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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.


  PART II--SONGS AND PARODIES

  LONG, LONG TRAIL                                   109
      G. Gilmore Davis, Co. 10, 1st P. T. R.

  WILLIE'S PA                                        110
      J. Felbel and L. H. Davidow, Co. 2, 2d
        P. T. R.

  COMPANY 2, NEW ENGLAND                             112
      Paul J. Field, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.

  TO THE RESERVE CAVALRY                             113
      F. E. Horpel, Co. 9, 1st P. T. R.

  WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO DEUTSCHLAND                    114
      Lieut. Fletcher Clark, O. R. C., Co. 10,
                1st P. T. R.

  I WANT TO BE A COLONEL                             115
      F. E. Horpel, Co. 9, 1st P. T. R.

  I WANT TO BE A DOUGHBOY                            116
      Kenneth Bonner, Co. 10, 1st P. T. R.

  OUR BATTLE HYMN                                    117
      James C. McMullin, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R.

  NEW ENGLAND WILL BE LEADING                        119
      Lieut. Cyril C. Reynolds, O. R. C., Co. 10,
                1st P. T. R.

  ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER RHINE                    120
      J. J. Riodan, Co. 3, 2d P. T. R.

  "THE SIMULATING OF THE GREEN"                      121
      Lieut. Joseph Gazzam, Jr., O. R. C., Co. 2,
                1st P. T. R.

  DON'T SEND ME HOME                                 123
      E. M. Anderson, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R.

  COMPANY NINE                                       124
      O. W. Hauserman, Co. 9, 1st P. T. R.

  WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO EUROPE                         126
      T. L. Wood, Co. 9, 1st P. T. R.

  COMPANY 5 SONG                                     127
      James C. McMullin, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R.

  DOUBLE TIME                                        128
      W. J. Littlefield, 3d Battery, 1st P. T. R.

  THE 8TH NEW ENGLAND                                130
      Anonymous, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R.

  MARCHING ON THE RHINE                              132
      Lieut. Cyril C. Reynolds, O. R. C., Co. 10,
                1st P. T. R.

  EGGS--AGERATED                                     133
      Robert B. House, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R.

  WITH APOLOGIES TO KIPLING'S "THE VAMPIRE"          134
      R. E. Hall, 1st Troop, 1st P. T. R.

  FINIS                                              136




ILLUSTRATIONS


  COVER ILLUSTRATION, C. L. Yates, Co. 1,
      1st P