AN ACROBATIC ARMY.
< Gymnasium practice is one of the re- i quiroinents of the German Army, as 1 well as special military practice in seal- < ing walls. To test the soldier's agility i and strength, a board wall sixteen and I a half feet high is built, with a platform on top of it. Alone, it would be i impossible for a man to scale this, i But two of the soldiers stoop down and i place their clasped hands under the 1 feet of one of their comrades, who stands erect. Then, as he places his hands on the wall to steady himself, the stooping soldiers straighten up, raising him as far as they can. The : soldier is not yet able to reach the top of the wall and pull himself up. A comrade on the platform stretches himself out, lying down at full length and extends his hands to the soldier below. Then by main strength and considerable scrambling the man is pulled up until he can catch hold of the- top. Officers stand by with bayonets, guarded by little bags of chamois, so that no one can be pierced by a prod, and hurry the practising privates.
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Mataura Ensign, Issue 717, 29 March 1900, Page 3
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