Recollections of Forty Years' ServiceW. Blackwood and sons, 1903 - 386 sider |
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... usual description , was taken in the cadets ' rooms , the tea and sugar being served out in bulk once a - week . The feeding at the college was certainly not sufficient or suitable for growing boys , and had to be supple- mented by the ...
... usual description , was taken in the cadets ' rooms , the tea and sugar being served out in bulk once a - week . The feeding at the college was certainly not sufficient or suitable for growing boys , and had to be supple- mented by the ...
Side 11
... usual towels , a sponge , water , & c . , — a sergeant attending to see fair play , the fighting place being under the fir - trees at the old gymnasium . A cadet had to be thirteen years of age on entry , and might remain up to eighteen ...
... usual towels , a sponge , water , & c . , — a sergeant attending to see fair play , the fighting place being under the fir - trees at the old gymnasium . A cadet had to be thirteen years of age on entry , and might remain up to eighteen ...
Side 30
... usual . In cold weather fur caps with ear - laps were worn ; in fine weather one very like the new regulation soft flat - topped cap with sloping peak . Full - dress parades showed many varieties of dress - old- and new - fashioned ...
... usual . In cold weather fur caps with ear - laps were worn ; in fine weather one very like the new regulation soft flat - topped cap with sloping peak . Full - dress parades showed many varieties of dress - old- and new - fashioned ...
Side 34
... usual daily parade , with the march past in slow and quick time . The new institu- tion , musketry instruction , was now regularly carried out . In the dreary wet winter our regimental theatrical company was decidedly useful in giving ...
... usual daily parade , with the march past in slow and quick time . The new institu- tion , musketry instruction , was now regularly carried out . In the dreary wet winter our regimental theatrical company was decidedly useful in giving ...
Side 35
... usual excitement amongst the population on our march- ing through Dublin . Doubtless better arrangements might have been made by the staff authorities re- sponsible for the embarkation , but we were stowed away at last , though rather ...
... usual excitement amongst the population on our march- ing through Dublin . Doubtless better arrangements might have been made by the staff authorities re- sponsible for the embarkation , but we were stowed away at last , though rather ...
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