kas misión. in. The qai, who Following. are. excerpts 4 letter received by à Shanghai father from his Services, it being Royal Wariickshire" Regimens, months. A brother has a com-while another brother hopes shortly to leave the Federated States to join up.
HES applied for permission to be presented at the forthcoming levee, I was very surprised to receive the official levee card with my name thereon on July 10. Fourteen other newly appointed subalterns in my uni it were also honoured in this manner.
With my levee presentation card I had received a small leaflet of inStruction concerning the actual method of presentation, and for at least at Hour the contents of this official publication were seething in my mild. T was suddenly, however, smitten with the right that my boots were not dark brown enough, so I spent ite 30 minutes smothering them with dark polish, without achieving much effect.
The senior subaltern kindly came ill, townd to each room to inspect the with jointly paraded in the hotel finish of our get up, and at 930 a.m. qt lodge and took group photographs.
At 1015 am. we mustered into of four and proudly entered is for our drive to St. James's We instructed our driver to)
his ib as the actual levee did unti 1140. The Mall (we numbers of people eir way to St, James's hı with telescopic reid cameras. Our taxi drew K the raw door of St.
and rather abashed and most to appear unruffled and pre-lo we alighted to meet a sea of An Amazing Adventure Müieróus Police ahd bewigged were ready io usher ùs into ihe Palace reception rooms of the ground floor. When the fifteen of us had collected we proceeded very sh out of the public gaze into an adventure, Removing our headgear on enterihy the building, we proceeded in twos along a series of corridors and
By Life Guards, Beefeaters, of stairways, manned every lace officials and, Gentlemen Some of these soldiers and ifüiclals were truly of enormous size, dnd ohe felt most diffident and puny on passing them. I must admit a col-anxiety to salute each byely óne. The corridors and stüirways were sumptuously decora ated with paintings, and we treaded Our way continuously on heavy carpets. Every now and then officials
is not possible to describe the Subject us to close scrutiny, time of waiting with an ad-flow of arious of the three Services, Judges, mostly in full dress uniforms Lieut. Wiseman who was in front of me was bowing to His Majesty when the usher whispered to me that I should proceed towards the King. I did so and turned left—directly facing His Majésty—who was about nine feet away surrounded by various Royalties, Cabinet Ministers, and Ambussadors, I bowed my head and óh coming to attention again His Majesty bowed in acknowledgment of my_obeisante, That moment will never leave me—that the King should have paused in his busy life to acknowledge Second Lieutenant. ' staggered me and wil always bea cause for undiminished pride.
A sharp turn right, a right turn at the end of the line of Gentlemen-a®Arms who were lined up in front of the King, found me wandering from ti ce "Roo tore in a daza? b! us remembered walking gut of the Palace and we all og that for solemn! cioüsness and momentousni perience was' unforgettable.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.