On one point at least we are the absolute superiors of the soldiers of both France and Germany, and that is in the matter of cleanliness. The German soldier, to put it mildly, is an excessively dirty person, and his personal api>earance leaves much to be desired. Nor is his French rival much comlier in appearance. Englishmen of all classes have an inherent respect for cleanliness, but the soldier, whether naturally so inclined or not, is compelled by stringent rule to keep himself neat, and presentable. Of course, in time of manoeuvres, or, during actual warfare, he not infrequently has to go without ladling for days on end, and must aften sleep in his clothes ; but wtammr possible he talfee is the wafer P* • KwiMßdlßKl •»«*» -■ ■ ’ : »
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 20, 18 December 1906, Page 8
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