Someone with concern for the old general's health asked him to put on his hat, to which Johnston replied "If I were in his place and he were standing here in mine, he would not put on his hat.
Когда его попросили надеть шляпу, опасаясь за его здоровье, он ответил: «Если бы я был на его месте, а он стоял бы на моем, он бы не надел свою шляпу».