Flag and the Faithful

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h3>THE FLAG AND THE FAITHFUL</h3> <div class="blockquot"><p>(A Washington woman has made a loud outcry to the Secretary of War to reprimand the soldiers at the Government Aviation Station for burying their faithful dog, Muggsie, wrapped in the Stars and Stripes.)</p> </div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Ah, Muggsie, good and faithful dog,<br/></span> <span class="i8">Gone to your rest!<br/></span> <span class="i0">You served your country and your flag<br/></span> <span class="i8">The very best<br/></span> <span class="i0">That lay within your humble power,<br/></span> <span class="i8">And in that far<br/></span> <span class="i0">Have been much better than some men<br/></span> <span class="i8">And women are.<br/></span> <span class="i0">As you had lived, good dog, you died,<br/></span> <span class="i8">And it is meet<br/></span> <span class="i0">The flag you served your best should be<br/></span> <span class="i8">Your winding sheet.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="right"><span class="smcap">William J. Lampton</span>.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />