A History of Troop A Cavalry, Connecticut National Guard and Its Service in the Great War as Co. D, 102d Machine Gun Battalion
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A History of Troop A Cavalry, Connecticut National Guard and Its Service in the Great War as Co. D, 102d Machine Gun Battalion
United States. Army. Machine Gun Battalion, 102nd. Company D; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States
Foley with his tooth brush?
Thompson wearing his Croix de Guerre?
Marsh overcoming his inertia at first call?
Cath without his winsome smile?
Nutile rendering "Rolling Stones"?
Russ in an argument?
Vaugh in the same argument?
"Duke" Rowley without Nutile?
Duggan's pipe?
Donovan giving out seconds?
A day without Bill Bell's whistle?
Scandore without a French girl?
Charlie O'Laughna without some "inside dope"?
Hodge losing at blackjack?
A better "non-com" than Whitten?
McKiernan knocking Shorty on his ear?
Stevens with something to give out?
Kondrat in dancing pumps?
Hine doing anything at all?
Berryman without his puttees shined?
McMahon in the kitchen?
Watrous rendering "Captain Simms"?
Dockendorff and his forty pipes?
"Biscuits" Malone eating salmon?
Hogan with anything in his medicine kit?
Shemitz reviewing headquarters?
Fitch without an appetite?
Johnson without two?
Hunihan without a mustache?
Shanley writing a letter?
Throckmorton's grab bags?
A furlough?
McCarthy in a hurry?
Anyone gassed at the Border?
Lieut. Condren getting a haircut or two?
Water for the mess kits?
Miner drilling?
The Y. M. C. A. on the front line?
[Illustration: "APPLE KNOCKER" (GIVING OFFICER'S BOOTS THE O. O.):
"GEE, THAT FELLOW MUST STAND IN WITH STEVE, LOOK AT THE HOBS I GOT."]
"Pinky" Brush, during the company's stay in the Toul sector, had the
unenviable task of carting rations from battalion headquarters to the
kitchen in the line. On this hazardous trip "Pinky" had to follow the
road from Mandres to Beaumont along the stretch commonly known as
"Dead Man's Curve." One night the military police stationed at Mandres
stopped him and said: "They're shelling the curve every few minutes,
you better be careful."
"Waal," said the Vermonter, "I ain't goin' to use it but a few minutes.
Giddap."
[Illustration: "'TENSION!!!"]
1st Sgt.—"Fall in according to rank. Are you a first class private,
Molloy?"
Molloy—"Not yet, Sarge."
[Illustration: WHO WON THE WAR?]
FAMILIAR SAYINGS.
LIEUTENANT NELSON—"By cripes."
LIEUTENANT CARROLL—"Make it snappy."
LIEUTENANT KEENAN—"Right by twos! Ho!"
SERGEANT REILLY—"Holy Moses! Good Lord!"
SERGEANT GUERRANT—"Rest, men, rest."
SERGEANT DOWERS—"Grave-yard. Row-de-dow."
SERGEANT STEVENS—"Haven't got a thing."
SERGEANT FOLEY—"No rations to-day to speak of."
SERGEANT DOCKENDORFF—"Headquarters present or accounted for."
COOK JACOBS—"Get out of this kitchen."
SERGEANT KONDRAT—"Rapidly, rapidly."
RUSS—"Kid, how are ya?"
CATH—"What's the chow?"
SCHEFFLER—"It's a great army."
SERGEANT KLAUSSNER—"Another inspection to-day ——."
MAIDEN—"Quality not quantity."
RUBE MARTIN—"Oh Fanny!"
SCANDORE—"Where's the band?"
DELANO—"Let's have a fire."
KEANE, C. R.—"Blame the man that did it."
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