; < f- - ? I |PB| TRENC] & c Published weekly at the National E -~ tTnlled Sltlte. ?~=~~" Room 50t >*'..VV -T-: . .Sallow JOHN SI ( W 1? Chairman of .Witaery 1 ? / Camp Cody. Oeuiin*. N. Me* K VI c?" ?'amp Custer. Battle Creek. Mich B 'imp Dlx. Wrightstown. N". J T Hn \b Camp Bodge. Des Moines. Iowa 1> ~ "Alt - - jnT" Publisher of ti \ |i France and Great Britain for tb and a half long, terrible-years h / borne the burden and heat of ' iW =tr?SSle. Had they not done kM democracy had gone down to del before America was able to mars her physical and material resour ^ t; we feel justified in asserting t B America has played a prominent not the consummate part, iu set l'or the race is not always to swift or the battle to the strc The moral fiber, the spiritual a of the fighter must in the long prove the decisive factor in en contest, even though the weapons those of fire and steel and desti Do you want to know why Ame: !>e his numbers ever so many, MB?w25rj new implements of war ever so ' Be :;enious. his organization ever K why America's part in the wa; the noblest and the grandest t HP/iJJyS-- an>- nation ever undertook? *r/"1^ VIS01' in the annals of mankind? TO THE TRAINIh Approximately twelve thousand y*wAyV/Z/ listed men have qualified for com: sions through the training sc] Jrl&jjf courses at the camps and cantonm of the country. They have been gi certificates of eligibility and will ff&nty commissioned as vacancies arise. m/Mny/ It is to these men that have, t ' pronounced eligible that a word i g&r/fy be addressed at this time. To tl it may have been a disappoints BEfSk T| '^al they were not immediately ta ^ V~j from the ranks. But the delay is fr' Pa.rt ?f discipline. The impor Jwftrll*' thing for them to keep in mind is I a " r they are marked men?men mat ^jv V for promotion; and the eyes of t officers will be more closely than < upon them. Also the eyes of enli' men will watch them closely. F new on they must set the exarr more conspicuously even than thej fe-V the example before they were sen Jra the training schools. JjjjFIt was the fact that they were g soldiers that led to their selection 1 '% the schools. Through the long wt of training they had to live up to ' i f promise they had given or fall by Z j wayside. Hundreds of them did Those who survived were fit to * vive. \ /, But their position now is doi aw r- /i Cithcuit. rscing mar*ea men, It j act, every word, will be the word ajfe?M act of potential officers of the arm ? ! jBp-r'y 'U the United States. Eft C SB Their presence for the time in Eg&F' ~ K ranks means much to their comm ? JBft: t B ing officers. By their example b mi commanding officers can teach as 1 M C 9 have been trying by precept. ^ H qualified candidates will be pointe 1 day after day. The delay, then, is a splendid tr i 1 It will lengthen the course of tr ing; it will strengthen the hands ? commanding officers; it will ins the men who still serve in the ra - , li & CAMP [>mpi and Cantonments for the soldiers of the ?, Pulitzer Building i Headquarters * York City rSWABT BRYAN Sctrd of Co-operalIn* Publisher. Newspaper Publisher ev Orleans Times Picayune D. D. Moore or'. Word! Star Telegram Anion C. Carter 1 'aso Herald H. D. Slater at .le Creek Enquirer-News A. Is Miller os.on Globe Charles H. Taylor. Jr. r.ntoo Times James Kerney es Moines Register. Gardner Cowtes a .Noma City Oklahoma? . -E. K. Gay lord hattanooga iTenn > Times ... H. C. Adler in Francisco Bulletin R. A. Crotbers oprka State Journal. Praoll 1*. MacUnnan lanta Constitution Clark Howell he Chicago Daily .News Victor P. Dawson larlotte Observer W. P. Sullivan ugusti Herald Bowdre Phlniay j umb.n Stole W. W. Ball it ktooi Hie Times-Union W. A. Elliott n? kngele* Times HaVry Chandler irhuion.t News trader Job. Stewart Reran F S. Baker J oucton Poat dough J. Palmer 'aco Morning Neva Charles E. Marsh Irmingham (Ala) Xewa Victor H. Hanaon ash.. D. C-. Evening Star Fleming Newbold rkansas Democrat Elmer E. Clarke harlealon. 8. C. News and Courier. .R. C. SlegUng cw Orleans Item James U. Thomson ontgomery Advertiser C. H. Alien ouisvllle Courier Journal Bruce Haldeman in Antonio Light Charles a Dlehl cw York World Don C. Salts j 'aeon Telegraph P. T. Anderson' National War Work Council. T. M. C. A. of the .he above named publishers and papers. 5ART IN THE WAR editorials ivrilten especially for Trench and publishers printing editions of Trench and ) AY CHANDLER lie IiOS Angeles Times ree. know of no better manner for thro wave| ing light on this point than by . placing side by side the instructions issued by the Prussian overlords to so- their super-warriors and the words !eat addressed by General Pershing ...to ihal our own boys about to suffer their ces. first baptism of fire, hat Thus speaks the would-be world . if conqueror to the men of his invading ur- armies. He calls on the German soldier to make his name more terrible the| to the enemy than that of Atflla, the ing. Hun. "Strike him deadt The Day ims of Judgment will not ask your rearun sons." And again: "By steeping ery himself in military history an officer i be will be able to guard himself against rue- excessive humanitarian notions." And now listen to the words of rica the brave Pershing: "Your first !un. duty is to fight against a foe and to his j guard our ally. You arc also to lift in-! a shield above the poor and weak, so j You will be very tender and gentle tver with little children. You will do isl your duty like brave men. Fear God. hat I Honor your country." And! America is the first nation in histhc: tpry to place its soldiers officially and ris-; directly under the care of religion. jraljThat is the winning part Amerand'ica is filling in the world's savagest the! of wars. And such being her attlde-jtude, can any one for a moment We doubt the issue? IG SCHOOL GRADUATES en- The great body of the army is the nis- enlisted personnel. The 'history of all lool wars has given examples of men who snts rose from the ranks to positions of iven great responsibility and distinction, be Napoleon spoke from the record when he said that in every private soldier's >een knapsack was a marshal's baton. Here nay is a great obiect lesson in democracy: lem men chosen because they were exceplent tionaily good soldiers, now qualified ken for commissions, but still doing the , all work of men in the rank's, waiting for tant the great day of opportunity. Every that man in the ranks, every man whose ked veins have the red blood of Araetheir icanism, will take heart from this ob:ver ject lesson and try, even as these men stedihave tried, to fit themselves to be rom! called eligible when the fortunes of I mar ehall oiv* lh?m their shoulder set bars. t toj There is war enough for everyone. ; The chances will come quickly and ood none can tell just where they will fori strike. A story of the British army is seks pertinent: the On the fields of Picardy a young the officer had just been given command fall, of a company. He led his men over sur- the top of the trenches and was struck by a ballet just as he emerged. "First ably Leftenant, you are in command, sir; jtry carry on!" This was his command, and The first lieutenant took command y of and be, too, was struck. "Second Leftenant, you are in command, sir; carry the on!" This. was the next command, and- The second lieutenant, a mere boy, the proudly took the lead. Then he was they nit. "First Sergeant, you are in coraThe mand; carry on!" And the shattered d to little company, led by the first sergeant, gained the objective. ring The first sergeant was ready. He ain- was able to "carry on." So these s of young graduates of the training pire schools are ready. So, too, they will nks. be able to "Carry On." t ... g' jjJpVjaS Of Army Efficiency" By MAJOR L 8. OSBORlf, QJf.C., VJL In Charge of Reclamation Division CONSERVATION in the Army is a vital necessity. Care and upkeep of clothing and equipment and savins of all material should receive the serious individual attention of every man in Uncle Sam's fighting force. ' 09S 1. Available supply of both raw and finished material is limited. 1 2. Industrial enterprises are being severely strained to equip the Army now mobilized and which'is soon to be called to the colors. 3. The labor of the country is exerting tremendous efforts to produce industrial necessities of national importance. Economy is prosecuting the war. America is the only large financial power able to dose the world's conflict. Waste is an arch enemy of Army efficiency. - , The tremendous cost of training, equipping, transporting and * " * ' " ' ?it ki miser- . . SaMfe feeding our Army is wurmy w bcuuiu vwauw...?, .. _ vatively estimated that the cost of maintaining each enlisted man | per year will be in excess of three thousand dollars, which must be jjga# paid by the Government. Who makes up the Government? Two | classes?the mfcn in service and?the man at home who is caring for dependents, individual industrial enterprises and necessary business. EVERY TIME A MAN IN SERVICE NEGLECTFULLY PERMITS DESTRUCTION OF EQUIPMENT HE IS MAKING - > HIS SERVICE A BURDEN, RATHER THAN A HELP TO THE WINNING OF THE WAR. Every line of business is responding to taxation to win the war. Co-operation is a vital necessity. Do your share by conserving the equipment that has been purchased with taxes paid by your neighbors or by your own familes at home. When your uniform, overcoat, shoes or any other artitle of equipment shows signs of wear and tear, take that personal interest, because it is your Government's property, YOUR OWN PROPERTY, and turn it in to the Supply Officer for repair The old saying: "A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE" is particularly applicable to your case; it may mean the conservation of your entire outfitHt does mean aid in winning the war. . - - i 1 Wor Tut Rnr I You, Mr. soldier, are rearing yum p