The Washington times., 1918-01-28
BUGLE'CALLSSET
WORDS BY MEN
At ARMY CAMPS

CAMP MEADE, Nd, Jan. 2S.-The
bugle blasts ring through the camp
at night, and the wild notes are taken
sP from enc building to another. 1t
Is the fIre-aIarm. Nothing can sup
plant this simple little musical in
strument as a means of conveying
messages quickly in an army camp.
The bugle still holds its ewn, al
though the whistle Is now used in
No Mans Land and for obvious rea-
sons mechanical noise produce. S,
something like motor horns, are de-
penued upon to give the warning
when gas waves are approachInS-
The bugler, who figured in SO much
of the literature produced after the
civil war, has to keep out OF the war
OF gas. No bugling can be done when
one wears a muzEle.
But here at Camp Meade from hour
to hour through the day and often
at night the bugles are to be heard.
The soldier is awakened by the bugle,
called to assembly b Y the bugle,
called TO breakfast by the bugle,
called to work by II, called to sick
report by IL, his days work Is ended
BY II, and he Is put 10 bed by II.
Sounds Last Call.
After he has fought his last battle,
his little service record has been fin
ished, his IIfe's work is done and
the soldier is being lowered into his
resting place in a little pine box,
the buEle plays the last call, the
most beautiful OF all calls, the same
that every night serves as . lullaby
taps
the regulations give no words for
the calls, but the army has its own
verses, passed on like great MASTER
pieces were once perpetuRted, from
mouth TO mouth. The tunes and he
verses come from time ImmemorIaL
There are variations of the words,
pGroGeS that have limited popular
ity. The first call I'm the morning,
rereille, always suggests these words;
1 can't get 'em up, i can't get 'em up,
can't get 'em up In the morning;
1 can't get EN- up, I can't get 'em up,
i can't get 'em up at all.
CorpTals worse than the privates,
Sergeants worse than the corp'rals;
Leutenants worse than the ssrEeants,
And the captains worst Of all.
After that comes the chorus. I can't
get em up, etc, etc.
Mess Call Popular.
The mess call Is one of the most
popular of all The FIRST note serves
a. q summons. No hungry soldier
ever forEets it. There are VOLS to
this as to the many other calls. Here's
the fGyorttS verse;
soup-y, soup-y, soup,
Without a single bean;
Pork-y, pork-y, pork,
Without q streak of lean;
Conee, coffee, coffee,
Without any cream.
This call seldom has to be repeated.
When by any chance IL is repeated the
men usually have some second verse
that includes q few knocks for things
culinary, sometimes hippancieS about |
conservation, and once in q while hon |
eyed phrases about q cook who has |
won the hearts OF the men by the |
proverbial route.
For the sick call there is q verse as !
for the others. The oldest verses still |
hold popularity in spite OF varis tions |
that include slurs about vaccination |
and germs. Here are the words the |
men hum when this call sounds:
Get Your QuInIne.
Come and get your quinlne, come
and get your pills;
oh, come and get your Quinine,
come and get your pills.
This call has a welcome and sooth- |
ing sound to the fellow who has had |
= restless night Of IL; has a pain or
ache or some suspicion OF a return
OF an old ailment
One OF the sweet, musical calls is
that known as the stable call The
words that go with It tell just what
10 means:
Come all who are able and 60 to
the stable,
And water your horses and give
EN- some corn;
Icr IL you don't do ii the colonel
will know it,
And then you will rue II as sure
as you're born.
This stable call is one that Is a
bit difficult for the buglers to master.
Often 1t happens that all the men
are out with the horses except DOS
sibly one stableman and possibly some |
troublesome horse. The one man I
might go ahead and play waiter and |
nurse to the one horse without any
music, and allow the bugIer 10 keep |
on reading the newspaper or a novel. |
Here Is what has happened many /
times.
The cne man in the stable notiaes
~@AN DN6ANA AAaN AAAE nurse VIII 20
hungry until the horn blows, and the
s. p. {. A. the society for the protec-
tion OF army animals. no other than
the top stable sergeant, will see that
the bugler has a little taste OF hunger
In the can" or guard house. Thus
mere than once a bUGler has played
his little solo for one 'music-loyinE
stable orderly.
The last call OF the day, the one that
puts Sammie to s eep in France and
everywhere else that the flag waves.
has inspired many poets. Nobody who
has been in camp and heard IL can
ever forget its sweet, soothing al
most mystic sound. It has the great
est charm OF all for those soldiers
who were standing at rsveiIle at
dawn and who put in a full long day
nghting or learning how to fight.
Words Set to Taps.
Here are the words that many ut
ter as the notes ring out through the
camp:
Fades the night:
And 8far
Goeth the day,
NrnTnefh IA.