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ROOKIE RHYMES
BY THE MEN OF THE 1st. and 2nd. PROVISIONAL TRAINING REGIMENTS
PLATTSBURG, NEW YORK
MAY 15--AUGUST 15 1917
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HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
ROOKIE RHYMES
Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published September, 1917
CONTENTS
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PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 13
FOREWORD 15
Robert Tapley, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R.
PART I--POEMS
STANDING IN LINE 19
Morris Bishop, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R.
THE FIRST TIME 21
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 22
D. E. Currier, 2d Battery, 1st P. T. R.
THEY BELIEVE IN US BACK HOME 24
Anch Kline, Co. 1, 1st P. T. R.
ODE TO A LADY IN WHITE STOCKINGS 29
Robert Cutler, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.
"AVOIRDUPOIS" 31
D. E. Currier, 2d Battery, 1st P.T.R.
GO! 35
J. S. O'Neale, Jr., Co. 4, 2d P. T. R.
THE PLATTSBURG CODE 36
R. L. Hill, Co. 5, 2d P. T. R.
A CONFERENCE 38
Donald E. Currier, 2d Battery, 1st P. T. R.
SUNDAY IN BARRACKS 41
Anch Kline, Co. 1, 1st P. T. R.
THE BALLAD OF MONTMORENCY GRAY 43
Pendleton King, Co. 6, 2d P. T. R.
GIRLS 51
Robert M. Benjamin, Co. 3, 1st P. T. R.
A LAMENT 52
H. Chapin, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.
THE MANUAL 53
George S. Clarkson, Co. 4, 1st P. T. R.
THOSE "PATRIOTIC" SONGS 55
Frank J. Felbel, Co. 2, 2d P. T. R.
SATURDAY P.M. 58
Harold Amory, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R.
HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED 62
C. K. Stodder, Co. 9, 1st P. T. R.
ARMA FEMINAMQUE 63
W. R. Witherell, Co. 7, 2d P. T. R.
OUT O' LUCK 65
W. K. Rainsford, Co. 7, 2d P. T. R.
SHERMAN WAS RIGHT 69
Joe F. Trounstine, Co. 4, 2d P. T. R.
TROOPSHIP CHANTY 70
Harold Speakman, Co. 4, 2d P. T. R.
THOSE RUMORS 71
F. L. Bird, 2d Battery, 1st P. T. R.
WAR'S HORRORS 72
Kenneth McIntosh, 2d Lieut. O. R. C., Co. 4,
1st P. T. R.
THE CALL 73
Allen Bean MacMurphy, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.
BEANS 74
Charles H. Ramsey, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R.
FORWARD "?" 77
John W. Wilber, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R.
CHANT OF A DERELICT 78
Ed. Burrows, Co. 3, 1st P. T. R.
PREOCCUPATION 80
Charles H. Ramsey, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R.
INOCULATION DAY 83
Morris Bishop, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R.
DON'T WEAKEN 85
R. T. Fry, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R.
THE THREE 87
Harold Speakman, Co. 4, 2d P. T. R.
TO THE LITTLE BLACK DOG 89
A. N. Phillips, Jr., 3d Battery, 1st P. T. R.
WHEN EAST IS WEST 90
W. R. Witherell, Co. 7, 2d P. T. R.
TO MY SWEETHEART 92
Every Rookie in Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.
PLAY THE GAME 93
E. F. D., Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.
THE STADIUM, PLATTSBURG 95
Harold Speakman, Co. 4, 1st P. T. R.
RUBAIYAT OF A PLATTSBURG CANDIDATE 96
W. Kerr Rainsford, Co. 7, 1st P. T. R.
DREAMS 99
L. Irving, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.
A 2D REGIMENT "WHO'S WHO" 101
J. Elmer Cates, Co. 2, 2d P. T. R.
EUREKA 105
E. F. D., Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.
FOURTH COMPANY, N. E. SONG 106
George S. Clarkson, Co. 4, 1st P. T. R.