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Show STOOD UP FOR HIS RIGHTS j" Drafted' Man Fully Realized He Wat Enjoying His Last Moments of d Independence. A drafted man from a dry state reached San Francisco at night, and was to go to Angel island the following morning. That night he took a careful care-ful census of the city's wet places, and got down to the Angel island boat in the morning, about one minute before the boat was due to leave. "Get aboard here, and be quick - about it," commanded the lieutenant In charge. ! Instead, the recruit smiled, lighted a cigarette, as best he could, and then sat down on the dock. "When I shtep on that boat," he said, "I'll be a soldier and have t'taka orders from you. Right now I'm a plain citizen. This Is my last chance to tell anything in English. Now, you blankety-blankety-blank sonofagun, 11 -you want me on that boat, put ma on it." The lieutenant had his men put him aboard, but the recruit's first taste of army discipline has not been recorded. San Francisco Chronicle. |