The commissariat and other arrangements in connection with the Easter route march are the subject of much indignation among Wellington volunteers, who make no secret of their opinion that the commissariat arrangements were disgraceful. — Nexvspaper pai . TWO PICTURES. Tommy Fernleaf writes from Gorefontein : " Dear Mother, ' Bobs ' has just issued an order that our rations are to be increased half a biscuit a day. He's a toff, ain't he ? " Easter Manoeuvres, 1903 : Officer : Any complaints 7 Chorus : Comjrtaints ? Great Scott, this chicken is cold, the truffles are stale, the champagne sour, the pate de foie gras execrable, and the pheasant has only been hung a day. Call that a feed for a soldier ?
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Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 147, 25 April 1903, Page 14
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112The commissariat and other arrangements in connection with the Easter route march are the subject of much indignation among Wellington volunteers, who make no secret of their opinion that the commissariat arrangements were disgraceful.— Nexvspaper pai. TWO PICTURES. Tommy Fernleaf writes from Gorefontein : " Dear Mother, ' Bobs ' has just issued an order that our rations are to be increased half a biscuit a day. He's a toff, ain't he ?" Easter Manoeuvres, 1903: Officer : Any complaints 7 Chorus : Comjrtaints ? Great Scott, this chicken is cold, the truffles are stale, the champagne sour, the pate de foie gras execrable, and the pheasant has only been hung a day. Call that a feed for a soldier ? Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 147, 25 April 1903, Page 14
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