Shave-tail--a new second lieutenant. So called, after the young, unbroken mules in the Quartermaster's Department. Shoved up--to pawn. Shutters--camphor or opium pills. Sinkers--dumplings. Sky-scout--the chaplain. Sky-pilot--the chaplain, Slap-Jacks--pan cakes. Slum--a stew of meat, potatoes and onions, mostly potatoes and onions. Soap Suds Row--the laundresses' quarters. Soldier, to--to soldier, to serve; also to shirk. Soldiers' One Per Cent--one hundred per cent. Sow-belly--bacon. Stars and Stripes--beans. Striker--a soldier who works for an officer. Take-on--to re-enlist before the expiration of three months after discharge. The Old Man--term sometimes used by officers and soldiers in referring to the commanding officer; sometimes used by soldiers in referring to their company commander. To Take Another Blanket--same as "Take-on." Top Sergeant--first sergeant. Up the Pole--to swear off drinking. Yellow-leg--cavalryman. Youngster--a young officer (a first or second lieutenant). Wagon-soldier--light or field artilleryman. Wind-jammer--a trumpeter or bandsman. Wood-butcher--company artificer. ENGLISH ARMY SLANG Gravel Crushers--infantry soldiers. Poultice Wallahs--Royal Army Medical Corps men. Doolally Tap--when a soldier becomes mentally unbalanced he is said to have received the "Doolally Tap." "Doolally" is a corruption of the name of an Indian town, Deolali. Bun Wallah--a soldier who drinks nothing stronger than tea, and is in consequence supposed to eat voraciously of buns. Chips--the regimental pioneer sergeant, who is usually a sergeant. Lance Jack--a lance-corporal. Quarter Bloke--the quartermaster. Rookey--a recruit. Scrounger--a man with plenty of resource in getting what he wants. Yob--one who is easily fooled. Bobygee--a soldier cook. In India a native one. Baggies--sailors in the Navy. Badgy--an enlisted boy. Long-faced Chum--a cavalryman's term for his horse. Rooty--bread. Slingers--a meal of bread and tea. Muckin--butter. Bully Beef--the tinned meat ration. Lamping--eating heartily. C. B.--confined to barracks. Chucking a Dummy--when a man faints on parade he is said to "have chucked a dummy." Clink or Mush--the guard room. Brief, Cheque or Ticket--discharge documents. Dock--a military hospital. Swinging the Lead--the equivalent of "telling the tale." Weighed off--when a soldier has been awarded punishment for an offense he is said to have been "Weighed off." High Jump--an appearance before the C.O. to answer a charge of breaking regulations. Lost His Number--a man is said to have "lost his (regimental) number" when he is reported for any offense. It is "lost" because it is placed on the report sheet. Stir--imprisonment in a detention barracks. Chancing His Arm--committing an offence in expectation that it will not be discovered. A N.C.O. is said to be "chancing his arm" because he may be deprived of his stripes. Jankers--defaulter's drill.