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The Ross rifle they were trained for that in Canada and it was trained, when we got to England they discovered that the big difference in the Ross and the Lee Enfield. The Lee Enfield was a much lighter rifle. So they switched over from the Ross to the Lee Enfield. But if you see me walking down the street you wouldn't know it made any difference. But, I did wind up in the 75th Battalion and eventually I moved out of there with the reinforce towards Brussels, Belgium and we were on the borderline of France and also on the borderline of Switzerland we were in the fourth line of divisions. And as a matter of fact where I was located in Brussels, when we marched in there the first day, it took us about three or four days to walk where we had been located. And when we walked in to Brussels we were walking down the street and the officer or sergeant in charge, "Whoa, you four fellas get out of here, you go into that house and that's where you live." There was no questions asked, you were dealt like chickens to a (inaudible) house. You may not know it but . . . there was, while we were there, quite a heavy demand on a flu, influenza, and I don't know how many people were lost but I had a slight attack of it and I was billeted with a couple or three fellas that could speak the (inaudible) language. And spoke to the lady of the house, she had a husband and a son in law and a daughter living there. He told her what my trouble was and the next day I had a long drink of liquid made out of greens out of the garden and from that day I was up on my feet and just felt as good as ever.