An intoxicated soldier, who was quarreling with his Corporal finally said:
“You just keep quiet; you are no man.”
“I’ll show you,” retorted the Corporal, drawing his sabre.
“You can’t do it,” returned the other; “does not the Captain always say, when he orders out the guard: ‘for this post, six men and a corporal’? Do you see now that a Corporal isn’t called a man?”
No Swearing on Sunday
Captain:—“To-day is Sunday, so I won’t swear; but to-morrow, you may all go to thunder!”
Guarding the Sentry-box
A recruit stood sentry for the first time. At first he walked quietly up and down before the sentry-box. After a while he grew tired, stood still before it, looked it all over and shaking his head exclaimed: “I wonder what they see in this old box that I must stand here and guard it!”