Here is a simple method of aiding the admirable efforts of educational
Staff-Officers in the army.
Let all Regimental Orders be interspersed with items of information
likely to be of use in civilian life. Thus:--
53. ... will be rendered to this office, in triplicate, by noon
to-morrow.
53A. _Etiquette, Points of_. It is not considered correct to address
an Archbishop as "Archie" unless one is on terms of considerable
intimacy with him. In writing to a Duchess never commit the vulgar
error of putting a stamp on the envelope; the sixth footman in a ducal
household is always provided with a fund in respect of unpaid postage
on incoming correspondence.
54. ... is placed out of bounds to all troops on account of an
outbreak of mumps.
54A. _Data, Geographical_.--Of all fish those of the Bay of Biscay are
perhaps the best nourished. An isthmus is a piece of land which saves
another piece of land from being an island. The principal exports of
Germany are prisoners of war.