tiffin TRENCH AND CAMP
Published weekly at the National can_
flljj Ijll tonmenta for the soldlora of the United
li ill ADVISORY BOARD OF CO-OPERATINO
f IJ ill _ PUBLISHERS
f|Jl ilij JOHN STEWART BRYAN. Chairman.
I'i.j! ! i H C. A tier. Chattanooga Times.
I VM [ j| C. II. Allen. Montgomery Advertiser.
I I li.fl M W. T. Anderson. Macon Telegraph,
mj' L i I'U f. S." "Baker. Tacoma Tribune.
John Stewart Bryan. Richmond NewaLeader.
?1 ==J Ilarry Chandler. I.oa Angeles Times.
I1 tmtn c. Carter. Fort Worth Star Tole
Klmer E. Clark. I.lttle Rock Democrat.
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f^||' eiarL ' Oklahoma ?Clty Oklaho^
C. A Martin. W P*ao*Heral(L 6 J
A. I. Miller. Battle Creek Enquirer- J
^ ' '*; s,,,x- New Tork World.
HI fTS Published under the auspices 01 ?ne c?Hfl.'T
[LK; tlon-l War Work Cesn.ll of the T. M. C. A.
W'yIJx li of (he United States with the co-operation
? of the papers abovo named. '
II I AM THE PURPOSE OF TRENCH
11 1! ,t1B and caiip
g With this issue commences the
publication of "Trench and Camp,"
a national paper for the National
mi ifrvl Guard a?d the National Army.
Never before in America, and nevI
y cr before in the history of the world,
U i/M has a paper been published simulta- I
AJJ i//M neously at 32 points, to give the men I
fO\A'B of a great army the same news and
ri/Xxje Jhe same message, and through the
medium of the written word to keep
?those men in close and vital touch |
^H' iTlff and relationship with the activities
of all their brothers in arms wher- I
U ftj ever they might be. From Tacoma
fl Jm 'n Northwest to Boston in the
ffl iiTri Northeast; from Los Angeles and El
ml-dm K Paso; from San Antonio and New
I K Orleans; from eighteen cities in the
M 2 D South; from Chicago. Battle Creek,
ttl Des Moines and Topeka in the West;
Mm Oil fr?m New York, Trenton, WasbingII
I VII ton, and Richmond; from Louisville
and Little Rock, there will be issued
Bkfl once a week at least 125,000 copies
ffy-B it of 'Trench and Camp," in order that
I 1 flrfl 'be mcn "bo are gathered from these
I 9 B m sta,es- anc' from all the other states
IBjP S| where no camps are located, may
jfll 'earn bow fares the war in Europe,
H Brill and how progress the preparations
B 11 tl y of the United States.
Si! I W Through "Trench and Camp" all
Ur?T-ter_|r| the soldiers will be kept informed of
the activities of the army. They will
have news from home, news from
TwtB (bc front, news from their own
BpMV&ftS camps. With the aid of the newspaper
publishers who have made this
VLJJli Krcat work possible by their patriotism
and their generosity, with the
endorsement of the officials, with the
\ co-operation in news-gathering from
\ uH the separate interests in the canton?\
T J ments, we hope to make "Trench and
Camp" a vital, living transcript of
? th? l'f? of the army that has been
J formed to keep alive civilization.
jyYivN Although "Trench and Camp" is
not Prim?rUy designed for civilians,
k '* fit it will still keep as its ideal first and
\ i/k foremost to be a newspaper. It will
! * V ' seek to print the news, to inform, to
m
III I A CENTURY anc* a Quarter
'j I k l\ mustered and marched in
,i| n army of citizen-soldiei
i^l Sfl things brothers-in-arms to the j
I'a Kfl now gathering in America.
jjflL_Bjj That army of France was calle
^ Vy/n farm, the loom and the factory.
trained in military tactics. It wa
Oin the arts of war. The campf
cantonment. The wrathful gur
drill sergeant. The hardened old
I'MOV of Prussia, the Hessian hirelin;
Austrian hussars looked with pf
|!!i jilll |l tempt Oil muse raw ictiuus uiw
ji!: | J ij slaughter-pen of battle.
j:H A But the reverberations of th
(j j j of those recruits were the rollin
|lj jj I liberty. Here was a new fact
!ji j Here was a force that kings ha
jit i|| 'jy oned with and could not control,
ill ]fl 11 the monarchs of Europe sougt
'll 81II that raw army of France, the
illumined by a spirit that has a
invincible. It was the spirit 1
Copyright by Brown Bros.
General Eli D. Hoyle
A GREETING WORTH WHILE
By Brig. Gen. Ell D. Hoyle,
Commander Eastern Department
It has been my privilege and
pleasure to observe the wonderful
work of the Y. M. C. A. in the
Army, UOIU m mo
and in the Philippine Islands, and
to note the great good done to our
soldiers.
I understand the Y. M. C. A. is
now about to make a new venture
?that with the approval of the Secretary
of War, they will soon begin
the publication, in each National
Army Cantonment, of a real live
Army paper?Soldier's paper?for
free distribution among the soldiers.
Such a work, tf well conducted,
will add to the soldiers'
pleasure and contentment, increase
his interest in his duties and in
military life, and develop esprit de
corps. I have confidence that the
Y. M. C. A. will succeed in this new
field as they have succeeded in so
many others. There is a, growing
belief among our people that the
National Army is going to be a
most representative and valuable
part of our war forces, aud that
the selective draft principle is just
and right.
THE JOB
In the words of President Wilson,
the task berore the American fighting
men is to bring about a "Peace
based on Justice and Fairness and
the Common Rights of Mankind."
dium and monotony of camp life.
And for those unfamiliar with military
routine, "Trench and Camp"
will be a graphic account of the life
of our soldiers, whether they are
drilling or fighting, at home or "over
there."
| JOHN STEWART BRYAN.
"Marching Ir
ago there ism. It was an it
France an gains. It was the il
now hirth r\f fi
s?in all that army freed F
jreat army was known,- everthi
' with the enthusiasn
id from the Austria's pride.
It was un- When France's ci
s unlearned inextinguishable lui
ire was its the whole world, tl
is were its torch-bearers of th
grenadiers they were warring
?s and the dom and for human
ty and con- could not chill their
ught to the their morale. That
to bear the hardsh
e footsteps tions and to gain i
g drums of tory. In the light t.
in history. doubt and darkness
d not reck- ing, they felt as th
And when marching into the
it to crush Over the very
:y found it heights and throug
ilways been the army of Samb
)f national- of foreign invade:
OLD GUARD WELCOHES NEW
Bj MaJ. Gen. William P. DaloB.
Commander Southeastern Dept.
The lnyltatloh of the Y. M. C. A.
to address the men of the new army
through the columns of Its new
Army Weekly Is to the old officer g
of the old Army a new proposition.
To find that he welcomes such an
opportunity to speak thus publicly
though unofficially to soldiers is to
him a new sensation. Everything
is new. We live in a new world,
and "I thank whatever gods there
be" that at three-acore-years-andten
I am young enough to see It
and to grasp the new while keeping
firm hold of the old essentials of
soldiering, which must always remain
conservative.
So to the men of the new army
I would speak of the new and of
the old.
The new is only too visible to
them in its material form: the
rough and roadless hillsides of their
camps, the crude harsh lines of the
barracks, the raw lumber yet to
be constructed into housing or
strewn about in the chaos of hasty
creation. But in its spiritual aspect
the new is present there in such
volume and power that from these
camps, soon to be moulded by its
energy, vwfll presently march forth
the strength of the Nation?our'
manhood, trained and disciplined
for war.
The new is thoirs. They are of
it. The invisible new world lives
in their heart and brain, and they
will know how to build the future
of the Nation guided by the freshly
illuminated vision of our old
ideals. The future of oiir country
is as dear to us whose work is Hearing
completion as its past is beloved
and cherished with pride, and we
would have the new Army know
that onr hearts are with them and
that we confide the future to them
with proud confidence.
Of the old in things military, I
would say to them, respect it.' Let
democracy advance, let equality be
made real, let social and political
SOU
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think "the folks back home" \
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ties in words and pictures.
When you have read this
on the front cover and send it
"A SOLDIER'S CREED"
I believe in the justice and honesty
of the catse for which America
is at war.
I believe that my country needs .
me, and to this end, that victory
may come swiftly, I pledge my services
to her without reservation.
When I am sent to a foreign land
whose customs and laws may be unlike
those at home, I will observe a
decent tolerance and wise control,
not forgetting that by my actions
will strangers judge the character
of all Americans for all time.
Because I am willing to give my
youth and strength to my country I
believe that my country loves me
and is praying for me, and to this
end, I shall demand as little from
her as may be, knowing that her
prayers will give me strength to
fight with courage, and to take my
hours of recreation with a clean
heart.
ito the Dawn."
leal above all material American
limitable possibilities of of freedo
-eedom. Thus inspired, France.
Vanep hpfore Naboleon field whe
rew Prussia's discipline, repulsed
i of youth, and humbled 1793; wh
a centurj
tizen-soldiers caught the eagles of
minance that lighted up the darkr
ley knew they were the the bodie
lat radiance. They felt dead, th<
for democracy, for free- troops?t
ity. That was why cold men will
ardor nor defeat impair as they
was why they were able dawn of
ips, to suffer the priva- ocracy, ii
the prize of lasting vie- can come
hat never failed, through as this;
, uncertainty and suffer- which wi
ough they were "always lust and
dawn!" sible?in'
ground, up the same will mar
rh the same forests that plaud tb
ire et Meuse swept free whose hi
rs, the soldiers of the of that d
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General William P. Duvall
freedom'break over every obsolete
obstruction; but in military discipline,
routine, customs, and properties
let our sons who are new at
soldiering seek In each detail ita
fundamental uso before anything ie
discarded or lightly disregarded.
The true soldier, whether an officer .
of the highest grade or a man in,$2jftl
the ranks, finds nothing trivial or ' ?f
unnecessary In the smallest mill- . \
tary courtesy or duty. Earnest sub- ^
jection of the will to discipline, - -v 1
faithfulness in little things, attention
to details make the soldier, 5
whether the detail be one affecting '
smartness of dress and appearance, \
or the nice care of the mechanism
of a machine gun or heavy artillery. ^r-I
I would say to every man of the
new Army: With you rests the hon- ' ^
or, success, auu ? ? - country;
it is to you we look to..
J show the world what Americans
can do when their country la In j\
I danger.
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amp,"'how much more do you
vould like it?
my paper telling of your activipaper
place a one cent stamp
home. \ ' '
OBEDIENCE IN CAMP
Obedience is the crown of the 8ol-* -.,' ;9
dier. His willingness to obey, with-.^ffll
out question, the orders of hiB su- ?
perior, is the proof that he is fit UP "Si
be called a soldier, whether he Is of #/??
the rank or file.
"Therefore doth Heaven divide' '
The state of man in divers foag4??||
tions, .
Setting endeavor In continual mo?'"' yV
tlon;
To which is fixed, as an aim or ,r
butt, --aS
Obedience."
So says Shakespeare and so is *U
history illuminated with acts of obo*
dience on the part of Boldlers that j
led to glorious victories. Obedieneo .
in the army is nothing but co-op era*tion
under leadership.
army will bear a like standard
m in the spirit of revolutionary
When our battalions camp on the .
re the hosts of oppression were
and defeated by the soldiers of
en our flag leads where more than ?g
' ago the tricolor swept away the
selfish aristocracies; when out of *
less of his nameless crimes against s
of the living and abodes of the
j enemy shall be driven by our
;he faces and the banners of our.
be radiant with the growing light- .'
march into the dawn. IntcTxhe - |
humanity, into the dawn of demlto
the dawn of a day when there
no more the terror of such a war
into a dawn the brightness of
ill drive from German hearts the
brutality that made this war posto
that dawn American soldiers I
ch. The world will envy and apose
in whose hearts and about;,
jads will linger forever the glory