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"THE BARRACKS WHEEZE? , By tst CLwis Private CHET 8HAFBR (American Expeditionary Force, Somewhere in France) Jr They made ' wA first trib t /A i i?jh.c. "aii | Attracted any Uj I Attention I And no matter how many were m I railing about in the scuppers kinking - up the oesophagus, there wei^e always cnoujjh present who could nibble on I JS) I / l}ic*r supply of crackers from the canwSf I flat \ ( leen a set * '*u'c questionable harmlJitfsk ) l niony out of "Who's Going to lx>ve yf v^i -o J Vou When I'm Gone?" B OX SHIPBOARD ASYBODY'S YOUR BUDDY. Etf j?&~ AXI>, BELIEVE VS. OLD CAP I>IK? VOV NEED 'EM! On the last day of the journey someone suggested it would be a good Al&fr'' time t0 Promote a remnant sale. With every available square inch of space utilized for hammock room, one private, after taking a B636^HBB squint around, asked his captain if he could purchase standing room. ^c blue-nosed, blear-eyed, bob-headed Ji deck szccbber zcith his flushing hose was U the best little bugler of them all. He turned over all previous tradi-JB/'.'jI (ionv r<^ardini? the <n:itehill<? of SCV ^18 ?ra' winks after first call. W^S i it AFTER ELEVEN DAYS OUT ISSSf? f; Of OSL Y A FEW OF THE MOST FAS\W. T/DIOL'S TAKE TIME OUT TO p BRUSH THEIR TEETH. J ^ And when some coppersmith hap I F M i pens in and declares that he removed I lM % his clothing and shoes while he slept I MlC everyone wonders if he expects tc I M make a try for the nobility after h< AM 1L makes port. W 1 You just naturally get used to a fur X..4 A lined mouth. U A W M. And If you removed your shiri ? M^ you'd feel as strange as a civilian ii * cantonment city. * - M~ -4 A fter xou act throuuh sleeping on ship ^ board ail you hai-c to do is to stand uj and you arc fully prepared for the day', experience. ALL THE SKA-DOGS SAY THKKI IS NO CLOSED SEASON ON COOT Jbh A-hunting we will go. kB ONE SOLDIER, Jl'ST BKFORI WfffSk DEBARKING, TOOK ONE FONI WK^Sik LOOK AT HIS MESS KIT BKFORI HE CHUCKED IT IN HIS PACK ANI TRILLED THE FIRST LINE OI * "THK ROSARY": "T1IK HOl'RS I'VE SPENT WITH THEE, DEAR HEART j '-you're a fine-looking soldier." }forton declared. "J\ur face is so thin r - ^r~^ would hold a week's rain. agssg^^_: "Xever mind.'' Stanley retorted. "IJ 'Si " - ~ ? the Hermans ever caught you they coulc amfutate your nose and use it for ( .And about that time the quartei KiuPr ^I "You'll be washed of all year sin: ^ I or else you'll drown." 9 r Kven the Colonel, after eonifciu, goatee, unlimbered one when h< CSH* ^ posted the notice that all enlisted inei / in the hold should report the discov - ' ory an> bedbugs weighing raon W^^VjflT than a pound. r ? ^ Richard said that oh the entire trij ; y k<- noticed no sea cows grazing along tk< *' Pt l /*er which Richard was demoted. ready for the second setting a 7~a6/r -Vo. 44, Section 38. -J Out on the deck, wrapped in over hi | coat and slicker, cuddled to your ^| buddy for hLs 98.0 degrees of anima 1 jfrrv'^- I warmth?with your vitals growMnj I and your brain reeling?when th< fflflfirifflTTTTTTTTm sun romes out from behind a clout and you look up at it and give birtl ^ gy^KV|g? to a genuine, diaphragm-racking, rip ping, whooching sneeze?Boy! That'i a life preserver! ??^ ? ] - WHAT& UNCLE SAM:"' will prevent ?c of the "BLACK HATTIE" TKLLS OF PERSHING'S BOYHOOl Though Time has whitened he hair, her skin retains the rich hne c polished walnnt and her fingers hav 1 lost no sltill in frisking up such co' pone and fried chicken as haunt th . memory. I Kansas City knows her as Mr. Gil lam. But in time agone she wa J "Black Hattie Lewis," and those wer , the days when she used to attempt t spank little "Jack" Pershing and g? kicked on the shins for her trouble. Laclede, Mo., the town which gav birth to America's field commandei still remembers her as "Pershing Black Hattie." And she remembex 1 John quite well. She even has hear 1 that he's in the army, though nc being much of a reader, she has littl notion of his rank or just where he - stationed. . Even detailed explant > tions have left her curiously unem< f tional. "Black Hattie" glanced back ov the years and declared that John wa 2 a "terror," and such he will remaii so far as she is concerned. "Oh. my soul!" quoth she, "yo couldn't make nothin* of him. If yo 'slapped him he'd hit you back?ye; ;he would! If I slapped him to-da El he'd bust me to-morrow. I don't car ) how little slap it was, he'd get it bacl E "He was full of tricks. Always ii > to sometbin' all the time. His broth* Jim was more blond and quiet, life his mother, but John was a terror. 1, "One time he made a little sled an coasted it down hill?right smash ii to me?on purpose. And tease! H used to sing a colored folk song jui f to get me mad. Something aboi comin' from the cotton and the con f I can't exactly remember It, but I sure made me mad, and he knowe i it." John was particularly averse t putting good clothes on. according 1 t "Black Hattie." He used to protei in fights and kicks, she said. 'Pui i thermore, he didn't like to get up i the morning. "I used to wash him and dress hii I orwl oonH him tn " she ? * I plained, "and he said one time he' ? S kill me?sure did! Used to call m | nigger. Oh, he was full of trick ^ | Had to flght with him all the time. "Seemed like he was always worl l%in' on something, though. Alwaj ("busy. He was what I call ambitioi > ?always doin' a lot of tricks. Kic f me on mah shins, hit me with a stic ?he'd get it back on you. I nev? got the best of that John, no time. 1 "I remember him just a little aft? he went away. He'd come back 1 i town in summer time. They said I was awful smart. They said he wi smart in school, too. "My sister worked for the Pe r shings, too. They was fine peoph I always had help round the house. ? John seeg the paper with this In, he' ? know who it is. Guess he ought 1 1 remember me, the way he used 1 i lambast me around!" ? KAN THE KAISER TO KING DO, KUM. ^ . AND CAMP r CO^G TO THE | llwn - UiuJiiUl GENERAL ORDERS ' 1 Bj LIEUT. WM. K. SHIELDS Camp Upton r 1. To take full charge of this my 0 lf post c c And gnard it well at any cost, J Q ? ? . 2. To walk it as a soldier should, J With bearing military, good, J Observing well and hearing, too, * l" All things in earshot or in view. " a n e 3. To make report it rules that I ? Am to enforce be broken by No matter whom; I represent a America's great Government. c c t f* 4. To keep alert while on my beat, ^ 8 And calls from distant posts re- I 1 peat. d e 5. To stick to this my post?not quit i 8 Till I'm relieved in manner fit. i- i H 6. To hear, receive, obey, pass on 1 To him who takes, when I have 8 ,r gone, c 18 The Dost I held, all orders that ? 1? From my superiors I gat. u 7. To hold my tongue?no useless o talk 3? Will I indulge in while I walk. y ? 8. In case of fire or strife, lest harm Result, to give at once alarm. i>r 9. To let no one commit or be ? A nuisance on the post I see. d 10. Should something new and i- strange befall. I? The Corporal I'll promptly call, it 11. All officers I must salute, And colors cased not; no recruit R Will I resemble?full of "pep" d Shall be my movements and my step. :o ? 12. To be, especially at night, Jt Both keen of ear and sharp of r- . sight, a And don my post with watchful care. 1 ? To keep a ceaseless vigil there, i c- Allowing none to pass unless ' 'd I know he ought to?I'll not s guess. t s- But be assured before I let i The challenged one advance, you c c~ bet. c rs ? is " k SAY, TELL US IS THM J PERHAPS HE BLAME My ma's too proud to say a woi jr bird?I picked the Army Signal Corp to ?My pals are in that section too am le a week or so today I overheard our C is it's France"?Ye gods, but now we j we take the air in La Lorraine far r- Gothas! come on, Huns! We'll teac it shucks! It's no use gloating now unl If so. Paree?one week! Oh, Boy! I'v 11 stnff they talk about when those Fr< Lo on! then on! you heroes all, to where to from the hangar, give me room to sv ?You pop-eyed, baby-killing boob. 1 Helas! helas! I'm not there yet, and M week until we start? Say, Mister Ba KAISER I lOXlNG PREPARES MEN FOR "CRUCIAL MOMENT" All interesting accouht of the meth d used in teaching boxing to the men if the Eighth Division at Camp Frenont, Palo Alto, California, as a basis or their bayonet training is related tv H. Wilfred Maloney, camp athletic Ilrector. in a report to Dr. Joseph E. tayeroft. chairman ot the athletic diIslou of the War Department Com- . it? lissfon on Training Camp Activities. The report follows: I , ;.?jal "A series of boxing lessons?15 in 11- -was drawn np consisting prinipally of blows and parries and enailing footwork that would coincide rtth bayonet drill. Emphasis was ilaced on the control of the lower Imb8 and the co-ordination of the ye, hand and foot, which are vitally ssential in the development ot a ;ood bayonet fighter. "A school for boxhag was inau;nrated and given the same place in he military routine as the bayonet ind grenade work. The instruction overed a period of two weeks, at "the " ind of which the members of the lasses were returned to their units 13 instructors. These men started in it once to teach the men of their comnands to box by arranging company cnrnaments in which every one had O icite pan. "The company tournaments were ollowed by regimental, battalion, irigade and finally division championhip bouts. It is estimated that more han 15,000 persons saw the finals, n which between five and six thou- . and soldiers participated. t "No one will ever know, except ^ trobably the enemy, to what extent >oxing has developed the efficiency of he Eighth Division,1' the report con- *' ludes. "When these men are asked o give their all in another fight they vill not be found wanting. They will lave learned many things in their riendly bouts with their comrades hat will serve them in good stead vhen the crucial moment arrives." YOU WILL FIND rrench and Camp "mighty interestng reading" when you get back from 'Over There." The best way to inlure the safety of all your copies is o send them home regularly. Your nother and other relatives will be ielighted to receive the news of your :amp. ! LAO ALL THERE? 3 IT ON "THE AIR!" d since I left home and turned to ^ i the Instant that they started war I all of us were feeling blue, until . O. say: "Within another month, ;et our chance! Jdst watch us as Over There. Come, Zeps! Come, h you all, you sons of guns! But II we get into the row\ A week or e got to learn to speak that j'alme inch wrens go. walking out. Then Jack Pershing's got the ball?out eep the alfies with my new,broom 11 sho>- /On who's a Yankee rube! . . iere I am all In a sweat: Another ker, hare a heart! ,
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