SOMETHING REPOSEFUL
Soldiers were called for, owing to the scarcity of civilians, to work the railway. The weary “Tommies” were lying in camp one night after a hard day’s work, when a sergeant called out:
“Any of you men want to put your names down as railway porters, drivers, stokers, half-boiled clerks, or for any other appointments connected with the railway?”
Silence, broken only by snores. Then one “Tommy” slowly raised his head and drowsily muttered:
“Put me down as a sleeper, sergeant.”