"Just suit yourself. If you have any reason for wanting a particular part of the night, I shall be pleased to have you take it."
He chose the latter half of the night, and asked me to wake him at a specified time. After this he discovered a reason for taking the first half, and coming to me said:
"If it makes no difference to you I will take the first half of the night."
"As you like," was my reply.
"You 'pile in' then, and I'll wake you in time," was his reply.
Observe the familiarity in this rejoinder.
The guard was turned out and inspected by the officer of the day at about 12.20 P.M. After the inspection I retired, and was awakened between 1 and 2 P.M. by my junior, who then retired for the night.
The officer in charge turned out and inspected the guard between 2 and 3 p.m.
Several of the cadets were reported to me by the corporals for violating regulations. The reports were duly recorded in the guard report for the day. I myself reported but one cadet, and his offence was "Absence from tattoo roll-call of guard."
These reports were put in under my signature, though not at all made by me, as also was another of a very grave nature.