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WITH THE I - BARMOUTH TERRITORIALS…

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WITH THE I BARMOUTH TERRITORIALS AT CAMBRIDGE. Cambridge, April 20th. On the Wednesday previous to Good Friday our Battalion held their prelim- inary sports, the victors in the various events being chosen to represent the Battalion in the Divisional sports, which were held on Easier Monday, in ideal weather and on an ideal ground. Pte. R. B. Jones, of Nc. 2, Marine Parade, was first in the sack race, and so was chosen for the same event on Monday, in which, having run away in his beats, was unlucky enough to stumble in the final, when leading. Services were held in the Church on Good Friday,, the soldiers marched to the various Church Parades in the morn- ing, led by their bugle bands, they also took a large part in all the celebrations of the day. The great feature of Good Friday in Cambridge—a feature they say not met with in any other town in England—is the skipping on Parker's Piece. Large crowds assembled there in the morning with skipping ropes, and enjoyed their harmless and healthy sport until the rain drove them indoors. The soldiers entered with heartiness 'nto all the fun. A party of us have been to North- ampton for an advanced musketry course. The weather was all against good shooting, King Boreas being in his element the whole time which was al- alowed us for shooting. It was a cheeky wind too, for instead of going round us it went through us, thereby numbing our fingers. On coming back we found our Company under a new Captain, Mr 0. Madoc Jones being the one appointed. Humour has been current in the town that the whole of the Welsh Division was to be moved away from here, but up to the time of writing we are still here. But on our Orders on Sunday it states that our Battalion has been chosen for service overseas. When and where we will be going is known only to the gods. We should have been away on service long before this, only for the fact that our reserves are not up to the strength required. There is room, I believe, for over two hundred men in our Reserve Battalion. I should like to point out to many of the men who up to now are on Home Service that they would be protecting their homes quite as much, if not more, by signing on for Overseas Service. I am not belittling their patriotism in the least, far from that, but it is rather hard lines on us—who have signed from the beginning for Imperial Service-that we should be kept back on account of an insufficiency of reserves. There are others who have not yet volunteeed their services for King and Country. Let them remember that delay is dangerous. It is solely a matter for them to consider whether it is their duty or not. The more the men enlist the sooner will French polish the Germans off. I might say that at the chief place of amusement—The Hippodrome at North- arnpton the week we were there, Mr Cbas. Elstree took a leading part, and was warmly" applauded by a crowded house. We also met Capt Griffith Wil- liams, of Beach Road. He was on a visit to his daughter, who has made her home in the capital of the boot trade. What has struck us lately is the effect of music on muscles, for when we are fatigued on the march, and wearily rolling along, the band will strike a tune, and our muscles seem to lose all their stiffness and puts vim afresh in our strides. Music hath charms they say, I know it charms our stiffness away when on the march. In the next letter it is likely I will be able to give more news of our projected visit abroad. We all hope it will not end in disappointment, such as attended our proposed visit to India in November. While other regiments are winning glory at the front, we the Royal,"Welsh Fusiliers are stuck at Cambridge. K.ii.Jti. f

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