THE BIVOUAC.
SPECIALS IN THE STRAW. It was a remarkable sight. Bedded down m a thick mat of straw, some 500 specials men from the country slept the sleep of tired men. In tho dim lijnjt they lay iii nino long tows covorod, lv I W ico blankets and rugs*blissfully oblivions to tho world and its troubles. Most of-them had merely dotted their boots and coats, ready for any caJi. atod then a straw bedwould crackle a .s a restless sleeper turned in his dreams to charge an imaginory -stone-throww. . It was 1 a curious bivouac—a striking commentary on the times wo live in. Upstairs in tho f'™ °f the- much-discussed Garrison Officers Cjub, the section leaders also reposed on rough but comfortable bods W.straw, probably conjuring up sleep* • pictures of their quiet farm homes m the green lands beyond the Bimutakns.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1901, 8 November 1913, Page 6
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142THE BIVOUAC. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1901, 8 November 1913, Page 6
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