Told of the War Office.
A certain officer of the Boyal Horse Artillery, having his battery divided into halfbatteries, which were garrisoned over 40 miles apart, by road, applied that he might have an allowance granted him for an gxtra charger, it being his duty to frequently visit both portions. The War OSace ruled that this allowance was inadmissible, saying: "Measured by the Ordnance map, as the orow flies, the distance is found to be only 33 miles and a-half."
For a time the officer was nbnplussed, but an idea, struck him, and he seized his pen and wrote :
" There would appear to be some misunderstanding regarding my application. I am asking for an allowance for an additional charger, not an additional crow. I do not ride v crow ; T ride a horse !" He got it.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2513, 14 May 1902, Page 72
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136Told of the War Office. Otago Witness, Issue 2513, 14 May 1902, Page 72
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