God in the deatils (1960); No names, no pack-drill (1930)

[Jonathan Lighter]

"If they don't know (and we don't tell) our names, they can't punish us with pack-drill," a British Army disciplinary exercise involving marching or running under full pack for an extended period.

"Pack-drill," AFAIK, is not an American phrase.

F. H. Snow wrote a WWI novel so titled (London: Palmer, 1932).

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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I don't understand what this one means.


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> NO NAMES, NO PACK-DRILL
> ...
> This is in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2004), pg. 627.
> ...
>
> (PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
> ...
> THE WHISPERER; SYNOPSIS.
> ROY VICKERS. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago,
> Ill.: Apr 26, 1932.
> p. 12 (1 page):
> "This is Walter. Walter Who, says you. Never mind who--no
> names, no pack-drill."
>




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