7                      “THE O-PIP”
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[cartoon at top of page, with caption:]
            “Yuh turn to your right-then off to your left at Whiz-Bang Corner”
            “But how do I know when I get to whiz-Bang Corner
            “Oh. Just instinct, s’all.

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What does Bond Street look like now?
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What O.C. names his guns Ethel, Gazippy, Bird, Dirty Dick?
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Why does it take them a day to fool over papers, before they will admit a man to hospital?
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How many more guns are they going to wish on us?
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Why not conscript business men of experience to manage the business end of a battery?
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And what’s the matter with having light railways haul the guns, and do away with horses?
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When will the shoeing-smiths see the line? Is making souvenirs a beneficial employment for them?
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Why not have C3 men take over orderly sergeants jobs, and release them for regular duties?
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Why do they waste time in England teaching Visual Signalling and battery manoeuvres?

[handwritten note added in the margin: “Our first position was only a few yards from Whiz Bang Corner.”]