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    Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces
    Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces
    Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces
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    Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces - John Alexander Hammerton

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      Title: Mr. Punch on the Warpath

      Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces

      Author: Various

      Editor: J. A. Hammerton

      Illustrator: Reginald Cleaver et al

      Release Date: November 26, 2011 [EBook #38146]

      Language: English

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      MR. PUNCH ON THE WARPATH

      TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.

      Some pages of this work have been moved from the original sequence to enable the contents to continue without interruption. The page numbering remains unaltered.

      PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR

      Edited by J. A. Hammerton

      Designed to provide in a series of volumes, each complete in itself, the cream of our national humour, contributed by the masters of comic draughtsmanship and the leading wits of the age to Punch, from its beginning in 1841 to the present day

      Military Education.

      General. Mr. de Bridoon, what is the general use of cavalry in modern warfare?

      Mr. de Bridoon. Well, I suppose to give tone to what would otherwise be a mere vulgar brawl!

      MR. PUNCH ON THE WARPATH

      HUMOURS OF THE ARMY, THE NAVY AND THE RESERVE FORCES

      WITH 136 ILLUSTRATIONS

      BY

      REGINALD CLEAVER, R. CATON WOODVILLE, TOM BROWNE,

      L. RAVEN-HILL, C. L. POTT, CHARLES PEARS, E. T. REED,

      J. BERNARD PARTRIDGE, G. D. ARMOUR, FRED. PEGRAM,

      GEORGE DU MAURIER, PHIL MAY, CHARLES KEENE AND OTHERS.

      PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PROPRIETORS OF PUNCH

      THE EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO. LTD.

      THE PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR

      Twenty-five volumes, crown 8vo. 192 pages

      fully illustrated

      LIFE IN LONDON

      COUNTRY LIFE

      IN THE HIGHLANDS

      SCOTTISH HUMOUR

      IRISH HUMOUR

      COCKNEY HUMOUR

      IN SOCIETY

      AFTER DINNER STORIES

      IN BOHEMIA

      AT THE PLAY

      MR. PUNCH AT HOME

      ON THE CONTINONG

      RAILWAY BOOK

      AT THE SEASIDE

      MR. PUNCH AFLOAT

      IN THE HUNTING FIELD

      MR. PUNCH ON TOUR

      WITH ROD AND GUN

      MR. PUNCH AWHEEL

      BOOK OF SPORTS

      GOLF STORIES

      IN WIG AND GOWN

      ON THE WARPATH

      BOOK OF LOVE

      WITH THE CHILDREN

      FORWARD!

      Was there ever protean like Mr. Punch! The little man is a wonder. In so many guises do we encounter him—now as tourist, again as playgoer, as huntsman, as artist, as bohemian, and equally as stay-at-home philistine, on the bench and on the golf-links, ashore and afloat, where not and how not?—that we need be in no wise surprised to find him on the warpath. Is he not the official jester of a warlike people?

      Of course it may be suggested that in the present book we do not have what is entirely a record of his achievements on many a well-fought field. There are not many echoes here of real red war, but the mimic battle with its humours is well in evidence. The only recent experience of the real thing leaves Mr. Punch too sore of heart to say much about it. But as we are all believers in the maxim in time of peace prepare for war, and as most of our time is peaceful, we are always preparing—hence, perhaps, the reason why we are never ready. But there is a deal of humour in the process, and it is for fun we look to Mr. Punch. Nor shall we look vainly here, for in the past Charles Keene found many of his happiest subjects in the humours of military life and volunteering, while to-day Mr. Raven-Hill, himself an enthusiastic volunteer, ably carries on the tradition, and has many brilliant aiders and abettors.

      Mr. Punch is, by turns, general, drum major, full private, cavalry man and kiltie, he is also A. B. when the occasion serves, and would be horse-marine if necessary! At all events he has given the command, and it's Forward!

      MR. PUNCH ON THE WARPATH

      Waterloo up-to-date (a fact.)

      Belgian Guide. Ze brave Picton 'e fall in ze arms of victoire——

      Facetious Britisher. Where was Lord Roberts?

      Guide (not to be done). Lord Robert 'e stand on zis montagne, and 'e cry, Hoop, Garde, and at zem!

      The report that there are 46,719 total abstainers in the British Army is welcome news, but what grieves recruiting officers is the number of total abstainers from the British Army.

      Curious Military Fact.—The seat of war is always the spot where two forces are standing up to one another.

      A Spot to be avoided by Royal Artillerymen.—Gunnersbury.

      Advice for Martinets.—Military authorities should consider whether it would not be advisable to abate a little of their solicitude for the tidiness of a regiment, and pay somewhat more attention to its mess.

      Among Warriors.

      Interested Patron. So I see you lost an arm in the battle.

      An Atkins (back from the Front). Ay, sir, and my companion here (indicating Atkins No. 2) he lost a leg.

      Patron. And your Colonel—in the same battle, eh?

      Atkins No. 2. Ah! he was worse off than either of us, sir; he lost his head.

      Army Chaplains.—Wouldn't they be all doubly serviceable in time of war if they were all canons?

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