Judge — November 25, 1922 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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Smythe—the General of the Generals, generally speaking. QATTERED and bunged up, displaying two black eyes and a torn shirt, a ceruit came into his tent late at night. “What happened to you?" asked the 1. wthin, Jus h at sentry on No, had a mixup with ‘Halt, who's Pershing,” he and gives me a butt stroke to the chin, s my ribs until they creaked, blackens my eyes so I can hardly see and, what's worse, tears that new shirt I just drew this morning.” “Well, why didn’t you tell him who you wer “My Gawd, man, if he does that to Pershing what the h—I do you think he'd do to me Cart. J. W. Bottespeck, 25th Inf., Nogales, Ariz. eer HE mountaineers of the South rarely enlist, but when th do, and after they get broken in, ted,” as they would express it, there are none better. A lank mountain man from Carolina came to the post and, afte is siderable recruit drill and other training, was placed on guard, Walking his post, in the dead of night he heard footsteps. “Halt! Who's there? he demanded. “Officer of the Day,” was the reply. The recruit advanced him properly and the officer asked him if he knew his orders, He said he did and recited them. y well,” said the Officer of the let me see your rifle, is it clean?” The sentinel handed it over. “You're a fine soldier,” said the officer, “the first man who comes along and asks for your gun gets it, and the unarmed and helpless, with all this prop- erty in your charge.” recruit clamped his lantern jaws, reached behind and pulled out a pi feot long and sticking it in the offic face said, “Gimme that gun. darn ye Drawn by Rene CLarke The Officer of the Day, man of resource, complied —C. J. Batwey, Major-General Com- manding 3d Corps Area. ae TP HE nes chaplain had if he knew how te which he replied. “Y “Well, Sunday morning at nine o'clock, sound off churc said the chaplain, Sunday morning about 9 a. fire call sounded ‘through the area and the entire command turned out with fire-fighting equipment. When the commanding offi- arned of the mistake he ordered the recognizing a nv church call, to cer hunch to listen to the chaplain’s sermon. This was one of his best audiences.— Epw. L. Branitam, Chaplain, Camp Lewis, Wash. sae YOUNG soldier from the backwoods £% section had been invited to a military dance and was frankly horrified at the up-to-date ways of the young women. Mis partner, after spending half of the gony over his awkwardness, t they sit out the other half and led him to the veranda, There she drew out a gold cigarette case marke course, you don’t mind girls smoking?” The young soldier was determined to “ “[ don't gi a hoot if you chow." —Wrasas Wevor, Warrant Officer, Fort Clark,’ “Take it from me, feller, this here Army you're bein’ ast to join is one of the best li'l standin’ armies on earth.” “Ah 'preciates the honeh, boss. 7) But Ah’'s simply got to hab a job whar Ah kin sit down.”