The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-18
One SOLDIER
TO ANOTHER
Soldier Boy Writes to One Of His
Budides, Using Language Com
mon to the Service
SOLDIERS WILL &. UNDERSTAND
Letter. May Serve to Recall Memories
of GOOD Old Days" Over There
or on, the Border ,,,.s4 +, d,

A letter written by a soldier boy to-
one of his buddies has fallen Into the
Reviews hands and we believe that At
is worthy of space in the paper Few
readers who have not seen service will
readily understand the terms used but
to the boys who saw. service on the
border or "over there it will bring
back recollections of the good old
days" The letter follows:
Dear Buddy
! Well, see recruiting goes on apace.
aus the regimental sky pilot said of sin
one Sunday Tie paper today tells
how one shave-tail goes about the
country doing his recruiting in one OF
those four wheel drive sand leviathans
las he puts it, he Is bringing the
mountain to the Mohammedans.
You were asking about Hemple-
wen he's still in, and suppose the
H., o. will be getting one OF those
mournful Billy-does from Missus Hem.
i pie soon, wondering why he doesn't
write. This Is Just between; me and
you, cause | don't want to hurt the
Old folks feelings, hut the army never
helped Hemple any. He never was no
good and he's the prize long distance,
! main event gold brick of the whole
outfit now. You remember joe, that
little Irish jew: Well, me- land Joe
and Hemp and a couple of other bucks
4 was coming back from the west end
of the desert one day. We had been
on border patrol, and that night I'VE
went into bivouac on the San Pedro.
We was carrying. only field rations,
and the next morning Joe was frying
this bacon in his mess kit. Hemp was
taking little after-reveille shuteye.
like he always did, when he could get
away with 1t. When Joe got all done.
Hemp rolled over and says, Joe, put
. little fame under my Swift's special.
will you?" Joes an obliging 'cuss to
lanybody, you know, and he gets
IHemp's bacon and mess kit and while
he was warming 1t up, Hemp rolls
over again and said, ''Fry her crisp,
Joe-you know how l like 1t, SO it
breaks when you touch it." That peev.
ed Joe, and he turns on Hemp and
|said, a'Youf are d-n long way from
Delmonico's this morning you'll take
IT the way you getit."i That was Hemp
|all oyer-he should have been an Off.
Ger and had q staff Of dogrobbers at
itending to his wants. &-'''sr :,
ftYou was asking about Buck he's
lstifl III the outfit and his percentage Is
us lbig as ever In the mental error col
linn The other day he had, been on
fatigue down at the old stables. He
1gOt' back in plenty Of time to stand
RETREAT, but he didn't pull off the blues
and when first cali was bloWed he fell
1 out for the formatio with his fatigues
|stlH on. The new top kicker lis a regY
liaFs hyena-I guess he was doing, non
ICON duty with that Spanish inquisi
1tion gang. He lamps Buck and for 9
Whiles we all thought he was going tc
|havesa stroke. When he's able to ta1h
The says to Buck; Get back into the
BARRACKS, you Indoor, swivel-chail
bum. What tilell dye think you are
La marine ~ W.
| I amt made up my mind yet. hut
1guess I'll do another hitch. The CLAM
]or (which was favorite clause of tn.
1R. IS. P.l Of the army kinda gets me-
]of course, it isn't like those poster.
1said when we first went in. Dye re
member Join the army and see TIL,
world. Good chance for advancement
land increase in pay. Gosh, wasn't W,
1.-THE suckers. Not meaning that an
sorry went in, but to fall for tina
stuff-I guess that bird Ananias wa
| the author OF them posters:'
I. Watch that well known little step
land write when you can. ,.b.n utss
.tisse Your old pal, ~. =. i.
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