| Expression | Meaning | |
| All shit and no sugar | No fun | |
| Blow on him | Tell on him | |
| Brevet Eagle | Turkey | |
| Brevet Horse | Mule | |
| Bug juice | Whiskey | |
| Capting | Captain | |
| Comrade | Fellow soldier | |
| Cracker line | Supply line | |
| Critters | Lice and vermin | |
| Dog robber | Soldier cooking for his mess | |
| Draughts | Checkers | |
| Draw your furrow straighter | Tell the truth | |
| Flicker | Coward, as a verb "to retreat" | |
| Fresh fish | Raw recruits | |
| Grab a root | Go eat | |
| Grey back | Louse | |
| Hoofing it | Marching | |
| Horse Collar | Blanket roll | |
| Lead pills | Bullets | |
| Lef-tennant | Lieutenant | |
| Manure Spreaders | Cavalry | |
| Nuts for us boys | Easy for us | |
| Pard | Best buddy | |
| Play off | Shirk duty | |
| Played out | Exhausted | |
| Puny list | Sick call | |
| Putting on style | Putting on airs | |
| Salt horse | Salted beef | |
| Sashay around | Frolic | |
| See the elephant | See combat for the first time | |
| Sinkers | Biscuits | |
| Skedaddled | Retreated | |
| Skirmishin' | Picking lice out of clothing | |
| Traps | Gear | |
| Toad stabber | Sword or bayonet | |
| Veal | Raw recruits | |
| Wag | Joker | |
| Who wouldn't be a soldier | Who cares | |
| Yaller dogs | Staff officers |