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necessities 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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