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m TRENCH AND CAMP
Lynn W. Bloom, Editor.
H HI I! ARMY Y. M. C. A. ORGANIZATION.
N III ID (Staff Officers).
1 111 H J. T. Mangum, Camp General SecreIm
njl 0 Daniel Iverson. ReliguTT? Director.
Il |l H Jesse H. Gray, Social Director.
IHj U R Ray Funderburk. Educational DirecI
In M L. W. Bloom. Publicity Director.
Odell Pargett, Accountant.
^Published at the National Cantonments
for the soldiers of the United
fkl H oiain. unucr 111*: aus^ikca m.- - -?
j^QJI tional War Work Council of the Y. M.
bOkSI C. A. of the United States. v
lSj CAMP GREENE EDITION.
1 IN Published every Wednesday at Camp
I I ||| Greene. N. C.. by the Army Y. M. C.
ID A - the co-operation of The
1*1 Kf Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N. C.
/will Business- office at Y. M. C. A. AdHU
ministration Building No. 101. Phone
%SJ| News and correspondence received
Jra at all Y. M. C. A. buildings on Camp
Pddene reservaticas when properly
Dj| News stories, personals, anecdotes.
{ B poems, jokes, cartoons and clippings
Jgw are wanted. Contributions should be
delivered or mailed to the Editor's
B [n office or submitted to a member of the
staff before noon Saturday of each
vJl MAILING SUBSCRIPTIONS.
IflUv Three months 25
JrW 8Jx Months 50
: 2 One year $1.00
Advertising rates upon application
UWAvM at tne Business ymce 01 nu
111F1 lotte Observer.
PO^nl OI'R HOMi: EDITION.
jA Last weeks' edition of Trench and I
j lira Camp was sent to practically every
I I 11 home in North Carolina, not mentionI
I IfB ing the many homes to which it was
\ V Jm sent direct by the boys from the
sJUW camp. In all, 41.000 copies were
fKXVMl published and circulated and it contained
a special message to the folks
rf^llback home to let them know what is
doing in the camp. It was especially
PTT^rrrfij possible to do this through the
courtesy CT The Charlotte Observer
and very much appreciated. The cir
8^11 UJ culation department of this splendid
Mj ra IjfM paper proved a valuable ally and the
u - W^m n papers were hauled by the wagon
|YlJ load to the express ofllce for ship1
Trench and Camp Is a soldiers' pa9
K per. Nothing is omitted of interest
I W that the soldier wants printed, espeygj
| cially are we anxious to get from difIRfl
ferent organizations and to give speyBj
H cial mention to different events. Ev
I bJot orv organization in the camp and ev
ery welfare organization is welcome
H to sPace publicity when they desire
to offer interesting events about thei;
. V Wt^Ma work and that of the soldier.
9 U Especially of interest was the edi|il
U nj lion cominr on the eve. of the big
9 91 W campaign that will be launched next
Ualj^9 week for the seven welfare organiza- |
tions. Citizens generally don't have :
fVPfiH any idea what these $reat workers are
jMPJtjSB doing unless tliey can visit a camp
and it is not the fortune of many to
do that. These organizations are en- J
abled to render their service purely
?C1 through the public subscription of |
* .bWm their friends and the general public <
V vMH who realize what is being done for
morale- of the army and last week
\ wW every camp paper Just increased its,
circulation tenfold at least.~ in order
to acquaint every citizen In the southeastern
department. (seven states)
I with the work that is going oh. No
V I greater cause can be supported and
L no e^ort 's receiving greater appreci-.
k- I* ntion from the American soldier to
Sday than that of the welfare organizations.
They have all been tested and
tried and so confident are those in
charge of the service given and the
. appreciation felt that instead of asking
for J170.000.000 tl?y are now
asking for J250.000.000 and we are
sure that American homes and American
business will not fail as they
have never failed In the great fight
against autocracy. The greatest opportunity
now lies before us. The
real work of reconstruction, following
demobolizatian. is hardly conceived by
the public generally, yet if there ever
were a time that efforts needed to be
redoubled, if there ever were a time
that the morale of our army needed
protection and leadership, it will be in
the coming months and years as the
/ boys are released from the army and
as they return to the camps for diamissal.
In the Spanish American war
and in the civil war. no such help as
the Welfar organizations now give was
attempted and if you will talk with
any army officer, h? will tell you that
not only the morale but the morals
II UIf those arrai*s were almost unspeakable
as well as uncontrollable. But
I H no such thing is known today and it.
| | is all because of the co-operation of
B I the welfare workers among the boys,
| |l supplemented by the army officials,
who more than any other recognize
their worth.
n It would appear that Germany is
on her last legs and that by ThanksX
II giving the peace of the world of which
we hear so much, at that time will be
31 the great subject of rejoicing. The
WW* " tactics of the German machine in
standing cruelly by and watching her
allies, one by on? drop away, so that
she through kaiser can f?tand
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out alone and proclaim that she it
the big Gibraltar of the central, pow
era, is most notable, as .well as la
ment&ble for the suffering womer
and children of that country. Ger
many wants to be the big "I" in thi
conflict an<f when the pincers ar<
Anally closed-in upon her by Foch
Haig and Pershing, when the boyi
start on their grand flnale toward
Berlin, then she will maku an effor
to hav* some dignity and say thai
since she has been deserted by hei
friends and allies, there is,nothini
else to do but give up. She must giv<
up now or either take a dreadful punishment
of shell and fire added to th?
demands of unconditional surrendei
statinsr she is-whipped and ready tc
abide by any terms the great nationi
of the allies may impose. Our onlj
wish is that those military leaders oJ
both Prussia and Germany and Turkey
as well, can be forded to some
remorse and punlaiftnent- which will
in some meaure mitigate againsl
them for the wrongs they have perpetrated
upon the world.
We are highly please* at the announcement
that our camp commanmander
has been assured by Washington
that he hps been returned tc
the active service list and will continue
as the commanding officer ol
Camp Greene. Col. Augustus Macomt
has endeared himself to the offlcert
and soldiers of the camp as well at
to citizens of Charlotte, in such a
way that It would have seemed almost
Wrong to have deprived him ol
the service he so much likes and tc
which he is so well adapted, because
of the age restriction."
Soldiers, when you write a lettei
home also mention {Trench and Camp
by sending them a copy. Place a
one ceht stamp on a wrapper and see
th^ the folks get ^o read it.
We tfrant news for this papei
from every organization and special
features. It is your fault If youi
company is not represented or if special
events are not chronicled. Drop
the" notes in a box at any Y building
and they will be printed. Poetry* h
the least desired. The editor now ha*
a basketful of it which'he ? unable
to print because of^ the lack of space
Old sister "Flu" has about lefi
Camp Greene and we understand thai
the quarantine will be lifted thii
week. Business will begin to picl
up again both in town and in th<
camp; programs will start in the welfare
buildings and the boys will hav<
a chance to expend some of theii
pent up energy in more ways thar
one.
By the way. this would be a splen
did week to write a letter home tell
ing of the good work of the welfar?
organizations in the camp and sug
gcsting that home folks might hell
out.
In the campaign for subscription!
for Association Men. the Internationa
magazine of the Y. M. C. A., ovei
1.250 subscriptions were received ir
the camp, which ia 7 1-2 per cen
of the total subscribed. Considering
the 'flu," the non-arrival of pay-da]
in ihany spots and the small numbei
of troops, this is doing fine.
? RECRUIT-CAMP NO. 5.
Perhaps one of the roost active re
crult camps in Camp Greene Is tha
of Recruit Camp No. 6. At the pres
ent time every officer in this cam]
is busy preparing 2,200 colored re
cruits for Uncle Sam's army acroa
the seas. The officers of the medica
detachment receive no small amoun
of attention for, from the time the:
go on duty in the morning until thi
end of the day, they are kept con
stantly on the Jump following differen
methods of instruction. This medica
detachment is under the command- o
Captain Clifford C. Wehn. When Cap
tain Wehn was placed in charge o
Recruit Camp No. 3, he found one o
the worst conditions in the camp a
this station, for the paper work am
other things about Recruit Camp No
3 were in a mixed-up condition.* Hi
started to organize his infirmary force
and today has probably the amooth
est running infirmary machine fore
in Camp Greene. This area Is no\
known as Recruit Camp No. 5. Cap
tain understands military tactics, hav
ing spent his early training at For
Riley, Kansas where he was drill
master. After leaving Fort Riley, h
went to ForPSill.^Okla., where he re
ceived a course * in gas instruction
Coming to Camp Greene he was mad
instructor in gas, and held that po
sition for some time. He has beei
connected with every station in Caihi
Greene, and there is no doubt tha
there is not another officer in Cam;
"Greene that understands the vxariou
areas better than he. He has placei
in charge of Recruit Camp No. 5 In
flrmary Sergeant Bartels, who ha
demonstrated that he is a very im
portant part of the infirmary machine
Having had years of experience as a;
expert accountant, he knows syster
down to the smallest figure. H
comes from Colorado. The drilling c
the officers and lectures on court*
martial is under the direction of Ser
geant Kennedy Ellsworth. Previou
to enlisting in the army last Februar
he had had several years of mili'ar
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training- under the government offl-l w<
cials and under private institutions.
Sergeant Ellsworth comes from Los
Angeles, CaL. where during his high
school course he was the major or '
the high school cadets. He enjoys
the good will of the officers during"
the drill, and is doing excellent infirmary
work.
The officers are justly proud of their
.drillmaster. The; lectures on paperwork
are conducted by Sergeant Kenneth
Stone. An hour each day is devoted
to this course, and it is planned
to finish the work in six weeks. Sergeant
Stone is very efficient in paper-'
work, having worked in that capacity,
for over 11 months.; He enlisted in Ca
r the medical department November %2, j?
f 1917, and after spending six weeks
- At 'B'nrt T^wtnn Wash., he was then fa
s assigned to the air service division i0]
I which was transferred to Waco, Text
as. On May 26, 1616, he left Waco ?
' for Camp Green6. Practically ail of ^
his time has been- spent on paperwork
in the various infirmaries that
he has worked in. He has been painstaking
and energetic. He keeps the
*>fflcers' attention by explaining to
them in the most thorough manner, j
the easiest possible methods of handling
the paper-work.
One of the secrets of Captain
Wehn's success is the wonderful spir- j
it that he has succeeded in infusing1
into his working force. He believes
that "harmony Is the strength and j
support of all institutions," and he
gets it by kindly attitude towards the
men under him. Captain Wehn was
bosn in Pennsylvania, but enlisted^
from Illinois. He Is married and has^
a wife and one ch'ild who resides in
> J-Charlotte. He has men working apd
i receiving instructions under his com
! mand from different points of the :
United States. Two of his officers.
Lieut. Charles C. Miles of Massachu
setts and Lieut .Albert W. Ebellng of
I Missouri, have been with him since
he took command of Recruit Camp
No. 3 infirmary. Other new officers .?
? who have arrived in the last- thre?
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Lieut Joseph U. Kimble, W. V*. #3
Lieut. Albert M. Dunlap, Ohio.
Capt Forest A. Carpenter, N. 0; _<?
Capt. Russell W. Lowe, Conn.
Capt John T. Hickerson. Mo.
Lieut. Owen A. Eddleman, Kjr.
Lieut. Bert L. Stollar, Penn.
Lieut Daniel E. Stone. Jr.. M<L
Lieut Art hub P. Smith, Ohio. '..*1
Lieut. James tL^ Jeffries, Ky. .
Lieut James A.'Whitsoifi Ky. > 5
Lieut S. M. Linvllle, Ky. ; ,
Lieut George 8. Hankies. Va.
Capt Charles E. Price, Penif'iS
Capt. Charles M. Anderson,
Captain Z. C. Hagari, of Recruit
imp Four, left Saturday
erldlan. Miss., to spend'a fe-w
his home, Hp Will then brine Wi'imlly
br.ck to Charlotte-'id' live M
rig ah he is stationed at this camp.
BARRACKS BAG LOCK )
EVERY SOLDIER NEEDS IT J
Every soldier likes to;F
feel that tola x "small | <J
personal belongings, his
n\ letters, etc., are. oafs.! ?,v
/ii from prying eyef and I
IWm pilfering fingers. OlUVI .
I Ulf comrades may behappen"
? things rays- I
.tcrloualy disappear and I
way la have ?ha|
Barracks Bag under! '
"ock and .key >rjth *1.
lackus Barracks Bag I
Also in very I
lUkBl^H 'undr 'or Autotst# Cor I
?uch uses as locking 1
robes to rail, salt canes I
foot rail, robes -to I
radiator, ate. ' In
" Price, tl each, nickel I
or dull blue- finish. I }
mailed direct upon .ts-I^V
_ i-elpt of above pries.
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