Crittenden record-press., 1917-09-27

81 =. l-S Ia %. r.. .--H :. ...-., 90. Ie
Is bound to hear of il from the men ~
oth't units, and If any dcrocatory re
MARKS are passed he feels himself hon
or bound to fcNt the one who Is re
sponSible fag ;,C remark
II you sh1..I ,A."u = ask a Royal
Horse art r.ull v..r' regiment ne
belonged 80 81. I Immediately
strair' n Cp and au.v,r you some
wha' l.'"r this fashion
II Bong O. the ...n Norsc ar,il.
lery. III cN,reme right OF the line
and -, r.1c of '' british army"
T,,n he N,I. g. 70 tell when
L.S reginrgt was ormcL. hat II had
yrc, nnli> .ei, how ma orS II has
nov rllr" Victoria cr $50, re men he
Ica-..,. - il H2lr wnu. &c." many Il
:,cd aiccrS hl.,. 10 1t, ".... ~ on. al
most tp..r.H!:,y
%car.y E,l the rc-.Nrat, have LEX.
nHmC7. Ca, t.cN" amGrs nre 'r-r pop-
u,Gr I-r RnNa. S,u,s o.ai.H . t the
Oldest r''imc"t in ne Er'.,h army,
So tacr arr ,pular'" l.. q as "Pon.
t.us r.mirN .'d, -s.r," The Glouces
ter regiment - tie ,nly one In the
BritlSL arms v.,;.cd to wear cap
badges L. the back as well as In the
frat, and the reason this privilege has
Jeen granted them is that In some pre-
vious war the regiment became sur.
rounded by the enemy and. turning
back to back, they fought until relief
-o. Led them.
aLv;Acr regiment has the n.cLua .le
Of the "Chc-rv rIyhcrs" IN some war
u lua- U.O tW~ r.-...-,l' t,as ordered
10 make a charge through cherry or.
chard. and while passing through they
forgot their duty and stopped TO pick
the cherries. From that day 10 this
they have been known as the,"Cherry
Pickers,' and the trousers Of their dress
uniform are OF cherry colored mate.
rial
There Is certain Scotch regimen,
which FOR some reason had its kits
taken away and now has to wear
trousers made OF the same kind Of
plaid that the kits were made of. The
men are working ike Trojans I'm this
war TO win their Kits back again. and
they will very probably be successful
as they have done some wonderful
work
Each regiment finds something 10
boast about, and the men never miss m
opportunity The Seventeenth Lancer,
are known as the Death or Glory
Boys" as their regimeutal badge l. the
skull and crossed bones and Death OF
Glory" is their motto.
The Royal Engineers have more Vie
toria crosses than any other regimen,
In the British army, and IL is no won.
der, for theirs is a very dangerous
work and affords plenty OF opportu
mites for men TO distinguish them
selves. The first Victoria cross award
ed In the present war was won by q
driver Of an automobile, a member o.
the Army Service corps.
Two days later word came around
that the regiment was going 10 the
front within the week BY that tim,
l was covered with saddle sores and
was In agony the whole time. Al
though II requires nine months train
ing 10 turn out a full fedged cavalry
man. decided 10 try 10 50 with III,
regiment somehow, and ! didn't car,
how ! went Anything TO get out OF
that riding school So ] went 20 4
captain aud told him the whole story
and begged him TO take me IL,
was certainly mighty nice about It
and In the end he attached me 10 hi,
personal stan and took me that way
Up 10 this time | hadn't thought
much about what was going TO happcr
when We reached the front, but wha
we got Just before We sailed certainly
made me do some tall thinking. ",
were issued identity disks first. Thes,
are hung around the neck. and On then
are stamped the soldiers name, req
mental number and his religion Ther
We were given our pay books aud tolC
to make'our wis IN, the back OF them
The chaplain next addressed us an,
prayed over US.
When this was all over was =,
scared | was beginning TO think tha
thef riding school might bsve is nd
vantages And all the way over OF
the transport ! was feeling might!
blue, and | was certain that wa
never going I, see England again. le
alone the old L. 5, A.
Crossing the channel, We landed a
Ostcnd at O'Clock Ia the morning OF
the eighth day Of October, 1914. ",