This is a very curious theme for a set, and would be most uninteresting for anyone but a soldier, for it simply deals with marching and the formation of drills. In fact it would probably be of little interest to the rank and file, who would only need to follow the instructions.
So what we are looking at is a set purely to instruct drill sergeants on how to train their men.
You may think this a boring even useless task, but it does have a purpose, making a disparate group of men from all areas and backgrounds into a team, who will eventually, albeit grudgingly, rely on, and depend on each other, once they are on the field of combat. And it also teaches them that if a command is given, it is to be responded to instantly, and correctly, whatever else they are doing at that moment in time, something which has saved many lives.
Our original World Tobacco Issues Index mentions none of the details as to what this set is about, it simply says :
- COMPANY DRILL. Sm. Nd. (25). ... H44-22
And that text remains identical in our updated version of the World Tobacco Issues Index, save a new card code of H536-130