Poem ~ Smoking:Order of War Office - Tuesday, 10 November 1914

Among the important supplies

For the War Office, providing troops,

Is the need of better tobacco -

Thus creating important discussions

Between Lord Kitchener

And Imperial Institute

To resolve this vital issue.

British Colonies over recent years,

Have produced premium

Tobacco over in the Americas -

Also to be included are -

Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Most recently Canadian tobacco

Leaves have built a market within

Britain - But quality has been absent.

Lord Kitchener keenly negotiated

Specifications of the W.O. department,

For good quality tobacco,

From both Protectorates and Colonies.

So soldiers will be assured - they will

Be able to breathe more easily,

Knowing that quality cigarettes

Will now have their name on the packet.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1914. British Tobacco for Troops. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 10 Nov. p.13. Col.1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11208761/Daily-Telegraph-November-10-1914.htm  [Accessed: 10 November 2014].

Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 10 November 2014). 

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