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  2. AT THE SEAT OF WAR.

    The trip in the Medic has been a revelation to we of bow long some men can remain seasick. We naturally expected the Western Australians to ...

    Article : 258 words
  3. THE NARRUNG AS A TRANSPORT.

    The Lund Liner Naming is a well-known trader to Australia, and her employmeiit as a transport vessel is therefore of special interest. "Times" of ...

    Article : 153 words
  4. COLONIAL DISTINCTIONS.

    Individual efforts to smarten up were not, in my opinion, helped by the rule made in the Victorian infantry unit that no man should shave. By the end ...

    Article : 320 words
  5. THE MEN'S BEHAVIOUR.

    There were few punishments imposed, and these were for minor offences. There was just one exception, but his case need not be made much of, for ...

    Article : 410 words
  6. SELECTING HOUSES.

    The announcement that Colonel Price, would make a selection of horses at Victoria Barracks yesterday morning (says the Melbourne "Argus" of Thursday) was ...

    Article : 346 words
  7. THE CATERING.

    Rarely have troops proceeding on service been so well equipped with the sinews of war as those on board the Medic. The ship's food was good ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. THE INFLUENZA FIEND.

    Willi grim pertinacity the influenza fiend held on to the ship during the whole voyage. The cases were mild, and all much the same in character— ...

    Article : 165 words
  9. BUGLE PRACTICE.

    There is reason to think that the extremely quiet and unaffected Captain Thornton was proud of the fact that Ms ship conveyed Australian soldiers ...

    Article : 293 words
  10. "FIGHTIN' BOBS.

    The appointment of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts to the position of Commailder-in-Chief in South Africa gives fresh interest to Mr. Kipling's verses in praise of that ...

    Article : 399 words
  11. "SHIP AHOY!"

    Very lonely is that part of the Indian Ocean over which we travelled, for we were far north of the ordinary track of vessels running between the Cape and ...

    Article : 597 words
  12. STUDYING DRILL.

    In some cases officers offered prizes for proficiency in drill, and the spirit thus aroused worked to the advantage of the competing squads. Not the ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. SIGNALLING PRACTICE.

    In an easy incidental way the flag signallers got a little practice-not much of it; indeed, not so much as the conditions made possible nor the ...

    Article : 420 words
  14. THE "MATERIAL."

    "What do you think of them all?" I asked, because I thought it my duty to ask, an experienced officer who has served the Empire iu different parts ...

    Article : 228 words
  15. GAMBLING FORBIDDEN.

    "It all depends upon what you call gambling," was the remark of a captain when, it became known that another officer commanding a unit ...

    Article : 263 words
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  17. BUSY SCENES.

    Plenty of work, keeping them quietly but fully occupied, was found for Saddler-Sergeant Satehwell and Saddler Morton. They established their ...

    Article : 249 words
  18. HOW THE MEN WERE ARMED.

    All the troops on board, with the exception of the Western Australians, are armed with the Martini-Enfleld singleloader rifle, none having magazines ...

    Article : 282 words
  19. AMUSEMENTS.

    In the short evenings, before lights were out at 9 o'clock, there was the usual round of ship's amusements. It mattered not where you were, you ...

    Article : 330 words
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