TRENCH
Published weekly at the National Cai
United Stairs.
Vatfcaal
Room 5<M, 1
New 1
8P JOllN STK
Chairman of Advisory Boa
Camp *a4 I.oeatiow ^
Camp Undue. L><-s Moines. Iowa Deo
Camp Doniphan. Fort Sill. Okla OJR?
Camp Kb...IIon. Fori Riley. Kan Tope
Camp Cordon. Atlanta. Oa.. AtUi
Cajnp Hancock.^ AuRusta. l!a '.
Camp Ixncair. Houolna, Trr?a Howl
Camp MeClellan. Analston. Ala. Birni
Camp Pike*!\illle Rock. Ark. Arks
Camp Shelhy. UallleoburK. Mi" New
Camp Sheridan. Montgomery. Ala Monl
Camp Rachary Taylor. Douterttie. Ky...Louii
Camp Travta. Ran Antonio. Texas. I Sa?
Kelly Field and Camp Stanley >
Camp Cpton. Taphank. I. I.. N. T New
Camp Wheeler. Macon. Ga
United States, with the co operauoa of the
tltriDTA /-?U CDVPTTMf
With the response to the secon<
^ draft, hundreds of thousands of Amer
ican citizens will be brought into con.
tact w'th Trench and Camp. To then
a word may be addressed at this tin*
K . that they may understand the aim
j A and ideals of this newspaper.
\jR, *n a very special sense this is i
Yank /*""! soldiers' newspaper, as President Wil'^UKli
son wrote when Trench and Cam{
was ^rst Pr?jccte^- >s intended thai
its columns shall reflect the life in th<
^ great camps and cantonments of th<
"Keffif " country. Trench and Camp is not thi
organ of any movement except thai
great comprehensive movement 01
/jjfQ/wEf converting civilians into soldiers, t<
JDKl hearten and inspire them and to fil
them with courage for their great task
I of "making the world a decent plact
in which to live."
"ilW^ Trench and Camp is unique in twc
juV respects. It is unique in the hist or j
fi'il of warfare because this is the firsl
time that an entire army in the fiek
SfimTSx/ > at home has ever had iu own exclude/
sive paper. In previous wars some
i divisions, regiments or companies had
little papers of their own, bat Trench
\ and Camp, with its thirty-two edhiom
Wf&ZlA throughout the country, serves the entire
army today. This newspaper it
unique in the history of journalism ir
-aSBWJ that this is the first time a paper hai
been published in thirty-two cfiffereni
. parts of the country, appearing limul
n tanecusly in New York and California
U8CttS *n<^ *?'or"*a*
|9kY^ The aim and ambition of Trend
and Camp, in the words of Presidea
tfK Wilson, is to "interpret to the sokftai
mJXHa. ,hc hope and enthusiasm of the natior
behind them and to interpret to tin
nation the fine determination aire
spirit of our men in arm*,"
It is true that Trench and Camp it
SEDITION IN T
Hfrglgg When all is quiet in the company
3&M strcet and men fiavc retired to ther
Kfta tents they do not cease to be soldiers
This is a fact which the new men par
L^SHI ticularly should bear in mind. A!
BSllwa that they have and are they have sur
rendered for the while to the grea
IflUn n rnmmnn nurooo of servine the coun
!1l In the quiet hours in the squad tent
II ' come many opportunities to forget tb
obligations of soldiers. Freedom o
p?speech sometimes runs riot. The mei
jCr come to feel that they are away fro?
restraining influences and they some
Mr times express themselves in a m?n
V ner that they would not dare to as
A sumc in public.
There is uitkiaui of the sergeant
,-n- of the commissioned officer, even c
the government itself.
This is sedition in a hideous form
The way to win the war is to forge
/?] all disagreements and differences an
I." to hope for, befieve in and think onf
of VICTORY.
The President of the United State
is the Commander-in-Chief of all th
armed forces of the country. Too of
ten this fact is lost sight of by tb,
young isiffiir.. Disrespect ? Nst i
TRENCH
& CAMP
n*e ud Cantonment* foe tkt aoMtero of the
" Mtier BoUdta*
Fork City
BAUT BRYAN
(f Of Co-op erattnc PiWtaher* x
Vf^optr PkhUabe*
Orleans Tlmee Picayune DC D. Moore i
Worth Star Telegram Amon C. Carter 1
*aao Herald H. D. 8later
fc Creek Boquirer-Nhns A. U Miller
on Globe ta*rw n. Tayior. jr.
ton Time* James Kerney
Moines Reclrter Gardner Cow lea
hena City Okltboman E. K. Oeyiord
tenooxa (Teen? Tlutee . ...H. C. Adier
Aanr.Kd Bulletin R A_ Crothers
ka rttate Journal Frank P. StacGennan
at* Coiutltotiow Clark Howell
Chicago Dally Newt .Victor P. latwaon
tat tr Obeerrer. W. P. Sullivan
tsta Herald. Bowdre Pblnlxy
tnbla State CW. W Ball
soavllle Time* t'nloa W. A. Elliott
Ans'U * Ttmes Harry Chandler
nion.l New* trader) .John Stewart Bryan
*aa Tribune P. & Baker 1
it on Post Couch J. Palmer
? Moraine New a. Charts* E Marah
Ingham (Ala. I News Victor H. Hum
I. IX f. Even ire Star PlewtHW Newbold
out Democrat Elmer E. Clarke
lest on. 8. New* and Courier. .R. C. Steeling
Urleana Hem James M. Thornton
somery Advertiser C. H. Allen J
ivllle Courier Journal '....Bruce Haldoman
Antonio Light Charles S. Dlehl |
York World ;..,... Don C. Soltx
in Telegraph .P. T. Anderson
iHonal War Work Cornell. T. If. C. A. -of the I
above named ^publisher* and payer*
i TO OUR NEW SOLDIERS
I published under the auspices of the
National War Work Council of the
Young Men's Christian Association.
But that is merely incidental. The
> paper is "THE AMERICAN SOLi
DYER'S OWN NEWSPAPER." The
, circumstance of Y. M. C. A. instrumentality
is but another instance of
Y. M. C. A. co-operation in any move1
roent for the well being of the army.
A newspaper plays an important
) part in any community life?and an
l especially important part in such
community life as characterizes the
: army. It tells a man what his neigh:
I bors are doing. It inspires all who
: | read it with the idea of the unity in
t the great purpose. It should, as Genf
era! Pershing said in reference to the
work of the chaplains, "Inculcate lofty
> ideala of Americanism," and it is tryI
ing its level best to do that.
The young men of the second draft
. are to feel then, as they read the pages
' of Trench and Camp, that soldiers all
j over the country are reading the same
[editorials and the same special arti'
I cles?in a word that in Trench and
t j Camp they have a common tie.
| c-vciy issue ui iiciiui auu v.uu|i
has certain local pages which tell of
the happenings in the camp which that
particular edition aims to serve. These
< pages can be made more newsy, more '
1 entertaining, more helpful if all the 1
1 soldiers will look upon Trench and
Camp as a friend, make the acqoaint1
ance of the regimental news represen1
tative and tell him?or better stilL
1 write for him?those happenings of
t such interest that they are discussed
' when soldiers meet.
* Trench and Camp looks upon the
arrival of the increments of the second
draft as a splendid opportunity
1 which this newspaper was connived
1 by those having a deep and abiding
1 interest in the welfare and contentj
meat of the nation's soldiery, and that
1 service to which it will inflexibly devote
itself so long as America's army
i is in the field.
HE SQUAD TENT
f punishable according to army regular
tions. Disrespect to him, especially
at a time like this, should be unthink"
able, according to American tradi"
tions.
1 The soldier in the ranks, the officer
- in the subordinate place?everyone in
t the army?needs something of the
spirit which Tennyson immortalized
in those fines, "Theirs not to reason
why; theirs bat to do and die."
One of the most fertile fields upon
t which Prussian propaganda Unites is
f that of discontent; and discontent
wonld be impossible if a man catches
anvthmr of the true soirit of Ameri
From discontent to outspoken criti
cism is bat * step. Outspoken criti
asm is a breach of discipBne, which
is a cancer in the side of the army.
'l Yet it is not in defense of rales and
4 regulations that this mrngf is adrfrrmcrt
to the American soldiers.
l Father it ia an appeal to that intangvt
ble something that us all, that |
A feeling which is common to every one
r of which makes as thrill and fills
as with pride when the first notes of
. the National anthem mark the close
t of a sohficr'a day.
A good sohSer does his dnty and
I tST ssr *hnt'Let~m *** h"
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The Sunlight On The Sword
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF TRENCH AND "M
CAMP FROM A CHRISTIAN SOLDIER IN
THE UNITED STATES ARMY 1
Sir:
Prussian propaganda manifests itself in many forma. Not
the least insidious is that which constantly-refers to the attitude
of the Prince of Peace towards this war. \ M
What would Jesus Christ think of the war? Can you as a
Christian justify your own participation? Can you conceive of
Jesus, bayonet in hand, going over the top to plunge the cold ateel
into the vitals of another human-being? Can't the churches do % - J
something to stop the war? ?
Germany Hears That "AH Gotm W??"
These questions (ollow each other in just about the order giTen, all .
31 which is carefully studied, as is every other move of the German propagandists.
There is no minister in the country that has not been confronted
by the questions and there is scarcely any active layman who has escaped.
What is the result? Meetings are called in great churches throughout the
land to discuss the ideals of peace! To discuss the ideals of peace at such
i time as this when we are steeling ourselves for the great sacrifices that
the -war must demand!
Meantime the German propagandist gets word through some mysterious
channels that all goes well and he wins the commendation of his chief.
Win ronnrf ta nn ATwrnwaHftn Alt does ma well with his own nroiecty Too
well. Public attention ia diverted from the one great issue and the Ideal
of & unified America is still in the remote future. This,
then, iS a word to the preachers. It is a message straight from ./52H
the heart of a Christian soldier to Christian ministers all over the land."Prince
of Rlghteonsacns First ..
1. What would Jesus Christ think of the war? The question is .
given in the phraseology of the church and, in the opinion of a simple
soldier, is very poorly expressed. It is not what WOULD Jesus think
bat what DOES Jesus think. A soldier who has semi the faflnence of
Jeetu in the hearty and Uvea of men does not contemplate Jesus as the
church does. The soldier thinks of Jesaft as an ever-present comrade,1 : ~
not as a Divine Being who walked the earth nineteen hundred yean ' ,.j
ago and has been merely a memory ever since. The soldier somehow . : '$?&
feels that Jesus, in Whose feet and hands are wonnd Jsriats, Whose face
is more marred than that of any other man, is the same Jesus Who
denounced wrong-doing. Who hesitated not to apply the scourge and I
Who came not to bring peace but a sword. Jesus, according to the . .-^kS|
simple reasoning of the soldier, is indeed the same yesterday, today
ana forever, in mow any* ne was wiauw wma firau, <?<~ ^
the order of Mefchisedeo?and Melchiscdec wit first of all *1* of ' :?*
Righteousness and then Ktug of Pence. So a soldier thinks of JfM 3?
Prince of R1GHTBOU8ITES8 first; then Ptfae of PKACK.
2. Can yonna a Christian justify yonr own participation? May
not the question be answered by asking another? Can yon as a'Christian
J? I*?ii * partlrtpafeT
5. Can ynn wanho of fcwu. bayonet ha hand, gofac ever the '
tap to | III a the cold .steel Into lb* vitalB -ef another hnnan being?
ltkSSeaH. Mllli M>MrMn?a?k*Uoia?H> .
*?? Ilk 111 by rtll ? iwt Mmt fa ImHnl ?k? .
precious cargo of beCplccs wnwu and HCfle children are sent to the bottom.
It Is infinitely more dUBcuIt to think of the same damn stand- .339
ing by while Belgian girfar are ravished- .
4. Cant the churches do something io stop it nil? CndonbtefBy ^
they can. In the first place they can refrain from diverting the thong#**
of the awntry from the one great issue. America has only one task . ~ <50
just now. That task la to stop Jhe war by winning It; and by winning - .-jSf'j
it so decisively that the monstrous thing which reared its ngiy head " ^?2:3
shall remain inert to the end of time.
Blinded by propaganda Insidiously launched in the name of Jesua
Christ, certain spokesmen for the church cannot see that, In spite of the . > .v*?j
horrors of war, there is something of glory In it still.
\Vhat, shall we see but the shot and shorn
Here in our manhood's might outpouredt
IVarthe calls to the fortressed Ome - . Vf||Sj
What of the Sunlight on tne sworar - H&St
There is sunlight on the sword. As the eoarse of the war rnns we are '^*58
coming more and more to realize that life is not ease, not the sum of
possessions, not length of days?hut the grandeur of the human soul. The :>g?g
war is making tremendous demands upon mankind just bow; but it is repaying
in magnificent revelations. * -
When the Tnscanla was struck by a torpedo and British seamen on ~
the brink of eternity chanted "God Sare the King" to the American soldiers*
"Star Spangled. Banner." the antiphony resolved Itself into a symphony :v??Sj
that must have reached the high heavens even aa it came across the water .
and touched the heart of America. And the motif of that symphony was,
"Then conquer we must for our cause it is just;
And tkis be our motto, 'In God is our Trust.'"
Can't the church do something? Yes! It can preach the kingdom of .;
righteousness as a forerunner to the reign of peace.
Righteousness first?then peace!
Now it is "peace, peace, when there is no peace." " '
The most effective way for the church to deal with the present crisis is
to preach a gospel of.unselfish devotion to the common cause. And if ..
the church would reach the ultimate in her effort, let her translate that .-r^vJySB
gospel Into terms of food-saving, of labor conciliation, of bond-buying?of V!i
doing.
The chnrch of dim religious light .and medieval symbolism Is as'
dead as the lifeless Christ that some of her ministers have preached. The r.
chnrch of service and of sacrifice is as vital and as vitalizing as the Christ .
* ?? - ?* and elves unto parched lips the water of
life; Who visits the widow* and the fatherless in their affliction?the Christ I
Who is the same yesterday, today and forever and Who is only jast being
comprehended. . \
LIEUTENANT, U. S. A.
RECORD INSURANCE NO HALF ESCAPED '
The members of on? company of Tommy?"Half of 'em we got wfth" yjj&S&B
Marines now in France took oat gov- machine gun Orey half of 'em with the
ernment insurance aggregating $2,545,- rifle, then we fixed bayonets and kilted ^
000. This is the high record. Out of another half of 'em?"
the 256 men in the company, 254 took Funny Man?"And what happened
oat the full $10,000 of insurance. The to the rut?"
other man took out $5,000 worth. Tommy?"Oh, we took 'em prison
" ere!"?London Opinion. -.?
MAIL IT TODAY
Mali tola cop, ol Trench nod Camp "Wh, do you rat.v a no.
home Alao mall all tha other ropier J alters, - wtth nlfa and troWla* J
TOO dot It am maha mfchtj hi tor daadhtora, la ao aaalosa to cn to tho