The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-15
E. Charles Vivian Tells Just What Sort
of a Fellow Is the British Private.--
kipling Soldier and That of To-day

TWO o' horse artillery. three regiments II
cavalry, or four ba,lallons Of infantry.
division Is made up Of brigades, which
vary IN number and composition accord
ing To tho work which that particular
division viii he expected to accomplish
there - standa rd for the composition 81
the division, but changes now in process
Of taking place in the composition of the
whole army render 1t unsafe to quote any
standard ms definite
There Is permanent and outstand
ing difference between the British army
~ a whole and any continental army ~
~ whole. ln the case OF the continental
army, no matter which one is chosen
for purposes of comparison the con
script system renders It part Of the
! ma ton concerned. Identifies the army
with the nation and incidentally takes
out m" element of freedom \ man
/ in Cdn~Cript army Is serN ing hccGlse
he must, and, no matter how patriotic
he may he. there are tir1es when fhis
- brought home to him very fnrclbly
hv tho discipline without which no army
could exist IN tue Britisb army. IN
! the other hand. tho mon serving are
I 'll't' ~ 'Iitii wv 'Illl't'f 'IiN ih''' XIV ~
! them a sens ,hat the discipl,ur. 40 mat.
ter how di.trstcf1l u TO- &c.. .- . TO-
cessity - thor 'r'iui... ...r e.
/ listmeni tho cao.r {, Iuo.... D., out
the British u~','. ultG Do, .,...Ht war
! linked Il ~ G., he way iu O.. ro.t. .,a.
{ noi a uIrt & 'hr nation. uu. 4 ;4lsg al -
tine. from 10. r.l.oi b.. ....s 90 'rri1-Si.r
apart. apj u.H, 900 o0yi.N'a a profess
sior. IN ih" n;iuieu - t,'uv. but some
thing 81 he lvoi-ol y, n"n ~ equivalent
walks = civilian lie
! We may take the case of a recruit who
, had enlisted from mixed motives. mr.
rived az u station whence he had to make
MS way 10 barracks in the evening in
order TO begin his now life. hore are his
impressions If beginning life in the army
He went M "A hlil nNi along a muddy
lane and arriving NJ the lnrru cks. in
1 quircd. AZ he had boon told t. do. for
/ the Quartermastcr-s rr rnNnt uf e" sound
ron. He vas directed To the quarter
/ master -sergnlut' Office and on arrival
there was asked his name and the nature
of his business by Young corporal who
took life IL "a Joke and regarded recruits
AZ a special form of food for Amusement
Having usCcrtdined the name Of the re-
cruit, the corporal, who was "a kindly
fellow ~ heart took him down to the
reGimental coffee hlr and provided him
with "a meal of cold meat bread and
cotIee--at the squadrnn's expense of
course. for the prov i-ion of tho moll
was matter Of duty The corporll
/ then indicated the room in which the
recruit WIS to sleep AID loft him
3 The recruit opened the door of the room
and looked in. II was long room. with a
row of narrow beds down each Rid". and
in the middle two tables on iron tres, los
whereon were several basins On almost
every bed sat Il man. busily engaged in
cleaning some article of clothing or equip
ment some were cleaning buttons. some
were pipeclaying belts, some wcro en-
gagged with sword hits and brick dust
some were cleaning boots all were
cleaning up as if their lives depended on
II. for lights out" would ho sounded az u
quarter past ~ O'Clock. and it was al
ready past q o'clock When they saw the
recruit they gave him greeting Here 5
another one" they cried Here's anothe
victim" and other phrases which led this
particular recruit 10 think. quite erro.
neously, that h" had come to sonnet hing
vsry bad indeed Two or three were
: singing with moro noise than melody. d
song which was very old when Queen