On one occasion I had gone down on duty to a certain stretch of trench and there found a puzzled-looking private with a beautiful new rifle fitted with an Evans telescopic sight.
“That is a nice sight,” said I.
“Yessir.”
I examined the elevating drum, and saw that it was set for one hundred yards. “Look here,” I said, “you have got the sight set for a hundred. The Hun trenches are four hundred yards away.”
The private looked puzzled.
“Have you ever shot with that rifle?” I asked.
“No, sir.”
“Do you understand it?”
“No, sir.”
“How did you get it?”