The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-02-24

in his own image. but made him
never to rest.
How was you then disposed OF?
was ordered back to the outer
gate for further instruction
Never to write to the other fell
lows gal.
Never to steal,
Never to lie and keep a clean nose
and a bright gun.
How many days in the year did it
take for the Rebel soldier to do his
fighting?
Nine hundred and ninety nine.
How do you explain that?
He fought the Yankees and fought
an empty stomach, and fought the
jayhawkers who had always march
ing orders.
What was the jayhawker?
A six legged beast with long horns
and an endless tail, and a natural
born invader.
What part of the country did he
invade?
Always the sunny side of the
Rebel soldiers breaches LEG.
How was you then disposed?
Twas ordered to be reconducted
whence | came and be invested with
all of the rights and benefits of a
Rebel soldier.
What did that consist of?
Half ratiOns, guard duty, running
after the Yankees, lodging bomb
shells and sleeping on the cold
ground.
Why was the Rebel soldier a noted
character?
He was the standard of the world
fighting fame.
When did the Rebel soldiers do
their best fighting?
When they got hungry for Yankee
grub.
In what position did you take the
obligation of a Rebel soldier?
Standing on my naked left foot
marking time to the tune of two
long hours, my left hand extended
across my bread basket, my right
extended downward in humble sub
mison to the forefathers.
Who was the Rebel soldier?
A man southern born, sound in
mind, bullet proof and feared no evil
What was your obligation?
Not to cheat. wrong or defraud q
Rebel soldier, but kill all the Yam
KEGS entering the South gate.
| What right did you have to be g
Rebel soldier?
I walked uprightly and ran wher
the occasion demanded it.
Did the Yankees do that?
| No.
They run because they could MOI
| fly. ~
| What was then said to you?
| / was taught to square my action.
by the square of my stomach, draw
ing it up in proportion to the ration'
got.
| What was then said to you?
| was taught faith, hope, anC
charity.
Faith in a good pair of legs.
Hope in the use of them.
| Charity in the way they run.
How was you then disposed of?
| was ordered to be reconducted
to the camp of instruction for a more
noble and glorious purpose.
What was that purpose?
Making a fair test of my impos'
sibilities.
Who were the ancestors of the
rebel soldier?
One half Irish, three-fourths
French, three thirds Scotch and nine
tenths English.
By what further right did you
have to be rebel soldier?
By the bene fit of marching around
the Southern States where the same
question was asked as before.
What was that question?
If Ihad learned the art of making
coffee out of meat skins and bakinl
biscuit on my ram rod.
i What was then said to you?
was told that the yankees hat
a new process for tanning rebels
hides.
f What was the process?
A bath of hot lead, moderate
solution of powder smoke taken il
small doses.
/ Who was the yankee?
A man northern born and manu-
featured out of the chips of the nortl
pole.
{ How many yankees did it take t.
make one good rebel?
About seventeen hundred.
. What was then said to you?
! was asked if it was of my owl