A brave and distinguished Indian officer was noted for his bobbies, one of which wu amateur gardening) and he vigorously encouraged the soldiers to have gardens at the regimental station. To please the general " Tommy " was often ordered on fatigue duty of a gardening nature, which was far from pleasant in that climate. One morning early the general wag' taking a stroll in private clothes, when he saw three or four soldiers raking about the ground. Much pleased, he remarked: "Well, men, nice tiling gardening, isn't it? I see you take an interest in it." " Do we, indeed!" growled one of them in reply. "That's all you know. We've got an -old idiot 'of a general here who is mad on gardening, andrwerars sent herein fatigue to scrape, We'he - should mm tiaiM wax." -«* i i* ' \
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Evening Star, Issue 11512, 1 April 1901, Page 6
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