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Trench and Camp * IUmLx?a Published weekly at the National canton Uj|M menta toe tho soldiers of the United State? National Headquarters, R| B'| I I i Room MM. Pulltxer Building, New York City 1 i 1 rl' ADVISORY BOARD OF CO-OPERATINC lH L 3 Rl PUBLISHERS ^ III P ! i! JOHN STEWART BRYAN. Chairman. Hi 1 I Irl " Allen. Montgomery Advortloer. I I Jjj JJ |*i| P. T. Anderson. Macon Telegraph. >IK Rjl' JW. W. Ball'. Columbia State. John Stewart Bryan. Richmond Newi I-eader. Harry Chandler. Los Angeles Times. nu Amon C Carter. Fort Worth Star Tele ' Earner L Clarke. Little Rock Arkansai c/^TVvVl'l Democrat. j//#| Vv|lli Gardner Cowles. Des Moines Register. ([if I \ IS III w- A ^Killo'tt. ^Jacksonville Tlmes*Unlon. |pl |^|U| K. K. Gay lord. Oklahoma City Oklaho Bill Clark Howell. Atlanta Constitution. (i| _ Vlrtor F. l.awson. The Chicago Dall; jn A T.. Miller. Rattle Creek Enqulrer-Newi K IV 1>. Moore. New Orleans Times-Picayune H ^ Fleming N'ewhold. Washington Kvenlni James M Thomson. New Orleans Item. S /] Published under the auspices of the Na ill Fl llfNftJ "."""J uI'.ar U')orit of tho T. M. C. A .1111 f 1 U-ifl IMctrlbutcd free to the soldiers in th fCa,'"naI '*mp" Cantonmcnt*CHRISTMAS. 1917 I' ;!)jH No sweet-voiced carol will awakei Jill I i !/ America on this Christmas morn. In X \r/m stea<1 the cla"on imperative of thi bugle will sound a more martia M/OxJjjB reveille. For America is at war. i. -J No hymn of peace will rise fron IbHI choir loft. Instead the Battle Hymi | IJH H of the Republic, rj Rf ^or America is at war. K! Ili fiflS! 8'v'nS way to yearnings for mei IIJ | H v that are away will mark family re |R J--2-B unions. Instead proud homage wil rti/W pai(* t0 service ^a2s that symboliz M Si S ill 'n f^e doing, wfft* W-B *?or America is at war. IvM-fl fi impatient longing for home ii JC jflKjl/] trench, in camp or on transport. In u 5 id >w stead impatience for the fray. R(U?5"gfj For America is at war. (f ffl'flfl From pulpit and lyceum on thi ll HI ui Christmas morn must go forth thi W B lH W message ? the road to peace i Ui H through righteousness; and the ideal IMftH* 4Sffl righteousness must be upheld, evei laLRlral on the point of the spear. I The thoughts of those at home an I VBSSll thrive awav must meet in a hi^h rt w^?Sj solve to make home so safe that na , tion shall not lift up a sword again: yMw nation; neither shall they learn wa \ vJ any more. In the solemn words of the Pres dent: 'It is a fearful thing to lead thi great, peaceful nation into war." Bt a*so l^e s0'emn words of the Pres \vtjfin dent when he announced that wa > ' HV must be the choice, "God helping he ft s^e had no other." 11 Every sacrifice that is demande j 1 JK must be cheerfully borne. Every pui \ S| pose must be subordinated to the ult mate objective. The world must b nH I r made safe for democracy. The men that have given up thei f | I t peaceful pursuits and undertaken t L M ^> ar t'1e ^eat t^ie con^ct have i I ' H] heritage of Americanism to stead U H| them, to inspire them, to lead them t |JH BXJI victory that must be theirs. 1 The things in life that they counte Jv* sweetest are in the balance. They ai things worth striving for and thos wy^cfl who once enjoyed them are ready t (nfjjj)' jBH strive, even as those at home ai ready to sacrifice. e *^"8? i" life ^at we count* sweetest were ours for the askinj j;i| i)||| .11 | Now our title to them must be prove* j;',! |ii|| | j The day will come when the clouc i !/-J ( 111 I of battle have rolled away. On th; *' . I i'm! 8'a<i d3y, with victory achieved, wit 1 i' ill 1|| , democracy justified, with righteoui ||jj. jjl jli|j ness triumphant, the voice of tl fill ' Ulil sweet singer of carols will break upc j! i !l| (l| the Christmas morn; a hymn of pea< I I! ii> |y (| will rise to the high heavens; servit j:j J'| jsjj flags will be sanctified and those wh II' < U)J, weep will not be as those withoi hope. Home will be a thing achievet La Until that dayAmerica is at war. TRENCH A AMERICAN ARMY CAMPS The same malicious propaganda w terlzed as a foe within more to be fearer ing the seeds of anxiety and apprehens men under arms. 1 According to the authors of this ] spot. The men in the camps know to their own eyes. But great distances sej each recurrence of the report new anxie In- order to reassure the mothers sons to the cause of freedom. Trench am and figures. There is nothing speculative about returns from the camps consolidated int ' of the Anmy. THE FIGURES SHOW, FIRST, TH SOLDIERS ARE DYING IN (JAMfH n . THAN DURING ANY WAR IN THE H Analyzed, the figures, which are ta - haphazard, show: 157 deaths among 801,072 men wt This would be a death rate of 10.1 In plain English the returns givei present death rate obtains. 10 soldiers * would die from natural causes in the sj In peace time the death rate amoni 1 stitute 9.1 per cent of the total populati than seven out of every ten men of th causes in normal times and in peaceful 1 Therefore the deaths from natura would be allght'ly in excess of three mo mal times. Now look at the other side of lb - States the Federal Forces had a total c seated not less than 2,00Q,000 men. 0 p action; 43,012 died of wounds and 25, lint to be added to this number was the diseases. It has been stated that a li among'prisoners of war and that the 1 deaths among their number. But the tr " were among prisoners of war and these e total. * The fact is, then, that nearly one i Federal armies died of disease in F*eder per cent a year of the total number enlii 1 The actual mortality among the Fi I was 53.2 per thousand. Of this number only 8.6 were battl IX A WORD, 44.6 WERE VICTIM i All of which leads to the conclusii - ease today is less than one-fourth the II in the war between the States. e We shall have more to say < issue. It is requested that every m the issue containing it- to his pat i editorial plainly so that it cannot e The figures we give are absolutely records. They tell as no amount of descripl sjof the elaborate care, with the most 31 fighting disease, that surrounds the Am s| s "SOLEMN LOOKING BLOKES ? n A writer ;n the Century Magazine 5 say* "Solemn looking blokes" was the 5 d cockney description of the first Ameri- 5 can troops that marched through Lon- f '* don. 11 The Anzacs, the Canadians, the r Africans and the Hindoos had caught J something of the hysterical joy of the | populace. They had responded to the ? cheers of all these thousands that t lined the streets. But the Americans j - went on with the ceaseless tramp, J tramp, tramp of marching feet and I 't heads that turned neither to the right j nor left. Only when "Old Glory" was d waved directly in an officer's fat* was ] .. there any deviation from the straight . line the soldiers trod. The officer came to attention, saluted the stars < and stripes, smiled at the one who | waved it?evidently a compauioi? ] ir and went on his way. Stoical as the Englishman is, he was ? somewhat upset by the poise of the a American soldiers. He cheered and ! y there was no response. He cheered : 0 again. But only that steady tramp. "Hump! Solemn looking blokes," ! he said. o And solemn looking blokes we are. 1 e It is no child's play we have underie taken. It is no festival that we face. The cheers, the festoons, the delirium of joy?all that can wait. There is a j e job to be done. That inh is the onlv thin? we can . ^ see just now. We are consecrated to 5- its accomplishment. As "Old Glory" confronts us we pause for a moment k of reconsecration. " But cheers, music?a carnival? Not h now. Cousin Tommy. All that can ( wait. 'n INTERESTING READING :e Nothing the soldiers' mother could 10 read would Interest her more than it the news about him, his company, his 1! regiment and his camp. Send Trench and Camp home for mother and your other relatives to read. ND CAMP ! NOT PLAGUE SPOTS hich president Wilson once charto1 than foes without has been spreadion among the parents of America's propaganda every camp Is # plague the contrary because they see with arate them from their homes. With ities and new apprehensions arise, and fathers who have loaned their i Camp today prints a few cold facts mese ugureo. 1 uvj ...o ~ 0 a report from the Surgeon-General AT A SMALLER NUMBER OP OUR LND CANTONMENTS OP DISEASE ISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. ~ :ken from a weekly report chosen at mid mean 8,104 deaths a year 18 per thousand per year. 1 in the report indicate that, If the JUt of every 1,000 in training camps >ace of a year. I the men of the draft age, who conon is 7-4 per cent. In a word, more e draft age would die from natural pursuits. 1 causes in camps and cantonments! re deaths per thousand than In nore picture. In the war between the >f 2,673,567 enlistments. This repref this number 67,058 were killed in 556 died from causes undetermined, hngc total of 224,586 who died from irge percentage of tne aeatns were high mortality rate was due to. the uth Is that only 30,192 of the deaths represented only 14 per cent <ft the nan of every ten who enlisted In the al hospitals or camps. This was 2.4 sted during the war. >deral forces in a given year (1862) e casualties. 8 OF DISEASE. on that the mortality rate from dismortality rate from the same cause >n this subject in a subsequent an who reads this editorial mail rents. Let him also mark, the scape attention. authentic and are taken from official ive writing would ever tell the story modern devices for preventing and erican soldier of today. KHJiKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHKHJCHJi CANTONMi THE TOP KKKHKH?HKHKK?HKHKHKHKHKHW HE is as necessary to the army as is "cussed" so much. Every oi kicking at the grub. But th floored it asked what would be done tvould be that the army certainly woe He's the Top Sergeant. And sii jartli are so meager, certainly he'll b Is mustered in where St. Peter keeps Reviled by those below him, une tiangs trembling on the Topmost ro^ Man'8 Land. He is always Top?whe land or company mess. An ancient army adage declares non-com." The T. S. is the top vert He would be king of non-coms, if American fighting force. His contacts are wide. He kno its last shoestring, and keeps track of reckoner and judge. His words are He is One Clothed With Authority. And yej he is a Boy with the Bo i song, tell a story or do a dancing Dignity slips from his mighty should human being, which the T. S. really I as to his connection with the Famil; He ir a queer compound of the Dem Sergeant. SOME MAIL How highly organized are the departments of the United States Army Is best illustrated by a report of one J?. ?, In thn nffiefl of the Adjutant General, Major Henry P. McCain. On that day, 142,000 separate pieces of mail were received. This Is believed to represent the high record of any government office. Within 48 hours only 200 letters of this number remained unanswered. General McCain sayB: "Our mall these days is 25 times larger than it was before the United States entered the war. The highest daily mail during the Mexican affair was 3.000 letters. Our force today is only twice that of normal peace times." GOVERNMENT VOX CANCEL SOME LIBERTY LOAN BONDS PURCHASED BY SOLDIERS In an excess of patriotic enthusiasm many soldiers in the camps and cantonments subscribed <o the second (Liberty Loan morp liberally than they could afford. The result is that today they find themselves embar- ; rassed for lack of funds. With war | insurance, compulsory allotments and !the customary expenditures, incident | to army life, some of the men in the ca ranks have frequently complained i that they had less money now than [in the days of the $.16 a month base 'ijwa ipay. Major General McCain, the Adju I tant General, has sent me ionowxas ^ telegram to all concerned, regarding | tile cancellation of some of the Liberty bonds taken by the soldiers: I "Department commanders, commanding generals of tactical diviJsions, and commanding ofRcers of independent stations are authorised to discontinue Liberty Bond allotments when a soldier's obligations under War Insurance act do not leave him sufficient balance to pay his bond allotment. Only stfch number of his bond allotments wjll be terminated as will permit the soldier to provide for . his dependents under War Insurance provisions and take out necessary in- j surance and leave "him hot to exceed $7.50 for his personal,uses. These . ' / allotments for dependents and Insur- f ance premiums must be made before . I Liberty Bond discontinuances are granted and such Liberty Bond dis^ ha , conn nuances as ue gi>m?u - ? effective not Earlier than October 31. Officers will report promptly to Quartermaster General discontinuances of bond allotments granted by them, . I stating name of soldier, bank in whose favor such allotments were J made and amount of allotments. Amount of pay of soldier deducted for Liberty Bond allotments before their discontinuances will be refund* ed by Depot Quartermaster, Wash- : ington, D. C., where such allotments were made in favor of Federal Reserve Bank, New York, but where made in favor of other banks refund- I ment must be arranged between sol- :F dier and such bank. Where discon- ' j tinuanjes of Liberty Bond allotment I are granted as herein provided re- jj marks may be omitted from Novem- . ?] ber pay rolls and discontinuances, ./ ?j Form No. 39 will hot be requited."' ' f| MEANS LONGER WAR. Three or four years will be added hi to the length of the war if Russia as f] a fighting force is completely ellmi- t K nated from the side of the Allies, according to Major Stanley Washburn, 11 war correspondent and a 'member of the Root Commission to Russia. ZJVT TYPES ...Jr ? BbUUIV.1.11 a > ; food. That may be a reason why he ne considers it an inalienable right? e fellow who kicks at him would be without him. The only possible reply ild be done, without him. ace his rewards here on this troubled ' e a Top Harpist when the Great Choir 'J the gate. > A? asy from the orders of those above, he ?r of barbed wire in a shell-swept No ther it's morning or evening, No-Man's that "the back-bone of the army is the ebrae link in the important organism. - , an imperial hierarchy existed in the m ws the man power of the company to V t words and deeds. He is mighty as "a ' ; weiehtv and his opinions treasured. . ys when occasion arises. He.will sing fling with the finest grace and gusto. :er8 easily, and reveals the essentially Is, in spite of occasional rookie doubts r of Oprlght, Two-legged Vertebrates, ocrat and the Demagogue, is this Top still subject:, to call Men who have passed their thirtyfirst birthday are still subject to the call of the selective draft. Provisions '? of the law make every registered person subject to the call to the colors, unless exempted or discharged. The law reads as follows: "Provided further, That. persons shall be subject to registration as herein provided who shall have attained their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have attained their thirty-first birthday on or before the date set tor the registration, and all ... V persons so .-egistered shall be and remain subject to draft into the * forces hereby authorized unless exi empted or excused therefrom as in this act provided." * >
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