AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISH SOLDIER.
Col. Clauk, of the Seventh regiment, who has just returned from a three months' leave in England and the continent, had his eyes on things military while across the water. Soldiers are met so frequently over there as to impress him with magnitude of the burden their support must entail. The English soldier, he says, is a model in appearance. He is strong and athletic, very erect, with a most soldierly carriage. His uniform is clean, handsome, and well fitting, and when seen off duty, with a natty little cap perched jauntily on the side of his head, cane in hand and well gloved, " lie is in appearance the most distinguished soldier in the world." Distinctive uniforms add greatly to the esprit de corp9 of the aniiy, for every uniform lias a history and a record that has to be maintained. While he deems the English volunteers a powerful adjunct for national defence, he thinks thoir organization and system in many respects inferior to our Hatioual guard.— y nr ]M Her aid.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2525, 15 September 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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178AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISH SOLDIER. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2525, 15 September 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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