Newton D. Baker

The royalties accruing from the sale of this volume will be devoted to The Stars and Stripes Fund for French War Orphans, to which 600,000 American soldiers gave more than 2,200,000 francs during their stay in France.

This republication is made with the consent and approval of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, under the direction of the former editorial council of The Stars and Stripes, now associated in the publication of The Home Sector.

John T. Winterich End of Foreword Just Thinkin' By Hudson Hawley, Private M.G.B.N. Read by John Greenman for LibriVox.org Just Thinkin' Standin' up here on the fire step Lookin' ahead in the mist With a tin hat over your ivory And a rival clutched in your fist Waitin' and watchin' and wonderin' If the Hun's comin' over tonight Say, ain't the things you think of Enough to give you a fright? Things you ain't even thought of For a couple of months or more Things that'll set you laughin' Things'll make you sore Things that you saw in the movies Things that you saw on the street Things that you're really proud of Things that are not so sweet Debts that are past collectin' Stories you hear and forget Ball games and birthday parties Hours of drill in the wet Headlines, recruitin' posters Sunsets way out at sea Evenings of paydays, golly It's a queer thing, this memory Faces of pals in Homeburg, voices of womenfolk, verses you learnt in schooldays pop up in the mist and smoke as you stand there gripping that rifle a-starin' and chilled to the bone, wond'rin' and wond'rin' and wond'rin', just thinkin' there all alone: When will the war be over? When will the gang break through? What will the U.

S. look like? What will there be to do? Where will the Boches be then? Who will have married Nell? When's that relief a-comin' up? Gosh, but this thinkin 's hell! End of poem.

yanks is composed entirely of selections from the verse published in the stars and stripes during the nine months of the pre-armistice career and seven months before the army newspaper according to the pledge of its editors was folded away never to be taken out again the profits from the original edition were to have been used to buy fruit and delicacies for americans sick and wounded in overseas hospitals and would have been but for the decision of the judge advocate general of the a e f who after the publication and sale of the volume refused to permit the expenditure of the proceeds because of a technicality the royalties accruing from the sale of this volume will be devoted to the stars and stripes fund for french war orphans to which six hundred thousand american soldiers gave more than 2,200,000 francs during their stay in France.

This republication is made with the consent and approval of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, under the direction of the former Editorial Council of the Stars and Stripes, now associated in the publication of The Home Sector.

John T. Winterich.

Just Thinkin' by Hudson Hawley, Private MGBN, read by John Greenman for LibriVox.org Just Thinkin' Standin' up here on the fire-step, lookin' ahead in the mist, with a tin hat over your ivory and a rival clutched in your fist, waitin' and watchin' and wonderin' if the Hun's comin' over tonight.

that when the United States entered the First World War on April 6th, 1917, Dr. Irving Bass felt the call to serve his country.

Already on April 5th, the Fredericksburg doctor, married, with a family, and 37 years old, sent a letter to then Secretary of War Newton Baker offering his services.

He did not need to do so had he not wanted to.

He was well beyond the age of being drafted for service.

The royalties accruing from the sale of this volume will be devoted to The Stars and Stripes Fund for French War Orphans, to which 600,000 American soldiers gave more than 2,200,000 francs during their stay in France.

This republication is made with the consent and approval of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, under the direction of the former editorial council of The Stars and Stripes, now associated in the publication of The Home Sector.

John T. Winterich End of Foreword Just Thinkin' by Hudson Hawley, Private M.G.B.N., read by John Greenman for LibriVox.org Just Thinkin' Standin' up here on the fire step, lookin' ahead in the mist, with a tin hat over your ivory and a rifle clutched in your fist, waitin' and watchin' and wonderin' if the Hun's comin' over tonight.

Say, ain't the things you think of enough to give you a fright? Things you ain't even thought of for a couple of months or more.