Is this the most ridiculous British army officer of all time?

 Sandwiches have been banned from an officers’ mess after a commander noticed many soldiers were eating them with their hands as he insisted “a gentleman or a lady uses a knife and fork.”
Major General James Cowan issued the note after he noticed officers were eating sandwiches with their hands and failing to stand when commanders entered the room.
His three-page letter criticised standards at Bulford Camp in Wiltshire where he said he had seen many “frankly barbaric” techniques and habits displayed by soldiers and officers.
The note, addressed to ‘Chaps’, said: “Quite a few officers in the divisional mess seem to be under the impression that they can eat their food with their hands. The practice of serving rolls and sandwiches must stop,” the Sun reported.
The letter penned by Maj Gen Cowan, who is in charge of 20,000 soldiers and 2,500 officers in 3 UK Division, mostly based at Bulford, also criticised poor grammar and writing, advising against the "wanton use of capitals, abbreviations and acronyms" because they can leave the reader exhausted.Read More An Army commander has banned the "barbaric" practice of officers and soldiers eating with their hands in a three-page attack on appalling standards he has noticed.Read more HERE

Has Maj Gen Cowan really got his priorities right? What’s important right now to the UK? The Ukraine crisis? The re-emergence of Republican Terrorism? Al Qaeda? North Korea? No he sees `sandwiches` as the biggest threat to the British army. You really couldn’t make it up. I think Mr Cowan is a slice of bread short of a loaf.


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