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LITTER SQUADS
(By H. W. T. in the Starg and Stripes,
of May 31, 1918, a weekly publica
tion of the A. E, P., in France.)
They tell of the dough-boy’s wonder
ful work,
On the crooked firing line;
They tell of the pluck of the cannon-
ers
As they work in the mud and slime;
And once in a while you may even
hear
Of the engineers doing their'bit-
But what puzzles me—I’m green! you
see—■
Is: Where do the litter boys fit?
Oh; it’s plugging away in a battered
trench,
Working in water and goo
Carrying a litter in mud to
knees,
Trying to pull Bill through.
Ducking the low places here
there.
Hearing the liullets whine.
But the glory is lacking, and so is
the backing;
For these litter boys of mine.
They tell of the work of thei Signal
Corps men
Sticking close to the wire;
They hand it out to the courier scout,
Making his run under fire.
And once in a while 1 hear them say,
‘ The Q. M.’s coming fine,”
But what puzzles me—I’m green, you
see—
Is: Where do the litter boys shine?
Oh; it’s creeping out to a shell hole,
Hugging close to the ground;
Swimming along in the mud to your
eyes.
Wishing your heart was sound.
Making fast to a dead one.
Dragging him back to the lines;
But the glory is lacking, they need
more backing.
These litter boys of mine.
You read of our boys going over the
top
And piercing the Hun’s third line;
Of the box barrage that helped them
out
And the fifty-eight twos so fine;
They often speak of the plucky lads, '
Working the typewriter gun;
But what puzzles me—I’m green, you
see—
Is where is the litter boys’ fun?
Oh, it’s the picking up the pieces.
Lugging them in on a litter;
Nosing around through the filthy
ground
Hoping you’ll get a sitter;
Draging them out of the dug-outs.
Guiding the walkers and blind;
But the glory is lacking, they need
more backing—
These litter boys of mine.
FOR
THE CADUCEUS.
MONEY SAVER
NEW DEVICE AWAKES
larger mess fund.
Hazard a guess as to what the ex
cavation work being done near the de
tachment mess hall is for. Or what
was "the meaning of the new concrete,
construction near the patient’s mess
is; who knows? Three guesses—All
wrong.
The mysterious contrivances are
known as grease traps, and are a side-
issue of the sewer. The invention is
simplicity itself and consists of a deep
cement trap in the sewer line in
which a bed of nitre cake, a chemical
of peculiar separative qualities, is
laid As everyone knows, grease rises
to the top of water and the nitre-cake
merely assists in this separation. The
waste water from the kitchens pass
over these traps and the grease ri.ses
to the top of the solution where it col
lects at the traps and is skimmed off
and sold. The substance so collected
is very valuable in the manufacture
or soaps a.nd soap-powders
The grease trap at Camp No. i
Which has been in successful opera
tion for some time has netted an in
come of thirty-seven dollars a day
estimated that one-sixth of
all the grease in the camp comes f'-om
the_ Bas,0 Hospital, so considera’ole
saving will result and the mess fund
show an appreciable increase.
CUPID’S COLUMN.
(By Ethel Alcohol.)
All correspondence should be ad-
to Miss Ethel Alcohol, care of
The Caduceus, Base Hospital.
Somewhere in Camp Greene,
rv» , July 4, 1918.
Dear Ethel;
I have for some time been harrass-
ed by a question which I need your
help to answer. I know two girls, one
rich an^ one poor. I love the poor
one devotedly. (I myself am poor) and
she loves me The rich girl loves me
too but I feel no love for her.
I have the opportunity to marry
either. Which one would you advise
me to hitch to?
Yours truly,
CREOSOL.
Dear Creosol:
You certainly should have your head
examined. You poor boob, how long
have you been In the army’ Being
poor yourself and having lived a life of
luxury and ease in the service, why
hesitate about which one to get hitch
ed up to? I advise you to get a
strangle hold on the rich one and don’t
lose sight of her until the parson
makes you miserable for life, then
proceed to have a good time on her
money. If you don’t love her it won’t
make any difference. You may some
day after you see more of her.
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Curious persons please note: The
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was spelled that way intentionally for
the purpose of attracting attention.
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■way to spell the word is BRIEF.
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