. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. AWAITING THE WORI Kitchener s A rniy 5. kitcheners men at aldershot at leap-frog, an exercise which forms a part of their physical drill. dreaming? demanded the exasperatedofficer. Thats just what I was dreaming!replied the recruit triumphantly. If youhadnt woke me up, the blooming warwould have been over! It was just about this time, when thesemethods of developing his bodily fitnessbecame part of his daily life, that the newrecruit began to commune with himself onthe subject of the exactions the militaryl
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. AWAITING THE WORI Kitchener s A rniy 5. kitcheners men at aldershot at leap-frog, an exercise which forms a part of their physical drill. dreaming? demanded the exasperatedofficer. Thats just what I was dreaming!replied the recruit triumphantly. If youhadnt woke me up, the blooming warwould have been over! It was just about this time, when thesemethods of developing his bodily fitnessbecame part of his daily life, that the newrecruit began to commune with himself onthe subject of the exactions the militarylife made on his physical endurance. Everynew experience widens a mans began to understand that the erect car-riage, the steady step, the perfect balance and bearing of the men of a crack corps, isthe outcome of much labour and training. The very man who, in his civilian days,had taken pride in his supposed strength,and gloried in his elegant physique, wasnow confronted with humiliating experi-ences. Compared with the standards of en-durance he had now to face, he had to admitto himself that his physical fitness
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