HOW TO RECOGNISE THE GENERAL.
A good story is being told about General Gatacre, who, going the round of the sentries in the recent Soudan campaign, came across a young soldier, whom he stopped and asked what his orders were. The soldier answered, ‘To keep a sharp look-out for the enemy, and also for General Gatacre.’ The general then asked him if he knew General Gatacre by sight. ‘No,’ answered the soldier. ‘Then how are you going to recognise him?’ ‘Oh. I was told that if I saw an officer fussing and swearing and rushing about that would be General Gatacre.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XVIII, 6 May 1899, Page 620
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101HOW TO RECOGNISE THE GENERAL. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXII, Issue XVIII, 6 May 1899, Page 620
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