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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