The stiff parade ground manner was not very evident in the parade of the special company of the National Military Reserve at Wanganui. When- one man committed the military crime ot dropping liis rifle on parade, the corporal, instead of administering a. rebuke. said, “Pick' up thy musket, Sam.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 252, 1 August 1940, Page 3
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