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Our Battalion Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere - L. (Leonard) Raven-Hill
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Title: Our Battalion
Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere
Author: Leonard Raven-Hill
Release Date: October 22, 2010 [eBook #34115]
Language: English
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PUNCH
OFFICE
10, BOUVERIE STREET
LONDON
E.C.
OUR BATTALION.
The Whitefriars Press
Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Ltd.,
Printers,
London and Tonbridge.
3 a.m.
Sentry: Sunrises are all bloomin' fine in their way, but I'd rather be in bed.
Our Battalion
Being some slight impressions of
His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces,
in Camp and Elsewhere.
BY
L. RAVEN-HILL.
An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it.
RUDYARD KIPLING.
LONDON:
PUNCH
OFFICE, 10, BOUVERIE ST., E.C.
1902.
[All Rights Reserved.]
Our Battalion.
RECRUITS.
The boy hesitated as he looked down the wet street of the little country town.
I've 'arf a mind not to go,
he said, blessed if I ain't——;
then, after a pause, with hands in pockets and coat collar turned up, he lounged off, muttering, I'll see what Bill ses.
Bill was waiting at the corner, looking somewhat sheepishly at the miscellaneous display in a general
shop window.
Goin'?
he said, as the other came up. Don't think I shall—at any rate not to-night.
A depressing silence ensued, until a smart lad, with belt and bayonet, came by whistling and hailed them.
Wot O! Bill; you ought to be down at the ord'ly room by now, the sergeant's bin there ever so long. I told 'im I'd bring you two along to-night. Wot are you scared about?
he continued, eyeing them critically.
Ain't scared about nothing; we was only waiting till the rain cleared off.
Well, 'urry up, I've got to go to the Arm'ry.
All right,
said the first boy. Come on, Bill.
The boys stared furtively round the orderly-room, a little box partitioned off from the disused malt-house that served as drill shed. On the walls were highly-coloured posters, setting forth the various advantages of his Majesty's services, while in the corner a jumble of arms and equipment and a half-opened case of rifles caused them to nudge each other. A huge Sergeant was writing at a table covered with Army forms, drill books, and parade registers, amongst which a couple of cartridges attracted their attention.
Ball cartridge, mark four,
whispered the leading lad carelessly to the others.
Ullo, what's this?
said the Sergeant. Recruits? That's right. Shut the door be'ind you, an' keep out the cold. I'm glad to see the lads about here is waking up, an' I wish more 'ud copy their example! Them cripples in the next village ain't got enough spirit to get up a dog-fight, let alone learn 'ow to 'andle a rifle; all they're fit for is funerals. Now let's look at you,
he continued, and the deep-set grey eyes ran swiftly over the lads. "You'll do all right. Now, listen to me; afore ye signs on, I've got to read over a lot o' reg'lashuns to ye, so as you'll clearly understand what ye're promisin' to do. Now reg'lashuns is like Acts of Parlyment, no two persons can agree as to what they mean, so you won't understand them, probably; but that's not important, as my experience of the ways o' Gov'mint teaches me that they'll be altered shortly, so there's no need for ye to worry. But the one thing ye have to do is, to do as ye're told; attend to that now. It's the blessid privilege of the volunteer to endeavour to make himself a