. The War Cry. campat Kaniara. During the next few months the Iroopsin the Crimea worked hard at the task oftransferring all the stores and ammunitionaboard their transports. Then graduallythe regiments were emharked and borneaway to their different destinations. At lastthe turn of the 72nd came, and right gladwere they to he homeward bound oneemore. After an uneventful voyage theylanded at Portsmouth on the 31st July, 185G,and at once proceeded to Aldcrshot they were inspected hy Queen then arrived for the regiment lo pro-ceed to Guernsey, one of the Channel Is-lands
. The War Cry. campat Kaniara. During the next few months the Iroopsin the Crimea worked hard at the task oftransferring all the stores and ammunitionaboard their transports. Then graduallythe regiments were emharked and borneaway to their different destinations. At lastthe turn of the 72nd came, and right gladwere they to he homeward bound oneemore. After an uneventful voyage theylanded at Portsmouth on the 31st July, 185G,and at once proceeded to Aldcrshot they were inspected hy Queen then arrived for the regiment lo pro-ceed to Guernsey, one of the Channel Is-lands. Here Jims tronhles hejran. Up toUiis time he had hcen a smart, well-hehavedsoldier, and was so well thousht of hy hisinnerior-s that he early received promotion,nni-inu Ihose moptbs of inactivity in thecrimim. however, he cot (he idea info hisLoad fhnl he wonM lile to he a einfnin of his comninv remonstratedivilh him .iiOiif if. savin* that he Was throw-in? away his chances of rising in the ser-. vice, but Jim was obstinate, and so finallyhe was allowed lo give up his lance-cor-porals stripe and join the band as a was his ambition to play a horn, but thebandmaster got to know somehow that hehad been a drummer in the Guards, and soJim was given a drum, much to his disap-pointment. He made a great kick about itand said he was going baek to the ranksagain, but he found that the military au-thorities were not going to let him have hisown way all the time. So he sulked, andgave up trying to he a good soldier. AtGuernsey he thought he saw a fine oppor-tunity to get hack to the ranks. Spiritswere very cheap at this place, and Jimplanned to get drunk over and over againfill the handmaster would he glad to get ridof him. Knapsack drill trot verv monoton-ous after a while though, and Jim hesan lothink if was too slow a way to gain hisdesire. So he planned more darinff recipient now to ShorncliffeHwin. nnd Jims opportunity came. He hadInn? want
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