"He is the bravest man I ever met," said Private James White. "He was as cool as the morning under fire, cheering us all up with smiles and little jokes."

Business done:—Report of Supply.


THE AIRCRAFT CRAZE.

"Ullo, you fellers! Wot yer come down for? More petrol?"


A RECRUITING BALLAD.

[Recruiting in country districts is languishing because the folk hear nothing of their regiments, and local attachment is very strong. Unfortunately this ballad had to be founded on material supplied by the C——r. However, the permitted references to Germans ought at any rate to convince the public that the ballad has no connection whatever with the late Boer War.]