THE RANKS.
Some reornits were being drilled at Aldershot by a very impatient cavalry ' drill sergeant. After about an hoar of hard drilling at the sword exercise, the . sergeant gave the order "Stand at ease." ' No sooner were the men standing at eapie^ than the sergeant commenced to complain of their attitudes, and wound up by say I ing :— ! "Why, you fellows are like a lot of dummies ; I can get smarter soldiers than you at a shilling a box." After about a minute's hesitation one of the recruits remarked : — "I suppose there would be some sergeants amongst them."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5056, 15 September 1894, Page 3
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99THE RANKS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5056, 15 September 1894, Page 3
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