Word: scottishly
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...skirl of bagpipes, which has long lifted the hackles of Scottish fighters, has so stirred U.S. Marines stationed in Londonderry that they have formed their own pipe band. With chanters & drones and drums, such Scots-by-sentiment as Privates Chartowich, Ritz and Rozelle have practiced pibrochs and set to the pipes the Marine's own Semper Fidelis...
Thirty strong, the unkilted but undaunted band made its first public appearance on the anniversary of the Corps's landing in Northern Ireland, tootled, thumped and groaned through Oh, Susanna! and Garryowen. Last week the Marine pipers swelled with pride as well as wind: Scottish pipe band associations had invited them over to participate in their contests; they were also billed as the star attraction at a Wings for Victory bond rally at Larne, Northern Ireland...
...large, the good folk of Edinburgh seemed somewhat indifferent to both installations. Some citizens even derided the ceremonial pomp of the larger group. John Knox, some felt sure, would have lambasted their ceremonial complacency just as roundly as he had denounced Queen Mary's. Said one shrewd old Scottish reprobate, watching the colorful procession debouching from St. Giles's : "Just luik at they weeked auld deevils...
Died. Alastair Arthur, 28, Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, great-grandson of Queen Victoria; in Government House, Ottawa, Canada. A member of a Scottish regiment who had served two years with the British Army in Egypt, he was the last of his line; the title ended with...
...Anderson, is a formal, frugal, unglamorous Scot who has been somewhat eclipsed for the outside public by the brilliant commanders above and around him in Tunisia, and for his own troops by his brilliant juniors within the First Army. He speaks fluent French, and his French subordinates like his Scottish mentality...