The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-12-13
A Pretty Good Poem.

journal, and was written
by Capt. George Stelmenberg Of
the nth q. S. Infantry. (The
Literary Digest says that, the
fighting in Macedonia is a sore
subject with Germany. The
Turkish army was trained and
its officers educated under the
German military SYSTEM
Oh bark ye Yankee soldiers! From far
across the sea
Comes the news that Turkeys fighting
men were trained by Germanee!
That she faced the "Bull-Con" allies
single handed and alone.
With a simple faith in Allah and our
defined Won Rohne.
And they say that on the morning that
the mighty battle broke
That German -tutored army vanished in
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 glance,
Then rolled a cigarette and scratched a
match upon his pants
And spake unto his eunners, Let EN-
have a few more jolts
That is if your shells can catch en-
they've been trained by Won der
Goltzp
A colonel Of Bulgarians then tossed
aside his coat
And yelled, Come on, me hearties'
Looks as if we had their goatl
Just follow Uncle Fuller to yon battles
merry whirl
While we show EN- how to do it,
they've been reading GriepenkerlP-
Away from Constantinoplis the hosts
of Allah sped,
And the only ones that halted were the
ones that stopped the lead
Quoth Servian lieutenant then, TITS
evident to me
That yon army has been studying the
hooks Of Won Molt- keel"
Said painting Turkish corporal from
German teaching freed
''We amt much on formation, but we
sure are hell 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 frstl
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 cooling in the good
old U. S. A.,
For, you bet, the foreign powers will
leave Uncle Sam alone
While our high brows down at Leaven'
worth are studying Won Rohnel
And while the German eagle scars above
the Balkan storm,
1t strikes us its fitting time to change
the uniform;
Let's get one of these shiny things they
wear across the breast,
And add a cleaning helmet with ar
eagle on the crest.
And down at sunny Leavenworth ler
Dutch professors rule;
And build model brewery-an annex
to the school
A marble bust OF Won der Goltz resplen
don't in the hall
And photographs of Kaiser Bill adorn'
ing ev'ry wall.
And he who seeks promotion must sub
sist solid year
On pretzels, cheese and wienerwurst
and good old German beer;
And notify the colonels-sound the
warning neer and farl-
That they've got to sing Die Wacht am
Rhein" before they get the star.
Then here's luck to the Fatherland
let's follow in her train,
And all take up the goose step when VIZ
march to war again
Our motto, Made in Germany" trium
phant over fear
Our slogan, "Hoch der Kaiser" and tn,
countcrsign 'Zwei Bier"
Notice.