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The
first
known
case
,
in
Aberdeen
,
Scotland
,
was
typical
.
Some
veterans
got
together
as
vigilantes
to
stop
rioting
and
looting
,
hanged
a
few
people
(
including
two
veterans
)
and
decided
not
to
let
anyone
but
veterans
on
their
committee
.
Just
arbitrary
at
first
--
they
trusted
each
other
a
bit
,
they
did
n't
trust
anyone
else
.
What
started
as
an
emergency
measure
became
constitutional
practice
...
in
a
generation
or
two
.
Probably
those
Scottish
veterans
,
since
they
were
finding
it
necessary
to
hang
some
veterans
,
decided
that
,
if
they
had
to
do
this
,
they
were
n't
going
to
let
any
"
bleedin
'
,
profiteering
,
black-market
,
double-time-for-overtime
,
army-dodging
,
unprintable
"
civilians
have
any
say
about
it
.
They
'd
do
what
they
were
told
,
see
?
--
while
us
apes
straightened
things
out
!
That
's
my
guess
,
because
I
might
feel
the
same
way
...
and
historians
agree
that
antagonism
between
civilians
and
returned
soldiers
was
more
intense
than
we
can
imagine
today
.
Sally
did
n't
tell
it
by
the
book
.
Finally
Major
Reid
cut
him
off
.
"
Bring
a
summary
to
class
tomorrow
,
three
thousand
words
.
Mr.
Salomon
,
can
you
give
me
a
reason
--
not
historical
nor
theoretical
but
practical
--
why
the
franchise
is
today
limited
to
discharged
veterans
?
"
"
Uh
,
because
they
are
picked
men
,
sir
.
Smarter
.
"
"
Preposterous
!
"
"
Sir
?
"
"
Is
the
word
too
long
for
you
?
I
said
it
was
a
silly
notion
.
Service
men
are
not
brighter
than
civilians
.
In
many
cases
civilians
are
much
more
intelligent
.
That
was
the
sliver
of
justification
underlying
the
attempted
coup
d'etat
just
before
the
Treaty
of
New
Delhi
,
the
so-called
'
Revolt
of
the
Scientists
'
:
let
the
intelligent
elite
run
things
and
you
'll
have
utopia
.
It
fell
flat
on
its
foolish
face
of
course
.
Because
the
pursuit
of
science
,
despite
its
social
benefits
,
is
itself
not
a
social
virtue
;
its
practitioners
can
be
men
so
self-centered
as
to
be
lacking
in
social
responsibility
.
I
've
given
you
a
hint
,
Mister
;
can
you
pick
it
up
?
"
Sally
answered
,
"
Uh
,
service
men
are
disciplined
,
sir
.
"
Major
Reid
was
gentle
with
him
.
"
Sorry
.
An
appealing
theory
not
backed
