MILITARY POLICE IN ACTION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2260, 21 September 1914, Page 7

MILITARY POLICE IN ACTION

"I've fought and bled for my country, what's moro'n. you 'ave," remonstrated an inebriated Expeditionary man who was receiving; attention from the .'military police, opposite the United Service Hotel, between 9 and 10 o'clock on Friday evening, says the Christehurch "Sun." ."I. was-in'.the 'Ampshires."' The trouble had commenced in the vicinity of'the Queen's Picture Theatre, where the man under surveillance was steering a rather devious course. Followed by an M.P. he set off at. a run tlirough the right-of-woy, and.eventually camo to rest at the place first mentioned, where an interested crowd soon collected.- "What do you set-on to me for?" he inquired peevishly. "Because I'm: a little feller." Several of tho Military Police had arrived on the aceno by this time, and one of them'made use of the word prisoner; " 'Oo says I'm a prisoner?" expostulated the man from Ampshire. "D'yer think I'm going to 'be token by a. lot of boys like you?" The thought was too much for him, and ho commenced to strike out lustily, right and left. One of tho "boys" then promptly downed him on the pavement, and he arose somewhat subdued. A car appeared on the outskirts of the crowd shortly afterwards, and tho offending soldier was piloted to it. From the car he made his lost defence. He resisted strongly, but was bundled into the motor without ceremony. This ho objected to,' and was on his feet in a second, loudly demanding. '"Who. 'it me?" As if in answer to his question an M.P. who had previously been attending to several loosened teeth, sprang into tho car, and after 1 an exciting scuffle the mon from 'Ampshire was lying quietly in the bottom of tho car, another Military Policeman took the vacant seat, and the machine, was headled for tho camp. . -j