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cogitated, meditated and deliberated, and finally they came to this
decisions “Let's give him back his three pennies and tell him to go to

heli,"

This is exactly the way I feel, ond -personally I would have liked
to give.this fellow back his $6.50 and-told him where to goe

But we have ao better-direction from Lt. Warren Hodges, who sent us
the admonition of Pfc. Harold Fleming of Ft. Bragg, Ne Ce Doubtless most
of you-boys have seon.this in.Stars and Stripes, but = many of our boys
on this side we — it <«. ~ ‘.

First Epistle to The Sulesbeus

1. Lo, all ye miserable sinners, entering through the Gate of
Induction into the Land of Khaki, hearken unto my words};
for I have dwelt. in. this land for many months and mine eyes
have witnessed ell manner of folly and woe.

' 2e Verily have. I, tasted of the bitter Fruit of TS.and drained
. the — of - ~ of Snafus

3. Gira up typ ie my. son, and take “up aa olive aed: but
act slowly and with exceeding care and hearken first to the
counsel of .a-wiser and sadder man than thou: «-°  ,::

: .4..Beware thou the Sergeant who is:called First; he has.a
pleased and ‘foolish look-but he concealeth a serpent in
his he _ °

Gy. ayeba Wha whee ho en ‘tt canal: Sah tips sktadins: hie
smileth not for thee; his heart — ot the a of

HO thy eae oa i owen ignorancée. .., p : >

“Be He will ae gee smile and. work al manner oe: aA against
the. A wise man shuns the orderly room, but the ne shall
. dwell..in the kitchen, forever. -- past . eoge By ao

7. thine: all things there is a times there is a time to speak
and a. time to be-silent; be thou like wmto.stone in the
presence of thy.. superiors, and keep thy: tongue still when

they shall opt for volunteers.

8. The wise man ‘espiedia” im the easy details, | bite only a
_-, fool sticketh out his neck, : Fs

9. Look thou eh Macias upon the-newly-made corporal; he
prizeth much his stripes and is proud and foolish; he
laugheth and joketh much-with the older noncoms and, looketh
upon the private with a from. - sh

10. He would fain go to OCs, but ‘ie oat cite

11. Know thou that the Sergeant of the Mess is a man of many
moods: when he looketh pleased and his words are like