HLI Chronicle 1907 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

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HIGHLA-N·D;· LIGHT DiFA:NTRY CHRONIOl.Ri'· -----------_._._._.._. now you are going to cut off your nose to spite your face, Suppose I enlisted you, in less than three weeks you would desert. Now, ·don't be a fool j make it up with your,wife, and be a true man." At nine o'clock husband and wife met, were reconciled, and I saW them ·off by the train. He looked somewhat sheepish, and she blooming. In two weeks they came from Linlithgow-" J nst tae see.· ye, Sergeant." We had a nice crack. He.....:... "I've chucked up the booze." She":"':"'~ He has that, an' noo it's just like another honeymoon." We spent a pleasant afternoon, and I saw them to the stati4)n. Before leaving he said, " What's the size 0' your feet, Sergeant 1 I'll mak' you a pair 0' as gude buits as ever you wore." And the wife published in speech-" The sodgers are decent fellows, an' they'll ha'e a warm corner in ma hert." So it proved that" All's well that ends well." It needed recruits in the old days to keep the pot on the boil, and Geordie had no room to complain. During four months in Stirling he had twelve "passed" and one "smart." Then he was recalleli to rejoin the Colours and move to old Gibraltar. Conversing once with a gentleman in Oban, he said, " If I was to enlist a man, I could not sleep. I would conclude I was introducing him to his rnin." Smart, straight, red-hot reply-" Look here, sir, I would enlist myoId father if I thought he would pass the doctor. All I am, and all I have, I owe to the Service. If a lad does the fair and square, there is ample scope in the Army. When you hear a man running down the Army, you are safe to conclude that the fault is in the man and not in the Service." Result--Silence. Truth 'cannot be gainSaid. And you may be cock-sure of this-this auld loon has no reason to change his mind, although it is now going on forty-seven years since he joined the Army, and he is still in close touch with troops under all circumstances of military life. And in this he is a fixture .a lad that is fair and square, gives the drink a wide berth, is select in his company, makes .a. point of gaining his First-class Certificate, keeps his berth in apple-pie order, and is ready to turn out for any parade in forty winks-that lad ultimately will come out at the top of the pollt Avoid the opposite, aim high, and your future will be comfort. That you may be so is the sincere wish of your old .comrade, G~ORGE ·P. MILLAR, Late Sergeant, 7lst H.L.!. " A SNAKE STORY." STORIES about snakes are nowadays almost as " tall" as the proverbial fisherman's yarn, but that snake-stories existed more than a century ago is made evident from the following passage which we quote from the account of the early history of the 7lst in India, which was published in 1789 by Captain Innes Munro, of the Regiment, under the title of " A Narration of the Military Operations on the Coromandel Coast" : "Snakes of various kinds are so numerous here that this may be justly called the country of serpents. The sting of some of them is considered very dangerous, if not deadly j while others are so docile that the country people, catching them when young, and pulling out their teeth and stings, render them perfectly domestic, teaching them to dance and leap in a familiar manner to the music of a rustic pipe or violin. It is truly surprising to behold how charmed these creatures are with the sound of any instrument, but particularly with the bagpipe, raising their heads with seeming joy and moving their bodies in concord· with the musical notes. As the time quickens, they appear more and more delighted, and at last get into such a state of ecstacy that you see them extend their beautiful bells and quicken the motion of their heads, whilst their eyes sparkle with increased lustre. Those gentlemen whose residence was near to the 73rdRegiment used often to allege, in a jocular manner, that our bagpiper drew every snake in the country to his neighbourhood by the charms of his music; which was certainly the case, for he has often discovered them dancing round his feet whilst he entertained the soldiers with a few ffighland reels." S. BERKOVITCH &SONS} IMPORTERS AND BONDERS OF FINEST TURKISH TOBACCO AND CIGARBTTB I111llNUPllCTURBR8. 89 GLA88HOU8E 8TREET, REGENT 8TREE~ ~ LONDON, W. ~ Supply Oftlcel'S' Mess Depot Scottish RUles and B.L.I.
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