Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: Let's Go!!] ROOKIE RHYMES BY THE MEN OF THE 1st. and 2nd. PROVISIONAL TRAINING REGIMENTS PLATTSBURG, NEW YORK MAY 15--AUGUST 15 1917 [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON ROOKIE RHYMES Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published September, 1917 CONTENTS _Page_ PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 13 FOREWORD 15 Robert Tapley, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R. PART I--POEMS STANDING IN LINE 19 Morris Bishop, Co. 8, 1st P. T. R. THE FIRST TIME 21 ONWARD CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 22 D. E. Currier, 2d Battery, 1st P. T. R. THEY BELIEVE IN US BACK HOME 24 Anch Kline, Co. 1, 1st P. T. R. ODE TO A LADY IN WHITE STOCKINGS 29 Robert Cutler, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. "AVOIRDUPOIS" 31 D. E. Currier, 2d Battery, 1st P.T.R. GO! 35 J. S. O'Neale, Jr., Co. 4, 2d P. T. R. THE PLATTSBURG CODE 36 R. L. Hill, Co. 5, 2d P. T. R. A CONFERENCE 38 Donald E. Currier, 2d Battery, 1st P. T. R. SUNDAY IN BARRACKS 41 Anch Kline, Co. 1, 1st P. T. R. THE BALLAD OF MONTMORENCY GRAY 43 Pendleton King, Co. 6, 2d P. T. R. GIRLS 51 Robert M. Benjamin, Co. 3, 1st P. T. R. A LAMENT 52 H. Chapin, Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. THE MANUAL 53 George S. Clarkson, Co. 4, 1st P. T. R. THOSE "PATRIOTIC" SONGS 55 Frank J. Felbel, Co. 2, 2d P. T. R. SATURDAY P.M. 58 Harold Amory, Co. 5, 1st P. T. R. HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED 62 C. K. Stodder, Co. 9, 1st P. T. R. ARMA FEMINAMQUE 63 W. R. Witherell, Co. 7, 2d P. T. R. OUT O' LUCK 65 W. K. Rainsford, Co. 7, 2d P. T. R. SHERMAN WAS RIGHT 69 Joe F. Trounstine, Co. 4, 2d P. T. R. TROOPSHIP CHANTY 70 Harold Speakman, Co. 4, 2d P. T. R. THOSE RUMORS 71 F. L. Bird, 2d Battery, 1st P. T. R.