We had to strip, then the Doctor examined heart,
lungs, testedbreathing, etc. Some suffered more than others, but thesymptoms were
always the same.
The Englishman played in the regimental band and
kept very much tohimself. The Captain jumped up, told him to shut up, to leave the
room, butFenet wasnt leaving it. I wash my face, answered an especially black
nigger. A man who had been wounded in the Gallipoli Campaign, but was
healed,reported himself ill.
He was a typicalbully, who is always a
coward.
Some suffered more than others, but thesymptoms
were always the same.
I fire if he doesnt reply after the third
time.
When my turn came theColonel screeched in his
falsetto voice: And so you are ajournalist?
Acharock was the sergeant of the young soldiers
during the first daysof my arrival. He had just been stayingwith her for five days.
On thesergeants return to his company he gave his orders and the soldiersfollowed
blindly.
A sergeant was commandeered to watch them and walk
with them.
At the window a sergeant counted the loaves as they
were passedout. He received no medicines, no reprieve from duties orexercises, just
as if he were well.
The day for the official presentation to the
Colonel arrived.
Why didnt you go to the exercises
to-day?
He received no medicines, no reprieve from duties
orexercises, just as if he were well.
At the report the patient would find out what the
doctor had writtendown.
Now then, what doyou do when an individual
approaches?
He had very little to say toany one, was civil
enough and did his work well.
Every one meetingthem in the street knew by the H.
He received no medicines, no reprieve from duties orexercises, just as if he were
well. What an ordinary soldier was supposed to do to satisfy his physicaldesires
seemed to me a problem.
No, with soap, corrected the sergeant
seriously.
The march was very exhaustingon account of the
intense heat and the heavy weight of the kit.
Of course no common soldier knew anything about
whatwas taking place.
Helooked good natured, but later I found out that
he was very vicious. The sergeantwould come first, and then an officer for the
inspection. They musthave had money from somewhere, for they spent comparatively
much forsoldiers.
Another time we took a companyprisoners, and that
is all I could ever make out of the manoeuvres.
The sergeantwould come first, and then an officer
for the inspection. This was a squad quite apart, intowhich all new-comers were
sent, no matter how young or how old.
I began to understand the cold haughty looks he
gave me when he saw meat table.