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"We'll supply our share, sir," said the sergeant. "I'm expecting orders any minute I'm a reservist myself. Coldstream Guards, sir." "Congratulations!" said Franklin. He spoke a little wistfully. "I wonder if they'll let me go? I think I'm old enough! Well, can we help any more here tonight?" "No, thank you, sir. You've done very well as it is. Pity all the lads don't belong to the Boy Scouts.
He was an East Anglian, and made four vowels do duty for five, his e's being always pronounced as a's; he had done his seven years' "sarvice" with the colours, and was a reservist; he was an admirable servant steady, cool, and honest.
Professional officers are practically unanimous in preferring the third method. The liability of the trained citizen to serve in war during his year in the ranks and his years as a first-class reservist must be determined by the military needs of the country. I have given the reasons why I believe the need to be for an army that can strike a blow in a continental war.
One of the first of the plots was the attempted blowing up of the international bridge at Vanceboro, Maine, on December 31, 1914. The materials for this explosion were collected and the fuse set by a German reservist lieutenant, Werner Horn, who admitted that he acted under the orders of von Papen.
Up till then we had not the Imperial Chancellor spoke with great emotion and repeatedly struck the table while uttering these words called up a single reservist, out of a loving regard for the peace of Europe. "Therefore on July 31st we requested Russia to demobilize as the only measure which could save the European peace.
She found the tidy little house in great disorder, with Mitty sitting on the edge of Granny's bed, her face swollen with tears, while Granny sat up in bed rocking to and fro and bewailing her fate for a poor unfortunate buddy who should'a' died years agone. "What has happened?" cried Christina in dismay. "Has Granny " "B-b-Burke!" sobbed Mitty, "'E-e's a reservist."
On the 9th we made 250 miles, which was a record run. The "Monmouth" had found her second wind and was going strong. Some of the ships were tossing but not very much. I forgot to say that on the 7th, a soldier on the ship astern of us died. He was a reservist going home to rejoin his regiment.
But from what I have seen and heard of the ex-mayor of Toledo I felt he would stand for it. The note read: "Dear Brand: "I am detained in a house with a garden where the railroad passes through the village of Ligne. Please come quick, or send some one in the legation automobile. "Richard." The officer to whom I gave this was Major Alfred Wurth, a reservist from Bernburg, on the Saale River.
"I'm sorry for his old father and mother. I'm a father myself." "I certainly had a good farewell kick at him!" declared Pilzer. "Lean on yourself!" he added, giving a shove to the old reservist who was next him. "I saw men who had ceased to be human.
In the intervals between the shouting, I caught some of his words, "I am setting out to fight the last war the war of humanity which will bring universal peace and friendship to the world." A sailor behind me spat. He was drunk and feeling the need of sympathy. He began to explain to me the reason. He was a fireman on one of the steamers in the basin and a reservist in the British Navy.
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