Brian, You could be right on that one ,but the real reason i think was you could eat them hot or cold and on a long march aswell it is true when they say"The army can march all day on a tin of beans

I should know I have done it lots of times in the U.K. and overseas. Singing "Show me the way to go home."or "We had to join we had to join old larrys army up at 6 Oclock hands off your----- runni

ng round the block

can not tell you the rest mate it would get in the local rag
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