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f BYOUBO
olfy
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nTTvZy part
? V.y If?^ that
m. Q . 1/ whei
tx
tlf
r back
garding a rode like that i
coming. It was coming so
with a manhnan sroiner that
mebbee their not trends b
cam up to wear i was setti.
coodent see me. beleev n
garm mans ever catch a g
getting a weigh than their
every nite In the weak witc
well this masheen wai
brittlsh tanx witch their Is
I had decide It not to cha!
- * rode with toy slgarett beh
you cud see the Utes of the
cats eyes and she 1 mene tl
and she wa spownding & n
beleev me 1 Was geting gla
calm out or the dark and I
beside me & If It hadent 1
the masheen wood of ben
riffle al no moar than thesl
all tho wat they say is bunk
as i was laying their
enny babby ever was bet
. thing happint al that she
got up to within a cuppel o
weigh or another and the!
never shood of- broke out
worse of it was that it was
their with me. well al it
riffle went off.
the masheen stopt goi
> ' $ome langwitch i cant rite
sutch talk, their was a 1<
they was hollering for me
& after a wile 1 stretcht :
sleeping & ced well 1 guei
gard sort of as tho their a
1 -guest the stiffs In the ma
, a cuppel of nrlnlnts & at las
not your line 1 say that wh
1 of these hand electrick 1
- was an offlsers unniform.
thats not for you to ask 1
the pastword. well he ced
talking to an offlser this w
riffle goes off was it your i
now 1 will have nothln m
good, i was having a fine
that gunn goes off now mj
of went buy without no t
under a rest you are my p
the overcoat tale but he c?
be a jenrill their will be n
mans alright, so they go<
to cum up & see the madg
he will probly say yoi
me a corprallor sumthing.
Your /
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And
In you
And
Rose-r
The
Snow-i
The
Sky-blue and true-h
The gloried guidon <
Your I
And
Your 1
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Your I
Bert
Sun-Id
Red
The one flag?the g
Glorified all else bes
By Wilbt
ASK THEM TO KEI
Let the folks back hi
what Is doing In your ca
tip- Trench and Camp to the:
.-them to keep a complete
copies for yon to read aft<
of 1817.
'! TRENCH - A
ueers Jim On Guard !
WN RING W. GARDNER
well al 1 of ben in the mlddul of a buntch of
Itement witch vary' few peepul has a chants
wunce in a wilo to get mixed into becaus 1 guest
ggie ced their is allways sumthing doing wearyon
are jim you know me al. moat of this egiment
has bdn on a/c of my bean on gard duty
of it is due to the riffle lme lerning to handul so
Germ man armie will be fewer & father between
l i get to frantz. 5 f.
they is a no. of things that can happin to you
your on gard al & i guest ive had most of them
.in ?a mo aanta 1 n* kot? a onlhcflr niirh ss fall
>p.
this time I was pat onto daty as a gard their
no think you cood see by sutch as a moon or a
it lite or nothing sntch as the cops have in the
witch is a job a good deyull like bean on gard
a gard dont have no. lam posts to lean agenst &
evolver is a riffle & not no plstall.
well al this gard of mine was on a rode wear
eyer travels on so I tfcot went i took it to gard.
jrthink was fine their was nothlnk to do but set
BQIOUK ec I WtUJ JUBL gct-uug lo?u, IU 6^-- "V ? o&
tell the commanding offlser wot Is the ust of
lothlng is ever a round wen I herd a masheen
fast 1 ced to myself wot Is the ust of monklng
fast It wood only muss you up and ennyweighy
ut ennymies. i ced nothink wen the masheen
ng only held my sigarett behln my back so they
le al a gard cant talk no chants us. If these
ard so they say their is no moar chants of his
is a chants of my getting a weigh to see Aggie
h is sum chants hay al.
9 drilling a long that rode like 1 of these hear
so mutch in the papers about & 1 was glad that
lendge them but was sitting qultely a long the
In my back so as to not attrack no attenshun.
masheen grinlng at you out of tb& nite like two
he masheen al not the cat was snortink a weigh
laiklng other noyses witch a maBheen can maik.
idder & gladder i was setting tite as that thing
jlackness. i laid back with my gun laying their
>en for that riffle all mite of ben well ana l &
the best of frelnds. but you cant never trust no
bear come ediens say you cant trust no woomen
hay al after me nolng Aggie,
with that gunn besied me i was a3 inoscent as
oar It growed up Into mannhood & yet sumiod
never have happlnt. just as the masheen
f ft. of wear i was laying 1 Bhift it a round some
r was a sound broke out on the nite heir witch
it was the sound of a gunn xploading al ft the
my gunn. the vary riffle witch had been laying
is hard to tell wat happint folawing after the
ng and the lites went out somewear ft their was
to you for fear sum 1 mite get this not- ust to
it of hollering ft yelling ft finely 1 dish covered
but wat had i done hay al. so 1 just laid their
my arms ft pretend it I had Just wot up from
it its time for that other guy to cum hear and
-as no 1 to here me but i was talking to myself,
sheen must of ben scarlt for they sed nothln for
it sum 1 ced who goes their & i replide back thats
0 goes their yourself, then a fella calm up with
lites & he had a unnlform on witch 1 found out
wen he seen me he said are you the garde i ced
demand to know who are you & do you know
you have got a (deleted by censor) of a nurruv
ay we was coming a long In the masheen wen a
ced It was untill it made that bull and exploded
oar to do with It 1 hive thrown it down four
time laying their on the ground smoaking untill
1 fun is spoilt and yrs to as your masheen wood
rubbel. now 1 guest It Is my duty to put you
rlsoner cum with me. I start It to grab him by
id by gordge this gink has got enough nurruv to
io questchun but wat he will clean up the Germ
>8 off and leeves me al but this a. m. 1 was told
er & ime riteing you befoar 1 go.
a have got some nurruv & mebbe want to maik
your freincl PRIVATE JIM.
7lag And My Flag
lag and my flag,
how it flies to-day
r land and my land
half a world away!
ed and blood-red
stripes forever gleam;
white and soul-white?
gooa ioreiunreiB
lue, with stars to gleam aright?
of the day, a shelter through the night
flag and my flag!
, oh, how much it holds?
land and my land?
ire within its folds!
leart and my heart
t quicker at the sight;
issed and wind-tossed?
and blue and white
reat flag?the flag for me and you?
tide?the red and white and blue!
it D. Nesbit, in Watchman Examiner.
3P IT NO "OFFICIAL" SERVICE FLAGome
know No company or Individual has obmp..
Send tained official sanction from the War_
ftn(! agfe Department for any particular service
? flag. Secretary of War Baker has anset
or tne nonnce<j and n0 service flag can be
jr the War gold legitimately on the claim that it
Is the "official" flag.
.
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$ | . r i 2P*|r ' r/* *nd'camp
LAUGHS AT LO:
J f irn c. cTVKf *\
I<f y U X M.M-IM-4 M-dA
BY HOWARD KAHN
A port in France (By Mail)
f When the transport sails
from this hafbor ina few days, it
will carry the happiest boy in the
wprld. That is the way he characterizes
himself. I would call him the
nerviest boy in the world.
His name is Aubrey McLeod. He
is a farmer student at Purdue University,
a resident of Boston, and he
served in an Indiana battery oh the
Mexican border last year.
All of which bas nothing to do
with why he is the happiest and the
nerviest boy in the world.
When histories of the present war
are written, Aubrey McLeod's name
will go down as the first American
casualty. The air raid on Base Hospital
No. , which resulted In the
death of Lieut. Fitzsimmons of the
medical c.orps and three privates
parly in July, injured McLeod so seri
1.. hnS tn hfi nm
putated .six inches above the knees.
This much has been briefly mentioned
in official newspaper dispatches.
But nothing has been said about McLeod
himself or his hopes for the future.
I met a hospital sergeant on a
train bound for this port the other
day. "We're taking Aubrey McLeod
home," lie said. "Would you like to
see him?"
I was not sure. I had seen a lot
of French and German "mutll^s" during
four months at the French front,
and the memory of some of them
was still with me. I did not know
whether I wanted to see a pale-faced,
drawn and suffering American. I had
known some of McLeod's friends on
the Mexican border last summer,
however, and I thought some news of
them might cheer him a lot.
I entered his compartment. Two
soldiers were there. Both were
hearty, red-cheeked, fresh-looking
Americans, neither of whom appeared
to have known what a day's illness
meant. "Where's McLeod?" I asked.
His First Glimpse of McLeod
"My name is McLeod,'.' replied one
I of them smiling.
Then 1 noticed that the lower part
of his body was covered with a rug.
I If the American wounded and the
I American people accept their misfortunes
like Aubrey McLeod has acIcepted
hl3, the receipt of the long
casualty uoia wuitu mo ouio w
will cause no alarm as td American
morale.
"Looking for a sick man?" laughed
McLeod, reading my thoughts.
"There's nobody sick around here. I
may get a little seasick in a few days,
but there won't be anything serious
about it."
""Just'what happened?"
"A fleet of Boche planes. They
dropped six bombs. One of 'em got
me. Now I'm minus two legs."
McLeod said all this with a smile
on his face.
VI had been on guard. Somebody
relieved me, and I lay down for some
sleep. I heard a commotion and
jumped to my feet. Two bombs went
off and I knew it was an air raid.
Then a .third exploded very near to
me. Another man in m/ unit began
yelling, 'help me,' and I saw that he
was wounded. Then I looked down
and saw that - my right leg was almost
cut in two. I didn't feel a
bit of pain, but I began yelling too
just like the other fellow was doing.
I remember the colonel ran in and
looked at me and held me up until
two men came with a stretcher."
"Next thing I knew was when I
woke up the following day. . I remembered
about my right leg dangling
as if ready to drop off. I reached
down and found that it was gone.
Then I reached for' my left leg. It
was gone too."
Please remember that McLeod was
not telling this with tragedy in his
voice. There were no sighs, no selfpity.
There was merely an air of satisfaction?satisfaction
at having
done his duty. He did not show the
least indication that he considered
that he had done more.
Tells of Loss of Both Legs
"I called for my nurse," he continued
"and I remember that I had
a long argument with her before I
sank off to sleep again. I told her
that she iiad promised they
wouldn't amputate my leg, and here
they had amputated both of them. I
told her that I thought it was not
fair to be lied to like that. But there
was no heart-breaking realization
that I was a cripple for life. I was
too full of morphine for that. And
by the time the morphine had worn
off I suppose I had quit worrying
about the future."
"And now?"
"Well, I'm going home. I want to
hear 'em speak English like Ameri-1
cans. I want the kind of food my
SS OF BOTH IBB
4GER TO SERVE S|9
mother knows how to cook. When | I [jjl
they got me pretty well patched up j II [ H
I'm going to try to find something m
else I can do for the government. 1 Jy ]l| J
don't know what it will be. but I've ifl I I I
got two good arms, and I know some- J| |{]
thing will turn up. I'm far from be- HI HlM
ing ready for the junk pile." VUj|| JJ|c
And Aubrey McLeod smiled again
?a smile that brought confidence to ?a
the other Americans who bad crowd<ntn
his comnartment during his
recital. For they regarded McLeod
as a typical American soldier, and if Wl /wlSSI
a typical American soldier has this Jul/ iyVvJI
philosophy of life, what is there to (Ml fl 1 Bj|
McLeod will start for home amply if ? HI
supplied with everything to make
him comfortable for the long trip, [itf bPtwT|/| V
The government is taking the best of ( In
care of him. and the American Y. M. fLgtSnlj/
C. A. has seen to it that he has books, kfJl K AM
candy, and everything else a traveler B=?E| U
could want. The boy attributes his /?w^P|
happy state of mind to the fact that In un JflHffl
Americans, particularly Y. M. C. A. flf 1H fill In
secretaries, have watched out for him
"I'm not nearly so unlucky as I IU M HI 1J}|
"n"1'1 hovo hepn had I been born a tHB M iOj
Frenchman, an Englishman?or a M
German," he concluded. VjrwC&k |3[
MAIL CENSORSHIP RULES
SHOULD BE PRESERVED \ X.
BY SOLDIERS IN CAMPS MlHlfl
It Is suggested that overy reader BHHIM1H
of Trench and Camp who is likely
to be a member of an expeditionary
force save the following reprints of
official correspondence. While both wCff T Tim
letters are dated from Hobokcn, N. HI I II
J., it is fair to assume that the reg- HI I 1(11
ulations regarding mall and mail rcn- Ar\ I IjU.
sorship have been standardized for IfhNJ VjM
all embarkation ports. IrVyyfjM
llqrs. Port of Embarkation, |LK0{]H
Iloboken. N. J. V^T TVyS
Memorandum: Subject: Instruc- fHIIJll
tions reference mail.
gosted that you write postals to your K
parents, stating that you have arrived iH
safely abroad. Theee postals you HljywB
must put In the mail bag on the ship U jlT njhjm
before sailing and they will bo held 11 Iju JTjj
at these headquarters until your ship
has arrived safely abroad and then R JjfTSS
mailed. Your safe arrival will, pflLfl (fl|
therefore, be announced to your rela- B p K
tives two weeks earlier than you can
advise them by writing from the iVi
By command of Major General j|UI
I). A. WATT. Adjutant General RjK&W
Hqrs. Port of Embarkation, H jut 111 D
Memorandum: Subject ? CensorTo
Troops Going Abroad: C /&(&?/ ti)
1. A mail bag is placed at the
office of the quartermaster or purser IvsSjRSi
where all mail must be deposited. All WMJ\Sr^U
sealed mail will be held until your r\Xjr/fj
arrival abroad. All unsealed mail
will be censored at once, then sealed WJjjJs'
and forwarded to destination. ww
2. The object of the censorship is Jf/^
to prevent any luiurmunon rcacimiK ,348r/f**>\
the enemy which would endanger
your lives while en route, and there- y("f'
fore nothing should be said as to \
where you are sailing from, or when.
or where to. Say nothing as to the
boat you are leaving on. whether
transport or commercial liilcr. nor
whether boats, transports. ' or warships
are leaving at the same time.
Remember particularly that postal
cards pass through a number of vwjBj a**
hands, and protect your own life by / ?? | V?
being careful to give no news to the 7 ' V*
enemy. V \v 3.
You can write your loved ones ly \ Li
.as fully and freely on personal mat- ^ o
tera as if your mail was sealed. The ' V f i
censor has to read as many ay 1.000 - l__ ^
letters a day. He pays no attention
| to names or addresses, but simpiy
runs through a letter to cut out any RS&r
I prohibited matter as mentioned KSSjg*. ,
above. The letter Is then sealed at IJ
once by him and is ready for the post f.
office.
| -4. On the way over you will he ""
but remember again that your mall (
must go through the censor over
there, so again avoid trouble by not
mentioning names of boats, organl- e-Ka-isfcj
zations, convoys, etc.. and remember
all the time that the object of the BdBaflfal
censorship is to protect your country, lill' j'll l ||.
your comrades and yourself.
By command of Brigadier General
Shanks: x| I
T. EDWARD HAMBLETON. |
Major. A.G., Asst. Adjutant. I
THE QUESTION
Missionary?A little contribution |i | H
for the heathen, sir. U I' H
Gotrox-?How are you going to j[ 1M Uu
get It Into Germany? fy