Besides officers and mon of The Green Howards, there were units officers going home for various reasons, and men whose time had expired' bringing the number of Passengers up to 1,000, There were, moreover, wives' of several officers and a number of army nursing sisters lining the rails, of the decks is the ship lay awaiting the "hour for departure. Every Available inch of standing room or of clinging space occupied by. the trio Who periodically burst into th Frothbowers' Anthem or oth tunes in keeping with their exuberano of spirits at the thought of going home.
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