No Names, No Pack Drill

[FredPuli43]

"No names, no pack drill" Pack drill is, or was, an arduous exercise in the army, perhaps used as a punishment, I gather, but why 'No names'? Did soldiers have a code of silence or of not 'grassing' ?

[jno]

there's an amplification here

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pack-drill

[boxtops]

more info from earlier question http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question101002.html#answer-331185

[FredPuli43]

So really the 'no names' part has been misunderstood. That's interesting.