The First Hundred Thousand, Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "k (1),"
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The Round Game Department having furnished us with one set of rules, the Practical Joke Depart- THE BACK OF THE FEONT 189 ment prepared another, entirely different, and issued ttiem to the officers who superin- tended such things as entrainment and embarkation. At least, that is the most charitable explanation of the course of action adopted by the few Mr. Hydes whom we encountered. Two of these humorists linger in the mem- ory. The first was of the type which is ad- miringly referred to in com...mercial circles as a hustler. His hustling took the form of beginning to shout incomprehensible orders almost before the train had drawn up at the platform. After that he passed from party to party, each of which was working strenu- ously under its own sergeant, and commanded them (not the sergeant) to do something else, somewhere else — a course of action naturally calculated to promote unity and celerity of action all round. A perspiring sergeant who ventured to point out that his party were working under the direct orders of their Com- pany Commander, was promptly placed under arrest, and his flock enjoyed a welcome and protracted breathing-space until an officer of sufficient standing to cope with Mr.
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