Aren't you a little behind the times sir?…

349 Aren't you a little behind the times sir? ... What on earth do you mean young man? You said that every good man who joins the regular Army is a good man lost to industry. It just isn't true you know. Hang it man, I ought to know! l was employ- ing men before you were born! The Army turns out first-rate soldiers. Always did. But not one in ten is fit for immediate civil employment. That may have been true once sir, but not now. I happen to be a corporal in the new regular Army. What, travelling in civilian clothes? Didn't you know that we wear civvies off duty now? It's a sign of the times in Army life today.