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Page 8 ma iMIiTiONsi" ? x/ V SEGRETIHUL FORCE Five Hew Men Added During Past Week?Rapidly Getting Acclimated. Sc.'ejal a.KIitions to ttlo secretarial df iisi- camp "V" have been i.-.ade within tno pas'. week and the rewecv1** i-vw men a.!- <iuiekly getting accMIJjLix^CR mated and acquainted with the n idiets in their building territory. It is just as'Strang- for the "Y" fellows to Hfll HHI a recruit soldier and the new mode W 1 n II "f living is just as strange to the III 1 RMlU * men as it is to the soldier. So JKA 01 ||| you soldiers, whether officer or prlBu Pf/nO sociation fellows arc human beings. Sv n JIX V even if they do not have the O. i). HpS-BQ uniform on. and salute as you do Hfl JjpSjJj when you pass each other. Shake UjpffdEjK hands and say "hello"?it will get -.is H W jp both ac(|uainted and make you feel lA- if tlaM The new men added are as -folflf-S=tSm C. O. Padgett, in tne administra iff HI tion building at the camp bookJoseph Gallager, in administration Bfvf building as secretary of materials. Secretary Smlthdeal, at "Y" 103 as ul iThI 1?n1 building assistant secretary. Hii IIII IIILis. Owr-Lrv U:.WM at "T" 103 as building assistant secretary. O : Secretary Martin, at "Y" 102 as ft. i"|v. building assistant secretary. W l(|P These fellows are all anxious to f IT rlTf shake hands with the men In khaki *'11 and assist any way possible in raaking them comfortable. f(\m CHAPLAIN RYAN MADE J II EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR NJk/ Sixteenth Field Artillery's EduaJ)v\J tional Program Completed. Th0 sixteenth Field artillery, in flyitf compliance with the general order is I ! sued recen iy. began the organization IB of its English classes on January 1. I m^W. Chaplain Ryan was made director of Jpl fl this work and the choice was a wise iiM one- 'rhe work was delayed last week because of the absence of Chaplain Bfl I m* Ryan, who was awa; for a visit to Bl his home in Cincinnati. His return this week- however, started things M "H M moving. The lieutenants assigned to II I Iff! the various classes immediately bom their duties and the classes are lBjn y|M well under way. HtH K There is no more enthusiastic man I awl 'n ca,nP over this new work for forB H H HI eirn-born men than Chaplain Ryan. BS1| Being a trained teacher of years' experience, he immediately saw the yM ?-Jf great importance of the plan. In fact, M WJrf before the order was issued he had Hlfia u class o{ men un(ter his instruction. H'n P| This earlier work had prepared him ItrB for lhat following. Hls organization IT iS complete now and results are most gratifying. lie has six classes at work. His teachers, second lieutenwaft j ants, are most earnestly working and each has gone into the task with VjMSa] gloves off. The enthusiasm and splendid spirit manifest by these men is most commendable and both direc, tor and teachers are to be congrat\ lCJWl ulated upon the character of the work \ Tflffl lhe>' are doing. REGIMENTAL ATHLETIC TEAMS WILL COMPETE \M A ll-Camp Meet to Be Held on Y ir^ Saturday, February 2?Di1^ ^ visional Meet February 9. "5 ^ Ur- Regimental athletic teams will * Ik "U compete in a camp rcgirrtental athletic meet on Saturday. February 2, under the direction of Maj. O. P. Cole, assisted by athletic officers of IfR I the regiments and the Y. M. C. A. physical directors, f J | | ^ The events will be the same as ij 1J On I'ebruary 9 Major Cole is planning with the athletic officers to hold a divisional athletic meet at which KIM some championships will be decided. , With these events on the schedule. thusiasts in the camp to be satisOAn opportunity will here be given every man in camp to show what he can do in track work. * EBP CONDITION OF SECRETARY ALLEN MUCH IMPROVED I B I Rev. George Allen, religious secre10 I tary at 108, has been sick at the I I || Charlotte sanatorium for several days. H | | The many friends of Secretary Allen HI I |l will be glud to know that his condi|C M n tion is much improved and the at ||j I I tending physicians promise that he HI -|| I will be able to resume his dutiei ||| HI IB within the next few days. Allen ii greatly missed at his building. Thai h's severe co111 did not develop lntc pneumonia, as was at first feared, if a matter to be most grateful for. TRENCH , PRESIDENT'S 14 PROPOSALS. FOR PEACE_DISTRIBUTEt) i Seventy-seventh Band Delights i Crowd at Building 108 on I Stormy Night. Through the courtesy of the ad| SSSty'SrJS* J^IrtfinTc'onniost attractive and enteittinln| Idav night. The-night was a dreary W tadced with the rain falling in> ,"AV"uJ5c' *$L"V2SS "? SfSh?ut!"?t ln5l?fe for - hoar the discomforts of leaky tcn-s \.erc 'fo'rBotton. Harmony ?}?<?? and the crowd listened intei.il> to ' the numbers splendidly given. I Hand Klaster Hawley and the memTiers or his fanM.ua Inslilo Uon?.01 It is an institution that plays a giiat i noi.t jn the life at Camp oreene can never know just what their coming through the rain and wind meant to the boys. The pleasure they ga>e 'will long he remembered and the sinjcerest gratitude of the Y. W. M. C. 'and men is offered them. After the concert. Secretary Oliver spoke -briefly to the men on the necessity for properly Informing themselves on the causes for the war. the reasons existing for the immense ' preparations being made for conduct I ing our ena or tne uirussnj lack of Information on the part of many men. He then spoke of the President's address delivered to Congress last Tuesday, setting forth those principles, that must be recognized before any acceptable peace can be established. He read the 14 principles and asked every man in the building to read and remember them. Afterward copies of the principles were distributed and every man, with hardly an exception, was supplied with one. It is the purpose of the educational department to see that every man in camp has the opportunity to thoroughly familiarize himself with this historical and most necessary information. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS FROM CO. D, 39TH INFANTRY The following privates have been made corporals during the last few days: Meyer, Edmonston. Haiten and Manthe. Privates Brower and Martin are being given too much meat these days, it seems, as they want to spend most of their time flehting. Brower says he can lick both Motta and Martin, but when we come to remember that Brower Js only 17 years of age. it is decided that he is not responsible for much of anything he says. Just at this time the men in the company who were transferred to the machine gun battalion can't wait to get into their new camp. The squad which is being looked aftre by Robert Conway don't seem to care for breakfast any more, or it may be that they do not care to get up these cold mornings. Corpdral Burke is puzzled just at this time to know how to take care of Private Valentine. Corporal says that "Vallle" is so small that he has to look twice to see him once. Private Corak must be liking to hear fatigue call by this time, as he seems to have had some days of this thrust upon him recently. Still Corak says he would like to have one more pass to visit a certain party in Stockton, N. J. After that he wouldn't care if he had to go to war with a dozen kaisers. If Private Cicero Is as cold as he pretends, it would have been well to have named him zero instead of Cicero. "Patsy." the pride of the first squad, who recently spent a vacation of a week in the "can," says he didn't like to hear the blacksmith pecking on the anvil. It must remind Patsy of the good ol' days. Private Hays sure has the fellows guessing when it comes to knowing where he goes so often these days. His face Is clean shaved every day. Come on "Bill," who is she? 'Y TO OPERATE ONE // OF HOSPITAL BUILDINGS The hearts of the men at the base nospiuti were giiiuueneu uie oiner day when they found that the "Y" was to operate one of the hospital buildings as a real "Y." Every feature of the work will be accorded the men as the necessity arises and the men will find the secretaries always willing and anxious to help them in every way. Messrs. Day and Ferguson, formeri ly of "Y" No. 103. will have charge of the hospital work. SERGEANT RALPH BORST i SOON TO LEAVE CAMP Regimental Supply Sergeant Ralph S. Borst, of the Thirtieth infantry, i will soon leave Camp Greene. While at Camp Greene Borst has proven i himself to be a peerless song leader . and he has contributed much to the . pleasure of the boys in the "Y" i buildings. During the fall campaign i for "Y" funds, Borst shone as a cami paign speaker and an ardent cham: pion of the "Y." The secretaries al i Camp Greene will n^iss the sergeant i when he leaves, but they wish him Godspeed and au revoir. 4wfNT NIGHT' ENJOYED / AT Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Real Barnum & Bailey Clown and Keith Circuit Artist Perform to the Delight of the Men. ** , The program of the evening for the entertaining of tne men was about the best put before the men in this building. The house was jammed full with" soldiers and the performers 'seemed to be full of vim and'snap j which had the soldier boys alert and [at attention at all times. Corporal ; Taylor of Company A, Sixty-first in with his witty jokes and caine out pn the- stage dressed as a tramp oomedian. Corporal Taylor was formerly a clown in the Barnum and Bailey circus and he certainly lived up to his reputation, for his act was thoroughly enjoyed by all. We hope to have Corpora! Taylor with us again. Private Wilson, also of Company A, Sixty-first infantry, lato of the Keith circuit, came before the audience in black tights and an American flag around his waist, and proceeded to give the boys a real thriller. Private Wilson is one of the best contortionests that appeared before the American public and he certainly demonstreted to the boys that he was far above the average as a performer. Wilson proceeded to distort his legs and arms, also his chest, making one leg shorter than the other. He bent ! himself into so many shapes and angles that the boys hardly knew whether he was coming or going. He also had three Iron hoops which he placed over his head and gradually worked down over his body to his feet This indeed was a wonderful piece of work. Then Corporal Taylor, who had finished his act before Wilson, came on to act as a side partner with Wilson 1 and he acted the part of clown trying^ to do the tricks that Wilson did but* without success. He made the audience laugh with his comedy and at the end of the act both were applauded for fully ten minutes. Private Kolonls, of Company Ky Forty-seventh regiment infantry, who has just gotten out of the base hos^ pital with an operation on his eai% due to an injury received in wrestling, felt strong enough to wrestle and agreed to wrestle Private Miches, of the same company and regiment and succeeded in throwing Miches for the first fall in four minutes. Then aftera rest of one minute threw him again in ths same ume as nnii ian. rnvate Kolonis then agreed to wrestle any man in the house at^bis weight, one hundred and forty pounds. Private Tango, of Company P; Forty-seventh infantry, and Private Kelly, of field hospital. Twenty-eighth, agreed to wrestle until a fall with strangle hold barred. This bout was a rematch as Keliy was successful in throwing Tango two weeks ago for two falls. They proceeded to go after each other in a revenge fashion? Kelly with determination to repeat his victory and Tango to avenge his previous defeat. Kelly was successful . in securing the first fall in three and a half minutes. Then after a rest of one minute they started at it again. But before they started Tango wanted no holds barred. Kelly tried Tango's own game and se- , cured a hold on Tango with the re suit that Tango gave up ths ghost and j cried quits, Kelly winning in less than three minutes. Corporal J. W. Newkirk, of "Company B, Eleventh machine gun battalion, volunteered to read to the boys two of his successful poems that | he wrote himself. One" was "That i Cough of Mine" and the other was - ~ ~ Minn." Both "in at u. u. ?... were well written and rendered and also well taken by the boys. He has ! published both these poems in I "Trench and Camp" and we hope all who were not fortunate enough to be with us will enjoy reading them. DR. LITTLE SPEAKS AT I / Y. M. C. A. BUILDING 108 ' Singing of D. M. Milan, Director | of Singing for the Camp.j Heard With Delight One of the most Interesting and | productive meetings of a religious nature yet held in camp was given at 108 Thursday night. Rev. Dr. Little, of Philadelphia, was the speaker. Dr. Little delivered a powerful address and the deep and earn, est attention of the large crowd of men was the highest compliment I that .could have been paid him. In a most convincing and eloquent manner he pleaded for cleaner llv ? r.* a life picture that when in after yeare, memory brings the picture back in i to our view, we would not be ashamed to acknowledge it for our own. Doctor Little's illustrations were very effective and well chosen. The singing of Mr. D. M. Milan added greatly to the service. Mr. Milan has a rich voice of fine timbre. He will be seen again with pleasure at 108, being director of singing for the entire camp. After the meeting there were a number of men seeking interviews with Doctor Little and the religious workers. Many war roll cards were filled and requests for Testaments were granted. 1 I I NEW SECRETARY AT "Y" i' BUILDING NO. 103 E. 0. Smithdeal Succeeds J. W. Day?Activities of Past Week | of High Order. Beginning with the current week .. 9 E. O. Smithdeal takes the .place of I Mr. J. W. Day, as religious secre-. J| tary of building 103, Mr. Day being _ '31 transferred to base hospital. Mr. v H Smithfield Is a now man in the work, I rlv minister of the . m Methodist church. He enters upon his new duties very enthusiastically, and we expect to hear good results from him in the future. Religious activities in this building the past week haVe been of a very high order. We were fortunate in having Rev. W. W. Orr. pastor of the Tabernacle, speak to us. both on Friday night and Sunday night. Dr. Orr is a speaker of force, and his addresses made a profound impression. On Sunday afternoon, and assisted by ladles from Trinity Methodist church, gave the soldiers present, 300 or more, a delightful hour of song. Miss Pressley's solos were greatly appreciated by the men. The service on Sunday night was ^ especially well adapted to soldiers. Dr. Orr's subject was "What Shall I Do to Be Saved?" The speaker went straight to the heart of the goa pel, and drove nome tnose oiu ia mental truths of salvation, declaring in essence that salvation consisted in < merely accepting Jesus?approprlat- .<% ing Him by faith and making Jesus ,j | the love of our lives. In answer to the speaker's ap- , s peal several hundred men stood on ^ their feet thereby saying they sur- ? rendered their lives to Jesus Christ. The "Y" secretaries are of opinion - | that many were truly born into the .< kingdom as a .result of Dr. Orr"s 3 stirring message. Mr. Milan, the camp singer, was a welcome visitor at our "home g hour." -v 6R. PETER ROBERTS VISIT* r THE 77TH REGIMENT ' Eminent Educator Conducts I Class for Benefit of Teachers. .? Dr. Peter Roberta, of New. York . -'ilj ritv. author, lecturer and eminent _- < teacher of eml*rants and foreign-born I citizens, visited Camp Greene yester- I day. In the evening:, accompanied by Camp Education Secretary Thure- | ton. Dr. Roberts visited the Seventy-. seventh regiment's English classes. :..K? Director Tiernay had assembled all . members of the several classes and 1 their teachers in headquarters meas shack where a most interesting and instructive hour was spent. Dr. Roberts immediately took charge of the combined classes. From the moment he raised his hand and began speaking, teachers and students alike recognized that before them was a master teacher. The interest of the large number of men was gained from the first and sustained wonder- 1 fully throughout the lesson. Dr. Roberts used the text employed throughout the camp, of which he is author. His familiarity with the subject, his genius in exposition, his mar veious power 10 win ?uu nuiu u>* deepest interest of the student, to- I gether with his methods of teaching L. i were an inspiration to the teachers. I i As a result of that one lesson better I results are going to be obtained in li I every battery of the Seventy-seventh, . f 1 | where already the men have established a reputation for themselves | much to be envied. It is to be regretted that Dr. Roberts cannot prolong his visit, but he was forced to leave because of en- -ft gagements at camps further south. The men and teachers of the classes In the Seventy-seventh, are most ' _ grateful to Dr. Roberts and Secretary Thurston for visiting them and all have expressed the hope that it may be their good fortune to have another visit made later. urinirut nnciiin flLHUHUIIL UUJIIIO ^UNNECESSARY Sloan's Liniment does away with internal treatments That splitting, crazing, shooting ? pain In the head, if of neuralgic orlgin, succumbs to the first application of Sloan's Liniment. It creates a . counter-irritation that starts the blood . pulsing normally and soothes and comforts in Its prompt relief. Apply without rubbing?for it penetrates?for rheumatic, twinges, sore, stiff muscles and Joints, sprains, strains, pains, sciatica, and bruises. X Clean, don't stain the skin. Generous sized bottles at all druggists.
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