Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 27

• December 3, 2016 22:28:50 Sue Bryant

  Much stronger, that they have induced me

  to consider myself a paragon of moderation

  in the first place, to line up in an iron

  Roofed shed men clad in clothes which would

  have been rather to warm for the trenches

  in midwinter was sheer unthinking cruelty

  & then to march them to Barracks in

  that Kit. I overheard rather an amusing

  conversation “What are they waiting for”. asked

  one fellow, “Why don’t they let them get of to

  the Barracks straight away”. “Oh”, said to the

  other, “I supposed they don’t think it is quite

  hot enough yet”. There may have been a

  ceremonial address, I am quite willing to bet

  there was. If so I did not hear it nor did

  anyone else that I asked about it. When

  the Regiment marched out of the Godown

  no one had the spirit to raise a cheer & all

  this cruelty to these men in order that a

  few of the upper tea could shake hands

  with the Elite of the City.

  
  

• November 17, 2016 23:10:25 Sue Bryant

  Much stronger, that they have induced me

  to consider myself a paragon of moderation

  in the first place, to line up in an iron

  Roofed shed men clad in clothes which would

  have been rather to warm for the trenches

  in midwinter was sheer unthinking cruelty

  & then to march them to Barracks in

  that Kit. I overheard rather an amusing

  conversation “What are they waiting for”. asked

  one fellow, “Why don’t they let them get of to

  the Barracks straight away”. “Oh”, said to the

  other, “I supposed they don’t think it is quite

  hot enough yet”. There may have been a

  ceremonial address, I am quite willing to bet

  there was. If so I did not hear it nor did

  anyone else that I asked about it. When

  the Regiment marched out of the Godown

  no one had the spirit to raise a cheer & all

  this cruelty to these men in order that a

  few of the upper tea could shake hands

  with the Elite of the City.

  
  

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