Germany couldent figure out how America could get troops over there and get them trained so quick they dident know that in our manual there is nothing about

    retreating

   and when you only got to teach an Army to go one way you can do it in half the time,

   I feel pretty proud over that last little gag, As I used it before Pres Wilson in

   Washington and he repeated it in his Boston speech, Saying "as one of our

    american humorists

   says," Up to then I had only been an ordinary Rope thrower,

   Pretty tough when the Pres cops your act,

   Pres had pretty good luck on that 1st trip they saw his 14 points and raised him -------- ---- more

   Says in there, "There is to be no more wars" and then there was a Paragraph a little further down told you where to get your AMMUNITION in case there was one,

   Now he come's back to Washington to explain the

    league of nations

   to Congress You know those guys cant read anything and understand it,

   But after eating out of 15 million dollar Gold Plates and hobnobbing with Kings and Dukes can you imagine how Congress looked to him when he come back,

   Had All the Senators up to dinner at White House Took Ham Lewis three days to dress for it,

   Not much news from the Dinner Burleson copped the Phones,

   On last day went up to Capitol to sign all the bills Congress had passed Well after he had signed the

    bill

   ,

   Then he went before Congress and balled out the

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