EB Trench and Camp
Published weekly at the National cantoamente
for the aoldlera of the United States.
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II Will HI JOHN STEWART BRTAN. Chairman.
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Published under the auspices of the National
War Work Council of tbo Y. M. C. A.
of the United States with the co-operation
Distributed free to the soldiers In the
il l INTO THE OPEN!
The most hopeful sign in the situation
on the Western front, where the
K issue of the war will be decided, is the
] I triumph of initiative. And to General
I Byng, or to a master mind behind his
\y own, belongs the credit.
V /J Not in the number of prisoners
taken; not in the extent of territory
regained?but in the return to the
principles of the surprise attack and
ffllli_D> in its resultant stimulus to the morale
31 1 rn of the Allied forces is the victory most
a' ill significant.
The victory does not open a highfrliLUfi
wa^ t0 'nC- ** does more, for
may 'ea(* *ar ^ey?n(i t^ie "v?.
i K It proclaims in terms that are unde'
-SU n'a')'e the Hindenburg line is not
Fm~W impassable. The wreck and ruin of
a n[j large portions of that line are elo0
jr/l quent proof of that. It may almost
be said that the victory marks the beginning
of a new, and perhaps the
LJK final, stage of the war.
WjffJ At tf,-e Marne and at Verdun the
m French had a steadying cry, "They
shall not pass." The lines held. At
& it id the Marnc civilization was saved. At
D IMff it) Verdun t^-e forces of France were
' U 4K H H thrcatcned again and with them perffljli
2 haps civilization itself.
ItrWI It was enough at the Marne and at
nmf lun Verdun to see that the lines held. But
IjrniwB it is not enough now. The lines must
go tcrward.
Thr forces of righteousness are moIHH
bilized now. America has thrown her
WWO weight into the war?America with
tRjME her traditions of dash and daring,
\ 'ftps?] America with a fresh army and a
V \ readiness to plunge ahead.
\ The trenches must be emptied. Thr
fighting must be forced. Out in the
open where man clashes with man,
3 what chance has a craven enemy
whose symbol is a submarine, a skulkWcw"
'n? coward> a thief in the night, an
iMR assassin who stabs in the back.
Y\iy? Into the open, then! Let that be
fin our ra^y*nK cry.
J4 U Let it stir every camp .and cantonL
1 ment. Let it call into service again if
"j /| I fir it will the cavalry as "moppers up."
'A I Let the job be thorough.
Into the open, Americans! Into the
| P AN UN-NAMED HERO
Ml ^ His name has not been told yet. It
L| Mgj I counts. For his story is one of the
H Qfl first of those narratives of bravery
| fS K38 that will thrill the hearts of the Amer1(8
Bl 'can people and convince them that
the quality which us Americanism has
| by no means been lost.
Not many stories of valor have
been told. It is not because our men
Mjpy-saai have not been valorous, but because
B|| jfl it takes a high quahty of bravery indeed
to win especiaT mention in these
days when the demands upon the canrlF"
WaB hies are so heavy and varied.
i.i Here is the story of the un-named
I hero, told in the plain, matter-of-fact
style of the correspondent who must
I not be prodigal with his words bell
cause each one demands its toll.
"The lieutenant had led a night paI
I trol. He and his men had already
II been on duty thirteen hours in the
II trenches. They crawled out over No
II Man's I.and and lay fiat on the
nil 8round- listening and awaiting Ger'
* *''* man patrols. One man, utterly exf'T.%3
hausted. fell asleep in a shell hole
close to the German entanglements.
e?ch ^
"When the American patrol returned
to Its own lines just before
dawn the man's absence was not immediately
discovered. Then the lientenant,
sweeping every inch of the
ground with his glasses, * located his
missing man tucked away in a crater.
It was about the same minute that the
Germans discovered him, too.
"The soldier crouched down in his
haven while the Boches loosed their
machine guns and began hurling
grenades at him. His lieutenant, dis
regarding concealment, stood up over
the trench and violently tried td wigwag
him on how to creep back to the
American lines.
"Then the lieutenant slipped over
the top and crawled down a ravine.
The Germans discovered him almost
at once. They transferred all their
fire to his creeping figure.
"Back in the American trenches the
troops watched breathlessly, firing a
barrage to protect the slow-moving
creepjr. In some miraculous way the
lieutenant reached his man and the
two turned back, scuttling along close
to the ground, with bullets whistling
over their heads and cutting the high
weeds all about them."
believe it when he is told that the
| glory has gone from war? Glory is
I not in pomp; it is not in the beating
of many drums. Rather it is in purpose
and in the nameless music of the
beating of human hearts.
FRENCH WAR CROSSES
FOR 15 AMERICANS
Fifteen American officers and men
who participated in the battle with
the Germans on the night of Nov. 2-3
have been awarded French Wai
Crosses. Among those awarded War
Crosses were Privates Merle D. Hay
and Thomas F. Enright and Corporal
James D. Greshara. "who died bravely
in hand-to-hand fighting with the
enemy, who had penetrated the first
line."
The War Crosses were presented
by an American Major General. The
recipients were informed that while
they may keep the 'decorations in
their possession, they cannot wear
them until Congress gives its authori|
zation. Congress is expected to take
this action at the present session.
The other soldiers in addition to
Hay. Enright and Gresham who were
cited for bravery and daring were:
R. O. Paterson. Lieut. E. F. Erickson,
Serg'.. John Arrowwood. Corporals
David M. Knowles and Homer Glvens
and Privates Charles Massa, William
B. Thomas, George Hurd. Boyce
Wade, Robert Winkler and John J.
Jarvis.
NEW SCORING SYSTEM
Two regimental football team?
were playing a gruelling game at one
of the cantonments. The play was
hurd and fast in the fourth- quarter,
iboth teams being eager to score.
Time w%s taken o.ut for several injured
men.
When the whistle blew for time
out for an injured player, a soldiei
rooter on the side lines, with a pad
and pencil in his hauds, began tc
cheer lustily.
i nai lien me score, ?c shuhlcu
"I knew my regiment would pull itself
together and even the score."
I "Where do you get that noise?"
inquire another soldier standing
nearby. "There hasn't been any
i scoring. It's nothing to nothing and
looks like it will end that way."
"Nothing to nothing, nothing," replied
the gleeful Boldier. "I havt
been keeping the score and it if
twelve to twelve."
"How do you get that way?"
asked the other soldier.
"Simple figuring." was the reply
"My regiment has knocked oui
twelve men and only twelve of oui
men have been knocked out."
FIVE YEARS MORE?
That Great Britain expects the wai
the statement of Captain Richari
Haigh, of the British Army, in ai
address in New York recently. Grea
Britain is making plans accordingly
he said.
SPEED AND STAMINA NEEDED
Writing from "somewhere ii
France," a U. S. A. officer who ha
seen service "Over There," says:
"Everything possible should b
done to develop agility and endur
ance in the American soldiers now il
the training camps at home."
THEY WANT TO READ IT
The folks back home want to reat
every line they can get about you
life and activities in camp. Whei
you have finished reading this pape:
mail it home.
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CANTONM1
THE OFFICER W
HE cries "Come in, please," in a
voice that sounds as good as
money from -home when you
knock on the orderly ,room door. Of
course, he's busy. What officer isn't
In these days of colossal tasks, vtith
the' uncut wildernesses of details to
be chopped through and morasses of
preliminary organisation to be
bridged over?
But he doesn't admit that he's
busy when you conth in, nor does he
naget ana iwisi uueasuy m *x jvm
presence were intrusion. For he is
The Officer Who Wins Men. He
doesn't believe in the principle of
driving men?from behind. He lives
his life on the conviction that men
are better men if . they are pulled?
from in front. He believes in the
compelling power of Love, to uae a
broad, often misused word.
He wins his men because of that;
because he likes them. They are
men, and he lovesjiumanity and human
nature?for weaknesses and
frailities as well as for nobilities. It
is easy for him to take an interest in
his men, because he likes them. You
are interested in* anything you like,
and like anything in which you are
interested.
How the $50,000,
In the campaign for Bpecjal funds
to carry on war work, the recent
drive of the Young Men's Christian
. Association takes a unique position.
Over-subscribed by more than fifteen
millions of dollars, the response of
the country is a tribute to a generous
people's confidence in the agency of
distribution.
Early in the drive it was stated
: that the gifts would not, and could
not be construed as contributions to
the Young Men's Christian Association,
but rather to the soldiers direct.
And the promise has been given that
the money will all perve the purpose
i intended.
i But how will this huge sum of
$50,000,000 be spent?
A tentative budget was presented
. in the outline of the plans for the
campaign. It called for the followi
ing expenditures:
1. To promote the physical, moral
! and social welfare of the enlisted
men of the American Army and Navy
on this side of the Atlantic,
$11,000,000.
2. To render similar service for
the American enlisted men overseas,
1 $12,900,000.
L * 3. For extending such work among
1 the armictf of the Allies, $7,000,000.
4. For similar work among prisoners
of war, at least $1,000,000.
5. To provide for inevitable expansion.
$4,000,000.
When the complete reports had
' been received aud it was known that
1 the fund had been so largely over1
subscribed, John R* Mott, General
Secretary of the Young Men's Chris
tian Association, made this state
ment:
Y. M. C. A. Work to Be Extended
"The fact that the fund will be ad>
ministered by a finance committee of
' which George W. Perkins is ,phair'
man, and composed of other men
with both experience in financial
matters and knowledge of Y. M. C. A.
f work, insures the most economical
1 application of the money contributed.
We are preparing a definite plan for
the extension of the association work
in camps both here and abroad. This
will be announced soon."
i-l conrrontea Dy a runa mat opens
" new possibilities, the directors of the
Y. M. C. A. work are going about
their planning in a deliberate, painstaking
fashion.
This much can be said, even at this
r early date, that the work as already
? under way in all camps and canton*
ments will be subject to a new Inten1
sification. Those at the head of the
1 Young Men's Christian Assoclatior
. realize that not only are the governmental
agencies looking to them tc
uphold the morale of the armies
which, in a fine analysis, is more im
portant than ordnance; but the whole
body of the American people has
8 come to look upon them as stewards
of the welfare of the men who com
e prise the Army and the Navy.
" Comforts such as have been pro
1 vided for no armed forces in the his
tory of the world will be provided foi
the men of America. Every possible
effort wfll be made to care for then
1 in mind and body,
r Already the advance guard of the
i Young Men's Christian Association is
r in France. Already It has heartened
the American soldiery there. Alreadj
i
ZNT TYPES
HO WINS HI8 MBN '
?0 when yon knock at the orderly
room door and hear the cheery "come
in, please," you feel a swelling ' '?
around the heart/arid realize that : 1
you are goifig into the presence of '3
a man who knows yott and ;wilt help
you. There Is no. display :6l authority . \\
and position by thia Officer Whof Wins j
Men, but the quiet power of his per- ?
sonallty brooks no Insubordination.
He has .learned the name of every
man. He knows <the man's' worries,
his home probleiqs, his ambitions,
fears and hopes. Not that he has
pried into private concerns;.his "win- *>
3omene8s"; haB drawn tyem from his
men. He gives friendly- advice, ministers
comfort and cheers?from his
piled:up desk" in the orderly room.
He has. won every man in the company,
not' as a matter of means to
the end that, he may be promoted,
but because he can do no other way.
His nature ia the nature that wins
men. I^e never drives them.
And when the supreme test is
Uiven'his men?to follow him they
know not to what fate?they will be
drawn by the love which he has given
them. Xhis Officer Who Wins His
Men will win the Final Victory!
000 Will Be Spent
. jjs
its scientific methods have won the
admiration of the leaders of foreign
forcesi Already there is a demand to
project this work into the armies of
the Allies. Italy, France and Russia ?
have been calling for a duplication of
the work of the American Y. M. C. A.
The Napoleonic maxim that the morale
of the troops is everything has
become generally accepted and it is
seen that American methods insure
the maintaining of the desired morale.
With the huge fund that is available
it will be possible to extend the
work in such a manner that no soldier
will feel that he is forgotten.
The American soldier abroad will
be so far from home that it will be
impossible for him to rejoin his family
while on furloughs. For the English
soldier a'nd the French this is not
impossible. A railroad journey of an.
hour or two and a quick trip across
the channel and the Englishman is at
home. For the Frenchman only the L:.railroad
Journey is necessary. For
the American soldier there would be
the large cities of France and temptations.
It is not the intention of the : J .' ?
American commanders that their men ' ^
shall be exposed unduly to those
temptations that are commonly as so- /r\SH
elated with the military. Therefore .
the Young Men's Christian Association
has undertaken the work of pro- .
Tiding healthful, wholesome recreations
for the men on furloughs. To
this end leases hare been acquired on
some of the finest situated and best
known resort hotels or France, with .
ample funds, the Y. M. C. A. will now
be able to care for furloughed soldiers
at these recreation bases in such
a manner that they will And their
sojougns at the resorts more than
merely restful. Opportunities will be
given for expeditions to the neighboring
country. Then men who thus fall
.under the friendly influence of the
Y. M. C. A. will come back travelbroadened.
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Family Is .Strength of State
All of the presenttendeavOrs of the
association, so thoroughly characteristic
of every American camp and cantonment.
will be carried on in France
and wherever the American forces
i may be. When the men pre not fight- ^
ing in the trenches their time will be
i well occupied. Educational work that
, will bring into service some of the
best teachers available; athletics that
! will minister to the well-being of the
body; influence that will strengthen .
i the spiritual man?all of these are ' <;
in the Y. M. C. A. programme. And l|j
. through the entire ministry of the .11;
. Young Men's Christian Association to tit
the American and his Allies there will
be an effort to keep uppermost in the
minds of all the men who are reached
the " idea that the family Is the
strength of the state. "Keep the
Home Fires Burning" has come to be
a household word. It will not be the
fault of the Association if the men
under arms sever the home ties.
To carry on this tremendous work
it will be necessary to enlist In the
service of the Young Men's Christian
Association hundreds of selfsacriflcing
men who, prompted by a
sense of doty, will be ready to make
the same sacrifices that the soldiers
cheerfully make, who will be ready
to go to the borders of No Man's Land H
and, if necessary in the cause of this I
I real Christian ministry, to go over the
r top and on to the great adventure. ' Kj
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