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valuable if occasion arose to deal with the truculent 

 Chief or Headman. 



In the War, Belo had won a double D.C.M. Once he 

 swam a river with a rifle between his teeth and drove 

 out an enemy picket on the other side. After he had 

 successfully completed this task, he found himself under 

 fire from another direction, which was out of his con- 

 trol, so diving back into the river, he swam to the bot- 

 tom, hid his rifle behind a rock in the bed of the stream, 

 and came up again on the side of his own camp. Upon 

 his return he voluntarily put himself under arrest for 

 having lost his rifle, and spent the night in the Guard 

 Room. The next morning he was brought before the 

 Colonel, who said, "Belo, I am very sorry to see you 

 in trouble, is it true that you have lost your rifle?" "Yes, 

 sar," said Belo, "but I know where to find him. If you send 

 two canoe boys to the middle of the river, and one dives 

 down, he will find it behind a big rock down at the bot- 

 tom." The Colonel followed Belo's suggestion, and soon 

 the canoe boys returned with the missing weapon. This 

 event only added proof to the fact that Belo was the 

 gallant Sergeant, who had accounted for the enemy 

 picket, and for this he won his first D.C.M. Belo was no 

 fool, and by this tactful manoeuvre he made sure that 

 he got credit when it was due. Belo's exploits are well 

 known to all on the Coast, and I could tell many a thrill- 

 ing anecdote of our adventures together, but exciting as 

 these were, none of them equal an occasion when he was 

 alone in the East African Campaign. He was out scout- 



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