Yesterday they did thirty miles, and came in comparatively fresh." "I wish the whole army were shod so," the general said.

"It would improve their marching powers, and we should not have so many men laid up, footsore.

I should say that the boots supplied to the army are the very worst that soldiers were ever cursed with.

They are heavy, they are nearly as hard as iron when the weather is dry, and are as rotten as blotting paper when it is wet.

It is quite an accident if a man gets a pair to fit him properly.