Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1914 — Mothering His Boys. [ARTICLE]

Mothering His Boys.

A husky colonel in a western regiment wajS condemning an officer whom he thought had fussed too much over his men. “A famous editor,” he said, “watched this officer one night in camp as he showed the hoys how to fold their clothes, how to spread their bedding, how to wrap themselves in fheir blankets, etc., ang finally when the officer got to his tent the editor raid: “Haven’t you forgotten something," “What have I forgotten?" “You haven’t heard ’em say their prayers and kissed ’em good night."