SOLDIER'S TIPS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 138, 28 January 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

SOLDIER'S TIPS.

BY COL. LORD GLANUSK, G. 8., D.S.O.

To a soldier on service these tips 1 explain, Should carry you through e'en the longest campaign, A very sound rule is, wherever your beat, Don't part with a "biscuit" without a receipt. But if you take charge of it, surely it's sound too, Don't give a receipt, then, unless you are bound to. Care there should be, if your life you'd preserve, Ammunition, food, men, keep a bit in reserve. Don't waste any food, and throw nothing away, Or perhaps you'll go hungry the verynext day. Each bit of dry wood, or of coal that you pass, Just carry to camp, or a bit of dry grass For lighting a fire, some fat or some grease Is a wonderful help, and it lights then with ease. Have patience, and .ill things will come right in a bit, And the first thing to do is to keep yourself fit. If youp don't want to find yourself placed on the shelf, If a job's to be done well, do it yourself . Just keep your mouth shut, and don't talk when at work, If everyone's talking a lot of them* shirk. Keep rifles quite clean, and yourself, too, as well, Or a. poisonous wound may a sad story tell. Let pencil and paper be part of your kit, A great many uses you'll find they both fit. .Messages written, not verbal, should be, Or mistakes may occur, and then you're up a treeXo order's correct, I must here clearly state, Unless it has on it the time, place, and date. Of shooting by now you should quite experts be, Do not fire a shot if the foe you can't see. Please take a good aim, and you may get a bull, But up to the last keep your magazine full. Quick firing's important, but no use a bit To fire ten rounds and nobody hit. Resolve on a march that you'll never fall out, It's the best marching side that will win, without doubt. So soap well your socks, and keep clean your feet, Don't smoke and don't drink, and you'll never be beat. The finish with bayonets, trenches within, 'Tis the first point that counts if it only gets in. Unless you are sure that a man is a friend, Mind you don't let him pass, or it may be your end. A village or houses you had best leave alone. A bullet or shell, too, will glance off a stone. White flags or surrenders, well, those we don't use them; Be careful, the enemy's apt to abuse them. Expect to get through, and just hope for the best, You just pull the trigger and luck does the rest. You only can die as a brave soldier can, If you don't, then you rive, and thank God you'iO a man. If it's peace or it's war, the end is the same, And it don't matter much if" you're playing the game.