THE SOLDIER’S TEN COMMANDMENTS.

HQ Highlights, Issue 9, 1 April 1944, Page 2

THE SOLDIER’S TEN COMMANDMENTS.

1. "Thou..‘llialt not scrounge, neither shalt thou swing the lead, lest thy resting place be the trough at which horses and ghari ponies quench their thirst. - 2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Company Sergeant-Major or Platoon Sergeant in vain or thou shalt have thy name inscribed on a 252 and shall go on. a course of jankers. ' . , 3. Honour thy Quarter-bloke all the days of thy service that thy credits may be numbered even as the sands of Egypt. 4. Then shalt not fill thyself up to overflowing with beer or.by Royal Warrant thou shalt lose much of thy picer and the Provost Sergeant shall number thee among his staff, for it is written : He that drlnksth shall pull the roller# v v .. 5» Six days shalt thCU labour and on the seventh do twice as much. 6. If it comes to pass that thy zeal and the sweat of thy brow cause mention of , thee in Regimental Orders as being elevated to the dizzy heights of unpaid Lance-Corporal, 10, thou shalt present th? 'humble body at the dwelling place of the "Big < Boise,” which is known as the Corporals* Mess and shall crave that they accept liquid refreshments of thy own expense. 7. Thou shalt not fritter away thy worldly goods by playing Banker, Pontoon and Tap lest the avenging voice of the Provost Sergeant be heard : Render unto me your nemo and leave the money where it layeth. 8. Thou shalt not take unto thyself a comrades hit, neither hhalt thou borrow ’ h'.’.' ‘-.I;.- cwn:r“is not present, or thy sins may be visited on thee by that quickness of the hand that blackcth the eye. 9. Thou shalt not kill. If the dr obi grieve th the, shou shalt not smite him hip nor thigh, neither shall you sling him one over. ‘ Thou shalt go unto the headman and crave audience- of him and set forth thy grievance with much wailing' and gnashing of teeth. 10. And when it shall come to pass that thou art Time Expired, thou shalt embark upon the waters and journey thereon until thou readiest the land of the Long White Cloud. There thou shalt study the Dole and the drawing thereof, 10, for many moons thou shalt take it easy and rest from,all thy labours. « J • -