( kootie k o l u m n.
(The little things that stick.)
WHEN- KENNEDY COULDN'T CHANGE STEP.
When I first came in the Army, 'twas in
Nineteen Twenty Eour.
I thought sure the life would charm me,
And that it held thrills galore.
Wiien out for drill formations, I didnft
Wish to ruin my rep,
But I soon lost my inspiration, for I
Couldn*t change step.
I could do the squad right movement, I
Could stand at "attention”, too,
And I showed a slight improvement, when
A face about I'd do.
But when the command was given, to one
Thing I was not hep -
I swore by the dead and living, but I
Couldn't change step.
"I'll teach you”, said Sergeant Wiseman, "or 1*11
Know the reason why".
"How you just quit your arguing, you
Can learn it if you try".
"Kennedy, don’t you get big-headed, and
Be shooting off your lip".
I said,"Sergeant, I sure dread it; but I
Can’t change step".
I have striven to be a poet, since this
Incident occurred,
But there are still men who know it, that
I surely was a bird.
I have often laughed about it, when I
hade that awful slip,
When I was a dumbell rookie, and I
Couldn’t change step.
R.O.K.
THE SAME TO YOU,
A Commander of an Army post was on on© occasion standing near
his Headquarters when he noticed that a certain Captain, who was
also standing near by, was accustomed every time a Private saluted
him to return the salute with military precision, but follow it up
with the words: The same to you”.
Finally the Commanding Officer called him over and asked; ’'Cap.
tain, why do you say, "the same to you?', every time you return an
enlisted man's salute?" The Captain grinned, "It's this way/
sir: I was a buck Private once myself, and I know what they say
under their breath every time they salute an officer".
WE NON-COMS HAVE GOT TO STICK TOGETHER.
Private Dopey Dan who in his third enlistment was made Lance.Cor
poral, and sporting his new chevrons appeared in the Orderly Room
and patting the Top-Kicker on the back said: "We non-coms has got to
stick together, ain't we Sergeant?£