An Officers Test

A Certain 'Je ne sais quois.'

Apparently, one of the elite French Cuirassier regiments had a rather novel selection test for aspiring officers. Candidates were provided with three women, three bottles of champagne and three horses. They were then given three hours in which to complete the following; drink all the champagne, bed all three women and ride a cross-country course of twenty miles. These activities could be completed in any order the candidate wished

In A ompany I/ KOYLI in the 50's you had to pass a simlar test to get into the company. You had to drink 13 pints, get into a punchup with the Redcaps (Military Police) and be sentenced to 28 days deention.

Arnie