The Moorish Dining Room at the Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo, where Col. Rosenthal
& Col. Johnstone met for dinner with General Birdwood (below), whilst the men
of the Brigade resigned themselves to supper back at Mena Camp.
[Courtesy of New York Public Library]
Mena Camp
Saturday
January 23 1915
Nothing doing today
the same old thing over and over. Our
battery played football against the Amm. Column and had a win 4 to nil for the
battery. Some of our horses are pretty
bad with the sand colic and one or two are nearly out to it.
Saturday 23rd January
Rest for horses. Men cleaning lines and horses.
Inspection by Colonel at 12 noon. All satisfactory excepting a few points in
7th battery. Went to town late in the afternoon, did some shopping, getting
Kiwi, and ribbon velvet for my crowns. With Col Johnstone went to dinner with General Birdwood at Shepheards Hotel. We had a very interesting time. Met
Colonel Knox, Chief Supply Officer for our Army Corps. He has just returned
from France and gave us a great deal of valuable information. Returned to camp about
1 AM. I saw an interesting sight in Cairo during the afternoon. A man bearing a
cow, and carrying a calf. He stopped in front of a man, put down his calf, and milked a small jug full of milk, which the man paid for, and
drank. I then discovered the calf was stuffed. General Birdwood told me that
when a calf dies the cow will not give down its milk, and in consequence they
have to deceive her with a stuffed calf. Brought home sketching blocks.
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