National Defense: Porch

To the infinite variety of grounds on which citizens feel entitled to recover damages from the Army, a new one was added last week. A farmer near Prescott, Ark. had a pretty daughter, and every night soldiers from a nearby camp came to call on her. One night the gathering was so large that the porch caved in. The farmer wants the Army to pay for a new one.

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