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Updated: September 2, 2025
The square was filled with little processions containing six or eight men each; first from the orderly-room to the hospital, in all kinds of civilian raiment: black, grey, brown, green, blue, drab anything but red; hatless, capless, black-hatted, cloth-capped, shabby, spruce, dirty, soiled, clean, pretty clean, white-faced, red-faced, unkempt, well-groomed, hungry, well-fed, thin, fat every class between clerks and tramps; every condition between prosperity and destitution.
Käppchen, the corporal, a lanky fellow with cunning eyes, grumbled from time to time at the trouble, and consigned to perdition the dirty rascals who caused it. Of course it was much pleasanter for him to sit in the orderly-room than to be messing about with the idiots out of doors; but he had never bargained for having to scribble away till he nearly got writer's cramp.
But there were trees along the canal and reeds and grass, so that there were worse places than Donovan's camp in Le Havre. Peter found his friend surveying the endeavours of a gang of boys to construct a raised causeway from the officers' mess to the orderly-room, and he promptly broached his object. Donovan was entranced with the proposal, but he could not go. He was adamant upon it.
That alone should be sufficient inducement to make you try to get on." Frielinghausen stood breathless for a moment after he had closed the door of the orderly-room. His heart was full of gratitude for the warm, humane words, which, after all the dry exhortations and admonitions, put new life into his heart.
"We must have a new sergeant-major," said the old martinet to his adjutant in the orderly-room. The post was vacant for the moment through the promotion of its late holder to be quartermaster. "Yes, sir; the sooner the better. The difficulty is to choose." "I have been thinking it over, Smallfield, and have decided to promote Hyde. Send for him."
The sergeant-major had barely time to throw together the few things that he intended to take with him. "Ida," he shouted through the door, "cut some bread and butter for my breakfast, and send it over to me in the orderly-room." Julie was as usual on the sofa, which was pushed close up to the table. Her sister was sitting doing some needlework.
I came in to ask a simple question, and instead of giving me a civil answer you kape me wasting my time wid your O'Driscols and your Spartans and all kinds of rigmarole. That is the worst of being in an Irish regiment, nothing can be done widout ever so much blather;" and Captain O'Grady stalked out of the orderly-room.
You are certainly young for buglers for service work; however, I will go across with you to the orderly-room, and hear what the colonel says." Crossing the barrack-yard, they found the colonel was in and disengaged. "Colonel Tritton," Captain Manley said, "these lads want to enlist as buglers." The colonel looked up and smiled. "They look regular young pickles," he said.
"Let me out!" shrieked Sarah. "I'll send a file of the guard to fetch you to the orderly-room by-and-by," said Robert, "for 'preferring frivolous complaints," and he departed to the farmyard to look at the ducks. That night, when Robert went up to bed, the Captain quietly locked him into his dressing-room, from which the bed had been removed.
The larger of these, which was intended to accommodate two companies was divided into sets, each set having on the main floor an orderly-room and three squad-rooms, while below in the basement were a mess-room and a kitchen. The other barrack was intended to be occupied by one company only; and the orderly-room, squad-rooms, mess-rooms, and a kitchen were on the same floor.
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