. A brief history of the Stars and stripes, official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces in France . By Wally. HOW YOU FEEL When You Unsling Your Pack at the Endof A Twentv-Mile Hike FIFTY-FIFTY Private: Say, Sarge. you know those shoesyou gave me? Supply Sergeant: Well ,what about em? Private: Well, one of em matches allright, but the other doesnt. ANOTHER TOP STORY When the company was falling in in alpha-betical order, the old top became somewhatirritated at one private who seemed to bewandering around loose. Hey, there, whats vour name? Phillips. Well, get the hell up there with
. A brief history of the Stars and stripes, official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces in France . By Wally. HOW YOU FEEL When You Unsling Your Pack at the Endof A Twentv-Mile Hike FIFTY-FIFTY Private: Say, Sarge. you know those shoesyou gave me? Supply Sergeant: Well ,what about em? Private: Well, one of em matches allright, but the other doesnt. ANOTHER TOP STORY When the company was falling in in alpha-betical order, the old top became somewhatirritated at one private who seemed to bewandering around loose. Hey, there, whats vour name? Phillips. Well, get the hell up there with the Fswhere von belong. EASY TO IDENTIFY Say, a feller was around here lookin for you just now. Zasso? Whatd he look like? Lessee. Come to think of it, he had on spiral leggins and a pair of pants. Buck: Say, these here now kings of Francewerent much on rank, was they?Corporal: Hows that, buddie?Buck: Why. they was most of them Louiss. A Brief History of the Stars and Stripes 31 f^fM i sasssaasassasssBSBsa sass ;^v] t hops -we ^eueos /4^^ |&ll Do*T NOTiCe THECV* UAfs//. CORPRALS CHEVRONS Oh. the General with his epaulets, leadin a parade,The Colonel and the Adjutant a-sportin of their braid,The Major and the Skipper—none of em look so fineAs a newly minted corpral, comin down the line! Oil, the Bishop in his mitre, pacin up the aisle,The Governor, frock-coated, with a votes-for- women smile,The Congressman, the Mayor, arent in it, I opine,With a newly minted corpral, comin down the line! AROUND THE POKER BUNK Eirst Player: That guy thats doing all thewinning doesnt know the game at all. Everytime anyone says I pass he says Lesseeem. Second Player: Well, thats because hesan M. P. when he aint working. TWENTY YEARS AFTER Middle-aged male customer: Let me havethree suits of underwear. Clerk: Size, please? : Anything at all. I used to be inthe Army. HEALTH HINTS By Dr. C. C. Pill, M. C. N. Y. D.—If you are unable to find a Armydentist with enough equipment to disp
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