were here you would approve & in any event I know you would do it for my sake - I am still at H.Q. gradually feeling my [feet?] in the duties of an Adjutant - When I go back to my Co many duties which were barely intelligible before will be plain - Matters of discipline too will be more easily & firmly attended to.

Discipline in a Bn which is always in the trenches is a most difficult thing.

One has to try and reconcile the exigencies of the service with the difficulties & hardships of the trench.