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The Manchester Bifles met for drill on Thursday night, Lieuts. Kirton and Bray, exercised the men in squad, manual, and the bayonet exercises. Corporals Petherick and Saywell also put them through the manual exercise. A color-sergeant named Alexander Stewart committed suicide in the Cape Town barracks by blowing out his brains with a gun. His pocket book, just written in, was found at his side. In this he said he was going to put an end to himself. He wrote it to another colorsergeant—a great friend — leaving him any money that may be over after his debts were paid. He hoped this would suffice as a will. Further if there were such things as"§pooks" in the next world he would come back to see his friends, as he should like to see there hair stand on end.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 27, 20 August 1892, Page 2
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