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Show Pershing's Paymaster.'' In one of those out-of-the-way army posts where the outside world seems all too remote, word that General Gen-eral Pershing was to lead an expedition expedi-tion to France set the post buzzing with gossip and speculation, says the New York Evening Post. "Now that's something like," said one officer. "I'd give anything to go with Pershing." "Why not write and tell him so?" suggested a young lieutenant. "What! Me?" came the reply.-"Why, reply.-"Why, I'm only a paymaster." "And a mighty good paymaster," Insisted In-sisted the other. And so a letter was duly forwarded to General Pershing by the paymaster who wanted to serve under him In France. Two days later a telegram arrived at the post for the paymaster. It read : "You're it. Pershing." It's not all red tape In the army. |