PREFACE it but I do not regret my experiences. If I had enemies whom I hated, I also had close filends whom I loved. One word in conclusion. As constituted by the euthorities the Force is admirable, md it only remains for the men themselves, and especially the sub-officers, to make it what it should be, a harmonious band of brothers. CONTENTS DE ROUTE MAROH - FLAT-FOOT DRILL - BENNIES DEPARTURE CONSOLATION FIRE PRACTICE SECOND-CLASS CONSTABLE ALSTON - LAST WORDS OF THE DYING REORUIT BOUND FE DUTY - BUMMING - DE DOG-DRIVERS FRIEN - TO INSPECTOR W. E. CLARK - PAPINE CORNER DISILLUSIONED COTCH DONKEY - ME WHOPPIN BIG-TREE BOY A RECBUIT ON THE CORPY - PAY-DAY - THE APPLE-WOMANS COMPLAINT KNUTSFORD PARK RACES - THE HEART OF A CONSTAB - FE ME SAL THE BOBBY TO THE SNEERING LADY - 9 PAGE 11 13 THE MALINUEREB - A LABOUBEBS LIFE GIVE ME FBEE - - COMBADES FOUR - TO W G G SUgEE RIVER PAGE 69 71 73 74 GLOSSARY - l2 DE ROUTE MARCH To de music wid a good will We went tramp-trampin up de hill, An back to camp strode marchin trough De sad ruins of St. Jago. FLAT-FOOT DRILL Fus beginnin, flat-foot drill, Larnin how fe mek right tun Tention keep you hans dem still, Cant you tek in dat a lil Hearin all, but larnin none. But Beems unno all don-ca, Wont mek up you min fe larn Drill-instructor boun fe swea, Dealin wid you class all day, Neber see such from A barn. Right tun, you damn bungo brut Do it so, you mountain man Car behin de bluff lef foot, Seems i frighten fe de boot Why you wont keep don you han 3 Shet you moat A wan no chat Fabour say you pick up nong, Sence you nyamin DepBt fat An top sleep port so-so mat, But A mean fe pull you tonguem4 It seems you are getting beany now. SO that you cant talk, Wonder when nnno wi fit Fe move up in-a fue squad, Use carbine an bayonet Wait dough, -unno mi larn yet, -Me wi drill you ti you mad.