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was full, and IIE't Compan y \lR R billeted In Leith. For thi s r ea s on orders ve r-e
r ec eived to go int o camp.
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Shob! e Camp, Havdc k , fif t y mil es f r OOl Edinburgh , ve e a real good spot bui l t
by Na t ure for We, Uti & Co. No doubt our old Col onel ve e delighted , for his lit tle
eye s beamed wi t h pj eaeur e a t the sight of s o Illany hi l ls 1n close prozi m1t y to our
camp. If report s arc co r r ect many a mor ning he va s up t t day l ight and r ode av.ay
to pick the hills an d cho se t he highest. I really believe it 18 quite true, for
he always man ag ed to bring u s to them vhen ....e 'Were leas t ex pecting it.
~ --~. - ~ e ve'rY-:' li~t ni~r n lng I n :J~ly - ~~we ri:O marcllin-lf=-~ r~urs~ove r- --,," r{iod ~-runn ine ~
parallel \lith our ca mp that ve e severaL miles &\lay, vhen sudd e nl y t he old Colonel
gav e the order -"Battal1on viI I adva nce i n l i ne; right turn" t The vho'le Regimen t
formed into tw o linea a nd headed st r aight f or the Camp, an d, a s l uc k voukd have
it, ve st i r r ed up a 'Whole army of rabbi t s land a f ew covey s of birds . The game
la\ls of Scotl and ver-e un kn cvn to us; a nTJOlY, I
any di f f er e nce if ve had a complete kn ew.ledge
don t t, suppose it 'Woul d have made
or- t hem,_t he rabbits vere killed in
ones an d twos, an d t he lO.ppetioing smell of t he l i t tle ani mal s roa sting an d et evtng
caused m.any a kilti e ( on his \I.ay t o HalJi ck ) to eniff
the breez e from our cook
hou ses.
The Side Shove i n Havfck ga t .he r -ed in t heir cr-owds of so ldi ers , and t he big
merry-go-round had t o take its medicine.
The shooting galler i es vere \lel l
pata-onfeed , but the vho'Ie bunch would fini s h up at the fish and chip s hop . On the
road t o_Climp it va s qu i t e atDU l!ling to hear- the boy s trying to sing \li th their
mouths
full of "epude'",
The bu s vcujd take you t hree par-t-s of the distance , but t he y
stopped r-unn fn g at ten o' clock~ vee bit too early f or t he Newf ou nd l an ders .
The
maj or ity of the chaps pr eferred the walk an yva y, be ca u se of the sing-song .
A big Conce ntra t i on Camp f or German military .end civi lian prisoners had be en