Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-27
''Chirps'' ~
from the
Democrats Pen

"Dem0craC ana Wnlle Ho SPSCA"l -
quest was made, could tell by her
face she thought it was better than
anything that ever appeared in this
column; so, had better grab this
opportunity to give my readers some
thing really good The title is:
II AM THE MAN WHO MADE THE
WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY"
What crazy thing that is! l
fought and l fought, but had to go
anyhow. / was called in Class AZ.
The next time l want to be in Glass
"B"-he here when they go, and be
here when they come back.
l remember when I registered. 1
went up to the desk, and the man in
charge was my milkman. He said:
whats your name?"
"You know my name," / said.
whats your name?" he barked.
Augustus Childs," told him.
where were you born?" he asked.
I'm Pittsburgh" l replied.
Where did you first see the light
Of day." he asked.
"When I moved to Philadelphia" l
said.
"How old are you?"
"23, the first of September"
First of September you will be in
the PHILIPPINES, and that will be the
last of August" was his comforting
remark.
The day l went to camp, guess
they didn't think I'd live long. The
first fellow I saw, wrote on my card:
Flying Corps" went little far
Their, and some fellow said:
"Look what the wind blew I'M"
wind nothing" I said, "the draft
is doing it."
On the second morning, they put
these clothes on me. What an out
fit! AS soon as you are in it, you
think you can fight anybody. They
havee two sizes: too small and too
large. The pants are SO big that
turned around three times and they
didn't move. And what a ralncoat!
It strained the rain. l passed an Of
ficer all dressed up with fancy hat,
and all that stuff. He said:
Didn't you notice my uniform
when you passed."
what are you kicking about?" L
said, "look what they gave me-"
Oh! it was nice. Five below one
morning, and they called me out for
underwear inspection. Talk about
scenery! Red flannels, BVD's-all
kinds. The union suit they gave me
would fit Tony Galento. The lieu
tenant lined us up and told me to
stand up. 1 said:
81 am, Sir, the underwear makes
YOU think I'm sitting down."
He got so mad he put me out a
lattle later to dig ditch. A little
later, he passed me and said:
"Don't throw that dirt up here!"
where am 1 going to throw it 2"
/ asked.
"Dig another hole and put it in
there" he explained.
Three days later, we sailed for the
PHILIPPINES. Marching down the pier,
had more luck. I had Sergeant
who suffered 1t took him so long to
say "Haltl" that thirty-seven of US
marched overheard. They pulled US
out and lined us up on the pier and
the Captain came by and said:
Fall I'M"
~ have been in, SIR" said.
was on board twelve days. Moth
ing going down and everything COM
ing up. I leaned over the railing all
the time. In the middle of one of my
best leans, the Captain rushed up and
said:
What company are you in?"
"Pm all by myself, Sir"
els the Brigadier up?" he asked
me.
eff l swallowed it, it's up" I said.
Talk about dumb people! said to
one fellow:
"I guess we dropped anchor"
"I knew we lost it. 1t had been
hanging overheard ever since we left
San Francisco"
Well, we landed in the PHILIPPINES
and we were Immediately sent to the
trenches. The cannon began to roar
and the shells started to fly. I was
shaking with patriotism. 1 tried to
hide behind tree, but there were not
enough trees for the officers. The
Captain came around and said:
Haven't you any red blood?"
eyes," l said, "but I don't want to
see it."
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