8:30 A. M.--TROOP
The Captain sized us up for fair,
But no kick comin' anywhere.
8:45 A. M.--GUARD MOUNT
Guard Mount, my name wasn't booked;
How is it I was overlooked?
RESPITE
No more calls to answer now
Til I hear them holler, "Chow"
For this is my easy day:
Guess I rate it anyway.
12:00 N--CHOW--LIBERTY
Chow was the regular menu,
Spuds et cetera--carabao.
I heard "Liberty" when it went
But I didn't have a cent.
1:00 P. M.--POLICE
Glad I have no work today;
I'll turn in and hit the hay.
AFTERNOON--NO CALLS
Woke up promptly, half past two;
Walked around Olongapo.
Came in--played a checker game;
Wrote a letter to my dame.
5:00 P. M.--CHOW
Supper surely was some class!
Steak and Onions--Apple "sass."
6:00 P. M.----COLORS
Six o'clock when colors went;
Guard turned out and gave "present."
8:30 P. M.--TATTOO
Came in early, took a shower,
Read a book for half an hour.
9:15 P. M.--CALL TO QUARTERS
Let down my Mosquito net--
Puffed a Durham Cigarette.
TAPS--P. M.
Safely in my bunk I curled
And was soon--dead to the World.
THAT UNIFORM
Tis strange, but yet 'tis true, we see
Sane men who seem to think that we,
Who wear the blue, are not the same
As other men. We have a name
Scarce thought of with respect; 'tis used
To frighten children, and abused
By those who only wish to show
A few of the many things they don't know.
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