A Soldiers Primer

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Title:     A Soldiers Primer
Author: W. E. Christian [More Titles by Christian]

A man, a hat, a blouse, a gun,
Call this a soldier just for fun.
A dog tent, blanket, candle, match,
His home is built with rare dispatch;
With hard tack, bacon, army beans,
Army life is not what it seems.
A damp cold night, aching head,
The next day fever-soldier dead.
The story is brief (we know it well),
And plain is moral--"War is Hell."

[The end]
W. E. Christian's poem: Soldiers Primer

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