An Officer Who Wanted To Command A Colored Regiment

propoundod to a Captain who has been a,n ojjicer, for a y Oar, and dteired promotion in a colofèd regiment : Q. Whal is a ? A. Wall, its somethingin. the naturo of a ppy - usually troóps sent out near the enemj' - gunerully undur a Brigadier Genuml ! Q. If o, is.an traveld ain-to-nths of a milü in three hours, ho-w Laï will he ïraVêj in ono hoor? (The vvretched victim trios to aceoiiiplish this on the blaokboard by the " rulfl of three.") Q. Who w;i8 the Roman Emperor who first embraced Cliristinnity ? Answcr - (triumjibantlv).-" .lcxandor,"