US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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,LQ U '-6-rf fn-Q 7 i 1 A3 ,nszauousnaov We all can call to mind with ease How we poor woeful wretches, Attended lectures wearing shirts And, coated, made our sketches. With collar tight and chest compressed Our alidades we lined: And well we learned when sighting shots That Sam Browne belts do bind. At that time we engendered hopes That here the thing would end, But that fond wish was not fulfilled- Their ways they did not mend. One day of lectures all indoors We surely felt like goats, For two learned talks were hats and shirts, The balance caps and coats! The changes they rang in on us QI swear 'tis true, Oh Lordj Came faster than the clerks could type And post them on the board. There was no hope to hold out To a poor long suffering male Whose, shifts of clothes would sure have made A debutante turn pale. But then at last one suit alone We wore to graduate, When all agreed we'd learned While here One should coordinate. - 4 ' ,i I5 gi-Q 1 'Ill

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J 4:- I924- DOUGHBOY U X , l l 9' l . be I The former has a separate branch QA black sleeve stripe it wearsj Whose nziygn gngfrg is solely to Coordinate affairs. There is a crowd, most ignorant, That stupidly proclaims The reason why they wear black braid Is mourning for their brains! But that's not so-oh, no, no, no! They really are quite bright: And if there's ought that's gone amiss They'll strive to set it right. The only flaw the system has Is that its hard to find A one of these bright gentlemen In places I've in mind. They seem quite thick in cities large, In fact that is the rule, But one can note their scarcity In places like this school. Their absence here we all deplore- Yet were they here we might Conclude that after all was said, Perhaps they weren't quite bright! The lack that all have noted most Is someone who could teach The younger ones that sit at desks What all their elders preach. Now take the matter of our clothes The things we Wear each day- Coordination here is nil A fact that none gainsay. 1.2 5 2, Q S Q -6 fn 5 I . 'ad , .sw 131 V-- 14 x vw 1 my

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