... regiment you join you n.ust prove to all your friends that “ our corps 7 is the finest in the kingdom, and make a rule of speaking disrespectfully of the dress, etc., of other corps. 3. Make the volunteer movement your sole topic of conversation amongst ...

... ready to bear him. So nimble and neat! How welcome the voice which salutes him each day, - Neigh! he! he! he! And the bright speaking eye of the bonny bright bay! Chorus. So kindly enduring wherever we go On the wearisome march—the charge on the foe ! Our ...

... the Secretary of State | e . | i “of to inform you that he has no power to exempt ; ¢ THE following copy of correspondence speaks from the service imposed under the existing law, : T . ‘ for itself :— and that he must decline to grant the interview TEF ...

... varying from 4d. to 2s. a day is paid to men of Royal Engineers when present and effective for duty. CAVALRYMAN.—StrictIy speaking you are too short by a quarter-inch for any cavalry regiment, but you might be accepted as your chest measurement is good ...

... irritated it, just as a draught of mustard M worm water would upset a healthy one. The constant gnaWing pain, of which he also speaks, was due to the same Sate of things. He goes on to add (we quote from his letter of June 15th, 1893) % follows : « I lost ...

... their continual presence in barracks. The second parade of the day, lasting from an hour to an hour and a half, is, generally speaking, held soon after “Orderly Room,” under the Commanding Officer or Adjutant. During the winter and spring troops are constantly ...

... Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteers. It has always been entirely distinct from all other military organizations, and, strictly speaking, belongs neither to the Militia, Yeomanry, nor Volunteers, nor yet to the Ancient Trained Bands. ) It has, of course, had ...

... An Irish Bull. SPEAKING of India Lord Lytton said : “ These natives, with their queer English expressions, are the Irish of India.” No. s. N ‘;2%\:\ ) 4 Y WY NS X 0\ i & o o§os ...

... - _IT is rather late in the day to speak of the Military Tournament now, but we cannot help congratulating the Executive on the good show and the excellent turn-out of all our friends in every branch of the Service, who o ably assisted in this popular ...

... of the Law Association, is it not?” “Yes, my Lord,” replied the C. 0., to which the Earl rejoined, “Curious that they don’t speak a word ; I never saw lawyers so silent.” “True, my Lord,” replied the C. 0,, *“but we receive no pay.” ...

... Q‘g SPEAKING recently at the Annual Dinner of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Mr. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, remarked that twenty-two years had elapsed since, when filling a similar post, he had attended the annual dinner of the same body ...

... into the bargain. The only thing I have ever been thrown into is the Serpentine. Where is the bargain? - “The Adiutant” won’t speak to anybody now. He can’t, he has always got one of Bewley’s cigars in his mouth, and one of Davies’s hats on his head, and ...