Some of the barracks (notably Knightsbridge) are great centres.

On summer evenings Hyde Park and the neighborhood of Albert Gate is full of guardsmen and others plying a lively trade, and with little disguise, in uniform or out.

In these cases it sometimes only amounts to a chat on a retired seat or a drink at a bar; sometimes recourse is had to a room in some known lodging-house, or to one or two hotels which lend themselves to this kind of business.

In any case it means a covetable addition to Tommy Atkins's pocket-money." And Mr.Raffalovich, speaking of London, remarks: "The number of soldiers who prostitute themselves is greater than we are willing to believe.

It is no exaggeration to say that in certain regiments the presumption is in favor of the venality of the majority of the men." It is worth noting that there is a perfect understanding in this matter between soldiers and the police, who may always be relied upon by the former for assistance and advice.