~ 11 ' . ?TRENCH
P*3**"!!?-585SSB| Published weekly at the National Camp,
f- ;LcC^?gfl United SUU*.
National H?
I Room 17M, 147 1
N '^WW' JOHN STEW/
/1\ Chairman of Advisory Boarti
<1ffjgf I vMw Comp and location
-'^31/ 7. Camp Beauregard. Alexandria. La Near O
f Vy/ /?\ ?"-*nn> Bowir. Fort Worth. Texas Fort \
!*[A ill Carlslrom Aviation Field. Arcadia. FIa.Tampa
/? 7 f,\ Camp Cody, Dentine. N. Mex K1 Pas
? in , I Camp Custer. Battle Creek, Mich Battle
1 / / ; Camp Devepa. Ayer. M<u Boston
ill Camp Pix. Wrightstown. N. J Trento
</ I ^ Camp Doniphan. Fort Sill. Ok'a Oklahc
IM ? Camp Forrest. Chirkamaujca. Ga ChatU
Camp Fremont. Palo Alto. Cal San Fi
J J Camp Funaton. Fort Riley. Kan Topekj
. j Camp Gordon. Atlanta. Ga -Atlant
>j t amp Grant. Jtockford. Ill The CI
1^^ Camp Greene. Charlott e. <N. C ...Charlo
__J Camp Hancock, Aucualm. Ga AurukI
IrilmfflWTti r*tnp Jackson. Columbia. S. C. ........Cpluml
(IP. uimPf i'?mn Johnston. Jacksonville. Kla Jacksc
II Camp Kearny. Linda VUta. Cal Loa Ai
Camp I-ee. petcAbttrf, Va Richm
Camp Tacoma. Wash Tvom
Camp Logan. Houston. Texa* Houst<
-*v^vK*/\ i- Uamp XL-Arthur, Waco. Texas Waco
flbl v"Hz^ Jf Camp Alef lelian. Anniaton. Ala Birmli
'Tr*^- Fort JlcPhers'in and ("amp Jesup.
('amp Xloade. Admiral. Md Wash.
Camp Pike. Little R-ock. Ark Arkan
ramp Sevier. Grrcncville. S. C Qre?n?
Camp Shelby. HattH-sburg. Xltss New C
Camp Sheridan. Montgomery. Ala Monte1
Camp Zaehary Taylorv Louisville. Ky..Louis*
(amp Travis. San Antonio. Texas.... (_ ,
Kelly Field and Camp Stanley J
t'arap Upton. Vaphank, I. I., X. Y. ...New 1
('amp Wheeler, Mui-an. lla Macon
Charleston Naval Station .Charle
Buffalo Military District, embracing ( ?Uffaj(
Published under the auspices of the Natl
United Sluttn, with the co-operation of the a
With this issue "Trench and Camp"
' completes the first year of its existence.
A review of its accomplishments in
that year is permissible. A study of its j
shortcomings is sure to be profitable.
-* ?*- - - ?,.|1 tn
. ?-w Xt ^" in tnc nrsi pucc, u uw/ w ?v*.
.'4^ -- " review the inception of the project.
j-_ When the plans for the training camps
and cantonments were outlined, Mr.
W John Stewart Bryan, publisher of the
News Letder, of Richmond, Va^-con^ceis-ed
the idea of producing a newspaper
for Camp Lee, the'great cantonment
nearby. The more he considered
this plan the more useful he thought
^ it would be and his mind evolved the
idea of inviting publishers all over the
ryL-X . | country in cities adjacent to training
* . I camps to engage in a similar service
*or the soldiers.
lIlklliMr/ ^nc a*tcr another the newspaper
W?&g proprietors agreed to Mr. Bryan's prolliilgyffffiU/
posals and soon it became evident that
i I' !t wou^ be Possible to launch a chain
rafAV\y?L;. of newspapers serving every divisional
camp ar.d cantonment in the United
When Mr. Bryan was presenting his
proposal to the newspaper publishers,
\WLJWmKfer-*" ot^er thoughtful men in the country
were turning their attention to the
camp publication question. Among
Ay / them was Dr. George E. Vincent, pres 4\tt ident
of the Rockefeller Foundation.
cS-?_ Dr. Vincent had urged upon the Na\
lw H-wiV -Jfl tinnal War Work Council of the
Young Men's Christian Association
itU JF\\ \? ncc<* camP newspapers. LeadJJ
\vl'?^VvW crs l^c ^ agreed with
T ^r" ^*nccnt l^at l^c ncc<J was vital.
/ 'IW^vr7, But they could see no practicable so/
lution of the problems presented.
\ J* ' ^ a stranSc coincidence, Mr. Bryan
-^X-JCL ' J submitted his plan to the National War
1#Ln\\ Work Council at the same time that
^5s. they were discussing Dr. Vincent's
fi\?n statement. Thus it happened that Mr
lcisy^ Bryan submitted a concrete method
of achieving Dr. Vincent's purpose.
The main difficulty at the outset war
i\ d *? securc trained newspaper men foi
A service within the several camps, tc
*\-? k whom cott?^ ^ entrusted the respon
WV&JBi sibility for producing the local publi
I mV WfimL cat'onsnilfcrwr^B
Borne camps were singularly fortu
x nate in the number of newspaper mei
L already in the military service wh<
could be called upon to_ cooperate
I Others were iust as unfortunate be
?/ v- cause no newspaper men were avail
a^^c* The wide divergence in the nam
WSK/Hi ^cr c* "cwsF^P^ men *n individua
? camps is perhaps best illustrated ix
Camp Wadsworth and Camp Sevier
wruKBTXTZ these two camps being only a fev
\ rr>*ya ?.*. mi]cs aDart -
I ^ At Camp Wadsworth a newspaoe
! ^ ^or the soldiers was decided upon an<
it was produced under the auspices o
N the Young Men's Christian Associa
J tion, though not in connection with tit
L "Trench and Camp" chain. A meetin]
I Aa the newspaper men was called an?
( ^ forty-two were found to be in the mil
[ itary service there. Among them weri
| ?Zp\ \ a Colonel, a Lieutenant-colonel, j
l'*S. A Chaplain and many other commis
j ?sioned officers. Camp Wadsworth wa:
t*lc training place of the 27th Division
* , former National Guard troops fron
, -7 J New York State. On the Mexican Bor
: ?- der these troops had previously beer
' m?bihzed as a division and they ha<
also previously published a newspaper
The Gas Attack," an excellent weekly
TRENCH A
A^CAMP
* sad Cantonreenta for the Midlers of the
dq Darter*
fadiran Avenue
rfc City
IRT BRYAN
of Co-opera tine Publish'-!*
Newspaper v. - Publisher
rlcu ns Times Picayune D. D. Moore
forth Star Telegram Amon C. Carter
Times .D. B. McKay
0 Horakl * H. D. Slater
Creek Enquirer-News A. I*. Miller
Globe.... Charles H. Taylor. Jr.
n Times James Kerney
ima City Oktaboman E. K. Guy lord
nooga "(Tcnn..) Times H. C. Adler
anclsco Bulletin ?.... R. A. Crothers
1 State Journal Frank P. MacLennan
a Constitution. Clark Howell
htcago Daily New*.. Victor F. Dawson
tte Observer.. ,?.. Wr~B>8?tttv&h
la Herald .v..;...,.. .Bowdre Phinizv
bla State -W. W. Ball
nvlllc Times-Union W. A. Elliott
tgeles Times Harry Chandler
. ? *?i-- JnKn Stewart Brvan
una ?
a Tribunr...., F. S. Baker
tn Post dough J. Palmer
Morning New* ........ .Charles E. Marsh
isham (Ala.) News Victor H. Hansen
a Journal ? ?,.....S. Cohen
(D. C.) Evening Star. .1... .Fleming Newbold
?as Democrat............... Elmer E. Clarke
tvllle Dally Newa, B. _H. -.Peace
rloans Item James M. Tbomaon
r?mery Advertiser C. H. Allen
ille Courier Journal Robert W. Bingham
ntonlo IAght Charles'8. Dlehl
ork World Don C. Seitz
Telegraph W. T. Anderson
ton News and Couxfer R. C Siegliog
i> Evening News .Edward H. Butler
ional. War Work Covacll. T If. C A of the
bove named publisher* and papers.
NNIVERSARY
printed on super-calendered paper in
mazarine form, was their camp publication
at Wadswortb.
Now talte Camp Sevier. Not only
i was there not a single trained newspaper
man available at the outset, but
< the publishing facilities were very limited,
the local newspaper plant being
taxed to the limit of its capacity and
facing a serious labor Aortage.
| Bat just as this recital illustrates the
j divergence in facilities, it illustrates
j also the universality of the "Trench
| and Camp" service. Through its> Na[
tional Headquarters, "Trench and
I Camp" was able to solve many of the
[ local problems; through the self-sac |
rificing patriotism of the -local publisher
the ultimate handicaps were
overcome. Camp Sevier has its own
j newspaper. And be it said here that
I the Camp Sevier eaiuon nas wen i
steadily improving. I
Mention has been made of the difficulty
in providing local editors for the
individual camps. Some unfortunate
selections were made; some unfortunate
mistakes resulted.
It was the aim of the 'Trench and
Camp" movement to produce a chain
of local papers, each one reflecting the
life within the camp and portraying
the hope of the nation in its soldiers.
"Trench and Camp" aimed to be as
President Wilson put it, "in ? very
special sense a soldier's newspaper."
Where "Trench and Camp" realized
its ideal and became "a living, vital
transcript of the life of the army," it
instantly won a place in the hearts of
the men. They came to await its
| weekly appearance as they would the
| arrival of a letter from home. Where
J "Trench and Camp" fell short of its
purpose it also fell short of popularity.
The reason for any failure was not
difficult to find. In riearly every in *
1? il? / IJKr* a# loral
| stance it i-ay in un. w. .... ?_?
: editor. Where a local editor was
11 broad-visioned enough to catch the
spirit of its ideal of service "lfc had no
11 difficulty; where the local editor was
j narrow-visioned and used the columns
11 of the paper to serve his own purposes
I he failed. Some editors thought of
> "Trench and Camp" as a Y. M. C. A.
-! organ. They failed to glimpse the
ideal, which was and is unselfish service.
When the National War Work
- j Council sanctioned the expenditure of
i funds for camp publications it was not
) j that the Y. M. C. A. might be adver.
tised, but the Association might in-j
crease the scope of its service. Nc
- j narrow-visioned man could understand
-1 the spirit of that kind of a contribu
1 j tion. It took months, in some ini
stances, to eliminate such^jnen. Bui
, I the elimination has been accomplished
r we believe. If we at tne nationa
Headquarters are mistaken we hav<
r only to be informed, and this state
1 ment is made -on the authority of Dr
f John R. Mott, General Secretary, anc
- Messrs. Fletcher S. Brockman and J
s S. Tichenor, Associate General Secre
I taries.
I Now then for a statement of th<
- achievements of 'Trench and Camp.'
6 Weekly newspapers are now pro
a duced in thirty-eight of the great train
- ing camps. Some of thftse paper
s would be highly creditable even t<
i, large cities. Some*of them sugges
a metropolitan newspapers and are pro
duced with the assistance of metropol
i itan newspaper men. Some papers an
1 not so creaitable. But only one o
. two are really poor and there are ex
j tenuating circumstances. We at Na
ND CAMP
=*==?i
tional Headquarters do not expect the
impossible; bat we do expect improvemcnt.
It is a matter of experience that the
best newspapers are those produced
by the soldiers themselves, to whom
die local editor is but a friendly adviser
and whose chief function is intelligent
supervision. In several of the
camps the soldiers have organized
press clubs, the condition of membership
being contributing to "the columns
of the local edition. The dnbs
meet every week and, under- the direction
of the local editor, "news assignments"
arc given. To remain in the
club a soldier must fulfill his assignments.
One failure will mean suspension:
two failures expulsion. The
press dubs, with this system of selfgovernment
have proved a valuable
assistance in producing the local
papers and the idea is commended to
all camps.
""Trench and Camp" has not only
stimulated interest and pride in the
military units, but it has been awelcome
messenger to the home. Thousands
are mailed home every week,
and many parents and relatives have
had their anxieties -dispelled by the
realisation that army fife is a very
human relation after alL
"Trench and Camp" has rendered
valuable and highly valued service to
the United States government, not
alone in entertaining, instructing and
inspiring the soldiers; but in proclaiming
the need of supporting the Liberty
Bond issues. Our files bear eloquent
testimony to the value Of the service
we have rendered.
In the War Saving Stamps movement
"Trench and Camp" has influenced
the diverting of many quarterdollars
to the United States Treasury.
The War Risk Insurance, that splendid
boon to the soldiers, has been explained
with great care and in infinite
detail to the men in service through
the columns of "Trench and Camp,"
and that these explanations have
served a useful purpose is indicated by
the eagerness with which insurance
officers seek space in these soldier publication*.
The Quartermaster's Department
has counted upon the columns ol
I rcncn ana tamp n wc u>?witu. ?>
preaching the new gospel of conser
vahon and reclamation and the sohbet
who thought the government wai
mean when it insisted on rigid econfj.
s. HELPING GERMAN FA
Men of German parentage in th<
army will feel relief in the announcement
from Washington of the existence
now of an organization charged
with the duty of assisting loyal resi
dents of this country who are Germar
or Austrian nationals and for thai
reason have found difficulty in provid
ing for themselves. This is known as
(he National Alien Enemy Reliel
Committee, composed of some of th<
most able and broad-minded men it
the country.
There are many Germans and Aus
trians who are loyal to America, btr
science Applied
The Nutrition Section of the Sur
Afflnn hoc (ho rOonfin
K?un-Kt.*uci ui a uujiu iarMn?yni
sibility of determining from a scien
tific viewpoint the nutritive qualitle
of army rations and of formulatlnj
scientific methods for the preserva
tion of army food. Besides sendini
officers from its division to each o
; BuyBcndsatj
emits has been taught that there ts
untold wealth in waste. ' warns s
Then, toe, the great "drives" foe*- f
funds for the welfare bodies have beta
assisted by the camp publications. . >2
So we might go on. .But there ktwv
limit to our space. We feel that the - I
year has more than justified our being, f
and we look forward to another year
of even greater usefulness.
- We would be remiss indeed ifmlm
did not take advantage of this opwMB
tunity to thank the publishers throughout
this country who have placed their
tisted as so wisely and so wall, some
of them even supervising the makewWk
and editorial policy themselves. "9
Also we feel that our thanks aiejg?
due to Dr. Frederick "P. Keppel, theK ?
Third Assistant Secretary of WeJy'flP
whose kindly cooperation and Brm jf1
but friendly counsel have been oars s^Ka
all times?even when Dr. Keppel
seemed to be immersed in'the mnlti. 6
tudinous details of bit graft office.
To Malcolm L. McBride, of the War *?.' ,
Department Commission on Training jS(j >
Camp Activities, sre would address an- iS?
other word of gratitude. His criti- -*
cispu have always been construriMPyfr
?and that it a fine thing to be able %'
to say of any man. * 'itS
Of course the National War Work
Council of the?Young Men's Christian
Association is to be thanked. But the
editors have bean assured repeatedly that
the most welcome word wffl i
the assurance that the soldiers them* ?}
selves are satisfied. Lot us say that i.'J
there are indications that certain, of, i. |
the "Trench and Camp" publics tiooa. ]
will not only be self-supporting during I
the next year, but wul show profits, 'Jj*
The National War Work Council wfll ?
devote the profits from these pubfl-. -J
cations to the camps they serve. The
funds will be turned over to the nrih
itmry authorities to spend as they Me
fit for the benefit of the men. The -J; .'
Y. M. C. A. does not want to make | '
money out of "Trench and Camp" and
will not do so. V '
A final word?and this to the local
editors: Sometimes we at the Nil km al
Headquarters may seem hstsh and. '
exacting. Let no one get the irapres- '
ion that we are too harsh or too.?n>iW
' ' ? editors'....
'Year to you (111 7
MILIES LOYAL TO AMERICA
! owing to. tit natural consequences of -if
war their birth has caused them to suf
fer in many ways, so that many have |
1 been deprived, in part at least, of their
means of livelihood.. The United i
States Government does not proppM
: that these people shall be made to suf- .
- fer and has taken concrete steps ta ,
i help them. ' It is also the duty of this .
I committee to assist die families of to-.:1
: terned Germans and Austrian! through '
i local agencies.
This activity is another example ct
- high American standards in war as.. .
t well as in peace.
: ; >1 1,1 .i . I
TO ARMY NUTRITION ? , fM j
- the camps and cantonments and prfi|- j
- cipal smaller camps throughout the .
- country. It has sent abroad twentyj
nine officers from the Nutrition Bee- '
; tion to see that the food supplied to
I - . . ' .If