of his sergeant to advance. "But theres a Machine Gun firing behing us Sir !" "oh that doesnt matter in the lead" says Williamson in an airy way." The man looked very astonished but went on & was probably surprised to find no bullets in himself. After lunch we marched back to Camp Getting in about 4|30. It was a jolly good day and, using Ball???, most instructive. Probably it is the nearest to the 'Real Thing" that we shall get. Thurday _ feb 24. Had a slack day after yesterdays efforts and wrote mail in the afternoon. Friday feb 25. Rather a depleted section on parade to day so I only took one gun out. I had quite an interesting time as I made the section "run itself" by putting all the N.C.Os??? out of action. It rained continuously all the afternoon. Just a steady ??? drizzle. Band concert in the evening at the ??? Institute in aid of the Instrument Fund.