ital till the next day, when
he felt a little bruised and stiff." It really seemed hard to succumb
to enteric after such a miraculous escape from the enemies' murderous
fire.

[Sidenote: _Church of England Chaplains at work._]

The following letter by the Rev. T. F. Falkner refers to this period,
and was sent originally to the Chaplain-General; but is here
published, slightly abridged, as an excellent illustration of the
spirit and work of the many chaplains of the Church of England who
have taken part in this campaign:--

"I was particularly anxious that you should know the luxury in
which we are living in the matter of Church privileges, and the
keen appreciation which our people show of that which is so
freely offered. Nothing can exceed the kindness of the dean and
his clergy. They allow us to have the use of the cathedral on
Sunday mornings at nine o'clock for a parade service for the
Guards, and at 5.30 on Sunday evenings we have a special evensong
for the convenience of officers and men to enable them to get
back to barrack or camp in good time; in addition to this, we
have permission to hold a special mission service for soldiers on
Friday evenings at 6.30. There is a daily celebration as well as
Morning and Evening Prayer and Litany, while on Sundays there are
three celebrations of Holy Communion. These are luxuries to us
wayfarers on the veldt. Now for the appreciation of them. On the
Sunday after we came in, the cathedral choir volunteered their
help at our nine o'clock (Guards') parade, and the service was
home-like and hearty. The drums were there and rolled at the
Glorias, and 'God Save the Queen,' which was sung because it was
a parade service. I spoke to the men on the blessings of a
restful hour of worship in an English church after our
journeyings, and of the mercies which had been granted to us,
basing what I had to say on 'It is good for us to be here.' At
the morning service at 10.30 there was a large number of the
headquarter staff present, many of whom, Lord Roberts included,
stayed to the celebration.... At 7.30, the ordinary hour for
evensong, long before the service began the church was literally
_packed_ with officers and men, one vast mass of khaki; all
available chairs and forms were got in, and officers were put up
into the long chancel whereve