Punch . They must be willing to occupy a Side-table at Mess, andready to jump up and Carry Plates at call. When unavoidablysummoned to take part in any Court Martial or other Board ofInquiry whereat their assistance is absolutely necessary, and whereonCombatant Officers are Sitting, They must be Content to need apply that have any objection to endure any must be prepared to accept and wear, without remonstrance, AnyUniform that may be assigned to them, however Grotesque, a3 thediscipline of theArmy requires that they should be rendered sufficientlyridiculous to distin
Punch . They must be willing to occupy a Side-table at Mess, andready to jump up and Carry Plates at call. When unavoidablysummoned to take part in any Court Martial or other Board ofInquiry whereat their assistance is absolutely necessary, and whereonCombatant Officers are Sitting, They must be Content to need apply that have any objection to endure any must be prepared to accept and wear, without remonstrance, AnyUniform that may be assigned to them, however Grotesque, a3 thediscipline of theArmy requires that they should be rendered sufficientlyridiculous to distinguish them from Combatant Officers. It will also berequisite for them to acquiesce in the Regulation which Deniesthose of them who chance to die the usual Military Honoubs at theirInterment, even in those cases wherein the deceased Surgeons havedied operating under fire. A slight increase of Pay. Por furtherparticulars inquire at the Tatters and Starvation Club, the HorseGuards, and the War WHAT LORD RUSSELL MAY BE SAYING. Rest and be thankful— Ay, a whole bank full,Silver and gold would I give; To buy peace and quiet, To shun Reform riot,And far from the Treasury live. Rating or rental— Pity my mentalDoubt, and dilemma, and care; By deputations, By delegations,Schooled in this Downing Street chair. Rental or rating— Solid heads statingClaims of their class without clamour ; Porging and blasting, Chasing and casting,Deft men with chisel and hammer. Wish to see figures ? Cattle-plague, niggers,Eenians lie on the table ; Startling in one sense, Showing the nonsenseTalked about votes by the able. Brights speeches heeding— Voice, too misleading—Hatched we a sweet little Bill; Six and ten-poundered, Sure to have foundered,Ground into powder by Mill. Late, but not too late, Gladstone, my chief mate,Laid Number Two on the anvil; Northbrooke and Romilly, Get up your homily,Halifax, would you help Granville ? Abgyll cannot alter, Nor Clarendon falter,Earl with tw
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