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Vol. 1. GREENVILLE, S. C., APRIL 20, 1918. No. 28 [column 1] BAKER'S MESSAGE TO PERSHING'S MEN

Secretary of War Pleased With Men in France—To Speed Up Transportation

PRESS ON, SECRETARY BAKER TELLS SOLDIERS

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, April 18.—General Pershing today made public the following letter, dated France, April 7, sent by Secretary of War Baker to the officers and men of the American expeditionary forces:

"After a thorough inspection of the American expeditionary forces, I am returning to the United States with fresh enthusiasm to speed up the transportation of the remainder of the great army of which you are the vanguard. What I have seen here gives comfortable assurances that plans for the effectiveness of our fighting forces and for the comfort and welfare of our men have been broadly made and vigorously executed.

"Our schools and system of instruction are adding to the general soldier training the specialized knowledge which developed among our French and British associates during the four years of heroic ac- tion which they have displayed from the beginning of the war.

"Fortunately, the relations between our soldiers and those of the British and Frence are uniformly cordial and happy, and the welcome of the civil population of France has been met by our soldiers with chivalrous appreciation in return.

"We are building a great army to vindicate a great cause and the spirit which you are showing: the courage, the resourcefulness and the zeal for the performance of duty, both as soldiers and as men, is not only promising of military success, but is worthy of the traditions of America and of the allied armies with which we are associated. Press on. (Signed) "NEWTON BAKER."

The following statement was added by "Order of General Pershing:" "In adding his own appreciation to the splendid spirit of our army, the commander-in-chief wishes to impress upon the officers and men of all ranks a keen sense of the serious obligation which rests upon them while at the same time giving fresh assurance of his complete confidence in their loyalty, their courage and their sincere devotion to duty."

May Keep Men At Fort Sill Camp

From instructions net the southeastern department by the war department it is evident that the men from Camp Sevier who are now attending the officer's training camp at Fort Sill, Okla., will remain at the Oklahoma camp for some time and will be commissioned when they are needed. The instructions say that plans of the disposition of the men have been changed and that in the place of the men going back to their respective organizations with their former rank, and awaiting their call for service, they will be called as needed.

Allotments and allowances to soldiers' and sailors' dependents paid by the Government in February amounted to $19,976,543.

[column 2] From the King to the Presidnet

The British Embassy, Washington, D. C.

Message from King George V to President Wilson, April 5, 1918. On the occasion of the anniversary of the momentous decision of the United States to enter this war for guarding of international right and justice I desire to convey to you, Mr. President, and through you to the American people the friendly greetings of the entire British Nation.

At this critical hour when our enemies are sparing no sacrifice and counting no cost to the achievement of victory, the French and British troops stand united as never before in their heroic resistance to these endeavors. They are bouyed up with the thought that the great democracy of the West in the same spirit and with the same objects as their own is putting forth every effort to throw its supreme force into the struggle which will once for all decide destinies of free nations of the earth.

The deeds of Americans on land and sea have already indicated to the enemy that his hope is vain. Every day that passes as American troops pour in ever increasing numbers into France diminishes the chances of his success.

The American people may rest assured that the British Empire now tried by nearly four years of war will cheerfully make yet further sacrifices. he thought that the United States under your leadership are with us heart and soul emboldens us in the determination with God's help finally to destroy the designs of the enemy and to reestablish on earth the rule of right and justice. GEORGE, R. I.

THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY.

Message from the President to King George V: The White House, Washington, April 6, 1918

Permit me to express the warm gratification with which your generous message has been received and to assure you that it is with the greatest satisfaction that the people of the United States find themselves side by side in this final war for free self-government with such steadfast and indomitable associate. Permit me also to assure Your Majesty that we shall continue to do everything possible to put the whole force of the United States into this great struggle. WOODROW WILSON.

WHY I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Winner of Firse Prize in Trench and Camp Contest.

BECAUSE, The Doctrines of Democracy as proclaimed by our militaristic country in the world. BECAUSE, I typify the greatest soldiery springing from the least Forefathers and handed down to their posterity and who's fundamental principles go to make up a universal freedom, are attacked by absolutism and autocracy; hence, those high instincts that go to make me a good citizen of these United States forbid my doing other than don the uniform that for one hundred and fortyone years has symbolized freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. BECAUSE, When I clothe myself in the military vestments of this Great Republic, I do so with the knowledge that for nearly a century and a half that uniform has represented all that could proclaim it the symbol of a Christian free and God fearing people; a people who have never waged a war of religion or for gain or conquest, tho in many cases opportuned to do so. Nor have they allowed such aggression on or near their boundaries. I am proud I am an American Soldier because, well —because I am an AMERICAN. Robert N. Maxey, 1st Sergeant, 105th Train. M. P.

[column 3] FOURTH OFFICERS' CAMP SOON OPENS

May Fifteenth is Date Set For Opening of Training Camps At Cantonments

ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AS TO WHO ARE ELIGIBLE

WASHINGTON, April 17. —The fourth officers' training camps will open May 15th, at various divisional camps snd cantonments, Secretary Baker today announced.

The secretary said that two per cent of the enlisted personnel of the divisions and detached units of the regular army, national guard and national army, excepting the coast artillery hd the various staff corps will be designated to attend the schools. This procedure, he said, will operate through regular army channels.

In addition there will be admitted all graduating members of the senior divisions, reserve officers training corps units who have completed the course prescribed for the reserve officers training corps and all members of the advance course senior divisions, of the corps, who by May 15 have completed one year of the advanced course, and who have had 300 hours of military instruction since January 1, 1917, under supervision of an army officer.

In addition a number of men who have had a year's military training under army officers, at any time during the past ten years, in educational institutions, recognized by the war department, will be admitted. All applications must be filed by May 1.

The several educational institutions recognized by the government, the secretary said, have been assigned quotas and they shortly will be advised as to the method of selecting candidates.

All N. G. Officers May Get Longevity Pay

WASHINGTON, April 17.—The War Department approved a Senate bill proposing to extend longevity pay allowances to National Guard officers brought into service other than by draft. Officers of the latter class now receive the allowances.

"Y" Tents In All Of Detention Quarters

When the tired and hungray draft ed men arrive at Camp Sevier and are assigned to the detention quarters pending the development of possible cases of communicable dis aases they are afforded the same Y. M. C. A. advantages in these quarters that they are in the regular camp. In each of the three present detention quarters there is a "Y" tent and a secretary to look after the men. A fourth will be established this morning. This is one of the most appreciated services that the "Y" at Sevier renders.

A new concrete magazine for storing ammunition is about completed at the artillery range at Cleveland Mill and will take care of the supply at present. Reports of messengers returned from the range indicate that the battalions of the 115th on duty there this week are having an exciting time and incidentally making excellent records.

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"THE BARRACKS WHEEZE" ______

BY PRIVATE CHET SHAFER (310th Sanitary Train, Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.)

Every Now and then You find one Who would Never Be recognized As a soldier But For His Caducens. ______

There are many good arguments against a bath, but none quite so effective ad a cold blast from the north. _______

"WHERE DO YOU LIVE?" "JUST AT PRESENT I'M OCCUPYING SOME GOVERNMENT PROPERTY." _______

THE CORPORAL ASKED THE GUARD: "WHEN DID THIS FIRE GO OUT?" THE GUARD REPLIED: "I DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE. IT DIDN'T PASS ME WHILE I WAS ON WATCH." _____

Once they divided 'em into cantos. Now they are divided into cantonments. ______

"Assemble ______

To the Front!" _______

"HERCH." _______

ALL AUTHORITIES AGREE THAT A POKER CHIP HAS NO HOME. _______

And that a quarantine sign is the only one that always comes true. _______

AFTER YOU PUT UP YOUR SHELTER HALF YOU CAN GET A PRETTY FAIR IDEA OF WHAT THE WOMEN WERE UP AGAINST A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEIR WAISTS BUTTONED DOWN THE BACK. _______

Herman, a private soldier, said he wished he was in the tank service and was training at Milwaukee. ________

In the army-- ________

The "Recess-ional" is _________

"Lest we quartette---- _________

Lest we quartette." _________

BUNK FATIGUE IS SAID TO BE AN EFFICIENT .LABOR - SAVING DEVICE. ________

When these balmy spring days come over, the buckaroo private policing the barrack spends all his time trying to pick out the noncom he would execute first if he were commander-in-chief of the army. _________

OH! COOKIE ________

AFTER YOU'VE DRAGGED YOURSELF OUT OF A SWEET SLEEP AND A DREAM ABOUT THE LEADING LADY BACK HOME AND SHOVED YOURSELF INTO YOUR O. D.'S; AFTER YOU'VE SNAGGED YOUR FINGERS SEVERAL TIMES LACING YOUR LEGGINGS AND HAVE HUNTED FIVE MINUTES FOR YOUR HAT AND FOUND IT JUST WHERE YOU HAD PLACED IF SO YOU WOULD BE SURE NOT TO FORGET IT; AFTER YOU'VE CLATTERED DOWN THE STAIRS IN ANSWER TO THE TOP-SERGEANT'S WHISTLE AND COME UP ONTO THE LINE AT REVEILLE WITH A SNAP; AFTER YOU'VE DONE A RIGHT DRESS THAT WOULD DO CREDIT TO A MODISTE AND HAVE COUNTED YOUR PLACE IN YOUR SETS OF FOURS LIKE A VETERAN OF SIX OR SEVEN WARS; AIN'T IT GRAND--- TO HAVE YOUR SQUAD LEADER REPORT ALL PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR WITHOUR EVEN CALLING YOUR NAME? ____________

ATTENTION, NEBRASKA MEN! All men who have ever attended the University of Nebraska are asked to send their names, adresses and rank to Alumni Headquarters, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. An Honor Roll and mailing list are being compiled so that the University may keeo in touch with her army and navy boys. Give your name in full, your home town, and the year you attended Nebraska. Add your name to the 1500 already listed and send in a card when you change your address.

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"Did-it-ever HAppen To-you?"

(Cartoon Strip)

Drawn by PHILLIPS, Staff Cartoonist, Camp Kearney, California ___________________________________________

Learn French

LESSON 6 NEW WORDS AND PHRASES. un allemand (uhn almah), a German les hommes (lez om), men un homme (uhn om), man un officier (uhn ofeesye), officer l'officier (1 ofeesye), officer les officiers (lez ofeesye), officers homme (1 om) the man (Page torn unreadable) l'oeil (1 Page torn) The eye les yeux (lez yuh), eyes une oreille (un orey) an ear l'oreille (1 orey), ears allemand (almah), German bon (bo), good qu'est-ce que c'est que ca? (kes kuh se kuh sa), what's that? qui? (ki), who je regarde (zhuh ruhgard), I look, look at vous regardez (voo ruhgarde), you look, look at j'ecoute (zh ekoot), I am listening vous ecoutez (vooz ekoote), you listen j'entends (zhahtah), I hear vous entendez (vooz ahtahde), you listen comprenez-vous (kophupne voo?), do you understand? ne .. pas (nuh .. pa) (verb between), not trop (troh), too, too much, too many Before a masculine word that begins with a vowel un is pronounced uhn and le, la are shortened to l'. Examples: ihn ofeesye, un officier; 1 uhy, l'oiel, the eye. Before a feminine word that begins with a vowel, la is shortened to l'--- l'oreille: the ear. Before a plural word beginning with a vowel les is pronounced lez, as in lez ofeesye, the officiers. To make a verb negative "ne" is put before the verb and "pas" after it, as je ne mange pas (I do not eat; I am not eating); il n'a pas (he has not).

EXERCISE.

1. Count in French your fingers; the number of words in each line of this exercise for 10 lines; the number of corporals in your company. 2. Qu'est-que c'est que ca? C'est un Allemand. Que faites-vous? je regarde l'Allemand. Est-ce qu'il parle angiais? Non, il parle allemand. Com prenez-vlous l'allemand? Non, monsieur. Il parle trop vite. Ecoutezvous? Oui, j'ecoutem mais ju n'entends pas. Avez-vous des yeux a le tete?' Out, j'ai deux bons yeux et deux oreilles. Je regarde l'Allemand avec les yeux et j'ecoute avec les oreilles. Regardez vous l'homme? Oui, qui estce? C'est un officier, un capitaine. Que fait-il (whar is he doing?)? Il travaille. Nous ne sommes pas en France; nous en France? Oui, a' Bordeaux. Voila le chemin de Bordeaux. 3. Negative all verb forms in all the lessons, as "je n'ai pas je ne parle pas, ie ne suis pae, vous____tes pas," etc.

LESSON 7

The French numbers from 11 to 25 are:

French Pronounciation Meaning ouze oz.................11 douze dooz...............12 treize trez...............13 quatorze katorz.............14 quinze kaz................15 seize sez................16 dix sept dis set............17 dix huit diz weet...........18 dix neuf diz nuhf...........19 vingt va.................20 vingt et un vat e uh...........21 vingt deux vat duh............22 vingt trois vat trwa...........23 vingt quatre vat katr...........24 vingt cinq vat sak............25

Here aare some French place names that American soldiers ought to know how to pronouce: Look them up on a map at the "Y".

French Pronunciation Toul tool Saint Mihiel sa meeyel Vosges vohzh Xivray kseevre Meuse pot a mooso Pont-a-Mousson muhz Nancy nahsee Verdun verduh Reims ras Sainte Menehould sat muhnoo Meurthe muhrt Woevre vwavr Chemin des Damesshma de dam Ypres eepr

REVIEW EXERCISE

1. Write on a sheet of paper the English of all the words and expressions in lessons 1--6, and say aloud the corresponding French words. 2. Go over aloud two or three times the French for I have, he has, etc., I am, he is, etc. 3. Do the same for I have not, he has not, etc.; I am not, he is not, etc. 4. Say in French: 5 men, 15 cents, 20 captains, 22 francs, 19 francs, 14 cents, 18 knives, 20 glasses, 25 loaves of bread. 5. Give the French for: I speak French; I do not speak French; you eat bread, potatoes, and meat (du pain, des pommes de terre et de la viande). What are you doing? I am looking at the soldier. I listen to the soldier. You hear, you do not hear. We are in America. You wish to go to (en) France. There is a newsdealer. Give me a paper, please. How much? Give me the change for (of) two francs, please. Will you have some (des) eggs (oeufs, uh?" How many eggs (combien d'oeufs) do you want? Speak (parlez) more slowly, please. You speak very fast; you speak too fast. The captain speaks (parle) too fast. He works fast, too. He works with his (la) head and I work with my (les) hands. ____________________________________

"MEN WANTED TO KILL GERMANS"

WANTED---Men who are fighting mad and eager to kill Germans; positions in tank corps open to responsible parties; action on fighting front guaranteed within one month of enlistment; no guaranty of safe return, but assurances given that those enlisting will get their crack at the Hun; men below and above draft ages accepted, from seventeen to fortyone. Apply U. S. A. recruiting station, Forty-second street and Sixth avenue. _______

This is the wording of an advertisement inserted in a New York paper by the recruiting staff for the Tank Corps of the United States Army. Great Britain has the tanks, more tanks than she has crews, and Uncle Sam wants to supply the crews. "Only two-fisted fighting men are wanted for the Tank Corps," said a recruiting sergeant. "We want only men who are eager to go out and kill Germans and don't care what happens to them just so they succeed in that laudable ambition. Germans stand between the world and peace. The more Germans we kill the nearer we get to peace. The sooner we kill the Germans the sooner we will have peace. The motto of the Tank Corps is 'Kill Germans.' Kill them early, late and all the time, but kill them sure." _______________

CURTAILMENT OF PARCELS A MILITARY NECESSITY ______

A statement has been issued by the War Department explaining that th recent order forbidding the sending of merchandise to American soldiers "Over There" unless they requested it was a military necessity. Records furnished by officials on the trans-Atlantic steamers showed that every week 250 tons of merchandise has been sent to the members of the American Expeditionary Forces by their relatives in this country. It was not only the weight but the bulkiness of the hudreds of thousands of packages that took up so much room on the steamers as to crowd off war equipment actually needed by General Pershing's forces. It is explained by the War Depart- ment that the recent order does not mean that the relatives and friends cannot send articles to the American soldiers in France, but each package must have in it the request the sol- dier sent that such articles be forwarded to him. Unless the package contains the soldier's request and the sender writes, "This parcel contains only articles sent at approved request of addressee, which is enclosed," on the package, it will not be sent to France. The request of the soldier must be approved by his commanding officer. In France the American soldiers can buy a great variety of articles and it is not necessary to send them to the fighting men. The list of articles the soldiers can buy abroad includes the following: Biscuits, books, brushes, bouillon, candies, candles, canned goods, holiday cards, chewing gum, chocolate, cigarettes, cigars, combs, dental creams, various soft drinks, flashlights, fruit, handkerchiefs, heaters, jam, knives,leather goods, malted milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, mirrors, nuts, pencils, pipes, razors, shoe polish, shoe laces, soap, sponges, tobacco, towels, and wooden gloves. ____________________________________

SOLDIERS CAN HELP

Soldiers in training who do not feel that they can carry any more Liberty Bonds can be of inestimable assistance to their country by urging their relatives, friends, and, in fact, every one with whom they come in contact, to purchase them. It is believed that if the soldiers take up this task they can make a great sucess of it. Every parent who has given a son to the nation's fighting forces should purchase Liberty Bonds to help keep that son supplied with the essentials of war. That is what is being done with the money raised through the sale of Liberty Bonds: buying food, clothing, equipment, rifles, bullets, bayonets, etc., for the American soldiers, and with which they are confidently expected to win the war. Aside from the patriotism shown by buying Liberty Bonds, such purchases represent the best investment in the world. All of the money in the U. S. Treasury and all the property owned by the United States Government backs up these bonds and they are as good as "old wheat in the mill." In addition to this, the rate of interest, 4 1/4 per cent, is generous and will make a good return on a sizable purchase of Liberty Bonds.

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SAYS COL. LEA IS A BORN LEADER _______

Great praise for Col. Luke Lea and for the general conduct at Camp Sevier is made by Chaplain A. I. Foster of the 117th Infantry in an interview with the Nashville Tennessean and American. The interview is reprinted as follows: Rev. A. I. Foster, who is regularly installed as army chaplain of the 117th Infantry, formerly the Third Tennessee regiment, now stationed at Camp Sevier, near Greenville, S. C., is at home on a leave of absence. In speaking to a member of The Tennessean and American staff of Camp Sevier, he emphasized the great work which is being done by Col. Luke Lea there. Dr. Foster said: "Colonel Lea is one of the real big men there. He is a real leader of men. It is a leadership that counts ---thar is worth while. He doesn't say: 'Go, boys!' but 'Follow me!' He leads in everything, even to the work to be done. "The camp presents a beautiful picture. The grounds are beautifully kept. Walks are regularly laid out and bordered with rock, whichis kept painted white. The camp is a model sanitary camp, and the highest morale characterizes the men. No gambling, profanity or immorality of any kind is allowed. The discipline is strict, but gentle, and the men under Colonel Lea are devotedly attached to him. When permission is given the soldiers to leave camp for the city, or elsewhere, a guarantee is required that they will preserve the dignity and high demeanor of the camp. "The men are well housed and well fed, and many of them are in better condition than if they were at home. "Great progress is being made in the religious life of the soldiers. They are hungrey for the real word of God, and thousands have confessed Christ and have begun the higher Christian life. The men are also making fine progress in military training." Dr. Foster will leave for Camp Sevier next week, and he announces that he will convey messages for all those in Nashvile who have relatives or friends there and who wish to communicate with them by him. Or: if they wish informatioin about the camp, he will gladly talk to them. _________________

Activities At The Signal MobileOrdinance and Quarters Corps. ___________

With the advent of good weather the military training has been in full sway now for some time and rapid strides in progress can be seen in every department. The Signal Corps has been constructing signal stations and actually receiving and sending messages. The Ordance has been kept busy with their supplies while the Quartermasters has found many occasions for issuing equipment. All the men are anxious for the time to arrive for their departure over seas and are sparing no pains in thorough preparation for the conflict which is before them. In the midst of this preparation for real service the men take time to engage in all the favorite field sports of the season. Daily practice in base ball is in progress on the field with the teams from the Mobile-Ordnance, Quartermasters and Signal Corps teams. Al these teams show that by a little more consistent training that they will make the final contest for camp championship very interesting. Basket ball and Volley ball is engaged in by a large number of the men too and there are several stars in each in our midst. Perhaps the most recent and interesting work is the wrestling matches which are being prompted by Mr. Singleton and engaged in by Mr. Pierce, Mr. Billings, Corporal Stanley and Sergeant Stevens. These matches are drawing large crowds and all the men enjoy this sport. Many other men are expected to engage in this favorite sport in the next few days. _____________________

NAVY PARAGRAPHS. ___________

The Navy ration in 1917 cost $0.438, as against $0.37648 in 1916. During the first three months of 1918 Navy Paymaster cleared $185, 000,000 for Navy supplies and contracts. Pamaster General of the Navy drew checks for more than $30,000,000 in one day---February 23--- for munitions; total advertised purchases for the Navy for 1915 were $19,000,000. Total weight of steel thrown by a single broadside from the Pennsylvania today is 17,508 pounds; maximum broadsie of largest ship during the Spanish-American war was 5,560 pounds. More than 11,000 manufacturers bid for Navy business. Six new authorized battleships are designed to be of 41,500 tons, the largest battleships in the world. ___________________________________

First Motorized Artillery Thrills Camp Custer Chiefs ___________

(BY CHRISTY WALSH)

CAMP CUSTER, Mich. April 3, (delayed)---All dressed up in regulation camouflage, and capable of going into position while under fire, the first motor-hauled battery of field artillery in America and perhaps the world, chugged itself past General Kennedy and staff on the parade grounds here this week. The event was the first brigade review in honor of General Kennedy, new commandant at Camp Custer. The first car in line was a famous Hot Spot Chalmers equipped with wireleaa standards and other reconnaissance attachments. The other cars, including tractors and trucks, were covered in heavy roofing-paper in such a cunning manner as to perfectly simulate the armored fighting car. Improvised periscopes and ugly rifle muzzles prodded their way through the open turrets, and the general impression as observed by the alleged correspondent was one of genuine terror. But terror was not the only suggestion for the sight was a tribute to the great American automobile industry, and indeed a noted accomplishment for the farsighted and progressive energy of Col. H. E. Cloke commanding the 330th Field Artillery, and acting commander of the 160th brigade. Although the experiment has been in progress for nearly ninety days, the brigade review was the first official appearance of a model motorized battery completely armored and capable of moving forward in trench warfare as do the famous British tanks. So practical have been the results and so startling the possibilities that it is generally conceded this pioneer unit may be a definite step toward permanently sweeping the stalemate trench system into a swift moving conflict of automotive artillery. Notwithstanding it is generally admitted that it costs the United States government more to support one horse than it does to sustain afighting man; and despite the miracles already performed by motor cars in baltle, three-quarters of our army officers are still skeptical and inclined to place little confidence in the motor-hauled battery and especially of one of such a type proposed. The first artillery mechanical school uses Chalmers Hot Spot as model. In addition to the practical maneuvering done by the motorized section of the famous 330th Fiel Artillery. Two hundred and fifty men have already completed a course in the regimental motor school, the first on record. From the smallest bolt to the most sensitive mechanism, everything pertaining to an automobile engine has been explained by experts, and as the Chalmers engine was used as a model, much attention was given to the celebrated Chalmers Hot Spot. 348 Motors in Regiment. A heavy artillery regiment, completely motorized would contain three hundred and forty-eight motor vehicles, including trucks, high speed cars, and tractors, all heavily armored. The 330th Field Artillery at Camp Custer is equipped with 155 mm howitzers ,a very powerful artillery weapon having a range of seven miles and considered one of (t he)hardest light field pieces to manipulate. A famous Hot Spot Chalmers has benn converted into what is called a reconnaissance and instrument car, and its performance and economy over the sandy terrain of Battle Creek has earned it much praise from the officers in command. In actual warfare it would be armored, and carry a specially built body on the regulation Chalmers Chassis. This car, entrusted with the serious commission of establishing communication lines, maintaing fire control, and securing firing data for the line of batteries; above all must be a machine equal to any emergency, and dependable under the most adverse circumstances. ________________________________

News from the 105thAmmunition Train.

The Remount ball players might drive horses, but they could not make Wilkerson move when they tried to drive him from the pitcher's box. You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. Pretty close Mr. Umpire. Engleburg was sure in his business when he got the percentage on his rival catcher. Good boy Donaldcon we will need you again. Mr, Director at the remount station if you should need players ring up the 105th Ammunition Train. When you get a team let us know. Sick call is blowing. You cannot be in loce and play ball too. Too many ladies men. If you players would play ball as well as you look in uniform, you would be o. k. providing you had another team. All dressed yo and no place to go. Moore J, you may be little but the remount players feel smaller. Baseball uniforms don't make a ball player. WAKE UP LEE. With tow down it was Priesters peg from center to Lee that saved the game from going longer. Stable call is blowing. The curtain is down GOOD LUCK THE NEXT TIME. _______________________________

The Camp Library. _________

Say! what's that over there Bill? Mean to say that you don't know? That's what I said, you pill, Why that's the making of civic row.

That's where they all go, Buck Jones and Sergeant Leach, One will want to borrow Poe, Another one likes Rex Reach.

Or if they're in school, And have a special lesson, 'Tis a general rule, They'll find this place a blessin'.

'Tis the best place to go, Whether blue or weary, That best place on civic row, Our dear Camp Library.

I'm sitting in my tent at night, With nothing to see or do, And nothing seems to fit in right, And every body's blue.

Joe is sitting across the tent, Bluer perhaps than I, Killing time by sewing up a rent, While dreaming of days gone by.

Everybody's rotten, and feelin' kind weary, Over nothing to do or see, Somebody mentions the Camp Library. All say, "That's the place for me." _______________________

Program for Sundays at the Base Hospital in the Corps-Men's Mess Hall:

9:30 a. m.---Catholic Mass. 10:30 a. m.---Protestant Services (Interdenominational.) 8:30 p. m.---Concert. In the Patient's Mess Hall: 3:00 p. m.---Suitable entertainment for the convalescents. ________________________________

COLONIAL THEATRE SATURDAY, APRIL 20 PERRY J. KELLEY Presents The Smartest and Brightest of Musical Comedies GIRL OF MY HEART Book and Lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb. Music by Jules Chauvenet. With EDA ANN LUKE And and Exceptional Company of Musicl Comedy Favorites, An Incomparable Singing and Dancing Chorus. The Incarnation of All That is Dainty Femininity. All Fun, Melody, Dancing, Pretty Girls, Beautiful Scenery and Costumes. PRICES---75c., $1.00 and $1.50. Seats now selling at Benson Drug Co. _______________________________________

COLONIAL THEATRE TWO NIGHTS, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, APRIL 25th and 26th.

The show that made a record of 496 consecutive performances at the Longacre Theatre, New York The attraction selected by the U. S. Government to play the Liberty theatres at the various cantonments.

THE GREATEST OF ALL FARCES NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

A Smart Show for Smart People.---"New Orleans Picayune. A Laugh With Every Tick of the Clock.---"New York Journal." The Funniest Show Seen in Years.---"Atlanta Constitution." As Appetizing as a cherry in a cocktail. Don't fail to see this attraction. If you do, don't blame any one but yourself. PRICES 75c., $1.00, $1.50. Seats now selling at Benson Drug Co., Phone 2510.

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Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La; New Orleans Times Picayune; D.D. Moore Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Worth Star Telegram; Amon C. Carter Camp Cody, Deming, N. Mexico; El Paso Herald; H. D. Slater Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich; Battle Creek Enquirer-News; A.L. Miller Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass; Boston Globe; Charles H. Taylor. Jr. Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J.; Trenton Times; James Kerney Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa; Des Moines Register; Gardner Cowles Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla; Oklahoma City Oklahoman; E. K. Gaylord Camp Forrest, Chickamauga, Ga; Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times; H. C. Alder Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal; San Francisco Bulletin; R. A. Crothers Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan; Topeka State Journal; Frank P. MacLennan Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.; Atlanta Constitution; Clark Howell Camp Grant, Rockford Ill; The Chicago Daily News; Victor F. Lawson Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C.; Charlotte Observer; W. P. Sulivan Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga; Augusta Herald; Bowdre Phinizy Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C.; Columbia State; W. W. Ball Camp Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla; Jacksonville Times-Union; W. A. Elliott Camp Kearny, Linda Vista, Cal; Los Angeles Times; Harry Chandler Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va; Richmond News Leader; John Stewart Bryan Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash; Tacoma Tribune; F. S. Baker Camp Logan, Houston, Texas; Houston Post; Gough J. Palmer Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas; Waco Morning News; Charles, E. Marsh Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala; Birmingham (Ala.) News; Victor H. Hanson Camp Meade, Admiral, Md; Wash., D. C., Evening Star; Fleming Newbold Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark; Arkansas Democrat; Elmer E. Clarke Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C.; Charleston, S. C., News and Courier; R. C. Slegling Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss; New Orleans Item; James M. Thomson Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala; Montgomery Advertiser; C. H. Allen Camp Zachary Taylorm Louisville, Ky; Louisville Courier Journal; Bruce Haideman Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas; San Antonio Light; Charles S. Deihl Kelly Field and Camp Stanley; San Antonio Light; Charles S. Deihl Camp Upton, Yaphank, L. I., N. Y.; New York World; Don C. Seitz Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga; Macon Telegraph; P. T. Anderson

Published under the auspices of the National War Work Council, Y. M. C. A. of the United States, with the co-operation of the above named publishers and papers.

A WORD OF GREETING TO OUR NEW SOLDIERS

[Left column] With the response to the second draft, hundreds of thousands of American citizens will be brought into contact with Trench and Camp. To them a word may be addressed at this time that they may understand the aims and ideals of this newspaper.

In a very special sense this is a soldiers' newspaper, as President Wilson wrote when Trench and Camp was first projected. It is intended that its columns shall reflect the life in the great camps and cantonments of the country. Trench and Camp is not the organ of any movement except that great comprehensive movement of converting civilians into soldiers, to hearten and inspire them and to fill them with courage for their great task of ''making the world a decent place in which to live''.

Trench and Camp is unique in two respects. It is unique in the history of warfare because this is the first time that an entire army in the field at home has ever had its own exclusive paper. In previous wars some divisions, regiments or companies had little papers of their own but Trench and Camp, with its thirty-two editions thoughout the country, serves the entire army today. This newspaper is unique in the history of journalism in that this is the first time a peper has been published in thirty-two different parts of the county, appearing simultaneously in New York and California, Massachusetts and Florida, Michigan and Texas.

The aim and ambition of Trench and Camp, in the words of President Wilson, is to ''interpret to the soldiers the hope and enthusiasm of the nation behind them and to interpret to the nation the fine determination and spirit of our men in arms.''

It is true that Trench and Camp is

[Right Column] published under the auspices of the National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Association. But that is merely incidental. The paper is ''THE AMERICAN SOLDIER'S OWN NEWSPAPER.'' The circumstance of Y. M. C. A. instrumentality is but another instance of Y. M. C. A. co-operation in any movement for the well being of the army.

A newspaper plays an important part in any community life - and an especially important part in such community life as characterizes the army. It tells a man what his neighbors are doing. It inspires all who read it with the idea of the unity in the great purpose. It should, as General Pershing said in reference to the work of the chaplains, ''Inculcate lofty ideals of Americanis,'' and it is trying its level best to do that.

The young men of the second draft are to feel then, as they read the pages of Trench and Camp, that soldiers all over the country are reading the same editorials and the same special articles - in a word that in Trench and Camp they have a common tie.

Every issue of Trench and Camp has certain local pages which tell of the happenings in the camp which that particular edition aims to serve. These pages can be made more newsy, more entertaining, more helpful if all the soldiers will look upon Trench and Camp as a friend, make the acquaintance of the regimental news representative and tell him - or better still, write for him - those happenings of such interest that they are discussed when soldiers meet.

Trench and Camp looks upon the arrival of the increments of the second draft as a splendid opportunity for further service - that service in which this newspaper was conceived by those having a deep and abiding interest in the welfare and contentment of the nation's soldiery, and thay service to which it will inflexibly devote itself so long as America's army is in the field.

SEDITION IN THE SQUAD TENT

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When all is quiet in the company street and men have retired to their tents they do not cease to be soldiers. This is a fact which the new men particularly should bear in mind. All that they have and are they have surrendered for the while to the great common purpose of serving the country.

In the quiet hours in the squad tents come many opportunities to forget the obligations of soldiers. Freedom of speech sometimes runs riot. The men come to feel that they are away from restraining influences and they sometimes express themselves in a manner that they would not dare to assume in public.

There is criticism of the sergeant of the commissioned officer, even of the government itself.

This is a sedition in a hideous form. The way to win the war is to forget all disagreements and differences and to hope for, believe in and think only of VICTORY.

The President of the United States is the Commander-in-Chief of all the armed forces of the country. Too often this fact is lost sight of by the young soldier. Disrespect to him is

[Right column] punishable according to army regulations. Disrespect to him, especially at a time like this, should be unthinkable, according to American traditions.

The soldier in the ranks, the officer in the subordinate place - everyone in the army - needs something of the spirit which Tennyson immortalized in those lines. ''Theirs not to reason why; theirs but to do and die.''

One of the most fertile fields upon which Prussian propaganda thrives is that of discontent; and discontent would be impossible if a man catches something of the true spirit of Americanism.

From discontent to outspoken criticism is but a step. Outspoken criticism is a breach of discipline, which is a cancer in the side of the army.

Yet it is not in defense of rules and regulations that this message is addressed to the American soldiers. Rather it is an appeal to that intangible something that binds us all, that feeling which is common to every one of us which makes us thrill and fills us with pride when the first notes of the National anthem mark the close of a soldier's day.

A good soldier does his duty and keeps his mouth shut. Let us all be good soldiers.

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The Sunlight On The Sword

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF TRENCH AND CAMP FROM A CHRISTIAN SOLDIER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

Sir:

Prussian propaganda manifests itself in many forms. Not the least insidious is that which constantly refers to the attitude of the Prince of Peace towards this war.

What would Jesus Christ think of the war? Can you as a Christian justify your own participation? Can you conceive of Jesus bayonet in hand, going over the top to plunge the cold steel into the vitals of another human being? Can't the churches do something to stop the war?

Germany Hears That ''All Goes Well''

These questions follow each other in just about the order given, all of which is carefully studied, as is every other move of the German propagandists. There is no minister in the country that has not been confronted by the questions and there is scarcely any active layman who has escaped. What is the result? Meetings are called in great churches throughout the land to discuss the ideals of peace! To discuss the ideals of peace at such a time as this when we are steeling ourselves for the great sacrifices that the war must demand!

Meantime the Germans propagandist gets word through some mysterious channels that all goes well and he wins the commendation of his chief. His report is no exaggeration. All does go well with his own project. Too well. Public attention is diverted from the one great issue and the ideal of a unified America is still in the remote future.

This, then, is a word to the preachers. It is a message straight from the heart of a Christian soldier to Christian ministers all over the land.

Prince of Righteousness First

1. What would Jesus Christ think of war? The question is given in the phaseology of the church and, in the opinion of a simple soldier, is very poorly expressed. Is is not what WOULD Jesus think but what DOES Jesus think. A soldier who has seen the influence of Jesus in the hearts and lives of men does not contemplate Jesus as the church does. The soldier thinks of Jesus as an ever-present comrade, not as a Divine Being who walked the earth nineteen hundred years ago and has been merely a memory ever since. The soldier somehow feels that Jesus, in Whose feet and hands are wound prints, Whose face is more marred than that of any other man, is the same Jesus Who denounced wrong-doing, Who hesitated not to apply the scourge and Who came not to bring peace but a sword. Jesus, according to the simple reasoning of the soldier, is indeed the same yesterday, today and forever. In Bible days He was alluded to as a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec - and Melchisedec was first of all King of Righteousness and then King of Peace. So a soldier thinks of Jesus - Prince of RIGHTEOUSNESS first; then Prince of PEACE.

2. Can you as a Christian justify your own participation? May not the question be answered by asking another? Can you as a Christian justify your failure to participate?

3. Can you conceive of Jesus, beyonet in hand, going over the top to plunge the cold steel into the vitals of another human being? It is difficult. But it is infinitely more difficult to think of the same Jesus standing supinely by while a great liner is torpedoed and her precious cargo of helpless women and little children are sent to the bottom. It is infinitely more difficult to think of the same Jesus standing by while Belgian girls are ravished.

4. Can't the churches do something to stop it all? Undoubtedly they can. In the first place they can refrain from diverting the thought of the country from the one great issue. America has only one task just now. That task is to stop the war by winning it; and by winning it so decisively that the monstrous thing which reared its ugly head shall remain inert to the end of time.

Blinded by propaganda insidiously launched in the name of Jesus Christ, certain spokesmen for the church cannot see that, in spite of the horrors of war, there is something of glory in it still.

What, shall we see but the shot and shorn Here in our manhood's might outpoured? Warthe calls to the fortressed Orne What of the Sunlight on the sword?

There is sunlight on the sword. As the course of the war runs we are coming more and more to realize that life is not ease, not the sum of possessions, not length of days - but the grandeur of the human soul. Tje war is making tremendous demands upon mankind just now; but it is repaying in magnificent revelations.

When the Tuscania was struck by a torpedo and British seamen on the brink of eternity chanted ''God Save the King'' to the American soldiers' ''Star Spangled Banner,'' the antiphony resolved itself into a symphony that must have reached the high heavens even as it came across the water and touched the heart of America. And the motif of that symphony was,

''Then conquer we must for our cause it is just; And this be our motto, In God is our Trust.' ''

Can't the church do something? Yes! It can preach the kingdom of righteousness as a forerunner to the reign of peace.

Righteousness first - then peace!

Now it is ''peace, peace, when there is no peace.''

The most effective way for the church to deal with the present crisis is to peach a gospel of unselfish devotion to the common cause. And if the church would reach the ultimate in her effort, let her translate that gospel into terms of food-saving, of labor concilation, of bond-buying - of doing.

The church of dim religious light and medieval symbolism is as dead as the lifeless Christ that some of her ministers have preached. The church of service and of sacrifice is as vital and as vitalizing as the Christ Who hovers about the battlefield and gives unto parched lips the water of life; Who visits the widows and the fatherless in their affliction - the Christ Who is the same yesterday, today and forever and Who is only just being comphrended.

LIEUTENANT, U. S. A.

RECORD INSURANCE

The members of one company of Marines now in France took out government insurance aggregating $2,545,- 000. This is the high record. Out of the 255 men in the company, 254 took out the full $10,000 of insurance. The other man too out $5,000 worth.

MAIL IT TODAY

Mail this copy of Trench and Camp home. Also mail all the other copies you get. It will make mighty interesting reading for the home folks and for you when you get back from ''Over There.''

NO HALF ESCAPED

Tommy - ''Half of 'em we got with machine gun fire, half of 'em with the rifle, then we fixed bayonets and killed another half of 'em!''

Funny Man - ''And what happened to the rest?''

Tommy - ''Oh, we took 'em prisoners!'' - London Opinion.

SEEKING REST

''Why do you think a man like Jaggers, with a wife and growing daughters, is so anxious to go to the front''

''I heard him say he wanted rest and quiet.''

TRENCH AND CAMP

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BANKER WITH SPA DATA OPERATES STORE IN GREENVILLE

John Meyer, of New York, joint founder with Charles Sol-Slavery of the Military Sales corporation. a branch of which is operated on West Washington street in Greenville, has been arrested by federal agents in New York in the dragnet thrown out for German spies. Meyer has been in jail since March 16 and SolSlavery, under the guise of being a Frenchman, is supposed to be in France.

Sol-Slavery was in Greenville for a while during the opening of the local store and is known to a number of people here. It is known that suspicion has been thrown about the store here for some time, government agents having been collecting data. However, so far as is known, there has been no incriminating evidence found about the branch and n oarrests have been made of any one connected with it. An instance of the innocence of the public concerning the reputed nature of this company is noted in the fact that a Greenville citizen during a recent trip to New York visited the head offices of this company where Meyer was located and was entertained by the officers of the company.

The company has four stores in the south - at Camp Sevier, Camp Greene, Charlotte; Camp Hancock, Augusta, and Camp Jackson, Columbia.

When arrested Meyer had a mass of military transportation schedules, also detailed data as to troop, movements and the available supply of railroad cars. The number of men training at the various cantonments was also given.

The Sol-Slaverys spoke French fluently and Sol-Slavery had certain papers alleging service in the French army durin the early period of the war. He also had papers purporting to be dismissals from the French military hospitals and claimed to have been wounded, exhibiting

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the scares He also bought to this country letters of introduction from European bankers to Secretary McAdoo and J. Pierpoint Morgan.

The following is an account of the arrest as appeared in The New York Tribune of Sunday: How the German spies spread a net over the country and established receiving stations for information of military value near four of the largest army cantonments in the south was revealed yesterday when William Wallace, director of the New York enemy alien bureau, announced he had forwarded recommendations to Attorney General Gregory for the disposal of John Meyer, of Brooklyn, said to be the master mind of the ring. Mr. Wallace refused to make known his recommendations.

Meyer was arrested on March 16 by agents of the military intelligence service in his affice at 57 Remsen Street, Brooklyn. At the same time his confidential man, Hans Feliss, of 776 Prospect avenue, also was taken in custody. He was released because of lack of evidence that he was involved in the plot with his employer.

Meyer was born in Hamburg, but later moved to Berlin, where he was prominent as a banker. He left Germany for the United States in July 1914, seven days prior to the delaraation of war, turing over his banking interests to a bookkeeper.

Opened Stores Near Camps.

On arrival here he established a small store dealing in phonographs. Later this business was expanded and the Emm-Ess Trading company formed, with offices at 16 Fifth avenue. With Sol-Slavery, he founded the Military Sales corporation soon after the United States entered the war.

Slavery, according to the information of the federal authorities, is an East Indian. He lived in France for nine years before the war and is married to a French woman. Some time ago he left this country for Europe Government agents believe he is a relative of Meyer.

In August of 1917, when he mobilization of the national army was started and forms selected for the camps. Meyer established four stores as near to the camps in the south as authorities would permit. These stores were located at Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C.; Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C.; Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. and Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.

Information Sent to Meyer.

Each of these stores, which it is said, were operated by enemy aliens, was equipped at the cost of $12,000. The business was confined almost exclusively to soldier trade. The clerks in these establishments, federal officials say, obtained whatever information about the camp they could and forwarded it to Meyer, who in turn conveyed it to Germany.

The means used by Meyer in getting this information abroad have not been made public, but is is believed that agents of the federal government know the methods used.

When Meyer was arrested a mass of military transportation schedules was found among his effects, with detailed information as to the possibility of large troop movements and of the available railroad cars. In ddition pins of the various national army cantonments, with accurate figures as to the number of men in training were found. Meyer has failed to satisfy the federal authorities as to why he had this data.

Cost of drafting Army and Provost Marshal General's operations was $10,000,000; cost per man accepted for service, $4.93.

During 12 months Army hospitals increased from 7 to 63 in number, and from 5,000 to 58,000 beds; 30,- 000 more beds are being added.

Two weeks after war was declared contracts had been made covering the requirements of an Army of 1,000,000 men, this material comprising 8,700,000 items.

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SOLDIERS EAT WHERE YOU KNOW The Food Is Clean AND OF A HIGH QUALITY The Royal Restaurant IS THE PLACE 111 WEST WASHINGTON STREET ON THE WAY TO THE P. & N. STATION.

Men, Buy Your Sporting Goods from a Sporting Goods Store

Athletic Goods for every game, well known reliable goods from the foremost makers such as Reach, Stall & Dean, Goldsmith.

Our Stock is by big odds the largest and best assorted to be found in Greenville. Best treatment and service possible extended men of Camp Sevier, which we welcome to make our store their headquarters when in the city.

O'Neall Williams Co. (Incorporated.) 120 West Washington St.

EAT at the Oceanic Cafe Where the other Soldiers Eat - and you will enjoy every morsel of Food. SEA FOOD Every day in the week. Cooked to suit your appetite. West Coffee Street, Just off Main Street

Hotel Imperial Greenville, S. C.

THIS, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BEST IN THE STATE, has a warm welcome for Military Men and their relatives and friends. Make your reservations for them here. If they come to visit you unexpectedly bring them to the hotel just the same. Make yourselves at home in our lobby and let us serve you in our Cafe or Main Dining Room.