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TRENCH AND CAMP

WITH THE SOLDIERS ON THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF CAMP SEVIER

Masonic Hall at Camp
Almost Completed
_______

The two-story hall being erected
near Paris by the Masons of North
and South Carolina and Tennessee
for the use of Masons in the division
is almost complete, and the first
meeting will be held in it Saturday
night at 7:30 o'clock. All Masons of
the camp are cordiallu invited and
expected to be present.
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K. OF P. NOTES
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THE CROSS AND THE FLAG
Hail, banner of our holy Faith
Redemption's sacred sign,
Sweet emblem thou of heavenly hope
And of all help divine.
We bare our heads in reverence
As o'er us is unfurled
The standard of the Cross of Christ,
Where blood redeemed the world.

Hail, banner of our native land
Greatensign of the free,
We love thy glorious stars and stripes
Emblem of liberty.
Lift high the Cross, unfurl the Flag,
May they forever stand
United in our hearts and hopes,
God and our native land,
---Cardinal O'Connell.
Welcome to the new arrival from
Camp Jackson and Taylor. We will
be glad to see you at any time, so,
stop in when you have the opportu-
nity.
Fred Brockman, Battery E, 115th
field artillery, has returned from a
pleasant furlough spent in his home
town, Nashville, Tenn. He was loth
to return. There is a woman in the
case.
We are pleased that Leonard
Lyons, Co. M, 117th Infantry, is
back in his company, after a brief
stay at the base hospital and we
hope his recovery will be permanent.
We regret to record that Chas. J.
Sebangh of the K. of P. staff is leav-
ing us. Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.,
will be the sphere of his new activi-
ties and we all wish him every suc-
cess.
The band of the 105th engineers
delighted the large audience present
on Sunday evening, last, with a well
selected program.
"Bob" Clark of the *Kahai Tailoring
Company, at the camp, gave three
solos in his usual effective manner.
Ettore Verna handled some very
difficult music with skill. He was
formerly connected with the Phila-
delphia Opera Company.
Herbert Greenhalgh is quite a
favorite here now and more than
pleasing with sweet boyish voice.
Everybody says our new bubble
fountain is a beauty. Have you seen
it? It is no trouble for an armless
man to drink out of it.
The boys from the 10th, 11th and
12th comoocry companys gave us all
a good time with their impromtp
program. Sergeant Kerry directed
the affair with snoap. The program
included Masedon, Murphy, "Shorty"
in triog; Adams, Lyons, Kerry,
Murphy, Dafley, Greenhalgh and
Alford in a pot pourrti of song,
dances, conjuring, recitations and
acrobatics.
"Ben" Reynolds of the K. of C
staff, is enjoying a furlough. We ex-
pect to see his smiling face again on
Tuesday, next.
We expect to have that famous
sextet of string instrumentalists from
the base hospital on Tuesday evening,
next. So be sure and come or you
will miss a treat.

The Return of Mother's Son From War.

Mothers: Oh, how sweet the name sounds.
'Tis mother that we all love so much,
'Tis mother who is fond and gentle,
And has love in every touch.

Some mother's son is now far away
Across dark waters blue,
He is trying bravely to do his part
To win the war for me and you.

The mother prays earnestly for her son
That he may return home once more,
And hear his childish feet again
As he passes through the door.

And throws his arms around
His dear old mother's neck once more,
And whispers joyfully in her ears
That he has returned from the war.

The mother offers a heartfelt prayer
To the everlasting God on high,
And thanking God that he spared her son
And brought him back alive.

Carl R. Woodcock
Co. H, 119th Inf.

DO WE WANT GERMAN TAUGHT IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS?

(CARTOON)

SCHOOL NOTES OF
118th INFANTRY
________

The 118th infantry school is on the
boom. Although, detailed for the
work, these sturdy Tennesseeans,
nearly 300 strong, manifest the keen=
est interest in learing the two simple,
yet big things, viz. to read and write.
Chaplain Lyons has made the mini-
mum requiement the ability to read
general orders and to sign the pay
roll. THe chaplainis determined to
keep hammering away until every
man in the regiment can do these
things. From the way things are
going now it will not be long before
this can be done.
The teachers are very much in-
terested in their work. Normal class
work is being done at the close of
the school hour and the teachers
are doing a far greater piece of con-
structive work than they are aware
of and they will ever hold a big
place in the hearts of the men who
learn to read and write under their
instruction.

There are over 4,000 languages
spoken by mankind. Some authori,
ties, however, think that a century
hence there will be only four lan,
guages of importance in the world.
What is known to science as "mat,
ter" is composed of electrons, and
those are the absolute units of elec-
tricity.---The People's Home Journal.
__________________

IRON CROSS HIS TROPHY

Lieutenant Thomas B. Jackson,
Company K, 165th infantry, who
went to France with the American
expedtionary forces, has sent a
highly prized souvenir in the form
of one of Kaiser Wilhelm's iron
crosses to his brother, John B. Jack-
son, who is at present a cadet at the
Columbia Military Academy of Colum-
bia, Tenn. The iron cross was taken
as a trophy by Lieutenant Jackson
when he captured several German
prisoners. Lieutenant Jackson's
trophy is probably one of the first
of its kind to be sent home from the
front, although it is expected that
as a result of the recent fighting
and the large number of Germans
who have been taken prisoners other
trophies will soon be sent to rela-
tives and friends of Americans at
the front. The Kaiser's iron cross
is awarded only for valor, but Hun
valor takes many forms not recog-
nized among other nations. The'
cross is about the only reward the
Hun soldier ever receives, according
to the statements of correspondents
at the front.

Stock oF Division
Post Exchange Sold
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The remaining stock of the 30th
division post exchange has been dis-
posed of, and a final statement made
to division headquarters by the com-
mittee charged with the winding up
of its affairs, of which Col. Holmes
B. Springs is chairman. Operation of
the exchange was not successful.
___________________

IN THE TRENCHES.
______

(By Sgt. Godfrey, an English
Instructor Now at Camp
Sevier.)
______

It must not be imagined that the
front line trench is always the worst
place on earth, because often it is
the safest place in the line. Sounds
illogical eh! You query my state-
ment. It is like this--Often the front
line is so near to the enemy front
line, say fifty yards, that should he
put over any "heavy stuff" such as
premature explosions or shell falling
short, it would endanger his own
line. Therefore to safeguard himself
the enemy delivers his "hate" to the
support reserve trenches, leaving the
front line to the tender mercies of
the snipers and trench mortar bat-
teries which are not so bad, but quite
bad enough.
The trenches, even during the good
weather are not exactly rose gardens.
In bad weather, a man's resourceful-
ness is sorely taxed in improvising
ways and means to keep fairly dry
and comfortable, but to a certain ex-
tent it can be done and is done.
A freshman could not do better for
himself when in the trenches for the
first time, than to pal on to an old
hand who knows the ropes. He
should take note of how he goes
about things otherwise he will find
that trench lore is only acquired at
the cost of hard experienceand num-
erous annoying mistakes. It is na-
tural for a freshman to underestim-
ate that astuteness and cunningness
of the enemy and take unnecessary
and foolish risks. It does not take
long for him to find out his mistake,
the knowledge of which is brought
home to his rather forcibly. Then
he suddenly realizes there is a war
on.

___________________

One of the uses of the proceeds of
the Liberty Lean that will appeal
strongly to the great mass of Ameri-
can people is the care and attention
given to the moral welfare and pro-
tection of the American soldiers.

A SOLDIER'S PAPER
_ _ _

Trench and Camp is a soldi-
er's paper, the only one in the
South that is endorsed by Pre-
sident Wilson and Secretary
Baker. It is written by the sol-
diers, about the soldiers for the
soldiers. It is no money making
proposition but is given to the
soldiers absolutely free of cost
by thr Y. M. C. A. and The
Greenville Daily News.

So its your paper, soldiers, to
do with is as you see fit. What
are you going to do with it?
Help make it the best paper
by sending in news items, pic-
tures and cartoons. Send in
something today for next
week's paper.

A CORDIAL INVITATION
___________

Soldiers, attention: The Christian
Science Camp Welfare Committee
have opened in the Beattie building,
northwest corner Main and Washing-
ton streets. Reading and writing
rooms for the use of officers and
men in the army. These rooms are
well furnished and homelike and we
invite you to make them your head-
quarters in town. The rooms are
open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. You
will find here reading and writing
materials and an opportunity to rest
amid pleasant surroundings. Bring
with you and friends who care to
come, and make yourself at home.
___________________

105TH FIELD SIGNAL BATTALION

Capt. John E. Ray, medical corps,
had been assigned command of the
medical detachment of the 105th field
battalion. First Lieut. William P.
McCay has been transferred to fill
vacancy created by Captain Ray at
the 119th infantry.
Private J. A. (Pap) Wilson has
been discharged from the service.
Pap was a favorite among the boys
and will be grreatly missed.
Sergt. George F. Henery, Privates
John W. Rayne and Grover E. Myers
are attending school at the field hos-
pital.
Private First Class Byron E. Min-
ter, of the wire company, has been
promoted to corporal.
Sergt. Eugene G. Guiil was visited
by friends from Nashville, Tenn.,
Wednesday. Sergeant McGill has
charge of the recruits that were re-
cently transferred from the aviation
section to fill the vacancies in the
battalion. These men total 34 in all.
Corporal Lewis Alley, radio com-
pany, is visiting the folks at home.
Fourtenn men have been detailed to
take care of the 100 pigeons that
arrived this week.
First Class Sergt. Ben W. West has
beem transferred from casualty de-
partment of radio operators at Little
Silver, N. Y., to the radio company
of this battalion.

WITH THE 114th FIELD ARTILLERY TO THE RANGE

By Sgt. J.H. Parmalee.

TRENC HAND CAMP ffine DULW
The 114th F.A. Goes to the Range.
As a part of the 114th F.A. pro
ceeded in a long procession from
their camp for the range; an auto
filled wiith civilians eased up and
stopped at the point where the col-
umn was "Column-Lefting" and I
heard one of the inmates remark
"Isn't it splendid?" They all agreed
and the car moved on. They did not
see us crawling out three hours
early, dressing and eating in the
dark, and gropeing around to get our
belongings together. They did not
see me wilking up the company
street when I met a wash dish load
of water as it came out of one of
the tent doors. What effected them
most was the band playing at the
side of the road. The band did not go
at all, and if these honorable cit-
zens has passed by the barns a half
hour later, they would have seen the
musicians in blue uniform, the base
player with a rake, the trombone
player with a broom, the picolo play-
er carrying the dirt box and the re-
maining portion of the organization
trying to groom the horses which
were too wild to make to the range.
Aside from Wiley's love affair with
a moonshiner's daughter, nothing
nothing more exciting happened on
the trip than Corporal Richardson's
exhibition with his magic haversack.
Just as Lieut. Brown opened his
mouth for the purpose of giving a
command to move he noticed some-
thing in the ranks that did not look
like a soldier or anything else that
he could think of. But after examin-
ing it be discovered Corporal Richard
son with his blankets twined about
him, over his head, under his arms,
and between his legs like so many
snakes. "I give you four minutes to
get your blanket properly placed in
your haversack, or into the stockade
you go", Lieut. Brown remarked.
And before anyone knew anything
had happened, there stood the cor-
poral in the ranks properly equipped
witb three and one-half minutes left
to his credit.
If there had been an ammunition
wagon along, the apple sauce ex-
plosion might have caused a stamp-
ed, as it was however, no one suf-
fered much except the cooks, and
they managed to scrape enough of
the sauce from their faces, for din-
ner.
The night fell heavily on the pup-
py tents. The men had been advised
to take only one blanket, but those
who were wise enough to take three,
decided that they were fools for not
taking five or six. Those who slept on
a hillside managed to keep warm
by the exercise of climbing back up
into place every few minutes, but
the others were frozen so stiff in the
morning that all the officers had to
do was to lift them to their feet and
they stood at "attention."
Very few houses were passed on
the way, but a scarcity of buildings
was made up by the abundance of
generations. At one house there were
two heads sticking out of each win-
dow, three heads out of each door,
and the remaining fifteen became
brave enough to come out on the
porch.
The moon shone very brightly the
first two nights were in camp, in fact
many of the men seemed to be under
its influence. One met a team of
mules in the road, and thinking he
recognized two of the old friends he
had been driving in the Battery Wa-
gon, he took possession of them,
much to the discomfort of the owener.
Another was found drilling a squad
which consisted of a tree, a mule and
two of the companions who seemed
to be under the same influence. The
Colonel decided that sixty days was
the only remedy for those who were
moon struck.
Corporal McGowan became so
popular with the mountaineers that
in less than a week he was invited
out to supper, and as he wished to
advetrise his sociel standing he in-
vited a number of his friends to go
along. As they sat at the table the
lady of the cabin was serving the
courses which consisted of one fried
egg and a piece of pie; an elderly
mountain gentleman walked in,
shoved a double barrelled up in the
corner, sat down on a keg and lean-
ed up against the wall, puffung a pipe
twelve inches long, and remarked
with composure; "I can't figure how
Tom Humphrey shot six shots at
Jim Tarver, and didn't hit him but
four times." The old lady flopped
one of the eggs over abd said with
equal composure; "They seemed to
be on good terms when they ate sup-
per here last night. What was the
trouble?" "Jim owed him a quarter"
saud the old man and reached over to
the gun and begun to rub it up. The
old lady shoved a burnt egg over to
Holden, saying "Well, I don't blame
Tom in the least." Sergeant Hardin
finally got nerve enough to ask
about the price, and after giving a
long evclamation about the high
cost of supplies the old lady said,
"Well, I guess $2.00 for each of
your's will be enough." Sergt. Kel-
ley did not finich his piece of pie, a
very troubled expression came over
his face and he whispered something
into Holden's ears, which did not
seem to please Holden but he nodd-
ed. Sergeant Kelley appeared greatly
relieved. Each man paid for his own
supper and the crowd walked out of
the dining room and passed the sit-
ting room in which were a half
dozen other victims waiting their
turn.

NEWS OF CO. H,
118th INFANTRY

Our boys are certainly working
hard this week, for we are in hopes
of visiting our home town, Rock
Hill, S. C., on the 9th of this month.
We are going to give Rock Hill a
real military parade in behalf of the
Liberty Loan movement. Of course,
there will be a grant time for all of
us. We will have 48 hours leave of
absence for the whole company if
we go. We are drilling hard this
week, preparing for our visit is the
reason. I'm late in turning this in
I'm also detailed to teach school at
the Y M. C. A. this week, so I don't
have much time. "Goldie" Mather
is alson teaching school at unit 85.
Old "Goldie" should make a dandy
teacher because he's good at every-
thing else especially making love.
"Gary" Dornell is back on the com-
pany street, after a long period in
quanantine. "Handsome" Ligon has
been busy all week writing to his
girls in Rock Hill, telling them of
our proposed trip there. He is in-
structing the fellows on the rifle
range this week. Sweet "Willie"
Wilkerson is back with us again,
having come out of quarantine last
Saturday. He has the "Memphis
Blues" though because his girl
"missed" a couple of days in writing
him. Cheer up "Willie," she won't
get lonesome in Memphis.
Old "Frog" Bargaichi has been on
the bum all this past week. He
claims he has the "spring fever," but
we would call it love fever, for he re-
ceived "some" letters from his girl
Sunday.
"Shorty" Mead has a lot of "pep"
in him after being confined to the
hospital with the mumps.
Sergeant Crook is visiting his home
in Rock Hill this week in a five-day
furlough.
Sergeant "Bud" Moore just return-
ed from a delightful trip to his home
in Rock Hill.
General Tyson says the 118th regi-
ment has them all going. Keep the
good work up boys and stick to-
gether. We will be the best regi-
ment in the 30th yet, and the best
division in the U. S. A. Just keep the
"pep" and pull together all the time
is the way.
No news of any interest this week
wishing all in the 30th good luck al-
ways. "DONNIE."
________________

Between May 1 and December 31,
1917, the American Bible Society dis-
tributed 1,232,463 special editions of
the Bible---in khaki cloth for the
army and in blue cloth for the navy
---among the men who have gone to
the front.
Plans have been made to begin this
spring the propagation of oysters in
Bear river bay, Great Salt Lake,
Utah. Analysis hae shown that the
percentage of salt in the water is
practically the same as in ocean oys-
ter beds.

A HOHENSOLLERN "VICTORY"!
A Cartoon
CARRYING HOME THE GLAD TIDINGS!

An officer in the United States
medical reserve corps states that
heat and lightft combines, aleviate
pain better than heat alone. He pre-
fers an incandescent bulb and reflec-
tors to a hot water bottle as a means
of relieving suffering.
__________________

DECORATED FOR BRAVERY

As the Killties drums came to
halt thousands looked on, almost
without breathing, in Madison
Square Gardens, in New York city.
Sergeant Major A. W. James, of the
Canadian army, stepped from a pre-
cise column of soldiers. He ad-
vanced, gave the flourish os the Brit-
ish salute and looked into the eyes
of Brigadier General L. R. Kenyon,
of the British army. Brigadier Gen-
eral W. A. Mann, of the United
States army, stood at one side.
Then a mighty roar went up as the
United States naval band in the far
end of the big arena began playing
softly "America." And the British
general pinned upon the breast of
the young soldier a sparkling con-
duct medal for bravery on the field
of battle at Ypres
__________________
DEFINITION OF LIFE.
_______

Life is a lingering deserve,
You can make it hard if you please,
But I will tell you the best,
Which has been put to test,
Just take it all with ease.

By Sergt. J. E. Childress,
Co. C 117th Infantry,
Camp Sevier.

WHAT A LIBERTY

BOND WILL DO !
_______

The following figures give one a
definite idea of what his or her loan
to the government by the purchase
of Liberty bonds will accomplish
when used by the war department
One $50 bond will buy trench
knives for a rifle company, or 23
hand grenades, or 14 rifle grenades,
or 37 cases of surgical instruments
for enlisted men's belts, or ten cases
of surgical instruments for officers'
belts.
A $100 bond will clothe a soldier,
or feed a a soldier for eight months, or
purchase five rifles or 30 rifle gren-
ades, or 43 hand grenades, or 25
pounds of ether, or 145 hot water
bags, or 2,000 surgical needles.
A $100 and a $50 bond will clothe
and equip an infantry soldier for
service overseas, or feed a soldier
for a year.
Two $100 bonds will purchase a
horse or mule for cavalry, artillery,
or other service.
Three $100 bonds will clothe a sol-
dier and feed him for a year in
France, or buy a motorcycle for a
machine gun company.
Four $100 bonds will buy an x-ray
outfit.
One $500 bond wil supply bicycles
for the headquarters company of an
infantry regiment.

Col. Flannigan Has
Been Transferred
_________

Lieut. Col. Robert T. Flannigan,
originally with an organization of the
depot brigade, and after the disrup-
tion of the brigade attached to the
117th infantry, has beeb assigned to
an organization of corps troops at
Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C.
Col. Flannigan had been attending
the school for brigade officers at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, and was sant to
Camp Wadsworth directly from
there.
_____________

Lieutenant Colonel Osborne, the
regular army officer who was in
command of the 114th field artillery
during the absence of Col. Luke Lea,
has left Camp Sevier. Colonel Lea
resumed command immediately on
his return from Fort Sill, Okla.,
where he attended the school of fire.
Marked progress was made by the
regiment under the command of Col-
onel Ocborne and both officers and
men are deeply indebted to him for
his help.
________________

First Lieut. George W. Janda,
Aviation Section Signal Reserve
Corps, has reported for duty in the
aviation mobilization depot.
________________

Lieut. Robert M. Hanes, battery A,
113th field artillery, has recently been
promoted to the rank of captain.
Lieut. Hanes is from Winston-Salem,
N. C.
First Lieuts. Guy S. Joiner and C.
K. Gunby, battery C, 114th field ar-
tillery, have been transferred to bat-
tery F of the same regiment.
_________________

The Orpheus Four, a noted male
quartet, will be at Camp Sevier from
April 10 to 13. They will appear
under the auspices of the army Y. M.
C. A.
_________________

Second Lieut. John F. Robertson,
114th Field Artillery, has been made
a first lieutenant.
_________________

J. W. Richardson, physical direc-
tor at the Y. M. C. A. at the remount
station at Camp Sevier, is now tem-
porarily in charge of that unit. Rev.
J. R. Cunningham, who was in
charge there, having left association
work to become camp pastor for
the Presbyterian church. Rev. D.
W. Reid, who has veen religious di-
rector at Unit No. 82, at Paris. will
be placed in charge at the remount
station on return from leave.
__________________

BAT. "C" WINS
__________

In a fast 7-inning game Saturday
the boys from Battery C 115th F.A.
downed the boys from G Co. 118th
Infantry by the score of 8 to 7.
The Artillery boys came from be-
hind and tied the score in the 6th
and won out in the 7th. After two
men were out on Boguskie hit his
stealof second and Huffine stinging
2 bagger to right center. Huffine
pitched a nice game for the Artillery
boys.
The boys from "C" Battery will be
heard from before the curtain goes
down on the 115th F. A. Regimental
League. Lt. Rice is the live wire of
that team and they have the loyal
support of each officer and enlisted
man of the battery. So watch those
"C" boys.

FOLLOW THE EAGLE!

Why is the heartache, if death must come surely?
Why does the soul weep and anguished form bend?
Lad in the Khaki---
Under the Eagle
Keep her folds high waving ever so purely.
Courage my boy-- the strife will soon end.
Follow the Eagle !

Follow the Eagle ? My eyes cannot follow.
The bird soars too high--my burden is great.
Lad in the Khaki---
Under the Eagle
I'll carry your burden---follow lad follow.
Struggle my son---the time is grown late.
Follow the Eagle!

Why is the pathway smooth--- where am I going ?
What is this peace I feel---Who are these men
Lad in the Khaki---
Under the Eagle
You have come home with me---Where is thy knowing ?
Rest here my brother---these are thy fellow-men.
I am the Eagle !

James B. Wright, Jr.

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