. The first hundred thousand : being the unofficial chronicle of a unit of "K(I)". we go out. Ishall threaten to resign if they try any moreof their tricks. Thatll frighten em! Evendug-outs like me are rare and valuable objectsat present. The Company Commanders murmur assent—on the whole sympathetically. Anxiousthough they are to get upon business terms LAWS OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS 51 with the Kaiser, they are loath to abandonthe unkempt but sturdy companies overwhich they have toiled so hard, and whichnow, though destitute of blossom, are rich inpromise of fruit. But the senior subalternslo
. The first hundred thousand : being the unofficial chronicle of a unit of "K(I)". we go out. Ishall threaten to resign if they try any moreof their tricks. Thatll frighten em! Evendug-outs like me are rare and valuable objectsat present. The Company Commanders murmur assent—on the whole sympathetically. Anxiousthough they are to get upon business terms LAWS OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS 51 with the Kaiser, they are loath to abandonthe unkempt but sturdy companies overwhich they have toiled so hard, and whichnow, though destitute of blossom, are rich inpromise of fruit. But the senior subalternslook up hopefully. Their lot is hard. Someof them have been in the Service for tenyears, yet they have been left behind. Theycommand no companies. Here, their facessay, we are merely marking time whileothers learn. Send us! However, though they have taken noofficers yet, signs are not wanting that theywill take some soon. To-day each of us waspresented with a small metal disc. Bobby Little examined his the face thereof was stamped, inragged, irregular capitals—. What is this for ? he asked. Captain WagstafFe answered. * You wear it round your neck, he said. 52 THE FIRST HUNDRED THOUSAND Our four friends, once bitten, regarded thehumorist suspiciously. Are you rotting us ? asked Waddellcautiously. No, my son, replied WagstafFe, Iam not. What is it for, then ? Its called an Identity Disc. Every soldieron active service wears one. Why should the idiots put ones religionon the thing ? inquired Master Cockerell,scornfully regarding the letters C. of his disc. WagstafFe regarded him curiously. * Think it over, he suggested. 53 VII. SHOOTING STRAIGHT. What for is the wee felly gaun tae show uspuctures ? Second Lieutenant Bobby Little, assistedby a sergeant and two unhandy privates, isengaged in propping a large and highly-coloured work of art, mounted on a roughwooden frame and supported on two unsteadylegs, against the wall of the barrack half-platoon
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