Our officers wereall popular with the men. Dr. Burns has, I understand, since gone to the front with Bethnne's Light Horse as lieu tenant-surgeon. He was the most popular man on board the ship. Neither could we hare had a finer commander than Major Robin, although he was a very strict dis ciplinarian. Everybody placed implicit con fidence in him. He had a wonderful com mand, , too, over the men. The real prac tical officer of the ship, however, was Regi mental-Sergeant-Major Rogers, whose in fluence over the men was marvellous. At hb word of command they would jump out of their skins, and he was most popular off duty. Cardale (sergeant-major of the second company) came out well too. Evervbcdv worked with a thorough good heart on board, and during the whole voyage I do not think a harsh word was spoken. When we ar rived at Capetown the ship was alongside the wharves for 2A hours. Then she was sent out into the stream, and lay there for a week, owing to the crush of vessels, after which she came in and discharged. The work of disnMHrtJh'ng her did not begin until she had been there several days. "The flisrht of Capetown harbour when we arrived, all crowded with, -huge transports, was a never to be forgotten one. The whole of Table Bay was simply crammed with steamers as big, and bigger, -than the Wai wera- Tl*ere were huge Cunarders, steam ers with telescopic m&sts for #>!«» through, the Manchester Sbap Canal, and boats from every part of the plobe. On the Kildonan Castle w«e over 3000 men, and as we pissed them tbe cheering was something to b*> re membered. The arrangements at Cape town were wonderful. The whole ma chinery for djsembarkwitr that preat mass of men and cargo -worked Wee clockwork in its smoothness. Wh3e we were there over 19,000 tytops -were: disembarked in tbe course } of a week, and they comprised men frmn all parts of the EnriisVspeakmg plnfee. Tommy Atkins is a rous>h diamond, and his language is TOt what one is always accustomed to in poFte society, neither ,B<re has manners the mode. He was there from tbe Bermudas, from Crete, from India, from' Gibraltar, fom evervwihere. There were Canadians, fine wiry feHows. and all of a. 