Luckily for me, their quartermaster had recognized him in the Strathcona lines, and, being an honest man, had sent him back.
The incident taught me a great and useful lesson, and in future I was very careful to see that my horse was safely guarded whenever I had to leave him.
Our signallers had been active in setting up a wireless telegraph in a field near Headquarters and were able to get the various communiques which were sent out during the night by the different nations.

The information was passed round Headquarters every morning on typewritten sheets and made most interesting reading.

We were able to anticipate the news detailed to us in the papers.

Later on, however, someone in authority put an end to this and we were deprived of our Daily Chronicle.
About this time we heard that the 2nd Division was coming to France, and that the two Divisions, which would be joined by a third, were to be formed into the Canadian Corps.

This meant a very radical change in the status of the old 1st Division.