A BILLETING STORY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 59, 10 March 1915, Page 6

A BILLETING STORY.

Patrick Maegill, author of "Children of the Dead End," contributes an article on Billeting to the "Evening Standard." He quotes the case of a lady and gentleman who disliked the Idea of soldiers living in their home, and told the billeting officer that their four children were just recovering from an attack of whooping cough. "The officer, being a wise man and anxious about- the welfare of those under bis care, fled precipitately. Later he learned that there had been no whooping cough in the house; in fact, the people who caused him to beat snch a hasty retreat were childless. He felt annoyed and discomfited; 'but about a week following his first visit he called again at the house, this time followed by six men. "These fellows are just recovering from whooping cough," he told the householder; they had it bad. We didn't know what to do with them, tat, seeing that you're had whooping cough here, I feel it'B the only place where it will be safe to. billet tbcnx.' And Jμ lett_tbtm.jStarV^