The war correspondent of the Daily News at Orange River
records an illuminative anecdote illustrating the methods by which solidarity is established between the citizen soldiers and Regulars at the front. He overheard one of the Warwicks holding forth on the O.I.V.'s as follows :—" 'E comes up to me," said the Regular, " an"e sez to me, sez 'e, Look 'ere, me man, where can I find your sergeant-major P' I looks at 'im, an' I sez : ' Wot are you P' sez I. 'E sez : ' I'm a City Imp'rial Volunteer,' sea 'e. ' 0 1 ' sez Yus,' sez 'e. 'Yes,' sez I, 'you're a Volunteer an' I'm a Reg'lar,' I sez,`an' you ain't gain' to lord it over me,' I sez, with yer me man,"' I sex, 'don't you forget it. I didn't get no freedom of the City,' I sez, 'the only thing the Lord Mayor ever giv' me,' I sez, *was fourteen days for fnr'ons drivin',' I sez. ' I wasn't entertained at tea,' I sez, by all the dooks and earls of London,' I sez. I wasn't 'rigged an' kissed as I walked along the street,' I sex, ' but I'm a bloomin' privit an' so are yon, me lad.' Tug,' sez 'e, an' dam proud of it,' sex 'e. So am L' sez L Well,
come an"ave a drink,' sea 'e. ' Right you are,' sez now you're talkin'! ' " It is only fair to add, on the assurance of the writer, that the O.I.V.'s are an excellent body of men in this respect, and entirely free from the obnoxions quality of " side."
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