SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10558, 7 March 1896, Page 2

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

It Is a remarkable thing that lifa in the two services will, after a certain time, chance exactly similar characters. The Burrouudincs are so completely different, that they mould the temperament and alter the habits of men who are very much alike in individuality wlien entering -the respective services.

Tommy Atkins and Jack Tar havo their peculiarities, but there is one thing that belong, to both, namely, a happy indifference to the future and a quick seizure of every opportunity to r« away from the fearful monotony of a daily rouud of peace duties. dug

When the giuis begin to play,

As Rudyiird Kiplinc aays, both reipond to the call of duty, without a flinoh. Tlieboatswam pipe* his whistle and the drummer beats to quarters, or the bugler sounds the idvunco, and at it these veritable timers for nghttng ko, whether dressed in blue or red. Hut, in pi-nee, how diffuionD is the jovial, '-'.ly, Unlit hearted tar to the stiff beating of Che red coats. No one ever saw two soldier* ■ mine on 0110 horso ; but, this is one of Jack's liitrlipst iue.vs of fun. Nelson, Drake, and Rodney obtained for Imiclaihl the supremacy of the sea. without torpedo bouts or irnnuluds. Wellington Mined immortal victories without Maxim nnd ijiiick filing breechloadeia thst ■jniild kill nr 100J y mis. So it is with other j inuißs. The old clay pipe and the cheroot ]ip dfecntded us ob-mlptc, nnd now Old ludgf CiKiiel-fi'B ,ir<>. %ui,itively us well a* liiemllj, in i'vi-ivlii ily's mouth.

A private wire received from tho Wesleyan Conference in Auckland to-day states that the Rev. Sir Garland was set down in the second reading for New Plymouth, and the Rev. Mr Gray for the Hutt. J