CONSCIENTIOUS OFFICER.
AMUSING TRENCH INCIDENT.
All ranks in the British ami v. as soon as they land in Prance, arc' urgently warned against answering questions asked them by people whom thev don't knoweven though the questioner is apparently a British officer, for enemy agents have been found in the uniform' of all ranks A certain conscientious voung sub was in the front line the other "day when a major on the divisional staff came along, and began questioning the bov. with a view to testing his alertness and efficiency " hat trench is this?". " I don't know. sr ." *'What regiment is on vour right?" VI don't know, sir." " ~ "How do your rations come up'" "T don't know, sir." "Well you don't seem to know muchyoung fellow, do vou?" """-n, " Excuse me, sir, but I don't know who you are.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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138CONSCIENTIOUS OFFICER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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