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Show CHANGED IN TRANSIT. i1 ... One of the methods of communicating communica-ting from one officer to another in the trenches is to give the message to one of the privates and tell him to "pae the word along" the lino until it reaches its destination, viz., the dffi-cer dffi-cer at the Other end. The following story will show how a serious "Csps-pago "Csps-pago can be distorted on its journey from muth to muth: Lieutenant A., In charge of one end of the British line, told the private in front to "pass the word along" to Lieutenant Lieu-tenant B.: "We are going to advance. Can you send us reenforcements?" When Lieutenant B. received the message it was like this: "We are going to a dance. Can you send us three and four-pence?" Strand Magazine. |