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Page 2 TRENCH AND CAMP Theodore Partrirk, Jr., Editor. jHgijgl Published weekly at the National , HAM Cantonments for the soldiers of the J I T| m United States, under the auspices of r ft M m the National War Work Council of i y| the Y. M. C. A. of the United States. D | [ with the co-operation of the leading hJ Jl newspapers of the United States, nam- ' ed as Advisory tiourd. I I j ( AMP (IIIEENK KDITIOX. II I I Published every Monday at Camp 0 I Creene. N. C., by the Army Y. M. C. A., with the co-operation of The Chtrlotte Observer. Charlotte. N. C. Business office at Y. M. C. A. Administration Building No. 101. News and correspondence received I at all Y M. C. A. bunaings uu , Creene reservations when properly, KDITOIIIAI. FAKAMtAPllS Then he who works or tights should The Red Cross; deserved the vote of approval given the past week. dying rumors that Camp Greene 1 is to become an aviation camp do not | appear to come from thin air. Will somebody please suggest some i real difficult thing that the Motor | Macs can't do. So far it hasn't been Our crop of Mother's Day poetry' confirms a sneaking opinion we've al- ' ways held that a fellow's mother is a ' Welcome to the new men who are' coming and have already arrived at j Camp Greene. Help us get the "pep"! that will make this the best camp in' the southeastern department. President Wilson has called the nation to prayer on May the 30th. We believe that the appeal has come to I i people who feel the necessity of go- j ing to Cod ? !! bended knee and ask- [ !lin' most crucial hour of tl.e world's What finer thing could the soldiers of Catnp Greene do than make a special petition on May 30. the day ofl^r ayer. ^for our comrades from this | a I - upon them to support causes' that ^ure^ incipient to and necessary t<>, touched. We arc not called on. for, hope like thi- people of the south did i !!!).', ivliic'l li.:- - m thilli* to ^ ! ? with ^jwVvr licme ' h:?-h is taken from | ' ! ck vth'I , j.v fully explained in iI mi Saturday i'.rmtssion to \XYMtL tain I'rowe. an I lh? nwn are jubilant iVB\. f<v?-r Hi.- | i>)spi<-1.-. Tli- originator of Hv : b?- i'b-ii is i rivat Wrlin Ilarrobl. ^ ^ 4. ai:' lCankiot;. l?:isines? ami fi iIs :*.-fin;?ilt. uh-.Toui upher. Trench |[ U U3RARY ESTABLISHED j| Jl AT BASE HOSPITAL j^l Branch of A. L. A. Now in Charge of Miss Wait?Mr. Goodrich Leaves for Wlichi Ogan. \ brun-li of the Ani'Titvin Library . ?i 1 v .v - i.ttion lias been estab'ished at the jfjy MbA hospital. carrying out plan* re, ..ni|y announced in the columns of ll/il HI Iti '"'s !>> Librarian K. D. GoodSi] UJ til rich, of '.he Crimp Green? library. Miss .Marie Kox Wait, who has been BM |U Jii assistant in the Princeton I'niversity ly 111 j| library. has been put in charge of this UK II Ul branch. She is a very competent and mm fljl HI clurntini; woman, and will Kive fine service in this sphere. IH III nil The hospital library is for the us* jfl fljl .111 of the patients, nurses, officers, enIm ill IIII listed men. and any others who are atliB Kl/I HIh tached there. It is located in the building occupied by the hospital post exchange. between I' and C streets. TRENCH / and is very centrally located. It Is well equipped with books, there being over 1.000 of them, and a large number of late magazines and papers. Already large use is being made of the library. Mr. F. D. Goodrich, who as librarian of the'Camp Greene A. I. A. building. has given excellent service, is leaving this week for Ann Harbor, | Mich., where he will be located during the summer months. Mr. Good- . rich expects to return to Camp Oreene in September. During this time the library will be under the direction of Mr. \V. 11. Duncan. Jr.. of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Duncan has been in camp for several days acquainting himself with the situation. He has had large experience in library worn, uuu ?... . expected to carry 011 the good work I that has been done by Mr. Goodrich and his stalT. MOTOR MECHANICS TEAMS j DIVIDE DOllBLEHEADERj Fourth Regimental Team Takes; First Game, 6 to 3, Third I Wins Second, 5 to 1. The second of the series of five | frames being played by the Third and j Fourth motor mechanise regiments i was played Wednesday afternoon on i Wearn field, and ended in a defeat for i the Third by a score of 5 to 4, after | 11 inning of play. The rooters of the Third regiment J were out en masses with their jazz i band. The Fourth did not have many I rooters, but the scarcity of numbers: was made up for by enthusiasm. The Fourth in the first half of the eleventh drove in a run. The Third, j in their half, with two out. landed, a j player at second. A batter drove a j fly to center, which the fielder drop- j ped. But the batter, try ing to reach i second before the muffed ball, failed and the game was over. The batteries of the Third regiment ' were Flannigan, Lynch and Stringer; for the Fourth, Cates, Patterson and i Barker. ^ MEDICALSUPPLY RING FAVORITES GOING STRONG Boxing Show Has Proved Very Popular at Base Hospital. The third boxing show of the Med- j ical Supply depot was held Monday I evehlngyn the enlisted nien's^barThe main bout between Collins and Grazer surely was a hunimef. It was nip and tuck all the while. Both boys were on their toes all the time, and gave the audience a run for their j money. The second bout. supposedly a; grudge light, proved to be a massa- ( ere in the first two rounds. "North 1 Carolina" Hayes pounded "Fritz" i lteilly all around the ring. But "Fritz" rime hack in the third with so much "whiin" and pep that the best it could j be called was a good draw. The opening bout between heavy- l weights. Hungry" Hungeiford and "Expendable" Davidson, was an even lug from start to finish. Both boys fell short of wind and both blame it on cigarettes. After the scheduled bouts. "Goody" Itouenshire and "Pat" Singer gave a very interesting and instructive ex! hihition of sparring .and clever foot wurn. i Tlx* next :;how will come off US ! u.'Ual ?>ii .Monday evening. i Matchmaker. Private D. M. Urill; I phyiscal instructor. Private Max Rogow. referee. * CAMP GREENE SOLDIER DROWNS IN CATAWBA Private Schott, While Doing , ; Outpost Duty, Ventured Too Far in River. ? While in hathing in the Catawba I 11''<" a- 1! ferry. 1 U inics from i Charlotte, on Tuesday afternoon of the j past week. Private Lloyd Schott, memi her of the Fifteenth company. Third 1 Motor Mechanic*, was drowned. The ! body of the drowned man was not j found until Thursday afternoon, after ' a most diligent search had been made , l>y drafting and blasting the river. Xehott was a member of a detail ! fro inthe Fifteenth company that was at the river getting sand to he hauled i tn Faint) Clreeno. On the afternoon ! * Ii*!? (he fatality occurred Private \ Schott decided that he^would go into j tin* water during a period of relaxation. Oetting too far out into the waI ter and be i n g unable to swim, he could not save himself. None of his comJ r ides happened to be near so they i could give him assistance, j As soon as It was discovered that j their comrade had been drowned the I other soldiers of the detail telephoned I into town, and the coroner hurried out ! to the spot. The search for the body ! was immediately instituted, but with-I out result until Thursday. The body of the young soldier was (brought to a Charlotte undertaking et? tablishment. from whicli place it was shipped on Friday to the home of his ' parents'in Westerville. Ohio. \ iKD GAMP NINTH MOTOR MECHANICS GIVE ENJOYABLE DANCE The Ninth Company Third Motor Mechanics, which has fallen into the habit of doing things in a big and successful way, were the hosts on Friday evening of the past week at one of the most delightful social affairs given in Charlotte in some time. They gave a dance at the Myers park courttry ciub, at which were present a large j number of soldiers and some of the city*s most beautiful young women, j The proceeds- from the sale of tickets were devoted to the Red Cross, and i Quite a nice sum was realized. Among j tne invited guests werq. a number of |, officers of the motor mechanics regi- ' ments, their wives, and Red Cross canteen workers. The committee which had the arrangements in charge deserve great credit for the evening's entertainment. REMOUNT STAT?ON STAGES ANOTHER GOOD PROGRAM The soldiers of the Camp Greene j remount station staged another sue- j; l?ssiui ainienn prugium on muuuoj , night of the past week. The large audi- . ent e marveled at an act by Rogow and ; Rarranow, of the medical department, j base hospital, acrobats, who displayed j1 great skill and science in hand bal- ; ancing and lifting. A boxing boui be- j tween Susang and Sanders, each ! weighing 112 pounds, which lasted ( three rounds, was interesting. The main wrestling bout was be- j tween Cowgill and Michalik. who : wrestled for two sessions t>C-six min- j utes each, with no falls. Warring succeeded in throwing Sweeney one fall in an exciting wrestling match, and In another bout Crack threw Cable. ; Cable was handicapped, however, in ' that his opponent weighed 20 pounds ; more than he did. + BASK HOSPITAL Y. M. C. A. NOTES The Y. M. C. A. working force at the base hospital has been greatly strengthened with the coming of Dr.' Charles Lincoln Jackson. Dr. Jackson comes from a service of several! months as religious work secretary in i Y. M. C. A. building No. 10J. His; special department in the work at : the base hospital will be director of: all Y. M. C.. A. hospital visitation. I As Dr. Jackson has always shown an j active interest in the hospital work j previous to his settlement here. he! has laid a foundation for the superstructure of his future service. A sys tein of hospital visitation has been ' laid out which promises to' be very ( effective. Dr. Jackson's first appear-: ance in public before the men at the j hospital "Y" was on last Sunday eve|ly Athletlccs In the form of boxing, volley ball and quofts are very pop-] T (? 1'nllAV, I ballitis will become one of the chronic diseases at the base hospital. A most enjoyable evening was spent at the "Y" last Tuesday. Sergeant Joe Kii-schonblatt of Casual camp No. 1, Co. 5, put (>n a whole program himself, which was a big defeat on so warm a night. Kirschenblatt is a Now Yorker and before conrtng to the army was connected with the Keith theaters. He recited, danced, and sang. After giving a program of songs and dances he called upon the audience to suggest "rag" pieces for him to sing, and the number of such selections that he had stored away in his memory was amazing. His soni. "They Co Wild Simply Wild Over Me," took the house by storm. but perhaps his best hit of the evening was his intrepretation of "Whose Little Heart Are You breaking?" This" brought his powers as ' an actor into play. The piece was made very realistic, especially for some people in the audience. At the close of his program. Kirschenblatt had the boys sing their favorite songs, j As a relief to an intense strain upon ; the singer, Sgt. Arnold M? GoldJstein and Secretary T. W. Davies played two piano duets, and Sgt. [Goldstein himself played several pi.ano solos. Goldstein also acted as ; accompanist to Kirschenblatt. Goldstein's playing showed remarkable j piano technic and power of sight I reading. His ability has long been I known to the men at the base hosI pital, but he won fresh laurels for j himself on this occasion by harmon i7.ing at sight many of KirschenbJatt's songs for which only the melody was furnished. Sergeant Kirchenblatt is willing to return to the "Y" for an' other evening later on for selections in character?Jewish, Dutch, etc. He will be warmly welcomed by the boys. One of the largest audiences ever gathered at our building greeted Miss Margaret Wilson, - our President's I daughter, on Friday evening. Miss j Wilson sang most agreeably a great variety of songs?songs or love, or war, of the south, and of country. The meii were highly pleased not only with the singing but with the gracious personality of the singer. Miss Wilson told the soldiers that J she never had so much fun in her j life as she has had since visiting the camps, and also that she has never had such inspiration. She does not know how she can go back home and J sing to just ordinary folks after singing to the soldiers. She told the j boys that their country was back of them, that their country admired them, had faith in them, loved them. jShe is sure that our soldiers are go| ing to win. The men will long remember this visit of our President's I daughter. mmi IS ORDERED HERE Probably Will Be Commander jjrfw Camp Greene. Is Reported War Department J Plans to Avoid Frequent Change* I in Camp Commander. -An official announcement made-pit. '? Camp Grant, Illinois, yesterday W received here late last night by tele- ^ graph, stated that General Kenne#' B had been transferred to Camp.Greened I As no officer of general ranjf is now at this camp, he would automatically be-: E come commanding officers of tfcp* I camp. Several wpf?ks ;nro hieh army offl-'SB cers *ht Camp Greene discussed wiU>;H a representative of The Observer^H report, coming down from Washing-^ ton, that the war department vafl contemplating sending here to camp commnadcr a general who hiUffl been found physically disqualified forfl oversea service. The advisability! of? doing this, it was explained, grows otitjB of the confusion which unavoidably^! occurs when camp commanders are]? changed. During the life of Greene, extending over a period of jLol months, 'has had at least 12 manding officers, some of whom?JMN&*^B ever, discharged that authority' onlyn a few days or a few uteeks. A report originating at GampH Greene, which lacked official confirijit-^B ation, was to the effect that the comrfS; mand of the camp would pass todayjHt front Lieut. Col. Hoy C. Kiriland^l Colonel Miller, commander of ation section camp in Texas. ColonelK; Miller was at Ca: t.? Greene days a week or two ago. but turned to Texas. It was understood.' No fflclal statement from OabtyrfSSj headquarters has been obtainable fMV garding the time when the aIgnqJ corps units now stationed. fU C&Smm Sevier, Greenville, will b etransferi^B here. > . -a* I I I i j ' "Bertie." as he is affectionate known by the soldiers and Y. *?,_ A. workers at Camp Greene^ athletic chap of the first water. "iH not only knows how to promote letics among the men, but 1s rigH there with the goods himself.' can handle the glove, wrestle, pl?B ball, swim and all those kind of thin^jH 1 along with the class A boys. He raB a number of medals, etc., with whl&sgr to adorn his boudoir. He has madc^K* good record as camp athletic dfpQC^B I of the army Y. M. C. A. ::^ii
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