"To shoot well at fixed targets, after the range has been exactly registered, as in trench warfare, is one thing, but front and pick up distances smarly, is quite to trot into action, unlimber and form action another, and this is where many phophets anticipated our new Army would be found wanting, but prophecy is becoming a profitless business in this war."—Bath Herald.
Well, why not try proof-reading as a change?
"The Rector nominated Mr. C. Yells as his warden. Captain Noyes was appointed sidesman."—Provincial Paper.
Otherwise the proceedings seem to have gone off quietly.