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THE 
 
 Comic Military Alphabet 
 
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 BY 
 
 DE WITT C. FALLS 
 
 NEW YORK 
 Copyright, 1894, by 
 
 FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY 
 
 PUBLISHERS 
 
IS AN ADMIRAL OBSERVE HIS GOLD LACE. 
 
 HE IS FOND OF GOOD THINGS, YOU CAN TELL 
 BY HIS FACE. 
 
 Admiral , United States Navy . 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IS A BANDSMAN. AS THE PICTURE WILL SHOW. 
 SOME INSTRUMENTS TAKE GREAT EXERTION TO 
 BLOW. 
 
 Heavy Artillery , United States Army. 
 

 
 C IS A CADET WHO IS OUT ON PARADE, 
 
 TO THE GREAT ADMIRATION OF EVERY FAIR MAID. 
 
 Cade t, United States Military Academy. 
 

IS A DRUM MAJOR, WHO THINKS HE'S IMMENSE. 
 GOTTEN UP WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR 
 EXPENSE. 
 
 Infantry , United States Army . 
 
IS AN ENGINEER. TO DRAW THE ENEMY HE FAILED; 
 BUT DENIES THAT FROM TERROR, HIS FACE EVER 
 PALED. 
 
 Engineer , United States Army. 
 


IS A FIFER. THOUGH HUMBLE IN STATION. 
 
 HE’S A VERY GREAT MAN IN HIS OWN ESTIMATION. 
 
 Marine Band , United States Navy . 
 
IS A GENERAL, GIVING A COMMAND. 
 
 A SPECTACLE NOBLE, IMPRESSIVE AND GRAND. 
 
 Major-Ge?ieral , United States Army. 
 
IS A HUSSAR, CHARGING FORTH WITH A ROAR, 
 FROM THE LOOK ON HIS FACE HE SEEMS THIRST- 
 ING FOR GORE. 
 
 Chicago Hussars. 
 

 T IS AN INDIAN TROOPER, THE KIND YOU READ ABOUT 
 1 IN BOOKS, 
 
 YOU MIGHT THINK HIM KIND AND GENTLE, BUT 
 HE'S NOT AS AMIABLE AS HE LOOKS. 
 
 Indian Troops, United States Army. 
 


T IS A JOLLY JACK TAR, A FOLLOWER OF THE SEA, 
 J HE DOES THIS SORT OF THING FOR FUN! T WOULD 
 BE HARD FOR YOU OR ME. 
 
 Seaman , United States Navy . 
 
 * 
 
IS A KNAPSACK, FILLED WITH RATIONS AND 
 CLOTHES, 
 
 A HARD THING TO WEAR ON A MARCH, THIS 
 MAN KNOWS. 
 
 2 3d Regiment , National Guard , State of New York. 
 

 
 

 L IS A LIGHT ARTILLERY-MAN, WHO IS TAKING A 
 RIDE ON A GUN, 
 
 HE IS DOING IT UNDER ORDERS, AND NOT AS YOU 
 MIGHT THINK FOR FUN. 
 
 Light Artillery , United States Army. 
 
 
IS A MARINE, IN THE NAVY THEY SERVE, 
 AND IT ISN'T A PLEASURE AT TIMES YOU’LL 
 OBSERVE. 
 
 Marine , United States Navy . 
 
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 r 
 
 
IS A NAVAL CADET, YOU CAN JUDGE FROM HIS 
 FACE. 
 
 THAT HE HAS AN IDEA THAT HE OWNS THE 
 WHOLE PLACE. 
 
 Cadet , United States Naval Academy. 
 
STANDS FOR OLD GUARD, THIS IS THEIR BATTLE 
 CRY,— 
 
 “TO THE FAIR SEX WE MAY SURRENDER. BUT 
 WE NEVER, NEVER DIE.” 
 
 Old Guard ' New York. 
 
w 
 
P IS A PRIVATE, YOU MAY THINK HE LOOKS CROSS, 
 IF THE REASON YOU'D KNOW, SEE THE GAIT OF 
 HIS HORSE. 
 
 Cavalry , U tilted States Army. 
 
 L. 
 

 I 
 
Q STANDS FOR QUARTER-MASTER, WHO, AS EVERY 
 ONE KNOWS, 
 
 SUPPLIES THE NEW SOLDIERS WITH OUTFITS AND 
 CLOTHES. 
 
 Quarter-master. Infantry , United States Army. 
 
 
IS A ROLLICKING BOSTON CADET. HIS GUN BY 
 HIS SIDE HE LEANS, 
 
 WHILE HE LUNCHES 'NEATH THE SHADE TREE ON 
 BROWN BREAD AND BEANS. 
 
 Boston Cadets , Massachusetts Natiojial Guard. 
 
! 
 

IS A SIGNAL-MAN, WHO WAVED HIS FLAG WITH 
 SO MUCH ZEST 
 
 THAT A POLICEMAN WHO PASSED TOOK HIM FOR 
 AN ANARCHIST. 
 
 Signal Corps , United States Army. 
 


 T IS A TROOPER, WHOSE MISSION ON EARTH IS TO 
 FIGHT. 
 
 WHEN DRESSED IN HIS BOOTS AND HELMET, HE’S 
 SIMPLY “ OUT OF SIGHT." 
 
 City Troop , Philadelphia. 
 
 m 
 
U STANDS FOR A UNIFORM, WELL KNOWN IN 
 NEW YORK, 
 
 ITS WEARER THINKS ALWAYS HE’S THE COCK OF 
 THE WALK. 
 
 Jill Regiment , National Guard , State of New York. 
 
IS A VETERAN, WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR. 
 
 HE’S ONE OF THE MEN, THAT A PENSION SHOULD 
 DRAW. 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 

IS A WAR HORSE, THAT HAS SPILLED THE 
 TROOPER SO BOLD, 
 
 WHICH IS VERY BAD FORM WHILE DRILLING, 
 THIS SOLDIER HAS OFT BEEN TOLD. 
 
 Troop A , National Guard , State of New York. 
 

IS AN XCEEDINGLY HANDSOME YOUNG MAN, OF 
 THE VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD, 
 
 WHO FINDS IN DRILLING RAW RECRUITS TO MAKE 
 HIMSELF HEARD, IS HARD. 
 
 Virginia National Guard. 
 

 
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IS A YOUNG NAVAL RESERVE MAN, WHO IS 
 MAKING HIS FIRST TRIP TO SEA. 
 
 HE MAY BE HAVING A JOLLY TIME, BUT HE 
 DOES’NT LOOK SO TO ME. 
 
 1st Naval Battalion , New York. 
 
IS A ZOUAVE, A VETERAN OF THE WAR, 
 
 AND THIS WILL END OUR SERIES, FOR THERE 
 IS’NT ANY MORE. 
 
 Zouave , United States Navy .