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where the linemen & operators were sent.
Wednesday Aug. 2nd
Left camp about 8 am & after the usual waits caught train and detrained at Southall. We then set out for Haynes Park a march of about 4½ miles We marched at a good pace & passed a wood part of which had been blown down by a gale last April. We were marched up to the officers quarters which was the residence of the Duke of Bedford prior to his becoming Duke. We had dinner & then frittered the rest of the day away as well as we could.
Thursday 3rd
Up at 5 a.m. and marched round to stable but after a little bit of drill were dismissed again. We were paraded after breakfast before the Lieut. Col. and he gave us a talk on this camp. We were then put through tests of riding & all of us except 6 passed. This surprised the Tommies very much as we were supposed to do 3 weeks course before passing the test. The drivers passed their test in the afternoon while the others painted our tents as a preventitive against Zeps.
The Tommies get treated very badly here. The instructors & officers treat them like dogs but we get treated great. I was talking with one instructor when I should be grooming a horse & all of a sudden he starts roaring at some poor Tommy down the line. The language & the actions of the instructors [indecipherable] is the limit