Curing the Colonel.
A certain colonel of a well-known regiment displayed such exceptional indifference with regard to the nature of documents prepared for his signature that hU subordinates had been heard declare he would sign his own deathwarrant if it were only placed before him. Oae day (so they tell th" Marines) a practical joker, a sabalteru, placd with gome official papers a loiter, in whi-ju it was stated that new barrack? and a new colonel were urgently needed — the present ones beiug useless. The unsmpecting officer, an usual, affixed his signature without glancing at the contents, and the letter was forwarded to headquarters, where its recripl created quite a sensation. The colonel is more careful now !
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Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 52
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117Curing the Colonel. Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 52
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