gjgl A Day At The
5383 Pyramids
|{ |J 11 BY PAI L HUBBELL.
"Captain, you have on different I
IB flj HI trousers from those you wore In the
?| m 11 camp at Mena by the foot of the Py-|
fill ilfl Dll The voice was German. Turning I
xjy IIR JW saw an officer in the uniform of those |
who follow the kaiser closely guarded!
mbm=3 by English soldiers. He was address!ing
a British army officer.
"Ho do you know?" came the re-1
"Oh. I was one of yon a year ago."
In so many words the story of a;
spy in Egypt is told, captured on the '
Dardanelles he has now being taken 1
sent on to England by steamer. AI
year before he had spied out Egypt, j
I had just started out to see the
Pyramids and overheard the above j
conversation in the station. As Y. M.
C. A. secretaries, were Ifbnorary lieu- j
tenants and hence enjoyed unusual
privileges. It was with a sense ofi
relief that I saw the "Dutcher" in I
safe hands, for John Bull holds all
he gets with a grip even though he is
slow to catch on.
The Pyramids were very near a I
large camp called Mens and it was
about on?-h*lf the ?dze of Camp
Greene, being the only one of a series
throug^ ,, Ee I
norhaps a million troops of the Britthere
were scores of men from hos- j
U-ls 'ins' - covering f om Turkishi
bullet wounds who went out to see;
'he greatest monuments in the world.
For after all the Pyramids are monu- !
S ancient Egypt and there are many of
the Sahara desert and the Nile river, j
The most famous are the Great Pyramid
and the Second. Here one lost
"icht of the war of Europe for a
vhile and became interested in the j
oilv of the ancients excavated by an
American engineer, older than any- j
?>;->(? hitherto d'scovered in that dis-1
The popular thing to do is to go j
inside the Pvramld accompanied by |
ative l"iides through narrow pas- ,
s-ieres where one has to c-awl In or- |
der to go on an9 expects to be mur- j
? Blared in some norriDie mnuuci uy
he Arabs for his money Thore they;
show you the burial vaults of the1
King arc! Queen and tell your for- ;
ne Th" ni*>sonrv is heavy and
massive and makes one think some- ;
how of a concrete structure in New
York Put a-otind vou Pes the des- |
ert and even that looks cheerful com-1
pared with the drear'nes of the Py-1
?'d "i-'h" where a candle burns:
only d'mly in the gloom. Here the I
' ast with its fixed atmosphere and
snirit enchants the activity of the
-w west as fhev meet together. I have.
VlUffga seen Tommies from T.ondon ride cam- ;
?'s aroun<' the Pvramids with as
much deppht as th-v would a taxi
ih at home perhaps more as the
f ire is n?t so h'gh now with the cost j
on of t??- CJreat Pvramid and sees 1
Vtj. jfe to the north the place where Na- i
v noleon that Inspiring, Practical and
for?and he pointed to the Pyramids
"'"ii'ro.s of hi?tory looked
VJ?-. ?nwn "pop them To the east lies
the Nile and its valley ten miles
\\F/m ground of shining sand, and the city
\\TrA of Cairo overshadowe.? bv the Cita*
X I I .. v.;,-h-st hilts of Bgvpt. To
ft the south a railroad that Is ambiT
IT UK '?*t to sight, and in the west the
A ll broad ernm.se of sand that separates
^ M fertile Egypt from the desert tribe
<-.i |oad?r rebelled aeainst the Engllh
| l'sh and were only conquered bv the
' .Irvine tin of their wells.
H"-? a-o old tfrnplns and tombs
| II | rind the Snhinx. The stone likeness
U H ,vp m,"!' not *fav here too loner, for
H K| 'ho cfi-? w>ll b" crowded with
H HI -he soldiers from the camp, who are
jl., | lo'te?onlv Cairo has nnoui ten times
the population of Charlotte crowded
1}I> * ' 's,.0rt tiroes the area. To^ 10/
we have recalled more than three
..a '-pars of the world's progress
ami we will have onlv time to
conic back to the twentieth century
' ' nuid en to work and have
P-Jp-, J 'he "movies" for the Australians.
"What Is on tonlcht?" a voice
III! H ' a Van,<pp's 'noe from
flji I I Philadelphia who is wearing two
ivif I DA stfinoo on a Tommy's un'form.
J|! I Ijlj "W>>v we have "Charlie Chaplin'
I i { Mil nod "The Spoilers.' right from New
II Hll York. Come over to the Gardens and
III Hll see them."
['I R|U i-Vn <.f my hat and go into the
| fl HI skating rink to help with the nightly
I BR nl e-owd <<f three thousand upon whose
I ill 1(11 "III homes the sun never sets. I saw the
Yankee there and he sat on the front
row and told Jokes between reels.
That was my last "day off" In Cairo.
SECRETARY WHEATLEY
TO MEM AT CAMP GREENE
Extends Greetings From the
Charlotte War Camp Community
Service.
Men of Camp Greene: I
Sam's soldiers knows of the Y. M. C.
A. and what One work It is doing for
you In camp. But do you also know
that in each city adjacent to a camp
! there is being conducted a somewhat
similar service that also endeavors to
! look after your best interests whenever
you come to town ?
Just now the Charlotte War-Camp
Community Service (ths~ sort of
community extension of the camp Y.
M. C. A.) is bending every energy to
provide for the enlisted men a real
soldiers' club in the city where they
can come freely, lounge, play games,
read, write, smoke, take a bath, and
in general do-as they like and feel
as comfortable as at the city Y. M.
C. A. on South Tryon street. We are
trying to provide this club because
we know that the local Y. M. C. A.
building is so badly overcrowded that
all of you can not be comfortable
there or get the attention the secre
tary and his associates want you to
have. In fact, the building was
planned to accommodate 1,000 men,
but often now-adays between two and
three thousand men actually come In.
Then too we know that the soldiers'
rooms conducted by the churches,
while they are fine for quiet lounging,
reading, writing, and are rendering a
splendid service, were never Intended
to be real men's clubs where one can
play rough and noisy, smoke, and find
bathing and other club facilities.
We believe that if the men who
want to become members of such a
club are asked to join regularly and
to pay a small fee of perhaps 60 cents
a month 'hey would consider the place
and Its accommodations more truly;
as a club, their own club, than if there
were no membership responsibilities,
and besides it would be a surer thing
for us to get the funds from the city
people If they knew the men were
paying for part of the club's main- i
tenance. What do you say about j
this. Now is the time to oner your
best suggestions.
The Charlotte War-Camp Community
Service has its office in the Carnegie
library. Come In and get acquainted
with the secretary W. A.
Wheatley, and tell him all you have
in your mind concerning the most desirable
features for a soldiers" club.
We are really considering Just now
three possible buildings and hope to
report something definite In next
week's "Trench and Camp." Also
please tell us how we can improve
our "Weekly Bulletin of Spare Time
Entertainment" 300 copies of which
we publish and post each week at
camp and in the city for your information.
Come in and let's talk over
a lot of things.
Cordially yours.
W. A. WHEATLEY,
Secretary Charlotte War-Camp Community
Service.
LITTLE NOTES OF 58TH
INF. SUPPLY COMPANY
Horseshoer Buthcher, . otherwise
known as Uncle Sam, got in a game
the other night and lost a nickel.
Since then it is reported that he has
been taking the affair out on the
mules. Too. he give his sole companion.
"Skinner" Miller, some trouble
by awakening him at night and asking
that the nickel be returned.
It is reported that "Skinner" Miller
has lost five nights sleep this week
grieving over the fact that he got
notice from the little lady back home
telling him that she had another
soldier boy.
Private Chalatincow has a new
plan on the face washing "stuff." He
brings his coffee down from the mess
hall and runs Jt tnrough his mosquito
bar thus getting the benefit of
the coffee and also "the damp bar to
wash his face. Well, maybe that's
helping Hoover at that.
Horseshoer Neveux serves as an
excellent imitation of a 16-year-old
maiden when that mule of his looks
hi min the face. He blushes. -
Wag Lewis, generally known as
"Windjammer," has proven to be
such an excellent mule "skinner"
that Sergeant Williams gave him one
of the mules that Noah had on that
rough voyage. Lewis likes it, though,
i? ooomo Wans a he drlvM it in hin
sleep.
Corporal Cavernesa has an extra
duty to perform every morning at
reveille. He has to bring a "line
hitch" up the company street in order
to get "Red" Holliday from his
bunk.
Horseshoer Miller went to Sunday
school in the city the other day, and
as a result a little dame came out
from Charlotte this week to visit the
boy. Just what took place we dare
not Bay, but anyhow the corporal
of the guard was called.
Private Kirkpatrick, who li '
from the "smoky city" came \ >
near being made a first class priv.. .
but he didn't quite make it. He now j
reigns as a K. P. But we won't |
kick he makes good in this corps.
BAPTIST CAMP PASTC
ASSUMES HIS NEW DUTIES
Dr. Thomas H. Sprague, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Troy. N.
Y.. has been appointed Baptist camp
pastor for Camp Greene and has al>ready
arrived in Charlotte to carry
on hfa work under tne direction of
the war commission of the Northern
Baptist convention, the home mission
board of the Southern Baptist con
venuon ana tne suite executive committee
of the Baptists of North Carolina.
Dr. Sprague is making his
headquarters at the present time at
the Charlotte Y. M. C. A., Room 87.
In his work as camp pastor. Dr.
Sprague will co-operate with army
chaplains, with the Y. M. C. A. and.
with the Baptist for^ca adjacent to
the camp.* He desires to do anything
that will be of real service to
the men and would be glad especially
to have all Baptist men in
camp give or send their names to
him so that ho can call on them and
serve them. He will t>e glad to do
what he can to help, in. the general
rel!gIous work among the soldierc
The work to be engaged In by Dr
Sprague has been endorsed by the
Y. M. C. A. and Secretary of War
Baker. The latter says "Experience
has shown that the instinctive desire
of the soldiers with an hour of free
time Is to 'go to town' if the town is;
only a cross roads. Each large
church can lookout for its soldier1
membership and where local groups
are unable financially to provide adequately
for this task the larger organizations
of the church can come
to the rescue with more ample means.
Indeed there is so large a task before
us in surrounding our' troops
with a healthy environment and the
emergepcy is so great that I trust all
groups can co-operate in a cordial
spirit of loyalty and fellowship re- j
gardless of any difference of race,
creed or affiliation."
PARAGRAPHS FROM
COMPANY G. 39TH INFANTRY1
H. L. wants to know why Mechanic
Krebs went over the fence. '
A new answer to an old one: When
Isadore (is a door) not a door? When |
it's Koslkov.
It makes difference (at mess) Corporal
Harris: "Any seconds?"
Cook Smith (interruptingly): "No."
Harris: "On water."
congratulations, oergeant imraon.
We all wish you the best.
Heights.
The height of ambition: Sergeant
to be a corporal.
The height of happiness: Gert'seer,
when that letter from N. H. comes.
The height of disappointment:
When no seconds are available for
recruits.
The height of laziness: Third squad.^
If things keep going as they have
been during the last few days, there
will be veqy little left of the "C"
company. Nine men have gone to
the ammunition train, twenty to the
machine gun battalion and five have
been discharged during the last th<*ee
weeks. There are now only 77 men
in the company, and a large per cent
of these are newly assigned recruits. ]
We regret very much that Sergeant j
Walter Allen has been transferred to
the remount station.
First Sergeant Shields and Sergeant1
Harry F. Allen were given appoint- ]
ments to the officers' training camp.
"Parade rest?order arms." I. D. R. |
oh I. D. R., from whence cometh such
commands:
HARVEY IS NEW RED
' CROSS DIRECTOR HERE
W. F. Upson, field director of the
Red Cross at Camp Greene, has been
transferred and Manning: Harvey, a
member of the state board of charities
of Pennsylvania, has arrived to
succeed Mr. Upson.. Mr. Harvey said
yesterday that he had not yet met the
Charlotte leaders In Red Cross work,
but expected to do so at the earliest
possible time.
FROM CO. I>, 58TH INFANTRY.
The boys who went home for
Christmas on A. W. O. L. are all back
again. Welcome home, wanderers.
All you can hear In the company
street now is hip, hip, and hip some
more, since the new men came in
from Camp Upton. Welcome to our
midst, boys, and make yourselves at
home.
First Class Private L. H. Smith is
visiting his home on a five-day furlough.
as Is Private E. C. Wilson.
We wish to thank the Y. M. C. A.
No. 106 for the past kindness that
they have shown us.
Private Demalo, who is In the base
hospital, Is recovering and we hope
he will be back with us soon.
Some of the boys who are transferred
to the machine gun outfits are
good scouts and we are sorry to see
them go. Good luck, boys, we are all
In the same fight
50TH INF., HEADQUARTERS CO.
Corporal Theo. Weir, of Headquarters
Co., 59th Infantry, who was always
kicking about getting no box
from home, received one yesterday
and ho sure was a happy boy.
Private Joe Bulus, from Headquarters
Co., 59th Infantry, expects a box
which has been on the road two
weeks.
Private King, champion horse rider
of Headquarters Co., 59th Infantry,
got kicked off twice today.
The supply oompany received #tl
a shock the other morning. The ina^ v J
Jorlty received It with smllee ? the 1
disagreeable part was directed at the 2 |
! privates of the regimental supply and . ? S
^.Mxtimdnt The order goes fl
i like this: "Hereafter *11 privates, InI
eluding the ordnance detachment and >;
the regimental supply, will help pof
lice the company street."
I Imagine the deep disgust of Jerry
O'Connor when one of his old friends
1 of "the line" discovered him at the
Job. It seems good to see the gentlemen
of the ordnance doing a little
work.
"Kid" Davis, who hails from the >
Athens of America, took to his neW >,
Job..of "shooting snipes" very nicely. - >
The regimental supply sergeants . ^
are all housed together, and no long:
er have to associate with the "SkinWe
learn that Private Lambert Is
now "dog robbing" for the regimental
supply sergeant. "Dog robbing" Is
all rigm generally speaiung, but for
I the seigeant?not hardly.
It is with interest that we note
"the bucking up" of Sergeant BondI
reau these days. He Journeys into
! the city most every night.
! If you have a call ror Bowden any
j time after retreat Just go over to the
I "Y" and you will sure and him theredemonstrating
his hand-writing to
some fair dame back in the hiUs.
Kosen has Just spent a week on the " IB
kitchen police force. At the end of l?
the week he wrote the folks back I?
home that he was on the force. His Jfg
i "uad" wrote back immediately for j*
him to come on home. If he want- |g
jed a job as a policeman, he could
get that for him on the New York -.IS
torce without staying-11 the army.
Hoor ALugee. He | . nothing to -1'0,
, do now but wonder u.ujnd and look FSB
jat the sky. He makes a fairly good
weather man though we can write all tj?
the letters we want when he is on IK
the job.
! Sergeant Crawford is going away
with the military police in the near
future.
Louis Lacert is also going with the
police. We predict that Louis will
feel awful lonely when he has to part ,??1
with that pair of mules he steers. In ;j8S
the meantime we are forgetting that .lata
his face is not yet straight from that flag
kick.
The only man in the company who raga
does not mind the new breakfast h?g3
schedule is "Shorty" Hallotan. He f
hasn't been up since Thanksgiving, ]
and he didn't get up then. He was
already up.
"Speedy" Swift is still the cham
to the old army pastime. at
Y. M. C. A. BUILDINGS J 1
'/ HAVE BEEN RENUMBERED ' J
All Y. M. C. A- buildings have been
renumbered, as follows: 104 to 102; SB
105 to 103; 106 to 104; 107 to 106;
108 to 106. If you are having mall * :
sent to the "huts" kindly notify the
[ people at home of change in number
of your building.
Mail sent to Y. M. C. A. buildings
Is delayed in reaching you. To in- ; gH
sure prompt delivery we ddvise that ^
you have your mail sent to your "company"
and "regiment."
?
FROM COMPANY "E" S9TH INF.
I The following men have been trans- t 'S
ierrea irom company ta:
Sergeant Cleveland to headquarters 1
company. Thirty-ninth Infantry; Cor- .
poral Hout, First Class Privates Daley,
Brower and Healy to the provisional
train; Privates Cole, Bonk, DomI
enico and Cook Hamm to the provisional
train.
| A case of measles broke out in the
I company this week, and as a result
the fourth squad Is now spending 21
I days in the restriction camp.
I The English class in the company
is progressing to the satisfaction of .
the instructors, and the men are tak- - *
ing hold of the work with much interest
There are 17 men from the com- <
pany now receiving instruction.
Sergeant Knox, of the Tenth ma- '/"}&
chine gun battalion, is transferring
back to the company. Glad to have
you, sergeant
I EYank Cbony claims to be the best
I K. P. In the outfit. Frank is a good
! one all right?when he is being
watched.
Private Moherek sent a pair of
snoes 10 me coooier anu una ?ui seen
them since. He is still looking for the
fellow who got them, as his name is
on the inside.
COMPANY H, THIRTY-NINTH, . /-jgfc
First Sergeant Stevens is a very *. /
j busy man these days. He has the
job of "sriding" the new rookies.
Sergeant Saunders is on a live-day
pass visiting his wife in Gettysburg. .
A good time, sergeant.
Corporal Farley has Just returned ,* \
from a short visit with his Philadel- ' j
phia friends.
Private William Hulick has been
promoted to Lance corporal.
Private Duifln has returned i
from a nice little "French leave."
Well, it's goo4 while.It's going, but
it's awful when it stops.
Sergeant Benjamin is being trans- 1
ferred from H company. We regret . B
very much to see him go.
Cook Flynn Is making a lot of " ?
enemies these days. He seems to gj
win every thrbw, and they are not H
loaded ones either.