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PRESACxLY:
George: If I were Bgt* liiller, I*d marry a girl by the none of Annie#
ohorty: How come?
George: Because he'd be Bennie-fittedand she'd be annie-nated.
Sgt# Levi, epistolating from Hew York ^ity, 3tate3 the uain topic of
conversation there is, ,THov lid yiour last batch turn out?'”
AMBITION *
I want to be a sergeant
Hith chevrons on ny aria,
iith nunv priva tes un ler ne
xo view ne with alarm#
I want to be a sergeant
/ith a scowl upon my brow
X want to be a sergeant
And I want to be it now#
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N*C*0.fs SCHOOL:
Instructor: Is my question clear, corporal?
Corporal: Ye3, sir. -Aie question is perfectly clear* It s the
correct answer that is obscure to me*
According to the latest States papers, hunans as well as bells will ^
be well jingled this Christmas* And thisis the fifth year a*V. 0 teropora*
0 mores 1
YOUTH^JL ALASKANS:
Doughboy: faat are you going to Juneau for?
Sourdough: I’m going to see my aunt*
D-13* Is she foery old?
3.D.: Yes, she’s one hundred and ten*
D.B.: One hundred and ten ? iJhat on earth is sne doing in
Juneau?
S*D.; I don’t exactly know, but I understand she is staying
with her grandmother*
Did you realize yesterday was the shortest day in the year?
SOLDIER FUANCE
Spend what jack you have today,
Some more will be on the way.
Vifhence and where it comes, v/ho knows?
Inat next pay day only shows!
It* s a weak character that has never been given a nickname* -think it over
and see if it is n’t so* (dhat is yurs?)
——George 1* iiasury*
♦VHERE VE GET THE.1 70IDS:
"Corporal" is derived from Che Italian capo, • meaning head—head of a
squad* It was formerly spelled caporale.
"Captain" corns from "caput"-flot the slang word, but the l*atin word
meaning head, or chief. .
"Soldier" comes from the Italian word "solii", meaning a com worth about
l/5 of a cent, that amount at 0 oe time being a soldier's daily pay*