BRITISH BANTAMS IN FRANCE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 187, 30 June 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

BRITISH BANTAMS IN FRANCE.

TALL CHAPLAIN'S TKIBITI

Mr. K. H Croll, o, the Victorian Lducation Department, has revived n chatty Utter from Mr F. E. Boaurepane, the well-known swimmer, who in in franco, doing work for the Young -Men s Christum Association. He .rive" an interesting account of the British "Bantams, ' who are fighting in France —scarcely a man of whom [ s ovrr m height.

" Hum men. h,> writes, ■•;,,-,, mainly from the Midland counties— Derby, Nottingham, Cheshire, ami ho on. They are nearly a'l nugget— stocky, solid chaps, who have bold their hit of 1h« line 111 a very satisfactory maimer. But juist get your imagination to work. Five feet or (dn own iunior cadets are hefty chap, fo these fellows.

"The War Office n< rp«t rated a line joke (all unwittingly, I expect) on these men. They gave the BantaniH a senior chaplain named ('apt. Crick, and he turned out to be n man 6ft -tin in height. To see him stooping to talk to a Bantam is a joke which is always keenly relished, and to no one does it appeal more humorously than to the little chaps themselves. "The general demeanour of >h -•■> Bantam* is excellent. Tiny are w.dl disciplined, and know their work. They are a most happy lot. and can yell a chorus with the best."