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55necessities that he might require.
One could buy the usual cup of tea and biscuits. Writing paper was provided. The rule at the Mission Tent was to provide a free tea of a Sunday afternoon. I cannot say whether this applied here or not.
Concert parties would come along as well to entertain us and of a Sunday morning it was possible to attend a Communion Service.
We had plenty instructions here. Bayonet fighting (once I nearly got prodded), physical exercises, plenty of "doubling" and musketry.
I passed here as a 2nd grade marksman. Where we could practice "hopping over". This consisted of scaling trenches and hopping into same. We also had to bayonet bags got up represent
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