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The Colonel was so pleased with it that he had it passed round the mess, to night, at dinner, for each officer to see. This is where the machine made fellow is lost – not one of the machine-mades that we have, nor those recently promoted, have the least idea of Map Reading Field Sketching or Reconnoissance – If they were asked to do a traverse or make a Road, River or Railway reconnoissance or the like they would be absolutely lost – Trench warfare suits them – but out of the trenches – Mafish, as the Egyptian would say – A couple of them came out with me yesterday and quite surprised me, the ignorance they admitted re the job. I first wanted to consult with them as to the most suitable base line – they just simply looked at me – Same when I talked of taking bearings and

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