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Euryale anxiously broke in; and he hastily went on "They call Caesar by no name but Tarautas; every mouth is full of gibes and rage at the new and monstrous taxes, the billeting of the troops, and the intolerable insolence of the soldiery, which Caracalla wickedly encourages. His contemptuous indifference has deeply offended the heads of the town. And then his suit to my sister!
Forced loans, benevolences, taxes without consent of parliament, arbitrary imprisonments, the billeting of soldiers, martial law; these were the grievances complained of, and against these an eternal remedy was to be provided.
Then he must have recognised that we were new boys and gullible he said that we ought to report ourselves to some one else called the billeting officer. The fact that we were already provided with beds made no difference. To the billeting officer we ought to go. It is greatly to our credit that we did.
Indeed, there seems only too much reason to believe that the policy of Pitt had long been to force the Irish into premature rebellion by the persistent application of the system of coercion, represented by what were called "free quarters" in other words, the billeting of soldiers indiscriminately among the houses of the peasantry, thereby leaving the wives and daughters of Irish Catholics at the mercy of a hostile soldiery by the burning of houses, the shooting down of almost defenceless crowds, and the flogging and hanging of men and women.
"I never heard of the billeting of grit stones," exclaims a bard of those days, "though I have heard of the billeting of soldiers: but now we see the stones of Aileach billeted on the horses of the King of the West!" Such circuits of the Irish kings, especially in days of opposition, were repeated with much regularity.
Now we meet a larger party of dressed-up folks going to church. It is holy day for Saint Nicholas. The long hill leading into Liablskaya is a good tester for courage. Some of the men are playing out eight versts more will be tough marching. Here is the billeting officer to tell us that the eight versts is a mistake it is nineteen instead. We must halt for the night. No one is sorry.
Give her time to find a lodging " "A lodging! She will find a lodging soon enough. A town full of soldiers " muttered the old woman. "I think this is a question for the billeting lieutenant," said Fanny. "He will explain to you that I am billeted here exactly as a soldier, that I have a right to be here until your arrival. It will be kind of you to give me a day in which to find another room."
The amazing thing to a visitor who has seen the trenches awash on a typical wet day, who knows that even billeting in cold farms and barns behind the lines can scarcely be compared to the comforts of home, is how these men keep well under the conditions.
Ah, now ... Now the lieutenant had but to turn to his superior officer and she would indeed be rent, and reasonably so. "What is the matter?" said the newcomer. "Is something fresh needed?" The billeting lieutenant never hesitated a second. "Mon capitaine, unfortunately the billet found yesterday for this lady is unsuitable. The owner of the house returns this week, and needs the room."
Place comfortable and clean. General sanitation and billeting the same as in all other Russian villages. Reached Pless and left some medical stores with Capt. Watson, then proceeded to Toulgas with medical and Red Cross supplies. On way to headquarters a few stray shots were fired by snipers, but no harm done.
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