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I _ TRENCH AND CAMF Theodore Partrick, Jr., Editor. w W Published weekly at the Nations III wB SI Cantonments for the soldiers of th 111 HI [I lTnited States, under the auspices o In i the National War Work Council o the Y. M. C. A. of the United States with the co-operation of the leadini |||l II newspapers of the United States, nam |R I ed as Advisory Board. 4 CAMP GREENE EDITION. ^* ** * >< at Camr I Greene. X. C.. by the Army Y. M. C A., with the co-operation of Th Chirlolte Observer, Charlotte. N. C. Business office at Y. M. C. A. Ad ministration Building Xo. 101. Xews and correspondence receive! at all Y. M. C. A. buildings on Cam] Greene reservations when propcrl; EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS Every day is mothers' day. Avallnt cold weather. Camp Greene forever! With a half million Americans ii France there ought to be a little mor pep iri the news dispatches prett; A newspaper article avers that th emperor of Germany is almost a rav To get a half million of soldier in France within a year's time afte the declaration of war is no smal undertaking, and yet Secretary Hake says it's so. Raise the bid to a mil lion by the first of the year. Mi E IMuribus Unurii! Died for thei country somewhere in France: (lire lamo Yiscusi. Stanislaw Itefansk Martin Kruger. C. H. Knutson, E. J O'Brien. F. J. Szolt, Paul Bouc'.iei Roderick McLean. Ambrose Xavie Huyatte. Lloyd Morrill. G. R. Xorsi gan. S. J. Smith, Charles Beranek an> How much hot a'r there is in thes .hattrps that the aircrart productio Bhas fallen down will be hard to d? termine. even by a congressional ir vestigation committee. The fact r< mains, .however, that we need mor airplanes in France and need thei badly. There are a good many es perls who agree that victory is goin to be won or lost in the air. The mothers. C.od bless them, ha their day in (.'amp (Jreene yesterda; Though absent in the body they wei present in the minds and hearts c their soldier sons, who attended ser\ ices held in their honor in differer parts of the camp. These mothei deserve every thought and every cor sideration that was given them. The nie landing hack of their sons, ai proud <>f them, and believe in the power to make a success of the ju doing for the soldiers in the Amer I Ti t ' 1,1 '-s appree ated. we lieiiev I most striking expression. A youi ? (ii*>".'k came into one of the "Y" buil< i?>Ks the other day and showed tl i \ secretary a letter he was writing h I \ people in flreeeo. telling them of a that the Y. M. C. A. means to hit rv5^fl| and asking them to contribute to tl [/\l ?-J association whenever they have an o] \ portunity Another l'olish soldi* i \grew enthusiastic in his praise of tl v yWWT? home" that was furnished him. ar \\IW >aid that he was saving up for a coi tr.bution itt the next campaign. I Bv young man up at the base hospit jV "Y" wrote a letter to the pastor of ii |o W1 church "back home" telling about tl D UK V M ('. A. work. This letter w< * Ik read to the congregation, and as result a collection of $.1,000 was tak< r^^SE~] up. These things give satisfaction the men who are trying to make tl V| V | association function properly in tl L>. "The Camp Creene Columbian" IL IH the name of a camp newspaper th I . is soon to mako its appearance, a H Bffti cording to an announcement from 1 jgl of C. headquarters. It will be a fou jE 3tPa page paper, six columns, and will 1 , edited by Mr. .1. C. Kelley. the popi * '. r I lar publicity man of the Camp (Ireei K of (V Trench and Camp extern a vvi-l'-ome t?? this publication. ^ POPULAR CAMP PASTOR ____ LEAVES AFTER STAY HEP i^^E3E3 Arthur MeClunp. who h [N llil l||j been located at Camp' C.reene f JJi HI HH sometime in the capacity of can n| HI Hi pastor, left the past week for t llj || HI home at Omaha. Neb. He was a ll|| | H| companied l?y Mrs. McClung, who h ?|| HI m been li^inff in Charlotte during h II ||| U husband's stay here. Or. McClui HH HI H achieved quite a success in his wo !iU III H among the soldiers, and endeared flit 11)1 III H self to all the soldiers and welfa lift II A workers with whom he came in co 1111 fjl/1 1 In tact. He returns to Omaha to r sume his work as pastor of a proa p^J|?fkiS nent Presbyterian church. -* ? . r: > K. C. ACTIVITIES AT CAMP DURING WEE) Festival Day Was Observed Witl Much Success?Athletic Di ? rector Busy Promoting Sol f diers' Games. t . ' Festival Day was inaugurated at K _ of C. building No. 2 last Wednesda; and some twenty women of Charlott took complete possession of the build - ing to entertain the soldiers for a fev hours. Festival Day is to be held 01 | wt?unesaay ui eacn ween unu mc . J rious committees of St. Peter's Rei Cross unit of Charlotte, together witl p other voluntary women workers of th !_ town, will take up the time of th e J soldier lads by distributing some good j ies and drink and having a genera . merry time. I This Innovation among the varlou j I buildings of the camp is. needless t p | say, very much welcomed?since th yr j important feature on the program i the passing of good things to seat. I was remarked that hereafter the mid - day meal of'the Motor Mechanics wil be a trifle light, and preparaTions wil start quite early for the "eats" com ing a little later in the day. The scheme of decorating as car ried out last Wednesday was partlc ularly attractive. Large tables wer I distributed around the building, eac! ! table prettily bedecked with flower.' The committee of ladies, led by Mrs & J Weddenfelt of Charlot'.e, stood by th y i tables and passed tho cakes, candle j and a light punch along the line o I soldiers. e It is the opinion of many of our ex " j ceUent critics that next Wednesday K of C. building No. 2 will be the mos popular ?resort in the camp. Every ? body is invited and the secretaries i 1 ; charge would welcome fellow welfar workers. r j Director of Athletics Donahue o : K. of C. building No. I announced o Friday that a completely eqiiippe r tennis court will be at the disposal c . I the soldiers within the next week o i, I ten days. Mr. Donahue has becom I. i quite popular with the boys of th l I Motor Mechanics and has been aske . -I??tuM0 nts ri to take cnarge ui tauuu^ - j letic activities but in devoting all hi d j time to the work proposed in a recer report made by him to Washingtor Mr. Donahue feels that all his tim e will be well occupied. The athletl n j director will gladly interview the va - r\ous organized baseball and othe i- | camp teams, and will distribute spori ?- ing. equipment, including balls, to an ? of those teams making a request t n j building No. 1. I Supervisor Hall of K. y6f C. wa o j activities visited the camp during th I past week and made th& following at pointmentk to take effect immediately i John C. Manion, general secretary I'* j James J.. Cavanaugh, director < j buildings and grounds; John A. Doi j ahue. director of athletics; John ( "] Kelly, press representative; Williai 1 Egun, secretary building No. 2. - ? V /PROMINENT CHARLOTTE \ ir f PEOPLE VISIT "Y" 10 b ' _ | A progranf of much interest' w; given as an entertainment for the so ' ' diers at *Y. M. C. A. building No. 1( Tuesday night by a number of Cha ** lotte people. The program, as give Jo out by Physical Director Herzieiu, j that building, follows: le Song, W. C. Rankin: song. Miss Sa js lie Dixon; a short address by Col ' I, L. Kirkpatrick; song, Mrs. II. n j Pharr; a short talk by Dr. C. le'iHland; song. A. Norwood; song. Mi | H. N. Pharr: a short talk by Seer Jjr ' tary K. X. Karris, of the Chariot le | chamber of commerce. 1(j . This part of the program was ei 1_ | t husiast ically received. After tl ^ 'Charlotte people had concluded. Ei ai gene Wesley, of the Second compan js ' Third Motor mechanics, rendered le I violin solo, accompanied on the piar is , by Harold Woodruff, of the First cor a'pan.v, of that regiment. John J ,n I Freeman, of the Fifteenth compan t0 j Third Motor mechanics, as a cartot le artist, drew pictures of President Wi ie : son, caricatures of the kaiser, an , cartoon on pay-day in camp. His 1a l effort was to dntig the coat of arn Is ) of the motor mechanics, at i A wrestling match ' between "C c?- J clone" Moore, of the Second compan ?'Fourth Motor mechanics, 145 pound r- and Lee Reuter, Eighteenth compan be Third Motor mechanics, 165 pound a- which, after 15 minutes, was declan >o'a draw. The program was ended I rt?y another violin solo oy ?> . uvv"" . pan led by Woodruff. i ' "MOTHERS' DAY" OBSERVED IE AT K. OF C. BUILDING NO. as j "Mothers' Day" was celebrated or i K. of C. building number two i 1 J* j Sunday at 10:30 o'clock. Invitatio 119 i were extended . to the various hea c"! quarters and to the mothers of Cha as:iotte. The ladies of Charlotte distri er | uted flowers to the soldiers at his se vice. Chaplain Paul Bethel h; rk charge of the service, and celebrat n- | high mass on an altar erected on t re j outside of the building. The buildii n- | was beautifully decorated for the o e- casion. Chaplain Strickl^id. of t ii- Third motor mechanics delivered : ' address. -'vie'- PWW( HKfiv a fl e ^ s 0 I s layjM ?IwlMMBI Wi i iilffttgal Mo OREATI 141 in the ^ ?f| ^ n ! Stretching forth her hands to all d ! in 'nedd; to Jew or Gentile, black or ^ j white: knowing no favorite, yet faT : voring all. ? I Ready and eager to cpmfot-t at a d I time when comfort is most needed. Helping the little home that's crushed beneath an iron hand by showing mer. cy in a healthy, human way; rebuild1 ing it. in fact, with stone on stone; ' replenishing empty bins and empty cupboards; bringing warmth to hearts and hearths too long neglected. fr Seeing all things with a mother's [_ sixth sense that's blind to Jealousy y and meanness; seeing men in their it . . _ , ? ... The American rteu urosn win r public for $100,000,000 to continue ? ie wide war fund campaign, May 20 to 2 Every dollar of a Red Cross war fu XO MAX'S LAXD .4 ^OkOIERS OF HOSPITAL *-\ / ufib thf "OLD SONGS" w ?.-1 Jr\ An entertainment was Riven at the base hospital Y. M. C. A., Camp ,^s (Ireene, Tuesday night which the secretaries said "long would retain a y~ place in the minds of the soldiers Is' j Prescnt as unique a"d original." A '' ; number of Charlotte women gave the ?' ! program, consisting of songs and recij tations of a kind not previously of" , fered the soldiers at this, building. >y The feature of the evening was the ll" j old folks songs, rendered by a num' ber of Charlotte women dressed in quaint costumes of "yesterday" and . , whose songs were in keeping with the setting of other \eai-s. 2 Mrs. A.' V. Bennett won long and (enthusiastic applause, and at the end of the song she sang the stage at her at i feet was literally covered with flowon I ers tossed there by appreciative solns ( diers. the secretaries of the building "I would that mv love." r-! was sung by Mrs. A. M. Gray and b- ' Miss Blanche Orr. Miss Washburn r- gave as a reading "The Mourning ad j Veil." Mrs. E. C. Register and othed | ers sang a group of "old songs." and he | they were followed by Mrs. Carl Leo, ng I who gave a reading. Miss Blanche 'c- J Austin sang "Little Irish Song." and he'was followed by a reading by Airs. Z. anjv. Barnhardt. Miss Ella Moseley I rendered a violin solo and Miss Maj 3ST>\0THER] J WORLD j|II[ -1 I true light, as naughty children-T^.f^^B : snatching, biting, bitter?but withjS'^l : hidden side that's quickest touched mercy. Reaching out her hands across the - ..-18% sea to No Man's Land; to.cheer with-./l warmer comforts thousands who n*uat stand and wait in stenched and crawt^" ing holes and water-soaked entrench-'/^jHE ments where cold and wet bite deepetr.'^^H ; so they write, than boche steel O! tJmI icad- -mm | She's warming thousands, feedlHjra^B : thousands, healing thousands from J-; | her store; the greatest mother in -p; . world?the Red Cross. InswYTi I n appeal to the generous Americas^ X s work of mercy, in its second naubxr-'j-' ;<?. 7, inclusive. nd goes to war relief. II iT CAMP GREENE. I Law Gray sang "When I was a Baby,"I I Mrs. Register and others sang anothemj \ine cnarioue wumvii wuu ivua parts of "the old women" were namedE;i as Mrs. Z. V. Darn hard t, Mrs. Gelger, Mrs. J. C. Crisp, Mrs. H.CJk Holton, Mrs. P. S. McLauchlln, Mrs|];' Rosa Brown. Mrs. PL C. Registitt^H Mrs. A. V. Bennett and Mrs. II, ^"fjp CAMP GREENE^MAY^ET I NUMBER TEXAS AVIATOKjM BY II. E- a BRYANT. JgM Washington, D. C., May 2.-?Recent*^ ly it was reported here that all ofejHI aviation forces in Texas camps WOql?'be moved to Charlotte. This re'Wftfffi excited Texas congressmen and a dejj I egation or them neaaea Dy senaxrj ac I Sheppard called at the war deparff ' ment to protest. It was made hhuf to the Texans that Camp Greene 'iMrl be a signal corps replacement ounji;; where men will be assembled, trfUrajPl equipped and sent to take the'p wsfffl of men who drop out for one oMglfl : or another at the front. The war department haa forma*J ordered that Camp Greene- shaJivjXI , used by the signal corps for the cH| iiganization of 40,000 or more^^H 11 That order will not be changed. QMfaf I lotte may eventually become , t| t '! headquarters for the aviati(m,/ft<?|fij ties of the war department forces. 11
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