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Show "Military discipline," said General Nelson A. Miles, "can hardly be carried too far. Sometimes, though, we hear of orders that would have been more honored in the breach than the observance. "Thus, there was a certain colonel who, in the middle of a campaign, was seized with a sudden sud-den ardor about hygiene. He ordered that all his men change their shirts at once. "This order was duly carried out except in the case of one company Where the privates' ward? robes had been pitiably depleted. The captain of this company was informed that none of his men could change their shirts, since they had only one apiece. The captain hesitated a moment and said firmly: " 'Orders must be obeyed Let the men change shirts with each other.' " |