TWO GENERALS IN EGYPT.
General Maxwell : Where is your can- g, teen, Godloy? w General Godley: My Government pro- r hibits beer to my troops. ii General Maxwell: Are yopr troops t children or men? You must have a 1 wet canteen for them in camp if you would keep them out of Cairo. l I General Maxwell knew Cairo, and so the New Zealanders had wet canteens ever after. No great soldier was ever c a prohibitionist. ,) 1 CAPTAIN MORICE: t “I was opposed the rum ration be- i fore I left New Zealand, but I changed my views in France.” There is nothing like travel and experience to break down intolerant opinions. I COLONEL M. J. GIDDING: “The rum ration saved the£ lives of thousands of our men in the trenches.” Electors will do well to follow our soldiers. i [Published by Arrangement.]
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1702, 16 December 1919, Page 5
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