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<p class="page" id="a5658024">[Page 24]</p><p>They are a pretty rough mob here, one of our chaps who was on picket the other night got a punch in eye because he tried to stop them from getting into a circus which we have here without paying. To-day is Sunday. I wrote a few letters to-day but I dont know when I shall get the opportunity of posting them. The major had us (N.C.O'S) all up today and gave us a lecture and said "In all probability we shall be in England about June," if we buck up and show the stuff we're made of. The major is an English man, one of the "Imperial Officers", which means one of the proper officers who were in the army before war was declared. "Revallie", was at 6 oclock this morning. Surrounding us is all desert except for a canal called, "Sweet Water Canal", but needless to say it stinks like h—l We had a "Church Parade" this morning. The Brigade formed up like this [diagram] almost a square, with the "Chaplin" where the dot is. It would have made a fine photo-graph or picture. The back ground was tents as far as the eye could see, and our front</p>