There he was made to wheel about to the right, to the left, to draw his rammer, to return his rammer, to present, to fire, to march, and they gave him thirty blows with a cane; the next day he performed his exercise a little better, and they gave him but twenty; the day following he came off with ten, and was looked upon as a young fellow of surprising genius by all his comrades.
Ott rászoktatják, hogy jobbra-át, balra-át, vállhoz a puskát, lábhoz a puskát, célozz, lőjj, lépést szaporázz - s végül harmincat kap a fenekére; másnap már jobban végzi a gyakorlatot és csak huszat kap; a következő napon már csak tizet adnak neki és pajtásai ugy nézik, mint valami csodát.