Show tp til aist imis iov by A 0 roberts roosevelt utah when the ninety first Divi division put camp lews lewis on tile the map we awakened old tacoma and we save gave seattle snap i vi a 0 sot got military polish on tile the field eight hours a day and learned military tactics in the iness liall hall by the way how we stood those gun gull inspections when in france wed rather be how we used to make it snappy and get sunday on oil 1 K P then wed get some broke crap shooter to do our work lor for us and wed doll ab up tor for the fairies uld and catch a jitney buss yes those were the happy days since then weve hit rougher ways ve e admit we had things easy when we used to crab and fuss they took us to camp merritt where we wa pent a week or two then we ne were crowded into arar s ports where they fed us english stew there we played the sergeant major and we played the bloody ouk and wo we won again at poker what tile ine sergeant major took A the smoky docks of liverpool we took cook the english shore and were welcomed for a penny by a thousand lids kids or more they knew us by our reputation gained from wild west photoplays photo plays then wed spring our little bluff with that powder river stuff till we had them seeing visions of hose old bill cody days I 1 one clear n ight ht we crossed tile the channel dodging germau german I 1 ines is all we saw was rolling water its 4 phosphorescent sheens avith its flash of silvery moonlight on oil the wells and flying spray and aad beneath it cruised the iron sharks and mines were in ou our r way all the decks were dark no and no noise of 0 tany t any kind just a 1 speeding shape of darkness with a trail of foam behind but below decks under cover burned the lights and men were gay we went down there to forget that home was so many miles away there was little sleeping done on that english channel run N e ec could see the coast of fran frame e looming through the fog at break of bf day i while we ie drilled in france and wait tor for our turn to hit the lines we did quite a lot of marching u under i pack in ili rain or shine roads in france approach a village in a winding aimless course like a coyote sneaks and circles to the carcass ot of a horse wo have billiter billi ted in ili haylofts hay lofts lotts and weve had a french chateau and weve loafed some nights ir wine joints just to have some place to go little crowded smoky wine rooms find them any where you roam and wed flirt beneat li the jesting jestine like the sea beneath its foam though we flirted now and then we went home at nine or ten mert men were true and always longine for the girls they left at home under cover of the darkness on a lat late september night the ninety f first division moved t start the argonne fight tractors crawled with like groat great monsters in the dark we could hear our glica heavies vies thun der and pur our light one bark on the slope above the valley there ther we waited tor for the day while we watched tile the german can call spitting names flames across ill way and tile the rockets and the star shell burst in glory overhead bright as day they flIche flickered red tad fad ing to tile the darkness of the dead shells were sc every where here shrapnel riLl bursting in thu the aly air and tile the northern sky changed fit fil fully from darkness into red V e could feel barss sentiment I 1 side the first night on oil tile the lilies hues but got over that before the nion ins ing sun began to shine I 1 I 1 in ili the grey of dawn we started through a slashing rain or of lead i that was no time tor lor sympathy for the wounded and the thedeas dead 1 so 30 ne HI left them to tile the lied cross and swept on oil from Avo avocourt court up to very on the heights beyond d 2 I 1 artillery support horses labored lab oreil with the cannons to the hulis hubs in heavy clay our gun gull nien and dough boys held beld what they had gained that day engineers like infantry liel lied repulse the enemy whon n the germans counter rushed to take our gains away nn iiii through ough the hard f fought days that followed moved a silent caravan wounded men on toot foot or stretchers heavy ambulances ran rail aeroplanes Aero planes fought midair mid air battles and balloons came down in smoke tired men had dreams of home from which they never more awoke wreckage lined that thai road to very crippled horses broken carts private things a bunch of letters representing broken hearts lien ien grew calloused but not selfish when the shells were bursting round each one knew that any moment he himself might rot be found so we faced things as a joke played the game till we were broke ten men tallied talked theatres theartres the atres and baseball while explosions shook the ground no one man or branch of service stands out enuch above the rest when one tries tres to place the honors as a rule each did his best all the troops that fought at adgor argonne ine had some hard luck with the tare fare and the ninety first division met hardships which were pretty tough to bear chile we fed and worked our cannons there was little ittle food for men things to eat dat and time to eat them were out of the question then toads coads were shelled but drivers coolly looked their chances in the face broken trucks left by the roadside were not counted as disgrace at the cross roads one could see some big soldierly 11 P le je too loo got his share of shells and lie he did not quit his place i i ahen our argonne drive was finished we went back to resi rese awhile when youre marching hunting boxcars then youre resting army style styled blunting for weeks and when you find them wish there were some other course E ight eight cheateaux Chea veaux or forty domines what a tribute to the horse veil we found them and they took us up past ypres cypres in the north where the belgian folks were moving their belongings back and forth some were fleeing from the shell fire others hoped their homes to find men and women tugged at wago wagons as while their children childr en pushed behbi behind lean dogs drawing wagons fagoni too cast one searching look at you knit with dripping tongues and bellies low kept up the weary grind I 1 ve ae got in a final cleanup clean up on that center belgian front there again we e swept the country like a western rabbit hunt built rii rough machine gun fire and shrapnel day and night we pressed them hard till we came to our objective in the town of Auden uden kuden was held by germans when the engineers went in there were some exciting hours before the bridge work could begin achile the german shells were pounding on tile the big cathedral tower like some prophet peace pr proclaiming tolled those ancient bells bell s the hour there our last barrage was paid one day later peace was made and those bells belts chimed out triumphant to the end of german power i tt it seems strange when one looks back upon our overseas campaign how low a pampered taste can vanish when we in the rain ag 8 a hole that one could crawl in canio camouflage the parapet rat eal our bully beet beef and hard tack sleep out in the cold and wet t was the hie only home we had and we got attached to it every day wed make improvements and police it up a bit nhat a gulf between our dugouts and some western cabaret can call we drop our caveman cave man habits when we wander back some day wont the change be harato hard to take when we order birds or steak aana and can have them take it luck bach t t get gel it fixed some other way when we tog toe up as civilians on the day were mustered out cen we order quail on oil toast and know just how to go we e might light say ak K Ps I 1 s assemble whai clia out today or mess sergeant front and center it if the waiters dont oley obey we might light fall in at attention it if we hear a fish horn blow well recall just how we did it when in later years we meet will stage the drama that thai the world shall not repeat As a body well nell disband hut but in memory we shall stand till tide the last man in ili the ninety first has stood his last retreat 0 vor for the lie relief of P pains aill when you have stiffness and soreness ness ss ot of the lillis muscles cies li aching elling joints slid and find it difficult to move without pain try massaging tile the affected parts with chamberlains liniment it will relieve tile the pain and make maice rest and sleep possible |