Saturday Rain all morning put on lots of grease Slept this afternoon to forget[.] The fighting in France proved a success Went to pictures tonight were good Am in the pink
Globe, August 4, 1917.1
The War Diary says that the schemes to develop independence and sense of responsibility in section commanders have been going on for several days. In these schemes, sections, “complete in every respect, carry out a thorough training in their own lines under the supervision of Battery & Brigade [commanders].” The schemes have been “taken up keenly by all ranks.” (1)
It’s hard to be keen about greasing guns. Nor does Percy consider worthy of note the “lectures to all ranks on the contents of training pamphlets & notes issued from Headquarters, [which] are included in the programmes of work.” (1) Maybe all that information was one of the things he was happy to forget in sleep.
(1) War Diary of the Fifth Canadian Divisional Artillery. Vol. 7 (August 1917): 1. Library and Archives of Canada.
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