How it happened, and other poems . HEADQUARTERS AT CAMP SOLDIERS BOARDING TRAIN FOR LEAVE AREA. HOW IT ENDED 35 And for awhile the dope flew fast,Some made the declarationThat soon our Regiment would joinThe Army of Occupation. Others said that we would leave,In just a week or so,And to the Embarkation PortWere scheduled soon to go. At last G. H. Q. promised usAn early quick release,When transports were set our minds at peace. Special leaves were granted then,And all received a chanceTo visit gay old ParisAnd other points in France. The best was St. Malo, A cit
How it happened, and other poems . HEADQUARTERS AT CAMP SOLDIERS BOARDING TRAIN FOR LEAVE AREA. HOW IT ENDED 35 And for awhile the dope flew fast,Some made the declarationThat soon our Regiment would joinThe Army of Occupation. Others said that we would leave,In just a week or so,And to the Embarkation PortWere scheduled soon to go. At last G. H. Q. promised usAn early quick release,When transports were set our minds at peace. Special leaves were granted then,And all received a chanceTo visit gay old ParisAnd other points in France. The best was St. Malo, A city on the sea. Where soldiers get the best there is. And everything is free. An Army Leave Area, its the U. S. A. repaysIts tired and war-worn soldiersWith a rest of seven days.
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