Judge — March 16, 1918 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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Well named. Fatigue uniform is the polite name for overalls. First Crass Private. A private draw- ing $3 per month more than a buck private. In all other respects he is apt to be worse than the latter. Furtoucu. A leave of absence to go home. Another definition for Heaven and about as hard to obtain. Even the officers have a tough time getting them. Groominc. Massaging and manicuring horses. Done whenever there is nothing else to do. Guarps. Soldiers detailed to stay up all night and report men coming into camp late. Horses. Large, hungry animals used to carry the officers around. They must be fed three times a day. Every spare moment must be utilized in grooming them whether they need it or not. Hospitat. A place everybody wants to get, as it looks like a snap lying in bed. As soon as he gets there he wants to get out. Incinerator. A large tin pan into which is put all the garbage. Then a private builds a fire under it and worries the garbage into incinerating. Incinerators are not as fragrant as the rose. Their memory lingers. Jacx. The army term for money. A very rare substance and used by many only to pay debts on pay day contracted during the previous month. Knaxt. Something every soldier is supposed to wear but never does. Kitcuen Pouice. A digni- fied term for scrubbing dirty pans in the kitchen. Mepicat Corps. Composed of fellows who thought some of being doctors and then decided to study law. They dish out iodine and pills at sick call according to whether the patient is sick or dying. Mess Kir. A couple of tin pans, a cup, knife, fork and spoon comprise a mess kit complete. Some of these arecertain tobelost after which the man uses his fingers. Mess Serceant. The non com. who goes over to the quartermaster’s every day and draws out almost enough food to last till the next day. The rest of his time is spent in worrying the Kitchen Police and making them wish they were in civilian life again if only for five minutes so they could tell him what they think of him. Pay Catt. The sweetest music the soldier hears. He will even leave a poker game to answer it. Periop or EMERGENoY. The term for which the sol- dier enlisted. Variously esti- mated by him to be any where from two weeks to ten years. Pick. See Shovel. Poxer. Acard game for- bidden by the authorities. Therefore never played ex- cept in the afternoons and evenings. A Shave Tail In his oon estimation he is little short of a General Reformed cavalrymen who drive large homely-looking trucks around Ricut Dress. When this command is given every man puts his left hand on his hip, looks to the right and jabs the manon his left with his elbow getting much en- joyment outof same. It is no fun for the man on the left end of the line because he has no one to annoy. Savpte. A large leather contraption used on a horse to keep the rider from get- ting too close to him. They look innocent enough but it takes about two hours a week to clean them so they will pass inspec- tion. After soaping and rubbing them for an hour the soldier begins to wonder how hard it is to ride bareback. Samay. A nickname wished on the American soldier. He doesn’t like it and would welcome a better one. Serceant. A non com. wearing three stripes who makes as much trouble for the corporals as they do for the privates. Their head is very apt to get into a swollen con- dition immediately after their appointment. In some cases this swelling is permanent. Suave Tatts. Newly commissioned officers who haven’t got used to the fact yet. They can be spotted two blocks away. Suovet. A short, blunt-look- ing instrument much in use in all training camps. Its uses are manifold but it is employed mainly in connection with its cousin, the pick, in moving dirt from one place to another and then bringing it back. The engineers are particularly partial to it. Somewuere. The principal town in France. Where all the soldiers’ friends are who have gone over. Sick Catu. Astated time in the day when every man who is sick, or thinks he is, goes over to the hospital and has the doctors give some iodine. If he has a stomach ache he takes it internally. If he has the spinal menin- gitis or merely lockjaw he applies the iodine externally. In very bad cases they give out pills. Suppty Serceant. The non com. who stalls off the men whenever they want any clothes or other supplies. Tent. A place in which to sleep, smoke, chew and talk about what each man will do when he gets out of the army. Some rotten barber shop chords are fre- quently obtained in the tents. Top Serceant. Sometimes called Top Kick. A non com. who makes it unpleasant, for the sergeants. Transrer. A change from one company to another or from one branch of the service to another. Everybody wants one till he gets it and then wishes he were back in the place where he came from. Truck Drivers. Re- formed cavalrymen who drive large homely looking trucks. A general under no conditions could feel as important as they The Top Kick comicbooks.com