The New Army in Training

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Rudyard Kipling. The New Army in Training

I. THE MEN AT WORK

THE NORTH IN BLUE

DUTIES AND DEVELOPMENTS

II. IRON INTO STEEL

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

WHAT THE ARMY DOES AND THINKS

III. GUNS AND SUPPLY

SERVICE CONDITIONS

THE GUNNER AT HOME

MECHANISM AND MECHANICS

‘THE HUMOUR OF IT’

IV. CANADIANS IN CAMP

CAMP GOSSIP

ENGINEERS AND APPLIANCES

AN UNRELATED DETACHMENT

THE VANGUARD OF A NATION

V. INDIAN TROOPS

SCREW-GUNS

THE MULE LINES

THE INN OF GOOD-BYES

GREATHEART AND CHRISTIANA

VI. TERRITORIAL BATTALIONS

GUARDING A RAILWAY

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

THE SECRET OF THE SERVICES

THE REAL QUESTION

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

Отрывок из книги

This was a cantonment one had never seen before, and the grey-haired military policeman could give no help.

‘My experience,’ he spoke detachedly, ‘is that you’ll find everything everywhere. Is it any particular corps you’re looking for?’

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There was a mile of sergeants and instructors, varied by company officers, all at work on the ready material under their hands. They grunted, barked, yapped, expostulated, and, in rare cases, purred, as the lines broke and formed and wheeled over the vast maidan. When companies numbered off one could hear the tone and accent of every walk in life, and maybe half the counties of England, from the deep-throated ‘Woon’ of the north to the sharp, half-whistled Devonshire ‘Tu.’ And as the instructors laboured, so did the men, with a passion to learn as passionately as they were taught.

Presently, in the drift of the foot-traffic down the road, there came another grey-haired man, one foot in a bright slipper, which showed he was an old soldier cherishing a sore toe. He drew alongside and considered these zealous myriads.

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