"...And saved the sum of things for pay."

A.E. Houseman's Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries was a response to criticism of a standing, professional army as a mass of mercenaries.

Photo from Atonement – Poppy fields « ALEX BAILEY movie stills photographer


Mark Knopfler's Rememberance Day.  (Lyrics.)

-Last year's Cluemeter posts:  Mike Royko and The G.I. Jive.