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HH K|j 1 / RCILDIN'G 103 ACTIVITIES.
D| Jill I ' Xhero comes a time when the joy*
Q HJI I ful^ spirit of the men is at its lowerfr
Bf bH ! trict have a hard time to entertain
Hi 111 I them with the small amount of talent
? U! V 'here hi al hand. For some time
the tnen at the "f" 193 have been
wandering about with their heads in
a cloud waiting for the time when
they will depart from this wonderful
south land of wealth and honey. The
j^aKSjU effect has l>een so great that we could
DyOflVAjH not work up enough spirit to have a
V/S11 lal good "stunt night." But. lo. and be
I hoi J! on Monday eve we again came
of sport. I think that Sundays service
had a lot to do with it. for the
men all over this place are talking
about the fine way that Mell Trotter
gave them the punch that they needed.
Well, when the movies were over
the bunch got together and in a few |
minutes we had a boxing bout going. [
and for three rounds the fellows were .
at it with hammer and tongs. (lee.
you talk about excitement! Well, wej
had it for once, the men were a match j
and even the religious secretary enjoyed
the fray. A second bout followed
that which caused great joy.l
and the men were beginning to warm j
Boxing was not enough, for the men J
minutes, the matts were out and the i
up* without a fall on either side.' The |
Si;:.:;, as U.th men had experience otnerI
Hut one can notice the difference!
in tiie men as the time draws near!
for tiieni to ko. they are more quiet
ami p.iy Letter attention to the proili?
platform. Their minds are steady
." I they are thinkinir more deeply
.it tin' drill, for those things will count
I H it M V( HIXK U N BATTALION I
.Machine (Itin Battalion took in the J
to The l 'oii: :li^ I-Jngineers was. |
B\>I:B.M.L IMII'TI.XK AT CAM!'
ire ili^ini; flown III iiu-n ?.u ,
oi M .for their various equipment.
\^J Phillies of the {Culional 1.c;iriu' i""'
South Carolina are_ negotiating for |
rording to t ho dope, ilie Phillies will
plav Pittsburgh at Charlotte on the
.MfjBJJ ~ loth of Apr;: and in all probability
X\f/i, w i * I stay over to meet a Camp Greened
\Y|lv. Division team on the nth. For thel
I. last two or three weeks baseball play-1
J* W its have been coins: through their
a 1? JL_ various try-outs, and judging from the
A >'>'?* exhibited by the players as seen |
?-V"T< ?T 1 ft- u\ui\ crv..
fll I I / ^ ' ' KKOI'S* ItKSPONSK.
I I I I When Camp Physical Director
I A I Ih iKinan visited his old "bailiwick"
|m| plause. The boys were all glad to see
sirumenta 1 number on the saxophone
ml piano rendered by Yorman,
I Icaihjiiarters Company. 61st Reginient.
and a "voluntary" pianist, whose
_name could not be got due to his
KZZ] ""
Sii itj | The boys showed their usual form
|j 1 in "tjans" sineinpr and this was also
1a feature of the program.
iJlj JAZZ BAND K
Q U We could send you a complete Jazz Band
tor camp uae. You cao (ire concert* and make
B II tbe luatrumeot* pay for tbetnaelvea. Fuo tor all I
[J )| I J Write today tor Jazz Band List.
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60-63 Jackson Boulevard CHICAGO
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jy "STCNT NIGHT". AT 44Y" 102.
V The action started at 7 p. m. and
when recall was sounded at 9 p. m.
everyone said it was the best ever.
The first, and undoubtedly the best,
stunt of th^ evening was put on by
Dr. Alexander, a Preebyterian minis- j
ter from Pittsburgh. His stunt was a
message to the boys that, without
doubt, struck home in -the hearts of
all his listeners, and was certainly a
help and encouragement to the boys.
The success of the evening, as a
whole, was brought about by the willingness
and eagerness of the soldiers
to enter into the spirit of the several
games that were on the program. The
games were all handled by Athletic
Director Grausnick, and volunteers |
were called for in each contest. Tne
first contest was a pillow fight by two
men each each astride a long pole.
The way the boys would circle the
pole would do credit to any gymnast
on a horizontal bar. Prince, of Company
B, of the Twelfth machine gun
battalion, proved to be the unconquer-^
able master of the content.
The second contest defies description.
from a mirth producing standpoint.
Four boys, subjecting to being
blindfolded, were g*en tin cans
to attract each other's attention and
were also given one boxing glove that
needed no explanation as to what was
to be done with It.' While the raps
were not especially of a gentle nature,
still their attraction was such as to
dra* several fellows who were ae-slrlous
of getting in on the fun
A cracker eating contest next kept
the house in an uproar and at the
same time displayed the ability of the
contestants to put away eats in short
time. Private Citarella, of Company
E. Forty-seventh infantry, proved to
be the fastest in getting away with
the crackers.
The apple eating contest, with the
apples tied to a string and the contestants
not allowed to use their
hands, was carried off by Charles
Mattson, Company B, Twelfth machine
gun battalion.
Another strenuous contest next took
place, in which the two participants
were lined up against each other with
a rope around their necks and en-1
deavored to pull each other around.'
In this contest, after several had tried,
honors were evenly divided between
Yikis, Company B, Ninth machine gun'
battalion, and Finklestein, Company
E. Forty-seventh infantry.
After the several games a wrestling!
bout and a boxing match were staged.)
Both bouts were handled in a tine j
style by Corporal Peter, of the Forty-j
seventh mat-nine gun .
The wrestling match was between!
Antonovitch and Wisnekhi, both of the
Eighth machine gun battalion. Company
D. Ttie bout was limited to ten
minutes, or the best two out of three
falls. Antonovitch won. getting the
first fall in three minutes and four
seconds, and the second fall in one
minute and forty-five- seconds.
The boxing match was a challenge
match given by Digeralamo, of Company
A, Ninth machine gun battalion,
to any man in the house up to a
weight of 125 pounds. While no man1
of this weight would accept, Gaughan,,
r of Company A. Kighth machine but-1
' talion, weighing 120 pounds, took on!
I "dig." It proved to be a fast bout'
I and no decision was given.
| All in all. the "stunt night" was1
1 proclaimed by many to be the bestl
lever, and it is hoped that next "stunt
! night" even more fellows will be ready
to take part in the games that are
, staged. I
OTEXTK or THE WEEK
IX AT Y. M. c. A. IIIT 103
The events- of the week started on
Monday evening when Mr. Gray,Jr?jn
the Y M. C. A. camp staff, came to
the building and furnished the 1jest
entertainment the men of this district
have had for a long time. Thehoiwe
was in an uproar most all the time
from the effects of the spiel Gray
gave them. For a stunt program it
sure filled the hill.
Tuesday evening after the address
our friend. Joe Ego. from Company 1?.
gave us an exhibition of bag punching
that surpassed that
have ever had in thus building. His
punching kept in time with different
songs that the men sing here in the
building. It becomes a daily event
to sec Ego playing "Over There or
something like that for the fellows
around this place.
Wednesday was the eventful day.
! as '.he regiments that held the part
I where the old Fourth used to be.
I moved to the sunny south at a place
called Spartanburg. S. C. From this
fine bunch of men we miss the fond
I few that were such good irienas,'
Babe Rodgers. Hubbard and Sullivan,
the piano shark: Brewer, the tenor.Our
friend, the chaplain. Lieutenant
Pallentine and Captain Downes, Capt.
Beaman, Corporal Pope and the men
he had on his team. The fellows still
think of "Babe's" singing and wo wish
to have him back.
With the coming of the warm
weather, the men have been using the
entire supply of goods that this building
has on hand. We hope that the
men will see that the material that is
throughout the company will be returned
so they can be kept in use.
SALUTE AND CLEANLINESS
MIGHTY TOOLS OF WAR
(Continued from Page One.)
thinks America will soon be In the
same shape as Russia. Tou must
show him it will be different by having
good discipline. Russia today is
tearing herself to pieces, while the
conqueror Is marching upon her land.
One reason why Russia is in her present
condition is because one of the
first orders Issued by the soldiers' and
worklngmen's council was that soldiers
need not salute their officers.
I'rges Isolation of Officers.
"If you get discipline you can
strike nnlrklv TWtn't und half-trair
ed men over there. Every moment
lost is a moment lost in winning the
war. and every moment lost in winning
the war means one life lost.
"You can't mix' the enlisted man,
the non-commissioned officer, and the
commissioned officer. You can remove
an individual from the enlisted
men and place him'in with the others.
But you can't mix them all together
?and have the right, absolutely
necessary degree of discipline.
"You salute the flag. It's nothing
but a piece of cotton, you possibly say.
But it represents the, nation. It
stands for something that is great and
powerful. The officer is the living
^representative of the flag.
"Always be a soldier. Don't be one
In the dav time and then become a
civilian when you retire at night. Be
a soldier, whether you are at home,
in the picture show and wherenot.
"To salute an officer is to recognize
the great bond of fellowship that exists
in the army. In the olden days
when there were knights, armor was
worn. At midnight wnen the junior i
knight would meet the senior knight
he would raise the visor, which covered
his head, revealing his face.
Thus we got the salute. The salute
is the Masonic sign of -the brotherhood
of arras."
Coloflel Applin said that for an officer
to have the power to command ho
must have "strength and character
multiplied by determination plus tact."
An officer must gain not only the respect
but the love of his men, he said.
Colonel Applin said he understood
the soldiers were being discouraged
against marrying before going overseas.
He stated this is the wrong idea,
and urged the marriage of soldiers.
"American must-not be allowed to
decrease in population," he declared.
"The men who die on the field of battle
must be replaced. If the men are
willing to die for their-country, the
women should be willing to live for
it," he continued. "England and
France have learned this lesson.
"There hundred years ago a band
of pilgrims left England and came
over here, where they could worship
God as they wished, and to find Justice
and freedom. In those days a
Prussian prince ruled England. Now
the blood of that little band of pilgrims,
a great host, are crossing thej
crossed 300 years ago. to flght a
Prussian prince for justice and freedom.
"It is good that America beat England."
Here Colonel Applin repeated
a part of the Declaration of Independence
and commented upon the wonderfulness
of it. "By beating England
a great republic has been founded
which today is fighting for the same
purpose she fought England for 150
! years ago?the freedom of the small
i states. She is fighting for Belgium
j and Serbia and the Poles."
At the conclusion of the address
the British colonel was enthusiastically
applauded by the huge body of
commissioned and non-commissioned
officers.
COMPANY B. SEVENTH
MACHINE GUN B ATT A I, I O.N
(Squad S. Tent 13.)
Corporal Nichols in charge. Thomas
Painter, the great speaker. He
seems to kno weverything. He can
tell exactly the number of soldiers
that have gone over to France from
the Good Old U. S- A. The big corporal
says that if he Is right that the
whole world is wrong.
Now we come to the first-class privates.
McGwinn and Morehouse. McGwinn
claims to be an old soldier and
he acts that way. When there is any
water to be carried. Morehouse Is
always talking about the girls and
that pipe of his is strong enough to
walk.
Next. Private McKowen is a big
farmer from New Alexandria, Pa.,
! and scents to know all about vege
tables and lumber, but when we neea
I wood to keep warm, he forget* all he
ever knew about wood. Private Packets
is the best duty dodged in the
squad and Private Morre has the time
I of his life doing kitchen police and
jshining his gun for^ inspection.
1/ WITH ENGLISH CLASSES.
Y The educational department of the
Y. M. C. A. has been extremely busy
(luring the past ween reorganizing
English classes. The secretaries of
this department have gone over the
situation in every unit in camp and
report more men attending the classes
now than in several weeks.
More advanced work is being done
by the foreign-born men and many
of them who began the course early
are now prepared for the classes in,
arithmetic, albegra and history which j
will soon be organized. I
TELLS OF KITCHENER'S
ARMY IN THE MAKING
(Continued from Page Que.)* ' :~p
Never were quieter plains seen evwi jjjj
at Gettysburg: and yet the greatest arm
of the war, the big guns, were roak- -r.dfl
ing this a martial spot with their loud .
and reverberating reports. Only a few '
days and the Canadians sent overseas
to fight in Europe would be at the
And today they were preparing.
In the cities the recruiting sergeant
and the omnipresent poster.
"Your king and country need you," ^
asked . the - burning question of
"When?" In fact. Kitchener was an
advertiser that put the "Bull Durham"
tobacco agents in the shade.
They can't get over It. And the returned
soldiers wqre on fire with enthusiasm.
Onder the shadow of Nel- -j,
son's monument In Trafalgar square
I saw and heard one of the men who
had seen the havoc and destruction in
northern France put up the question
to men if they wanted their homes
blown Into atoms by the advance of
the enemy. Standing under that Inscription,
"England expects every man
to do his duty." with the tall column
behind him. on the top of which that
wonderful one-eyed sailor looked out
over the River Thames and the level
country beyond, he took his men back
to the flahtina soirit of a hundred
years ago and bade them attack the
foe before he came to their . own ,'s?
homes and fields and shops.
But not alone are those who speak .tfjj
and urge on to death and duty im- -j
mortal. I recall the poor soldier
who had seen nine years of service 3
In India's sun and when sent to iE?
France told us he heard the "Hyenas
and Jackals" howling at night over
the bodies of the dead. Humble and
simple, he is a type of the men who
account for the enemy, and I feel that '*?
there is more heroism In his heart $5
when he gave the knife with which he
slew a German to a chaplain than In
the heart of the man who reluctantly
accepted it. Private Beadle, may he
live as an example of bravery of the
British Tommy, the kind that Kitch- /*3J!
ener's army became, copying the virtues
of the men who had seen servlco
against 110 foe so formidable as the '
Prussian and yet overcame them when
ttuJ- clash came. Kitchener's army, .VyS:"
came with their lives, as our volun- ??
teers did last year, when the nation
was fast becoming defenseless.
JEWISH WELFARE ACTIVITIES. |jj|
The week's program of Jewish ac^vJ3||
tivities was carried out with the ushftfr^&g]
number of surprises for the men,
several surprises were given men that
attended both at camp and in town " Aj
at the club room. ' *
On Saturday night a smoker was f :
held for men only. This was suoh ?&jw2P|
success that one will be held ever^'KBjl
week and plans have been made t<j
outdo the preceding smokers.
On Sunday night an enterialnment .--"-Vil
was given that would have'done Jus- ' -'jM
tlce to a good Keiths bill. Private'
Sills 'sang several songs and showed '
"personality" in his work. Private
Silverblatt was equally enjoyed, espe- jWjjj
daily his monologue. The surprise of - rj
the evening came when Private Fishbein
gave an excellent Jemonstratlon
that "The hand is quicker than the
eye." In variety, number and execution,
Flshhein is a professional. j
On Wednesday night a dance was 3?]
held. It is needless to say that this
was a success as these affairs are becoming
very popular. An exhibition dance
was given by Miss London, of ;
A?ioniiK eitv K T and Serecant ' (
Priceman, Company D, 38th Infantry. >
The J. R. W. W. will match this cou- . y;pie
against any other team In camp,
in one-step, fox trat and hesitation,
winner take all.
Enjoyable meetings of Double Triangle
and Shield of David social clubs
were held Tuesday and TJfursday 4
night, respectively. All arc welcome'
at these raeotings. Under the leader- : *
ship of Private Sills, the singing was
if thmc men flcht as well
as they sine, the kaiser's days are
numbered.
Services were held as usual Friday -SB
night?Orthodox at 7 p. ra. Reformed
at 7:45 p. m. Sunday morning atj&S
10 a. m. pS|
The J. B. W. W. representatives are 'iS
interested in hearing from all men that
wish to visit homes in Charlotte
and nearby communities over Passover.
We have been given to understand
that 42-hour furloughs will be Jig
granted to men wishing to observe the- <
holiday. Only a certain number ofmen
can be accommodated in prt?>4?K
vate homes, for the balance, a Sader
has been arranged.
The group gatherings in the tent j,*
gack of "Y" 105 have been such a
success that the representatives have
| had another tent put up. These are
only temporary quarters, as in the
very near future a building has been .
promised for Camp Greene. The tent
1 just put up will serve as a soldier's * Bfl
.room. It will contain nothing btit;';Jg 1
adjustable writing tables, books and "*?i
' magazines and a victrola with a wide 3
j variety of records. This room will always
be open.
i COMPLETE PROGRAM. _ Jg|
The educational department will }
announce next week the completion ?t ;l
a program for service Oi a most ?v Kj j
tended and necessary nature.
success of this work Is assured, I
that no disappointment may he Knowjjar,
the promoters have decided tOT*MC?a 'j
until every detail has been wKMm
out and practically tested. WattqregjK
next week's Trench and Camp lor _
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