Trench and camp., 1918-09-12
WHAT'S in A NAMEs


Mess Sergt. Cook.
Sergt. Haye, stable sergeant.
Private Hans Binn, rejected.
Private Burns, boiler tender'
Private Boyle, cook.
Sergt. Bigg, top sergeant.
Private Edward H. Drill, he does
Private Fried, cook.
Private John Gloom, X. r..
Private George r. Long, 8 feet q
Private Milton E. Post, ON guard.
Private Christian d. Thaw, plumber
Chaplain Thomas J. Dunn has been
will you be good?
Did you see an automobile over your
lett shoulder Sunday?
'.Do the men in Army life live longer
than those in civil life?" asked Col
l:baugh.
''No. it just seems longer" replied
Sergt. Taylor.
Since doing "a bit of fatigue several
new recruits In the 18th Battalion say
their hands are so tough that sand pa
per would feel like olive oil TO them.
I notice there is no decrease in the
supply Of cousins in the Army. GirlHy
have you little old cousin In the
Army?
Oh, photographers, what sins are conn
mitted in your guiseI
I-had an awful case Of blues,
Some one paid their dues,
I've just received a letter.
What are the married men doing who
used to kick when their supper was just
a little of?
I haven't missed any meals since be-
ing here in the Army, but have post
poned few, and no rain checks were
issued, either.
With nothing else to do, one OF the
45th Company boys has figured that
there are $14.65, worth of cigarette@
''mooched" every day in this block
Now, what I'd like to know is how ne
guessed my cigarette bill.
Girls, when he asks you on his bend
ed knees to be ''his un'' don't forget he
has 900 insurance on the life he -
Offering.
Those new dollar bills are not what
they look like. 1 know of another Will
liam that is the same way
when she refused me I felt like 80
cents" said a rookie.
''Why, like so cents?" was inquired.
'Well, everything else has gone up"
Our first cross has been won. It was =
an x won on a wager that a certainly
York city and return in twenty-four
hours. (Note.-Sorry, but I just loaneq5
it, old top) I'LL
Concentrated authority: The f0untainl
pen ,of the officer who signs ouflH
''pawses." Just a."scrap of paper. butt
oh, what it means.
Just about time ito say goodbye ter
those chilly B. ". DIS. ss
We've almost forgotten that wea
once said daily: Waiter. bring me ny
check!'
A rookie recently ran into choice
brand of domestic cooties, and next
morning, while ducking out to the
shower, made the following remark:
eff I am ever lucky enough to have
my say with the kaiser. I'm going to
strip him, tie him hand and feet and
chuck him into a bathtub full OF
cooties."
Every one who witnessed an incident
a few evenings ago. that happened
here IN -"U'' were both surprised and
deeply touched. 1t happened at re-
treat. When "to the colors'' was
sounded a woman, bent with the age
of many years, stood at attention and
saluted as the best soldier would
have done. When approaches she
stated she remembered during the
civil war when her father taught her
the salute, and she had never failed
to respond at the proper time. y
Chinaware. Where? Not in the army.
You possibly can't get a square peg
in round hole, but the Y.M C. A.
triangle always fits snugly in moth
er's heart when she sees that letter.
The most useless thing In our ofEick
IL the typewriter coxers.
There's staps.e and I'm going