| Show SOLDIERS GET PEEVED atlanta ga nov 2 when the united states marine corps forces now occupying tile tho towns and cities of haiti after a sharp brush with the cacos learned that a number of at lantas fairest daughters were banded together for the purpose of adopting lonesome and forlorn european soldiers and would write letters of cheer sympathy and love to their warring wards they became it a trifle peeved 0 o say tile the least the marines are perfectly willing to 10 admit that none but the brave dey serve the fair but they want to delve deeper into the copybook copy book maxim thing and add america first and let charity begin at home and furthermore uncle sams sea soldiers do not propose to have their own little two by tour four haitian war overshadowed by the immeasurable conflict raging across the ocean and so have written to the editor of the constitution pointing out the injustice of the tiling thing in the hope that he or some other editor who may chance to read their plea will find matter in it for a scathing scorching editorial that will bring the atlanta girls back to their senses heres the letter editor constitution having learned thru the wireless press news that the girls of your city have so generously and magnanimously shown their consideration tor for the forsaken and lonesome european soldiers by adopting these soldiers and sending them love and letters we wish to ask you to tell the fair daughters of atlanta thru the columns of lour 5 our paper that there are some same ot of their own down in haiti who are ready and willing to be adopted and would welcome and appreciate such adoption please tell them also that while there is no iao trench warfare here and no asphyxiating asphyxia ting gases that we are lonesome and even a postal from the bands of a fair american would brighten a tedious end irksome life in the tropics also mr air editor it looks as tho the colored brethren down here be able to take over the reins of their government in less than two years and well have to stay right here on the job the more we roam around the world the more truly do we love tile the prouder we are of tile the american girl tile the finiest fairest dearest and sweetest in the world god bless her when we see her turning to tile the soldiers of europe it makes us beg tor for consideration let charity begin at home yours truly third company first brigade brigada e U S forces port au prince haiti |
