| Show camp kelly not popular with uncle sams soldiers tie ti e following verses sent to his parents in this city by ewell wan less who joined the colors early in the year shows that camp kelly texas is now tery iery popular with the enlisted men the poem is credited to alber H smith being as follows hell ind tomorrow when they made gimp kelly they surely made it well the devil said to misery i tl is 5 will make a fine old hell he ile scattered centipedes along the roads put thorns upon the cactus and horns upon the toads he put rattlesnakes in the woodpiles and scorpions that sting mosquitoes that frighten you with the bu z of their wing tarantulas prevail so do the aunts the aviator who sits down needs soles upon his pants when we tall fall in line for mess we put up with everything it seems the wind it t blows the texas dust in gobs into our beans we have no shade trees to protect us its from the hot desert sun I 1 and eating under the blazing rays surely is no tun fun no aviator in kelly field has ever had a soak for the words aad and bathtub are only a joke they ship us here in thousands and stow us away in tents they say we are under quarantine with no protection against the elements they pierce our sun scorched arms with needles our inoculation we must have again it t would be cruelty to animals to aviators it a no sin but boys there Is an old song that echoes on the far winds at night we dream of it in the day time and in the soft twilight it t sweeps across the desert I 1 to the towns and cities bright 81 its t s the song of all us thousands thousand M ho have held one thought at bay the he road beyond tomorrow that will lead back home some day I 1 |
