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...Frederick Sykes. Governor of Bombay Presidency, directed by telegraph the Royal Ulstermen's occupation of Sholapur, their tearing down of the Indian flag wherever flown, their hoisting of the Union Jack. Stay at home subjects of George V know that, given an occasional whiskey soda and a tough platoon or two, "Sir Freddy" Sykes fears his own Jehovah but no heathen God. man or devil, commands boundless loyalty from the British tommies in that glamorous, sternly romantic force "His Majesty's army in India." The Times of India, an anti Gandhi, pro British paper published at Bombay, sent...
...reply to your inquiry ("Do all Marines agree?"), I have the distinction of being not only an original TIME subscriber but also of having served in Co. I, 13th Reg. U. S. M. C.-buck private rear rank, 1st platoon-I believe a man that low in the ranks should have received some of the knocks, if any, during World...
Drills will continue for ten weeks and will cover squad, platoon, company, and battalion organization. They will be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the Rogers building. It is planned to appoint temporary petty officers at each drill until permanent organization plans are completed. This is the first time in the four year history of the unit that drills have been carried on extensively...
...lecture, while emphasizing the importance of education as a long term investment, he said, "One good teacher is worth a platoon of police. Because of what they have failed to do, our schools are in large measure responsible for this country's shameful record of crime." He deprecated the fact that today nationalism is developed, even in unsuspected subjects, as philology and geography. In general terms he developed the thesis that "it is in extra curricula activities that the secondary schools are now most effective not only in the clubs and assemblies, and the like, but also in the more...
...adjutant: "'We've come to report, sir, that we are very sorry but we've shot our company sergeant-major.' The adjutant said: 'Good heavens how did that happen?' They answered: 'It was an accident, sir . . . we mistook him for our platoon sergeant.' So they were both shot by a firing squad of their own company." In Béthune Graves saw queues of 150 men lined up before the army brothel. "Each woman served nearly a battalion of men every week for as long as she lasted...