TRENCH AND CAMP
V Theodore Pprtrick. Jr? Editor. v
Published weekly at th% National
Cantonments for the soldiers of the
In United States, under the auspices of
IH f W the National War Work Council of
the Y. M. C. A. of the United 8tatesv
ID I HI with the do-operation of the leading
n[ I | newspapers of the United States, namIffl
II HI ed as Advisory Board.
|m | II CAMP GREENK EDITION.
Hfjl IH Published every Monday at Camp
1 vXli I K Greene, N. C., by the Army Y. M. C.
vum jy A., with the co-operation of The
Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N. C.
? Business olhcc at Y. M". C. A. Ad
(ministration Building No. 101.
News and correspondence received
at all Y. M. C. A. buildings on Camp
tJj"eene reservations when properly
Mighty "lak" a rogue?a profiteer.
Many a freckled face chap 'Who
went to France will come back a man.
Some of the fellows won't come
back at all. But we thank God for
their spirit, which will live on.
Those 6Ci United States soldiers who
submitted to the trench fever test and
thereby risked their lives, are heroes.
They have performed a service for
It seems to be the universal experience
of men that when they get in
the trenches they find God there. But
why wait to seek Him there? He Is
here in camp as well.
We believe that the people are determined
to see that the soldiers get
the best of everything, so that they
will readily learn to accommodate
their tastes in the matter of corn
bread and such edibles.
The city of Wilmington. North Carolina.
suspended business for an hour
the other day in order that all of her
citizens .night honor the memory of a
fallen hero. Arthur Blumenthal. He
was a member of the French ambulance
corps one year before his country
declared war. but later joined the
United States aviation corps.
PfflTflfli Tills is fishin' time. but some of us
w 11 have to stifle our amhitiou. which
usually confronts us' about this time
I Juj of the year. Even so desirable a tiling
M nOp&j as fish in" will have to wait until the
li ImJkrU What is now so rare a thing as a
liyy young, well-built, and unanaemic felLjjn
low in citizen's clothes? It Is true,
H ffll however, that lOine men are elected
|SJ w to stay at home when they would
ft inS^ll really much prefer going. We haven't
Bfc-M much use for slackers now. nor -will
we ever have. I'.nt we need to have a
fl ffl care in the formation of judgments.
IJLM^ We haven't sent many grumblers
"over there." Here's a sample of the
m M^U kind of a letter our boys write:
|| "D*;ir Hob: Just a few lines to let
w'P B > ou know that I am O. K. and hope
a * j '<? hear the same of you. I got into
B B . ai: scrap with the Germans and
?o they got u little the best of me. I lost
jJUKjiil my right mm and my left eye. but
I am getting 'along O. V. just the
same. I expect to be home for the
holidays I Yom Kippur. in September).
Ttrouk the news gently to mother.
Your brother. Abe. P. S.?Send me
vfaPv^ . oine chocolates."
^ v The fine :ind efTect'vo manner in
\ BflBO which the forces of HjIv recently met
i I he onslaughts of the Austrian troops
in the terrific drive deserves the admiiation
of the whole world?or at
?/^a least that part of the world that is
capabl of appreciation of anything
that proceeds from an allied source.
\ vwfli The world is increasingly appreciative
\\i/Ih l*,e l,:irt l^:it ,he Italians have play?
< <!. anyhow. Elected to repudiate
it Prussian ism at the outset and take
I* |l up the cause of human justice and
* JP r|ls^ right, she did a thing the bravery
J fi Wf^" of which has not been outdistanced
B in the w.iolc war.
if 1 [ -FORMALLY CPEN NEW K. OF C.
([ U B'JILDINC AT CAMP GREENE
IFS I The formal opei..r.g of me k.. or u.
BpLl building at the base hospital, which
was postponed Friday night, because
>"4'lemcnt weather, will be held
Wednesday evening. Arrangements
for the event have almost been comyMygg^l
pleted. There will be some talent
from the city. Private Frank Tronolone
will sing and play. Sergeant
Taylor will give his imitation of a
negro comedian and "Carolina" Brun,
son, better known as the "black dot."
tffi ijjj |||ji will entertain with funny negro songs
W lHI HI Acting Secretary John A. Donahos
and Chaplain Iiethal are in charge ol
the arrangements.
At building No. 2 tonight four little
negro boys from Charlotte will peril
III H form. Boxing will feature Thursday
night and the first of the open aii
111 111 (i moving pictures, provided the weathei
permits, will be held.
IfMj UfV II Peter Marchisie of Memphis. Tenn.
Jlffl III III J. Frederic De Lany of Hornel. N. Y.
and Thomtis Hammer of Buffalo wer?
the new secretaries to arrive last
icracwse
OETSCHMENT CDMMMJOE!!
i "Swat the Fly" Now Is Base
i Hospital Slogan?Nurses Leave
for "Over There."
The present detachment commanl
der of the base hospital is Captain
I William W. Carnog. Captain Carnog
! came from Lavonia, Ga.. where he
1 was a physician of high standing. He
is a graduate of Georgia University.
' He was commissioned .captain upon
I enlistment on acconnt of previous
! military training in college. The men
are much pleased with their new
commander.
"Swat the fly" is a cry that has been,
adopted in earnest at the base hos!
pital. Two thousand fly swatters have
been made' and issued to every ward
| and office. "Two million swats per
day" is the record. The flies are also
fed on milk and poison, are lured info
' traps, and exhaust themselves on
"Tanglefoot." The breeding places of
both fly and mosquito are attacked.
Swampy ground has been oiled, and
j refuse cans and drains are kept clean,
i Drains .are being lined with cement;
those already concreted proved very
| effective Jn the recent rains.
Last week twelve nurses were sum}
nutned .away from tne base hospital.
! The Misses Ahearn Howe, Hart and
! Murphy, on Tuesday went, lo New
! York, where their unit is foyming;
I the Misses Williams, Shaner. CampI
bell, Egglestoii. Rlcker. ?Leppalla.
I Daniel, and Jones, left ory Friday to
Join the University of Virginia unit,
j Miss Agnqw, wh.o is head nurse at
I the base hospital, is away on a v&caI
tion.
j The Fourth Regimental baseball
| teams won-a game from the base hospital
team on Saturday by a score of
11 to 3. The new field and stage
i fright are the caUses. it is said. Never
mind, there'H soon be another chance.
; While a student at Rickel Institute,
j Sergeant Nickerson, or "Nick." as he
! is familiarly called, earned Wis letter
j in baseball, basketbal! ad football,
j For two years he was also captain of
I the baseball and basketball teams,
j Three recruits from Charlotte have
. been added to the base hospital unit?
| Jesse Trott. Joseph Choule. anu Wili
liam Xeal. ?
j On Saturday evening. June 22,
Lieutenant Leon H. Cornwall. M. C.,
i connected with the laboratory of the
, base hospital. was married, at Syraj
cuae, N. Y., to Miss Elizabeth Bo we,
-of that city. Hie couple will make
their home m Charlotte during Lieu
tenant Cornwall's service at this hosj
pita'.
Capt. Sidney L. Darling of the sup|
ply department has been called to his
| home in New Jersey by the illness of
I his father. Lieutenant Clarke has
j charge oT the medical supply depot
during Capt. Darling's absence.
First Sergeant "Fakes has been visit!
ing in Georgia, his home state.
I Sergeant Lcighton .has been made
I order sergeant for the base hospital
detachment.
I The officers engaged in the study
" of French under the efficient instruc'
tion of Captain L. L. Meyer are mak]
ing rapid progress. The class num|
bers 40 and meets three hours a
, week, with a tendency to meet daily,
i Captain Meyer has a good speaking
| knowledge of French, having spent a
' year in Rheims in medical study. His
parents came to America irom j
i Alsace when it was a part of France. |
j Classes in first aid practice and I
j litter drill are now held daily for 150
i men. under the charge of Captain
I Carnog. detachment commander,
i Lieutenant- Upton, and a medical offii
cer who has #een overseas service. The
enlisted men of botfi Base Hospital
j No. 54 and of the Camp Greene Base
. hospital Wil lhave an opportunity to
take -the course, taken in companies
of 150 men.
The government has placed water in
the "Y" building for which all the
men are devoutly thankful. One cannot
help being thirsty these hot days,
and the fountain in the "Y" will
i serve many men/
] Two ambitious soldiers volunteered J
i to paint the "desk" at the Y. M. C. A. ]
{ building. The boys had to work overI
time to do this, as the painting was
. Anna of niwht nflor the nrorram of the I
| evening was finished. The improve- I
'l inent in the appearance of the desk is
I {very marked, and the boys are to be
' congratulated for their fine spirit.
II A very effective government four-!
I reel moving picture, called "Fit to'
H Fight/* was exhibited at the Y. M. C.
; { A. last week. The detachment men
I were detailed to come and see this
lj picture, which very vividly sets forth
i'some well established principles of
f living.
' j The horhe hour last week was in
, I charge of the young people from the
' i Steel Creek Presbyterian church. a
11 church that has the reputation of
. i being the largest rural cnurch in the
r | south. About 50 representatives from
. jlhe church were present and they
.! gave a strong program.
Through the good offices ot camp
singer D. W. Milam the aviation band
again played at the base hospital last
i Thursday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock.
; I This band is very exceptional, pl&ying
' with unusual unity and power of InV
=s=s=^=
- -r-r? ?
(Drawn especially lor
terpretatlon! We hope they will come
to the hospital frequently. " ? (
Dr. R. E. Gaines, of Richmond col- l
lege, who has recently been added to
the Y. Ji. C. A. staff, gave a clear and
interesting address at the "Y" at the 1
close of the band concert on Thursday
evening. Dr. Gaines spoke on "Why
We are at Wari'V Prof. D. W. Milam
led the singing. r ~ i
On Friday a tthe religious service,
there wa? a fervent setting forth of
the character-of Daniel, especially his
courage and faith in God, in an address
given by the Rev. Mr. Grubb,
religious director of-Y. M. C. A. building
106. The hymns and the i^pripturte
passage used in the service Vere
thrown on the screen. \ J
BIG EDUCAnONAlTPROGRAI^.
FOR AVIATORS IS MAD&
, c
Report 315 Members of French
Classes -and 856 Studying /
Technical Subjects.
Following: a conference during the *
past week between military officials of
Camp Greene and C. M! Oliver, camp
educational director of the army Y. ^
M. C. A., plans were made for the inauguration
of an educational pro- \
gram that, for size and scope has not
yet been equaled at Camp Greene.
Major Chisholm. of the aviation head- ,
quarters, together with one officer arid
two enlisted men from four of the aviation
regiipentf. met with Mr. Oliver
as 'a' feonfmtttee 4 Preliminary reports *
on:the needs of the soldiers had been 1
made, so that the work of organizing
and setting up classes was already cut
out for this committee.
It was reported that classes for the
study of the French language had already
been enrolled in two regiments, 1
with a membership of 315; knd that
an enrollment of 856 soldiers had been
made in the classes that will study 1
technical subjects. The technical subjects
will Include motors, aeroplane
nomenclature and construction, radio
work, and military subjects. C
The teachers who have-volunteered
to instruct these classes are made up
of both officers and men, all of whom i
are experts in their subjects. Some
of these teachers have been instructors
in the larger schools and colleges ,
of the country. The physical equip
is supplied by the Y. M. C. A., though
the texts are purchased by...the .stu- i
dents. The Camp Greene library officials
have agreed to co-operate by
supplying a large number of reference
books on the subjects which will be
studied. - I
HIGH CLASSCONCEHTS \
GIVEN IN THIS CAW
A number of soldiers at Camp S
(Greene have been given an opportunity
the past week to hear a mpst unI
usual and delightful musical program.
Mesdames W. A. Clark, Judd A.
I Strong, and W. A. Hadley, wives of
officers at the base hospitdl, gave con|
certs at "Y" 106 on Friday evening.
These three talented artists have had
| much experience in concert playing
j and singing, and the audiences who
have hoard them feel very strongly
their good fortune in having an opportunity
to enjoy the gifts.
Mrs. Clark, who is the violinist,
plays with exceptional beauty and expression.
Mrs. Strong, the pianist, impresses
her audience as being a musician
of note; her equal has soldom
been heard in camp. Mrs. Hadley has
a voice of greatest sweetness and
power, and has held the closest attention
of her hearers. y
i^? niimhora on th? two nroerrams
conaisted of songs and instrumental
solos that are popular with the soldiers,
together with a number of classical
selection^ that greatly appealed to
the taste of the musically inclined. *
Encore after encore was answered to
the manifest delight of the audience.
These three artists have devoted
much of their time to the entertainment
of the men stationed at Camp
Greene, and that their efforts have ]
bee nappreciated has been shown by .
the cordial reception they have met
with.at each appearance. These concerts.
have been given under the dl- i
rection of D. Ward Milton, the "Y" 1
musical director. .. ... . _
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>UH
Trench and Camp.) , -^VfJ
Dedicated to "Bob," Camp Oref^H
)o we see It "there,"?here it floatlral
As the emblem of freedom fr0aB|j^B
Lnd we gaze on the folds with
That a brave man has for a sacrewljMm,
^or is to you but "the outward 8ign,^>j
Of a people's pride and a nation's 1
Of power, wherever its stars majtlPH
Lnd ?ts scimmcriiig stripes flow red-;^B|jL
' " Chorus.
>h what is the meaning it has tOfymUR
With its rippling stripes of red agrnM
Lnd the clustering stars on their (hwn
What does it mean as it break*
hashing those colors upon your 'irfjW
I
Vhat is the meaning it has for
As its bright folds ripple above yQtjMaMH
Vith its clustering stare on their
And its glorious stripes ot
s it merely a challenge to foreign. I
A thing to be followed when arm
ind Attrar, ^rherew i% proudly fav^ i
To ceaae^to float splsndWly, wr
see in its beautiful stripes of
As it proudly^ waves and sereqoij'ijfl
Che blood that its brave defencJel*"^*
Ahd its stars are calling in
falling to me as they are to you?
To keep the faith and seek OMfivtf .
trrtl to serve that flag with a loy^-MWy
And a' heart as clean as its stajwjb.are
white!
(Written for Camp Greene Trenofi^
tnd Camp by "Bob's*1 ^Mother.
iS THIS THK STATUS OF THE
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mam
Private Adolph Benton, of the_bda?-B^
hospital, is not exactly a pygmf^-lg^B
stands six feel seven and a half incftcvY
ligh In fact. The man standing be- I I
si do him is Harry Graosaick,
C. A. physical secretary df hut 113.1
who.Is no slouch of a rain himsdlf, I