Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks
CHAPTER I
A LESSON IN RESPECT FOR THE UNIFORM
"AW, what's the difference between a soldier and a loafer?" demanded "Bunny" Hepburn.
"A soldier ain't a loafer, and it takes nerve to be a soldier. It's a job for the bravest kind of a man," retorted Jud Jeffers indignantly.
"Answer my c'nundrum," insisted Bunny.
"It ain't a decent conundrum," retorted Jud, with dignity, for his father had served as a volunteer soldier in the war with Spain.
"Go on, Bunny," broke in another boy in the group, laughing. "I'll be the goat. What is the difference between a soldier and a loafer?"