CONTENTS

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Foreword[v]
Just Thinkin’—Hudson Hawley, Pvt., M.G. Bn.[1]
To the Kid Sister—J. T. W., Pvt., A.S.[3]
Corp’ral’s Chevrons[5]
You’re Not a Fan, Pierrette—S. H. C.[6]
My Sweetheart—Frank C. McCarthy, Sgt., A.S.[8]
Dad’s Letters[9]
Mlle. Soixante-Quinze—J. M. H., F.A.[11]
Home Is Where the Pie Is[14]
How it Works Out—Tyler H. Bliss, Corp., Inf.[16]
Faith[19]
The Orphans of France—Franklin P. Adams, Capt., U. S. A.; Stuart H. Carroll, Sgt., Q.M.C.[20]
Reveille—Ray L. Huff, Pvt., M.D.[22]
Full Directions—Daniel Turner Balmer, A.S.[24]
On Learning French—Alfred J. Fritchey, Camp Hospital 30[25]
“Who Said Sunny France?”—Jack Warren Carrol, Corp., F.A.[26]
The Truant—R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S.[28]
Tribute—F. M. H. D., F.A.[29]
Sea Stuff—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.[31]
Letters—Mel Ryder, Sgt. Major, Inf.[33]
Soldier Smiles—Allen A. Stockdale, Capt., U.S.A.[35]
Beefing—H. H. Huss, Sgt., Inf.[37]
The Tank—Richard C. Colburn, Sgt., Tank Corps[39]
The New Army—R. R. Kirk, S.S.U.[42]
Toujours Le Même—Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs.[43]
To the West Wind—William S. Long, Corp., A.S.[45]
The Driver—F. M. H. D., F.A.[46]
Song of the Censor Man—John Fletcher Hall, Sgt., Inf., Acting Chaplain[48]
Do You Know this Guy?—Frank Eisenberg, Pvt., Tel. Bn.[50]
Camouflage—M. G.[52]
Trench Mud—John J. Curtin, Sgt., Inf.[54]
I Love Corned Beef—A. P. B.[56]
A Chaplain’s Prayer—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain[59]
Billets[60]
The Mule Skinners—William Bradford, 2nd Lt., A.G.D.[63]
The Old Overseas Cap—Fairfax D. Downey, 1st Lt., F.A.[65]
Hoggin’ It—Med. Mique[67]
The Man—H. T. S.[69]
Song of the Guns—Grantland Rice, 1st Lt., F.A.[70]
Through the Wheat[72]
Allies—Merritt Y. Hughes, Pvt., Inf.[74]
To Buddy—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.[76]
The Wood Called Rouge-Bouquet—Joyce Kilmer, Sgt., Inf. Killed in action, July 30, 1918[78]
Good-bye[81]
The Fields of the Marne—Frank Carbaugh, Sgt., Inf. (Written while lying wounded in hospital; died, August, 1918)[83]
A Nurse’s Prayer—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain[85]
Lines on Leaving a Little Town Where We Rested—Russell Lord, Corp., F.A.[86]
Poppies—Joseph Mills Hanson, Capt., F.A.[87]
Poilu—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.[89]
As Things Are[91]
The Girl of Girls—Howard A. Herty, Corp., 1st Army Hq.[92]
The Little Dreams—Joseph Mills Hanson, Capt., F.A.[94]
The R.T.O.—A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R.T.O.[98]
The Machine Gun—Albert Jay Cook, Corp., M.G. Bn.[100]
Our Dead[102]
Everybody’s Friend—Frederick W. Kurth, Sgt., M.T.D.[103]
The Stevedore—C. C. Shanfelter, Sgt., S.C.[105]
Black and White—Harv.[108]
The Ol’ Campaign Hat[111]
When the General Came to Town—Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs.[113]
Seicheprey—J. M. H.[116]
Before a Drive—Charles Lyn Fox, Inf.[117]
Private Jones, A. E. F.—William I. Engle, Pvt., Inf.[119]
“Hommes 40, Chevaux 8”[121]
The Bugler—Lin Davies, Pvt.[123]
The Return of the Refugees—Frederick W. Kurth, Sgt., M.T.D.[124]
As the Trucks Go Rollin’ By—L. W. Suckert, 1st Lt., A.S.[126]
Gettin’ Letters—E. C. D., Field Hospital[129]
To the Children of France—R. R. Kirk, Pvt., G2, S.O.S.[131]
Then We’ll Come Back to You—Howard H. Herty, Corp., 1st Army Hq. Reg.[132]
To a Doughboy[133]
Lil’ Pal O’ Mine—E.S.E.[135]
Perfect Contrition—Thomas F. Coakley, Lt., Chaplain[136]
When Private Mugrums Parlay Voos—Charles Divine, Pvt.[137]
If I Were a Cootie—A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R.T.O.[139]
The Lily—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.[141]
Me,—An’ War Goin’ On!—John Palmer Cumming, Inf.[142]
The Road to Montfaucon—Harold Riezelman, 1st Lt., C.W.S.[145]
Vestal Star—Fra Guido, F.A.[146]
The Doughboy Promises—Arthur McKeogh, Lt., Inf.[147]
Old Lady Rumor—C. H. MacCoy, Base Hosp. 38[149]
The Lost Towns—Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M.P.[150]
Der Tag—Howard J. Green, Corp., Inf.[152]
There’s About Two Million Fellows—Albert J. Cook, Sgt., Hq. Detch.,—Army Corps[154]
November Eleventh—Hilmar R. Baukhage, Pvt., A.E.F.[157]