no 2 of P.S. But the O.C. is an old soldier & a very shrewd man & saw through it at once & did not even call Scobie & his gang for which I was sorry as the Co S.M. who beleved me in the wrong ( or pretended to) had promised me to have S& gang brought in one at a time & I think the O.C. would have caught them in there lies & if he had it would have gone hard with them. The Co S.M gave the platoon to understand after the treat was over that he knew there had been under hand talk & it was given a strip on merit only & would be backed up always & if they thought they had a grevience to go to him I rather fer the gang may get me yet. but will not quit the platoon though I have been advised to do by two other sergents. Bonley of Quesnell is pretty clever & though he keeps in the back ground is an active member of our gang & he has the wil I guess to figure out a plan to put