They are terribly dull souls.
They cannot give an order intelligently.

The real test of a soldier is the way he gives an order.

I heard a Colonel with eight ribbons for eight campaigns scold a private for five minutes because he could not see a signal flag, and no one else could.

It is not becoming that a Colonel should scold for five minutes.

Friday they charged a hill with one of their "frontal" attacks and lost three Colonels and 500 men.