1. A Staff Officer came back from the line without having had a narrow
escape.

2. A General visited the line and expressed unqualified approval of
everything he saw.

3. A Quartermaster-Sergeant put _all_ the contents of the rum-jar into
the tea.

4. A sniper fired at a Hun and reported a miss.

5. A bombing-party threw bombs into a sap without reporting "shrieks
and groans were heard, and it is thought that many casualties were
inflicted."

6. A Sergeant-Major complimented a new squad of recruits.

7. Somebody read an Intelligence Summary.

8. A very high official fired the first shot to open the new
rifle-range and failed to hit the bull.

NOTE--(a) The Marker was not court-martialled for spreading alarm
and despondency in His Majesty's forces; but

(b) The quality of mercy was fearfully strained.

9. A bombing-class came back from practice without a single casualty.