Mr. Tinsley, c Roberts, b Rad- S. M. Toyne, Esq., c & b Toll

was some satisfaction to the Cadets and their officers to be complimented on the expeditious manner in which they had answered the call. Interesting night operations also brought great enjoyment and were most instructive.

Altogether the Camp was a most successful one, the weather splendid, and the health of the Cadets more robust than ever under their active service conditions.

THE NIGHT ATTACK.

From the dusk of the uplands we marched down into the darkness of the valley.

Below in the mists of the land winked four little eyes of light ; the sweet signs of life and the dwellings of the workers from the fields.

Then the storm-clouds passed onwards before the wind and revealed the moon in a great yellow halo like the light from a horn lantern. It was a warning and a sign which is evil to the mariner.

The end of the road, before us the open fields.

Halt !

We were in the last slopes of the valley. Far above us rose the blackness of the wooded hills and the whispering of the trees in the wind. A few cattle moved like shadows through the mist and vanished. An owl cried from the silence of the woods. These were the only sounds in the stillness. Then a sudden movement among the men.

Forward !

Slowly we passed up the hill and into the blackness of the trees, every man holding belt to belt ; a great company advancing as a chain link upon link into the darkness. Slowly the long thin line wound upwards making the woods echo with the crash of marching feet over the stones.

Then the sudden light of the moon. The open sky, and before us the summit of the hill.

We formed up into sections and waited.

Silence, and out of the silence the long-drawn cry of a screech owl.

Forward !

Again the cry, echo upon echo across the valley as if calling us back into the darkness of the wood.

Up through the hedges we worked moving slowly forward owards the face of the enemy. Then a faint word of command, flashes of light above us and the crash of firing.

Discovered !

Swiftly we passed up the slope.

Charge !

It was done. The hill had been taken. A MAN AT ARMS.

REMINISCENCES OF CAMP.

After a hard day's work at Camp, (For hours and hours we'd been on tramp). On our " soft " bolsters we laid our heads, And longed once more for feather beds.

That night some rest we hoped to gain, " To Camp I'll never come again." So said we all, not one did fail— But listen to our mournful tale. * * * * * Clear and shrill through the midnight air The bugles sounded a Zepp'lin scare ; The Camp arose with much dissension, The language—that we dare not mention.

The orders—" not decency but speed," Boots, belt, a rifle are all you need : Equipped with a rifle, clad in a belt, How funny we looked, " how foul " we felt.

A poor recruit was left behind, One wretched boot he could not find, When we returned through the wind and rain, We found him fast asleep again.

I164 ECHOES OF WAR AT A HEALTH RESORT.

The orders for next day were such :Parade and night attack—not much ! We set out in gusty weather, And moved across the blooming " heather." Excitement soon became intense, As we leapt o'er a six-foot fence. Excitement fairly made us quiver, As down we fell into the river.

To find our kit there in the slime We tried—But I could not find mine, " Here's my rifle " somebody said, " Your rifle, fool, why that's my head."

At last the night attack was done And we were worn out everyone. We homeward wound our weary way Convinced we had had a de—lightful day.

Of other work we did our share, But that was in the clear bright air. Of that a corporal longed to talk, His comment was : " How decent, York."

The end of Camp came round at last, A topping week we all had passed. Of " grousing " in these lines reck nought— It is not what we really thought.

ka; T.

ECHOES OF WAR AT A HEALTH RESORT.

An irresponsible and light-hearted man is he who, loosed from the bonds and shackles of his daily common task, is able to betake himself to some spot where he may bask at ease in a deckchair, or manfully swing his club on the golf-course according as his fancy leads him. This is not so much in the case during the