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We had been given to understand that, once our names were registered, we should be allowed to return home to provide ourselves with money, suitable clothing, and food, as well as to bid our families good bye. WE HAD BEEN GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE OUR NAMES WERE REGISTERED WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME TO PROVIDE OURSELVES WITH MONEY SUITABLE CLOTHING AND FOOD AS WELL AS TO BID OUR FAMILIES GOOD BY
y--a theory which has been fostered by the ingenious devices of the Arabs to avoid conscription. To these wild people the protracted discipline of military training is simply a purgatory, and for weeks before the recruiting officers are due, they dose themselves with powerful herbs and physics and fast, and nurse sores into being, until they are in a really deplorable condition. Some of them go so far as to cut off a finger or two. The officers, however, have learned to see beyond these little tricks, and few Arabs succeed in wriggling through their drag-net. I have watched dozens of Arabs being brought in to the recruiting office on camels or horses, so weak were they, and welcomed into the service with a severe beating--the sick and the shammers sharing the same fate. Thus it often happens that some of the new recruits die after their first day of garrison life. Together with twenty of my comrades, I presented myself at the recruiting station at Acco (the St. Jean d'Acre of history). ALLY UNFIT FOR THE ARMY A THEORY WHICH HAS BEEN FOSTERED BY INGENIOUS DEVICES OF THE ARABS TO AVOID CONSCRIPTION TO THESE WILD PEOPLE THE PROTRACTED DISCIPLINE OF MILITARY TRAINING IS SIMPLY A PURGATORY AND FOR WEEKS BEFORE THE RECRUITING OFFICERS ARE DUE THEY DOSE THEMSELVES WITH POWERFUL HERBS AND PHYSICS AND FAST AND NURSE SORES INTO BEING UNTIL THEY ARE IN A REALLY DEPLORABLE CONDITION SOME OF THEM GO SO FAR AS TO CUT OFF A FINGER OR TWO THE OFFICERS HOWEVER HAVE LEARNED TO SEE BEYOND THESE LITTLE TRICKS AND FEW ARABS SUCCEED IN WRIGGLING THROUGH THEIR DRAG NET I HAVE WATCHED DOZENS OF ARABS BEING BROUGHT IN TO THE RECRUITING OFFICE ON CAMELS OR HORSES SO WEAK WERE THEY AND WELCOMED INTO THE SERVICE WITH A SEVERE BEATING THE SICK AND THE SHAMMERS SHARING THE SAME FATE THUS IT OFTEN HAPPENS THAT SOME OF THE NEW RECRUITS DIE AFTER THEIR FIRST DAY OF GARRISON LIFE TOGETHER WITH TWENTY OF MY COMRADES I PRESENTED MYSELF AT THE RECRUITING STATION AT ACCO THE SAINT JEAN DARCARO OF HISTORY
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