“Quick march!”
And off went the valiant soldier, marching down the road at a quick pace, while the preacher resumed his address.
SUFFICIENTLY EQUIPPED
Recruiting Sergeant—“I can’t enlist you, my good man; you have only one eye.”
Patriotic Scotsman—“Hoots! that disna matter. Ye’ve tae shut ae e’e whin yer shootin’ onywey.”
“NEXT OF KIN”
A good recruiting story, told by an officer at Seaforth, shows how prone is a simple mind to be confused by the elaborate cross-questioning which the new recruit has to undergo. The officer was entrusted with the collection of particulars necessary for the allotment of allowances to the soldiers’ dependents.
He was interrogating a young fellow who did not seem to have a clear idea what it was all about.
“Next of kin?” he asked, in a sharp, business-like way.