The Chief of Staff sits up above and wonders “wot fell?”
  The money goes by millions, but the Army is a sell. 
  We privates, if we dared to, could easy hit the mark,
  It’s grass that takes up all our time from early dawn to dark.

  We all would like to soldier and get prepared for war;
  It’s what we left our happy homes and joined the Army for. 
  We’d like to learn our duties from “skirmish drill” to “mass.” 
  But all we learn with Uncle Sam is grass, grass, grass!

  I hate the sight of anything that has a color green;
  My disposition’s ruined and I have a swoolen spleen. 
  And when my time to cash in comes, I pray a gracious God,
  That I’ll be buried out at sea—­not placed beneath the sod.

THE SONG OF THE SHOVEL AND THE PICK

  The Sergeant says:  “My gun is rusty,
  And I guess it must be right. 
  But you ought to see my pick and shovel;
  They are always shining bright.”

    Chorus: 

    Farewell, Bunkie, I must leave you,
    And leave you mighty quick
    For I’ll be d——­d if I can soldier
    With a shovel and a pick.

  There is hash that’s hot, and hash that’s cold;
  There’s hash that’s new and hash that’s old;
  And Hash that’s mixed into skilligbee;
  But with me they don’t agree.

    Chorus: 

    So, Farewell, Bunkie, I must leave you,
    And I leave you with a dash;
    For I’ll be d——­d if I can soldier
    On Uncle Samuel’s corn beef hash.

ARMY SLANG

B-ache—­to complain.

Beans—­the commissary sergeant.

Bean-shooter—­a commissary officer.

Belly-ache—­to complain.

Black strap—­liquid coffee.

Blind—­sentenced by court-martial to forfeiture of pay without confinement.

Bob-Tail—­a dishonorable discharge, or a discharge without honor; to be “bobtailed”—­to be discharged or to be given a discharge without honor.

Bone—­to study; to try; to cultivate.

Bone bootlick on—­to cultivate the favor of.

Boots and Saddles—­trumpet call.

Bootlick—­to flatter.

Brig—­guard-house.

Bow-legs—­cavalrymen.

Buck-private—­a term sometimes used in referring to a private.

Bucking for Orderly—­giving clothing and accoutrements extra cleaning so as to compete for orderly.

Bunkie—­a soldier who shares the shelter of a comrade.

Bust—­to reduce a non-commissioned officer to the grade of a private.

Butcher—­the company barber.

Canned Horse—­canned beef.

Chief—­name by which the chief musician of the band is usually called by the enlisted men.

Cit—­a civilian.

Cits—­civilian clothes.

C. O.—­commanding officer.

Coffee Cooler—­one who seeks easy details away from troops; one who is always looking for an easy job.