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& ;' Drawn for Trench and Camp by "Sah-Jant"Is Supreme The negro drafted men rapidly pick np the knowledge that there are sevI eral ranks In the division higher than f that of private, even of "high" private, but the relative value of the ranks is sometimes very hazy. In several quarters the impression obtains that a sergeant 1s the topmost pinnacle of military promotion, which is probably due to the fact that they see the sergeants bossing the corporals in the fields, while instructions to the sergeants usually are issued in private. ; * On a recent visitors' day Lieut. Col. L. A. I. Chapman, commandant of one of the training schools, passed a sable private who had one sable "lady " ??? "Oi-li arm Tho Tirivntp shook one of his visitors loose and came smartly to salute. As Lieutenant Colonel Chapman returned the salute and passed on he heard one of the visitors ask in awe, "Who he, uh sah-junt?" "Nome," was the private's response, "Ah dunno who he ah, but he ain't uppity enough foh no sah-junt." A private in one of the negro companies made application to his captain for a pass to town verbally, thus: "Sah-junt, ef hit all right wid you all. Ah lack to go t' town." "All right," responded the captain, "but quit calling me sergeant. I'm not a sergeant; I'm a captain." "Shu", cap'n," the negro replied placatingly, "I des a callin' you dat. I know you ain't no sah-junt, but hit do look lack d' big fokes up at Wash'n'ton would make as nice uh a man as what you is a sah-junt." However, with alert observance of the deference paid certain insignia the men work out the relation of the various ranks on occasion. One man, objecting to his comrade's paying too high homage'to a lower rank, said: "Whut y'all takin' on so ovah dem " two little tin bahs foh, nigguh? Dat fP"- ain't do' boss man of dis rig-munt. De bobs man got two chickens on his Bhoulduhs." In the South, "kunnel," "cap'n" and "majuh" often are merely Brevet titles, conferred aa often as not by tbe negroes themselves on account-of the generosity of the person brevetted. but "sah-junt" Is a truly military title, worn only by soldiers, and as such It takes rank not contemplated in the Army Regulations. WHY HE DIDN'T SALUTE A private in one. of the cantonments was severely rebuked by a lieutenant one day for lack of discipline. The next day the private passed the same lieutenant without saluting. "Come here." commanded the lieutenant. "Why didn't you salute me ??& when you passed me?" "I thought you were angry with me from yesterday," replied the . abashed soldier. SEND IT HOME Trench and Camp contains a lot of Information about the army and your camp that the home folks want to read. Send it to them by mail today. TRENCH ^ U TO First Sergt. Shapiro, 306th Inf., < COUNTRY BOYS NOT PHYSICj TO CITY COUSINS, The Provost Marshal General's < office authorizes the following: The common belief that the aver- 1 age of physical soundness is higher among country boys than among the , city bred is not supported by the rec- ( nnli nf lha aol?WivA drflft. Tests Made in Ten States _For the purpose of comparison, selection was made of a typical set of cities of 40,000 to 500,000 population, with no large immigrant element, and distributed over ten different States (Alabama, Arkansas, < California, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New York, and South i Carolina), and a corresponding set of < counties of the same total size located : in the same States and containing no ; French Fried Hungry privates practice their newly hatched French on the mess sergeant. Waggoners try it out on their Percherons; camion drivers on l'atftobus; muleteers on their hard- 1 tails. Listen to the lay of the latter, as he addresses a team of Jacks from the north end of the dead-ex Studebaker: "Alley veet, you long-eared bosches; poorqwah do you hesitate? Voila! Not a pled do you stir, you knock-kneed, spavln-jotntea, cowhocked annimow domesteek de gerr! Say, I'll give you just een minoot to avangsay. If, at the end of that time, you do not sashay, I'll bombard every one of ye* wld a bisque de hard-tack on de raseen de queue. Following this assault and battery in two languages, the team proceeds, the wagon creaking and groaning under its burden of firewood. Fifty yards away, the muleteer meets a , dough-boy, who immediately japes at the driver for the snail's pace he's ( hitting. | "What is dis?a funeral?" "Naw," says the mule-whacker, pointing to his towering loaa or wnne birch, "can't yer see? Dis is a carte : blanche?" * | At this nefarious pan, the mules plunge from the straight and nar- , row and spill the birch in the ditch. ! Philosophically, the driver whips out ; bis "French for Beginners" and ( searches for appropriate epithets. Fifteen minutes later, he sulphurically re-christens the whole bunch, as follows: "I know yuh now, you KllthBrln' chflvals with tAtes de mOO tong; you, with the red muzzle, you're a batenwar; you with th* fishy eyes, ( you're a horse de combat; you with the saddle gall, you're a piece de resistance, and you, you shrivelled nosed roan with the PDQ brand, you're a patty de fwah grah soup song, what's shy on de ontaunt corjahl. And the whole mangey bunch of yez can go to La Crosse for your pum dee tare before yez gets another wisp of foin pressay or an oat ordinaire out o' me!" Charles Wayland Towne. tfourWisk 'and Mine?5 Mote it W H"^? ' /l \ lamp Upton, Long Island, N. Y. ILLYSUPCRIOR SELECTIVE DRAFT SHOWS city of 30.000 population. The total number of registrants In the two sets of areas was 315.000i Results of Comparison The comparison resulted as follows: Of 35,017 registrants in urban ureas, 9,969 were rejected. Of 44,462 registrants in rural areas 12,432 were rejected. In other words, 28.47 per cent of the city boys were rejected as against 27.96 per cent of tne country boys. It w^ll be seen that the result is virtually a tie. The country lad, accustomed to hard physical labor, may be more muscular than bis city cousin, but he is not superior in the possession of the degree of physical soundness essential to his acceptance as a soldier. GERMAN GOVERNMENT CONSTRUED AMERICA'S PATIENCE AS COWARDICE The following article written by Cardinal Gibbons is issued by the Committee on Public Information: "As an evidence of the righteousness of America's cause in the war, I would point to the patience of our President and Congress under the long series of grave Injuries and broken pledges endured by the United States during the time that Germany was professing its friendship for us. We were shocked to see our property unjustly destroyed iff vast quantity, but what was'immeasurably more serious, to read of our men, women and children killed in violation of the universally accepted customs of the "When at length not only American citizens but neutrals everywhere Bulfered appallingly under the'cruelLies of a nation which hesitated not to disregard international law we [earned that patience was being construed as cowardice, and that it was folly to hope that wiBer counsels would prevail among our enemies to bring about a change in their lawless policy. Then we took the only course open to us, the defense of our sovereign rights as a nation and the upholding of the ideals or trum ana justice in the hearts of all peoples. "We have entered Into the struggle with a clean conscience, seeking no territorial or financial gain, but the peace of the world, the liberty of its people, and the security of all nations." HOW HE KNEW "Who is that ofllcer with the gold bar on his Bhoulder?" asked one private of another. "He's a second lieutenant," was the reply. "Pretty. I knew he wasn't a major because he didn't have an eagle on his sleeve." ===^^ A RED CROSS ANXIOUS TO mttVWxfl TAKE SOLDIERS' PLACES IN HOMES OF NATION Officials of the Red Cross are high- fiftSgEgM ly gratified over the large number ttfVxKXBB of soldiers in the camps and canton- j ments who are availing themselves of the splendid opportunity to press this humanitarian organization into serv- MrPfl ice in their homes during their abThe Red Cross is anxious to re- SareWi.fV lieve every one of the soldiers of all kf&/ f/J J domestic worries ana cares anu iu ^ arrange matters so that their hearts \Sr MmfA may be light and their minds made r jlT easy. The organization promises all fjkW y soldiers that their loved ones shall iw not suffer want or even unnecessary discomfort. The families of all men in khaki will be fully protected and even "the girl he left behind him" IfJr/Mi will be visited by the Red Cross women, who will thus serve as first aid to Cupid. Is there sickness In the family? The Red Cross has physicians and Yrfjfll remedies, and even delicacies for the SfJilimWJ invalids as they recuperate. Does fl/fijJIJrvl the shadow of a mortgage hang over J the home? The Red Cross has a sil 1 ver lining for the cloud. Is good | mI'P !| wife inexperienced in handling the I |||| family finances? The Red Cross will I II H try to see that the money is not I III wasted, but that It gets generous re- I [||| turns. The Red Cross will help I Jljl 11 Mother keep an eye on the children, (III H and will see that letters from home j|| H reach "i'apa, * anu mai mo .... . reach home. The Red Cross will do ||\JII\l/M its best to keep I'apa and the ramily together, though the sea may sepaIn short, the Red Cross proposes I. ^fllMSa . to play its full part in behalf of thou- |M?T|^f(|W|B sands of families. Bllll' !jt|g| Many a man who marches upright Kb with a heavy rifle and knapsacks BE-agjaffl bends under the burden of worry BptyjHKj about the "folks back home." and BSapmSaj that burden tlje Red Cross wants to ral take off his shoulders. All he need do to shift his troubles is to apply to the Field Director of Red Cross Supplies Service in his camp, or in the absence of such director to write to the Home Service Bureau at the HjGraflBJI proper one of the thirteen division headquarters of the Red Cross in the United States. One of these head quarters is Potomac Division, 932 Fourteenth Street, N. \V., Washington, D. C? or, in case of doubt as f^ffllOlK-jm to the proper office. a note may be |lB6JWf addressed to the Civilian Relief De- flMjlSw Jjg partment at the Red Cross National Uv w7a Headquarters in Washington, and a jKrfl line to the officials thcro wfll set //m them to work at once. flywM But, 110 matter to whom the com- ///0m1 mnnication may be addressed, word ^ /wmMk will be forwarded to the Red Cross Chapter wherever the family may be, and a Home Service worker will visit the home and report to the worried ^^9*1 man in due time. Letters and communications of this kind have already bogun to pour into the Red Cross national, division and chapter offl- y cers, and thousands of Home Service [ workers are going daily on these personal errands of service and good D fflVl No one knows better than the Red I |w|| Cross that while Uncle Sam is a good | JjFj paymaster and sends his checks for fl allotments and allowances and in- f| demnities and insurance, these do not make up for the absence of the / father of the family? that nothing (?, can atone for his absence. But, as far as if can the Red Cross is ready V to take "Papa's" place in helping ' .? the household and also to keep him I 1 in close touch with the loved ones IIU who miss him so sorely. J*) The whole idea of the Red Cross . is to serve as a link between the man yyy jSK and his home, and to do everything ff possible in his absence to supply his fjff A place, to carry good cheer, to head CrJry tjf off trouble and to keep the pot a-boll- /pi/ ,\ff Ing- &IIM r And so, "when Johnny comes r////jfllyill marching home again," he will find J// his loved ones healthy and happy and /> prosperous, with open arms and ^ v\!v JJl hearts full of love, and himself enshrined in their minds as a hero. wAmlr/jJjlli BEWARE OF LOAN SHARKS WMMty It has been called to the attention I of the Treasury Department that loan sharks are operating in the National Guard camps, National Army cantonments and are directing their atten- MHaJRbt I tion especially toward loans on Lib- vwMgW erty bonds. Loans from $50 to $75 J are made on a $100 bond, at rates as WMHj J/k high as ten per cent. Col. H. M. Lord, WUjmj(JA Q. M. C-. who is in charge of the Army Liberty Loan Campaign, has H issued a warning that Army men H should be protected, at all hazards, H against those who would either mis- H inform or otherwise take advantage H of them with respect to their Gov ernment bonds. Any reputable bank I will give the market price for the bonds and should loan on them at a reasonable rate.
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