carry out the role of a conquering army but it is rather hard where the people are so subservient + anxious to obey all orders. However the Army publishes all sort of proclamations + the town criers cry them through the streets. We arrest everyone out after 7 pm + everyone without a pass. We disarm everybody + make everyone salute our officers. We requisition whatever is necessary but we absolutely forbid + punish all looting. Later on when we reach the Rhine + the industrial centres we expect more trouble + there I shall probably act as a stipendiary magistrate to try civilians for war crimes + shall also sit on a permanent military court for trying more serious cases of the same kind. And I have not even a German dictionary!

However nothing matters + everything always comes out all right.

One thing strikes me most forcibly + that is how nearly every Canadian seems to know something about any other Canadian who may be mentioned. They always their Christian names + what he did + what jobs he has held. It seems to be a matter of the keenest interest + the men who get on best are those who have the greatest store of this knowledge. In other words it is necessary to be a "Who's Who in Canada." I shall never be