about 6 weeks,
In which he ruins d
Couple Of ten case notes
on taxis. flowers, etc,
Some nice large evening,
When he and the moon are
In the same condition, being
About half fun.
He asks her II he
Can't protect her against
The wiles Of the world
Forever. Cen you imagine
That stuff2
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

Our idea of wonderful time, this
weather would be to be thrown into
lake OF ice cream and have to swim out.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

,v1,IIs IA lie nrsnirg mood why not a
s,,arnsti0p contest for a new naane for
Berlin.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

Two Kansas farmers met at county
seat shortly after a cyclone had visited
that neiglfhorhO0d
'WelI sir" said one Of them, she
shook up things out my way, to be sure
By the way. Henry" he added did that
new barn Of yours get hurt any?"
II cant say replied the second farm
err I haven't found It yet
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

Off II 4HHsilS u stIStt etsNt = AS'AN
Wiss5n. keep your eye on the Husks-
towns, Alfaifavilies. Barn. urgs etc etc.
etc. 49,.
wlsIla il the naming fnood why not a
suggestion contest for new name for
Berlin.
Sd Russia has returned to the Allies
ASKING Tor help. Of course hsasla VIII
get the help. Ard sometimes these
prodigaIs turn out pretty wen after
al
Tne German press has lately been
overlooking the Hun victories
In 1917 men In ranks numbered 202,-
$40. Now tbs number IS 100000. Will
helm the yandal Will soon keL ths
notnf o9 the joke his son tht Clown
Pfitsce referred to when America en-
tered The war.
over 1913, 0o0 Americans IN France,
axyarv aYle az them Itching to use his
ravoy1at on tho Nun, every one Of them
vveil~fed. weil-eq 1ipped, well-cared Tor
laura she Fourth OF July was a great
day Tor tbs weird.
aorne0ne has ugRested that the king
Ne me viperA and his coterie Of SER
Tenfa ba Gagged up and put II q too.
isnf how about the poor dumb brutes
II ne zno9 What have they done 20
~ M rniatreated7 Why should they
have Is dwell under the same roof with
uohenxollerns2
nid YOU read President Wilson's In
dependence Day address delivered at
MT. Vermont
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

Tel the merchants you saw 1t in
Trench and Camp.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

yhe German press has lately been
overlookiug the Hun Victories
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10
That lii ole thirty per, Ell boys?

It might not be very elegant
TO say, but that old phrase,
keep your mouth shut" is a
mighty good one these days.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-10

AT EASE.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-06-01
!, REsTATEs OUR WAR AIMS
TIL PRESIDENT

President Wilson punctured the latest pacifist bubble in
his speech in New York last week by notifying our allies as
well AZ orr foes that America will not be a party to a peace
negotiation at the expense of Russia. 81 am here to stand for
Russia as well as for France" Il have tested the German
Intinlations on peace and have found them insincere." "Ev-
cry proposal with regard to accommodation in the west in
wolves a reservation with regard to the east" IF they wish
peace let them come forward through accredited representa-
tives and lay their terms on the table. We have laid ours and
they know what they are" The president could add little to
what he had previously said, but with these words he kept the
record straight and reaffrmed our high purpose in entering
this war and our determination "first, to win the war; second,
to win it greatly and w%orthily." We shall accept no peace that
does got secure justice and liberty for all the world.
What we shall do and how we shall do it he made equally
clear. America, richest and strongest of nations, will fight to
her last man and her last dollar so that there may never be
another war like this. The president aroused the world by
saving: 81 have heard men say we must have five million men
ready. Why limit it to that number" There is to be no limit
of men, money or time for the winning of the war. There is
to be no peace that falls short of our aims and the fulfillment
of the pledges to which we have dedicated ourselves. Ger
many forced us into war, but can never force us to stop fight
ing. We shall never consent to letting her retain her ill-gotten
gains in any quarter.
Our army in France is already formidable in numbers. 1t
will grow in strength as rapidly as possible, for every ship
shall 60 nn every voyage with every man and all the supplies
it can carry" So says the commander-inchie of the military
and naval forces of America, and so says every loyal Ameri-
can. We are launching new ships at a rate beyond precedent.
We are building gun shops and munition plants for a war of
many years duration. We are drafting men by the million
and training them intensively for active service. We cannot
do everything in a day, but, under the presidents leadership
we shall not stop until we have done everything that is posi-
BILE to win this war on the lines defined by him. We stand
ready to assume a large part of the burden hitherto borne by
our allies with high foritude and self-sacrifice. New York
Commercial.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-06-01
MEXICO PLAYING WITH FIRE

Great Britain depends on oil from the Tampico fields for
her navy. The British and American oil companies which
furnish the supply have certain clear rights and they have
made this region the most prosperous part of the country
They do not object to paying reasonable taxes, but they do pro-
test against confiscatory export taxes which German agents
are trying to induce Carranza to levy. They also demand pro-
lection against bandits who Systematically rob their paymas-
tiers on the outskirts of the city of Tampico. This ugly situa-
ton, they claim, is due to German plots and Influence.
Nothing would suit the kaiser better than war between
America and Mexico, for he seems to have an exaggerated no
ton of what Mexico can do and of the fear of such a war that
prevails in the United States. In this desperate war between
.autocracy and democracy Carranza is playing a dangerous
game. If he cannot maintain order in the Tampico oil fields
intervention may be forced upon us. If he tries to cut off che
oil which the British navy must have he will invite disaster.
plain duty and wisest policy is to join other Latin-Ameri-
can republics in declaring war against Germany and thus put
his country right with the civilized word-Exchange.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-06-01
THE BEAST OF BERLIN

Like Nero, the kaiser glories in his shame. He put n'
infamy ON record in his address to the town council OF MIA
Chapelle a few DAYS ago and fixed forever his place IN history
as chief of all the monsters who have murdered ILL "o0U
hapless peoples. To harden the hearts of the German peopio'
he depicted the devastation of France and exclaimed: ~
ever should grow faint-hearted ought to come to the iroh' a"u
see the devastation"
German prisoners of war have recounted the ellorus "
their officers to make them fight. They are told tnat hen
foes will be still more ruthless than themselves II they ~
set foot on German soil. They and the people at nome de
warned that reprisals will be melted out to them II n ehem
ever crosses the Rhine. This peculiar species OF terrorism 10
the mainstay of Prussianism in the war. 1t makes the eflh
people willing to give their lives, their labor and ther money
to save themselves from such atrocities as their oluler d'0
inflicted ON others.
The kaiser sputters and lies to terrorize and deceive hs
subjects. Three months ago he tried to make them Delev1
that the war would be over by this time. A year ago ne tou
them that submarines would win the war in six months. Do"
predictions proved false, and now he resorts to MS TUFTS
when forced to admit that he cannot win this year.
Never before did the head of a great army or the ruler U d
powerful nation put himself in such an evil light before ne
world. Out of his own mouth have come the proofs ol h'
wantonness and megalomania. He is not devold OF shre"u-
ness. which he shows in his effort to terrorlZe his own peoPe
with pictures of the horrors of war that may come nome ~
them: but in his boasts of the devastation of France he as Pun
himself outside the pale, and history will class him WIN P-
rates, slave hunters and other scum OF the human ~ fA
change.