THE ULTIMATE OUTRAGE.

I had a favourite shirt for many moons,

Soft, silken, soothing and of tenderest tone,

Gossamer-light withal. The Subs., my peers,

Envied the garment, ransacking the land

To find a shirt its equal—all in vain.

For, when we tired of shooting at the Hun

And other Batteries clamoured for their share