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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.

  D