Engineer Buttons and Castle
Abstract
Lieutenant Blodgett, newly commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, had been thoroughly enjoying himself until the young lady asked that question about his buttons. He had had a fine dinner, the orchestra was playing smoothly, and he knew that his new uniform fit him perfectly. Then came the question! Why, she inquired, do you wear buttons different from those that Daddy wears? Now when a girl is the daughter of a General Officer and that General Officer happens to be your Division Commander, you can not very well slide out from under such a question by a flippant remark to the effect that maybe it s her Old Man who s wrong. No, this was undoubtedly a question calling for a sensible answer, and he was stumped. Now when a girl is the daughter of a General Officer and that General Officer happens to be your Division Commander, you can not very well slide out from under such a question by a flippant remark to the effect that maybe it s her Old Man who s wrong. No, this was undoubtedly a question calling for a sensible answer, and he was stumped. Looking back upon it all he was sure that his answer had left much to be desired, and to make it worse, he had even muffed the next question as to the significance of his castle insignia. Three days later, when seeking out the truth, he blushed the color of his company guidon to recall that he had stuttered something about that building out by the reservoir in Washington or perhaps the library at West Point.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA560305
Entities
People
- Herbert D. Vogel
Organizations
- United States Army Engineer School