Remembrance, continued.

 No Possible Doubt Whatever.

Sentry: "'Alt! Who goes there?"

He of the Bundle: "You shut yer —— mouth, or I'll —— come and knock yer —— head off!"

Sentry: "Pass, friend!"

Another one of the cartoons that soldiers found easy to relate to. My own Great Grandfather had a similar encounter which did not end well for him. Much has been written and said about young boys who lied about their age to get into the army. My GG came at it from the other end- he was in his fifties, swore on a stack he was in his forties, but still gave his proper birth date. He also said he was 5'3", the minimum height at the time which he most certainly was not- I doubt he was even the post 1916 5'1" minimum, when the minimum height had been lowered following the losses at the Battle of the Somme. He also swore he was a teetotaler, which, again, he wasn't. One of my cousins found his record which included the amount of money he was spending on beer at that time, and it was impressive. At any rate, his lies were probably discovered shortly after enlisting, but, instead of being sent home, he was sent to the Welland Canal Force, which had the task of guard the Welland Canal from fifth column activity from Fritz. He was on guard duty one night in 1917 when a drunk sergeant was coming back from a night on the town, and my GG demanded the password. The Sergeant, too drunk to remember his name, much less the password, and not in the mood to be challenged by some old Irish runt, instead broke my GG's arm. My GG was sent to the hospital, and ultimately, discharged, much to the relief of his sons who were fighting in France, and who were not happy that there was any risk that their old man come out and join them there.