OBEYED ORDERS.
A certain captain, who shall be nameless, having been ordered on foreign service, gave a farewell dinner to his regiment. Addressing the men before they commenced to eat, he said: "Now, lads, treat this dinner as you would the enemy." After dinner he discovered Private Robinson stowing bottles of champagne away in a bag. Highly incensed, the captain asked him what he meant by such conduct. "Why, sir," said Hobinson, "I'm only obeying orders." "Obeying orders?" roared the captain. "What do you mean?" "Yes, sir," was the answer. "You told us to treat the dinner like an enemy, and you know, sir, when we meet an enemy those we don't kill we take prisoners."
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 6
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