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TRENCH AND CAMP FIVE

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BRITISH TANKS A GREAT HELP TO THE TOMMIES
AND GREAT BRITAIN SEEMS TO HAVE PLENTY OF THEM

[Photo of a large number of tanks]
A
BRITISH
TANKDROME
IN FRANCE

The British tank was one of the
great sensations of the present war.
It not only surprised the world when
it appeared in action, but it sur-
prised the Germans--and there was
a good strong jolt accompanying the
surprise. The very idea of a land-
battleship was inspiring in itself, but
the tanks did not go into action with
any desire on the part of their crews
to create poetry and romance. They
went into action to sweep German
barbed wire out of the way so that
the infantry could get through quick-
ly with bullet and bayonet and bomb
and overwhelm the Huns before they
could organize an effective defense.
Rough country--trenches, high
banks, woods, houses, pill-boxes--did
not daunt the tanks in the least; they
crawled right over and through them,
spitting machine gun bullets by thou-
sands, and when they got astride a
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trench, the Germans could do one of
two things--they could surrender or
die. If the tanks were a sensation at
Arras, they were a cataclysm at
Cambrai when dozens of them clear-
ed the way for the ''Tommies'' and
aided in the capture or destruction
of hordes of the enemy.

As will be recalled, the commander
of the vast tank squadron went into
action seated in plain view on top of
his tank flagship, exposed to rifle,
machine gun and artillery fire, and
not only inspired his men but gave
the whole world a laugh when he
flew the signal, ''England expects
every tank to do its d---dest!''

In these days when Great Britian
is asking her sons in the United
States to volunteer for service at
once so that there may be a steady
flow of much needed man power to
the western front; when one branch
of Congress in Washington passes a
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so-called ''Slacker Bill'' which pro-
vides that an alien of allied citizen-
ship must fight or be deported so
that his own conscription laws may
compel him to do his duty; when
Great Britain and the United States
are putting the finishing touches on
an international draft convention; it
may interest a great many able-
bodied young men in this country
who claim British citizenship but
have not volunteered for service,
that the British and Canadian armies
have a vast number of these land-
battleships, evidence of which is
given in the accompanying photo-
graph. This shows only one British
tankdrome in France. How many
more tanks are ready for action?
The censor may know, but he won't
tell. However, the Germans may
find out--as they did when the mon-
sters routed them or captured them
at Cambrai!

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The Band's First Lesson in Grooming
[An illustration of two men, back to back, saluting; a mule chasing a man; a mule or horse with a jump of hands, feet, and face twirling just over it; a horse biting the behind of a man who is under it; a man having taken a tumble; a horse kicking; a horse sitting on a man; a man, upside-down in mid-air above a horse is trying to shoe the horse; a horse with its head bent underneath itself, looking at a man under it; a horse head facing a the head of a man; and a dog with one ear raised.]
NICE HORSIE
CHIEF GROOMS [with arrow pointing at the man's head]
JPARMELEE
114 F.A.

AmmunItion Train Off
To ''Front'' With Shells

The motor battalion of the 105th
Ammunition Train had its first taste
yesterday of the duties which it will
have to perform on the other side
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when a hurry call was received from
the artillery range for 2,400 rounds
of 3-inch shrapnel shells. The four
motor trucks of the battalion were at
once dispatched for the range with
a full load of 200 rounds each.

QUESTIONED ANSWERED

If there is any soldier in
Camp Sevier who wants any
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questions answered. Trench and
Camp will get the answer for
him. Just hand your question
to the nearest Y. M. C. A. Unit
addressed to the Editor of
Trench and Camp. And we will
publish the answer in the fol-
lowing issue of the paper. It
doesn't matter what the ques-
tion relates to.

The
GARING
BEST PICTURES
in The City
House with the Big
Orchestra--Organ

Gapen's [written in script going upward diagonally]
Restaurant
Grand
Opera
House
''Good Things to
Eat''
also
SODA FOUNTAIN IN
LOBBY
Cigars, Sodas and
Norris Candy

Meet me at the
Nokassa
Barber Shop

South Main Street, half block
South of Post Office, on ground
floor of Nokassa Hotel.

One of the largest, most sani-
tary and complete Barber Shops
in the country.

12 Chairs, 4 Private Shower
Baths

Only first class barbers em-
ployed

OLD PRICES prevail
throughout; Viz: Hair Cut
25c, Shave 15c. No extra
charge for Neck Shave. Sham-
poo as ordered. Useful souvenir
given to each customer. First
class American Restaurant and
dandy Billiard Parlor in adjoin-
ing room of same building.

Give us a trial and get super-
ior service and at same time
save your nickles and dimes
these war times.

A SHAIN
TAILOR
OVER THE BANK OF
COMMERCE,
GREENVILLE, S. C.

Second Lieuts' Thomas Moore Ross
and Charles William Strikeleather,
both of the Quartermaster Corps, N.
A. have recently joined the 30th
Division and been assigned to the
105th Supply Train.

First Lieut. William Richard Gra-
ham and Second Lieut. Robert H.
Ledlie, obth of the Aviation Section
of the Signal Corps who reported for
duty two days ago, have been assign-
ed to the aviation mobilization de-
pot.