A BOLD CLERK
Two million ex-soldiers will be glad to hear that a sergeant-major has been put in his place by a humble Civil Service clerk, too. , . _ „ This is how it came about. In a small military office there were two clerks. One was a soldier—a sergeant-major—and the other was a civilian belonging to the. Civil Service. One day the colonel rang his bell for th« sergeant-major, who was temporarily out of the office. When he returned the clerk told hint that the i-olonel wanted him. “ Why didn’t you tell him where I had gone?” said the sergeant-major in that charming way that sergeant-majors have. When the clerk “ told him off,” he wa* marched before the colonel for insubordination, suspended, and placed on half-pay. Then the Clerks’ Association stepped in. It was proved that the clerk was a civilian, and that the sergeant-major could not treat him as he would treat a private or a corporal. The War Office agreed, and refunded his full pay for the suspension. He is probably the only man who ha* “ told oil ” a’ sergeant-major and got a wav with it, with the approval of the Wag
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Evening Star, Issue 21499, 25 August 1933, Page 5
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192A BOLD CLERK Evening Star, Issue 21499, 25 August 1933, Page 5
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