. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. to others to knowwhats right, youll geton with your businessquicker. Keep cool, Colonel;Ill sit at your feet andlearn wisdom if youve amind to impart it—onlyI expect your wisdom isof tiie same old red-tapeorder. You think so ! Youdont know I was watch-ing you on parade thismorning, young man. Iwatched how you handledyour rifle; it was all Icould do to keep fromshouting at you. Hadyou ever a rifle in yourhand before you camehere, may I ask ? I dont mind sayingthat I never had. Illconfide a little more to you
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. to others to knowwhats right, youll geton with your businessquicker. Keep cool, Colonel;Ill sit at your feet andlearn wisdom if youve amind to impart it—onlyI expect your wisdom isof tiie same old red-tapeorder. You think so ! Youdont know I was watch-ing you on parade thismorning, young man. Iwatched how you handledyour rifle; it was all Icould do to keep fromshouting at you. Hadyou ever a rifle in yourhand before you camehere, may I ask ? I dont mind sayingthat I never had. Illconfide a little more to you. I imaginedit a pretty simple thing to raise a rifle tothe shoulder and fire. I knew, of course,some practice was needed to shoot found that with the butt pressed into my l^iJ^^l iJ[ v^i^JL^K^^ iii 1 SOLDIERS CLEANING THEIR RIFLES BY POURING BOILING WATER DOWNTHE BARRELS. shoulder it was all I could do to hold therifle with my left arm stretched out and theright crooked towards the trigger; thewretched thing had a tendency to wobble—the things a bit heavy, you RECRUITS LEARNING TO TAKE COVER BEHIND THE BOARDS OF A POLO GROUND. Kitcheners Army
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