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15d led away before r -eechf ng back to ca mp that nieht.
A bie hea d in t.he morning
w e uEUal l y the out come of a perfect evening, but there wa s little u se
of
cODlplaining of such an ailment to the M.O.
The wet canteen 'Was usually well
pct r onized, and
when a heavy v f nd bjev it dovn there was "Weeping Rod wailing and
gna llhing of teeth" .
The first division of Canadd ans and Newfoundland Regi ment , the vho j ,e in command
of Br -fgadde r- General Allison, marched to West somewhere to await the arrival
of Royal'lj-. ~ ~~t sa~ that were puDctual. because we vero ge t t i ng r -eady to go
beck home eb en they di d arrive . The King a nd Queen, Lords Kilchener an d Rober-t,e,
accompanied by many other note b'le e , held a hasty i n spect i on of a l l r anks; Hi s
l-t:lj e s t y cave a short spe ech , welcomed the cO!ltingent ~o-~lan d , an d then bid us
f are veId,
Our nights at Pond For m ....ere paeeed very p'lea sa rrt Iy , The Y.M.C .A. bu t,
clai med most of t he Third Brigade , and many happy hours were s pen t ther e .
The Pr dnce as Patr i ci a ' s Cenadian Li ght
Infllntry, vhc were mostly old Sout h
Afri can lIVets" , ....as the first regiment to get or ders fo r active service . They ....ent
t o Franc e , and r e ce i ved many a "cutting Up"
before uny of t .he old battalions had
f i nishe d their training .
Our Camp at Pond Ferm , being i n a way
dtvf et .on , ....e broke up , ....ent to Bu star d and
i solated from the mai n part of the
settled down in the line s left va cant
by the P .P .C. L. I . Things ....ere full of life her e more so than at Pond FiirID; pl en t y
of cant eens and I .M.C. A. hut.s , e l sa a moving picture show.
Our hardships be gan
here in the form of mud, f rost and r a i n . Revlelle being s ounded a t six, we wer e
a l l obliged t o eet out on parade i n t he inky bka ckne as of t he mor ni ng . It was not
ne ce ssary to fold your blanket!!, j ust stand thee up a gad nat, the t ent pol e end let
them thaw. Pandemordura r eigned in camp at thiEi hour: one chap, with ", candl e in