Show the Gur khas charge that the indian troops not only re but love their officers is illustrated in the following humorous story from T P s journal A young english engliski Engli sli subaltern had just arrived at the front and his superior officers who were not at all sure of him gave an old hindu soldier of his regiment orders to keep his eye on him the indian was very phoud of his trust and looked after the young fellow as it if he had been his own son although he was always perfectly respectful ful and obedient then one afternoon the german across the way started a violent bombardment bar bard dment meat carrier carried away by his feelings the boy jumped up and exposed lilma himself elf unnecessarily to their fire the immediately pulled him back pushed him to the floor of the I 1 trench and sat on lilan the young S en liman man struggled to rise but the sat eat tight i not yet sahib he cried not yet and it was not until the colonel gave the order to charge that the conscientious ious hindu allowed his prisoner to rise saluted him respectfully and charged the enemy trenches at his side |