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Our Battalion

L. RAVEN-HILL.

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"An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it."

RUDYARD KIPLING.

LONDON: "PUNCH" OFFICE, 10, BOUVERIE ST., E.C. 1902.

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Illustration from Our Battalion Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere

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Recruits 9

On Instructin' 14

The System 19

On the G.O.C. 28

The Seven Ages of the Volunteer 32

What Might Happen 34

The Lost Patrol 47

Camp Diaries:

No. 1. Lt.-Col. Sir Digby Sandilands, M.P. 59

No. 2. Capt. and Adjt. "Jerry" Benson 66

No. 3. 2nd Lieutenant Fitzgerald Lawless 78

No. 4. Pte. Timothy Simmons 93

Blank Cartridges 102

Illustration from Our Battalion Being Some Slight Impressions of His Majesty's Auxiliary Forces, in Camp and Elsewhere

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3 a.m. Frontispiece.

The "Manual" 13

Not to be Trifled with 17

Flag-wagging 18

Our First Puttie Parade 24-25

Field Training 27

The Firing Exercise 35

Our Review 40-41

Army Orders 43

Patrols 46

A Fair Samaritan 51

Our N.C.O.'s (No. 1) 52

Our N.C.O.'s (No. 2) 53

Hints for Patrols 54

The Best Laid Schemes, etc. 56-57

A Conundrum 65

Studies 70

Ambushed 72-73

Field-Day Reflections 75

Tactics 76

Field-Day Tragedies 77

Philosophies 85

M.G. 86

More Army Reforms 88-89

On Guard 91

A Misunderstanding 92

Outposts 101

At Last! 104-105

Off Duty 108

Trouble in the Band 109

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