travel books: dant wants to say something to you, he orders you to attend Orders, and you're marched in, first to Company Orders, and ordered to attend Commandant's Orders, and then you're marched into the Commandant's office, and get what's coming to you. Or say you've committed some crime, like being late, or absent. The Company Commander might not want to deal with the case himself. He might send you to the Adjutant for sentence, and the Adjutant might send you to the Commandant. So don't go and commit no crimes. "Again, any man is entitled to interview the Company Commander, privately, about any matter. But he can't just walk in Bolo and " "What's Bolo?" "Cockeyed; anything not correct in the Coldstream Guards is Bolo. You don't just walk in and say `Oi'. You see Sergeant In Waiting, and write out an Application for an Interview, and then, if the Captain is free to see you, which he always is, you're stood at ease outside the office, then, when your name's called you spring to attention and march in with your hands to your sides; mark time, halt; left turn, and, as your name's called again, take a smart pace forward and wait till you're spoken to. When the interview is over, you receive the order Fall In, and take a smart pace backward, left turn again, and out you go, fast, keeping your hands still. It's dead easy. A baby in arms could do it. If the officer 'says anything to you and you just want to say Yes, say `Yes, sir'; not just `sir'. The Billy Browns, or Grenadiers, say `sir'; the Lilywhites say `Yes, sir'. books

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dant wants to say something to you, he orders you to attend Orders, and you're marched in, first to Company Orders, and ordered to attend Commandant's Orders, and then you're marched into the Commandant's office, and get what's coming to you. Or say you've committed some crime, like being late, or absent. The Company Commander might not want to deal with the case himself. He might send you to the Adjutant for sentence, and the Adjutant might send you to the Commandant. So don't go and commit no crimes.
" Again, any man is entitled to interview the Company Commander, privately, about any matter. But he can't just walk in Bolo and "
" What's Bolo?"
" Cockeyed; anything not correct in the Coldstream Guards is Bolo. You don't just walk in and say `Oi'. You see Sergeant In Waiting, and write out an Application for an Interview, and then, if the Captain is free to see you, which he always is, you're stood at ease outside the office, then, when your name's called you spring to attention and march in with your hands to your sides; mark time, halt; left turn, and, as your name's called again, take a smart pace forward and wait till you're spoken to. When the interview is over, you receive the order Fall In, and take a smart pace backward, left turn again, and out you go, fast, keeping your hands still. It's dead easy. A baby in arms could do it. If the officer 'says anything to you and you just want to say Yes, say `Yes, sir'; not just `sir'. The Billy Browns, or Grenadiers, say `sir'; the Lilywhites say `Yes, sir'.