TEN COMMANDMENTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 66, 20 April 1943, Page 2

TEN COMMANDMENTS

THE SOLDIERS' BIBLE (From the N.Z.E.F.- Times. Cairo) 1. Thou shalt not scrounge, neither shalt thou swing the lead, lest thy resting place be the trough of 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 Fgypt. 4.Thou shalt not (ill thyself lip to overflowing with beer or by Royal Warrant thou shalt lose, much of thy pieer (pay) and the Provost Sergeant shall number thee among hiis staff, for it is written: He that drinketh shall pull the roller. 5. Six days shalt thou labour and on the seventh do twice as much .r fi. 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-Cor-poral, lo thou shalt present thy humble body at the dwelling placn of the "Big Noises," which is known as the Corporals.' Mess, and shall crave that they accept liquid, refreshments. of thee at th'rnc own expense. 7. Thou shalt not take unto thyself a comrade's kit, neither shalt tliou borrow when the owner is not present, or thy sins may be« visited on thee by that quickness of the hand that blackeneth the eye. 8. Thou shalt not fritter away thy worldly goods by playing Banker, Pontoon and Nap lest the avenging voice of the Provost Sergeant lie heard: Render unto me your name and leave the money "when? it layeth. 9. Thou shalt not. kill. If the Uhobi grievcth thee, thou shalt not smite him hip or thigh, neither shall you sling him one over. Thou shall go unto the headman and crave audience of him and set forth thy grievance with much wailing and gnashing of teeth. He will open his mouth and the words of wisdom shall flow forth,-and next time it shall be twice as ba<l., 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 thou shalt study the Dole and the drawing thereof. Lo for many moons' thou shalt take it easy and rest from all thy labours. KIWI,