PUBLICATION COMMITTEE Edward F. Dalton, Chairman Co. 2, 1st P. T. R. 1st P. T. R. W. Dyar, Co. 1 P. J. Field, Co. 2 G. B. Blaine, Co. 3 A. F. Woodies, Co. 4 J. C. McMullin, Co. 5 R. T. Frye, Co. 5 M. B. Phipps, Co. 6 D. Loring, Jr., Co. 7 C. H. Ramsey, Co. 8 W. W. Webber, Co. 9 S. S. Gordon, Tr. 1 R. B. Leake, Btry. 1 D. E. Currier, Btry. 2 2nd P. T. R. W. J. Littlefield, Btry. 3 T. C. Jessup, Co. 1 E. E. Henderson, Co. 1 F. J. Felbel, Co. 2 Lieut. Kenneth McIntosh, Co. 4 Capt. Richardson, Co. 5 Pendleton King, Co. 6 H. MacKay, Co. 7 Herbert Clock, Co. 9 E. S. Murphy, Btry. 1 C. G. Shaw, Btry. 2 M. N. Kernochan, Btry. 3 FOREWORD _River that rolls to the restless deep From sylvan-born placidity, Stained issue of the undefiled By your own wayward will exiled From the crystal lap of a land-locked sea,_ _Read me the meaning of your mood. The waters murmur as they flow, "Strife is the law by which we live; Stagnation, our alternative: This is the only truth we know."_ _The tides of mortal toilers meet To merge their rhythms in bloody fray, And, wave to wave, their armies call-- Nay, summon us that we shall all Assume the role we choose to play._ _So, at the cry, in loyal breasts, As smaller self-concern recedes, Still burns the old Achillean fire, Still eager questing souls desire Not life but living, not days but deeds._ PART I POEMS STANDING IN LINE When I applied for Plattsburg I stood for hours in line To get a piece of paper which they said I had to sign; When I had signed I stood in line (and my, that line was slow!) And asked them what to do with it; they said they didn't know. And when I came to Plattsburg I had to stand in line, To get a Requisition, from five o'clock till nine; I stood in line till night for the Captain to endorse it; But the Q. M. had one leggin' left; I used it for a corset. We stand in line for hours to get an issue for the squad; We stand in line for hours and hours to use the cleaning-rod; And hours and hours and hours and hours to sign the roll for pay; And walk for miles in double files on Inoculation day. Oh, Heaven is a happy place, its streets are passing fair, And when they start to call the roll up yonder I'll be there; But when they start to call that roll I certainly will resign If some Reserve Archangel tries to make me stand in line.