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B FOURTH RE The cmh'p "ha* been tuoved and ready fo. b'jiinesa a^u n. Recruit Camp four iv -oivH orders last week to trans/. < t.? area 5 and 0 near tlio water tank and by Saturday had their headquu; :?r< ?n good shape and the I rail nl proven-en:* started asuin. This camp fit If M [III undo: iho all.1 command of Captain jllj Mf dleason had j ist goUen w? ll located when the i-hanffc came. They had musumo 23 companies last month but S.since that time, nieji had been moved from tho companion to other camps and other places in this camp until they were given orders to reduce to . half the number of companies. Then f^dday and Saturday of last week raher girders came for several hun*** #fcil Ai: to be transferred to other * Wrnpsl^ome goi.ig to Jackson, others to Jesiij> and some to overseas ports. Now tne recruit camp Is reduced to the minimum for the reception of the new draft and this week a large number of men are expected. Kegardicss of the changes and the shattered companies the camp is well represented in Trench and Camp and next week they will be expected to come across stronger than ever with interesting news. The editor of this "umloim i Vif men to contribute jyfcjll jl only such matter as you would have L Sri IBsn >-uld about yourself and to write only ju on one side of the paper. i[P FtLSJ Lieutenant Carroil :s a new aequisition to Recruit Camp four, coming : I from the personnel office where he M has been an untiring worker. He R IIMl WHS assigned to Company 21 but startTT7T t I M M i'lg Monday was given Company 3 4. 11 11 1 !'' Lieutenant Benj. De I^ozier who mbmI was railed to his home last week because of the illness of his daughter has been given an extension of five days more. His honie is In Knoxville. JjjH Many N'ru Men Are Arriving. Ilfl Kvery ilay new men are coming to i YM t his recruit camp to take the place X /jM of those going to other camps and in a.'l some 2.500 men are expected this week to be known as the camp Headquarters' ?Juxx OrHics?trM. nTnilM One of the most pleasant surprises jm 0 ti the history- of the Fourth Recruit II H v imp. was afforded the partons of the IIIjf) Liberty theater at the opening last W jjpaj Wednesday evening, when the Head jj? W quarters' Jazz orchestra, rendered se'Wkm K lections of the latest popular hits. BThP orchestra. unuer tr*? uiracuvu of Private Oscar Appel. is comprised of the following boys: Carl Hart man. piano; (itu Mueller, clarinet; Herbert Mock, banjo: Edniond Cartwright, drums, and Oscar Appel. violin. The boys were encored time and lime again. and responded to several encores which were very much enjoyed and appreciated. The boys have several engagements of exceptional importance, and have also promised a return engagement at the earliest possible moment again at the T.iberry theater. Private Appel k* also leader of the theater orchestra. FBPJB News l-Yons Die IltyrwuJonjU .School. ytJI0l The following men who have been MwJ '-iioseu by their company commanders n-i physical instructors on account af WrapBj their former experience are at pres"in attending a class under the tuiudKH tion of Melvard Sheppard. the great I l-nnan athlete, who is ablv \ ^Tfipj! assisted by R. A. Finkelneir from the \ Wnj utilities branch. Q. >1. C. 2ry They u~e instructed to teach their -oinpanles the different forms of ^ physical and mental com j>e tit ions, in che-fotm of garner, athletics and the ,rl -^elf-defense- - all of which a \&IjT soldier should know before he goes <?vers*rHs. and they certainly are makan; wonderful headway, u The company directors are as fol|V n lows- First company, U. W. Smith and ^ j1 f. Walker; Third company. W. Childs 3 A Ql end >1 It. Greene; Fifth company. Z. A jl Littmail and Valllmont; Seventh ^^^9 company. Tho*. Williams and R. Hop BHLj :vins; Ninth company. R. White; 11th V|I Y eom?. my. II. Staney and J. S. MurIjp I i ay; !3th company. I.. Memelotein; i .".th company. S. Gallop and W. [|| Ik Wohlers; lTtfi company, H. Easterday .Jcft and Mutt boxlrar?A "Y" Seci-r'^rj an:! "ShitrtT." . - - ?L . 1 . J? ?; CRUIT CAMP I and E. K. Tight'; 19th company, C. j : (i. Arnold and A. Messnor. and also' t\ (jeigler: 21st company, Arthur I . J;tv;k.so:i and for the 22nd company, J Kcnj.imin Stcimlick. The ordnance department company J ! is represented by H. Oary and F. * Davis, while the veternarians A. K. IX. No. SU6 is looked after by A. A. | ' Itnurke. The man can thank Sheppard and J ! Finkelmeir for what these two taught : i them, and certainly do. } Finkelmler is a past master wholly ' it m.mps In <>;i list hpnips or settinc-un I ' exercises and surely knows how to teach a class?for h<t can easily brag ' of 23 years of gym work and at least I eight years' teaching experience, but j like most all capable men he is a most modest and well-liked person and can boast of friends front all parts of the camp and in almost any rank. Of Sheppard we can't add any- | thing.' as the record he has established all over the world can well . take care of itself. Only that since he came here the camp has kind of j brightened up like-" a diamond of j spirit and we dearly hope he will be J spared to us for years and years to come?We love him. Sport News Prom Companies 22 & 21. i Physical directors Benjamin Helm- 1 lech and Arthur Jackson, of Com- j, panics 22 and 21, combined, will .soon j I begin work on their relay team, which j I they will enter in the relay race j | which will be run on Thanksgiving i day?the route being from Camp I , Oreene headquarters to Charlotte j City Hall, where the men will be met by the honorable mayor of that town . and the distance will be tWo and onehalf miles. j) Heimlich and Jackson who will J: soon graduate from Mel. Sheppard's. < recreation school have been only wait- I ing long enough to grasp the finer j ] points of physical recreation before j I getting started and they say that as I : ' soon as they get started, which will . ' ' n.if Tone- now. thev .will out some ' < j of the strongest teams in the field j I and the other companies better be- ' I ! ware. They claim that they have some j very good men in their companies and J will no doubt be capable of composing j teams in basketball, football, volley- j ball, soccor, baseball, running and : > athietics of all kinds to compete with [ an other compan)- In Carap Greene. Directors Heimlich and Jackson j have our heartiest |rlshes and deserve j 1 credit on their new undertaking and I their companies extend to them their j i sincere promises that they will do j 1 their level best and make a showing .' that won't be forgotten in a short [ J while. So. you other companies, get busy | and don't let these two hustlers get 1 j the jump on you and run awnv like'' that. x |1 I Company 6 Eaacs In. Private Thomas Clifford, the niys- j tcrious wonder of Company 6. is there I 1 to cheer up the boys when called on. j j He is some entertainer, I will say. | I Give us &>me more Clifford. "We like I' IK." j | Private Patrick Moran had the j ] I nightmare the other night. ?e | thought he heard a call saying, "Pack | [ up. We are moving out." So Paddy I | packed up and got stung. "Poor j ' ; Paddy." |J "Wtabc*." j It's great since I've been drafted J 1 j Though I didn't want to be j For I've tried In vain to enlist j On land or sail the sea j But. at last they got me I And sent me to Camp Green*j And to tell the truth I really think It's the greatest life I've seen j Oh! If I could only just get over : For a crack at Kaiser Bill I Or some of hLs great army ! All I hope its not long, tilt I will j' j And they turned me down at first j ! I For a weakness, I thought small ; But I guess our Uncle Sammy Knows best after all. I only wish thai I could take The boys from Company Seven ' Of Recruit Damp No. Four ! And turn No-Man's land to heaven. TV J. DRUDING. I Actinf Sergeant. Company 7. Recruit j | Camp Four. Kitchen Police. When in the army you'll get 1\. P.; If you think you will like it Just come, and see. You enter it early at 5:45 And while you're there you're surely alive. First its dish out prunes and oatmeal, too; Of course you're awkward for this is new. Next scrub tables till boards are thin, T'4?n you scratch dirt from cracks with a pin. You next mop floors with mops and lye? No spots must be left for the cooks | to spy. J You also peel onions and spuds galore; ! Till tears are flowing and Angers are | sore. j Spaghetti and beans are cooked in I pans, j They must be washed with K. P. j ! hands; Ar.d while you wash, and scrub, and \WD CAMP sweat, You fe?I like cussln' the Hun you bet These same things come three times a day, , You do at! this for $1 a day. It's fully 8:30 when *you get to your bunk: You must take a bath or smell like a skunk. DONALD S. CRONIN. Co. 3. Camp 4. The Popular Miss. There was a young woman Who lived in a stew. She had so many' sweethearts She didn't Know what to do. So, to treat them 4rith kindness. And be partial to none. She kissed them all soundly And hugged every one. DONALD S. CRONIN. Co. 3, Camp 4. fiTHI FTir rUFSTS HAVE_BEEN RECEIVED Ready for Distribution Among Different Units of Camp. Memorandum: A supply of'athletic equipment has been received at this camp tor distribution to the various organizations. Supply officers of the organizations concerned can dratv this equipment on memorandum receipt by applying at warehouse No. sub-depot quartermaster. Organizations will be required to turn in athletic equipment before leaving camp for overseas. The athletic equipment chert will be distributed as follows.1 Two chests each: Recruit camp No. 4. 810th pioneer infantry, stevedore lahon Rfl., recruit catnp No. 5. One chest each: Headquarters company. camp quartermaster, ordnance iub-depot 117. school for bakers and cooks, quarantine camp. 17. P. A. base hospital, base hospital 1152, base hospital 147, ambulance company 60. motor transport co. recruit camp j ,i. afvriopmeni Dana nan :>o. i. ucyelopment battalion No. 2. utilities company, Q. M. C.. 423rd reserve labor j Imitation. 41.st battalion U. U. guards, ' provost guard unit, remount depot S"o. 306. Bv order of Colonel Macomb: T. A. BAl'MEISTEfR. Major. A. O. D.. Adjutant. ~\ Official. Amb. copies to all organisations. Mr. Shcppard. PERSONALS. Secretary R- H. Rice who haw been i building'secretary at T 100 has been] transferred to the headquarters staff, tnd is now camp business secretary for the T. M. C. A., taking the place] Secretary C. O. Padgett who has resigned to enter the service. Mrs. Carrie Biggs Williams and 1U-! Lie daughter, Frances, of Williamston. \ X. C.. arrived Saturday to visit their brother. Harry Biggs, who is building business and social secretary at Y 102. rhey drove through in Secretary Riggs* timouslne and will probably remain here a month. Iueutenant Benj. E. DeLozier received u message Saturday night that bis daughter was seriously ill and he left immediately for hi? home, at Knoxville, Tenn. A prominent visitor was in camp last week and so well did she keep iway from reporters and the eyes of, the public that she had gone before j ber presence was known. Her name j Is Mrs. Emineti Flynn. but you i wouldn't recognize that name unless it had the bewitching stage title attached to it?she is a movie star for the Goldwyn company of which her husband is director. Mr. and Mrs. Flynn were both here and guests of her brother. Private Myron Smith of Ambulance company 60. Mrs. Flynn was Miss Geneive Smith And she and her husband divide their time between New York and Frisco and were en route west when they stopped off here for a day. going by way of their old home at Council Bluffs. Ia. Private Smith was sure glad to see his sister as well as all the boys, who are especially fond of pictures in whicfrshe plays. Her last feature was "The Little Princess," playing a leading role with Mary Pickford. y MCA PROGRAM ? BOX? IIK1D Wednesday. Y 103?Illustrated lecture. Y 103?Stunt night. Y 104?Rellglouf. Y 10r??Movies. Y 106?Open. Base Hospitals?Movie*. Thursday. Y 102?Stunt night. Y 103?Illustrate lecture. Y 104?Movies. Y 105?Religious. Y 106?Movies. Base hospital?Re'igious. Friday. Y 102?Movies. Y 103?Religious. Y 104?Open. Y 105?Movies. Y 106?Illustrated lecture. Y 283?Stunt. Base hospital?Open. Saturday. One night at all Ys. except Illustrated lecture at base hospital. Movies at 103 and 1?6^ ! BV EDGAR D. CHOHK Chief Gas Officer, Cbf^jraHHt | "" *'*'* there being only two klnd^Tjolintt I in gas warfare, namely ; and the Dead.'*- This is-.^8|r; the truth in the present use of gas. It is not n?giM|B; a^*rue with a snan to, cowywfcf which is the raost deslrableO! two propositions, the "QufekV^jgr "dead." Without Question/]^ choose to belong to tb^tofrfHtWBj next logical step after hQVlnK^Ri to belong to this desired;''. get busy and learn how itOl^gBWR This process involves trairifcmgjpt drill, much of which is unplpes but all of which is essentif&BBi cape being put in th^t. "dead." In this class occ&flft? found a man. who without quj chorfses the right class ' to he placed with. butHVIjjl^H) j appreciate ' th<v coimeiftbn^ i the necessary work and SSajBqJP) Major General William directory of the chemical warfare^ vice, is quoted in The ' Army j? Navy Journal, September 21,. 11*1.8, saying "The American gas mm I am quite sure, better thaft ^ I produced by any other cowja^ ; we are> continually improving it, Ij I1 our people can rest assured tlMffifl soldiers in France have SUQ-Ieefc) good protection as those of iny \j^ I nation." The soldier-is given opportQ&|& learn to handle his mask and tie * is wise and is sure of the which he wishes to beTong will gc {through the training and ttSe'-^dfilh I with his byes and ears wide often and with his mind and brain aler to learn everything about the nnnitiiR Hp will be hnntw i knowledge. He will be SSttiP^j^ph' | his desire to improve. i arc in charge of the drills are" al j ways willing to help a* raaii'Lg& learn more about the. gklM^wr, may be required of him by*'; Mqpft and he who keeps in mlndhtp ctwfc between the "quick" and theF-*'dM^' will always wish to become J more proficient with the use*' mask. It is only by drill,' co stant repetition of the securing, jjq protection that one learns to pk come "quick." He jnust drill ?irarectly, because the |>ropersecuring protection in amount of time, without tearing or pulling the has .been worked out by drHljrjIB. millions of men. That is the ance of doing it right. I quickly In his own way,*4rotj\|MM does It the ^Igtkt way he ; it even quicker. At the same (time if be is using the wrong metho^l, in hU 'Way of securing protection. I he lis verj[ likely to tear the raaflfcocrjl [pull ?t~ apart just when he is in v | earnest need of it. Then "he jgfTgi | placed among the "dead." may be admitted that it Is onpki|* ant to wear a mask. But it is -jfar [ more pleasant to wear a mask In'lfki* ' world than to think of th^;btignVfr | effects of gas. which may.. pOpfl^H be fatal. rn""> oro ivnn inite Kal/iMir* j ing to the favored class. " DrillsS* knowledge. Speed is I safety. Knowledge is power. | the soldier learns to obtain protection i in the minimum amount of titneif lMj j lectures and discussions he learns^H# . common sense of gas. its uses and It?., | defense. Having acquired speed and ' knowledge the final requisite | sonal confidence. lie must btwl confidence in his aparatus himself. The confidence in thieAP*.,' pa'ratus Is Becured and li\"him*ett $*|H developed by taking the soldier into' a deadly poisonous gas, where lives and talks and moves for: niMf minutes in an atmsophere, : breaths of which would place him among the "dead." and In, which .Wphjj , the mask properly adjusted he..w&a. ; no effect whatever, j While confidence Is essential, cau, tion must not be lost. Oas is a. terrible instrument. It will |LCt at the I slightest opportunity, and the wfep It I man, he who is going to i that "quick" class will never loee hW| j deadly respect for the horrible^j&ttft^l ' He will never become rash or dafSfig gfi I in its presence. While he will lose his j I fear for it In developing his confidem# | in his own protection, he wil ertfg tinue to realize that he will ntft ! given a chance to do t>etter the Titu&r : time. The choice TCtWCSB Ibft'Sg^HT | and the dead" isclcar and di8tin6?.H THE TRENCH AND CA**;.*? j It is a long, long story | About The Trench and Cam# I For it is known the world over Which makes it keep Rs name i i One every week, I send it -kowmiSSlj To mother who lik^a it ao,-. ;Jvjacgfl For all the news of camp istherl&l Which she so loves to hear. Now boys it's up to you to see The news reaches the faniily^jgjgaC^B NEW JUDGE AHVOCATET-^ The arrival of Major A. P. Burguin from the Washington War coitogfc Camp Greene to be Judge advocate is noted for the pnit T-nolr _rajjjaj? Judge advocate^ temporarily l^t vrtlo
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