_Telegram, November 4th, 1914_:
"Get gun oiled."
[_Note._--This was a private code message sent to me in London
signifying that the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles was ordered
to France with the 25th Brigade, 8th Division, on November 5th,
1914. Information of the day of departure was not permitted
beforehand.--F.V.L.]
HURSTLEY PARK CAMP,
WINCHESTER.
_November 5th, 1914._