. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. zjjjmt COMMAND.—MEN OF THE ROVAL FIELD ARTILLERY READY FOR A TRIAL OF STRENGTH. 52 Kitchener s A rmy. • • • t • ^•^ «^t« *« IN THE footballers BATTALION MANY OF THE FIRST-CLASS PLAYERS HAVE ENLISTED,OF WAR AS THEY WERE FOR THE FIELD OF PLAY think he would have to follow the lead of the instructor to thebitter end. For the amazing sergeant could go through all this a couple ofdozen times. Not so the quaking recruit. After a second or thirdattempt his poor arms were aching, his legs groggy, and his nervesa bi
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. zjjjmt COMMAND.—MEN OF THE ROVAL FIELD ARTILLERY READY FOR A TRIAL OF STRENGTH. 52 Kitchener s A rmy. • • • t • ^•^ «^t« *« IN THE footballers BATTALION MANY OF THE FIRST-CLASS PLAYERS HAVE ENLISTED,OF WAR AS THEY WERE FOR THE FIELD OF PLAY think he would have to follow the lead of the instructor to thebitter end. For the amazing sergeant could go through all this a couple ofdozen times. Not so the quaking recruit. After a second or thirdattempt his poor arms were aching, his legs groggy, and his nervesa bit wobbly. It was an embarrassing revelation to him; he learnedfor the first time of the lazy muscles which had never been called intoplay, of idle do-nothings that all his life had evaded their responsi-bility. In other words, he realised he had muscles in his body whichhe had never dreamt of. The discovery at first troubled him, andthen braced him to further effort, enjoyed w^ith growing relish. He quickly saw, too, what it was all leading up to^this physicaldrill, designed not merely to keep the men fit and well, but becauseit was necessary before a recruit could even
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