CHAPTER II 



INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT 



At the end of the wet season things began to stir 

 again, and another big move south was predicted 

 in the near future. It was at this time that 

 Lewis and myself joined the Intelligence Depart- 

 ment, four other of the E.A.M.R. scouts leaving 

 to join the I.D. with us. We had to thank Colonel 

 O'Grady, then Chief of the Staff to General 

 Hoskins, always a good friend to us, for getting 

 us transferred into this new work and unit, for 

 then began the happiest and most interesting 

 part of our war service in East Africa. From the 

 first minute of joining the I.D., all our time and 

 work was a source of joy and delight. We had 

 till the finish of the campaign the best of chiefs 

 to work under, and were always splendidly treated, 

 and, I think I might say, trusted. Probably we 

 may often have deserved censure, but never during 

 the whole time in the I.D. did we receive anything 

 akin to a reprimand. 



My first job as an I.D. was a nine days' trip 

 with one white companion, S. Williams, and three 

 askaris to Same Gap in the Impare Hills. We 

 had to cross a very dry bit of country, and it was 



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