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Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs. Part II.
and the Staff Manual respectively. Title Pages
will be prepared in manuscript.

WAR DIARY
or

38th Canadian Infantry Battalion

Sheet -3-

Original

Army Form C. 2118.

December 1918
Confidential

Place -- Date -- Hour -- Summary of Events and Information Remarks and references to Appendices

LATHUY & MELIN 26 Battalion in Training. Educational Classes. Dull and Cold. KCC?

" 27 Route March of five miles. Light Marching Order. Educational Classes. Weather Fair. KCC?

" 28 Pay Parade. Raining. KCC?

" 29 R.C. Church Parade in village Churches at LATHUY & MELIN. Protestant Church Parade KCC?
LATHUY at 9.30 a.m. Fair.

" 30 Platoon Competition in marching, etc. held over course of five miles. Resulted in No. KCC?
Platoon, "C" Company, commanded by Lieut. W.E.French, DCM, winning with 280 points.
R.G.H.W. MacCarthy's platoon being second wtih 270 points

" 31 Battalion in Training. Weather dull and wet. KCC?

Extracts of A.F.B. 213 Showing Effective Strength, Attached, Details and Ration Strength.

Date of EFFECTIVE STRENGTH A T T A C H E D DETAILS RATION STRENGTH
A.F.B.213 Officers O.R.S. Officers. O.Rs. Officers O.R.s Officers. O.R.s

Dec. 7 29 726 4 10 9 88 24 648 KCC?
" 14 28 763 4 10 11 84 21 689
" 21 29 751 3 10 10 110 22 651
" 28 29 768 3 10 8 109 24 669

The ration Strength is found by adding together the effective Strength and the
Attached Strength and Subtracting the Details.

A Douglas Cameron
Lieut.Colonel
Commanding 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion.

2449 Wt W14957/M90 750,000 1/16 J.B.C. & A. Forms/C.2118/13.