Ir was just at the beginning of the War, when things were becoming "tightened up" in the Officer's Training Corps. A very distinguished officer arrived for an inspection.
One cadet who had been celebrating several nights running was unfortunate enough to attract the "eagle eye."
"Look down the bore of your rife, sir." barked the inspecting officer.
The cadet did so."
"Well, what do you think of it?"
"Well, Colonel, it would be a very intelligent bullet that could find its way out of it!" was the disarming reply.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.