Before following the 49th Division from its well-earned period in Rest Billets to its next area of activity, we shall pick up some threads in the history of the 62nd Division (the West Riding 2nd Line, it will be remembered) from February, 1915, when Major-General Sir James Trotter assumed Command. But, first, in order to complete the present picture, brief reference is due to what Lord Scarbrough, after his visit to the front, described as ‘the amenities of warfare.’ For these, too, were a part of the day’s work, just as the hours of recreation are a part of a schoolboy’s day. The following are the relevant dates and facts: July 28th. Divisional Baths opened at Steenje. Aug. 5th. Divisional Armourer’s Shop opened at Steenje. Aug. 22nd. ‘The Tykes’ Entertainment Troupe gave their opening performance at Peselhœk, near Poperinghe. Aug. 23rd. Divisional Technical School of Instruction opened near Hospital Farm. Sept. 10th. Divisional Farrier’s Shop opened. Sept. 15th. Divisional Band’s first performance. Oct. 11th. Divisional Horse Show held. Oct. 15th. Divisional Grocery, Canteen and Coffee Bar opened. Nov. 9th. Divisional Shop for repair of Gum Boots opened. Dec. 6th. Divisional Tailor’s Shop opened. There was also the Divisional Dump, where 6,000 rifles, for example, were salvaged in four months; and, more definitely among amenities, there was the _Buzzer_, published as the organ of the Divisional Signal Company, which enjoyed a wide circulation and scattered enjoyment as it circulated. The gracious visit of His Majesty the King on October 27th, when all Arms of the 49th Division were represented at an inspection of contingents from the Second Army, belongs to a different category, but it is gratifying to recall His Majesty’s comment to General Perceval on the appearance and bearing of his men. [Illustration: LT.-GEN. SIR W. P. BRAITHWAITE, K.C.B. MAJ.-GEN. E. M. PERCEVAL, C.B. MAJ.-GEN. SIR R. D. WHIGHAM, K.C.B. MAJ.-GEN. N. J. G. CAMERON, C.B., C.M.G. MAJ.-GEN. SIR J. K. TROTTER, K.C.B., C.M.G.] Plainly, the items in the above list owe their invention and inclusion to a common aim at recreation. This aim might be simple and direct, as in the construction of a Dump for restoring derelict war material; it might be a little less direct, as in the foundation of the Baths[39], which served partly for refreshment, and partly, taken in connection with their laundry, drying-sheds, etc., for the prevention of ‘trench feet’ and kindred ills; it might be purely recreative, again, as in the programmes of the _Buzzer_ and ‘The Tykes’; or it might be recreative-utilitarian, in the Gladstonian sense of a change of occupation, as in the establishment of workshops and schools; and, in referring to any of these aspects, we should always keep clearly in mind the sharp contrast which they presented to the constant experience in the trenches, to and from which the men went and came.