Word: antone
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Unser Anton von Galgotzy hated to write. When he was Austria's Quartermaster-General a Colonel sent him a fourpage document, in triplicate, filled with reasons why he should be supplied with a clock for his barrack square. Unser Anton's reply: "No Money?No Clock...
...Because the only wife I could ever tolerate," rumbled Unser Anton, "is your wife!" General von Galgotzy meant it. When Theatreman Maurice died, General von Galgotzy, already over 60, married his widow...
Shortly before the War he set his aide, the Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, a problem in tactics. The Archduke scratched his Habsburg head and wrote out a solution. Unser Anton perused the paper and observed respectfully...
Keen wit and undeniable ability kept Unser Anton on active service long past the legal age for retirement. Once another Austrian Archduke attempted to suggest that it was time for him to retire...
...feeble-minded," added Unser Anton. The subject was not mentioned again...