To the Acting Tenth Assistant in the Board of

Speed Control,

Who will Docket it and Poke it in the Proper

Pigeonhole.

When the Eighteenth Under-Deputy has found it

hiding there,

He will Specify and Advertise with Customary Care;

So, in time, they ll give a Contract though I

cannot tell you when,

But I think you ll get your Blankets when the

Robins nest again! & quot;

Said the Officer Commanding, as he pulled his

graying Hair:

& quot;I should like to have some Rifles, if you have a

few to spare;

I should like to have some Cannon and a Ton or

so of Shell

Just any kind that s Shootable will answer very well ;

For Hostile Guns are hurling Shot with Personal

Intent,

And Etiquette demands that we return the Com

pliment;

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