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/l-Jr Confessions ( IK) (This la the third of a series < Br Called from his driliaa pursuits by ?. la a bask, outspoken record of hi K which, perhaps, hare beat shared I g hi training. These diary entries at tibnal Army as a truthful portrayal < $r-. Boidlera of "the finest army ever ci Kb - writer is Ted Wallace, a luxury-krJ an settled conrtctioaa, except selfls PMhg process of war Into a red-1 August 17, 1917. ? I conld not sleep well last nlgl Bp The thought of all I will have to gi' K qpmade simp Impossible. I tried K-r4hcd. It was no use. I wore my ne r :house gown and I could not get tl ' thought ont of my bead that It wi one of the few times left for me ^ jwear It. A bouse gown was alwa; one of the little sanities I promts) v myself. Good ones were ao expensi1 J. and 1 kept putting off the buying i SflSpS; one until 1 felt I could really affoi It. When that haberdasher on tl corner near us closed up shop, I sa *y opportunity. It.cost only $2 and It la of ptlk and tufted. You fe luxurious, being covered in one i I j these things. I felt the softness < . ' 'the silk and wondered when I won 'las.i 'have to put it away. .1 8ft there wit . a bottle of Scotch and as I took ea< drink I said to myself, "I won't 1 ? able even to get a drink when I'm the Army." Then I began thinkii of all the rules agd regulations I h< heard of prevailing in the Arm . You'd think the Government wi dealing with a lot of children lnstei of grown men. Eg,"My'mind was very active. I begt ?& thinking about the office. What a: ' i they going to do wlthont me? I a not vain and I know it's true thi sJ} Avrnwumnn'o nloon con Ko flllni) gnrl T ^ 'ti j u?u d prarrc?rnxn?crc iim.ii?ETTTT*?i t? the is indispensable, bnt it's going ? -be a hard blow to the office. It isn pW| "I won't be able to even get a drin | -'v7: always what a man does; it's what I Wwawo And if n man has kpnf h B??? eyes and ears open, he gets to kno1 a lot ahoat a business in six yeari A11 the correspondence of the mar agement has gone through my hand jfe,;.jwr more than two years, if Mr. Jei -'fold grants to know anything he'ju! '-'lends for me. The firm has a lot c Influence In Washington. Perhap | they will try to get me off. Our bus ^:'v ness must not go to smash simply b< cause we are at war; and there i work to be done at home that Is Jus as important as that "Over There. I think 111 ask Mr. Jerrold abont it JEv^tlo. I don't believe I will?unless I % lpoks too serious He might not. ui - deretand. Unless you are alway J::waving an American Bag oowadayi no one thinks you love your countrj I do love America. I love her so muc r I don't want to leave her. Peopl |W3. nay you are not a real patriot unlee jtst^yott are ready to die for your conntrj Someone has got to live for her. ftngSihat to live. j|: THE SOLDIER'S PAY There is a bigger, finer way ^ . i nan earning goia 10 pay nje s acv?. |5 Consider now Ike meager pay ' The soldier gels. [ -. { He pays for life with life itself, ( j/ f' Braves Summer heat and Winter roll C& tiki hardships grim, but not for pel) yellow gold. MR#* does not measure by his pay The sum of service that he gives, richer joys than gold each day He works aud lives. Wffittckoned m dollars his reword Is all unworthy of his tasks, , ^; v Tet freedom's victory for his sword $?.' J* ali ke asks. S. O. B. '?&" TW Tmina?U-Boalu and Waste ?urn menace to tbe Alliei . TRENCH A W A Conscript it dlai7 entries written by a young man the operation of the selective draft. It a own Teettngs, thoughts and emotions, >y other American men now swum or J al IAI iL. H. e cummenuDu vo uw bumixvi m hw of the process of "TTrrrtinf rt-rlllans into lied to the colon by aay nation." The ring yonng man. who, at the outset has ih ones, and who is transformed by the blooded patriot.) ( Same day?later. When I reached the office this ' morning there was a note on my desk saying Mr. Jerrold wanted to see me. '? I knew right away what had hapw pened. He had been told that I ]e would be called and he wanted to see ? if I could not get my call deferred, at , least until someone- had been thoroughly trr'ned to do my work and ys to learn what 1 had learned, sd But when I went in his office I re knew Instantly It wasn't that. He 't MYou just scamper off and say your tender good-byes." I wore the same expression my father wore when I came home last night. It was as if .ihe two of them had learned the lesson out of the same book. He put out his hand and said: "Ted, we are sorry to lose you, of course, but we are glad that we can give you?you are the only man of "No 'huts' and no worries. You will need a lot of time and we are going to give you all we can." "But," I started again. "No 'huts,' my boy. You won't worry about us at all. AH you will have to do from now on is to draw your_ salary and we'll pay it for a month after you are in the service, too. This will give you a chance to buy whatever things yqp need." I stood speechless. Mr. Jerrold put his arm on my shoulder: "Go-and BOtJ ait LUC pi CLLJ gu m /UU RUUW ?MU t say good-bye. But don't think about us any more." "Who will do my work?" I asked, e "A 'green' man cant pick It all up." is I added. w "I said 'don't worry.' We'll mans. age somehow. You just scamper off i- and say your tender good-byes." His Is smiling stopped a moment and he r- said, feelingly: "You know, you it might not come back." ?f He turned away and I made for is the door. I- I can't understand it at all. Everyh body seems so pleased that I am to go. is Mr. Jerrold's attitude hurt. Didn't 1 it amount to anything more than that? " Am I to be disposed of without any t. further thought than a brief dlsmisIt sal? Mr. Jerrold may think it is very i- easy to fill my place. But wait uns til they get into a tight hole, he'll i, know then. i. And a month's salary! What's h that? Of course, the firm is not e wealthy. But they might have made 8 It six months. r. What was that he said at the last? I "You know, you might not come back." That's just It; I may not! PERSHING PAYS FOR PIG General Pershing, who recommendr I ed legislation that would provide for I tho TTrnnrh noauntii I whose lands were necessarily overran by our troops, has applied the l principles of that legislation to hlm!' self. A Lyons paper says: "A big American military automobile tore through a French village on Its way to an American camp. Unfortunately a pig belonging to an old peasant woman strayed into the path of the car and was killed. The old lady was heartbroken. "A few days later a letter came tor her enclosing a check for a hundred francs and saying how sorry the writer was for the death of the pig. The >- signature was that of General Peri. shlng." .ND CAMP ii . " 1 What The Amerii (AN EXCERPT FROM A FLAG D/ FRANKLIN K. LANE, SECRETAR "Then cane a great shoot from I " 'Let me tell yon who I am. Th making of the real flag. I am not the its shadow. I am whatever yon make your belief in yourself, your dream a come. I live a changing life, a life o heartbreaks and tired muscles. " 'Sometimes I am strong with pr est work, fitting the rails together trul then purpose has gone from me, a coward. Sometimes I am. loud, garr that blasts judgment But always 11 be aad have the courage to try for. " 1 am the song and fear, stru nobling hope. I am the day's work ol am the largest dream of the most dai "1 am the Constitution and t statute makers, soldier and dreadnou sweep, cook, counsellor and clerk. I ai and the mistake of tomorrow. 1 am who do without knowing why. I am 1 the reasoned purpose of resolution, yon believe me to be, and I am all tha am what you make me, nothing moi eyes as a bright gleam, of color, a syi tared suggestion of that big thing > My stars and my stripes are your dre " They arc bright with cheer, br with faith, because you have made thi for you are the makers of the flag, am in the making.'" The use of W! by the fighting created much ta the water. Even before Amerk and sailors landed. Canadian and French adopted WRICLEY'S i time sweetmeat. And now that Uncle & boys are hitting the (if Aa WR1GLEVS a very noti< Wthe Allies. SK Keep tbem supplied. A B\ toseod?100 sticks?100 w???i r :an Flag Is IPvll LY ADDRESS BY HON. Y OF THE INTERIOR) the flag. ~ "= e work that we do is the flag, not at all. I am but me, nothing more. I am if what a people may bef moods and passions, of liSrdS ide, when men do an hony; sometimes I droop, for nd cynically I play the p^JkJUu ish and foH of that ego have all that you hope to 'jrfmft ggle and panic, and en- |pl f the weakest man, and I t he courts, statutes and ght, drayman and street WjisExB m the battle of yesterday the mystery of the men the clutch of an idea, and Jfe I am no more than what |i> ,t you believe I can be. I i?n e. I swing before your BK nbol of yourself, the picfinch makes this nation. p?~ ams and your labors. H vi illiant with courage, firm 4 ?m so om 01 your neurit. i J it is well that you priory \ \ Hi RIGLEVS JlT men has l| ifk across 1 an soldiers ttie British, ?gg5 forces had is their war- ?|?|| im*s stalwart ?[;J|* le, you'll find ceable ally of gN Jr box Is easy ^"11 refreshments. ?*??. A
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