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out of rank, which is easy to do in such a crush. Our company stopped immediately and requested that the 2 men be brought back since there had been no offence. We were led back to the mustering area, where Capt. Griffith appeared to investigate. We refused to collect our food until the 2 men were put back among us, and did so several times, until at last they gave in. The Sergeant Major in charge of us even apologised, with the words: “Mistakes might happen.” [English quote as per original]. We collected our food and returned to the barrack at about 8.30am. Usually, the canteen would reopen again after the roll call until 9am, at which time the so-called “workers’ parade” takes place. To our surprise we learned that Griffith had ordered the canteen closed, for which there was no reason since the two incidents had been dealt with. The news spread through camp like lightning and the carpenters, who had already started to work, stopped right away, because to them the closure of the canteen was equal to a punishment. Thus, we had another strike and Griffith had achieved his