Basic training and the Ross rifle

I had to walk down Assiniboine to Sydenham, and we drilled in the city hall in Sydenham then we, later we went to Kingston and drilled in the armory and then we went to Valcartier; the Frenchmen call it Valcartier! We had the old Ross rifle. Well it was clumsy. It would shoot alright but you pull the bolt straight back and at a certain point as you pull it back, the head of the bolt twisted about 90 degrees and when you pulled the bolt, went straight back and straight forward, it was a clumsy rifle but the Lee Enfield was a nice rifle.