THE CABINET: A Private Like the Rest

Dwight Filley Davis, Secretary of War, was last week consulted by the Adjutant General of the Army. The General held an application in his hand for admission to a citizens' military training camp and signed, "Dwight F. Davis Jr., student, St. Mark's School, Southborough, Mass."

To what camp would the Secretary of War like the recruit sent?

Cried the Secretary: "Show him no favors. He must be a private like the rest!"

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