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"THE BARRACKS WHEEZE" By PRIVATE CHET SHAFER I (310th Sanitary Train, Camp Custer, You get The number of friends You have + \ T liat counts. -1 - flfl Manifestations. nBM t$e fjBm None knows better than the supply sergeant of the breeches of promi.se. A Ml'IF.S NOSEBAG IS STKIKKSF3B9 IXG TESTIMONY OF THE VXCEKBBfK/Ql T UXTV OF THIS EIFE. pP^9H Leading authorities agree that the W annual Sunday school picnic won't - W TtJ/'j amount to much this year. IX THK ARMY YOU HUNT EVKI5VTHINU Bt'T COLLAR BIT<" ? The season for exchanging premium ribbons won at last fall's fairs for corporal warrants has been closed. J Sfe? ' ^ They had started down town, with JX '- ? passes, to fix up a party. The one, a fify* S'. fussing extremist, declared that he needed a haircut and a shave before jgvny , \ he began operations. His "buddy" * * I \ was vexed, V fcf/j "Vow, what do you want to spend all that time for?" ho complafocd. ' "You waste a good hour, and where*# ei the profit? The last time we went to town you got a haircut, shave, massage, tonic, a shoo-shine, manicure, "And all you picked up was a ticket to a movie." WILLARD SAID THE ONLY GENERAL ORDER HE KNEW IN CONNECTION WITH GUARD DUTY WAS: "TO BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TOR THE OF PIC ER-OF-THE-DA Y." Last year when they mentioned strawberry shortcake they 6poke our (ftroSfIj BIT THIS YEAR?WE CAN'T E2BSB131 QUITE (JET THE DRIFT. forward in the aisle, please. vjsflw ' There's a big bunch waiting to get on. Those wishing honorable disJW charges step one pare forward. THK KKST MAV Rkmai.N? * Si A\l) t'l.KAX THK KKASKHS. k 1 IT hen the guard was mounted in a J northern cantonment an c~ecH-tempercd j soldier, meek- and unassuming, told the ^ corporal of the guard that he preferred ' M h*t horses as his cigars?nice and mild '1-\n -111 the s.-wnu: on. he Vlv m ' SKI) DIUX'T MAKE IT AXY '> v ? <01- THK- I OK HIM. -jfe A yount; private, with a disrolorec eye and blood drippiug rrom nis now qufl J'/fflL looked up at a compassionate fricnc Tfjy and expressed the fervent wish tha ?pnvBt? those who were promoting boxing would never get it up to the genera Which, in the general scrince code ?/<? P " **xe war lasis two years more l<* i JeWzafl and excuses for week-end passes con ' M j^S" tinne to swell the death list, then t? won't be enough relatives left to keoj (jar LWfc the home fires burning. BP' ft'HV SHE WEARS KHAKI I? A man just over the draft ag ^*1 boarded a crosstown car in Nei York lhe other day and spied a gir M* Jj* conductor. lustead of paying hi ' LW a" f*1"0 immediately he sought to en A tertain the conductor with some thoi oughly characteristic talk. Sh stood it in silence for a moment an< yMV then caught sight of a soldier. ^ "Von coo thaf man " eho mo i r BIMS pointing to the man in uniform. "Yep, 1 see him. but I don't lik r to look at him when you are here t be looked at," was the rejoinder. I "Well." said the conductor, "I ax wearing this uniform so that he ca: jP/ 4.^9 wear his." ,i . ' The annoyance ceased and the idle paid his fare. 8. O. 8. ' The Twins?U-Boats and Wastt fulness?are a menace to the Alliei Army Spc * j ' - ' ' MI Kiddimr the rookie who is new at Learn LESSON XII (HIS, kiEK, ITS, THEIR) Son train (80 tra), Ms train, her train sa montre (sa mohtr), his watch, her watch ses voitures (sd vwatiir), his, her coaches (carriages, vehicles) lour capitaine (luhr kapeet&n), their captain leurs offlciers (luhrz ofeesyd), their officers ? le train et sa locomotive, the train and its engine ma compagnie et ses offlciers, my company and its officers. TIME Quelle heure est-Il? (k?l uhr ?t il?) What time (hour) is it? II est deux heures (duhz uhr) dix. It is ten minutes past two (2:10). Son train arrive a neuf heures vingt trois. His-(her) train arrives at 9:23. NEW WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS French Pronunciation Meaning un agent (de police) policeman uhn azhah le tramway street car tramwd la route road, route root la minute minute meenut le temps time, weather tab la montre watch mohtr _ une heure 1 hour, 1 o'clock iin uhr je veux I wish, want zhuh vuh prendre to take, get prahdr il prend takes, gets (of ticket) ! prah "They Are Marvelous," Officer, F General Pershing's offer of "all 1 that America had" has been made t the, basis of a working agreement ; with the Allied forces, and the troops I from this country are now completely merged with the forces that are safeguarding civilization. A special correspondent of the Paris Temps who had visited the , American front, writes: "The intimacy of the Anglo-French relations has often been described; the Franco-American liason is even more close, i, "It 1s a veritable fusion; everybodj - is animated by the same spirit and e works according to the. same plan, [> following the identical objectives THERE ARE, OF COURSE, TW(l U N I F O R M S AND TWO LAN' *-wi mrnn rrill.'!??.' IU f?V I "V ' Ut-'lUTiO, J>1 I i ounrj i.> e OWE ARMY." v The same Paris paper publishes e letter from a French officer to t 3 friend. The letter says: !_ "Infinitely interesting is our con tact with the American troops. The] e have occupied the sector immediately j beside oars. We have seen them a work, and it should be told and re I told that they are marvelous. Th< Americans are soldiers by nature, ant e their officers have the desire to lean 0 with an enthusiasm and an idealistic ardor very remarkable. Q "There is the same spirit amonj - the nrivates. They ask questlonj U r VERISIMILITUDE "Why is a slacker like a custart pie?" "Well, go on, I'll bite. Why? v "Because he hasn't got crus k enough to go orer the top." rfs No. 3 1 ? si xxL <= ^arsO jriros-r , d ?~n* ??Hf Hewj1 p " ^ a ?S p Duttim? on the army nosebag. v French c i il part leaves, departs * par t il s'arrfete stops, halts s aret p vou8 voyez you see e too vwayfe g suivez follow (command) s sweevfe en face opposite r ah fas t lk-bas over there, down there t la ba \ mldi noon, 12 o'cloc1* j: meedee minuit midnight, 12 o'clock niiLtjv. meenwee j pardon I beg your pardon jr pardoh t EXERCISE T v- 1. Quelle heure est-il? II est one t houre. II est une heure vingt. II est t trois henres vingt huit. II est mldi; f midi yingt deux; minuit dix. Leur ^ train part k minuit dix sept. Son G train arrive k minuit douse. Votre ? train s'arrfete cinq minutes. Le mfe- j canicien a regardfe sa montre. Le sol- s dat prend (gets) son billet. Lea sol- e data ont regardfe Ieurs montres. ( 2. Pardon, monsieur 1'agent. Oti e est la gare, s'il vous plait? 'Vous 1 voyes le tramway lk-bas, n'est-ce pas? Oui. Eh bien, suivez la route du c tramway et vous fetes h la gare dans i dix minutes. Je veux prendre le 1 train e Tout. Est-ce que j'ai le temps? ( L'agent regarde sa montre. II est dix < heur6s dix. A quelle heure part votre t train? 11 part k dix heures vingt i cinq. Oui, vous avez le temps. Vous i avez quinze minutes. Vous pouvez < prendre le tramway. Le voilk. II i s'arrSte lk-bas, en face. Merci, ( monsieur l'agent. I>e soldat prend le 1 tramway. Dans un qnart'd'heurc 11 , est k la gare. ] Say* French deferring to U. S. Soldiers 1 with a touching good will, setting 1 aside all conceit or prejudice. Nat- . orally, they have the faults of all new troops. They show themselves too much and expose themselves impru- ! dently, letting themselves be carried ! away by their ardor, not knowing i when to spare themselves or to seek t shelter or when to risk everything for | an end. This experience will be qnickly learned. "As for bravery, activity and discipline, they are marvelous. They absolutely astonished us one morning of attack. The cannonade, suddenly I hAmmlnir fnpinnn. Hasl inat thrown me , oat of my bank. No doabt about It, . it was a Verdun attack. Taking time > to seize ray revolver, pot on ray hei met and gather up several docu' ments, 1 descended to the streets. When I arrived there they were ali ready filing by with rapid, easy, del eided steps, marching in perfect order, in silence, with admirable res- , olution, and above all, with a striking j discipline, to their lighting positions. ! It was fine. Yon can have no idea t how cheering it wps to my poilus. "Their artillery will be and already 5 is of the first order. The officers are I iatelligeat and filled with zeal, and 1 the greater part of the service fnncc tions without a hitch. Too much praise -can never be given their sanif tary automobiles, swift, strong, comi fortahle, a veritable godsend to us." MOTHER? 1 Will save all your copies of Trench and Camp for yon. Send this copy to her and-all others that yoa get. She t will enjoy reading the news of yomr camp. r. S. TO SEND TROUPES" AS WELL AS TROOPS % Soldiers In the military training :83j imps are to he schooled In amsteor ramatlcs bo that when they get to ranoe, where facilities for emuselent are limited, they will heMble to rovlde their own shows and amuser lents. ' A plan for making amateur dralatics a part of the comprehensive rogramme of entertainment that the Par Department Commission on raining Camp Activities has instiuted in the war camps has been ' 3 rawn up by Raymond B. Fosdlek, N Ihairman ol the Commlaalon, followjg successful experiments which aleady have been made along this line 9 a few of the camps. It is proposed to organize soldiers assessing dramatic talent Into roups or units, selecting as their sader one of their number who has ad previous experience in theatricals r shows marked aptitude in this irectlon. The general organization nd development of the amateur comanies would be under the superision of a director of amateur drasatics, experienced in college work r elsewhere, whom the Training lamp Commission would attach to its Jberty Theatre in each camp in rhich the soldier-actors would give heir performances. The plkn is similar to that emilpyed in England, where the Governnent encourages the soldiers in or;anizing dramatic companies and uppiies them with simple stage proprties and costumes to lend the cor- J8B ect color to their productions, alhough it dees not send shows into be camps, at iB done in this country. ivl-jia Idea, Mr. Fosdlek explains, : Ji tl ejnen to be self-amaalng n . .fil' !.. no way interfere with the run's plan of having the big j?a:.ical producers go into -the r -: >s to put on their productions for i.- j. .icllt of the soldier*. .. committee on camp theatricals, liich acts in an advisory capacity to ne lnuumg uauiii vuiuiuw>iuu, 0 ake up Mr. Fosdick's plan at a conerence which has been called for the atter part of May to further the co rdination of the theatrical activities q the campe. The committee is leaded by &tto Kahn, of New York, ind includes among its personnel uch men as August tielmont, Clarince H. Mackay, Charles H. Sabin md Charles Dana Gibeon, also of 'Jew York. An executive committee of five to lirect entertainment and theatricals v V-ja n the military training camps has >een appointed by the Training Camp Commission. The committee consists *.?|?| )f Malcolm L. McBride. member of he Commission, in charge of camp imusements, Chairman; Daniel Frohnan, retired playwright and prolucer; J. Howard Reber, a Philadel)hia attorney, prominent in dramatic :frcles; Franklin H. Sargent, of New fork, president of the American \cademy of Dramatic Arte, and \ugustus Thomas, the playwright. Mr. Reber is the representative in :harge of the New York office of the committee. SPORTS A progressive system for the instruction of soldiers in boxing by squads has been evolved by Floyd A. Rowe, division athletic director at ?amp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., and submitted to Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, general director of army athletics for the War Department Commission on Training Camn Activities, for adoD tion in ail training cantonments. The -"''"nS system has already been tested out at Camp Custer with effective results. Under Director Rowe's plan, the soldiers would be detailed in groups of from three to six squads to receive a series of progressive lessons In the -raffia different phases of boxing, thus giving the men a comprehensive Instruction In the space of time ordinarily used up In learning a single lesson. The first group would consist of three Bquads learning fundamentals; the second, six squads receiving advanced Instructions; the third, three squads practicing Instructions; the fourth, one squad practicing on the punching bags, and the fifth, one squad in pairs boxing. Officers and men of advanced training would be assigned to the groups as instructors, while the boxing cafpp director, personally, would take charge of group two, where the most important part of the instruction takes place. The system, Director Rows points ^ vij'i' out, would give the soldiers 7% minutes of fundamental instruction, IS of advanced instruction, 7 % of practice, ~.t % for bag punching and 2ft for actual boxing, allowing for a half minute rest between each period. In addition It would give variety to the lessons and stimulate the interest of the men in the training which is now regarded vital to the equipment of M every soldier because of its dose nr. latlonihlp to bayoneting. _ ii
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