Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-19
COLUMN RICHFl
BY ROBERT D. GOODWIN

BY ROBERT D. GOODWIN.
Corporal, 18th Co., Sd Tr. Bn, 154th
D. b.
And for Christmas we have with us
Silver service" bars.
Final statements: Nothing doing.
The depot brigade is S. o. L. (same
Old Lucky.
The 18th Company moved again last
week: nothing new, l assure you.
There are only two sure things In
the Army, they are reveille ana re-
treat.
We have reliable information that
it is q matter Of tact to adjust ones
self to those "old-fashioned" size
pockets again.
We will all have to do without our
friend John Barleycorn this Christ
mas. and the egg-nogg will be NOS.
less, the punch punchless, ana the
fruit cake will be minus that Dranoy
flavor.
That day you were handed your
diploma will have nothing on the day
you are handed your discharge
SOME SONGS.
For the Depot Brigade: "Fatner.
Dear Father. Come Home Win mo
Now
For the Medical Corps: I'm Sorry
l Made You Cry"
For the boys gone home: meet Me
Tonight in Dreamland."
Army conversation: Buck" Naughty
was A. w. o. L.. and the G. O. In:
formed the M. P, and shortly wore
came from the p. g.. on Post .; 20
send an A. G., and the TOP detained
p D. S. to bring him back.
During the rainy spell" last week
MANY lieutenants received batn py
proxy riding in those cute little SIDE
cars.
Many of the boys in the Depot BIT.
gade would like to know the secret
6f Rip Van Wickle's twenty-year
nap.
But at that, there are many VINO
constantly give limitations OF Trllpy.
Bill Hart in a dress suit reminds
us of a Zulu chief in cellulold colia<s
Some of the boys who leave camp
with their discharge give the cnam~
pion quick change artist close race
First Sergt. Simon K. Winterglass,
alias Grassy" remarked that ne
spent three hours and 20 cents In bais
timore Sunday.
The sweetest music. nay.
The most joyous tone,
is "All right, there.
Pack up for home"
The A. w. o. LIS are hopping up.
There Is some sort of string tied
to almost every cord or WOOD; Term.
stance. 1t takes some red tape 20 GET.
a cord in camp.
Army life is surely cure for thas
twin bed" idea.
sergt. Kirby is some familiar with
banking, etc.; he checks over all pa
= pers Of his company.
Who said to punish the kaiser oy
importing him to Wasningtoh a
having him pay washington notoA
rates for the rest Of his life? 81
"Easy come, easy go" does not APP
nlv to the Army-nay, nay, ZOE mus
tering is some tangle OF crimson tapes.
Speaking of unheralded heroes.
what is the matter with that person
who invented rubber stamps!
A Young miss who chews gum ana
sells tickets to a movie remarked
that it was simply terrible ABOUT Sn1$
three cent postage rate. She adde9
that she much preferred the re0
stamps to the purple ones.
Next Thursday, when we awaken
and look at what has been left IN our
ARMY hose we'll consider oureeLvea
lucky il It isn't filled with "fatigue.
So 1t has been decided that We
can keep our uniforms. Hum ~
knew they couldn't use ours aLteE
four months Of civil treatmentLbae
would we have worn 1t that longf
Have you noticed the fall OF prices
in the canteens? Yes. we Dougng
some. too.
Sergt. Eichhorn is the official hui
midor of the 18th Company 0rder1y
robin: he smokes such deilclous
cigarettes that no one else VIII puysI
What's the Use as long as his arm
holds out?
One soldier remarked that he was
going to Berlin, Ohio, when he was
mustered out.
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