Bingham News | 1922-07-22 | Page 7 | In Last Line of Defense

IN LAST LINE OF DEFENSE Recruit'a Answer Offers an Explanation Explana-tion of Why Some Army Drill. ' maatera do Insane. The sergeant major was renclihiK the end of his patience In bis elimination elimina-tion of the recruits' squad. "For the lust time," he yelled, going almost purple In the face, "I ask you the simple question : 'What Is a fortification?'" forti-fication?'" Shoulders dropped and with faces void of Intelligence as a vacuum of air, the recruits stood fadt as a man. No one answered. Rushing, up to the most lntelHgont-looklng lntelHgont-looklng man, the Irati N. C. O. bawled : "Tell me, my mnn, what Is a fortification?" fortifica-tion?" The answer enme like a cork out of a bottle: "Two twentlflcatlonH, sir 1" London Answers.