ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO THE "TOMMIES."

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15218, 4 March 1915, Page 8

ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO THE "TOMMIES."

Writing to his father (Mr P. Burke, of Birchdide, Woodgrove), from Zeitoun, Trooper William Burke pays a -warm tribute to the good-fellowship of the English Territorials. Describing the night of arrival in camp, ho saysl— Wβ dropped down on the sand, and 1 think some of us were asleep before we hit the ground. Ihiylight came, and with it these "Tommies" with buckets of steaming "hot coffee, and biscuits. I don't remember having enjoyed a hot drink better. They had heard us come past in the early" hours, and knowing we would be at "sixes and sevens," brought their best over to, us. Talk about good nature, they could not do enough for us. From, now on I will manage at least ono letter a week. Now, I want you all to do something for mc that, if I knew you were doing, would please mc very much. That is. not to worry about mc, and if you are getting any yarns in New Zealand about arty rough time we are having, don't believe a quarter of them, as we are l>eing treated very well. Of course. I can't cay 1 am having as good a time as I know I should be having at home, helping and working there, and not here, but what is to be. must be, I suppose.

I wish you could sec the horses they have- in the carts here. They are all Arabs. You can set a dandy Arab .here for £3, I am told, f '■ '■'