rbidden to say anything,
excepting to share with my fellow-countrymen the greatest
satisfaction that the grave difficulty noticeable earlier in
the war has to so large an extent been overcome.

(3) _Army Medical Stores._--Here again we have another striking
object lesson in the wonders of detail. Everything required
by Hospitals, Field Ambulances, Casualty Clearing Stations
is herein stored and ready to be dispatched in response to
the indents which are daily pouring in; the requirements of
the R.A.M.C., from a surgical bandage to an operating
table--to say nothing of drugs--must be ready for use. This
involves the most careful attention on the part of the
staff, which is, of course, composed of picked men.

(4) _Railway Engineers._--In each Base will be found one or more
companies of Sappers, who are responsible for the
maintenance of telegraphic and telephonic communications,
within the area of the Base; and also the construction and
upkeep of military railway lines and buildings.

(5) _Sanitary Department._--In Bases where permanent Garrisons
are stationed (in some instances amounting to many
thousands) much care must be exercised with regard to the
ordinary hygienic conditions of life; and under highly
qualified officers the most careful supervision is exercised
in this respect.

(6) _Army Post Office._--The correspondence of the Expeditionary
Force is enormous, and involves a large staff in keeping
'Tommy' well posted with news from home. The efficiency of
this important adjunct to our Army is as highly valued as it
is admirably carried out.

(7) _Army Bakers._--The men composing this Unit are of course
selected from a particular calling. Their work is beyond all
praise. In one Base with which I was more particularly
connected during the latter part of my service abroad, no
less than 220,000 two and a half pound loaves are baked
daily. This represents bread rations for 440,000 men. The
labour involved in such a vast production is very great.
Weekday and Sunday alike the Army Bakers are grandly
proceeding with their monotonous but most necessary work. So
complete is the system employed in the making and
distributing of 'the staff of life' that no Unit, however
far distant, receives bread olde