According to popular legend, an officer in the Revolutionary War once directed his men to fell some trees and construct a much-needed bridge. As the soldiers struggled mightily with the task, an imposing-looking man rode up and, observing their work, said to the officer, “You don’t have enough men for the job, do you?”
“No,” the officer replied. “We need some help.”
The man, looking down from his saddle, asked, “Why don’t you help your men?”
“Me?” the officer responded in a huff. “Why, I am a corporal!”
The man got down from his horse and worked with the soldiers until the bridge was completed. Then, mounting his horse, he said to the officer, “Corporal, the next time you have a job to put through and too few men to do it you had better send for the Commander-in-Chief, and I will come again.”
The man, so the legend goes, was General George Washington." --Heidi Swinton
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