Newspapers / Trench and Camp (Charlotte, … / Oct. 15, 1917, edition 1 / Page 6
Part of Trench and Camp (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
TRENCH AND CAMP { tflfljl Published weekly at the National canl( li f^l ,0nmenU f?r th8 ,oldlo*s ot th? Unlt I: I !| ADVISORY BOARD OF CO-OPERATINO PUBLISHERS Hi jlj'j l| JOHN STEWART BRYAN. Chairman, j 'y j! !| !jl H C A tier, Chattanooga Tlmea I ? lil 1 c ,L A:,en- Montgomery Advertiser. ";!'! l}| 11(1 W. T. Anderson. Macon Telegraph. Hlu li ! I ! F s Baker. Taconia Tribune. If'l ill W W. Ball. Columbia Statu. NiBily/ John Stewart Bryan. Richmond Newa-m ?, Harry Chandler. I.oa Angeles Tlmea , Atnen C. Carter. Fort Worth Star TelaIII ' Klnier E. Clark. Little Rock Democrat. ify U'.vVn i: irdaer Owles. Pes Moines Register. \li /YS^" I R Crolhera- s%a Francl3c0 Bulletin. Il I / "Vsllll K- Ga> lord. Oklahoma' City Oklaho IL/'f I 111 f p. Obx. Birmingham News. I ' J Ull Hru. e H aide-man. Louisville CourlerMA' M H 3 "lark Howell. Atlnnta Constitution. rNfcOM-wll Janus Kearney. Trenton Times Qij |B jij jjij K.l.ert I at t ham, Charleston News and 63 fli! Vil Charles' k' Marsh. Waco Morning New* U fi P| Frank 1*. McLennan. Topeka State JourB Hcl n'A Miller. Battle Creek EnQUlrerHn |S Jjj TO I> IV Monro. New Orleans Tltnoa-PlCA5 "prank R Noyes. Washington Star. If B W w Sullivan. Charlotte Obserrer. J fn lui-JM Chaa. 11 Taylor. Jr . Boston Globe. V Wl Wl jHrn,-!' M Thompson. New Orleans Item. KWMW Published under tho auspices of the NaI Wir Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. rHE "FINISHED" SOLDIER j; <yjn Some of this new life may seem hard. Duties from reveille to taps, drill and more drill, a thousand Bp-!J I | | things to do and another thousand j, (,111,1 t0 leave undone?perhaps, when weary muscles rcbel, we may ask vi-iLvfi ourselves if all are necessary. We ' yvread of the clash of armies and we "z>kS?H wonder the more: "Over Thfre." it B seems to be man again man, bayonet i*i:ainst bayonet, strong heart against g" fbeart that does not fail. Over here it is wcrl: and discipline, training B S?!|| Kfl "od tramping: must v/e learn it all. (?.K~yn Kj to the last detail, before we take our fll'RflJI places by our comrades of France t . ^ "nd Britain? The questions will rise, cfe ki ' 11 battle against them though we may. If it be so, remember this: the w^i if v* critical campaigns of France and of If-flt n ifl! i !,I"uc,s a,c uc"*s |[ WJftUjfl the drill-grounds of our cantonK .-nents. The boys who march back ? iiTa^l ,0 barracks, these October afterfi R^n noons. are the same boys who will B h|L'H march into Berlin in the glorious (j? JBjj II noon of victory or else will strag'3L&J9 l'j broken, into the streets of R jK Bordeaux in the dismal night of dis|C{ raj |n H aster. Our success or failure here u ) II w'" mcan our htness or our down? An<* w/by? Because, of all the JyjIjJgLHJ weapons with which we shall fight UT'lTWWI w^cn at length we reach the r#*'mat fenches, none will prove so potent is a as knowledge. We shall see our lw,&k'3f. mustered divisions as they go into r 3 f-ffy action and we shall hear the endless (jf-jfi M/ roar of that long, long line of guns, m 3 .7, V" but we shall find that the greatest yY^-- strength of any army lies in the \'Jf El heads and the hearts of its men. v 7J/\ - As we know, so shall we be able to w--Wr The country wants the courage of [L J knowledge, net the wild abandon of - JPrV reckness sacrifice. It wants an army / jf**Tr- mighty in numbers, but mightier _ al, s,'l' 'n 'ts ability to impose the driiQff ma3"muin losses and achieve the i* greatest results with the minimum tL'yjf/ sacrifice. France entered this war JyV-V with crowded battalions and with / hosts that rejoiced at the sound of S , battle. In the first engagement?at /. J, *** Charleroi. in front of Mulhausen and rj | in Lorraine?her soldiers threw \ \V themselves against the German as v> though they craved the machine-gun \ \ ant* l^"e bayonet. They died as \ < * heroes, but they might have lived as J r-j\ 'bc saviours of their country. ToI day. every poilu who is sent to |BiP| | the front is trained in every method K&S ^ of defense as well as in all the arts Hh 11 of offense, because his life means EEs | J more to his country than his death could possibly accomplish. K_:?g In this sober spirit, our commandinc officers are lahorincr Mn? rmn rcwmnj ?s to be taken from his home', equipped, trained, sent overseas and eB^wBb thrown into action with any other H~ y*~y>. rp v'ew t'1an l^at wasting the least n n^rWrtr lo ga'n l^e rnost- That is why they i Vi insist upon the fundamentals. That i ' is why they drill us and school us j I' and train us in every trick of war. n j | | J, ; That is why they harden us by long 1 i !' I III raarches and prepare us by patient ! drills. We are to go: they would ij II not have us go in vain. And in this stern school, a quick mind is not less Sto be desired than a good eye; a : strong heart is as precious as stout legs. The soldier who serves ll ii America best in France will be the ^ soldier who sought in his cantonment to learn the most. TEEWCH I Fit K By Castner Browder The great war haB developed among other things the science of fighting in the air. There is no more fascinating and enthralling .game in the world than this new art of flying, at tremendous speed, thousands of feet above the ground, through clouds or above them. And when an enemy machine is sighted, then the real thing beginsand it becomes a contest of skill, nnrtnrnnne And nuick wit. as tO which shall bring down the other. However, air fighting is only incidental to the main objects of tho aerial arms of the armies. Rccon-_ naissance is the big thing, and this involves not only the flying of machines. but also photography, map making and the use of wireless to convey information quickly. Direction of artillery fire, or spotting, and bomb dropping are other major duties of the flying corps, and the actual fighting is done only in protection of these other duties. When a fleet of reconnaissance machines or bombers goes up on the daily job they are accompanied by some of the very fast single seater fighting machines. It is the . duty of the pilots of these machines, FRANCE NOW IN THE GREAT 1 AMERICAN PIE BELT All sorts of clubs have been formed in France where the American fighting man may be entertained during his furloughs. In countloss instances private homes have been opened with a right royal welcome to lads in khaki?yet notwithstanding all this spirit of hospitality and comradeship on the part of France, the men "Over There" have felt something lacking. There was a void in the atmosphere, so to speak; the world did not seem fully equipped. And at last some bright 'mind, pondering the situation, hit the target with a single word. "Pie!" exclaimed this talented one. "Pie! That's what the Americans want! That's what they're used to; and that's what they must have!" Instantly a search was made for some one who could evolve real, home-made, American Pie, with the U. S. A. permeating every flako of crust, and insinuating itself through every atom of "filling." Word flew from the American baso camp to Paris, and there met response. A quick inquiry was started as to whether any one In the Capital City could construct American Pie?not an imitation made from cook book recipe, but a real, surc-'nuff Pie made from experience, from hereditary influence. And at once this Someone was found, a true-blue American whose folks have been in the United States from way back of Revolutionary times, who was brought up in the Middle West, returned to live in her ancestral state of Vermont, married a Columbia University football captain, and has been in France for two years working day and night at her own expense to do her part in Civilization's fight against the Hun. Mrs. John R. Fisher, better known as the novelist Dorothy Canfield. came to relieve a strained Pie situation. She took hold a few weeks ago. and since then has been teaching French cooks not only how to make pie, but how to concoct rice pudding, corn fritters, buckwheat cakes, and other staples. This she is doing not alone for the benefit of American array cooks, but for French cooks of French households who now arc depending to an unusual extent upon American food materials. Thanks to her efforts, the great and glorious Gallic Republic has had new lustre added to its halo. At last La Belle France has achieved the ultimate. It Is now in the American Pie Belt. NELSON'S CARELESSNESS (?) She was an admirable person and 1?. nnnnW.mltv nt nnint. ing a moral to her small nephews and nieces. She took them to the museum for a treat. "This." said the guide, "is Nelson's vest, worn at the battle of Trafalgar, and this is the hole where the fatal bullet went through." "There, children," said the aunt. "You remember what I said about ? stitch in time saving nine. If that bole had been mended the bullet wouldn't have gone through." Then she capped it by adding, "And Nelson might have been living yet." N ; . vhting In the / which are armed with a machine gun (The American Lewis gun is much used for this.work), to attack and drive off any hostile machines which try to interfere with the work in hand. As both sides follow these same tactics, this brings on many aerial battles, which are usually waged far above the slower bombing or reconnaissance machines. Pilots of. opposing machines climb, dive, turn, loop, and try every known device to get in a position to train his gun on his adversary, and to get close enough to do some damage when he fires. When he thinks he is in the right position, he lets hitn have it. Some times a clever and skilful pilot will allow his machine tu uiup, jo 11 uii ouu vuw v/1 thus hood-winking the other fellow, only a few minutes later to reappear right under the tail of the man who thought he had finished him, and in turn lets him have it. An authority on air* fighting has stated that the ranges at which actual firing may occur vary from 400 yards to 4 yards, that he never heard of a single instanco where a hit was made at more than 400 yards, and that in order to do any damage, one should try to get withWhat'll We Do, V By Robert W. Service in Rh TIE nimr oTri ?prlnt In the mnmlntr. ho Chained all day to the name old ilenk, Pontine the wine old ,grra*y book*, ci Oh, how will I manage lo iitick It all, IX 1 We've bidden goodbye to life In a race, we They're pumping u* fall of bellicose rage, We're only beginning to find ourselves; we But when we go bark to our S!??j Job*,?o For shoulder* curved with the counter stoo And face* white from the office light will And we'll walk with the stride of a new-bo Scornful men who have diced with death u And when we get bock to the dreary grtni Don't you think that the dingy wlndow-bl Will suddenly melt to a riaion of apace, o Then, oh, the joy of the danger-thrill, and Don't you think ns we peddle a card of pi And again we'll be seeing the sand-bag rtr As a fiat voice asks for u pound of tea, doi The night-wind maun and the soothing dr Don't yon gness Hint the things we're seelr Heaven and hell rolled Into one, glory am Life's pattern picked with a scarlet thread To remind us all how wc played our part I Oh. we're booked for the Great Adventure W'll And ourselves or we'll lose ourselves i We'll know the rest of the fighter's life; tt We'll hunger and thirst; we'll die . . . Well breathe free air and well bivouac nn We'll march with men and we'll fight with Well know such Joys as we never drcamci But the hardest bit of it all will be?when For some of us smirk In n chiffon shop, am Some of us help with the seat of our panti The merits of somebody's soap or Jam, som But tall of us wonder what we'll do when i I THE PROPER SPIRIT A company of Plattsburgers was drawn up to learn how many of them were to graduate as officers. The names of those who had passed were read out. The officer in charge said: "The rest of you may go. In my opinion you are not good for anything, but I may be mistaken, and I hope the future will show that I am. There is one way for you to prove this now. You can enter the ranks and take a chance of working up. Any who desire to do this will please step three paces forward." Three men stepped forward. "I see," said the instructor officer, "that I made three mistakes. I am sorry I missed you three men. You certainly have the right spirit." I I ~T uraw i>ig Also Di There's a Wrisl Can you draw a patriotic cart the thirty-two National Guard and Can you draw sketches of arn day? That is what Trench and Cam If you cannot draw cartoons, artist" and can interest or entertai Trench and Camp will give a 1 the best cartoon or sketch and s Pulitzer Building, New York City. America's foremost pen and ii be the judges. The watch-winning cartoon i space permits will be published In All cartoons and drawings she ing, New York City, by noon, Nor _____ In 50 yards of the other machine,V ill He also said that it is very dlffl- I .1 cult to get within 100 yards with-; '4 -'/jj out being seen, although the pe- | culiar conditions of the air at the; I \ time cut a figure in this. &[ \ (M The speed at which these fight*';]p| jfl ing machines travel (well over 100 f J > miles per hour), accounts for thO? / W/M fact that it is necessary to get fiOfrir \.:'close before any damage can be;;.I . 1'gj done by firing. It is unnecessary to say thaV;T J'JB military aviators on active duty dp J 1 not lead a monotonous life. Far '!M 'J'? from it. From the stories which J are brought over and which are'I t 'i I sometimes seen in print (althotfgiga IJ It is necessary to take most of those w 19 in the papers with about a barrel 1 %.m I (jM or SJUl;, tuvjr cUVUD.. ?naw-ir r-a to satisfy anybody. An American. J 5 who served in the Lafayette Esca- 1 J drille of the French Army said re-. J | cently that one day he turned the f corner of a cloud when flying ra j 1 about 13,000 feet and found himself* | in the middle of a squadron of eight J or ten German machines. .; jv3s8?t-. 'f "What did you do?" he was*" C f asked. -;v>g? Si "I turned her .. nose down and1 t j went away from that place,"..he re- | fplied. Sftaj ' ,%3 -A< : -i Wien We're Back? ijnics of the Red Cross Man >'?. to the same old din anil smut; , ' S; , down In the name old nit; itchlns the same old train: V , ever set back acain. 're finished-with pmihlns a pen; \ 'J they're showing tin how to be men, 're wonders of brawn and thew; h. what are we going to do? , ; J p will bo carried erect and square! ' ' fl be broaxed by the open air; ? ra pride, with a new-found Joy In our eyea, inder the naked skies. I, and the bald-headed boon's call, J . g Ind. and the dingier office wall, f violent, flame-scarred night? oh, the roar of the fight! as the counter will fadeaway. " /l >3 n, fMid the barb-wire's misty grey? 'J. j't you fancy we'll hear instead, I 1 one of the packet that's overhead? J J* ig now will hannt as through aU the yean) ' 1 g J blood and tears; l, where oaro we wove with a grey I j? In the shock of an epic day? ' * t*-'M now,.we're pledged to the Real Romance; 1 io?newhere in giddy old France; ic best that we have we'll give; ? but first?we'll live; by the gods, well live I I der the starry sky; i men, and we'll see men langh and die; V J; we'll futhorn tbe deeps of pain: we have to come buck home again. 1 some of as teach in a school: to polish an office stool; >e of us seek to explain, - 'Hi K *0 have to go back again. THE SMITHY SPEAKS OUT4 ? At a concert for charity In a country town Miss Carter obligeM by reciting "Tfie Village Black-I smith." At the concluslbn of tha J recitation the rural audtonlM-1 cheered. "Encore!" they cried. "EtaMfrem-fs Miss Carter was about to grantj the request when a burly fdkrvjf' f very much out of breath, ? her on the shoulder. 5.- I come round from in front," whi?4 1 ?, pered the man, excitedly. "I want? yer to do me a favor." I "Well, what is it?" queried Carter. afc-l-Vi "It's this," whispered tbe 'ittH' truder. "I happen to be the feller you've been talking ^bout, and I want yer to put in a verse this tim? paying as how I hire out bicycles." 1 :h, Soldier! nur W?ll 11 ; Watch Involved oon of interest to all the soldiers In' National Army camps? ? ly life as you see it about you every p wants to ascertain. vi . | perhaps you are a regular, "straight n your fellow soldiers with your pen. wrist watch to the soldier who draws ends it to the editor at Room 604,;i ik sketch artists and cartoonists wilHi^ op drawing and as many others tma 4 Trench and Camp. . " >uld reach Room 604. Pulitzer Build-1 1
Trench and Camp (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 15, 1917, edition 1
6
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75