A war story, which is true, was told by a civilian official at a R.A.M.C. mess. He was travelling down to Winchester in a carriage, into which several Tommies liad got, and overheard the following fragment: "Onr major 'e's an officor and a gentleman; an officer and a gentleman. The other clay lie comcs into the canteen and says, says lie, 'Any complaints?' And 1 says, 'Yes, sir; beg your pardon, sir, tins tea ain't lit to drink.' So he says to the bloke who'd served us, 'Give us a cup.' And wlicn he'd tasted it, ' 'Og-wash,' says he. ' 'Og-wash,' and lie says to the bloko, 'Lino these men up,' and when he'd done that he says, 'And now givo them back their tuppences.' AM I'd never paid miiie.l"
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2686, 4 February 1916, Page 4
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129Untitled Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2686, 4 February 1916, Page 4
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