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65termed who was forever being run in for drunkenness. He was always ready with a very earnest tale of how he came to have a drop too much.
Sometimes he would convince the Colonel – other times he wouldn't.
My next turn was the Gas guard. I may here say that it is always an unwritten law to put the new reinforcements on to all guard, fatigues &c until they settle down and get more experience – then it automatically passes on to later arrivals.
We had one "old soldier" a Corporal. He was an adept at escaping duty, would get behind a door when we settled into new quarters and of course when the door was opened he would disappear from view behind
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