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•- iiMi® I Mi ii! "U li n i MM iBir ■ 1 ilj ■ til ip M ! 'fSRt((aTOt$K*WKve(«Tint 12 JVSTiCe GSANTS TO ALL A VOICE WHY INDEED. WANT A GAME. The record taking section of the personnel office at camp headcjuarters has organized a football team under the coaching of Captain E>. Davis. They are prepared to meet any such organization in the camp. Communi cations schould be addressed to Acting Sergeant T. L. Alburger, Jr. THE CADUCEUS GETTING HIS WISH.' PROMISES GOOD TIMES. A southern regiment in the front line trenches had been having a rath er quiet time. Things were monoton ous, especialy for Eph. Finaliy he said to his buddy:; “Rastus, I’m gwine up on that par apet.” Secretary James J. McGrath left for Boston, Maes.., on Monday to at “Ah’m gwine to see if there’s any Boches ovah there.” s^id Eph. He Dear Ed. I am waiting a call to the colors, but do not believe it will be necessary for me to enter a training camp for the following reasons: 1. The rooming house where I used to stay caused me to have no fear of trench cooties. 2. The fellow next door is taking cornet lessons and awakens me every morning at 5 o’clock playing “Over There.” 3. I am a mail carrier, so a twenty- mile hike would be nothing new in my youthful career. 4. I have been married three years and in that time have learned to wash dishes and sew on buttons. 5. My wife entertains her club at our house every other Tuesday, and therefore gas would have no terrors for me. 6. I have had no actual experience with a bayonet, but am an expert with a can opener. 7. A German family next door cooks cabbage every other day, so I already have a well-developed hatred for the race. So, why in the Sam Hill should I waste time in a training camp? j—K. O. T. B. climbed up on the edge of the trench and hollered: “Come on, you Boches, what you got to offer?” And then an exploding bomb buried him beneath a pile of dirt and rubbish. As his com rades dug him out. Eph sat up and murmured: “Dass whut I call serv ice'”—The Journal, American Med ical Association. TO CANTEEN. Changes in assignments for the week show that “Spic” Wartley and “Roger” Hirlinger have changed jobs and both are now performing in the Post Exchange. HER FI^ST LESSON THE PROB. STARTS TAKING TEMPERATURES. ' ONLY A RED CROSS NURSE She did not wait to be drafted. She was the first to answer the call. For she knew that the soldiers would need her And a mother she will he to them all. She is a soldier that carries no weapons. See is only a Red Cross Nurse over there. In her bosom is a heart full of sympathy, H6r wsapons are kindness and care, She goes where the fight is the thickest. And you never hear her complain. For it is her grefUtest ambition To ease a poor dying soldier’s pain. oi, • the field with the dying and wounded. She 13 like an angel that dropped from the sky. For slm is a mother to the soldier that needs her And she has often made it easy lor him to die. '—“Bobble” L. Rankin. tend the funeral of his brother-in-law; also to be at the bedside of his sister who is ve-y low with pneumonia, de veloped from Spanish influenza. It is hoped that Secretary McGrath, who is in charge of building No. 2, will be back with us shortly, an din the meantime our able secretary, Charles Weber, announces there will be some corking good times in store for the fellows as soon as the quarantine is lifted. 2. A. FUNERAL DIRECTORS 230 NORTH TRYON ST., Charlotte, N. C. Japanese Roof Garden DANCING every night 8.30 to 11 Classes Monday, Wednes day and Friday 7.45 Private lessons by appointment Reference required THE R. L. FOX STUDIO OF DANCING
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