Within, it ran thus:
Camp Hard,
West Point, N. Y.,
July —, 18—.
To Cadet Lieut. Crabapple. (Through the proper channels.)
Sir: I have the honour to submit the following,—my technical name for the summer encampment, U. S. M. A. To wit:
I am Lorenzo Monkey; and the name is not fame. It is tame: it is lame: it is shame: it is blame: it is game. Yet I claim, a Colonial dame was my flame, when I came. Same at same.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Charlemagne Kindred,
Cadet Private, Co. "A." Fourth Class.
To Cadet Lieut. Crabapple,
Commanding Battalion of Crabs.