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e:ure1y mu:;t lake first pk ec e ,
Clumps of wood lind field:'! wer e the only objects
visible for many miles . Our Commandfng Officer vae p'lea s ed , I am sure , a t the
sight of such fine training grounds .
Ross rifles ..nd 'Webb equipment ( then kn own t o U5 Sf: l· : on~:e;:r t e Fu a zI e u] .....ere
issued to I; .C . 0. t S an d men , and so, wi th a complete outfit, ve ve r -e ready for s.ny
i nqui sitive v deft.or-e who mig ht chance t o ccae e Long , And t hey did c omet One of
the f irRt vee Lord Robe rts, a nd ve st ood i t for t wenty minutes. lrf1lat Lord Bobe
ea Id or did nobody kn ows J ex ce pt that he got out of his CQr and back i nlo it
_: .ga1~ .rlehty qU1ck; :~ .:;;c;~c.: °_ :-;~~ , 0-",",0 ~- ,~: 0: 0 -'--'-". =~. ~ o
A Jl,ajor,
named Craie. vee putting us through it for a time , but one morning
a little f un ny old ' U eut -Col one l va I ke d into our camp and inqui r ed for
the office r
commanding . On be~g introouced to Haj or Craig , he 4a eked him if he ';e r e th~ ·C· .-o-. - - -
The Maj or 5nswe:r:ed in the a f f i r na t ive , but the old Colonel
pollt ol y informed him
that he W B not, and he t ook over the co mmand f rom that date .
Colone l De Burton , f or such wa s the intruder , had t .he ap pe arance of a
sol die r chc had been t hrough mli.ny a campaign . I think he vas mentioned in
de spa t.che e i n South Africa , and vcre a line of service r i bbo ns. After seve rn 1
mar ches the old Colonel s oon found 'Jut t he go od s t uff the b07 S 'Were mad e of, and
ve cou ld outmarch any regiment on tho Pdad ne in those da y s . 1l.r.d then the King
came j 'We bad t\ienty-four hou r -s to pr-epar-e f or him, but, nest, of the boy s pr-efer-r-ed
passes to t.cvn than t o be shinine buttons f or the King .
We have no ddea a s
t o wlult C1i r ec t ion the t ow lay in, but immediately after
dinner 'We mobi lized and s t arted
off to hunt f or it. \Ie f oun d a good. friend in a
t.xl dr i ve r , 'Who we looking f or a f a r e , an d ou r difficulti es ver-e en de d.
a fine old Eng l ir;h town, very pretty a nd historic, vas f ound to be quite an
Devi2ea,
idea l
spot for the " boys". The wine I'Loved , t he money f l c v , and our epf.r-ft.a e Leo