He gives them the problem of how to raise a flag pole and asks each, in turn, how he would organize the work.
The first Lieutenant says he would have the men dig a hole, slide the poll in and tamp down the earth around it.
The next Lieutenant says much the same except he throws in a few bags of cement to hold it in place.
This goes on with each trainee, in turn, adding more details to the process until they come to the last trainee who is a Sargent who has received a field promotion.
His answer is " I would simply say, 'Sargent, raise the flag pole'".
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