The squad¹ were having “visual training”． One smart recruit was asked by the officer to count how many men composed a digging party in a distant field．The party was so faraway that the men appeared as mere² dots， but unhesitatinglythe recruit replied：

“Sixteen men and a sergeant³，sir．”

“Right；but how do you know there's a sergeant there？”

“He's not doing any digging， sir．”

44．视力训练

班里正在进行“视力训练”。一个聪明伶俐的新兵被班长叫出来数远处旷野上采掘队的人数。采掘队在很远的地方，那些人看起来只是一些小点儿。但是这个新兵毫不犹豫地回答。

“十六个兵外加一个中士，长官。”

“正确，可是你怎么知道那儿有一个中士？”

“他不干活，长官。”