The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
THE SOLDIERS SLANG
ARMY vernacuiar as Odd as That
of the Navy.
MANY QUEER EXPRESSIONS.
a Man Just Enlisted Is Called "a
Rocky" and Men Who Enlist at she
BEGINNING Of Winter and Desert In
the Spr;ne Arc Called "Snowbircs-

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Rocky" and Men Who Enlist a. she
Beginning Of Winter and Desert In
the Spring Arc Called "snowbirds-'
The army has just as odd 4 vernac-
ulac as the navy. To the uainioateo
some army expressions would conve:'
little or no sense. as. for example. II
soldier were heard to say. The top
told me to report for kitchen police
and help skin the spr!ss for slum FOR
supper" the hcarcr would have sew
eral Sucsscs before he would come
aavw here near what this meant In the
pattcr Of the barracks.
In plain language. it means that the
first sergeant che ranking or orderly
se.seano had told him to report to the
cook to ass;s. him iE peclinE thc pota-
toes 10 make the hash or stew for sup
per. Hash or stew IS always "slum. :"
and the first sergeant IS the top;
Kitchen police" 4 man who assists the
cook in the preparation Of = Is and
the washing OF dishes, pans. etc.
4 man who has just enlisted or has
not vet been In the ranks long enough
to be considered I full fedSed soldier,
having learned all his duties. is called
"a rocky" and woe be unto the
..rooky" who gets fresh" before an
old sergeant who has been in the
ranks since before the fresh ROCKY
was born, He will be told In any but
-entie terms by the old timer: shut
up and so about your work Your
name is.not yet dry on your enlistment
paperr' meaning that when he was
sSorn in and promised 70 serve fer
three years and obey the -orders Of
the president and the chccrs appointed
over him. he had signed his name to
this paper and the signature bad not
had time to get dry.
When man says be is going to
..tase on or take 10 another oian-
ket." he means that he is going to re-
enlist. The government, IN the cloth
inS allowance for each Inau. provides
!, 6.,r.a.. bepco the term to "eake an
other blanket"
The cuardhouse Is called '-the mil" !"
Some q, behaved soldier away back II
the past (the term Is very old one)
no doubt thought his .erm In the
euardhouse ground out toward its end
very SLOWLY. 80 he applied this now
-,nch nsed name to the prison Of the
n,-,-;sr,s
ws., ..+,e to,n snys Get your
,,.,,,,o, ,ns -o to fhe NIL" The sol
sso- s,-,,,yc he e IN for tour OF duty
~ +he e11snIhouse and his blanket
| noeans onf. or more nights, FOR in that
| mp,cch to be avoided place nothing IS
s,,nn,sed in the war Of comforts, and
caeh ooeupaut carries with him bis
n,.rkat or more Il be has them, to
,,.,,o b;s rcst more comfortable
An ,,eois ara called .chuck." and
,,o,-,.- +our,o-f7 ,nea,tiroe the expression,
I .eT. q ,o4 t,,,e...For t,,,,cS cal, TO blown
:. - sa..s ra-y e-ao,,entiv
..s-s-,,,--ss,, ~ no., Who pn,ist Fl,
~, -,.sa..,- s,,o,,+ +,e +,,n., snow begins
:. ~ Col, ona ~ non, snovhird puts IN
e.. G ~ ..,n,a-,,.o .,,, eesert In the sor,ae
~ -saa ,ha ,o,,,n snnears They "take
a.r 49, a-,r 20 lido over the winter with
~. ~. ,,ss.o-,s,-.s &c.
=, srsa s,5os+ r,,n !, tho company is
( .s..s,, .,s +so vo,,,ce<t ...he Kid
SSN S-A>A ---"f'--~~aSS - q = s, ..,..-.
N - - go, +be, s,T,e small,
~ A-s -.so.o s,,n,-s are s;5e hv sids
A. | A. ,.-..,e, ,,o-, or. cayle, ..buns-
| ,as a. ~ 1-s,e. o,c;ane form originated In
-. -. -. - A. 80, ol,s ,r1,v when
80 80 49, s.,,,-s 100 .snr3,t FOR two. and
-, - -na,, s,ar,+ side tv ssse on a INST.
-. 49, ~ Sr.s ,r;.. s+-,r ond o,a hlan-
s 1 .....s ,,:ss.-e,- r-,yo today
N.-ssSS &c. -p.s 80 -. nc ,,a.- ,n,++ress
| | ",,ss-- s ~. ssae.S .ns nI,nsefs !. aeba,niSy.'
s,.-.,-.s - roe che,r- Nv f,l,inc for q p.pe
ro, bic n,eta when he might tell an
! cehar man that he has not. enough
( vee,7 TO ..nat under your nail"
/ Al, anas race,ved from court are
r.,,ea ..h,inf, +. so that man who re
celyefi ten. days sn the suardhouse and
q Hne oc s. would tell his comrades
+ho+ ,e ..pot +an days :c TIE MIL and
| aro Mind"
! 7ra .o,,msnd;ne officer OF q con-
| ,o,, ~ 4ha nost Is aiways the .oId
sn.S- - no e NOT ,ises other terms,
-o+ -,-sor 4.rk are nsed
An ae,d musicians are called wind
iamr,ers- on account Of their janming
ne wind into tie trumpet that calls the
ne, 70 labor or rest.
Eva-v man or the completion Of bis
4 4a--, ~ enlistment il e!ren q dis
ch,-,a AZ tho hothou, Of his paper il
NO. +,r,es was snace In which the
j oso-...o- h,-,a hr she r,on during his
-, 80 .,rs+,,s,t 1ras written II his
/ l,;sch,-rr was cut of. and it wa.
ssuo,s - ho,,.pr 7, sneakinr Of the
@4ee - -. 60 ha.
!eas'n y. oIe ,1.lI -, - 80. ~ - - - ~. ~
ioce ne mas conpleteo uis ssiA VI eH