With the Serbs in Macedonia

10 WITH THE SERBS IN MACEDONIA
The birth of a unit begins with G. 1098. It
looked innocent enough when we saw it first—
a nicely stitched buff folder of seventeen pages,
with all our wants neatly set out in columns
with instructions as to where they were to be
drawn. But wisdom and wrath soon came.
G. 1098 is the Mobilization Store Table, in
which are laid down the personnel, transport,
equipment,
and stores that each unit is entitled
to. It is the War Ofhce Bible and the O.C.'s
curse. No G. 1098 for any unit ever yet gave
rise to anything but bad language.
Nice, clean, white-souled subalterns are turned
into shameless thieves and conspirators by
''
G. 1098. O.C.'s take things on charge,'' and
pray fervently that before they ''
hand over ''
they may endure a fire or a retreat. Mons
wasn't all sorrow, and Gallipoli had its consola-
tions.
The whole business resolves itself into a duel
between you and the W.O. They want to send
you away with as little as possible — that's how
they get their K.C.B.'s—and you naturally
desire to be on the safe side with twice as much
as you are likely to require.
We got what we could from Ordnance.
Ordnance provides everything that is necessary
for the maintenance of an army in the field
with the exception of certain technical stores ;