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attempts at reproducing the word of command. Twice a 

 week we held a bathing parade, and the whole camp had to 



HAraDRESSING IN CAMP AT KADDAI 



turn out, strip and take to the water. At first there were 

 many shirkers to deal with, but soon they began to find benefit 

 and even amusement in the habit, and the bathing drills 

 came to be looked forward to as a pleasant diversion rather 

 than a duty. Taking them as a whole, and considering 

 the slight ties beyond the immediate reason of gain that held 

 so mixed a crowd together, it was really wonderful how con- 

 tented and amenable to discipline our followers were. Their 



