Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1892 — They Changed Shirts. [ARTICLE]

They Changed Shirts.

Vouth’s Companion. The true soldier obeys orders faith! fu'ly. 00 mutter ut wuat sucritico. A zompuny of a British regimeut was lent out on some duty in time of pea e to a remote vi.lajye in Ireland and left there for several weeks,quite teparated &eta its usual base of supplies. Durin? this period some general Dt-ders, applicable more especually to men in barracks, were sent to the commander of the One clause of those orders was as fol> lows: “All men in the command shall change tboir shirts at least twice a week." The captain gave orders to the orderly sergeant to see this command put into execution. “But, captain,” said the sergeant, “there's only a shirt a piece to every man in the company. How can they ’’ ‘ Silencel’’ exclaimed the captain; “orders are orders, sergeant. Let the men change shirts with one another." So the sergeant saw to it that as long as the company remained in the place on every Suuduy and Wedneeduv morning the soldiers swapped shirts oue with unotlier. Half of all. the miles of railroad in existence in this country lias been constructed since IdHU. The total addition to our mileage since that date has been 80,015.