Quotes by J. H. Cowie: Difference between revisions

▲{{Quote|text=From early morning to dusk physical training, preliminary manual drill and movements were practised. The training was handicapped, however, for a long time by the lack of rifles, even those for drill purposes only.|person=[[J. H. Cowie]]|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In England|Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale)]]}}

▲{{Quote|text=Training was preceding all this time at full pressure, the men becoming keener and keener as the work became more strenuous. The D.P. rifles<ref>Drill purpose rifle is generally a rifle that can no longer be fired due to the removal of the firing mechanism. These rifles are used for drill purposes and training exercises only.</ref> (12 rifles with ammunition were sent from the private rifle range at Wemyss Castle)<ref>Wemyss Castle, located on a cliff range between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.</ref> and in addition to musketry practice, route marches and manœvres on a limited scale were in the orders of the day; in fact no opportunity was lost in making the Battalion a real fighting unit.|person=[[J. H. Cowie]]|source=[[Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) - In England|Record of the XIth (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale)]]}}