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I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life,…

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Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course,…
To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe.
Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself…
There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up…
Every battalion has its marching songs.
The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours…
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep,…

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