U&gjj TRENCH AND CAMP
^TTF Published weekly at tho National canlj|
jjlij jj|l tonments for the soldiers of tha United
Ij I |!| |jl ADVISORY BOARD OF CO-OPERATINQ
,1 >} JOHN STEWART BRYAN. Chairman.
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John Stewart Bryan. Richmond NewsLeader.
IM" r3 Harry Chandler. Los Angeles Times.
I Amon C. Carter. Fort Worth Star Tele1
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2L CT ill i' Victor Lawson. Chicago Ncwa
IBfN*i Ki -harles K. Marsh. Wa-o Moraine Ncwa
a A^M?rUir El P*3O^Hcrald.^t0
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I AM THE PURPOSE OF TRENCH
fclll-jB AND CAMP
I ' " _ W With this issue commences the
Kn<publication of "Trench and Camp,"
a national paper for the National
m M>1 Guard and the National Army.
II111 11 i: 1 Nerer before in America, and nev
icr oetore in tnc msioty ui i??c w?.
h*s a paper been published simultaneously
at 32 points, to give the men
of a great army the same news and
the same message, and through the
medium of the written word to keep
those men in close and vital touch
and relationship with the activities
of all their brothers in arms wherever
they might be. From Tacoma
in the Northwest to Boston in the
Northeast; from Los Angeles and El
Paso; from San Antonio and New
Orleans; from eighteen cities in the
South; from Chicago. Battle Creek,
Des Moines and Topeka in the West;
from New York, Trenton, Washington,
and Richmond; from Louisville
and Little Rock, there will be issued
once a week at least 125,000 copies
of 'Trench and Camp," in order that
the men who are gathered from these
states, and from all the other states
where no camps are located, may
learn how fares the war in Europe,
fl |f Bpffl and how progress the preparations
D Jm TE Umtwf States.
11 I R Through "Trench and Camp" all
IfcKAA
the activities of the army. They will
iajgMa have news from home, news from
the front, rvcws from their own
vhA8L3 camps. With the aid of the newspaper
publishers who have made this
great work possible by their patriotism
and their generosity, with the
endorsement of the officials, with the
\ co-operation in news-gathering from
mCM the separate interests in the canton\
ments, we hope to make "Trench and
Camp" a vital, living transcript of
the life of the army that has been
f J formed to keep alive civilization.
Although "Trench and Ca-mp" is
not primarily designed for civilians,
v ^ In it will still keep as its ideal first and
\\iYl foremost to be a newspaper. It will
\VI\ seek to print the news, to inform, to
;i m stimulate and to help relieve the tei}
??
III A CENTURY and a quarter
fjl k xl mustered and marched in 1
army 01 cuizen-suiuiera
1^1 Kffl things broth ers-in-arms to the gi
i d Kyj now gathering in America.
)jli P/j That army of France was called
^ farm, the loom and the factory. 1
*?* ^52 trained in military tactics. It was
Oin the arts of war. The campfir
cantonment. The wrathful guns
drill sergeant. The hardened old *
uf Prussia, the Hessian hireling:
J Austrian hussars looked with pit}
|j!i l|i II||| tempt on those raw recruits brouj
il: r i] slaughter-pen of battle.
):H M But the reverberations of the
I! of those recruits were the rolling
i liberty. Here was a new fact i:
| Here was a force that kings had
y oned with and could not control.
I the monarchs of Europe sought
ill that raw army of France, they
O'XH illumined by a spirit that has ah
invincible. It was the spirit of
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Copyright by Brown Broa.
n,-rural Eli D. Horle
A GREETING WORTH WHILE
By Brie. Gen. Eli 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, both in the United States
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?Spldier's paper?for
free distribution among the soldiers.
Such a work", ft 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 now
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, and that
the selective draft principle is just
and right.
THE JOB
In the words of President Wilson,
the task before 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 rnili-.
tary routine, "Trench and Camp"
will be a graphic account of the life
of our soldiers, whether they are
diilling or fighting, at home or "over
there."
JOHN STEWART BRYAN.
"Marching Int
ago there i?m. It was an ide
Ti- ;h;
trance an x., ??> me un
in nil the new birth of fre
, a" that army freed Fr
-eat army ^ was overthre
' with the enthusiasm
from the Austria's pride.
[t was un- When France's citi:
unlearned inextinguishable lum
e was its the whole world, the
were its torch-bearers of tha
grenadiers they were warring fc
5 and the dom and for humanit
r and con- could not chill their a
?ht to the their morale. That v
to bear the hardship
footsteps tions and to gain th
drums of tory. In the light thj
n history. doubt and darkness, i
not reck- ing, they felt as thoi
And when marching into the di
to crush Over the very g
found it heights and through
vays been the army of Sambre
national- of foreign invaders,
OLD GUARD WELCOMES NEW
By MaJ. Gen. William P. Duvall,
Commander Southeastern Dept.
The Invitation 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 _t
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 Bensation. Everything
is new. We live in a new world,
aud "I thank whatever gods there
be" that at three-score-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 roadleae 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
fhe new is present there in such
volume and power that from these
camps, soon to be moulded by its
energy, .will presently march forth
the strength of the Nation?oui^
manhood, trained and disciplined
for war.
The new is theirs. 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 our country
is as dear to us whoee work is nearing
completion as its past is beloved
anu cnensnea wiin priae, ana we
wonld have the new Army know
that our hearts are with them and
that we confide the future to them
with proud confidence.
Of the old in things military, 1
would say to them, respect it. Let
democracy advance, let \equality be
made real, let social apd political
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think "the folks back home" w
They wilt be interested in a
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 ca^ise 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 sertn
her without reservation.
When I am sent to a foreign land 1
whose customs and laws may be un- <
like those at home, I will observe a
decent tolerance and wise control, 1
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 i
heart. '
'o the Dawn."
al above all material American
mitable possibilities of of freedor.
edom. Thus inspired, France. \
ance before Napoleon field wher
w Prussia's discipline, repulsed ?
of youth, and humbled 1793; whe
a century
sen-soldiers caught the eagles of i
inance that lighted up the darknt
IV. 4.1
y Knew tney were uie uie uwucp
t radiance. They felt dead, the
>r democracy, for free- troops?tt
y. That was why cold men will t
rdor nor defeat impair as they r
ras why they were able dawn of 1
is, to suffer the priva- ocracy, in1
e prize of lasting vie- can come :
it never failed, through as thia;_:
uncertainty and suffer- which wil
lgh they were "always lust and b
iwn!" sible?into
[round, up the same will marcl
the same forests that plaud tho
? et Meuse swept free whose hea
, the soldiers of the of that da
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Photo br CHoedlnit. /-i V,S3l .
General William P. Daeall ;
f..a^anikMiir nv?r Avnrv obsolete
obstruction; but in military discipllne,
routine, customs, and properties
let our sons who are new at
soldiering seek in each detail ita
fundamental uso before anything is
discarded or lightly disregarded.
The true soldier, whether an officer
of the highest grade or a man in 'V
the ranks, finds nothing trivial or ' 1
unnecessary in the smallest mill- . , \
tary courtesy or duty. Earnest s'nb- ?
jection of the will to discipline, faithfulness
in little things, atten- 3
tion to details make the soldier,- J
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. jXjfel
I would say to every man of the jj
new Army: With you rests the hon- -h' *
or, success, and happiness of oar -Igjffil
country; It Is to you we look to. -7 a
show the world what Americans 1
can do whpn their country is in ... A
danger.
m\
imp,""how much more do you
ould like^it?^ ^ ^
paper place a one cent stamp
home. x. ' '
OBEDIENCE IN CAMP ?
Obedience Is the crown of the soKSsfisf
(Her. His willingness to obey, without
question, the orders of his tboperior,
is the proof that he is fit to ' '
be called a soldier, whether he Is of ;--?w|
the rank or file.
"Therefore dolh Heaven divide
The state of man in divers fuxto?. -i?'i'
tlons*
Setting endeavor in continual mo- >,
To which Is fixed, as an aim or :
butt,
Obedience."
So say8 Shakespeare and soli ill history
illuminated with acts of obe?
dience on the part of soldiers that
led to glorious victories. Obedience .
in the army is nothing but co-operation
under leadership.
armv will bear a like fltanriAnt
n in the spirit of revolutionary v,
Vhen our battalions camp on the
e the hosts of oppression were ->
md defeated by the soldiers of
n our flag leads where more than,
ago the tricolor swept away the
jelfish aristocracies; when out of
sss of his nameless crimes against
of the living ana abodes of the
enemy shall be driven by our
le faces and the banners of our.
>e radiant with the growing light
oarch into the dawn. Into the
mmanity, into the dawn of demto
the dawn of a day when there
no more the terror of such a war
into a dawn the brightness of
I drive from German hearts the
rutality that made this war pos)
that dawn American soldierl y
i. The world will envy and a|>,se
in whose hearts and about;.
ids will linger forever the glory
wn.
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