The million-peopled city
Garwood, John
1853
Foreigners and different Creeds among the Pensioners.
It adds again to the interest with which these old men should be regarded, that there are foreigners among them, | |
150 | . and all shades of religious opinions. All who have served in the British infantry or cavalry 21 or 24 years, if regularly discharged with a pension at the end of that service, or half that time if disabled in active service, are eligible for the Hospital, no matter what their country or religion may be. Not many years ago an Egyptian occupied a berth in the College. Germans have been common. There was, only a short time ago, a native of Italy. Natives of Africa and America have also been inmates. There are, as at, very many Roman Catholics. |