CHANGED IN TRANSIT. One of the methods of communication, from one officer to another in the trencher was to give the message to a private and to tell the latter : “ Pass the word along” the line until it reached its destination—viz., the officer at the other end. The following story will show how a serious message can be distorted on its journey from mouth to mouth Lieutenant A., in charge of the end of the British line, told the private la front to “ pass the word ” along to Lieutenant B. ; “We are going to advance. Gan you send us reinforcements?’' Whwi Lieutenant B. received the message it ran thus ; ”We are going to a dance. Can you send ns three and fourpence?”
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Evening Star, Issue 16994, 17 March 1919, Page 6
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122Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 16994, 17 March 1919, Page 6
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