TRENCH AND CANI lo-nn \V. Bloom, Editor. Published wt the National Cantor nents ?r the soldiers of the Unit Statee, binder the auspices of the N( tloaal ifctr Work'CourKJil of the Y. A Cjfty prthe United Btoya CAMP <;ilK?NE EDITION. Published every Wednesday at Cam Greene, N. C.. by the Army Y. M. < A., with the co-operation of Th Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N. C. Easiness office at T. M. C. A. A the best advantage without advice from this source. The future x>f Camp Greene is vet undetermined. The camp commander is just awaiting orders and is A~SOLD Innoculation against -Germanlie t is," as well as against typhoid, tetanus and smallpox, is needed to win the war. according to a letter just received in the United States from a Wyoming private of an engineer regiment in France. This innoculation. the writer states, is being furnished by representatives of the United States Committee on Public Information, who explain to the men the dangerous forms which German propaganda may take, but the writer expresses concern lest the I deadly virus create an epidemic in the ! TTnited Rfotos "Yon at home will win the victory I If you can kill German propaganda," he writes. Writing of the speakers who reIvealed the campaign of German lies the correspondent savs: "They are instructed as to'what they may tell and have every opportunity j to see what they talk about with their own eyes. One of them was on the Iboat coming over, the one we heard I here yesterday has been over some' time, and is about ready to go back \ and speak to you folks at home. While over here they no? only collect lnfor- , mat Ion but they keep us informed and innoculated against German propaganda. ^When they go back they mean to "do the same thing and to, fhow the folks at home just what the situation is and wh> it would be folly. | and Is worse even. 10 talk of any peace without unconditional surrender of the Potsdam gang "The things we have seen and heard since reaching . hero make us worry somewhat for fear that you , folks w?U not be so well informed and V ' \ aa anxious as the real of Ua J?Vq * reports that have been publish* most of the men in this camp ni will bo discharged and the cover meat is now deciding upon the mea - ure of bringing men from ovcm back to the camps whirl they* weft d training. i- If that fa the cms\ then this dan 1. will be some lively place for mal months because the ?h?lne*rs. ] t! - 30th- division and oth^r. orgajatemio who have been right, .at the front f P months were the headline at |Q - camp for several months lacy jj ' and they sure made iife lively. Cms Greene will welcome them adfcN I- will the city of Charlotte. We are j ' hoping that Camp Greene. jilftb' made the receiving station for t a many boys Who saw their Orgf- tliii P ing here, aT - i ^ ? There is only one ofBclal paper ; this camp, recognized- toy the gover mont, and that is Trenc-hand Cam It contains camp nevm from eve quarter and should be sent home h that relatives can see%what Is goli on. This paper is free at the "1 _ building^ or wherever you can And 5 Some of the men in Camp Gree 0 may get to eat turkey at home ti 0 year on Thanksgiving day and sor of the boys across tha, seas may g n to be ut home on Christmas but hop - should not be set too high by elthc We ought to be thankful enough _ know that the fighting is bver, n ~ counting the matter Of final settl ment of peace terms and a few mo r weary >yeeks of waiting. That turk' !_ and Christmas dinner will be all "tl more enticing if it must be postpone k for when the soldier returns this tin he can be assured of it being a pe f manent movement an swing. / 1 Mrs. Ptrney. who is ih charge < ) the hostess house hopes to have tl t fine new home completed at least t - Christmas so that stockings can t 1 hung out for favors. r + . 1 Another one of those big r wat< f tanks was completed this week on t* Tuckaseege road near the entran< to camp. This makes three of t! monster cedar tanks and another or \*lll probably be completed this woo] i If your company don't get repr? . sented in Trench and Camp it is n f one's fault but that of the organize 1 tion. The Remount, the Quarterma: , ters. the Fourth Recruit camp, Amhi I lance company 60, the Base hospiti i and others should nil > I some way in this paper which is pun t ly a soldiers' paper, given away to th j J soldier and it is full of soldier new ' I Thanksgiving Day in C&mp Greer . as well as every other place ought t be one of the greatest rejoicing eve j known. Plans are being made for I dinner at every mess hall that wl J make the boys feel that th*y the j are glad to be on hand and other de (tails are being worked out for th day's entertainment. The relay rac planned wilj be one of the feature and with the splendid material fo footbalj, a game, that 5%jr wtti cei tainly be scheduled. The close) scor between the Remount and Cfcmp Pet sonnel indicates-Ahat these teams ar going to have a rub to play off i the near future and such a game o Thanksgiving wold not fall short c J good entertainment. j The usual weekly program for th Soldiers' club, 616 South Tryon stree has been resumed since the lifting c the quarantine. This includes th Tuesday evenlpg free dancing clas for enlisted men. the ^regular Wed nesday and Saturday evening dance in the pavilion and Sunday afternoor i CAMP GREENE Y. M. C. A. ORGAN*IZATION 100 PER CEV I The campaign for funds for th united drive finds the Y. M. C. A secretaries and employes, clear (low to the janitors contributing to th success of keeping the army moral at Its highest pitch. A report sent t> the Atlanta office shows that ove $1,400 has been subscribed and th I amounts range rrom $5 to $100. P; every employe and secretary subscrib in gto the fund the Y. M. C. A. or ganization is therefore rated in th 100 per cent class. LEARNING TO SHOOT. Last week half of the entire Slotl Pioneer infantry spent their time a the rifle range and Sunday mornini these men returned and the other hal marched to the range. These coloret boys are having a big time learnini to shoot and many of them are lnaik ing some good records. >IER ANWGERM. j will believe some of the German lies When I was home we often heard I about whole American divisions being j wiped out. It Isn't so at all! The Americans are winning laurels for ! themselves continually both on land and sea, in the air and every place. They talk of submarine sinkings. Even on the boat we came on. some1 body started the report that our Captain had sighted three submarines at lone time and had asked for a convoy, I and another report that The boat just ; ahead of us or just behind us, or ' both, had been sunk. The hope was i that many of us would write it back home, just as I am telling it now. and ; it would scare you folks so that you would turn pacifist at. once. TPVIMfl IT n\J \ nnni/m JL JL% A 11VJ IX v/il /I UVStSIYI r> "Here, I*rivate Green, take this down to Pout Xo. .*5 and toll the *enI tincl you have orders tr, <>ive it a I good coat of paint." loo,oob men to; |cet home within |next two weeks S? Demobilization of Troops in; Camps Now Under Way. of * ,nP: MARCH OUTLINES PLANS! ry HO I j Says When Program Is in Full Swing About 30,000 Will | ne | Quit the Army Daily. ? et Washington, Nov. 16.?Ar-; r! rangements for bringing home the to | troops in France are being worked " out rapidly from a shipping point r* of view, the shipping board an- i ^b nounced today, in issuing a call) sd 1 for 5,000 volunteers to man the j ? I ships that will be used'for that! re I purpose. I v- Men between 18 and 35 will j; m I be accepted under the call issued j I today, without rfcgard for their! w | draft rating or previous ex- i "rt perience, and will be put aboard at | training ships at Boston, San Francisco. Seattle, New Orleans and Cleveland for six weeks special training. Washington, Nov. 16.?Movement .. of the American troops across the Atlantic has stopped entirely and demobilization of troops in cantonments and .camps at home is under way. ; General March, chief of staff, hiade this announcement today, outlining: >y the war department's plans, in answer >e to the questions the country has been asking since the day the armistice ' was signed and it became apparent sr that the war was over. He said ie orders already Issued would send 200,;e 000 men back to civil life within two ie weeks, and that when the program . ie was in full swing about 30.000 would Ic. quit the army daily. Fighting divisions of General *" Jack Pershing's army in France ! will be demobilized as fast as possible ! l" In their home communities. The chief 5" of staff would make no prediction as : 1" to when the first divisions would start I ll home. " It appears probable, however, that the flow of returning troops can he ,e in full tide before February. Back From Franco. Some officers regard iw as possible ie that certain divisions may be recalled ? in advance of the general return 'r movement. General March indicated ^ that the 42nd (rainbow) division, be - cause u is composed of men from 26 j y states and in recognition of the fight- i ing record it h.ts made in France, i e would be marked for special treate inept. The 26th (New England Na's tional guard) and the 41st (Sunset) r divisions are the same class, so it. *" would not cause surprise, therefore. if these three, organizations should " be designated by General Pershing as ; e the first to return. With six weeks.i n of 1918 left, it is possible they may i n bo home before New Year's day. f Supplementing General March's I statement. Secretary Baker said j it would not be necessary to e ! maintain all the existing cantonments j 1 j for demobilization purposes and that ; I a study was now being made of those j e desirable for that purpose. The others, ! , 5S I with all the divisional camps, he in- ! \ dlcated. will be abandoned as soon as i ,R j the men now occupying them have | been mustered out. [ The demobilization will be carried i out in the following order: r 1 Order off Demobilization. el First, development battalions. 71 in ! number and comprising 9S.199 men. 11 , Second, conscientious objectors not 0 under arrest. e i Third, spruce production division. (l ' Fourth, central training schools for r ! officers with some modifications. e ' Fifth. United States guards, now j 1 . numbering 135.000 'mep. Sixth, railway units. - I Seventh, depot brigudos. e Eighth, replacement units. Ninth, combat divisions. vamps m noiOC. , Camps at home will be cleared out * i lo prepare for the return of the ex I peditionary forces and the general ini I dicated that the process would be oxt ! pedited. A unit of regular troops will 1 j be left at each camp to guard and po> , lice it in preparation for the arrival - ' of the overseas units. i The question of iinal disposition of AN LIES A fellow in our company tol.l confidentially to several of us. Thot the way they do it. you know; I (lr t think he is ?>elng paid by the Germ* i Government, although he hate*; Ft land, but I think if i3 just Ignor: ** that makes him pass on such lies 1 j rumors. In either case he is doit- 1 (German propaganda and doing t 1 more or less effectively. Now I don't believe the reports at all. The fact of the matter was that we were oonjvoyed for the last two days of the j trip and that was all. We came aimost the entire distance absolutely alone and felt safe all the time. There aren't enough subs in the Atlantic to , cover every section in i: nor anvj where near that many.'' I He states further: 1 [ "Guess I'd better save the re of Jit till next time, but don't let anybody ; scare you about us fellows over here. 1 If you hear anything of the kind, nail it at once," don't pass it on. and what- 1 ever you do, don't let anybody tallc 1 peace, because that is the last thing 1 we that are over here want. \Ve j (don't want an early peace. We want to fight it out to a finish and we can J do it. The Germans have not won a I thing by arms. They whipped Russia 1 by lies. They disrupted Italy by lies 1 and they are trying to whip us not by I arms but by lies, and that Is where 1 you folks at home must" win the vie- . 1 ; tory. You see, it is this way. w^e 1 over here, well, all we do is fight with [guns and ammunition, and you fel- ! Iowa do all the work. That is, you ' will win the victory if you can kill I German propaganda." .s. O. s. Napoleon said: "An ar:ny rights on its belly." Waste of 'ood Over < .Here will mean shorter rations Over i J There | ( ...A ... y V" ' f * TRENCH AND CA1 the great cantonments Is being: studied. General March said, and no decision has been reached. New construction already largely has been stopped. Atlantic ports from Boston to Charleston. S. C.. General Sforch said, are being organised to handle returning troops, and It is possible that ports south of Charleston will be used. "We have. In the United State^ now something like 1.700,00b men and to muster out a force of that kind, of course, will take some time," said General March. "Bach man has to be examined physically, and his flpal accounts made so that thq men may get compensation they are entitled to. "The orders that have already been issued affect some 200,000 men. I expect t*o muster them out.ln two weeks. When the machine is in full operation we expect to release S0,000 men a day. :V ,r.1 As to Regular Army. "In handling this problem of demobilization one of the features which had to be considered was the subsequent retaining of men for the regular army, or what will be the regular army, when Congress passes laws reorganizing that army. When the war broke out there were only a limited numoer of such men In the service, and the great numbed of men who filled out these units -were men who voluntarily enlisted tor. the period of the war. So we have offered these men who came In focs>th? period of i the war the option of.'r^-enlisting if they care to. ~ "We have# offered an immediate honorable discharge with furolugh of one month upon re-enlistment and we propose to ask Congress to give every single man who,'has been hon- j orably discharged one ninth's pay. ! whatever his grftde is., as a bonus. "As men are discharged.[we take up j the question of the officers. Officers j who want to apply for commissions In the regular army will be consider- j ed; officers who want to put them- i Letters From A My Dear: Mrs. Thomas has written, and you know. But it Is so wonderful, bo always, eternally new, that I want to write again, as I sometimes whisper to myself, "We have & son!" Such a tiny, wistful, exquisite atom of humanity, John! So marvelously like you?to me at least? and so dear! I someway feel a tenderness for him?a beautiful nearness?which I didn't feel even for Betty and Ruth. His tiny hands cling; his head presses against my heart. * Infinite joy and infinite sadness, vision of a light which was before all things created, the song of angels?these he means to me. So helpless and so' mighty! If you could see him, dear-! I know you are happy; your letter told that. I am sorry for the suspense, but it was inevitable. For me even the memory of fear is a shadow long ago driven away by the happiness uT holding him in my arms. I believe that his coming when our lives are so arranged has forced me to grow up. I know that never again will I shift responsibility; n?ver "lay down" on the job of living. Not that I did "lay down" exactly, but many, many times after you went away I f?1 f no If. t /laiiun'f ? rr"?? were weeks when life abemed unbearable. I can write this now when those days are over and will come no more. They became fewer when I began to look about for-a chance for help. At first I wanted to help only because Pimr?i I For me even the memory of fear I is a shadow long ago driven away by I the happiness of holding him in my 1 arms. you were Over There. But I soon saw the selfishness of that, and then I grew a little. I kept on growing until I found He was coming, and then nearly slipped hack where I began. Dear, not I nor anyone could describe the terror of facing it alone. And the longing for you. 1 thought I should die. John! The night before He came they took me to the matornity room to wait. There was another woman there, also waiting. She came from the public ward. She had no special nurse; no comfortable private room like mine. But she was contented; almost joyful. Afterward the nurse told me that lier husband died Over i There early In the summer and that | she will go to work as soon as she j can be about, to support herself and ' baby. She was very, very happy, the I nurse said. ? Yankee Ingenuity/ in^War Scarcely a day passes'but that the news reports tell or some new evidence of the application of Yankee Ingenuity to the prosecution of the war. The latest sample is credited to an Indian contingent umich successfully tried out setting Sear traps in No Man's Hand. The Indians were simply implying an idea f their own m ai, 'Ji w uig g turns i? piRnuiui. The tr.r, . are placed outside the American wire, and when Fritz crawls out to gain a little Information he gets caught. ACTION" MOVIES To General Pershing belongs the rredit of showing to the soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force their own activities through the medium of motion pictures. By miles of news film made on the spot the various "actoro" in this greatest drama will be able to see what the men In distant sectors sre doing and what they themselves look like when in the business of war-making. WHATEVER Pleasure you get out of reading Trench and Camp should be shared with the home folks. Send all your copies of this paper to your relatives. s. o. s. Heip Hoover Halt The Hun. L MP ' selves in a class where they, can be i tf used for future military operations, ! I will bo offered commissions In the re- I |i serve corps. The rest of them will be I discharged. ; % Pershing Given Instructions. 1 _ "1 have cabled General Pershing to | I return to xthe United 8tates on troop j I transports all the men who are casuals j I or convalescents, sick and wounded, L who are able to be moved. "With reference to casualties in the American expeditionary forces. I cabled General Pershing to report in |Y| i plain English and not in code, so as to save time, the name of every man killed, wounded and missing up to the time of the armistice not hitherto reported." "Y""SOCIAL SECRETARY ON ENTERTAINMENT TRIP Jesse Gray, social secretary at Camp Greene, left yesterday for Atlanta, where he will report for a 'trip through the states of Georgia , and Florida on a trip of entertainment In the army camps. Professor .Gray, or -- - i- ? ?1? *r i uiuei uuuk, aa no 10 lanuiimij I styled on the stage and among the w "hoys at camp, is some entertainer of I and can warble from the end station' re in a minstrel to the front line trenches ed in an opera. His record with the sol- lli diers at Camp Greene has been inter- th eating as ho has worked among them th j entertaining all over ?he camp for the ur ' past year and the fact that the At- to j lanta headquarters takes "Parson" Ti I Gray out over the southeastern dei partment as a sample of what "Y" nt men can do Is a complimeVit in itself, be Civilians have been entertaining the wi boys mbre or less in the camps and an soldiers who have specialized have ly, nlso been seen on th? *Oage but little di has been seen of the "Y" man in that an capacity outside the camps and it is the purpose of the trip to not only ca entertain soldiers but civilians as wj well. mi Elder Cobb Gray has been located ch at Camp Greene since its beginning ca in the "Y" work and expects to return let after his trip of about two weeks. Soldier's Wife They were my last thoughts before the ether?tho dead soldier's wife and her baby. When I awoke they remained a clear memory in a chaos of nurses and pain and ceilings. Ceilings! There are times when one's entire world is made of ceilings. It was when I lived in a world of ceilings that I thought about her and myself. I saw myself as if I had been another person standing outside of me; a person who knew all about me Betty will draw a timid finger over '"I liia cheek and talked thfngs over quite Impersonally but kindly. And by the time the world broadened to walls and window blinds I had grown up. When you went away, dearest, I was a large I child, flow I am a woman. . i ti . And we have a son! I am enthroned In your easy chair, aipong a great many pillows, and He |s sleeping in his bassinet beside ma/ His head is formed on the ; beautifnl lines of yours; sometimes I I fancy that his tiny chin lifts like 1 yours! The pinkiness has faded and I his skin is like clear porcelain. He sleeps jauntily, smiling at some obscure joke. When he opens them, his eyes will be purple blue like the sky the night we invited stars to come down. He will blink at the light a little and then look at me, a long, cryptic, baby look. A tiny hand will flutter. Then I will take him up. because I cannot yet forego the clinging of his 1 hands and the happiness of his head ! afjaiuoi iu> ucai i. Our little daughters will come in. I Betty will draw a timid finger over I his cheek. She regards him with deep, silent affection, sitting quietly beside him while he sleeps. Ruth i; noisy and demonstrative and very do sirou8 of rolling him round in he doll-carriage. She shouts at him an-i scolds because he doesn't answer. When she comes in she will ask to ! see his small feet. They seem a constant wonder to her. Annie will hear the noise and has- 1 ten from the kitchen, where she is making ginger-bread. She will pretend great wrath, quieting the girls and carrying Him from me. She will take roe to task for lifting the "young rascal." while she tenderly tucks him away. And he will drop asleep, while 1 fancy he is smiling at Old Glory over his bassinet. * We are very happy, dear. We await your return, and for some reason I feel it won't be long. Good-bye, John dearest, with our love. HOPE. SWEETS OF VICTORY "The Chocolate Soldier" was a term of derision, but the soldier's choco-i late is a military necessity. It satis- i fles the soldier's sweet tooth and at | the same time gives him something ; to fight on when meals cannot be con- j sidered In the heat.of battle. For one month the Y. M. C. A. with the Am- ! vji ivun uA|f?uiuuuai; ruivoo uruorcu : 15,000,000 bars of chocolate, 2,500,000 packages of gum and 8.000,000 packages of biscuits. For i the chocolate and the biscuits were I needed 1,360 tons of sugar and 450 ! tons of flour, enough to fill 181 ! French freight cars. MARVEIiOUS YANKS! Referring editorially to the Americun soldiers in France, "El Comcrcio," a Manila daily, says: "The form in which the American soldier* are fonnd is marvelous. They are animated by a won- | derful enthusiasm; they count on j an enthusiasm which to diatin- ' gulsh it, they call 'pep.' In this respect they are superior to the j troops trained in Europe. They j are marvelous examples of humanIty and everywhere they are just the same." I . ^ Y" T nHnrnO Tfl relatively large number of men havI I IIUHLULk III InK diseases of a nature that, in the ^ ,1 )p I lllillllll III view army officers^ makes it a4. 4 I 111 I II vlsable to hold the loldier until b d w l9 wel, Orders to this effect hav. 7 _ _ _ been received also. It was undeo" nn innr AMI bI 8tood that no soldier suffering: froni (S |L| u fl LJ | L |1 f| L- III curable disease which was contracted lliniiniir 111 I | lu or Which developed since the Individ- U lUUIinilUL III L. II ual ha? been ln th? army will be mustered out until ho Is considered iB>uia, io uiiv ui me meaica i j + officers who has left this camp dtjr^Si lng the past few days, ctual Mustering Out Delayed by While no officer at camp headquar- v I tors would admit holding such a be- v'r.'j Lack of Official Forms-^?Ne- lief, it was indicated in various ways that they would not be surprised to i groes May Co Overseas. know that the number of men at I this camp would be "very small" bjr -y | January 1. The negro troops here various labor battalions will be sent Orders for the demobilisation of overseas or to porU o( dlBembarka. oop units at Camp Greene, which tion to assist in the tremendoiis task ill result in the return to civil life of returning to America the great from 1,600 to 2.000 soldiers, were forces of the armies now in France, celved there yesterday, it was learn- it was definitely ^stated. I from official sources. .Work pre- ?????? ninary to the mustering out of OPERATIONS TO CEASE .f ese men is under way but none of rypcDT CMCDPCMrV PACCC V e men will be given their liberty tXl/tr I tMtnUltNUY l?Ao )til the proper discharge and other rms are received from Washington. Because of a recent order refcetved iese are expected today. I from the department to discontinue^ < 1 In addition to the enlisted men. a all bperatlons at the base hospital eximber of commissioned officers will cept cases of emergency, many jUan*> . 1 mustered out of the army. Some fers are expected while others wttve " : 11 bo retained on "the reserve list" already been made. Among the first, id others will be released complete- Is Major Henry D. Hatfield, former ?v ?...? man ui me in-; governor of West Virginia, who ar vidual officer. There Is at present rived at Camp Greene only last i excess of officers at this camp. whj> has been transferred to Detroit The units to be disbanded.flrat are where he will continue In the surgilied development battalions, and It cal service of the United States'iarmy. i is understood that as sooh as the Among other transfers are Capt. . .^t| ?n in these outfits have been dis- Robert M. Jones and Lieut. W. B. arged the men in the several so- Brown, the former going to base hoalled "recruit camps" will be re- pital 126, Allentown, Pa., and the latised. ter to Evacuation 33 at Allentown. 'Xg In the- development battalions is a "Pa. MGn fe consider that those who save are a part of our army."?Gen erai jonn J. Pershing, commanding the American Expeditionary Forces. lake the American home follow the American flag."?David JS Houston, Secretary of Agriculture. very day makes the outlook for victory brighter."?Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the. United States Shipping Board. . \ 1 1 he Hun must yield on a basis of utter defeat."?Andre Tardieu,, French High Commissioner to the United States. / ' 'V ' 'he alleged German superman is in the soup and we're going to :jt{ keep him there."?Corporal Raymond Rylan, American Expeditionary Force. 'knew all this talk of German army efficiency was all Boche."? Captain E. H. Brian, U. S. A., Somewhere in France. l German division cannot hold an American Army company."? Sergeant L. C. Johnston, American Expeditionary Force. She h eSr 10 0^e c( d0 fyucfa hMe _ -. rV r tie %p/'serb. . ^?-v I ^?/*SS<'?"?S. Mr/SA.^ , \ V . '