The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-23
GERMAN DIPLOMATS
GIVEN \ CROUCH

GERMAN DIPLOMATS
GIVEN \ CROUCH
Most people remember the funny
poem (funny to everybody but the Ger
mans) Me and God" that raised such
a rumpus during the Spanish American
war. and looked like it would cause
serious trouble between this country
and the kaiser's. The following, writ
ten by one of our army officers, is al
most as jarring to German nerves:
Our object Lesson
(The fighting in Macedonia is sore
subject with Germany. The Turkish
army was trained and its officers edu-
Gated under the German military sys-
tem.-Literary Diges).
Oh, bark, ye Yankee soldiersi
From far across the sea
Comes the news that Turkeys fighting
men We're trained by Germanee!
That she faced the Bull-can allies
single handed and alone
With a simple faith in Allah and our
deif1ed Won Rohne.
And they say that on the morning that
the mighty battle broke
That German tutored army vanished in
a whirl of smoke;
That their swords were all unsullied
and their guns were all forgot
As they sought the dim horizon in a
hasty Turkey trot!
A Montenegrin major gave the flying
foe a glance,
Then rolled a cigarette and scratched a
match upon his pants.
And spake unto his gunners: Let 'em
have a few more jolts-
That is, if your shells can catch 'em-
they've been trained by Won der
Goltz!''
A colonel of Bulgarians then tossed
aside his coat
And yelled. Come on. me hearties!
Looks as if we had their goat,
Just follow Uncle Fuller to yon battles
merry whirI
While we show 'em how to do it
they've been reading Gripenkerlr'
Away for ConstantInopIe the hosts of
Allah sped
And the only ones that halted were the
ones that stopped the lead
Quoth a Serv an lieutenant. Then tits
evident to me
That yon army has been studying the
books of Won Molt-kee."
Said a painting Turkish corporal-from
German teaching freed
I'VE amt much on formation, but sure
are h for speed!'
So they sprinted night and morning
till their lungs were fit to burst,
But they won the six-day Marathon
they reached the city hrstl
A tale that points a moral Most any
one can see
That it's time to disregard the ways of
Jackson, Grant and Lee;
For the sacred Scripture tells US: "Ye
shall know them by their works; .
So we lift our hats to Won der Goltz
the man who trained the Turks!
And now while Europe trembles on the
verge of deadly fray,
The dove of peace is .cooing in the good
old e. s A.
For you bet the foreign powers vii
leave Uncle sam alone
While our highbrows down at Leaven-
worth are studying Won Rohne.
And while the German eagle scars
above the Balkan storm.
It strikes Us as q fitting time TO change
the uniform;
Lets get one of those shiny things they
wear across the breast
And a high and cleaning helmet with
an eagle on the crest.
And down at sunny Leavenworth Iet
Dutch professors rule
And build model brewery-an annex
to the school
4 marble bust of Won der GoItz re-
spIendent in the hall
And photographs of Kaiser Bill adorn-
ing ev'ry wall.
And he who seeks promotion must sub
sist a solid year
On pretzels, cheese and wienerwurst
and good old German beer:
And notify the coIoneIs-sound the
warning near and far!-
That they've got to sing die Wacht
Am Rhein" before they get the
star.
Then here's luck to the father1and-
let's follow in her train
And all take up the goosestep when we
march to war again;
Our motto. Made in Germany
triumphant over fear
Our slogan, 'Hoch der Kaiseri'' and
the countersign "Zwei beer."
George Stunenberg.
18th Z. s Infantry, Fort Mcpherson
Take Digestit for indigestion and