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When it stirs in the mind of the disciplined soldier it turns him into a scout, and drives him out of the orderly-room, out of the barrack square, to wander in Himalayan passes and ride across the deserts of Africa. Baden-Powell is a nomad.
I was taking an awful chance getting his goat like that last night. It's a wonder he didn't kill me. He's man-handled me pretty badly at times. Oh, well! I guess it's been coming to me all right. Neither of us has ever dreamt of going squalling to the Orderly-room over our . . . differences. I don't think Burke's ever taken the trouble to 'peg' a man in his life. Not his way.
"But what rot! Look here, it was handed in to my orderly-room at six-thirty. You'd have hardly had time to get there at any rate." Graham looked over his shoulder. "That's so," he said. "But what'll I do now?" "Haven't a notion," said the other, "except that they'll let you know quick enough. Don't worry that's the main thing.
Early in life joined the Queen's Army, and by good conduct worked his way up. Was orderly-room clerk and paymaster's assistant in his regiment. He led a steady life whilst in the service, and at the expiration of his term passed into the Reserve with a "very good" character. He was a long time unemployed, and this appears to have reduced him to despair, and so to drink.
The adjutant received me in the orderly-room when I reached the camp, some time after dark. I was as respectful as possible for I thought he was the colonel. Even if I had known him for an adjutant I should still have been respectful, for I like to be on the safe side of things and I had not the remotest idea what the position and functions of an adjutant are.
Dudley, my Orderly-room sergeant, is leaving next month time-expired so I thought I was conferring a great favour on the boy by promising him the step-up good staff appointment give him a chance to recuperate thoroughly. But no! my young gentleman courteously declines my munificent offer. Nothing must serve him but he must go back to me Irish 'ginthleman' and that d d dissipated scamp of a Yorke."
As soon as the captain had gone, Reimers put his helmet on the table, and drew off his gloves. He glanced round the orderly-room and nodded with satisfaction as he noted that everything was as it used to be. Then he held out his hand to the sergeant-major. "Good-day, Schumann!" he said cheerily. "You're still here? How are you?" "I'm well, sir, thank God. And, beg pardon, sir, but how are you?"
Old "Spindle-legs" threw up his hands, gasped like a fish, and it seemed half a minute before he whispered "Orderly officer." Of course I lowered my rifle with a fine show of respect, but he didn't lose any time asking what my orders were for the night; he beat it for the orderly-room as fast as his trembling legs could carry him. He took it for granted that we were very much on guard.
He then inquired how long I had been a non-commissioned officer, and directed me to attend at the orderly-room to copy orders and to take the detail of the company for the next day. After writing it down, he told me to read it to him. "Yes; that will do," he said. "Are you anxious to obtain promotion?" "Yes, sir," I answered, not a little pleased.
Back to them, and then the last scene in the comedy, in which, under a charge of neglecting to groom my horse in spite of repeated warnings, I was marched straight to the orderly-room, there to appear before the colonel. I boiled over in his presence and denounced the little conspiracy. The colonel was something of a martinet, but he was justice incarnate.
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