Excerpt from The Round Trip to France: "A Soldier's Diary Set to Rhyme" The Round Trip to France Enthused to be a soldier, I thought I'd take a chance, So I became enlisted, and took a trip to France. This was the ninth of June, the truth to you I'll tell, The year nineteen and seventeen, you all remember well. Being assigned to Company F, of the 7th U. S. Engineers, I took my place in line without a thought of fear. From Fort Logan, Colorado to Leavenworth was sent, Received our first drilling in which our time was spent. Our uniforms received, 'twas on the twenty-third, The boys put them on without a single word. Big athletic contest by the Army on the Fourth, A different celebration than we were used to, now of course. August twelfth, my soldier birthday, spent training there in camp, Ere we crossed the wide, wide water, the place we went in France. "A furlough I received" but then it did not last, I saw my friends once more, it was my Christmas pass. January first, the New Year's dinner it was fine, But when it was all over we had to get in line. February first, I became a private, and did my duty well, The duty of a private, a soldier boy can tell. Fort Leavenworth we're leaving, in Chicago we did dine, March first, we reached New Jersey, once more we get in line. Drilled at Camp Merritt, 'till the water we would cross, When the waves grew higher, higher on the water we did toss. While at Camp Merritt we thought it very fine, Once more into the kitchen, I took my place in line. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.