"A court martial! Is it possible?" exclaimed my friend, on looking
into the general order book, which was put before him on the
breakfast-table. "Well, I did not think it would come to that."
"I did," said the Major of the regiment, who was sitting opposite to
him. "For it strikes me that the chief is never so happy as when he is
squabbling with the members of the courts, and publicly reprimanding
them for their inconsistency, or whatever else may occur to him. This
is the seventh court martial held in this station within the past two
months, and with the exception of one case, the whole of them were
unnecessary."