Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — Why He Didn't Salute. [ARTICLE]

Why He Didn't Salute.

General Allenby, one of the two field officers responsible for the advance on the Mons-Lens sector of the western front, tells a story of one of the colonels who was strolling about the camp before breakfast one morning attired principally in pajamas, a raincoat and an eyeglass. A new recruit approached him, stared, and passed by. The colonel raged. “Why the deuce don’t you salute?" he asked. The rooky was the picture of injured Innocence. "We were told not to salute when improperly dressed, sir;” "But you’re fully dressed, my lad." replied the colonel. “Yes. sir.” said the bright youth, “I am, but you’re not”