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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1905
Page
116
A memoir style essay critiques modern drill and military routine through a narrator’s comic chase by the Belgian army in Brussels. It contrasts outdated drill with contemporary warfare, lampoons drill sergeants and uniforms, and recalls London barracks drills, Waterloo ground lore, and a humorous riot era encounter.
Polly and I debate marriage and gender roles with quips about cliffs, ascent and descent. The scene pivots on contrasting expectations of men and women, highlighting humor and tension in a domestic standoff.
Sailors Maudsley and Packenham command Montiars from the New Hebrides to Samoa amid a fever rack and mutinous native crew. A brutal dawn battle ends with disciplined restraint, a rescue mission to Futuna, and Maudsley’s dying wish to aid Belton’s girl with his warded last cruise funds.
Original anecdotes recount Gen Isaac J Wistar of Philadelphia and his method to dismiss guests after a long evening. A tale from the Pennsylvania Academy of Natural Sciences meeting recalls an old approach by two San Francisco friends who solved the problem with a gentle nudge toward bed as clock struck.
Ail August Ziesing, new president of the American Bridge Company, cites a businessman who makes many self serving mistakes. A young draughtsman endures sleepless nights from a crying baby while his wife says she has no trouble keeping the child asleep in the day.
Chan Chun Man, head of a Cantonese firm with over 16 000 workers, in Philadelphia for the Chinese awakening warns that China’s new respect for war may degrade it and notes the nation will no longer be the laughing stock of more warlike powers. He cites a Japanese defeat explanation and okays a shift from naive blunders to a stronger posture.
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