Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . a,Ce\lon, Burma, Hong-Kong, Singapore, andthe Eastern Dependencies; the second(British-American) squadron includes theDominion of Canada, West Indies, andDependencies in the Western Hemisphere ;the third (British-Australasian) representsFederated Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, andthe South Sea Islands ; and the fourth(British African) Cape Colony, Natal,Rhodesia, Transvaal, Orange River Colony,and other African Dependencies. In additionthere are a battery of machine guns, a corpsof signallers,and a
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . a,Ce\lon, Burma, Hong-Kong, Singapore, andthe Eastern Dependencies; the second(British-American) squadron includes theDominion of Canada, West Indies, andDependencies in the Western Hemisphere ;the third (British-Australasian) representsFederated Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, andthe South Sea Islands ; and the fourth(British African) Cape Colony, Natal,Rhodesia, Transvaal, Orange River Colony,and other African Dependencies. In additionthere are a battery of machine guns, a corpsof signallers,and an ambu-lance corps,making theKings Colo-nials a com-p 1 e t e andi n d ependentunit. Both fulland undressuniforms areof khaki clothwith scarletfacings. Eachsquadron wearsa distinctivemetal badgeshowing the portion of the Empire they represent. Thus,there is a kangaroo for the Australasiansand an ostrich for the Africans. A hard-and-fast rule of the regimentinsists that ever_\- officer and man either bea Colonial born or of Colonial jaarentage, theonly exception being, at the discretion of the. l.\\N PRINCKS IN LONDON. commanding officer, those who have renderedspecial service to an)- British Colony or De-pendency or to the Kings Colonials. Drillsare held nightly, and for fifteen davs annuallythe men go into camp at Sidcup. A com-modious drill hall at Kings Road, Chel-sea,provides sufficient surplus accoinmodationto allow of a suite of rooms for social pur-poses. The Children of the Empire League isthe name of another active force which has forits centre London, for its scope wherever theBritish flag waves, and for its aims theimpressing upon the youth of the Empirethe duty of l())-alt_\- and patriotism. TheLeague encourages parents to have their off-spring taught the histor\- and geography ofthe Empire, also its needs and how the_\ma\- best fit themselves to meet those are provided with correspondencecomrades, boys are assisted to join cadetcorps, etc., to pr
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