The Wooden Guns


  AN Artillery Regiment of a State Militia applied to the Governor 
for wooden guns to practise with.

  "Those," they explained, "will be cheaper than real ones."

  "It shall not be said that I sacrificed efficiency to economy," 
said the Governor.  "You shall have real guns."

  "Thank you, thank you," cried the warriors, effusively.  "We will 
take good care of them, and in the event of war return them to the 
arsenal."