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WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK and RIO GRANDE RATTLER TO SPARTANBURG O hail! hind host, whose warm hearts heats A s Spartan o f the nation T o us who come to swarm your streets Ydith twice the f)ofmlation. Invaders we, o f quiet ways , Y o u r dream -lit lanes and m o u n tains . W i t h you we sfend our training days A nd l a y at soda fountains. W7 e thank your shies fo r all their gold, W e crave no nights o f zero, W e like your suns, hut when it s cold It s hard to he a hero. Y o u r misses T soft in sfeech and eyes, Your genial, p e a sa n t matrons. Your cakes and sweet fotato lies A n d cooks wi th gleaming ajyrons. O hail to thee — though rains may flow U f o n your roads so ruddy — T h e sun is hound to shine, and oh! , Your smile is never m uddy! By Private Charles Divine 107th Infantry