When Gen. Leonard Wood was a small boy he was called up in the grammar class.
The teacher said: “Leonard, give me a sentence and we’ll see if we can change it to the imperative mood.”
“The horse draws the cart,” said Leonard.
“Very good. Now change it to an imperative.”
“Get up!” said young Wood.
MERELY A WAY-STATION
“Going to France?” asked a traveling man at the station of a negro soldier.
“No, sah! I’se not going to France,” replied the dusky soldier. “I’se goin’ to Berlin, but I may stop in France for a showt time on de way.”
OBEYING ORDERS
He was a new and not very intelligent soldier, and took Army Regulations very seriously. He was strolling down the Strand smoking a pipe, when he was passed by a Brigadier-General. When he failed to salute, the mighty one pulled him up.