The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-11-23
OurUnspectacular Army
AS Seen From Its Own Ranks
K. P. and Other Things


part, the boys who left the and the
plate the romantic gors of the well enough
pared told them of the exceeding need of
patience unfortunate thing about the brand of this
indispensable abstraction is that there nothing distinguished about
1t prevalent of necessity hence cannot be
verbally and conpcuouy ng-suferlng on monument alone
vee retreat numbers degrade the
O. sef-control and there is gamor in life
whose very sound with the waiting
Mach!" there action but "Fa I'M"
eernies standing attention there in that!
fallen all hours the day and night fallen liter
ALLYN wind dust anywhere this being the lin
it of defneness in orders far private concerned
somewhere watt often turn around and
back
was a particularly premedtatedy cold day.
hospital and long, long
outside the doors until the time to be vaccnated for small
pox typhoid 1t wasn't bad until had to
outside the hospital
that with the
ing out of patience courage began away specu
length of the needle doc" used to put the
juice you And still curiousy the big beefy who
and oped before the busy doctor got chance at
them All of which the old saying that it is dan
for soldier think too much Besides if soldier thinks
much he will unduy impatient and mpaene is punished
The punishment is the homeopathic plan and more trials
virtue dshed the individual To this end there has
been designed institution called K P which being translated
kitchen police Kicking the invites from two days
weeks of K. P
can however perfectly soldier P
the remark of the Little Corporal of France
food must be prepared an army and according Army
Regulations the dishes in which the food prepared must be kept
in clean and sanitary condition Hence, K. P.
so the army being democratic institution it's turn and turn
reveie A. NJ you arise bunde into Clothes and negotiate
steps early darkness the kitchen You find Dishes
huge greasy mountains of dishes waiting for brush and
You find other for cleaning the floor You find
implements for the ceavng wood You find that under
the orders of the cook nationality unknown but quite proficient
enough with his tongue.
You do things for Cook all day. between have time
you food route At P NJ you through unless
Cook has had unnecessary foresight something the
then through till the tmeand you have
ed from amongst private ideas of "soft places the position of
army cook
To the rookie unprepared understand the spirit of discipline
infringement the rights free citizen the PER-
liberty which he has been His logic in
channels which lead him the conclusion that having signed
his life for dollar day he entitled learn the things which
efficient spending of that and
where dish washing in And a who
ready fall heerfuy he with the
necessities of the service and the structures of discipline K P is
the nasty But when has done the
thing and done in right and willing spirit he has graduated
and army broke for all His diploma certes his
ability jam up against old kind of job and through
And There they that kind Despite the fearful
of red tape the of the army "Ge it done And
the getting done with the
Importance of the end attained
In regard work of this kind drill
the officers has been unexpected As them said
the other night the spirit of the army that the
tnet harsh discipline but rather that cooperation
road to efficiency well morale which, the
things, is to be superior to that of the Germans
Invariably officer, repmanding enlisted man.
have make do o-andso with the meaning
be good for you, and we've got to beat the Boche,"