STUCK IN THE MUD

Arawa Guerilla, Issue 16, 1 July 1943, Page 8

STUCK IN THE MUD

Someone must have told Sgt.Major Freeny that mud packs were good for the complexion. When he decided to give himself a mud pack he proceeded to carry out the job with his customary thoroughness. Hurling himself through the air he cast himself down head first into a particularly noisome swamp. He wedged his head and shoulders so firmly in the mud that he had to be hauled out by bystanders after a few minutes had passed and it was observed that he wasn’t doing much about getting himself out. Interviewed by our reporter he stated that for him the most interesting feature of the incident was that he had tasted water for the first time. This novel experience, he said, would fix the occasion in his memory for all time. It is understood that a thick pile of charge sheets has been prepared in B Coy’s orderly room with only the names to be filled in. They read, “ — conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline in that he said to -Major Freeny, ‘Go and jump in the mud’.” ♦ * * GOOD WORKERS A fatigue was required to carry a lot of chairs from the Q.M. to B.H.Q. Guess who got the job? None other than the R.S.M. and the Adjutant. It is said that they were good workers and are likely to be in demand in future for little odd jobs around the place.