WOULDN’T BACK OUT
One night General —— was out on the line and observed a light on the mountain opposite. Thinking it was a signal-light of the enemy, he remarked to his artillery officer that a hole could easily be put through it. Whereupon the officer, turning to the corporal in charge of the gun, said:
“Corporal, do you see that light?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Put a hole through it,” ordered the captain.
The corporal sighted the gun, and, when all was ready, he looked up and said:
“Captain, that’s the moon.”
“Don’t care for that,” was the captain’s ready response; “put a hole through it, anyhow.”