Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1917 — LITANY OF THE TRENCHES [ARTICLE]

LITANY OF THE TRENCHES

When you’re in the army two things are certain. Either you’re mobilized or you’re not mobilized. If you’re not mobilized, then there is no use to worry. If ’“you are mobilized two things are certain. ' Either you’re at the front, or you’re behind the front. If you’re behind the front, then there is no use to worry. If you’re at the front, then two things are certain. - Either you’re in a battle, or you’re not in a battle. If you’re not in a battle, then there is no use to worry. If you're In a battle, then two things are certain. Either you’re wounded or you’re not wounded. If you’re not wounded, then there is no use to worry. If you’re wounded, then two things are certain. —r ——- Either you’re wounded slightly or you’re wounded severely. If you’re wounded slightly, then there is no use to worry. If you’re wounded severely, then two things are certain. Either you will recover, or you will die. If you will recover, then there is no use to Worry. / If you die, you can’t worry, anyway, so what’s the use?