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Tommies from various English regiments. There are about 200 pupils in the school all told. The full course will last 2 months, unless the pupil is called away to rejoin his unit. That will be when his battalion has instructions to go to the front. There are 3 fires in each shop with 3 instructors. There are 38 instructors in all. There are about 2000 mules to shoe, but there are plenty of men to do the work.
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August 23, 1916 Wednesday
A cloudy day with a few showers after dinner.
Our class shod 3 mules on the front feet only in the morning and after dinner 1 kicking horse on the front feet only. It was thrown and shod on the ground. We had a very [indecipherable] day. In the evening I walked into Romney and had a look round the town.. much bigger than I expected. There is a Y.M.C.A. there, I called in and got some writing paper & envelopes. I had a drink at the "Horse & Jockey Hotel and saw 3 very quaint notices on the walls, I took a copy of them. Romsey has a