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4 WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK and RIO GRANDE RATTLER Wadsworth Gas Attack and Rio Grande Rattler. Published weekly under the authority and direction of the Camp W adsworth Young Men’s Christian Association. Honorary Editors —- M ajor General John F. O’Ryan. Brig.-General C. L. Phillips. Lt.-Colonel Franklin Ward. C. W. Dietrich, Camp Y. M. C. A. Secretary. Publication Committee — ■ Dr. A. W. Beaven, Chairman. J. S. Kingsley, Editor. Bob Canniff, Business Manager. Editorial Staff — Chap. Percy T. Edrop, Chaplain of 47th U. S. Inf. Private W alter A. Davenport, 107th U. S. Inf. Private Edward Streeter. Private K. A. Bisbee/ Private Richard Connell. Dr. A. W. Beaven, Y. M. C. A. J. S. Kingsley, Y. M. C. A. Art Department —■ Private Dick Kennedy, Cartoonist, 2nd Co., 102nd Supply Train. Business Management — Bob Canniff, Y. M. C. A., Business Manager. Advertising Manager — ■ Regtl. Supply Sergt. Gaylord W . Elliott, Wagon Co., 102nd Am. Train. Circulation Manager —• Private Mark V. Brady, 2nd Co., 102nd Supply Train. PRICE 5 CENTS PER COPY Address W adsworth G as A ttack and R io G rande R attler , Camp Wadsworth, Spartan burg, S. C. EDITORIAL (By Charles L. Phillips , Brigadier General, Commanding Twenty-seventh Division.) It is extremely gratifying to be able to ex press, through the columns of T he R io G rande R attler , to be known hereafter as the Camp W adsworth G as A ttack and R io G rande R attler , my keen appreciation of the splendid military spirit that is being shown by the offi cers and men of the Twenty-seventh Division. I have yet to come in contact with a single officer or enlisted man who is not giving the very best he has in him in an effort to prepare for the work we have before us, and I am ready publicly to announce that I have no ap prehension as to how that work will be ac complished when we come in contact with it. I most heartily approve of the rehabilitation of T he R attler as a means of “holding the mirror up to nature” in so far as the daily lives of the soldiers of this command are con cerned. From all that has been said to me on the subject, it is quite evident that the men of the old Sixth Division looked upon T he R attler during their Border service as a part and par cel of their daily life along the Rio Grande, and it is only necessary to glance through its files to understand how much real pleasure it must have afforded their relatives and friends at home. In this connection, I trust that it will be as successful in carrying out this par ticular part of its functions here in South Car olina as it was in the “Magic Valley, x and I bespeak for it the support of every citizen in this vicinity, and every soldier in this command. —0_ _ _ _ WATCH FOR THE W A D SW O R TH GAS ATTACK! T he W adsworth G as A ttack is an out growth of T he R io G rande R attler . Every man who saw service on the Border has heard the rattle of that journalistic reptile. Now, in place of T he R attler , T he W adsworth G as A ttack comes sweeping over the Carolina cot ton fields. Get out your gas m a sks! T he W adsworth G as A ttack is Y O U R paper. It is the official newspaper and maga zine of the Twenty-seventh Division, edited by and for members of this Division. It will come5 out once a week. It will cost five cents a copy. It will be on sale everywhere— can teens, Y . M. C. A . tents and at new 'stands in Spartanburg. It will contain live news, special feature ar ticles, pictures, cartoons, official orders, bul letins and announcements, personals about you and your friends, answers to questions, letters to the editor, editorials, sporting news, a hu morous column called The . Incinerator, — in fact, all the features that go to make up a modern newspaper, except, possibly, a woman’s page. Get behind the G as A ttack . Make it the success T he R io G rande R attler was. Read it yourself. Buy a copy to send home. Send in contributions. Remember, it is Y O U R paper. — Q— ---— COMMENDATION This first number of T he W adsworth G as A ttack and R io G rande R attler makes its appearance after overcoming many difficulties. It springs forth into existence but not into full stature. It expects to grow and to im prove with the coming issues. That Camp Wadsworth should have a me dium which will be able to express the weekly history of the camp as well as to spread and preserve good fellowship, is sufficient excuse for this sheet. No camp periodical has earned a more worthy and more enviable reputation than has T he R io G rande R attler , which in a short time 011 the Mexican border became known and was quoted in every city of our country. It is the wish of T he G as A ttack to carry on the same good work, and it is our hope to maintain the high standard of our predecessor. Camp W adsworth has hundreds of news paper men in the various branches of the service from General to Private, who, in civil life, were engaged in the various divisions of labor necessary to produce a great metropolitan pe riodical. There is the city editor, the reporter, the cartoonist, the funny man, the sporting editor, the compositor, the pressman, the ad vertising staff, and the circulation manager. A ll these left their work at the call of their country to enter the service. These are the men who have contributed the products of their talents and experience to make this pe riodical a success. Nor is the list given be low complete, for a representative from each military unit' is upon our staff, a list of whom we hope to give in a later issue. W e are indebted to General Phillips for our chief editorial; Lieutenant.-Colonel W ard for much kindly, expert and valuable advice; Captain E. W . Moore, Senior Aide, for giving data and suggestions; Sergeant Gay lord W . E lliott; Percy T. Edrop, Chap lain ; Privates Wm. A. Davenport, Edward Streeter, K. Bisbee, Richard Connell, Dick Kennedy, Mark V. Brady, Charles Bogart, Emanuel Silverman, Frank Guenthner, Ed ward Munch, Fred J. Smith, John Kresga. We cannot repay these men, much less would they accept any remuneration, for their ser vice has been a military service as freely given as any service a soldier can give. Most sincerely, J. S. K ingsley . -------- — o-------------- - SEN D IT IN The editors of T he W adsworth G as A t tack want all sorts of material. Send it in. The latest mess hall quip (subject to cen sor), light verse on kitchen police, cold shower baths, burned beans, standing guard in the rain, the reveille bugle, non-coms and other hu morous subjects, cartoons, photographs, special articles, serious or comic, any good informa tion about your unit that you think will interest the other members of the Division, what Mul ligan said to the top-sergeant, personals— that is the sort of stuff the editors want. Just write your jest or article plainly, on one side of the paper, in ink. Sign your name and unit. Artists should make their drawings in black ink, twice the size they are to appear. It will be impossible to return rej ected contri butions. Bring or send all contributions to The Editor, T he W adsworth G as A ttack , Y . M. C. A. Headquarters, Camp Wadsworth. Y . M. C. A. Headquarters are opposite Division Headquar ters. The G as A ttack offices are there. Drop in any time. N. B.— Don’t shoot the editois. They are doing their best. ----- ---- - — o ------------- - A WORD OF THANKS The editors of T he W adsworth G as A t tack wish to thank the Y . M. C. A. for its generous co-operation and real aid in launch ing the G as A ttack . When the G as A ttack was first being generated, the Y . M. C. A., as usual, was on the job. It has given its build ings, its time and some of its best men to the work of running the G as A ttack . It has allowed its splendid reputation to be used as a guarantee of the financial stability of the G as A ttack . This has gained the G as A ttack advertisers, and has made it possible for Camp W adsworth to have a paper of its own. T he W adsworth G as A ttack is not the child of the Y . M. C. A., but the Y . M. C. A. has been a most indulgent uncle to the new-born sheet.
