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The men appreciated his efforts. Now, instead of blaspheming and swearing at a comrade, and threatening to shoot him, they could take him apart, and soothe themselves to exhaustion. THE MEN APPRECIATED HIS EFFORTS NOW INSTEAD OF BLASPHEMING AND SWEARING AT A COMRADE AND THREATENING TO SHOOT HIM THEY COULD TAKE HIM APART AND SOOTHE THEMSELVES TO EXHAUSTION
ulated a library of military works, and read and argued and disputed far into the nights. But the adjutant said the old thing: “Get to know your men, young un, and they’ll follow you anywhere. That’s all you want—know your men.” Cottar thought he knew them fairly well at cricket and the regimental sports, but he never realised the true inwardness of them till he was sent off with a detachment of twenty to sit down in a mud fort near a rushing river which was spanned by a bridge of boats. When the floods came they went forth and hunted strayed pontoons along the banks. Otherwise there was nothing to do, and the men got drunk, gambled, and quarrelled. They were a sickly crew, for a junior subaltern is by custom saddled with the worst men. Cottar endured their rioting as long as he could, and then sent down-country for a dozen pairs of boxing-gloves. “I wouldn’t blame you for fightin’,” said he, “if you only knew how to use your hands; but you don’t. Take these things, and I’ll show you.” THUSIASM AND HE AND COTER ACCUMULATED A LIBRARY OF MILITARY WORKS AND READ AND ARGUED AND DISPUTED FAR INTO THE NIGHTS BUT THE ADJUTANT SAID THE OLD THING GET TO KNOW YOUR MEN YOUNG UN AND THEY'LL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE THAT'S ALL YOU WANT KNOW YOUR MEN CARTER THOUGHT HE KNEW THEM FAIRLY WELL AT CRICKET AND THE REGIMENTAL SPORTS BUT HE NEVER REALIZED THE TRUE INWARDNESS OF THEM UNTIL HE WAS SENT OFF WITH A DETACHMENT OF TWENTY TO SIT DOWN IN A MUD FORT NEAR A RUSHING RIVER WHICH WAS SPANNED BY A BRIDGE OF BOATS WHEN THE FLOODS CAME THEY WENT FORTH AND HUNTED STRAYED PONTOONS ALONG THE BANKS OTHERWISE THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO AND THE MEN GOT DRUNK GAMBOLLED AND QUARRELLED THEY WERE SICKLY CREW FOR A JUNIOR SUBTERN IS BY CUSTOM SADDLED WITH THE WORST MEN COTER ENDURED THEIR RIOTING AS LONG AS HE COULD AND THEN SENT DOWN COUNTRY FOR A DOZEN PAIRS OF BOXING GLOVES I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU FOR FIGHTING SAID HE IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW TO USE YOUR HANDS BUT YOU DON'T TAKE THESE THINGS THAT I'LL SHOW YOU
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